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
Alexis Kaminski Dept of Mechanical Engineering fluid dynamics, stratified flows, upper-ocean dynamics, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, mixing, internal waves, shear instabilities
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
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
Shawn Shadden Dept of Mechanical Engineering cardiovascular biomechanics, computational mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, thrombosis, medical image processing, dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, Lagrangian coherent structures, mathematical modeling
Michael Gollner Dept of Mechanical Engineering combustion, fire dynamics, wildland fire, fluid mechanics
David Romps Dept of Earth and Planetary Science climate, atmosphere, atmospheric science, weather, clouds, fluid dynamics
Kranthi K. Mandadapu Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, biological membranes, active matter, glassy dynamics
Mimi R. Koehl Dept of Integrative Biology biomechanics, insects, invertebrate functional morphology, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, marine animals, filtration, gliding vertebrates
Simo Mäkiharju Dept of Mechanical Engineering experimental fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics, Cavitation, multiphase flow, drag reduction, ocean renewable energy, particle image velocimetry, Time-Resolved X-Ray Densitometry, Droplet and particle transport
Michael Manga Dept of Earth and Planetary Science hydrogeology, fluid mechanics, geomorphology, earth & planetary science, geological processes involving fluids, including problems in physical volcanology, geodynamics, dynamics of suspensions, flow & transport in porous materials, percolation theory
Evan Variano Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering fluid mechanics, turbulence, wetlands, imaging, plankton, sediment transport
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
Eugene Chiang Dept of Astronomy Dept of Earth and Planetary Science planetary science, theoretical astrophysics, dynamics, planet formation, circumstellar disks
Ken Kamrin Dept of Mechanical Engineering solid and fluid mechanics, constitutive modeling, computational mechanics, physical applied mathematics
Jon Wilkening Dept of Mathematics applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational solid and fluid mechanics
Per-Olof Persson Dept of Mathematics applied mathematics, numerical methods, computational fluid and solid mechanics
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
Laurel Larsen Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept of Geography hydroecology, geomorphology, complex systems, restoration ecology, environmental modeling, wetlands, sediment transport, environmental fluid mechanics
Eva Nogales Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology cryo-EM, biochemistry, complex biological assemblies, structure and regulation of the cytoskeleton, microtubule dynamics, human transcriptional initiation machinery, epigenetics, gene silencing, biophysics
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
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
Wick Haxton Dept of Physics astrophysics, neutrino physics, nuclear astrophysics, tests of symmetries and conservation laws in nuclear and particle and atomic physics, many-body theory, effective theories
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