Directory
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…
Leanne M Gilbertson, Ph.D.
leanne.gilbertson@duke.eduAssociate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
My research focuses on developing new materials to tackle environmental challenges. I study fundamental science underlying interactions of the materials my group develops with(in) environmental…
Jeff Glass
jeff.glass@duke.eduHogg Family Director of Engineering Management & Entrepreneurship, Professor of ECE
Research Interests
Electronic materials and the associated devices/instruments improved by these materials, especially electrode applications in miniature mass spectrometry, energy conversion and storage and liquid waste disinfection…
Johann Guilleminot, Ph.D.
johann.guilleminot@duke.eduPaul Ruffin Scarborough Associate Professor of Engineering
Research Interests
Computational mechanics, mechanics of heterogeneous materials, molecular dynamics simulations and atomistic-to-continuum coupling, stochastic solvers, statistical inverse problem and model validation, stochastic analysis, uncertainty quantification in…
Michael Richard Gustafson
mrg@duke.eduECE Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice
Research Interests
Computational methods for image analysis and information extraction, discrete event simulations, curriculum development and deployment
Research Interests
Unsteady aerodynamics, structural dynamics, and aeroelasticity of turbomachinery and aerospace vehicles. Novel approaches to modeling complex physical phenomena using computational fluid dynamics. Optimization and sensitivity…
Research Interests
Exploring novel collective phenomena in quantum materials by means of neutron and x-ray scattering techniques; Investigating quantum critical phenomena at extreme environmental conditions of ultra-low…
Robert Alan Hickman
robert.hickman@duke.eduVisiting Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
The design of Space Systems, including lauch vehicles, satellites, & ground systems. Serving as PI for Electric Resistance Thermal propulsion
Jonathan Riggs Holt
jonathan.holt@duke.eduAdjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Nico Hotz
nico.hotz@duke.eduMEMS Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice
Research Interests
Interfacial transport phenomena and thermodynamics in energy technology, including phenomena at the micro- and nanoscale. Thermodynamics aspects of photovoltaics, novel sustainable energy conversion technologies, and…
Laurens E. Howle
laurens.howle@duke.eduProfessor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science
Research Interests
Hydroelastic modeling of deformable structures, transport in thermal and chemical systems, experimental and computational fluid dynamics, nonlinear and complex systems, heat and mass transport in…
Po-Chun Hsu
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Smart multifunctional textiles, camouflage fabrics, stimuli-responsive polymer, wearable electronics, photon management, radiation heat transfer, solar desalination and water harvesting, electrochemical devices, electrospinning and fiber fabrication
Prof Tony Jun Huang
tony.huang@duke.eduWilliam Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Acoustofluidics, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, biomedical micro-electro-mechanical systems (BioMEMS), optofluidics, plasmofluidics.
Prof Andrew D Jones, Ph.D.
andrew.jones3@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Biofilms, cardiovascular infections, infectious diseases, biomaterials, antibiotics, porous media flows, fate and transport of nanomaterials in biofilms, water quality sensors, environmental systems analysis, environmental equity,…
Bavand Keshavarz
bavand.k@duke.eduAssistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Mechanics of Soft Materials, Bioinspired Hydrogels, Metal-Coordination Networks, Fluid Dynamics of Complex Fluids in Fragmentation and Capillary Phenomena, Mechanical Spectroscopy of Soft Materials During Gelation, …
Robert Kielb
rkielb@duke.eduProfessor of the Practice Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Unsteady aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, mistuning, damping, and probabilistic methods. Principal investigator on AFOSR, DARPA, NASA, and industry-funded research projects.
Josiah Knight, Ph.D.
jknight@duke.eduAssociate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and dynamics
Genevieve Lipp
genevieve.lipp@duke.eduDirector, First-Year Computing Program, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE
Natalia Litchinitser, Ph.D.
natalia.litchinitser@duke.eduProfessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Nanophotonics; Photonic Metamaterials; Nonlinear Optics; Fiber Optics; Photonic Crystal Fibers
