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Department

Kosa Goucher-Lambert

Kosa Goucher-Lambert

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

design theory and methods, automation, decision-making applied to engineering teams and individuals, ideation and creativity, analogical reasoning in design, preference modeling and design attribute optimization, design cognition, neuroimaging methods applied to design, sustainable design, New product development, crowdsourcing and collaboration

Sayeef Salahuddin

Sayeef Salahuddin

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

physical electronics, design and modeling and analysis, energy, scientific computing

Hedy Kober

Dept of Psychology

craving, regulation of craving, alcohol and substance use disorder, treatments for substance use and eating disorders, neural and psychological mechanisms of treatment, emotion regulation, mindfulness, meditation

Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey

Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey

Dept of Economics

Mechanism Design, matching and marketing design, industrial organization, bounded rationality

Thomas M. Devine

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

corrosion resistance of materials, additive manufacturing of metals

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

infrastructure sensing, infrastructure modeling, performance-based design, underground structures, energy geotechnics, geomechanics

Dept of Architecture

architecture, urban design

Anne-Lise Francois

Anne-lise Francois

Dept of English

popular culture, English, comparative literature, the modern period, comparative romanticisms, lyric poetry, the psychological novel, novel of manners; gender, critical theory; literature, philosophy; fashion

Fiona McFarlane

Fiona McFarlane

Dept of English

Creative Writing, narrative and the novel, the short story

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

Jie Yao

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

optical materials, nanophotonics, optoelectronics, magnetic materials, ferroelectrics

John Arnold

Dept of Chemistry

organometallic chemistry, organometallic catalysis, materials chemistry, coordination chemistry

Dept of Architecture

virtual and augmented reality for building design and simulation, net zero energy and sustainable design, parametric and generative design systems for sustainable architecture, daylighting, daylighting in buildings, housing solutions for the developing world and refugee camps

Alex Zettl

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)

Brian A. Barsky

Brian A. Barsky

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

School of Optometry

computer science, geometric design and modeling, computer graphics, computer aided cornea modeling and visualization, medical imaging, virtual environments for surgical simulation

Andreas Schaab in outdoor setting

Dept of Economics

monetary policy, business cycle fluctuations, inequality, policy design

Hannah Stuart working with Laura Treers on a burrowing robot

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

robotics, dynamics, design-based research, exoskeleton systems, bioinspired robots, marine systems, dexterous manipulation, hands, grasping, Mechanism Design, human-robot interaction

A photograph of a handsome professor of Architecture

Dept of Architecture

design computation, architectural representation, design methods, Generative AI, artificial intelligence, creativity, ideation and creativity

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

metallurgy, nanomechanics, electron microscopy, in situ TEM, electron microscopy of soft materials

Dept of Architecture

architecture and urban design and theory

Per F. Peterson

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

nuclear engineering, heat and mass transfer, reactor thermal hydraulics, nuclear reactor design, radioactive waste, nuclear materials management

Dept of English

critical theory, narrative & the novel, 19th century British literature, poetry, film, literary theory, sociability, psychoanalysis

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

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

Ajay Pillarisetti setting at desk with computer monitor and microphone in background

Ajay Pillarisetti

School of Public Health

energy use, health effects of air pollution, climate change, exposure assessment, global health, health impacts of energy use, heat and health, air pollution measurement, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research