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Eric BarthResearch Focus: Dynamic systems and control. Design, modeling and control of mechatronic and fluid power systems, free-piston internal combustion and free-piston Stirling engines, power supply and actuation for autonomous robots, and applied non-linear control. | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Leon BellanResearch Focus: Microfluidics, microfluidic materials, smart materials, biomaterials, micro and nanotechnology, bioMEMS. | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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David BraunResearch Focus: Robotics, optimal control, system dynamics, compliant robot actuators, human performance augmentation technology | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Joshua CaldwellResearch Focus: Nano-optics, polaritonics, nanophotonics, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, active photonics, infrared optics and imaging, power electronic materials, defects in semiconductors | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Xiaoguang DongResearch Focus: The design, manufacture and control of miniature soft robots, and their applications in minimally invasive medicine, microfluidics and biomechanics. The design, manufacture and control of miniature swarm robots, and their applications in biomedicine and biomechanics. The modeling, design, manufacture and control of intelligent soft materials | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Michael GoldfarbResearch Focus: Design, modeling, and control of electromechanical devices and systems. Design of high-energy-density robotic actuators. Control of fluid-powered actuators and devices. | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
Deyu LiResearch Focus: Micro/Nano scale energy and molecular transport phenomena,. Nanofabrication techniques, Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulation, Micro/Nanofluidics. | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track | |
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Haoxiang LuoResearch Focus: Computational fluid dynamics, biofluids, fluid-structure interaction, microfluidics; biomimetic aerial/underwater vehicles, biomedical flows. | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Robert PitzResearch Focus: Laser diagnostics, laminar & turbulent combustion, turbulence-chemistry interaction, pollutant formation, supersonic combustion, gas turbine combustion, rocket propulsion, Raman scattering, laser-induced fluorescence, molecular-tagging velocimetry. | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Nilanjan SarkarResearch Focus: analysis, design, and development of intelligent and autonomous systems that can work with people in a versatile and natural way | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Nabil SimaanResearch Focus: Robotic systems for surgical assistance, theoretical kinematics of mechanisms, synthesis and optimization of robots and mechanisms, design of flexure mechanisms and flexible robots, parallel robots, actuation redundancy and kinematic redundancy | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Alvin StraussResearch Focus: Nuclear Propulsion, Friction Stir Welding, Direct Energy Conversion, Variational Methods in Mechanics, Mechanical Properties of Actinides, Macro-Engineering, Spacecraft Design | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Jason ValentineResearch Focus: Optical metamaterials, plasmonics, transformation optics, nanophotonics, nanoimaging, active photonics, gradient index optics, high spatial resolution bioimaging and sensing, solar energy conversion, scalable 3D nanomanufacturing. | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Greg WalkerResearch Focus: Micro-scale heat transfer, heat flux measurement, energy transport processes, ultrasonic pyrometry, thermographic phospors, energy conversion devices, high-performance computing | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Robert WebsterResearch Focus: Image guidance, robotic surgery, screw theory, mechanics-based modeling, and optimal mechanism design | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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Karl ZelikResearch Focus: Biomechanics of legged locomotion, lower-limb prosthetics, assistive technology, dynamic walking principles, neural control, human-device interfaces, mobility, rehabilitation engineering | 01Tenure/Tenure-Track |
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A. V. AnilkumarResearch Focus: Drop dynamics, aero-propulsion, energy conversion, design and development of experimental facilities, flow diagnostics and instrumentation | 02Teaching |
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Robert Joel BarnettResearch Focus: Welding and welding controls, weld pool thermal and fluid modeling, sensor development, machine-vision-based quality control systems, robotic weld-path programming and robotic welding, alternative fuel engines, technical photography and imaging systems. | 02Teaching |
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Kenneth FramptonResearch Focus: Vibrations, Acoustics, and Controls | 02Teaching |
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Jason MitchellResearch Focus: Human augmentation through engineering, wearable sensors, exoskeletons, prosthetics; mechanical simulation and design | 02Teaching |
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Ranjana SahaiResearch Focus: Design, simulation, development, and testing of bio-inspired, robotic systems and microfluidic devices | 02Teaching |
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Thomas WithrowResearch Focus: Development, design and testing of surgical robots, improvement of design methods, cyber physical systems, biomechanics, especially the biomechanics of the ACL and injury prevention. | 02Teaching |
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Shannon Faley | 03Research |
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Kevin GallowayResearch Focus: Design of robotic systems from the micro- to the macro-scale, soft robotics, rapid prototyping materials and methods, human-centered design, mechanical design, medical device design, assistive technology. | 03Research |
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William EmfingerResearch Focus: Cyber-Physical Systems, Control Systems, Model-Integrated Computing, Model-Based Engineering / Model-Driven Development | 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Kelsey HatzellResearch Focus: Interfaces, solid state batteries, inorganic ion conductors, intermediate temperature fuel cells, low-dimensional carbide materials | 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Ahad Nasab | 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Peiyong WangResearch Focus: Combustion laser diagnostics, Laminar combustion, Turbulent combustion model, NOx formation mechanism in turbulent combustion. | 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Joseph WehrmeyerResearch Focus: Combustion Phenomona, Laser Diagnostics for Combustion, Chemical Propellents for Robotic Propulsion | 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Douglas AdamsResearch Focus: Nonlinear structural dynamics and vibrations, structural health monitoring/diagnostics and damage prognosis, noise and vibration control, aerospace and automotive systems, energy systems, defense and security platforms | 05Affiliated |
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Ravindra DudduResearch Focus: Computational solid mechanics, multi-scale and multi-physics fracture mechanics, constitutive modeling, cohesive zone modeling of fatigue delamination, extended finite element method and level set method, computational geophysics. | 05Affiliated |
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Sankaran MahadevanResearch Focus: Structural mechanics, materials durability, reliability and risk engineering, structural health diagnosis and prognosis, computational model uncertainty, optimization under uncertainty. | 05Affiliated |
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Justus NdukaifeResearch Focus: Nanophotonics, microfluidics, novel bio-inspired soft actuators and robots | 05Affiliated |
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Caglar OskayResearch Focus: Multiscale computational failure modeling of solids and structures, life prediction and performance assessment of structures, computational modeling of composites and other heterogeneous materials, modeling of multiphysics systems | 05Affiliated |
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Bernard Rousseau | 05Affiliated |
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Thomas CruseResearch Focus: Mechanical system reliability and design, solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, stress analysis, composite materials, thermal barrier coatings, design, boundary integral equation methods. | 06Emeritus |
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Donald KinserResearch Focus: Electronic ceramics and glass science with emphasis on adverse environmental effects upon systems containing glasses and electronic ceramics. | 06Emeritus |
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Carol RubinResearch Focus: Theoretical and applied mechanics, finite element analysis, computer aided design. | 06Emeritus |
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Taylor WangResearch Focus: Microgravity science and applications; drop physics; physical acoustics; biotechnology | 06Emeritus |
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John WilliamsonResearch Focus: Fluid dynamics, modeling of turbulent flow; aerodynamic levitation of solid and liquid shapes; optimal shapes in fluid mechanics; metal hydide energy storage; hydrogen fuel for IC engines | 06Emeritus |