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Abhinav Acharya

Abhinav Acharya

Abhinav Acharya
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Immunoengineering, Biomaterial platforms, Drug delivery, Cellular engineering, Global health, Nanotechnology, Vaccine design

abhi.acharya@asu.edu
480-727-2632
Tempe Campus, GWC 550
Mailcode 6106

James Adams

James Adams

James Adams
President’s professor
Undergraduate program chair, materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Atomic-scale computer simulation to understand the structure, properties, processing and design of materials.

Jim.Adams@asu.edu
480-965-3316
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 281
Mailcode 6106

Ronald Adrian

Ron Adrian

Ronald Adrian

Regents Professor

Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests

Turbulence, experimental fluid mechanics, laser diagnostics laser instrumentation micro detonation.

rjadrian@asu.edu
480-965-6469
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 342
Mailcode 6106

Terry Alford

Terry Alford

Terry Alford
Associate Director
Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Materials properties for low-power electronics and novel integrated-circuit components formation and adhesion of sol-gel metal systems for biomedical applications.

TA@asu.edu
480-965-7471
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 242
Mailcode 6106

Jean Andino

Jean Andino
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Air pollution and energy, air pollutant sensing and control, chemical kinetics

jean.andino@asu.edu
480-965-0199
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 475
Mailcode 6106

Kumar Ankit

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.

Kumar.Ankit@asu.edu
480-965-4541
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 265
Mailcode 6106

Spring Berman

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

Spring.Berman@asu.edu
480-965-4431
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 375
Mailcode 6106

Luis Bocanegra

Luis Bocanegra

Luis Bocanegra
Professor of Practice
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Thermal sciences engineering education, lean manufacturing and process improvement

luis.bocanegra@asu.edu
480-727-8192
Tempe Campus
Mailcode 6106

Ronald Calhoun

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

ron.calhoun@asu.edu
480-727-7032
Tempe Campus, GWC 466
Mailcode 6106

Candace Chan

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.

candace.chan@asu.edu
480-727-8614
Tempe Campus, ISTB4 38
Mailcode 6106

Aditi Chattopadhyay

Aditi Chattopadhyay

Aditi Chattopadhyay

Regents Professor

Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests

Adaptive structures, structural health monitoring, composites, multiscale analysis, multidisciplinary design optimization and reduced order modeling

aditi@asu.edu
480-965-9342
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 427
Mailcode 6106

Kangping Chen

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.

k.p.chen@asu.edu
480-965-0907
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 361
Mailcode 6106

Peter Crozier

Peter Crozier

Peter Crozier
Professor
Graduate program chair, materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Synthesis, characterization and evolution of nanomaterials and nanostructures related to energy and the environment; atomic level characterization of materials for applications to energy production; photocatalysis for energy production.

peter.crozier@asu.edu
480-965-2934
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 251
Mailcode 6106

Werner Dahm

Werner Dahm

Werner Dahm
Founding Director, Security & Defense Systems Initiative (SDSI)
ASU Foundation Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Defense science and technology assessments/planning, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, turbulent flow, combustion science, advanced propulsion systems.

Werner.Dahm@asu.edu
480-727-8598
Tempe Campus, ERC 293
Mailcode 6106

Lenore Dai

Lenore Dai

Lenore Dai
School Director
Professor, Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Surface, interfacial, and colloidal science with emphases on functionalizing nanoparticles and liquid-liquid interfaces; environmentally responsive (“smart”) materials; novel polymers and polymer composites; rheology

lenore.dai@asu.edu
480-965-4112
Tempe Campus, ECG 303
Mailcode 6106

Sandwip Dey

Sandwip Dey
Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Processing science of nanoparticles, nanowires, and epitaxial/polycrystalline films of metals and ceramics by VLS, co-precipitation, sol-gel, MOCVD, and ALCVD and their integration into devices for electronics, energy, or theranostic platforms for neoplastic diseases.

sandwip.dey@asu.edu
480-965-7493
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 483
Mailcode 6106

Heather Emady

Heather Emady

Heather Emady
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Particulate process and product design, particle technology, granulation, granular flow, granular heat transfer, particle characterization, multiscale modeling

Heather.Emady@asu.edu
480-727-3922
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 275
Mailcode 6106

Erica Forzani

Erica Forzani

Erica Forzani
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Chemical and biosensors, non-invasive sensors, sensor integration, wireless and lab-on-cell-phone sensors, microfluidics.

Erica.Forzani@asu.edu
480-965-9058
Tempe Campus, Biodesign Institute B130D
Mailcode 6106

Cody Friesen

Cody Friesen
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Integrated storage devices (batteries); electrochemical energy storage; surface science.

cfriesen@asu.edu
480-965-3954
Tempe Campus, ISTB4 395E
Mailcode 6106

Tirupalavanam Ganesh

Tirupalavanam Ganesh

Tirupalavanam Ganesh
Associate Research Professor
Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Engineering Education

Research Interests
Engineering education, STEM, K-12 education, educational development, data analysis

tganesh@asu.edu
480-727-9375
Tempe Campus, BYENG 696
Mailcode 8109

Matthew Green

Matt Green

Matthew Green
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Polymer design and synthesis, Ion-containing block copolymers, water purification and desalination, Ion and water transport through polymer membranes. drug and gene delivery, polymer-based immunostimulatory cancer therapeutics

mdgreen8@asu.edu
480-965-8051
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 277
Mailcode 6106

Marcus Herrmann

Marcus Herrmann

Marcus Herrmann
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Fluid mechanics; modeling and numerical simulation of atomization processes in turbulent multiphase flows; numerical methods for discontinuous interfaces; Richtmyer-Meshkov instability; numerical methods for massively parallel computer systems; premixed and partially premixed combustion.

marcus.herrmann@asu.edu
480-965-7291
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 311
Mailcode 6106

Julianne Holloway

Julianne Holloway

Julianne Holloway
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Biomaterial design, tissue engineering, polymers, biomechanics, biomimetic materials, drug delivery and orthopedic applications

julianne.holloway@asu.edu
480-727-3843
Tempe Campus, ERC 273
Mailcode 6106

Huei-Ping Huang

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.

hp.huang@asu.edu
480-727-0042
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 359|
Mailcode 6106

Hanqing Jiang

Hanqing Jiang

Hanqing Jiang
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Modeling and experiments of heterogeneous hard and soft materials, elastomeric materials for thin films on soft substrates, lithium ion batteries, gels and electronics.

hanqing.jiang@asu.edu
480-965-1483
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 313
Mailcode 6106

Yang Jiao

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.

yang.jiao.2@asu.edu
480-965-4560
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 387
Mailcode 6106

Kailong Jin

Shuaib Abdelrahman

Kailong Jin
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Polymer design and synthesis, Polymer processing and engineering, Additive manufacturing (i.e., 3D printing), Fiber manufacturing, Sustainable polymers, Chemical upcycling of waste plastics, Multilayered polymer films, Polymer nanocomposites, Nanoporous polymers (e.g., covalent organic frameworks), Stimuli-responsive materials, Vitrimers, Dynamic covalent chemistries

kailong.jin@asu.edu
Office: ERC 289 / GWC 635
480-965-4557
Tempe Campus, ERC 289
Mailcode 6106

Wonmo Kang

Wonmo Kang

Wonmo Kang
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Biomaterials/Biomechanics for understanding of injury and wound healing mechanisms and characterization of functional materials for energy/manufacturing applications.

Wonmo.Kang@asu.edu
(480) 727-4520
Tempe Campus, GWC 536
Mailcode 6106

Jeonglae Kim

Jeonglae Kim

Jeonglae Kim
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Large-eddy simulation of high-speed turbulent flows with multi-physics, aeroacoustics, flow control and optimization

jeokim@asu.edu
480-727-8083
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 389
Mailcode 6106

Stephen Krause

Stephen Krause

Stephen Krause
Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Engineering education, engineering outreach to K-12, education materials characterization.

skrause@asu.edu
480-965-2050
Tempe Campus, ECG 207
Mailcode 6106

Beomjin Kwon

Beomjin Kwon

Beomjin Kwon
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Energy Transport and conversion in complex geometries, thermoelectric power generation, thermal management, microcantilever based sensors, addidtive manufacturing, MEMS.

kwon@asu.edu
480-965-3707
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 363
Mailcode 6106

Leila Ladani

Leila Ladani

Leila Ladani
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Manufacturing process simulation and modeling and experiments, Additive manufacturing, Micro/nano manufacturing, Microelectronic packaging, Application of AI in manufacturing, Mechanic of metallic materials, Materials characterization, Fatigue and damage modeling and simulation

ladani@asu.edu
480-727-9785
Tempe Campus, GWC 548
Mailcode 6106

Hyunglae Lee

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

Hyunglae.Lee@asu.edu
480-727-7463
Tempe Campus, ERC 373/ECE 116A
Mailcode 6106

Taewoo Lee

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.

attwl@asu.edu
480-965-7989
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 377
Mailcode 6106

Jian Li

Jian Li

Jian Li
Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Design and synthesis of organic semiconductor materials, study of the structure and electrical and optical properties of organic and inorganic molecules.

jian.li.1@asu.edu
480-727-8938
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 259
Mailcode 6106

Xiangjia Li

Xiangjia Li

Xiangjia Li
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Multi-scale nanocomposite printing with bioinspired design methodologies and programmable functional materials for potential applications in microfluidic devices, biomedical devices, and flexible sensors.

Xiangjia.Li@asu.edu
480-727-8612
Tempe Campus, ERC 457
Mailcode 6106

Jerry Lin

Jerry Lin

Jerry Lin

Regents Professor

Chemical engineering

Research Interests

Inorganic membranes; membrane and separation processes, carbon dioxide capture; adsorption and energy storage

jerry.lin@asu.edu
480-965-7769
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 325
Mailcode 6106

Mary Laura Lind

Mary Laura Lind

Mary Laura Lind
Associate professor
Graduate program chair, chemical engineering

Research Interests
Advance membrane materials – formation, structure, property, performance – for applications in water purification, energy production, and energy storage.

mllind@asu.edu
480-727-8613
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 261
Mailcode 6106

Yongming Liu

Yongming Liu

Yongming Liu
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures, probabilistic computational mechanics, risk assessment and management, multi-physics damage modeling and structural durability, multi-scale uncertainty quantification and propagation, imaging-based experimental testing, diagnostics and prognostics.

Yongming.Liu@asu.edu
480-965-6883
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 409
Mailcode 6106

Hamid Marvi

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

hmarvi@asu.edu
480-727-4853
Tempe Campus, ERC 365
Mailcode 6106

James Middleton

James Middleton

James Middleton
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Student learning of mathematical concepts; motivation and mathematics learning; application of technology to mathematics teaching and learning.

james.middleton@asu.edu
480-965-1233
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 381
Mailcode 6106

Marc Mignolet

Marc Mignolet

Marc Mignolet
Professor
Graduate program chair, aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Structural dynamics, vibrations, modeling of uncertainty in structures, stochastic multiscale analyses.

marc.mignolet@asu.edu
480-965-1484
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 411
Mailcode 6106

Ryan Milcarek

Ryan Milcarek

Ryan Milcarek
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Advanced energy conversion, micro-tubular flame assisted fuel cells (mT-FFCs), solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), microcombustion, two-stage combustors, micro cogeneration, building energy modeling, energy systems modeling and simulation

Ryan.Milcarek@asu.edu
480-965-2724
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 465
Mailcode 6106

Christopher Muhich

Christopher Muhich

Christopher Muhich
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Quantum chemistry, solid state physics, density functional theory, renewable energy, metal oxide design, redox reactions, solar energy, solar thermal water and carbon dioxide splitting, photocatalysis, organic pollutant degradation, defect engineering.

Christopher.Muhich@asu.edu
480-965-2673
Tempe Campus, ERC 257
Mailcode 6106

Alexandra Navrotsky

Shuaib Abdelrahman

Alexandra Navrotsky
Professor
Materials science and engineering
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Solid state chemistry, thermodynamics and structure of materials. Energy materials (fuel cells, batteries and water splitting), nuclear energy materials, hybrid inorganic/organic materials, zeolites, material stability on Earth and other planets.

Alexnav@asu.edu
480-965-5932
P.O. Box 871604
Tempe, AZ  85287-1604

Nathan Newman

Nathan Newman

Nathan Newman
Lamonte H. Lawrence Professor in Solid State Science
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Semiconductor, superconductor and dielectric materials, thin film materials synthesis, materials characterization, electronic structure.

Nathan.Newman@asu.edu
480-727-6934
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 493
Mailcode 6106

Qiong Nian

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.

Qiong.Nian@asu.edu
480-965-4543
Tempe Campus, ECD D119
Mailcode 6106

David Nielsen

David Nielsen

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.

David.R.Nielsen@asu.edu
480-965-4113
Tempe Campus, GWC 552
Mailcode 6106

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.

joswald1@asu.edu
480-965-4317
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 353
Mailcode 6106

Jay Patel

Jay Patel
Lecturer
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Fatigue of structural composites in mechanical and aerospace engineering, Thermo-mechanical analysis of automobile and aerospace structures

jkpatel1@asu.edu
480-965-4559
Tempe Campus, ERC 459
Mailcode 6106

Gokul Pathikonda

Gokul Pathikonda 
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Gokul Pathikonda is an assistant professor in School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy. He works on fluid mechanical problems related to aerospace, atmospheric and chemical industrial applications. His expertise is in application of laser-based non-intrusive diagnostics to optimally investigate fundamental turbulent phenomena. He was previously a researcher at Georgia Tech, University of Notre Dame and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Gokul.Pathikonda@asu.edu
Tempe Campus

Matthew Peet

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.

mpeet@asu.edu
480-965-5599
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 253
Mailcode 6106

Yulia Peet

Yulia Peet

Yulia Peet
Associate 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.

ypeet@asu.edu
480-965-0735
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 379
Mailcode 6106

Pedro Peralta

Pedro Peralta

Pedro Peralta
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Mechanics of materials, fatigue and fracture of metallic alloys, dynamic and shock loading of metallic and intermetallic materials with emphasis on effects of anisotropy and grain boundaries on mechanical behavior and failure.

pperalta@asu.edu
480-965-2849
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 351
Mailcode 6106

Patrick Phelan

Patrick Phelan

Patrick Phelan
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Sustainable cooling systems, thermal energy utilization & management, buildings of the future, smart manufacturing, and energy policy.

phelan@asu.edu
480-965-1625
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 463
Mailcode 6106

Jagannathan Rajagopalan

Jagannathan Rajagopalan

Jagannathan Rajagopalan
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Mechanics of nanoscale materials and biological systems. Understanding the synthesis-structure-property relationships of nanocrystalline metals and alloys for optimization of the microstructure of nanocrystalline materials to enhance their mechanical properties and functionality; mechanics of cells and biological systems.

Jagannathan.Rajagopalan@asu.edu
480-965-4363
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 357
Mailcode 6106

Gregory Raupp

Gregory Raupp
Director, MacroTechnology Works (MTW)
Office of the Executive Vice President for Knowledge Enterprise Development
Professor, Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Reaction kinetics and mechanisms, surface and interface reactions, chemical reaction engineering with emphasis on high tech materials and micro/nano fabrication for flexible electronics and displays, environmentally-conscious manufacturing, novel biocompatible materials processing and device fabrication, photocatalysis, photocatalytic reactor analysis and design, air pollution control, indoor air purification and disinfection, electrochemical engineering, process dynamics and control, process design, active learning, cooperative/team learning, distance learning

raupp@asu.edu
480-965-1396
Tempe Campus, OKED
Mailcode 6106

Kaushal Rege

Kaushal Rege

Kaushal Rege
Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Molecular and nanoscale bioengineering, drug and gene delivery, nanobiotechnology, theranostics, synergistic therapeutics, sub-cellular delivery, biological separation.

kaushal.rege@asu.edu
480-727-8616
Tempe Campus, GWC 616
Mailcode 6106

Yi Ren

Yi Ren

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.

yiren@asu.edu
480-727-7009
Tempe Campus, GWC 464
Mailcode 6106

Daniel Rivera

Daniel Rivera

Daniel Rivera
Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Control systems engineering with emphasis on system identification and advanced control concepts applied to process systems, supply chain management, and behavioral health.

daniel.rivera@asu.edu
480-965-9476
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 425
Mailcode 6106

Konrad Rykaczewski

Konrad Rykaczewski

Konrad Rykaczewski
Associate 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.

konradr@asu.edu
480-727-2050
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 309
Mailcode 6106

Sridhar Seetharaman

Sridhar Seetharaman
Professor
Vice Dean for Research and Innovation, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Research Interests
His research and teaching interests lie in Metals and Ceramics for Clean Energy Processes and Materials Processing through Clean Energy. He is also engaged in developing materials for harsh conditions.

seetharaman@asu.edu
TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 9309

Jami Shah

Jami Shah
Professor Emeritus
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Computer aided design and analysis, Design computing & software development, Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge based Systems (AI/KBS) applied to design/manufacturing problems, DfM, geometric tolerance modeling, engineering informatics, Simulation software/FEA, Design theory & methodology, Cognitive studies of creativity & ideation.

jami.shah@asu.edu
480-965-6145
Tempe Campus, GWC 458
Mailcode 6106

Karl Sieradzki

Karl Sieradzki
Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Mechanical properties and characterization of materials; electrochemistry and alloy corrosion; nanoporous materials; surface science.

karl.sieradzki@asu.edu
480-965-8990
Tempe Campus, ISTB4 395A
Mailcode 6106

Michael Sierks

Michael Sierks

Michael Sierks
Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Develop antibody based therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Huntington’s Disease. Other areas of investigation include ligand/receptor interactions, catalytic antibodies and enzyme interactions.

sierks@asu.edu
480-965-2828
Tempe Campus, GWC 536
Mailcode 6106

Kiran Solanki

Kiran Solanki

Kiran Solanki
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Multiscale modeling (First principles, molecular mechanics/dynamics, crystal plasticity, continuum scale), grain boundary engineering, uncertainty analysis, fatigue and fracture, high strain rate deformation, optimization, and stress analysis.

Kiran.Solanki@asu.edu
480-965-1869
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 351
Mailcode 6106

Kyle Squires

Kyle Squires

Kyle Squires
Professor and Dean, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Research Interests
Computational engineering; turbulence simulation and modeling (DNS, LES, hybrid methods); particle-laden flows; engineering education; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and research.

squires@asu.edu
480-965-2147
Tempe Campus, BYENG 650

Timothy Takahashi

Timothy Takahashi

Timothy Takahashi
Professor of Practice
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Fixed-Wing Aircraft Design, Aerodynamics, Aircraft Performance, Multi-Disciplinary Optimization, Legal Aspects of Aviation.

Timothy.Takahashi@asu.edu
480-727-6259
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 383
Mailcode 6106

Sefaattin Tongay

Sefaattin Tongay
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Nanoscience, quantum materials, and nanotechnology. Nanomaterial design and synthesis, bulk crystal growth, novel quantum materials, epitaxial growth, 2D atomic layered materials, catalytic applications, atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopy, optical and Raman spectroscopy, electronic and optical materials, quantum transport, 2D polymers, metalorganic frameworks (MOFs), gas membrane separation, surface science

Sefaattin.Tongay@asu.edu
480-727-4301
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 283
Mailcode 6106

Cesar Torres

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.

cit@asu.edu
480-727-9689
Tempe Campus, GWC 548
Mailcode 6106

Steven Trimble

Steven Trimble
Professor of Practice
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Power systems, solar energy and other renewable energy systems, gas turbines, reciprocating engines, reliability, maintainability, safety, product design, high-performance team dynamics & project management for aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial and commercial applications.

steven.trimble@asu.edu
623-229-9070
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 385
Mailcode 6106

Arul Varman

Arul Varman

Arul Varman
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering

Research Interests
Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for the sustainable production of chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceuticals from renewable resources.

Arul.M.Varman@asu.edu
480-965-5109
Tempe Campus, GWC 570
Mailcode 6106

Liping Wang

Liping Wang

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.

Liping.Wang@asu.edu
480-727-8615
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 327
Mailcode 6106

Qing Hua Wang

Qing Hua Wang

Qing Hua Wang
Assistant Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Nanostructured materials, 2D atomic layered materials, graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, electronic materials, self-assembled monolayers, scanning probe microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, materials synthesis, nanofabrication, surface science, materials chemistry

qhwang@asu.edu
480-965-0070
Tempe Campus, ISTB4 377
Mailcode 6106

Robert Wang

Robert Wang

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

rywang@asu.edu
(480) 965-4124
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 307

Mailcode 1604

Valana Wells

Valana Wells

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

Valana@asu.edu
(480) 965-4777
Tempe Campus, ENGRC 393A
Mailcode 1604

Zhe Xu

Zhe Xu

Zhe Xu 
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Zhe Xu is an assistant professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy at Arizona State University. Before joining ASU, he was a postdoctoral fellow at The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at University of Texas at Austin. He has obtained a PhD degree from the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2018.

xzhe1@asu.edu
Tempe Campus

Sui Yang

Sui Yang

Sui Yang 
Assistant Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Optical and electromagnetic materials, metamaterials and metasurfaces, artificial nanostructures, synthesis and self-assembly, nanoscience, photonics and optoelectronics, light-matter interactions at the nano- and quantum level, optical imaging, photochemistry and spectroscopy.

suiyang@asu.edu
Tempe Campus

Sze Zheng Yong

Sze Zheng Yong

Sze Zheng Yong
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Design, analysis, control and estimation of hybrid dynamical systems, with applications to robotic and cyber-physical systems; intention-aware autonomous systems; resilient and fault-tolerant systems.

szyong@asu.edu
(480) 965-7970
Tempe Campus, ERC 305
Mailcode 6106