Faculty & Staff Directory

Professor, 

Plastics, including their impact on the environment and human health

Assistant Professor, 

Distributed machine learning, security and fault-tolerance, neural computation, bio-inspired distributed algorithms, blockchains, autonomous cars, algorithm design

Professor, 

Biosensing, nanomedicines, nanoparticles, nano enhanced process

Professor, 

Multiphase thermal transport phenomena, acoustic wave bio and chemical sensors and actuators, thermal management of fibers and films, thermal energy storage materials and processing, microchannel cooling systems, nanoimprinting process and applications, MEMS/NEMS fabrication, microfluidics and bioMEMS; nanoscale magnetic assembly and applications

COE Distinguished Professor, 

Magnetoelectric materials and devices for wireless power and biomedical sensing

Assistant Professor, 

Focused Ultrasound, Immunoengineering, Immunomodulation, Ultrasound Imaging, Neuroimaging, Drug Delivery, Gliomblastoma, Alzheimer’s Disease

Dennis Picard Trustee Professor, 

Dynamics-enabled machine learning, robust control, control oriented identification, semi-algebraic optimization, dynamic computer vision

Professor, 

Sensor Devices and Smart Sensor Systems realized through interdisciplinary field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); including the design, optimization, fabrication, testing, and networking of such transducers; fabrication of novel micro and nano-sensors and actuators by integrating non-traditional materials using silicon planar microfabrication techniques and exploring phenomenon at the micro-nano interfaces; development of sustainable sensing solutions for biomedical applications including investigation of robust magnetic technologies for interfacing to the brain

Assistant Professor, 

Experimental and theoretical fluid mechanics in multiphase and multiscale systems for advanced manufacturing, energy, and medical applications

Professor, 

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer for Plasma Torches related to Additive Manufacturing technology, Fluid-Surface Interactions for Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquid droplets, Droplets in Levitated State, Droplets in Vacuum, Nano-sensors

Associate Vice Provost for Research Computing, 

High performance computing (HPC), Quantum Computing, and Sustainable Computing.

Professor, 

Risk assessment; construction cost/schedule uncertainty; project delivery systems; simulation; construction productivity

Professor, 

Computational techniques that span multiple scales, atomic- to continuum, to quantify the structure property relations in established and emerging material systems, both in technology and nature

Assistant Professor, 

Cell and nucleus mechanobiology, soft bioelectronics for organoid/tissue scale mechanobiology and regenerative engineering, mechanotransduction, implantable bioelectronics

Assistant Professor, 

Human health impacts of environmental pollutants and interventions to protect susceptible and highly exposed populations

Professor and Vice Provost of PhD Network, 

Condition assessment methodologies for infrastructure systems; life cycle and life span analysis; structural and earthquake engineering uncertainty

Professor, 

Cellular biomechanics; water filtration; thin film adhesion and characterization; subsurface mechano-sensing; shell adhesion; fundamental intersurface forces

Assistant Professor, 

Synthetic biology and microfluidic systems for disease modeling, regenerative medicine and therapeutic development

COE Distinguished Professor, 

Network-wide pavement and bridge deck inspections: sensor technology for infrastructure; saliva-based sensor technology for disease diagnosis and monitoring; structural health monitoring for bridges; subsurface fault detection using air-coupled GPR systems

Professor, 

Mechanobiology and mechanomedicine investigating mechanomemory in cancer and stem cell systems

Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, 

Urban and social resilience; geo-social networking; coupled, human-natural systems, natural disaster response and evacuation; urban computing

Professor, 

Real-time and energy-efficient deep learning and artificial intelligence systems, model compression of deep neural networks (DNNs), neuromorphic computing and non-von Neumann computing paradigms

Professor, 

Our group investigates biomolecules at the single-molecule level. We develop nanopore-based and other nanotechnology-based methods for probing the structure and dynamic behavior of biomolecules. We employ optical waveguides and single-molecule enzymatic approaches for RNA sequencing, and utilize engineered nanopore sensors for applications in single-molecule proteomics. We are experimentalists, but we also use advanced computational tools to perform big data analysis.

Professor, 

Plant biochemistry, agricultural biotechnology, food allergy, drug discovery

Professor and Associate Chair for Research, 

AI and automated mechanism generation for sustainable fuels, catalysis, and combustion chemistry

Associate Professor, 

Human-safe robots, medical robotics, soft robotics and soft material manufacturing, MEMS, microrobotics, bio-inspired design, flapping aerodynamics and insect flight

Professor and Chairperson, 

Mechanobiology of neural systems; Systems for nerve regeneration; Inclusive workforce development

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, 

mechanisms of bodily injury and pain – especially injuries from sports, automobile accidents, and/or degenerative diseases

Professor, 

Computational modeling of the cardiac myocyte to understand the molecular basis of arrhythmias; machine learning in critical care medicine to identify those patients who require urgent care

Assistant Professor, 

Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for sustainable biochemical production and human health

Professor, 

Spintronic and magnonic devices for computing, memory, and microwave applications

Associate Professor, 

Interpretable AI, IoT, computer simulation, data integrity and big data analytics, data-driven stochastic optimization, blockchain design and development for complex end-to-end cyber-physical system learning and risk management with applications, including biopharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains, smart power grids with renewable energy, and health care

Associate Professor, 

Security, Machine Learning, AI Security/Privacy, Energy-efficient Deep Learning, Computer Architecture, FPGA, Embedded Systems, VLSI

Assistant Professor, 

Movement neuroscience, motor physiology, clinical research, physiological signal processing, and biomechanics

Assistant Professor, 

Advanced microscopy for minimally invasive, in vivo characterization of brain function

Assistant Professor, 

Multi-robot systems, planning and control, distributed autonomy

Assistant Professor, 

Human-machine systems and embodied AI for civil infrastructure systems and workforce

Professor and Chair, 

AI/machine learning, wireless communication networks, Internet, content distribution networks, edge computing, image and video processing.

Associate Professor, 

Control, estimation, planning, learning and analysis of hybrid systems, with applications to autonomous, robotic and cyber-physical dynamic systems and their safety, robustness and resilience.

Assistant Professor, 

Ultrafast spectroscopy and coherent control of quantum materials through engineered light-matter interactions