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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
Douglas Dreger Douglas Dreger
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
wave propagation, Inverse theory, geophysics, Earthquake strong ground motion, Seismic source modeling, Seismic forensics, Nuclear explosion monitoring, Induced seismicity, Volcanic seismicity
The Hydra mm-Wave (140 GHz) Testbed Ali Niknejad
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
analog integrated circuits, RF microwave circuits, biomedical CMOS sensors, communication systems, scientific computing, applied electromagnetics, mm-waves, THz, radar, mm-wave and microwave imaging
headshot of Ellie Tubman Ellie Tubman
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
magnetic fusion, collisionless shock waves, electromagnetic methods
Daniel Tataru Daniel Tataru
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, partial differential equations, nonlinear waves
Philip Marcus Philip Marcus
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks
Nicholas Paige Nicholas Paige
Dept of French
17th and 18th century French literature and culture, history and theory of the novel, quantitative literary history and digital humanities, history of aesthetics, cinema (French New Wave)
Alexis Kaminski in outdoor setting Alexis Kaminski
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fluid dynamics, stratified flows, upper-ocean dynamics, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, mixing, internal waves, shear instabilities
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
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
Edgar Knobloch Edgar Knobloch
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, geophysics, physics, nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems, bifurcation theory, low-dimensional behavior of continuous systems, the theory of nonlinear waves, pattern formation in fluid systems, geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, reaction-diffusion systems
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
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
Michael Reich Michael Reich
Dept of Economics
minimum wage, living wages, labor market segmentation, low wage labor markets
Ndola Prata Ndola Prata
School of Public Health
community-base access to care, maternal mortality, population and family planning, safe abortion, adolescent reproductive health in developing countries, postpartum hemorrhage
Patrick Kline Patrick Kline
Dept of Economics
inequality, Place Based Policies, firm wage setting policies, employment discrimination, econometrics, discrimination
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
coe photo Maya Carrasquillo
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
infrastructure justice, food-energy-water systems, urban water infrastructure, equitable decision-making, environmental justice, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
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
George F. Smoot George F. Smoot
Dept of Physics
cosmology, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, observing our galaxy, the cosmic background radiation, ground-based radio-telescope observations, balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite experiments, the NASA cosmic background
Edward C. Morse Edward C. Morse
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
applied plasma physics: fusion technology: microwaves, experimental investigation of RF plasma heating, experimental studies of compact toroids spectral method for magnetohydrodynamic stability
Andrew Scharlach Andrew Scharlach
School of Social Welfare
aging, social welfare, family issues, aging-friendly communities, long-term care policies
Raymond Jenaloz Raymond Jeanloz
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
planetary geophysics, high-pressure physics, national and international security, science-based policy
Lisa Garcia Bedolla Lisa Garcia Bedolla
School of Education
Dept of Political Science
politics, immigration, race, gender, inequality, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships
Headshot of Tesha Sengupta-Irving Tesha Sengupta-Irving
School of Education
STEM education, learning sciences, inequality & resistance, politics of learning, case study & design-based research
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