Professor Raupp is currently the Vice President for Research and Technology (VPRT) and the Dean of Graduate Studies at City University of Hong Kong. His technology expertise and professional experience span many technical disciplines from engineering, materials science, manufacturing and product design to biocompatible implantable medical devices and chemistry of sustainable green processes. His current research unites two exciting areas, nanotechnology and flexible electronics, with a goal of creating large area conformal systems for high-value applications and electronic products at the human scale. Such “conformal systems” integrate nano-structured devices, sensors, actuators, and supporting microelectronics on substrates that can bend and fold like paper, stretch and relax like human skin, and integrate seamlessly with their environment. Applications range from smart bandages for wound healing and prevention, to high aperture super-sensitive sensing arrays for security and remote sensing, large area conformal strain field sensing arrays for the built environment and transportation, and smart spaces and technology for the visually-impaired.
Professor Raupp received his B.S and M.S. degrees from Purdue University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He began his academic career with Arizona State University in 1985 where he advanced to become Professor in 1994. From 1999 – 2002 he was Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and then was promoted to Associate Vice-President for Research in 2002. In these roles he was responsible for crafting and managing a diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary research initiatives, which included such unique ventures as ASU's Biodesign Institute; the Arts, Media and Engineering Program; and the Center for Conflict and Religion. He became the Founding Director of the Flexible Display Centre at Arizona State in 2004 through a US$94M, 10-year Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. Under his leadership, a world-class industry-government-university partnership model was created, one that enabled organizations with dramatically different missions and scales to collaborate effectively to advance science and technology on a broad front and create a portfolio of enabling commercial manufacturing technologies.
