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David Bogy David B. 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
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
headshot of John Clarke John Clarke
Dept of Physics
nuclear magnetic resonance, physics, noise limitations, applications of superconducting quantum interference devices, low-transition temperature, axion detectors, sensing of magnetically-tagged biomolecules, nondestructive evaluation
Ken Ueno Ken Ueno
Dept of Music
music composition, decolonizing music, noise, sound installations, music of Japan, extended vocal techniques, overtone singing, musical culture of Japan, experimental improvisation
Kenneth Polse Kenneth A. Polse
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, tear mixing, epithelial barrier function, contact lens extended wear
G. Ugo Nwokeji G. Ugo Nwokeji
Dept of African American Studies
Atlantic slave trade, historical demography, African history and political economy, oil and gas policy
Canandgown James W. Rector
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
geoarchaeology, geophysics, acoustics, Seismology, machine learning, energy, carbon capture and storage, oil and gas
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
Philip B. Stark Philip B. Stark
Dept of Statistics
elections, astrophysics, law, statistics, litigation, causal inference, inverse problems, geophysics, uncertainty quantification, educational technology, soil science, race and gender bias and discrimination, nonparametrics, climate, natural disasters, sustainable food systems, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research, research in the public interest, active transportation, earthquake hazard mitigation, natural hazards
Michael Ranney Michael Ranney
School of Education
Dept of Psychology
Problem solving, knowledge representation & reorganization, explanatory coherence & inference, conceptual change, societal implications, science instruction, global climate change psychology, numeracy in journalism, naïve/informal physics, computational models of cognition, perceptual-cognitive interactions, intelligent tutoring systems, understandings of biological evolution, Reasoning, qualitative & quantitative thinking
Nathan Sayre Nathan Sayre
Dept of Geography
climate change, endangered species, rangelands, political ecology, pastoralism, ranching, environmental history, suburbanization, human-environment interactions, environmental geography, range science and management, Southwestern US, scale, community-based conservation
Paul Fine Paul Fine
Dept of Integrative Biology
speciation, plant ecology, plant evolutionary biology, floristics and phytogeography
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
Paolo D'Odorico wearing a blue shirt, with unfocused greenery in background Paolo D'Odorico
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
hydrology, ecohydrology, water resources, Water and Society, environmental sciences, Drylands, Desertification
Carlos Fernandez-Pello Carlos Fernandez-Pello
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fire, combustion, flammability of materials, wildland fire spotting, wildland fire propagation, ignition and fire spread, smoldering and flaming, self heating and ignition, small scale energy generation
Stephen R. Leone in lab Stephen R. Leone
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Physics
attosecond physics, attosecond chemistry, ultrafast spectroscopy, ultrafast laser, atomic and molecular dynamics, semiconductors, quantum materials, high harmonic generation, soft x-ray, charge transfer, charge migration, nonadiabatic dynamics, conical intersection, carrier dynamics, phonon dynamics, spin dynamics, core exciton dynamics
Karen Nakamura Karen Nakamura
Dept of Anthropology
disability, Japan, disability studies, queer studies, LGBTQ communities, social cultural anthropology, medical and psychiatric anthropology, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships
Dennis Baldocchi Dennis Baldocchi
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
biometeorology, climate change and ecosystems, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, agricultural meteorology, ecosystem ecology, carbon cycle, evaporation, ecohydrology, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship
Eileen Gambrill Eileen D. Gambrill
School of Social Welfare
social welfare, professional ethics and education, social learning theory, behavioral methods
headshot of Jun-Chau Chien Jun-Chau Chien
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
biosensors, bioelectronics, microfluidics, molecular engineering, analog, RF/mm-wave, mixed-signal circuits, microsystems design, multi-physics, silicon photonics
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
Roger Falcone Roger Falcone
Dept of Physics
physics, lasers, x-rays, plasma physics, materials, atomic physics, ultrafast science
headshot of Enrique Iglesia Enrique Iglesia
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, catalytic materials, heterogeneous catalysis, chemical reaction engineering, methane and biomass coversion processes, refining processes, hydrogen generation, alkane activation deoxygenatiion and desulfurization catalysis, zeolites
Joelle Frechette Joelle Frechette
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
soft materials, interfacial science, adhesion
Evan R. Williams Evan R. Williams
Dept of Chemistry
spectroscopy, molecular structure and dynamics, analytical chemistry, biophysical chemistry, structure and reactivity of biomolecules and biomolecule/water interactions, mass spectrometry, separations, protein conformation, protein and DNA sequencing
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