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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Shirshendu Ganguly

Shirshendu Ganguly

Dept of Statistics

probability theory, statistical mechanics

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

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

Dept of Statistics

probability, mathematical probability, statistical mechanics

Hitoshi Murayama

Dept of Physics

physics, particle physics, the universe, fundamental constituents of matter, Higgs boson, anti-matter, neutrino oscillations, finite value of the cosmological constant, triple coincidence of energy densities

Michael Gollner smiles at a Fire Whirl

Michael Gollner

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

combustion, fire dynamics, wildland fire, fluid mechanics

Junqiao Wu holding a wafer with his reflection

Junqiao Wu

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

semiconductors, nanotechnology, energy materials, condensed matter physics and materials science

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics, superconducting qubits, quantum limited amplifiers, quantum circuits

Ehud Altman

Dept of Physics

atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and materials science

Hayden Taylor (third from left) with group members and collaborators holding components produced by computed axial lithography

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

manufacturing, microfabrication, nanofabrication, semiconductor manufacturing, computational mechanics, nanoimprint lithography

Philip Tidwell working on a construction project

Dept of Architecture

architectural form, constructive technique, agency of matter, architecture, timber supply

Eric Yue Ma

Dept of Physics

atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and materials science

Dan Weisz

Dept of Astronomy

observational astrophysics, galaxies, stars, cosmology, early Universe, dark matter

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

fluid mechanics, turbulence, wetlands, imaging, plankton, sediment transport

Alessandra Lanzara

Dept of Physics

materials science, ultrafast science, quantum materials, sustainable materials, topological phases of matter

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

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Physics

atomic molecular and optical physics, biophysics, condensed matter physics and material science

Dept of Astronomy

Dept of Physics

astrophysics, black hole, dark matter, cosmology, formation and evolution of galaxies, cosmic microwave background radiation

Dept of Physics

experimental study of quantum magnetism in nanostructures, condensed matter physics, materials science experimentation

Martin P. Head-Gordon

Martin P. Head-Gordon

Dept of Chemistry

theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics

Michael DeWeese

Dept of Neuroscience

Dept of Physics

machine learning, computation, systems neuroscience, auditory cortex, neural coding, statistical mechanics

Claudia Ostertag

Claudia P. Ostertag

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

energy, environmental analysis of civil infrastructure systems, structural engineering, mechanics and materials

Ali Javey sitting in lab with equipment in background

Ali Javey

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

nanotechnology, low power electronics, flexible electronics and sensors, nanofabrication, energy harvesting and conversion, programmable matter

Ziqi Wang

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

structural engineering, mechanics and materials, structural reliability, earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification