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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
Photo of Oliver O'Reilly standing near Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus. Oliver O'Reilly
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
continuum mechanics, vibrations, dynamics
Michael Gollner smiles at a Fire Whirl Michael Gollner
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
combustion, fire dynamics, wildland fire, fluid mechanics
Celeste Kidd Celeste Kidd
Dept of Psychology
attention, curiosity, learning, computational modeling, cognitive development, machine learning, belief formation
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
Sanjay Govindjee Sanjay Govindjee
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
finite element analysis, Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, constitutive theory, micromechanics, polymer mechanics, elastomer modeling, battery modeling, thermomechanics, continuum mechanics, failure analysis
David Steigmann David J. Steigmann
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
finite elasticity, mechanics, continuum, shell theory, variational methods, stability, surface stress, capillary phenomena, mechanics of thin films
Kranthi K. Mandadapu Kranthi K. Mandadapu
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, biological membranes, active matter, glassy dynamics
Robert Taylor Robert L. Taylor
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
computational mechanics, mechanics of solids, finite element methods, finite element software
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
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
Masayoshi Tomizuka with two industrial robot arms. Masayoshi Tomizuka
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
robotics, mechatronics, control systems theory, digital control, dynamic systems, mechanical vibrations, adaptive and optimal control, motion control
headshot of 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
headshot of Richard Ivry Richard Ivry
Dept of Neuroscience
Dept of Psychology
cognitive neuroscience, behavior, cognition, brain, attention, coordination, psychology, motor and perceptual processes in normal and neurologically impaired populations, temporal processing, executive control
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
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
Avideh Zahkor Avideh Zakhor
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
signal processing, image processing, computer vision, Deep Learning
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
Martin P. Head-Gordon Martin P. Head-Gordon
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics
Hannah Stuart working with Laura Treers on a burrowing robot Hannah Stuart
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
robotics, dynamics, design-based research, exoskeleton systems, bioinspired robots, marine systems, dexterous manipulation, hands, grasping, Mechanism Design, human-robot interaction
Alan Hammond Alan Hammond
Dept of Statistics
probability, mathematical probability, statistical mechanics
Aila Matanock at work in Berkeley Aila Matanock
Dept of Political Science
post-conflict elections, policing, peace processes, civil conflict, foreign intervention, armed actor governance, armed actor social support, counterinsurgency, survey experiments, mixed-method research design, Central America, Colombia, Solomon Islands, West Africa
Khalid M. Mosalam Khalid M. Mosalam
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
bridges, concrete and masonry structures, damage mechanics, earthquake engineering, fracture mechanics, machine learning
Rikky Muller standing in front of graphic of the brain Rikky Muller
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
integrated circuits, biosystems and computational biology, micro/nano electro mechanical systems
Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey
Dept of Economics
Mechanism Design, matching and marketing design, industrial organization, bounded rationality
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