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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

David Auslander

David M. Auslander

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

control systems, simulation, mechatronics, real time software, energy management, satellite attitude control, demand response, machine control

Alexandre Bayen

Alexandre Bayen

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

control, optimization, machine learning, Applications: transportation; mobile sensing ; connected health

David Bogy

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

fluid mechanics, mechanics in computer technology, tribology in hard-disk drives, laser measurement systems, numerical simulations, static and dynamic problems in solid mechanics

Francesco Borrelli

Francesco Borrelli

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

automotive control systems, distributed and robust constrained control, manufacturing control systems, energy efficient buildings, model predictive control.

Dept of Architecture

architecture, high-performance buildings, energy use, indoor environmental quality, post-occupancy evaluation, comfort and adaptation in buildings, natural ventilation and mixed mode

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.

James Casey

James Casey

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

continuum mechanics, finite elasticity, continuum thermodynamics, plasticity, theories of elastic-plastic materials, history of mechanics, dynamics

Christopher E. Dames

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

nanostructured materials, thermal rectification, graphene, microscale heat transfer, nano scale heat transfer

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

Michael Gollner smiles at a Fire Whirl

Michael Gollner

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

combustion, fire dynamics, wildland fire, fluid mechanics

Amy E. Herr in foreground with microfluidic data in background

Amy Herr

Dept of Bioengineering

microfluidics, bioanalytical separations, diagnostics, electrokinetic transport, engineering design

Roberto Horowitz

Roberto Horowitz

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

adaptive control, machine learning, learning and nonlinear control, control of robot manipulators, computer mechatronics systems, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), intelligent vehicle, highways systems

Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine

Alexis Kaminski in outdoor setting

Alexis Kaminski

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

fluid dynamics, stratified flows, upper-ocean dynamics, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, mixing, internal waves, shear instabilities

Ken Kamrin

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

solid and fluid mechanics, constitutive modeling, computational mechanics, physical applied mathematics

Orin Kerr

Orin Kerr

criminal procedure, computer crime law, surveillance technologies, fourth amendment, information privacy law

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

Dorian Liepmann

Dorian Liepmann

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

bioengineering, mechanical engineering, bioMEMS, biosensors, microfluid dynamics, experimental biofluid dynamics, hemodynamics, valvular heart disease, cardiac flows, arterial flows

Fai Ma

Fai Ma

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

dynamical systems with inherent uncertainties, vibration, damping and hysteresis

Simo Mäkiharju in lab setting

Simo Mäkiharju

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

experimental fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics, Cavitation, multiphase flow, drag reduction, ocean renewable energy, particle image velocimetry, Time-Resolved X-Ray Densitometry, Droplet and particle transport

Sara McMains

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

geometric and solid modeling, general purpose computation on the GPU (GPGPU), CAD/CAM, computational geometry, computer graphics and visualization, tool path planning, additive manufacturing, computer vision, Deep Learning

Negar Mehr

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

artificial intelligence, control theory, robotics, game theory, machine learning

Mark Mueller in outdoor environment

Mark W. Mueller

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

robotics, UAVs, estimation, control

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Grace D O'Connell

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

biomechanics, tissue engineering, intervertebral disc, cartilage