Jean Andino
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Air pollution and energy, air pollutant sensing and control, chemical kinetics
Associate Professor
Kumar Ankit
Kumar Ankit
Assistant Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Computational modeling of microstructure and defects’ evolution, Structure-processing correlations, Phase transformations, Deformation-reaction-convection couplings and pattern formation in materials processing and geoprocesses.
Spring Berman
Spring Berman
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Modeling, analysis, control, and optimization of multi-robot systems including robotic swarms; analysis of collective behaviors in biology and biologically-inspired control of distributed systems
Ronald Calhoun
Ronald Calhoun
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Remote sensing of environmental flows, atmospheric boundary layers and wind energy systems for climate studies
Candace Chan
Candace Chan
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors; electrochemical energy storage, solar-to-fuel photoelectrochemistry, nanomaterial synthesis.
Kangping Chen
Kangping Chen
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Fluid mechanics and interfacial phenomena applied to flows in porous media, hydraulic fracture, multiphase flow and heat transfer.
Heather Emady
Heather Emady
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Particulate process and product design, particle technology, granulation, granular flow, granular heat transfer, particle characterization, multiscale modeling
Cody Friesen
Cody Friesen
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Integrated storage devices (batteries); electrochemical energy storage; surface science.
Matthew Green
Matthew Green
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Ion-containing block copolymers; membrane-based separations; water purification and desalination; membrane-based carbon capture; stimuli-responsive nanocomposites; amphiphilic solution assemblies
Huei-Ping Huang
Huei-Ping Huang
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Climate modeling and predication; remote sensing and environmental predication; geophysical and environmental fluid dynamics.
Yang Jiao
Yang Jiao
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Computational materials design; microstructure and effective properties of heterogeneous materials; multifunctional composites design and modeling; granular materials; biomaterials.
Hyunglae Lee
Hyunglae Lee
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Physical human-robot interaction, neuromuscular control of human movement, robot-aided neurorehabilitation, bio-inspired robotics, system identification for physiological systems
Taewoo Lee
Taewoo Lee
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Energy system analysis, thermal and fluid process characterization, and fuel property measurements for energy systems.
Lin Li
Lin LiAssociate ProfessorMechanical and aerospace engineering Research InterestsMultiscale material mechanics models and simulations to explore structure-property-processing relationships in advanced [email protected] Campus
Hamid Marvi
Hamid Marvi
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Bio-inspired robotics; bio-inspired design; mechanics of animal locomotion; active control of friction, adhesion, and drag forces; smart materials and structures; soft robotics; magnetic micro-robotics
Brent Nannenga
Brent Nannenga
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Protein engineering, structural biology, cryo-electron microscopy
Qiong Nian
Qiong Nian
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Laser based advanced manufacturing and material processing, laser matter interaction and physical simulation. Advanced roll to roll and inject printing of transparent conductive films for photovoltaics and TFT application. 3D structures fabrication for energy storage and bio-sensors.
Jay Oswald
Jay Oswald
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Computational mechanics: finite element methods, molecular dynamics, and multiscale methods for applications in MEMS, material failure analysis, and material design.
Matthew Peet
Matthew Peet
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Analysis and control of dynamic systems including development of optimization-based tools for nonlinear differential equations; systems with hybrid, nonlinear and decentralized dynamics; sparse interconnection and delayed feedback; and models of tumor growth with emphasis on therapy.
Yulia Peet
Yulia Peet
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Research goals of our group are to investigate behavior of complex engineering and physical systems by developing and applying advanced high-performance computational tools combining different physical models through multicode/multiphysics coupling and integrative simulations on massively parallel computers.