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Mechanical Engineering welcomes two new faculty members
Chang Liu will be joining the department in 2007. He will hold a joint appointment with the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department. His research interests covers MEMS, nanofabrication, micro sensors, biologically inspired sensing and systems, and microfluidic lab-on-chip systems. He has 16 years of research experience in the MEMS area and has published over 170 technical papers.

Cheng Sun joined the department in Fall 2007. His research interests covers scalable Micro and Nanoscale fabrication technologies, integrated nanoscale devices and system for bio-sensing and energy conversion. Dr. Sun is among the first to develop parallel 3D micro-fabrication technique – projection microstereolithography. His work on far-filed sub-diffraction-limited imaging using Hyperlens has recently being published on Science. He has published more than 50 technical papers.
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Jan D. Achenbach Solid Mechanics Mechanics of solids; quantitative nondestructive evaluation and fracture mechanics
Ted Belytschko Solid Mechanics Computational mechanics; finite elements and computer aided engineering; multiscale computational methods
L. Catherine Brinson Chair Solid Mechanics Mechanics of advanced materials; Modeling material behavior
Jian Cao Design, Manufacturing & Tribology Modeling design and control of manufacturing processes; instability analysis; solid mechanics.
Wei Chen Design, Manufacturing & Tribology Design Optimization; design under uncertainty; multidisciplinary design optimization; simulation-based design; design theory & methodology.
J. Edward Colgate Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Neural engineering Robotics; human-machine interaction; haptic interface; cobots
James Conley Design, Manufacturing & Tribology Innovation and Invention
Isaac M. Daniel Solid Mechanics Applied Mechanics; Composite Materials; Nondestructive Evaluation; Nanocomposites
Stephen H. Davis Fluid Mechanics Fluid Dynamics and Materials Science
Kornel F. Ehmann Design, Manufacturing & Tribology Micro/meso-scale manufacturing; Precision engineering; Machine tool dynamics and control; Material removal processes; Automation and robotics
Horacio Dante Espinosa Nanotechnology & MEMS, Solid Mechanics MEMS; NEMS; Thin Films and MEMS materials; Mechanics of biomaterials; Dynamic failure of advanced materials
Sandip Ghosal Fluid Mechanics Fluid Mechanics - Micro scale flows near charged interfaces
Mitra Hartmann Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Neural engineering Neurobiology and biomechanics of active sensing behaviors
Walter Herbst Design, Manufacturing & Tribology  
Sascha Hilgenfeldt Fluid Mechanics Fluid mechanics; Soft Matter; Cellular Systems
Dean Ho Nanotechnology & MEMS Active Substrates for the Study of Cellular Gene Program Response to Nanoscale Stimuli
Yonggang Huang Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of materials and structures; fracture mechanics; composite materials; micromechanics; atomistic-based continuum mechanics; mechanics of stretchable electronics.
Leon M. Keer Solid Mechanics Engineering Mechanics
Sridhar Krishnaswamy Solid Mechanics Intelligent structural health management of safety-critical structures
Elmer E. Lewis Fluid Mechanics Radiation transport; reliability and risk analysis
Seth Lichter Fluid Mechanics Fluid Dynamics, Hamiltonian Systems and Protein Folding
Chang Liu Nanotechnology & MEMS MEMS, nanofabrication, micro sensors, biologically inspired sensing and systems, and microfluidic lab-on-chip systems
Wing Kam Liu Solid Mechanics, Nanotechnology & MEMS Computational Nanotechnology, MEMS, NEMS; Multi-scale computational analysis and design; Linear and Nonlinear Fluid Structure Interactions; Finite Element and Finite Difference Numerical Methods;
Richard M. Lueptow Fluid Mechanics, Design, Manufacturing & Tribology Experimental Fluid Mechanics and Applications
Kevin M. Lynch Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Neural engineering Motion planning and control for robotic manipulation and underactuated systems; decentralized control of multi-robot systems; physical human-robot interaction.
Bernard J. Matkowsky Fluid Mechanics Combustion; combustion synthesis of advanced materials; nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation; analytical and computational methods
Malcolm MacIver Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Neural engineering The interplay of biomechanics and the nervous system: neuromechanics, neuroethology, robotics, and simulation, using weakly electric fish as a model system
Michael Miksis Fluid Mechanics Theoretical and Computational Fluid Mechanics, Biofluids and Materials Science: Free Boundary Problems, Multiphase Flows, Porous Media, Stability Theory, Asymptotic and Perturbation Methods
Brian Moran Solid Mechanics Computational methods; continuum and fracture mechanics; material instability; micromechanics and composite materials
Ann McKenna Solid Mechanics Learning through design and complex problem solving; the role of adaptive expertise in engineering education; engineering faculty pedagogy and conceptions of teaching and learning; mechanical reasoning; creativity and innovation in design education
Julio M. Ottino Fluid Mechanics Complex systems, dynamics of granular matter, mixing and segregation
Neelesh A. Patankar Fluid Mechanics Computational and Theoretical fluid dynamics
James Patton Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Neural engineering Robotics for therapeutic neuro-rehabilitation; Robotic teaching; Control of human movement; Haptics; Human-machine interfaces
Michael A. Peshkin Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Neural engineering Robotics; cobots; novel sensors and actuators, human-human & human-machine interaction; rehabilitation robotics
John W. Rudnicki Solid Mechanics Fracture and inelastic behavior of solids, particularly geomaterials
Siavash H. Sohrab Fluid Mechanics Combustion; Fluid Mechanics; Thermodynamics
Cheng Sun Nanotechnology & MEMS Scalable 3D Nano-fabrication of Integrated Nano-systems
Henry W. Stoll Design, Manufacturing & Tribology Design methods and tools; design for manufacturability; mechanical system design and analysis
John A. Walker Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Neural engineering Stability analysis and dynamic behavior
Qian (Jane) Wang Design, Manufacturing & Tribology Contact and Interfacial Mechanics, Tribology, and Tribological Design of Mechanical Systems