Graduate students pursuing the Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees work closely with faculty in advancing the frontiers of knowledge in the following focused research thrusts:
Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing: mechanics of soft and hard matter, properties of ceramic and metallic materials and coatings, optical ceramics, photonic crystals, optical fibers, thin films, polymer and composite materials processing, micro-fabrication processes.
Faculty: Osama Bilal, Ryan Cooper, Mishu Duduta, Eric Jordan, Vito Moreno, SeungYeong Kang, Kyungjin Rajiv Naik, David Pierce, Anna Tarakanova
Energy Systems: experimental and computational research in fluid mechanics, heat and mass transport and combustion as applied to technologically important systems such as gas turbines, combustion systems, fuel cells, heat pipes and thermo-electric devices.
Faculty: Francesco Carbone, Wajid Ali Chishty, Ravi Gorthala, Chao Hu, Eric Jordan, SeungYeong Kang, Chang Liu, Julián Norato, Ugur Pasaogullari, Georges Pavlidis, Alexei Poludnenko, Reza Sheikhi, Chih-Jen Sung, Xinyu Zhao
Robotics, Dynamics, Sensing and Control: smart materials for control and sensing, advanced sensors, vibration suppression, new perspectives in time-delayed systems and stability, high-speed machining chatter, non-linear vibrations, real-time detection and on-line monitoring.
Faculty: Osama Bilal, Chengyu Cao, Mishu Duduta, Chang Liu, Nejat Olgac, Jiong Tang.
Computational Design: geometric modeling, computational design and design optimization, geometric reasoning, design methodologies for complex systems, gear systems and structures, structural shape and topology optimization, optimization for manufacturing ability.
Faculty: Osama Bilal, Ryan Cooper, Jorge Paricio García, Chao Hu, Horea Ilies, Julián Norato, Anna Tarakanova, Hongyi Xu
Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications: cellular mechanics, tissue engineering, cellular micro-manipulations, cell membrane mechanics and transport, modeling of protein motion, human skeletal motion analysis.
Faculty: Kyungjin Kim, George Lykotrafitis, Thanh Nguyen, Julián Norato, David Pierce, Anna Tarakanova
Computational Fluid Dynamics: revise text.
Faculty: Chang Liu, George Matheou, Chih-Jen Sung, Ugur Pasaogullari, Alexei Poludnenko, Reza Sheikhi, Xinyu Zhao,
Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications: cellular mechanics, tissue engineering, cellular micro-manipulations, cell membrane mechanics and transport, modeling of protein motion, human skeletal motion analysis.
Faculty: Kyungjin Kim, George Lykotrafitis, Thanh Nguyen, Julián Norato, David Pierce, Anna Tarakanova
