Department Directory

Affiliated Faculty, 

Professor, 

Cellular biomechanics; water filtration; thin film adhesion and characterization; subsurface mechano-sensing; shell adhesion; fundamental intersurface forces

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 

Associate Professor, 

Human-safe robots, medical robotics, soft robotics and soft material manufacturing, MEMS, microrobotics, bio-inspired design, flapping aerodynamics and insect flight

Affiliated Faculty, 

Associate Professor, 

Interpretable AI, IoT, computer simulation, data integrity and big data analytics, data-driven stochastic optimization, blockchain design and development for complex end-to-end cyber-physical system learning and risk management with applications, including biopharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains, smart power grids with renewable energy, and health care

Assistant Professor, 

Multi-robot systems, planning and control, distributed autonomy

Associate Professor, 

Control, estimation, planning, learning and analysis of hybrid systems, with applications to autonomous, robotic and cyber-physical dynamic systems and their safety, robustness and resilience.

Assistant Professor, 

Ultrafast spectroscopy and coherent control of quantum materials through engineered light-matter interactions

Assistant Professor, 

AI and Statistical Learning for Smart Manufacturing

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 

Professor, 

Mechanics; personalized medicine; simulation techniques and complex networks analysis

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 

Associate Professor, 

Nanophotonic materials and radiative heat transfer for energy harvesting systems

Associate Professor, 

All solid state batteries; Flow Batteries; Batteries fast charge; High energy density batteries; Advanced manufacturing; Sustainable biomass-derived material from Nature; Bendable, implantable, and biocompatible devices; and fundamental investigations of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, including materials–structure–performance–application correlations.

Assistant Professor, 

AI-driven discovery and characterization of complex multifield materials systems such as electro-chemo-mechanical coupling in batteries, for sustainability, reliability, and security