OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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| Title | Specialty Area(s) | Research Interests | |
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Bahman Abbasi |
Energy Systems Engineering |
Water-energy nexus; control systems in thermal-fluid applications; advanced metals and materials |
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Roberto Albertani |
Mechanics |
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 |
Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
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 |
Robotics |
Robot operation in unstructured environments; neural control and biomechanics in the human body |
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Belinda A. Batten |
Robotics |
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 |
Mechanics |
Orthopaedic biomechanics; cellular material micro-mechanics; x-ray tomography based volumetric strain measurement; computational evolutionary strategies for material and component design; bio-inspired sustainability in product and system design |
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David L. Blunck |
Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Thermal sciences, combustion energy conversion, gas turbine engines, and infrared radiation emissions from reacting and nonreacting flows |
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Javier Calvo-Amodio |
Human Systems Engineering |
Transition-phase management in healthcare; lean and six sigma environments; creative problem solving; engineering and systems management; engineering economics; STEM education focusing on ethics and philosophy |
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Matt Campbell |
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 |
Materials |
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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Onan Demirel |
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Human needs, abilities and limitations during early stages of the design process; human-in-the-loop design framework. |
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Toni L. Doolen |
Human Systems Engineering Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
Qualitative and quantitative process improvement methodologies and innovations to improve social and technical aspects of organizational performance |
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Bryony DuPont |
Design |
Hybrid energy systems optimization, wave energy conversion systems optimization, and building applications to advance sustainable design practices and implementation. |
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Chinweike Eseonu |
Human Systems Engineering |
Technical entrepreneurship; science and engineering policy (with focus on sustainability and entrepreneurship related policy); transportation system management; process optimization |
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Zhaoyan Fan |
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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Brian Fronk, P.E. (OR) |
Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Microscale heat and mass transfer, two-phase flow, natural refrigerants, advanced thermal energy systems, and sustainable energy portfolios |
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Ken Funk |
Human Systems Engineering |
Human factors engineering, especially in the health care, military, aviation, and manufacturing domains; philosophy of technology |
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Joshua Gess |
Thermal-Fluid Sciences |
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 |
Materials |
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 |
Robotics |
Computer graphics and human–computer interaction, including the relationship between shape and biological function, design of interfaces for manipulating and annotating 3D images, and artistic-based modeling and visualization |
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Karl Haapala |
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Advanced Manufacturing
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Sustainable design and manufacturing, including life cycle engineering, manufacturing process modeling for environmental performance improvement, and evaluation of novel approaches for environmental impact reduction |
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Chris Hagen, P.E. (CO) |
Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Energy conversion (primarily combustion); novel transportation fuels; development of sensors for harsh environments |
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Ross Hatton |
Robotics |
Motion models for snakes and snake robots; development of fundamental mathematical tools for studying locomotion |
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Geoff Hollinger |
Robotics |
Planning, coordination, and learning techniques for autonomous robotic systems |
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Chris Hoyle |
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 |
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 | 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 |
Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
Applied operations; production system design and optimization; performance evaluation of production systems; scheduling heuristics; discrete event dynamic systems; facility layout of engineering organizations |
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James Liburdy |
Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
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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R. Logen Logendran |
Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
Production planning and control; cellular manufacturing design; group scheduling, routing and scheduling; applied operations research |
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Nordica MacCarty |
Thermal-Fluid Sciences |
Design of energy systems for the developing world, and the use of engineering to address poverty and environmental issues |
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Yiğit Mengüç |
Robotics |
Interface of mechanical science and robotics, creating soft devices inspired by nature and applied to robotics. |
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David Nembhard |
Human Systems Engineering |
Workforce engineering, staffing, scheduling, learning and forgetting, workforce cross-training, human performance in complex systems, and transportation of hazardous materials |
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Harriet B. Nembhard |
Healthcare Systems Engineering |
Many areas of industrial engineering and operations research interconnected with other engineering, technology and healthcare disciplines |
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Ean H. Ng |
Engineering Management |
Dr. Ng's research interests include engineering management, engineering economic analysis, transportation management, high reliability organization, and organization behavior. |
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Kyle Niemeyer |
Thermal-Fluid Sciences |
Computational modeling of multi-physics flows relevant to applications in aerospace, transportation, and energy systems |
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Bob Paasch, P.E. (CA) |
Design |
Design of mechanical systems for reliability and maintainability; design of marine renewable energy systems; knowledge-based monitoring and diagnosis of mechanical system; applications of artificial intelligence for ecological systems monitoring |
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John Parmigiani, P.E. (OR, PA, WA) |
Mechanics |
Finite element modeling, often with experimental validation, of technically relevant engineering phenomena; applied design research involving design, fabrication, and testing of mechanical and electro-mechanical devices |
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Somayeh Pasebani |
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 |
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 applicatio |
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Deborah V. Pence |
Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
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 |
Information Systems Engineering |
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 |
Materials |
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 |
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 |
Thermal–Fluid Sciences |
Experimental fluid mechanics; mixing; flow diagnostic techniques; multi-phase flows; microfluidics for biological and energy applications; sustainable energy for developing countries; international emphases in engineering research and education |
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Bill Smart |
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 |
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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Julie Tucker |
Materials |
Thermal/irradiation stability of structural alloys; materials process development |
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Kagan Tumer |
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 |
Design |
Risk-based and model-based design; system analysis and optimization; uncertainty modeling during design as applied to complex engineering system |
