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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
Eric Y. Ma Eric Yue Ma
Dept of Physics
atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and materials science
Frances Hellman Frances Hellman
Dept of Physics
condensed matter physics and materials science
Panayiotis Papadopoulos Panayiotis Papadopoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, contact mechanics, computational plasticity, materials modeling, solid mechanics, applied mathematics, dynamics of pseudo-rigid bodies
Roger Falcone Roger Falcone
Dept of Physics
physics, lasers, x-rays, plasma physics, materials, atomic physics, ultrafast science
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
Ehud Altman Ehud Altman
Dept of Physics
atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and materials science
James Casey James Casey
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
continuum mechanics, finite elasticity, continuum thermodynamics, plasticity, theories of elastic-plastic materials, history of mechanics, dynamics
James Sethian James A. Sethian
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, applied mathematics, partial differential equations, computational physics, level set Methods, computational fluid mechanics and materials sciences, fast marching methods
Claudia Ostertag Claudia P. Ostertag
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
energy, environmental analysis of civil infrastructure systems, structural engineering, mechanics and materials
photo of Ziqi Ziqi Wang
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
structural engineering, mechanics and materials, structural reliability, earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification
Teresa Head-Gordon standing with hands crossed in front Teresa Head-Gordon
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
Computational chemistry, machine learning, chemical physics, biophysics, biomolecules, materials, catalysis, computational science
Mary Scott Mary Scott
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
structural materials, electronic materials, magnetic materials, optical materials, chemical and electrochemical material
Raphael Bousso Raphael Bousso
Dept of Physics
physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant
headshot of Ken Kamrin Ken Kamrin
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
solid and fluid mechanics, constitutive modeling, computational mechanics, physical applied mathematics
Zi Qiang Qiu Zi Qiang Qiu
Dept of Physics
experimental study of quantum magnetism in nanostructures, condensed matter physics, materials science experimentation
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
headshot of Yuan Cao Yuan Cao
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
physical electronics, micro/nano electro mechanical systems, physics
Alessandra Lanzara headshot Alessandra Lanzara
Dept of Physics
materials science, ultrafast science, quantum materials, sustainable materials, topological phases of matter
Headshot of Jeffrey Neaton Jeffrey Neaton
Dept of Physics
condensed matter theory, Materials Physics, nanoscience, physical chemistry, Electronic Structure Theory, Transport, Hard-Soft Interfaces, Complex Oxides, renewable energy, energy conversion
Alex Zettl 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)
John W. Morris John W. Morris, Jr
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
structural materials, computational materials, the limits of strength, deformation mechanisms, non-destructive testing with SQUID microscopy, mechanisms of grain refinement in high strength steels, lead-free solders for microelectronics
headshot of Peter Hosemann Peter Hosemann
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
microscopy, nanomaterials, Nuclear materials, material science, radiation damage, corrosion in liquid metals, materials development, materials under extremes, nuclear applications, ion beam microscopy, nanoscale mechanical testing
Maciej Zworski Maciej Zworski
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, partial differential equations, mathematical physics, mathematical aspects of quantum mechanics, scattering theory, microlocal analysis
Kranthi K. Mandadapu Kranthi K. Mandadapu
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, biological membranes, active matter, glassy dynamics
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