Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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…
Hogg Family Director of Engineering Management & Entrepreneurship, Professor of ECE
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…
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Paul Ruffin Scarborough Associate Professor of Engineering
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…
ECE Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice
Computational methods for image analysis and information extraction, discrete event simulations, curriculum development and deployment
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…
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…
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
The design of Space Systems, including lauch vehicles, satellites, & ground systems. Serving as PI for Electric Resistance Thermal propulsion
MEMS Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice
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…
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science
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…
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
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
William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Acoustofluidics, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, biomedical micro-electro-mechanical systems (BioMEMS), optofluidics, plasmofluidics.
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
We study transport at biological interfaces. This includes developing tools to treat biofilms responsible for vascular graft infections, skin infections, water borne diseases, and mold…
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
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, …
Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Unsteady aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, mistuning, damping, and probabilistic methods. Principal investigator on AFOSR, DARPA, NASA, and industry-funded research projects.
Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and dynamics
Director, First-Year Computing Program, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nanophotonics; Photonic Metamaterials; Nonlinear Optics; Fiber Optics; Photonic Crystal Fibers
Adjunct Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Nonlinear dynamics and vibration utilizing analytical, numerical, and experimental techniques. Fundamental investigations of phenomenon and application areas where dynamical systems theory plays an important role.
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Investigating relationships between structural and mechanical properties of biopolymers (polysaccharides, DNA, proteins), at a single molecule level.
Assistant Research Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
STEM Education, Representation in science and engineering careers, Access to internships, Undergraduate/Graduate student professional development, Team Science/Convergence/Interdisciplinarity.
Assistant Research Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Making emerging photovoltaic materials more effective, cost-efficient and competitive for the energy market.
Professor Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Needham’s research and development is nothing if it is not collaborative. Highlights: Anti-cancer drug delivery inspired by how cancer's survive and spread due to their…
Assistant Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Flexible electronics, precision measurement, non-destructive testing, deformation physics of random media, mechanical metamaterials, robotic materials and smart structures, machine learning
Director of Master's Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS
Robotics Education, Medical Robotics, Human Robot Interaction, Engineering Education
Director of Master's Studies, Professor in the Department of ECE
Design and analysis of autonomous cyber-physical systems (CPS), and in particular, embedded systems, AI, learning and controls, CPS security and high-assurance autonomy, with various application…
