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.
Associate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
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…
Donald M. Alstadt Chair of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Yoh Family Professor
Molecular mechanisms by which cells interact with nanomaterials with applications in nanomedicine and environmental exposure
Biomedical simulation and high-performance computing
Polymer theory and computer simulations
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mechanics of biological and bio-inspired systems, brain mechanics, data-driven methods, advanced (meta)materials and (meta)structures, material design, and mathematics of materials and structures.
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS
Engineering education, nonlinear systems, structural mechanics and numerical methods.
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Finite element methods, computational fluid and solid mechanics, multiphase porous media flows, computational methods for fluid and solid materials under extreme load conditions, turbulent flow…
Professor Emeritus in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Associate Dean for Community-Based Innovation, Professor of ECE
Thin-film deposition, MAPLE, hybrid perovskites, hybrid nanocomposites, organic thin films
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Research Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Lecturer in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Musculoskeletal tissue repair, disease biophysics and organ-on-a-chip technology
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Theoretical and applied mechanics, Geomechanics, Irreversible Thermodynamics. Emphasis on the multiphysical modelling of plasticity of solids, solid-fluid interactions, friction laws and rheology of geomaterials
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Nonlinear behavior of slender structural systems including buckling and vibration. Much of the current work has an aerospace flavor. More recent research has focused on…
