Faculty Directory

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Nanoscale devices, carbon nanotubes and graphene; plastic nanoelectronics and nanotechnology; high-frequency analog circuit design; biosensors

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Development of multiscale methods combining quantum, atomistic, mesoscale and continuum scales; Application of multiscale methods to study nanofluidics, bionanotechnology, nanomaterials/nanoelectromechanical systems, and soft matter

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Thermal and other energy systems, oil and gas flow assurance, materials and micro-and-nanofabrication

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Statically equivalent models for simulation and optimization of complex engineered systems; proactive energy management for buildings; optimal operation and strategic decision support; fault detection and isolation for multi-scale systems

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Ultra-high vacuum and remote plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition; silicon-germanium-carbon heterostructure MOSFETs and nanostructures; ultra-shallow junction technology; semiconductor device modeling

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Semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices; molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), Semiconductor nanostructures, metal and semiconductor hetero- and nano-structures

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Design and analysis of manufacturing systems; large-scale hierarchical optimization; healthcare delivery improvement; workforce planning & scheduling

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Freeform fabrication; system dynamics; control; mechanical engineering in oil and gas

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Molecular engineering, biotechnology, therapeutics and drug delivery, epithelial biology and extracellular matrix, post-translational modifications, synthetic cells and tissue, biophysics and biointerfaces

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Development of femtosecond laser nanosurgery techniques for manipulation of biological systems; two-photon fluorescence laser scanning microscopy; development of miniaturized endoscopes for in-vivo cancer detection and treatment; applications for nerve regeneration processes and early cancer detection and treatment

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Material science aspects and mechanistic modeling of distresses in pavement materials (fatigue cracking, moisture damage); self healing properties of bituminous materials; structure-property relationships in composite materials; surface properties and interfacial adhesion of materials; development of test methods to characterize properties and performance of pavement materials

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Gas turbine engines, specifically film cooling and internal cooling of turbine components; experimental techniques for thermal-fluid measurements

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Rheology of complex fluids; immersion and imprint lithography; self-assembly of nanoparticulate films; modeling of the formation of oil reservoirs

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Ionic liquids; thermodynamics; gas separations; supercritical fluid technology; environmentally benign chemical processing

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Advanced design and manufacturing; Nano and micro-scale engineering

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Micro-and nano-optical interconnect devices; polymer-based guided-wave optical interconnection and packaging; true time delay wide band phased array antenna; bio and environmental sensors; silicon nanophotonics

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Tissue repair and regeneration; polymer science; bioengineering

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The design and development of nanomanufacturing processes and equipment; application of nanoscale science in engineering; engineering of thin films, nanotubes and nanowires; manufacturing and assembly of nanostructured materials; design of micro/nanoscale machine elements for mechanical sensors and energy systems

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Advanced quality control in multi-station manufacturing systems; immunity inspired approaches to diagnosis and control of complex dynamic systems; maintenance decision-making in flexible and reconfigurable systems; applications of advanced signal processing in biomedical engineering

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Plastic transistor technology; organic transistors; sensors; solar cells; organic-based laser physics and optics

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Pore fluid engineering; non-aqueous flow through porous media; earthquake engineering; liquefaction; fatigue life and behavior of asphalt concrete

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Combustion in porous media; low-emission burners; fuel reformers, biomass combustion

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Jet flames; aerosols; fire dynamics; flame ignition

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System dynamics; impact dynamics; constitutive modeling

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Nanomaterials design and synthesis; nano-biotechnolgy; nano-manipulation; nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS); energy

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Gas separation materials; gas-vapor barrier materials; membranes for water purification; membrane module modeling

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Self-assembly in polymer-particle mixtures; simulations of dynamics of self-assembled materials; theory and simulation of rod-coil and crystallizable polymers; simulations of structure and properties of materials for fuel cell and photovoltaic applications

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Elastic and acoustic wave propagation in complex media, acoustic metamaterials, new acoustic transduction materials, ultrasonic nondestructive testing, and vibro-acoustic transducers

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Silicon micromachining (MEMS); acoustics and dynamics; optics and photonics; technology transfer

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Stochastic models; multiclass queueing networks; semiconductor wafer fabrication

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Mechanics of integrated materials and structures at micro-and nano-scales; reliability of advanced interconnects and packaging for microelectronics; mechanical instability of thin films and nanostructures; multiscale modeling and simulations

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Molecular sensing technologies; nanomaterials, microfabrication, and nanophotonics with applications in environmental sensing, homeland security and medical diagnostics

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Nanotechnology, Spintronics, Magnetic Memory

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Particle engineering including nanotechnology; drug delivery; polymer thin films including nanocrystal composites; environmentally responsible processing with solvents including carbon dioxide for materials science and separation processes; carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery

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Hydration chemistry and microstructural characterization of portland cement and related materials; mechanisms of chemical deterioration in concrete; concrete durability; reducing the environmental impact of concrete production

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Influence of porous materials on abeta amyloid formation

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Nanostructure assembly and organizational strategies; development of new approaches for nanoscale material synthesis and applications, including photovoltaics, thin film transistors, lithium ion batteries and medicine

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Production and characterization of nanoparticles; nanostructured thick films; solid oxide fuel cells; honeycomb ceramics

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Integrated Circuits; Emerging Nano-technologies

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Applied operations research; supply chain management; manufacturing and transportation logistics; game theoretic and distributed mechanisms (e-commerce and auctions)

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Instability in solids and structures (plastic buckling of structures, propagating instabilities in shape, memory metals, composites and foams); modeling of nonlinear behavior and failure of solids (metals, composites and foams)

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Mechanics of materials; ferroelectrics; ferromagnetic shape memory alloys; fracture mechanics; continuum thermodynamics

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Nanostructured semiconductor materials and devices

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Apply theory and atomic scale simulations to solve materials problems; room-temperature electron transport in materials and how it would be affected by the atom vibrations (phonons), defects, and the interface

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Physical system modeling, analysis and control; evaluation of robotic ground vehicles; vehicle system dynamics and control; electromechanical systems and mechatronics

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Mechanics of thin films on compliant substrates; mechanics of flexible electronics with extreme deformability and compliance; mechanics at bio-electronics interface; development of novel bio-integrated soft electronics for cardiac, neural and epidermal applications

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Polymer sciences, including areas such as modeling, design and synthesis of membranes for capture of carbon dioxide; synthesis of degradable biomedical materials; and understanding ion transport in polymer electrolytes

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Structural transformations and chemical reactions occurring on material surfaces and at solid/solid, solid/liquid interfaces under extreme environments and conditions far from equilibrium

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Clean energy materials; electrochemical energy conversion and storage; Lithium ion batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and solar cells; nanomaterials

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Polymeric nanoparticles for RNA delivery; soft matter characterization; and structural DNA nanotechnology for sensing; nanorobotics; smart soft materials.

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Chemical synthesis and assembly of nanostructured electronic and electrochemical materials; processing-structure-property relationships; energy; electronic devices

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Electrochemical and chemical energy storage; thin films; materials design; transmission electron microscopy and corrosion

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Materials chemistry for energy studies regarding solar photoelectrocatalysis; catalysis of nano-structured surfaces; materials for lithium-ion battery electrodes

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Production systems: project supply chain management, project controls; computer integrated construction: information integration, collaborative systems, human-computer interaction, implementation issues

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Project constructability; advanced construction technologies; pre-construction management systems; project decision/risk analysis; systems for work process integration; benchmarking of capital projects; value management processes

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Biomaterials; controlled drug delivery; molecular modeling of protein structures in contact with biomaterials and tissues; modeling of biomedical devices; bionanotechnology; molecular recognition processes

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Highway pavement design and rehabilitation; monitoring, evaluation and performance analysis of highway pavements; asphalt technology; accelerated pavement testing; sustainable pavement engineering; environmentally-friendly pavement technologies; applied probability and statistics; applied econometrics; life-cycle cost analysis; transportation infrastructure management

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Industrialized construction; modular construction; geometric digital twins; digitization; building information modeling; computational design; circular economy; materials reuse.

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Mechanical behavior of materials at high strain rates; fracture in nominally brittle materials; shear banding in polymeric materials; phase transformation in shape memory alloys

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Theory of electronic and optoelectronic devices, particularly at the nano-scale; semi-classical and quantum mechanical device modeling; alternative materials and geometries for CMOS (non-classical CMOS); alternative state variables and switching methods (beyond CMOS)

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Understanding the structure and properties of catalysts to enable next-generation sustainable technologies

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CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants by aqueous amine scrubbing; mass transfer with fast reaction in the boundary layer

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Multi-disciplinary elements of bioheat transfer; nanomedicine; biomedical optics; tissue regeneration; cancer engineering

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Cardiovascular biomechanics; computational simulation of the behavior of the cardiovascular system; advanced constitutive models, biomechanical interactions of cell, tissue and organ in native and engineered heart valves and myocardium

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Structural health monitoring; non-destructive evaluation; ultrasonic sensing methods for smart structures; wave propagation in solids; digital signal processing and pattern recognition

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Environmental nanotechnology; physicochemical processes; fate and transport of nanomaterials in the environment; groundwater remediation

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Engineering mechanical properties and lifetime of soft polymeric materials

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Intersection of system and design science

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Energy and environment; thermal management; electronics, photonics and sensors; biomedical technologies

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Development of energy storage materials and lightweight alloys; Electrical energy storage (batteries), thermal energy storage and materials for gas capture and storage (H2 and natural gas storage; CO2 capture)

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Nano-resolution lithography; flexure-based micro- and nano-precision machines; precision optical systems; real-time nano-resolution optical sensor architectures

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Multiscale simulation of electrochemical systems; model-based battery management systems and real-time state-of-charge/real-time state-of-health estimation of Lithium-ion batteries

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Processing-microstructure-property relationships in light alloys; refractory metals; superalloys; hypereutectoid steels

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Visible light-induced 3D printing of bio-functionalized scaffolds for tissue engineering applications; AD processes for multi-material 3D biofabrication; in vitro 3D modeling; orthopaedic biomechanics

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Self-assembly; design of materials; protein therapeutics and biomedical Imaging; water’s role in biological processes; complex fluids

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Nanoelectronics; chemical vapor deposition; graphene; semiconductor nanowires and devices

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Ultrafast carrier dynamics and micro/nanoscale heat transfer in nanomaterials with optical spectroscopy; thermoelectrics; photovoltaics; gas fuel generation; quantum-cascade lasers

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Advanced materials science and engineering

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ML/data-driven material characterization; deformation measurements: digital image correlation/volume correlation & particle tracking; Laser-induced inertial cavitation (hydrogels/biomaterials); Dynamic instability in viscoelastic materials

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Nanomaterials for energy science and environment; energy storage and conversion devices; nanoelectronics; nano-biotechnolgy; self-assembly of nanostructures

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Architected materials (mechanical metamaterials), deployable structures, extraterrestrial structures and materials, bio-inspired materials, additive manufacturing, and shape morphing structures. 

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Nanophotonics; micro and nanofluidics; molecular engineering; nanobiotechnology; lab on a chip; solar energy; information technology