Name | Faculty Affiliation | Area of Research Excellence | Research Interests | |
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Bahman Abbasi |
Mechanical Engineering Energy Systems Engineering |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Water-energy nexus; control systems in thermal-fluid applications; advanced metals and materials |
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Joseph Agor |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering |
Production, Service, & Human Systems | Data-driven optimization with applications in health care |
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Roberto Albertani |
Mechanical Engineering Mechanics |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | Aerodynamics and stress analysis of flexible structures; environmental impact of wind energy; high-performance sailboats testing techniques; fiber composites technology; micro air vehicles; biological flight mechanics |
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Sourabh V. Apte |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Numerical simulations and modeling of multiphase turbulent flows; advanced numerical algorithms and models for simulations of multiphysics turbulent flows using predictive numerical techniques such as direct and large-eddy simulations |
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Ravi Balasubramanian |
Mechanical Engineering Robotics |
Robotics | Robot operation in unstructured environments; neural control and biomechanics in the human body |
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Belinda A. Batten |
Mechanical Engineering Robotics |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Computational methods for controlling and optimizing distributed parameter systems; mathematical modeling; numerical analysis; dynamics and control of autonomous vehicles and wave energy devices |
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Brian Bay |
Mechanical Engineering Mechanics |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | Image-based metrology methods (Digital Image Correlation and Digital Volume Correlation) for the study of complex materials and processes |
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David L. Blunck |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Thermal sciences, combustion energy conversion, gas turbine engines, and infrared radiation emissions from reacting and nonreacting flows |
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Javier Calvo-Amodio |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Human Systems Engineering |
Production, Service, & Human Systems | Integration of systems science into industrial and systems engineering; engineering of organization cultures; systemology; engineering management |
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Bradley Camburn |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | Conceptual ideation, prototyping, and testing to support the embodiment of complex systems at low cost |
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Matt Campbell |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | Design automation, computational geometry, design theory, and numerical optimization. Dr. Campbell teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in mechanical engineering. |
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David P. Cann |
Mechanical Engineering Materials |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | Materials science with a focus on electronic ceramic materials. Piezoelectric materials, dielectric materials, ferroelectricity, high-energy capacitors, materials under extreme environments, chemical sensors, defect chemistry, crystal chemistry. |
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Joe Davidson |
Mechanical Engineering |
Robotics | Robotic manipulation, physical human-robot interaction, and soft robotics |
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Onan Demirel |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | Human-centered design theories and methodologies, specifically digital human modeling, human-in-the-loop approach, and systems engineering for product and process development; computational and experimental human factors engineering |
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Andy Dong |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | strategy in the design of engineered products and systems |
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Toni L. Doolen |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Human Systems Engineering Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
Production, Service, & Human Systems | Qualitative and quantitative process improvement methodologies and innovations to improve social and technical aspects of organizational performance |
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Bryony DuPont |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | Hybrid energy systems optimization, wave energy conversion systems optimization, and building applications to advance sustainable design practices and implementation. |
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Zhaoyan Fan |
Mechanical Engineering Advanced Manufacturing |
Advanced Manufacturing | Model-enhanced sensor design and characterization for in-situ monitoring of manufacturing processes, energy-efficient sensor networks, and MEMS-enabled sensor miniaturization and packaging |
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Naomi Fitter |
Mechanical Engineering |
Robotics | Physical human-robot interaction, socially assistive robotics, haptics, robots in education, and robotic entertainers |
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Brian Fronk, P.E. (OR) |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Phase change and supercritical heat transfer, solar thermal processes, thermochemical energy storage, natural refrigerants, and advanced thermal energy systems |
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Joshua Gess |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal-Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Advancement of thermal management solutions for near and far-term high performance microelectronic equipment using fundamental knowledge of heat transfer along with novel experimental methods such as two-phase PIV and high-speed image capture. |
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Brady J. Gibbons |
Mechanical Engineering Materials |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | Functional thin film microstructure, processing, and property relationships; dielectric, pyroelectric, and super- and semiconducting materials for energy conversion; crystallography and diffraction characterization; spectroscopic ellipsometry |
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Cindy Grimm |
Mechanical Engineering Robotics |
Robotics | Robotic grasping and manipulation, with a focus on agricultural and industrial applications. Robotics ethics and policy. |
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Karl Haapala |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Manufacturing Systems Engineering Advanced Manufacturing
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Advanced Manufacturing | sustainable design and manufacturing |
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Chris Hagen, P.E. (CO) |
Energy Systems Engineering Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Energy conversion (primarily combustion); novel transportation fuels; development of sensors for harsh environments |
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Ross Hatton |
Mechanical Engineering Robotics |
Robotics | Motion models for snakes and snake robots; development of fundamental mathematical tools for studying locomotion |
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Geoff Hollinger |
Mechanical Engineering Robotics |
Robotics | Planning, coordination, and learning techniques for autonomous robotic systems |
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Chris Hoyle |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | Decision-based design (linking consumer preferences and enterprise-level objectives with the engineering design process); uncertainty quantification and management; complex system design. |
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Jonathan W. Hurst |
Mechanical Engineering Robotics |
Robotics | Controlled, highly dynamic systems - specifically, robots that move swiftly and require careful mechanical design due to fundamental limitations such as motor inertia and torque limits. Current focus is legged locomotion |
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Megumi Kawasaki |
Mechanical Engineering |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | Synthesis and characterizing unique properties of hybrid ultra-fine grained metals and nanocomposites processed by severe plastic deformation |
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David S. Kim |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
Production, Service, & Human Systems | Applied operations research and include production system design and optimization, performance evaluation of production systems, sequencing and scheduling, measurement system capability analysis, and experimental design |
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James Liburdy |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Fundamental issues of turbulent flows; flow in porous media; enhancement of transport properties by complex flow structures; high speed droplet formation; thermal management; low Reynolds number aerodynamics |
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Nordica MacCarty |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal-Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Design of energy systems for the developing world, and the use of engineering to address poverty and environmental issues |
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Ean H. Ng |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Engineering Management |
Production, Service, & Human Systems | Engineering management, engineering economic analysis, transportation management, high reliability organization, and organization behavior. |
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Kyle Niemeyer |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal-Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Computational modeling of multi-physics flows relevant to applications in aerospace, transportation, and energy systems |
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Bob Paasch, P.E. (CA) |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | Motorsports, electric mobility and autonomous vehicles |
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John Parmigiani, P.E. (OR, PA, WA) |
Mechanical Engineering Mechanics |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | Designing, building, and testing of mechanical and electro-mechanical devices; Conducting finite element analysis, often with experimental validation, of technically-relevant engineering phenomena |
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Somayeh Pasebani |
Mechanical Engineering Advanced Manufacturing |
Advanced Manufacturing | Development of high temperature alloys, ceramic-reinforced metal matrix composites, aerospace and energy materials via advanced manufacturing (field assisted sintering, powder metallurgy and laser sintering) |
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Brian Paul |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Advanced Manufacturing |
Advanced Manufacturing | Arrayed microfluidics for green nanosynthesis; microreactor-assisted materials processing; precision bonding for microsystem packaging; packaging of arrayed microfluidic systems for distributed and portable energy, chemical and biomedical application |
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Deborah V. Pence |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Single-phase and two-phase enhancement of microscale heat transfer using bio-insipired flow networks and in-situ vapor extraction. Studies are primarily experimental but also include commercial CFD and numerical modeling for design optimization. |
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David Porter |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Information Systems Engineering |
Production, Service, & Human Systems | Information systems engineering, wireless communications, intelligent transportation systems, automatic data collection, manufacturing systems, supply chain engineering, and e-commerce |
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Melissa Santala |
Mechanical Engineering Materials |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | The role interfaces in the structural and phase stability of nanostructured materials; thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations; application of transmission electron microscopy to problems in materials science |
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Burak Sencer |
Mechanical Engineering Advanced Manufacturing |
Advanced Manufacturing | Precision motion control, and optimal trajectory generation for multi-axis machine tools, and intelligent machining process control |
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Kendra Sharp |
Mechanical Engineering Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Renewable Energy & Energy Sustainability | Design for international development, applications of technology in humanitarian engineering, sustainable water and energy systems (including small hydropower), and the ethics of university-community engagement |
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Bill Smart |
Mechanical Engineering Robotics |
Robotics | Human-robot interactions; enabling self-sufficiency in robots; use of robots to assist people with motor disabilities; machine learning strategies for teaching robots to act effectively despite intermittent and/or incorrect performance feedback |
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Rob Stone |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | Design theories and methodologies, specifically product architectures, functional representations, automated conceptual design techniques and innovation strategies for new product design |
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Ali Tabei |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Advanced Manufacturing |
Advanced Manufacturing | Computational integration of materials’ microstructural evolution and manufacturing processes, synthesis of nanomaterials, and semiconductor processing and modeling. |
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Julie Tucker |
Mechanical Engineering Materials |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | Degradation of materials in extreme environments; alloy development; integrated computational and experimental approaches |
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Kagan Tumer |
Mechanical Engineering Robotics |
Robotics | Learning, optimization and control in large complex systems; learning and coordination in multiagent systems; distributed reinforcement learning; evolutionary algorithms for control and optimization |
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Irem Y. Tumer |
Mechanical Engineering Design |
Design | Risk-based and model-based design; system analysis and optimization; uncertainty modeling during design as applied to complex engineering system |
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Hector Vergara |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Information Systems Engineering |
Production, Service, & Human Systems | Methods and tools of operations research applied to problems in transportation, logistics and distribution, supply chain design and optimization, facility location, and network design; data collection and decision support systems |
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Donghua Xu |
Mechanical Engineering Materials |
Next-Generation Materials & Devices | Multi-scale modeling (including code and algorithm development) of irradiation damage and experimental validation; fabrication, devitrification and properties of metallic glasses |