Faculty and Staff Directory

Senior Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives, 

Multi-scale bone biomechanics–how the structure and composition of bone influences its mechanical properties; mechano-adaptation of bone and joint– how tissue responds to mechanical signals

Assistant Professor, 

Wearable robotics and machine learning for personalized gait rehabilitation systems

Professor, 

Geometric and Machine Learning based methods for mapping, SLAM and field deployments of Unmanned Aerial, Marine and Ground vehicles in extreme environments

Professor, 

control theory and network control for autonomous and human-in-the-loop systems (robotics, transportation, manufacturing)

Assistant Professor, 

Modeling the neuromechanics of human movement and applying it to assistive devices and rehabilitation treatment

Professor, 

Multiphase thermal transport phenomena, acoustic wave bio and chemical sensors and actuators, thermal management of fibers and films, thermal energy storage materials and processing, microchannel cooling systems, nanoimprinting process and applications, MEMS/NEMS fabrication, microfluidics and bioMEMS; nanoscale magnetic assembly and applications

Assistant Professor, 

Experimental and theoretical fluid mechanics in multiphase and multiscale systems for advanced manufacturing, energy, and medical applications

Professor, 

Experimental and numerical research in gas turbine cooling technology, solar and wind energy, non-newtonian liquid droplet interactions with hydrophobic surfaces, nano-sensors

Professor, 

Computational techniques that span multiple scales, atomic- to continuum, to quantify the structure property relations in established and emerging material systems, both in technology and nature

Professor, 

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

Associate Professor, 

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

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, 

Optoelectronic and mechanical properties of quantum materials, van der Waals heterostructures, engineering light-matter interactions, ultrafast optical and THz spectroscopy, THz-induced phenomena, coherent control of material properties

Assistant Professor, 

Federated data analytics, Bayesian optimization, continuous optimization, Gaussian processes, deep learning

Professor, 

Mechanics; personalized medicine; simulation techniques and complex networks analysis

Associate Professor, 

Nanoscale thermal transport; Nanoengineered materials; Multifunctional composites; Microfluidics; Chemical and biological nanosensors; Renewable energy harvesting; Thermophotovoltaics; Photon-based radiative cooling; Interfacial water desalination; Battery thermal management system; Proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell; Biomass hydrogel; Energy storage system; Nanophotonics; Light-matter interaction

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, 

Electro-chemo-mechanics, energy storage systems, scientific machine learning, battery sustainability and safety