Affiliated Faculty and Staff

Research Topics: Self-assembly; directed assembly; complex fluids; soft materials; nanomaterials; interfacial phenomena; polymers; surfactants; particles; formulations; biomass processing; plastics recycling

Research Topics: Structural engineering; earthquake engineering; applied and computational mechanics; and multiphysics problems

Research Topics: Cognitive engineering; human factors in health care; human decision-making

Research Topics: Physical ergonomics; biomechanics of obesity; aging and human work capacity; occupational safety and health

Research Interests: Nature inspired computing (evolutionary, swarm, and neural algorithms) for design and AI; metamodeling and multi-fidelity optimization; MINLP; swarm systems and swarm-bots; autonomous systems; and unmanned aerial vehicles

Research Interests: Multidisciplinary research and teaching that are focused on materials science and engineering, particularly multifunctional structural materials (with functions including self-sensing, self-powering and vibration damping), electromagnetic shielding materials, and thermal interface materials (for microelectronic cooling). Other topics include three-dimensional printing, dielectric conductors and interface-derived viscoelasticity.

Research Topics: Mobile sensor networks; robot networks; networked embedded systems; mobile computing; wireless networks; embedded operating systems

Research Interests: Human capital and income distribution; economic growth and development; economics of health and value of life savings; Social Security and population aging; economics of information and uncertainty; economics of law, crime and justice

Research Topics: Innovation in Engineering Education; Cyberinfrastructure in Engineering Design; SocioTechnical Impacts on Engineering Design Processes; Multidisciplinary Design Synthesis; Optimal Design

Research Interests: Artificial intelligence in design and engineering; interactive CAD interfaces; brain computer interfaces; human-machine interactions; bipedal locomotion (human and humanoids); bio-robotics and mechatronics

Research Topics: Thin film nanostructured multifunctional materials; heteroepitaxial growth and processing-structure-property relationship of thin films; synthesis, characterization, and application of nanostructured multifunctional materials; monolithic integration of thin film materials with complimentary functionalities for devices

Research Interests: Feedback error learning; variable structure systems; neural networks; fuzzy logic; space distributed modular robotics; robotic path-planning; out of axis 3D printing; mini-factories; “First-Time-Right” hierarchical manufacturing strategies; additive manufacturing; model independent control strategies

Research Interests: Smart materials and structures; energy harvesting; implantable medical devices; nonlinear dynamic systems; MEMS; vibrations; renewable energy, and mechatronics

Research Topics: Human decision-making, statistics, quality control, production systems, service learning

Research Interests: Large-Scale Systems Design, Design Analytics, Collaborative Design Methods, Decentralized Design, Decision Theory, Decision Networks, Additive Manufacturing, Multiobjective Optimization, Machine Learning for Design and Manufacturing

Research Topics: Novel membrane materials for CO₂ capture from flue gas and syngas; antifouling membranes for water purification; understanding of polymer structure/property correlations in thin films

Specialty/Research Focus: Curriculum and Instruction; Cultural Studies; Diversity; Digital Media and Learning; Curriculum and Instruction; Design Experiments; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Ethnography; Immigrant Issues; Race, Inequality, and Education; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Qualitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods

Research Interests: Structural dynamics; acoustics; vibration damping and control; smart materials; energy harvesting; metamaterials and periodic structures

Research Topics: Materials informatics; Quantitative high resolution imaging; Atom probe tomography

Research Topics: Curriculum and Instruction; Elementary Education; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Learning Communities; Learning Design; Race, Inequality, and Education; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Qualitative Research Methods

Research Areas: computational media art; media architecture; responsive environments; urban computing; mobile and pervasive media; experimental and emerging practices in the media arts

Research Topics: Mechanical metamaterials, Structural instability, Pattern transformation, Material constitutive modeling, Reinforcement Learning

Research Interests: Target tracking; human-vehicle control; optimal control; nonlinear control; dynamics & control of flexible structures

Areas of Specialization: Applied Ontology; Artificial Intelligence

Research Topics: Structural and earthquake engineering; bridge engineering

Research Topics: Data Science Enabled Decision Making in Advanced Manufacturing and Occupational Safety

Research Topics: Synthesis and application of nanoparticles; Detailed chemical kinetic modeling in reacting flows

Specialty/Research Focus: Analog VLSI Design; silicon-based neuromorphic visual processing systems; neural networks; electronic routing and packaging design; electron beam lithography; sensors; optoelectronics

Research Topics: Behavioral biometrics; computer security; distributed systems; fault-tolerant computing (hardware/software)

Research Topics: Informatics and high performance computing for materials design and manufacturing

Research Topics: Functional materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion; electrocatalysis for renewable energy and environmental science; materials electrochemistry; batteries; fuel cells

Research Topics: Nanomaterials and nanostructures for energy storage and conversion

Research Interests: Iterative learning control; high precision control; nonlinear/robust control with applications to robotics; autonomous systems; manufacturing

Research Topics: Additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping