Christopher Barrett Ames
christopher.ames@duke.eduAdjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
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Wilkins Aquino
wilkins.aquino@duke.eduProfessor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Computational mechanics, finite element methods, computational inverse problems and their applications in engineering and biomedicine, scientific computing, computational acoustics and acoustics-structure interaction, coupled chemo-mechanics (e.g.,…
Gaurav Arya
gaurav.arya@duke.eduProfessor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Molecular modeling, molecular simulations, statistical mechanics, coarse-graining, machine learning, polymer and colloidal physics, polymer-nanoparticle composites, chromatin biophysics, DNA nanotechnology, viral DNA packaging, single-molecule force spectroscopy,…
Research Interests
Polymer chemistry; bioconjugate chemistry; molecular imaging and additive manufacturing; materials for bone, soft tissue, neural and vascular tissue engineering; drug and protein delivery; degradable materials…
Research Interests
Thermodynamics, applied physics, life & evolution in nature, constructal law.
Joanna Deaton Bertram
nancy.deaton@duke.eduVisiting Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Advancing the mechanical design and control of medical robotic systems, including continuum robotics, with a special interest in image and sensor feedback, integrated sensor design,…
Donald B. Bliss
donald.bliss@duke.eduAssociate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, acoustics, and structural dynamics
Volker Blum
volker.blum@duke.eduAssociate Dean for Research, Rooney Family Associate Professor of MEMS
Research Interests
Computational predictions and understanding of new materials related to energy and electronics, as well as molecular structure and spectroscopies, based on the "first principles" of…
Leila Bridgeman
leila.bridgeman@duke.eduAssistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Robust and optimal control, linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), model predictive control (MPC), delayed systems, input-output stability, passivity.
L. Catherine Brinson
cate.brinson@duke.eduDonald M. Alstadt Chair of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Sharon C. and Harold L. Yoh III Distinguished Professor
Research Interests
Mechanics of materials, with emphasis on complex hierarchical materials and polymer based systems, and merging concepts of data science into materials. Nanoscale and bulk scale experimental…
Boyuan Chen
boyuan.chen@duke.eduAssistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Robotics, computer vision, machine learning, AI for science
Chuan-Hua Chen
chuanhua.chen@duke.eduAssociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Experimental and theoretical research coupling physicochemical hydrodynamics with interfacial engineering
Xianyi Cheng
xianyi.cheng@duke.eduAssistant Professor in the Thomas Lord MEMS Department (starting December 1)
Miaofang Chi
miaofang.chi@duke.eduProfessor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Ashutosh Chilkoti
Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Focused on biomolecular materials and biointerface science and emphasizes the development of applications that span the range from bioseparations, biosensors, biomaterials, and targeted drug delivery.
Stefano Curtarolo
Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence Materials Science; Autonomous Materials Design; Computational materials science; High-Entropy Disordered Systems; Materials for Energy Applications; Materials for Aerospace Applications. Prof. Curtarolo multidisciplinary research…
Louis Edwin DeFrate
lou.defrate@duke.eduLaszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
George Delagrammatikas
george.delagrammatikas@duke.eduAssociate Chair, Director of Master's Studies, Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS
Research Interests
Engineering Education, Automotive Engineering, Design Optimization, Thermal Fluid Sciences, Experimental Methods, Prototyping
Olivier Delaire
olivier.delaire@duke.eduAssociate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Olivier Delaire investigates atomic dynamics in materials, focusing on problems at the interface of Materials Science, Physics and Chemistry. His research group utilizes a range…
John Everett Dolbow
john.dolbow@duke.eduProfessor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Modeling quasi-static and dynamic fracture of structural components, the evolution of interfaces with nonlinear constitutive laws, and developing models for stimulus-responsive hydrogels
Christopher Douglas
christopher.douglas@duke.eduVisiting Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Aeroelasticity, acoustics, nonlinear dynamics, structural dynamics, and unsteady aerodynamics.
Hagen Eckert, Ph.D.
hagen.eckert@duke.eduAssistant Research Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Liang Feng
liang.feng@duke.eduAssistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Carbon Capture and Removal | Negative Emissions | Decarbonization | Critical Materials, Metals, and Minerals | Bioinspired Soft Matter | Supramolecular & Porous Materials |…
Linda Franzoni
franzoni@duke.eduProfessor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Acoustics of enclosures, underwater acoustics, structural dynamics and vibration.
Ken Gall
kag70@duke.eduProfessor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Materials science, mechanical properties, metals and polymers. Specialties: Shape memory materials, biomaterials, 3D printing.
Devendra P. Garg
dpgarg@duke.eduProfessor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Henri P. Gavin
W.H. Gardner Jr. Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor in the Department of CEE
Research Interests
Our group works in the broad area of dynamic systems analysis, modeling, measurement, and control with particular emphasis on the mitigation of losses induced by…
Michela Geri
m.geri@duke.eduAssistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Mechanics of multi-phase materials - Soft and hard matter - Coupling of mechanics with thermodynamic, kinematic and chemical conditions - Particulate materials/structured fluids - Novel…