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David Sedlak standing in pool with sculpture to his right. David L. Sedlak
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
fate and transport of and transformation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, water reuse and water recycling, urban water infrastructure, engineered treatment wetlands
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
Teresa Head-Gordon standing with hands crossed in front Teresa Head-Gordon
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
Computational chemistry, machine learning, chemical physics, biophysics, biomolecules, materials, catalysis, computational science
headshot of Franco Zunino Franco Zunino
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
cement chemistry, advanced characterization methods for cementitious materials, low-carbon concrete, supplementary cementitious materials, calcined clay technology, LCA of cement-based materials
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
Cesunica Ivey Cesunica Ivey
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
atmospheric modeling, exposure monitoring, environmental justice applications, community resilience, climate adaptation and disaster resilience
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
Tarek I. Zohdi Tarek Zohdi
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
advanced manufacturing, 3D printing systems, fire propagation and control, UAVs and swarms, ballistic fabric shielding, food-system modeling, pandemic modeling
Mary K. Firestone Mary K. Firestone
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
soils, miicrobial biology, environmental science
headshot of Kara Nelson Kara L. Nelson
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
wastewater based epidemiology, water and wastewater treatment, water reuse, detection and inactivation of pathogens in water and sludge, appropriate technologies
Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
Arpad Horvath Arpad Horvath
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
life cycle assessment, LCA, sustainability, green design, buildings, transportation, water, construction, biofuels, energy, environmental management, infrastructure systems
John W. Morris John W. Morris, Jr
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
structural materials, computational materials, the limits of strength, deformation mechanisms, non-destructive testing with SQUID microscopy, mechanisms of grain refinement in high strength steels, lead-free solders for microelectronics
Robert O. Ritchie Robert Ritchie
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
structural materials, mechanical behavior in biomaterials, creep, fatigue and fracture of advanced metals, intermetallics, ceramics
Headshot Vaughn Sarah E. Vaughn
Dept of Anthropology
anthropology, Science and Technology studies, environment, Expertise, climate change, historicism, theories of liberalism, Caribbean/Latin America
Panayiotis Papadopoulos Panayiotis Papadopoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, contact mechanics, computational plasticity, materials modeling, solid mechanics, applied mathematics, dynamics of pseudo-rigid bodies
Kameshwar Poolla Kameshwar Poolla
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
modeling, control, estimation, smart grids, renewable energy, electricity markets, transportation networks, integrated circuit design and manufacturing
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
headshot of Peter Hosemann Peter Hosemann
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
microscopy, nanomaterials, Nuclear materials, material science, radiation damage, corrosion in liquid metals, materials development, materials under extremes, nuclear applications, ion beam microscopy, nanoscale mechanical testing
Karen Trapenberg Frick Karen Trapenberg Frick
Dept of City & Regional Planning
political polarization, politics of infrastructure, transportation policy and planning
Mathew Welch Matthew Welch
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Borivoje Nikolic Borivoje Nikolic
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
digital integrated circuits, VLSI implementation of communications, signal processing systems
Ken Goldberg in front of a projection of robotic arm Ken Goldberg
Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
robotics, art, social media, new media, automation
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
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli sitting with hand extended in front of diagram. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
Cyber-Physical Systems, System design, Electronic Design Systems, embedded system design, control, integrated circuits, theory, Machine learning applications to Energy Efficient Building and Health
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