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Gabor A. Somorjai

Gabor A. Somorjai

Dept of Chemistry

physical chemistry, catalysis, surface science, low-energy electron diffraction, solid state chemistry, macroscopic surface phenomena, adhesion, lubrication, biocompatibility, bonding, reactivity at solid surfaces, scanning tunneling

Dan Stamper-Kurn in laboratory

Dan Stamper-Kurn

Dept of Physics

atomic physics, the use of ultra-cold neutral atoms, studies of microscopic and macroscopic quantum phenomena, cavity quantum electrodynamics, Bose-Einstein condensation, precision and quantum measurement

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

Thomas Schutzius

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

nanoscale transport phenomena, micro/nanofabrication techniques, interfacial optical methods, thermodynamic and interfacial modeling

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

Madison Douglas standing in streambed from website

Madison Douglas

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

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

Michael Zuerch in front of vacuum chamber.

Michael W. Zuerch

Dept of Chemistry

collective phenomena in material, chemical material dynamics in surfaces and interfaces, symmetry-broken states and their emergence in condensed-phase systems, dynamical properties in artificial and correlated superlattices, ultrafast spectroscopy from THz to X-rays

A photo of the faculty in the paramo in Ecuador

Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

ecohydrology, remote sensing, satellite experiments, stable isotopes, plant biology, surface hydrology, wetlands, methane

Meng C. Lin

School of Optometry

contact lenses, vision, clinical trials (phase I - Phase IV), clinical trial designs, tear film, biomedical devices, ocular surface

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

surface and interfacial science and engineering, nanotechnology, harsh-environment sensors, silicon carbide, green construction, biologically-inspired materials synthesis

J. W. Evans

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

production of materials, particularly fluid flow, reaction kinetics, mass transport, electrochemical, electromagnetic phenomena governing processes for producing materials, metals, storing energy

Jonathan Shewchuk

Jonathan Shewchuk

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

scientific computing, computational geometry (especially mesh generation, numerical robustness, surface reconstruction, numerical methods, machine learning, physically-based animation

Liwei Lin in lab

Liwei Lin

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

nanotechnology, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems), design and manufacturing of microsensors, microactuators, development of micromachining processes, silicon surface/bulk micromachining, micromolding process

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

Clayton J. Radke

Clayton J. Radke

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, surface & colloid science technology, protein/polymer/surfactant adsorption from solution, two-phase enzymatic catalysis, interfacial surfactant transport, electrokinetics, pore-level fluid mechanics, contact-lens & eye mechanics

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design, urban ecology, surface hydrology, groundwater, sea level rise, climate change, adaptation, environmental justice, adaptation to flooding, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, social justice research, client-based studio teaching, community-based studio teaching

Michael Crommie

Michael Crommie

Dept of Physics

physics, electronic properties of atomic-scale structures at surfaces, atomic-scale structures, morphology and dynamics of mesoscopic systems, atomic manipulation, visualizing low dimensional electronic behavior

Dept of Physics

nanoscience, nuclear magnetic resonance, semiconductors, metals, physics, fullerenes, nanotubes, condensed matter theory, surfaces, defects, nanostructure materials, clusters, many-electron effects in solids

Dept of Physics

physics, theoretical condensed matter, topological phase transitions, high-temperature superconductivity, organization principles enabling microscopic degrees of freedom to behave cooperatively, matter and their formation mechanisms, low dimensional quantum magnets, strongly correlated Fermi and Bose fluids

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

biogeochemistry, iron reduction, metals and contaminants, soil aggregates, selenium kinetics of organic matter degradation, nitrate reduction, soil and environmental biogeophysics, biogeochemical cycles, fate and transport of nutrients, sulfate reduction, wetland soils, littoral sediments, spatial variation in biogeochemical processes

Carlos Bustamante

Carlos Bustamante

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Physics

nanoscience, structural characterization of nucleo-protein assemblies, single molecule fluorescence microscopy, DNA-binding molecular motors, the scanning force microscope, prokaryotes

Yury Kolomensky in his lab

Yury Kolomensky

Dept of Physics

particle physics, precision measurements, electroweak interactions, neutrino physics, QCD, BaBar, E158, CUORE, Mu2e

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

Dept of Geography

continuum mechanics, climate, geomorphology, glaciers, glaciology, climate history, stable isotopes, geographical thought

William H. Miller

William H. Miller

Dept of Chemistry

theoretical chemistry, chemical dynamics, quantum mechanical and semiclassical theories, dynamical chemical processes at the molecular level, photodissociation, femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy, calculations of rate constants for chemical reactions

Feng Wang

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics, photonics, nanoscience