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Douglas Dreger Douglas Dreger
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
wave propagation, Inverse theory, geophysics, Earthquake strong ground motion, Seismic source modeling, Seismic forensics, Nuclear explosion monitoring, Induced seismicity, Volcanic seismicity
wdt William (Bill) D. Thompson
Dept of Psychology
cognition, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, learning, Problem solving, Reasoning, decision-making, Bayesian statistics, natural language processing, machine learning, computational modeling, collective decision-making, social networks
Nicholas Sitar Nicholas Sitar
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
geotechnical earthquake engineering, wireless sensors, seismic slope stability, seismic earth pressure, rock erosion, groundwater remediation, numerical modeling of solid-fluid interaction, geotechnical engineering, geological engineering
Timothy Tangherlini Timothy Tangherlini
Dept of Scandinavian
School of Information
folklore, Danish culture, Danish cinema, Danish literature, 19th and 20th Century Scandinavian literature, digital humanities, culture analysis, machine learning, networks, Korean culture, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship
headshot of Van P. Carey Van P. Carey
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
mechanical engineering, use of machine learning to develop high performance energy conversion and thermal management technologies, micro-to-nanoscale modeling of the thermophysics of multiphase systems, waste plastic transport in environmental watersheds, waste plastic recycling
headshot of Michael Frenklach Michael Frenklach
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
chemical kinetics, computer modeling, uncertainty quantification, combustion chemistry, pollutant formation (carbon black, soot), chemical vapor deposition of diamond films, homogeneous nucleation of silicon, diamond and graphene, diamond powders; interstellar dust formation
SHAOFAN LI Shaofan Li
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, computational materials, computational mechanics and computational physics, finite element methods and meshfree particle methods, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, atomistic simulation and multiscale simulations, nonlinear continuum mechanics, soft matter mechanics, wave propagations, modeling and simulation of fracture, dislocations, modeling and simulation of material failures, nano-mechanics, bio-mechanics and bio-physics, cellular mechanics, micromechanics & composite materials, mechanics and physics of amorphous materials
Person placeholder image Kristen Whissel
Dept of Film and Media
Cinema and technological change, cinema and modernity, computer-generated images and contemporary cinema, digital visual effects, stereoscopic 3D cinema and media, the history and theory of special effects, cinema in transition, American film history, modernity and early cinema, cinema and globalization, cinema and the environment/elements
Professor Tackett in China examining a recently excavated ninth-century funerary epitaph. Nicolas Tackett
Dept of History
Chinese history (Tang, Song, Liao dynasties), global middle ages, sino-steppe relations, aristocracies, meritocracy, elites, political culture, death ritual, premodern cities, premodern empires, imperialism, ethnicity, nationalism, national identity, social networks, frontiers, boundaries and borderlands, digital methodologies
Image courtesy of Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century Stephanie Syjuco
Dept of Art Practice
art, sculpture, photography, archives, social practice, craft, activism, material culture, ceramics, digital culture, zines, alternative publishing, libraries, museums, museum display, postcolonial studies, Asian American studies, empire, textiles, ethnography, 1904 World's Fair, Filipino and Filipino American studies, whiteness studies, camouflage, DIY culture
James F. O'Brien James O'Brien
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Optometry
computer graphics, fluid dynamics, computer simulation, physically based animation, finite element simulation, human perception, image forensics, video forensics, computer animation, special effects for film, video game technology, motion capture, machine learning, facial animation, artificial intelligence, geometric algorithms, geometric design and modeling
Mark S. T. Anderson Mark Anderson
Dept of Architecture
architecture, building design, BIM, integrated project delivery, building construction, school design, housing design, net zero energy desig, nurban design, building integrated modeling, IPD, design-build, prefabricated, modular, architecture in China, architecture in Japan, urban water
Kosa Goucher-Lambert Kosa Goucher-Lambert
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
design theory and methods, automation, decision-making applied to engineering teams and individuals, ideation and creativity, analogical reasoning in design, preference modeling and design attribute optimization, design cognition, neuroimaging methods applied to design, sustainable design, New product development, crowdsourcing and collaboration
Prof. Iris D. Tommelein in Sutardja Dai Hall Iris D. Tommelein
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
lean construction, lean production, design management, sustainability, supply-chain management, life-cycle engineering, civil infrastructure systems, adaptive project leadership, engineering project management, megaproject delivery, construction process engineering, integrated project delivery IPD, building information modeling BIM, virtual design and construction VDC
Alice M. Agogino Alice M. Agogino
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
intelligent learning systems, information retrieval and data mining, multiobjective and strategic product design, nonlinear optimization, probabilistic modeling, intelligent control and manufacturing, sensor validation and fusion and diagnostics, wireless sensor networks, multimedia and computer-aided design, design databases, design theory and methods, MEMS Synthesis and CAD, artificial intelligence and decision and expert systems, gender equity
Kyriakos Komvopoulos Kyriakos Komvopoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials
Abby Dernburg Abby Dernburg
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
chromosome structure and function, higher order chromosome structure, cell cycle controls, chromosome remodeling and reorganization during meiosis, spatial pattern formation in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, genome mapping, eukaryotic genomes, whole-genome analysis
Xin Guo Xin Guo
Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
stochastic control and games, theory of machine learning and applications to medical and financial data analysis, applied probability and stochastic models
headshot of Mohammad R. K. Mofrad Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
School of Education
biostatistics, educational statistics, latent variable models, missing data methods, multilevel models, generalized linear latent and mixed models, hierarchical models, longitudinal data, Item response models, structural equation models
The Hydra mm-Wave (140 GHz) Testbed Ali Niknejad
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
analog integrated circuits, RF microwave circuits, biomedical CMOS sensors, communication systems, scientific computing, applied electromagnetics, mm-waves, THz, radar, mm-wave and microwave imaging
John Harte John Harte
Dept of Energy & Resources Group
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
global change, ecology, sustainability, energy policy, theoretical ecology, biodiversityl
Slawomir W. Hermanowicz Slawomir W. Hermanowicz
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
water quality management, biofilms, membrane processes, water reuse, biological processes for water quality, physical sustainability
Kris Pister Kristofer Pister
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
micro robotics, synthetic insects, smart dust
Robert Zucker Robert S. Zucker
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
synaptic transmission, cellular neurophysiology: synaptic biophysics, properties of neural circuits, photolysis, vital dyes of vesicle membrane, electrophysiological techniques, neuromodulator
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