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Hayden Taylor (third from left) with group members and collaborators holding components produced by computed axial lithography Hayden Taylor
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
manufacturing, microfabrication, nanofabrication, semiconductor manufacturing, computational mechanics, nanoimprint lithography
headshot of Evan Variano Evan Variano
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
fluid mechanics, turbulence, wetlands, imaging, plankton, sediment transport
Jon Wilkening Jon Wilkening
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational solid and fluid mechanics
Per-Olof Persson Per-Olof Persson
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, numerical methods, computational fluid and solid mechanics
headshot of Michael DeWeese Michael DeWeese
Dept of Neuroscience
Dept of Physics
machine learning, computation, systems neuroscience, auditory cortex, neural coding, statistical mechanics
Martin P. Head-Gordon Martin P. Head-Gordon
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics
Claudia Ostertag Claudia P. Ostertag
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
energy, environmental analysis of civil infrastructure systems, structural engineering, mechanics and materials
photo of Ziqi Ziqi Wang
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
structural engineering, mechanics and materials, structural reliability, earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification
Suzanne MJ. Fleiszig Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig
School of Optometry
immunology, eye, microbiology, infectious disease, corneal physiology, tear film physiology, bacterial pathogenesis, contact lenses, pseudomonas aeruginosa, epithelial cell biology, innate immunity
Professor Ahmad Omar sitting in front of a glass whiteboard marked with equations related to his research. Ahmad Omar
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
statistical mechanics, active matter, biophysics, physical chemistry, polymer science, directed self-assembly
photo Dimitrios Konstantinidis
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, nonstructural components, seismic isolation, passive control, engineering mechanics
Kurt M Cuffey Kurt M. Cuffey
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
Dept of Geography
continuum mechanics, climate, geomorphology, glaciers, glaciology, climate history, stable isotopes, geographical thought
headshot of Christine Wildsoet smiling Christine Wildsoet
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, myopia, refractive errors, accommodation, aberrations, eye growth, ocular therapeutics, optical myopia control, pharmacological myopia control, ocular tissue engineering, ocular stem cells, basic and clinical research with social implications
Maciej Zworski Maciej Zworski
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, partial differential equations, mathematical physics, mathematical aspects of quantum mechanics, scattering theory, microlocal analysis
Professor Gronert in Front of a Mass Spectrometer Karsten Gronert
School of Optometry
inflammatory diseases, innate immune responses, lipid mediators, lipidomics, leukocytes, inflammatory resolution, eicosanoids, omega-3 PUFA, Dry Eye, lipxoygenase, cycloooxygenase, resolution pharmacology, neuroprotection, adaptive immunity, glaucoma
Laurel Larsen Laurel Larsen
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dept of Geography
hydroecology, geomorphology, complex systems, restoration ecology, environmental modeling, wetlands, sediment transport, environmental fluid mechanics
Shawn Shadden Shawn Shadden
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
cardiovascular biomechanics, computational mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, thrombosis, medical image processing, dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, Lagrangian coherent structures, mathematical modeling
K. Birgitta Whaley K. Birgitta Whaley
Dept of Chemistry
quantum information and quantum computation, control and simulation of complex quantum systems, quantum effects in biological systems, quantum physics, quantum mechanics
M. Reza Alam M. Reza Alam
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Theoretical Fluid Dynamics, Nonlinear Wave Mechanics, ocean and coastal waves phenomena, ocean renewable energy (wave, Tide and Offshore Wind Energy), Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Fluid Flow Control, ocean renewable energy
Raphael Bousso Raphael Bousso
Dept of Physics
physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant
James Sethian James A. Sethian
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, applied mathematics, partial differential equations, computational physics, level set Methods, computational fluid mechanics and materials sciences, fast marching methods
Philip Marcus Philip Marcus
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks
Michael Manga Michael Manga
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
hydrogeology, fluid mechanics, geomorphology, earth & planetary science, geological processes involving fluids, including problems in physical volcanology, geodynamics, dynamics of suspensions, flow & transport in porous materials, percolation theory
headshot of Fotini Chow Fotini Chow
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
environmental fluid mechanics, wind energy applications, clouds, large-eddy simulation, turbulence modeling, atmospheric boundary layer flow, flow over complex terrain, wildfire smoke transport, methane emissions, urban dispersion modeling, urban air quality
Xavier Darzacq Xavier Darzacq
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
transcription regulation during cellular differentiation, gene expression control mechanism, biophysical rules of nuclear organization
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