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Jagannathan Rajagopalan

by alinger1 | Apr 24, 2018 | Aerospace and mechanical engineering, Associate Professor, Faculty, Imaging and Electron microscopy, Mechanical behavior and design of materials, Structural Materials: Mechanical behavior and microstructure of materials

Research Interests
Novel synthesis and characterization of metallic and metallic alloy films with tailored nanostructures for structural and functional applications; Mechanical behavior and deformation mechanisms of nanocrystalline metals and alloys; In-situ TEM tensile testing of thin films using MEMS; Microstructural evolution in immiscible, co-deposited alloys.

Yi Ren

by | Apr 24, 2018 | Aerospace and mechanical engineering, Associate Professor, Design and manufacturing, Faculty

Yi Ren
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Dr. Ren’s current research interests include optimization, product/configuration design, human-computer interaction and machine learning.

Konrad Rykaczewski

by | Apr 24, 2018 | Aerospace and mechanical engineering, Associate Professor, Faculty, Thermal and solar energy

Konrad Rykaczewski
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Measurement of nano/microscale mechanisms underlying thermofluidic and interfacial phenomena for design of nanoengineered solutions that enhance macroscale performance of a variety of industrial applications including energy systems, thermal desalination, and transportation systems.

Liping Wang

by | Apr 24, 2018 | Aerospace and mechanical engineering, Associate Professor, Faculty, Thermal and solar energy

Liping Wang
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Selective control of thermal emission/absorption using meta-materials for energy harvesting. Near-field radiation heat transfer enhancement between meta-materials for thermophotovoltaic. Plasmonic-enhanced light trapping in Si thin film or Si nanowire arrays for photovoltaic. Nanophotonics, thermal system modeling, electronic cooling and optical characterization.

Robert Wang

by | Apr 23, 2018 | Aerospace and mechanical engineering, Associate Professor, Faculty, Materials for energy and environmental applications, Thermal and solar energy

Robert Wang
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Thermal energy conversion, storage, and transport in nanostructured materials; thermoelectric power generation; thermal storage media; heat transfer, and phonon optics. Custom-design of colloidal nanoparticles, chemical precursors

Valana Wells

by | Apr 23, 2018 | Aerospace and mechanical engineering, Associate Professor, Faculty, Fluid and aero mechanics, Program Chair, undergraduate program chair

Valana Wells
Associate professor
Undergraduate program chair, aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Computational acoustics; rotary-wing aeroacoustics; noise control; rotorcraft design; aeronautical engineering education

Feng Yan

by Hayley Hilborn | Jan 2, 2023 | Associate Professor, Catalytic materials-grad, Electric, optical and magnetic materials, Faculty, Imaging and Electron microscopy, Low dimensional materials, Materials for energy and environmental applications, Materials science and engineering, Materials Synthesis and Manufacturing, Soft and biomaterials, Structural Materials: Mechanical behavior and microstructure of materials, Uncategorized

Feng Yan
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Thin film and nanomaterials for solar energy harvesting and conversion; low-dimensional semiconducting chalcogenides and Metal Thioseleno Phosphates; thin film ferroelectrics and multiferroics, scanning probe microscopy for nanoscale characterization, photomechanical response of the semiconductor materials; photoelectrochemical and photocatalysts; biomass materials for nanofibrous composites.

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