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Mechanical Engineering welcomes three new faculty members

Todd Murphey joined the department in January 2009. His research interests includes modeling and control of complex mechanisms that are high degree of freedom and involving mechanical contact. Examples include slip-steered vehicles, mechanical grasping with changing contact, and humanoid dynamics and control. The objective of his research is to bring analytical methods traditionally reserved for low dimensional systems to these high dimensional settings, including optimal control synthesis, nonlinear controllability analysis, and reducibility analysis.
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Jan D. Achenbach Solid Mechanics Mechanics of solids; quantitative nondestructive evaluation and fracture mechanics
José Andrade Solid Mechanics Computational poromechanics, finite elements, computational inelasticity, multiscale modeling, granular physics
Seyi Balogun Solid Mechanics Materials Characterization, Nondestructive Evaluation, Elastic Wave Propagation, Ultrasonic and Optical Sensors.
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.
Yip-Wah Chung Solid Mechanics Surface science and tribology, hard coatings and thin films
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
Elizabeth Gerber Design  
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 Solid Mechanics 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
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
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
Todd Murphey Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Neural engineering Nonlinear dynamics, friction-dominated systems, stable simulation of mechanical systems, scalable methods in computational control of high-dimensional nonlinear mechanical systems.
Julio M. Ottino Fluid Mechanics Complex systems, dynamics of granular matter, mixing and segregation
Neelesh A. Patankar Fluid Mechanics Computational and Theoretical fluid dynamics
Aaron I. Packman Fluid Mechanics Environmental fluid mechanics and transport processes. Coupled physical, chemical, and biological processes in aquatic systems and microbial ecosystems.
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
Qian (Jane) Wang Design, Manufacturing & Tribology Contact and Interfacial Mechanics, Tribology, and Tribological Design of Mechanical Systems