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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

Joelle Frechette

Joelle Frechette

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

soft materials, interfacial science, adhesion, surface & colloid science technology, interfacial surfactant transport, emulsions

Rebecca W. Heald

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

cell division, Xenopus, mitotic spindle assembly and function, size control of intracellular structures

Iswar Hariharan

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

growth regulation, regeneration, cancer

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genetics, cancer, Drosophila, cell biology, cell polarity, tumor suppressor, epithelial architecture, polarity, proliferation control, tumor-host interaction, morphogenesis

Christine Wildsoet

School of Optometry

optometry, vision science, myopia, refractive errors, accommodation, aberrations, eye growth, ocular therapeutics, optical myopia control, pharmacological myopia control, ocular tissue engineering, ocular stem cells, basic and clinical research with social implications

Claire Tomlin standing in front of a project of an aerial device

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

electrical engineering, computer sciences, control, biosystems, control theory, intelligent systems, robotics, hybrid and embedded systems, biological cell networks

Gary Firestone holding a model

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

cancer, steroid hormones, molecular endocrinology, tumor biology, growth factors, dietary compounds, tumor cells, glucocorticoids

David H. Raulet

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

biology, cancer immunology, natural killer (NK) cells, T-cell development and function, pathogens, viruses, lymphocyte receptors, microorganisms, cancer cells, tumor immunity, immunotherapy of cancer

Phillip Messersmith

Phillip Messersmith

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

adhesion, polymers, regenerative medicine, sustainable polymers, biomimetics, medical devices

Francesco Borrelli

Francesco Borrelli

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

automotive control systems, distributed and robust constrained control, manufacturing control systems, energy efficient buildings, model predictive control

David Auslander

David M. Auslander

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

control systems, simulation, mechatronics, real time software, energy management, satellite attitude control, demand response, machine control

J. Bradford DeLong

Dept of Economics

economics, globalization, economic growth, convergence, economics of post WWII Europe

Ali Mesbah

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

model predictive control, learning-based control, low-temperature plasma processing, machine learning and control for plasmas, semiconductor manufacturing

Andres Rodriguez-Clare

Andres Rodriguez-Clare

Dept of Economics

international trade, economic growth, multinational production, technology diffusion

Georjana Barnes

Georjana Barnes

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

biochemistry, genetics, cancer, biology, microtubule cytoskeleton, cell cycle controls, cellular imaging

Madison Douglas standing in streambed

Madison Douglas

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

landscape evolution, permafrost environments, periglacial geomorphology, Earth's surface, sediment transport

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

Maria Laura Delle Monache

Maria Laura Delle Monache

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

control, transportation, traffic flow theory and control, nonlinear partial differential equations, mathematical modeling, mixed autonomy transportation

Mark Mueller in outdoor environment

Mark W. Mueller

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

robotics, UAVs, estimation, control, flight, control systems, aviation

Yan Gong

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

plant development, cell biology, single-cell transcriptomics, evolutionary genomics

Dept of Integrative Biology

energetics, comparative biomechanics, arthropod, adhesion, comparative physiology, locomotion, neuromechanics, biomimicry, biological inspiration, reptile, gecko, amphibian, robots, artificial muscles

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

computational biology, single-cell genomics, immunology, systems biology, cell metabolism

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