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Research 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.
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Research Focus: Microfluidics, microfluidic materials, smart materials, biomaterials, micro and nanotechnology, bioMEMS.
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Research Focus:
Robotics, optimal control, system dynamics, compliant robot actuators, human performance augmentation technology
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Research Focus: Nano-optics,
polaritonics, nanophotonics, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, active photonics,
infrared optics and imaging, power electronic materials, defects in
semiconductors
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Research 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
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Research Focus: Design, modeling, and control of electromechanical devices and systems. Design of high-energy-density robotic actuators. Control of fluid-powered actuators and devices.
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Research Focus: Micro/Nano scale energy and molecular transport phenomena,. Nanofabrication techniques, Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulation, Micro/Nanofluidics.
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Research Focus: Computational fluid dynamics, biofluids, fluid-structure interaction, microfluidics; biomimetic aerial/underwater vehicles, biomedical flows.
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Research 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.
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Research Focus: analysis, design, and development of intelligent and autonomous systems that can work with people in a versatile and natural way
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Research 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
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Research Focus: Nuclear Propulsion, Friction Stir Welding, Direct Energy Conversion, Variational Methods in Mechanics, Mechanical Properties of Actinides, Macro-Engineering, Spacecraft Design
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Research 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.
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Research Focus: Micro-scale heat transfer, heat flux measurement, energy transport processes, ultrasonic pyrometry, thermographic phospors, energy conversion devices, high-performance computing
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Research Focus: Image guidance, robotic surgery, screw theory, mechanics-based modeling, and optimal mechanism design
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Research Focus: Biomechanics of legged locomotion, lower-limb prosthetics, assistive technology, dynamic walking principles, neural control, human-device interfaces, mobility, rehabilitation engineering
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Research Focus: Drop dynamics, aero-propulsion, energy conversion, design and development of experimental facilities, flow diagnostics and instrumentation
| 02Teaching |
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Research 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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Research Focus: Vibrations, Acoustics, and Controls
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Research Focus: Human augmentation
through engineering, wearable sensors, exoskeletons, prosthetics; mechanical
simulation and design
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Research Focus:
Design, simulation, development, and testing of bio-inspired, robotic
systems and microfluidic devices
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Research 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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| 03Research |
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Research 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.
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Research Focus: Cyber-Physical Systems, Control Systems, Model-Integrated Computing, Model-Based Engineering / Model-Driven Development
| 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Research Focus: Interfaces, solid state batteries, inorganic ion conductors, intermediate
temperature fuel cells, low-dimensional carbide materials
| 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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| 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Research Focus: Combustion laser diagnostics, Laminar
combustion, Turbulent combustion model, NOx formation mechanism in turbulent
combustion.
| 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Research Focus: Combustion Phenomona, Laser Diagnostics for Combustion, Chemical Propellents for Robotic Propulsion
| 04Adjunct/Adjoint |
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Research 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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Research 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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Research 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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Research Focus: Nanophotonics, microfluidics, novel bio-inspired soft actuators and robots
| 05Affiliated |
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Research 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
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| 05Affiliated |
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Research 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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Research Focus: Electronic ceramics and glass science with emphasis on adverse environmental effects upon systems containing glasses and electronic ceramics.
| 06Emeritus |
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Research Focus: Theoretical and applied mechanics, finite element analysis, computer aided design.
| 06Emeritus |
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Research Focus: Microgravity science and applications; drop physics; physical acoustics; biotechnology
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Research 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
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