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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
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
Photo of Steve Conolly circa 2018 Steven Conolly
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
instrumentation, medical imaging reconstruction, contrast, MRI, Magnetic Particle Imaging
Roya Maboudian Roya Maboudian
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
surface and interfacial science and engineering, nanotechnology, harsh-environment sensors, silicon carbide, green construction, biologically-inspired materials synthesis
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
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
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
headshot of Meng Lin Meng C. Lin
School of Optometry
contact lenses, vision, clinical trials (phase I - Phase IV), clinical trial designs, tear film, biomedical devices, ocular surface
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
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
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
headshot of Yasmin Vobis Yasmin Vobis
Dept of Architecture
architecture, design, construction, vernacular architecture, industrial and non-industrial building methods, sustainable construction
Neyran Turan thumbnail photo facing the camera with a white wall background. Neyran Turan
Dept of Architecture
architectural design and climate change, planetary imagination and architectural design, climate futures, architecture and the Anthropocene, architectural construction and climate change, low-carbon architectural construction, hempcrete construction, bio-materials and design
Kristina Hill Kristina Hill
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
Prof. Iris D. Tommelein in Sutardja Dai Hall Iris D. Tommelein
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
lean construction, lean production, design management, sustainability, supply-chain management, life-cycle engineering, civil infrastructure systems, adaptive project leadership, engineering project management, megaproject delivery, construction process engineering, integrated project delivery IPD, building information modeling BIM, virtual design and construction VDC
Steven Louie Steven Louie
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
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
Arpad Horvath Arpad Horvath
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
life cycle assessment, LCA, sustainability, green design, buildings, transportation, water, construction, biofuels, energy, environmental management, infrastructure systems
Alvin Cheung Alvin Cheung
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
program analysis, program synthesis, database application performance, big systems, big data, database management, database management systems, database design and construction, programming languages and compilers, programming languages
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
Timothy Hampton in an outdoor setting Timothy Hampton
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of French
culture, politics, English, comparative literature, popular music, history of emotion, French, renaissance and early modern European culture, the romance languages, the ideology of literary genre, the literary construction of nationhood, the rhetoric of historiography
Celine Pallud Céline Pallud
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
Mark S. T. Anderson Mark Anderson
Dept of Architecture
architecture, building design, BIM, integrated project delivery, building construction, school design, housing design, net zero energy desig, nurban design, building integrated modeling, IPD, design-build, prefabricated, modular, architecture in China, architecture in Japan, urban water
Jun Sunseri conducting ground penetrating radar survey at the request of his Community Mentors (photo courtesy of Zach Emerson of the InterTribal Ecological Restoration Crew) Jun Sunseri
Dept of Anthropology
community-accountable archaeology, historical archaeology, zooarchaeology, ceramic material science, GIS, landscape archaeology, experimental archaeology, community-engaged research/scholarship, outreach, foodways, actualistic research, exploration geophysics, ground penetrating radar, remote sensing, photogrammetry, magnetometry, thermodynamics, adobe construction, food sovereignty
Avideh Zahkor Avideh Zakhor
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
signal processing, image processing, computer vision, Deep Learning
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