People

Reseach expertise within the center comes from across a vast array of disciplines. Many of our faculty have experience collaborating across campus as well as between academia and industry.

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Pinar Acar , redirect
Multiscale modeling, optimization, uncertainty quantification for metallic material design
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Alex Aning , redirect
Structure-property relationships;, powder processing and mechanical alloying; processing and synthesis of metallic, ceramic and polymeric materials and composites
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Alan Asbeck , redirect
Wearable robotics, biomechanics of movement, mechatronic systems
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Rana Ashkar , redirect
Experimental condensed matter, soft matter and biological physics
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Michael Bartlett , redirect
Multi-functional smart and responsive soft composites
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Feras Batarseh , redirect
Artificial intelligence assurance, intelligent water systems, cyberbiosecurity, context and causality, AI for agricultural policy
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Romesh Batra , redirect
Material/structural instabilities, impact and penetration problems, computational mechanics
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Jan Helge Bøhn , redirect
Rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, layered manufacturing, geometric modeling, and their applications; global engineering design and product development process
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Michael Bortner , redirect
Polymer nanocomposites; nanostructured materials and surfaces; polymer morphology and structure-property relationships; surface and interface phenomena in polymers
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Doug Bowman , redirect
3d user interfaces, human-computer interaction, virtual environments
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Alexander Brand , redirect
Materials science of civil infrastructure materials, impacts of recycled and by-product materials on cementitious materials
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Wenjun (Rebecca) Cai , redirect
Physical metallurgy; tribology, corrosion, and tribocorrosion; materials characterization; mechanical testing; thin films and coatings
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Scott Case , redirect
Experimental characterization and modeling of engineering materials and structures
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Jie Chen , redirect
Machine learning, uncertainty quantification, engineering design
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Jiangtao Cheng , redirect
Self assembly of nanoparticles; microfluidics and nanofluidics, optofluidics and electrofluidics, sustainable energy
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Kelsey Coleman , redirect
Client outreach activities, faculty consulting projects, workforce development and continuing professional education
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Raffaella De Vita , redirect
Nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity, Experimental and theoretical solid mechanics
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Sanket Deshmukh , redirect
Computer Code for molecular dynamics on ultra-high performance supercomputers; simulation techniques
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Harpreet Dhillon , redirect
Wireless communications, signal processing, machine learning for communication systems, cellular networks
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David Dillard , redirect
Adhesive bonding; structural adhesives for aerospace, automotive, and infrastructure applications; pressure-sensitive adhesives
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Christina DiMarino , redirect
Power electronics packaging, High-density integration, Wide-bandgap power semiconductors
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Alan Druschitz , redirect
Metal casting processes, ferrous and non-ferrous alloy development, ballistic/armor materials, heat treating, welding
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Kimberly Ellis , redirect
Logistics systems analysis and design, production and process planning, manufacturing systems analysis and design, applied operations research
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Adrian Figg , redirect
Polymer structures inspired biology, synthetic controlled polymerization techniques
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Yao Fu , redirect
Materials behaviors in high temperature and corrosive environments, computationally guided innovative materials and manufacturing design, multiphysics simulation of materials behaviors
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Joseph Gabbard , redirect
Augmented Reality, virtual reality, usability engineering
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Christiana Garcia , redirect
Cyber-physical systems, security in artificial intelligence, engineering education, human-computer interaction
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Kaveh Akbari Hamed , redirect
Control theory, robotics, optimization and optimal control, complex systems, cyber-physical systems
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Ran Jin , redirect
System informatics and control in industrial engineering; quality engineering in manufacturing scale-up; sensing, modeling and process optimization
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Blake Johnson , redirect
Bio-printing; bio-sensing; in-situ monitoring (AI/ML)
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Rakesh Kapania , redirect
Structures and materials, computational mechanics, design
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Dayoung Kim , redirect
Practices and experiences of workforce development, workforce challenges and opportunities from emerging technologies
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Nathan King , redirect
Design technology including robotics and autonomous systems, design research
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Erik Komendera , redirect
Autonomous assembly and construction, field robotics
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James Kong , redirect
Additive and hybrid Manufacturing, data-driven design and intelligence
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Andrea L'Afflitto , redirect
Lightweight robotics, control theory
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Nathan Lau , redirect
Cognitive engineering, human performance, interface design, situation awareness, cognitive work analysis
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Suyi Li , redirect
Physically computing materials and mechanical intelligence, soft and reconfigurable robots
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Feng Lin , redirect
Materials electrochemistry for energy and sustainability, charge distribution, batteries
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Guoliang (Greg) Liu , redirect
Plastic waste upcycling, polystyrene conversion, polymer-graphene heterostructural membranes
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Lingjia Liu , redirect
Communication networks, deep learning, smart grid networks, spectrum sensing & dynamic spectrum access, energy harvesting
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Dylan Losey , redirect
Human-robot interaction, machine learning, control theory
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Guo-Quan Lu , redirect
Electronic packaging and electronic materials, packaging of power semiconductor devices and modules, material synthesis for die bonding
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Andrew McCoy , redirect
Concrete 3D printing, smart home tech, workforce training
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Steven McKnight , redirect
Solid mechanics, advanced polymer composite materials, polymer adhesion science
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Ryan McMahan , redirect
Learning sciences, applied machine learning
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Lisa McNair , redirect
Interdisciplinarity in work, arts- and design-driven research K-25 education in Science, Engineering, Arts, and Design (SEAD)
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Alan Michaels , redirect
Digital communications, satellite communications, radio frequency machine learning, digital chaos, non-traditional hardware
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Robert Moore , redirect
Polymers, thermo-reversible gel, semicrystalline ionomers, tailored processing procedures, polymer-based nanocomposites, reactive extrusion
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Amrinder Nain , redirect
Nanotechnology, advanced materials and biomaterials, biological scaffolds
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Noel Naughton , redirect
Bio-inspired soft robot design and control, numerical modeling
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Gary Pickrell , redirect
Fiber optics, plasma spray process, optical fiber, ceramic processing, porous materials fabrication
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Ranga Pitchumani , redirect
Energy systems, electric grid integration of renewable energy, materials processing and manufacturing
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Rui Qiao , redirect
Fluid dynamics and heat transfer, electrical energy storage, thermal management, micro- and nanofluidics, advanced manufacturing
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Bart Raeymaekers , redirect
Advanced manufacturing of complex mechanical systems, materials, and devices and tribology; manufacturing of novel engineered polymer materials
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Prahalada Rao , redirect
Manufacturing, sensing, and analytics
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Jeff Reed , redirect
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Sourav Saha , redirect
Mechanistic computational intelligence, computational mechanics, computational nanomaterials, computational heat transfer
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Subhash C. Sarin , redirect
Production scheduling, planning, and control; applied mathematical programming; design and mathematical analysis of manufacturing systems
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Anubhav Sarmah , redirect
Polymer engineering, advanced manufacturing, electromagnetic field /material Interaction
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Michael Schulz , redirect
Polymer chemistry in real-world challenges, interaction of functional materials
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Shima Shahab , redirect
Ultrasound-responsive intelligent material systems, wireless acoustic power transfer, acoustic holographic lenses, ultrasound atomization, microfluidics
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Tao Sun , redirect
Microelectromechanical systems, neural engineering, additive manufacturing
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Carolina Tallon , redirect
Ceramics processing, ultra-high temperature ceramics
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Chris Thomas , redirect
Computer vision, natural language processing, multimedia, multimodal data, information extraction
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Zhenhua Tian , redirect
Acoustic manipulation, bioprinting, acoustofluidics, ultrasonic phased arrays, laser ultrasonics, focused ultrasound
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Eileen M. Van Aken , redirect
Performance measurement and management systems, strategic management organization, lean work systems, team-based work systems
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Abby Whittington , redirect
Tissue engineering, biopolymers, controlled-release drug delivery, cell-biomaterial interactions
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Christopher Williams , redirect
Additive manufacturing, design for manufacturing, new methods for advanced manufacturing, informal learning environments
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Yang (Cindy) Yi , redirect
Neuromorphic computing systems; emerging devices, circuits, and architectures; machine learning for wireless networks and cybersecurity
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Gregory Young , redirect
Advanced diagnostics and experimental testing, energy systems, propulsion
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Hang Yu , redirect
Materials processing and manufacturing science, solid-state metal additive manufacturing by additive friction stir deposition
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Hongrui Yu , redirect
Human-robot symbiotic construction, artificial intelligence for interactive and complex construction tasks, multimodal sensorimotor interactions, generative machine learning algorithms, digital twin
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Yuhao Zhong , redirect
Explainable AI, statistics, computer vision, machine learning
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Chris Zobel , redirect
Humanitarian supply chains and supply chain resilience, sustainability and environmental decision making