Peter Crozier
Professor
Graduate program chair, materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Seeing materials with Electrons: Synthesis, characterization and evolution of nanomaterials and nanostructures related to energy and the environment; strong emphasis on advanced electron microscopy imaging and spectroscopy. Catalytic materials, electroceramics. photocatalysis.
Marc Mignolet
Professor
Graduate program chair, aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Structural dynamics, vibrations, modeling of uncertainty in structures, stochastic multiscale analyses.
David Nielsen
Associate Professor
Undergraduate program chair, chemical engineering
Research Interests
Developing microbial platforms and biotechnologies to convert renewable resources into useful fuels and chemicals.
Sefaattin Tongay
Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Tongay’s research focuses on synthesis of next generation low-dimensional materials and understanding their optical, electrical, mechanical, and magnetic properties using state-of-art experimental and theoretical techniques.
Cesar Torres
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Microbial electrochemistry fermentations, and photosynthetic production of biofuels. Develop microbiological technologies that provide energy or high value chemicals to society; engineer microorganisms to carry out reactions that are difficult or impossible through other chemical routes.
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