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headshot of Ken Kamrin Ken Kamrin
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
solid and fluid mechanics, constitutive modeling, computational mechanics, physical applied mathematics
Jon Wilkening Jon Wilkening
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational solid and fluid mechanics
Per-Olof Persson Per-Olof Persson
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, numerical methods, computational fluid and solid mechanics
Kranthi K. Mandadapu Kranthi K. Mandadapu
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, biological membranes, active matter, glassy dynamics
David Bogy 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
headshot of Ömer Savaş Ömer Savaş
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fluid mechanics
Shawn Shadden 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
Robert Taylor Robert L. Taylor
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
computational mechanics, mechanics of solids, finite element methods, finite element software
Michael Gollner smiles at a Fire Whirl Michael Gollner
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
combustion, fire dynamics, wildland fire, fluid mechanics
M. Reza Alam 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
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
Sanjay Govindjee Sanjay Govindjee
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
finite element analysis, Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, constitutive theory, micromechanics, polymer mechanics, elastomer modeling, battery modeling, thermomechanics, continuum mechanics, failure analysis
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
headshot of Evan Variano Evan Variano
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
fluid mechanics, turbulence, wetlands, imaging, plankton, sediment transport
Nicholas Sitar 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
Alexis Kaminski in outdoor setting Alexis Kaminski
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fluid dynamics, stratified flows, upper-ocean dynamics, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, mixing, internal waves, shear instabilities
Sara McMains Sara McMains
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
geometric and solid modeling, general purpose computation on the GPU (GPGPU), CAD/CAM, computational geometry, computer graphics and visualization, tool path planning, additive manufacturing, computer vision, Deep Learning
Alp Sipahigil profile photo Alp Sipahigil
Dept of Physics
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
solid-state devices and technology, quantum technologies
Philip Marcus 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
Michael Manga 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
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
Simo Mäkiharju in lab setting 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
Laurel Larsen 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
Don Tilley in his office T. Don Tilley
Dept of Chemistry
inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels
Mimi R. Koehl Mimi R. Koehl
Dept of Integrative Biology
biomechanics, insects, invertebrate functional morphology, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, marine animals, filtration, gliding vertebrates
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