Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics; building energy utilization and renewable/alternative energy; turbulent multiphase and reacting flows
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Space explorations and mission design; collision dynamics and crashworthiness; aerospace conceptual design; space physics; ballistics; bioinspired robotics; advanced aerospace structures; fluid-structure interactive systems
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Dynamics and control of space tethers and large flexible space structures, active debris removal, collision detection and avoidance, spacecraft dynamics
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Fundamental theories and numerical simulation for different physical problems across multiple spatial and temporal scale; turbulence; triboelectricity; atomistic simulation; continuum mechanics; applied mathematics; multiscale simulation
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Nature inspired computing (evolutionary, swarm, and neural algorithms) for design and AI; metamodeling and multi-fidelity optimization; MINLP; swarm systems and swarm-bots; autonomous systems; and unmanned aerial vehicles
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Multidisciplinary research and teaching that are focused on materials science and engineering, particularly multifunctional structural materials (with functions including self-sensing, self-powering and vibration damping), electromagnetic shielding materials, and thermal interface materials (for microelectronic cooling). Other topics include three-dimensional printing, dielectric conductors and interface-derived viscoelasticity.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Computational and applied mechanics; size-dependent and multi-physics mechanics; boundary element methods; finite element methods; thermomechanics; computational fluid dynamics; structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence in design and engineering; interactive CAD interfaces; brain computer interfaces; human-machine interactions; bipedal locomotion (human and humanoids); bio-robotics and mechatronics
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Multiscale and multiphysics computational modeling; data-driven predictive modeling; model validation and uncertainty quantification; advanced manufacturing; tumor growth and treatment
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Smart materials and structures; energy harvesting; implantable medical devices; nonlinear dynamic systems; MEMS; vibrations; renewable energy, and mechatronics
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Multiscale modeling from atom to continuum, computational mechanics and high performance computing, with applications to nano-/bio-/energy systems
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Advanced Manufacturing; Process-Structure-Property Relationship; Additive Manufacturing; Functional Materials; Composite Manufacturing; Multiscale Manufacturing; Process Control and Optimization; Bio-inspired Design
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Advanced energy materials; Nano/micro-mechanics; Self-powered electronics and systems; Nanotechnology; Scanning probe microscopy (SPM)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Structural dynamics; acoustics; vibration damping and control; smart materials; energy harvesting; metamaterials and periodic structures
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Experimental fluid mechanics; vortex dynamics; unsteady aerodynamics; bio-inspired propulsion with applications to autonomous air and underwater vehicles; fluid-structure interactions; and high-speed flow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics; material systems with moving interfaces; numerical methods; directed self-assembly; high performance computing
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interests: Complex fluids and soft matter; transport phenomena; micro/nanofluidics; electrokinetics; drug delivery; bioseparation; bacterial motility; hydrocarbon recovery