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Bavand Keshavarz Profile Photo
Bavand Keshavarz Profile Photo

Bavand Keshavarz

Assistant 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, …

Josiah Knight, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Josiah Knight, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Josiah Knight, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research Interests

Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and dynamics

Dr Brian Mann, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Dr Brian Mann, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Dr Brian Mann, Ph.D.

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research Interests

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.

Piotr Marszalek, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Piotr Marszalek, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Piotr Marszalek, Ph.D.

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research Interests

Investigating relationships between structural and mechanical properties of biopolymers (polysaccharides, DNA, proteins), at a single molecule level.

Dr David Mitzi, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Dr David Mitzi, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Dr David Mitzi, Ph.D.

Simon Family Distinguished Professor

Research Interests

Making emerging photovoltaic materials more effective, cost-efficient and competitive for the energy market.

Xiaoyue Ni Profile Photo
Xiaoyue Ni Profile Photo

Xiaoyue Ni

Assistant Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research Interests

Flexible electronics, precision measurement, non-destructive testing, deformation physics of random media, mechanical metamaterials, robotic materials and smart structures, machine learning

Siobhan Rigby Oca Profile Photo
Siobhan Rigby Oca Profile Photo

Siobhan Rigby Oca

Director of Master's Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS

Research Interests

Robotics Education, Medical Robotics, Human Robot Interaction, Engineering Education

Miroslav Pajic, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Miroslav Pajic, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Miroslav Pajic, Ph.D.

Director of Master's Studies, Professor in the Department of ECE

Research Interests

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…

Christine Payne Profile Photo
Christine Payne Profile Photo

Christine Payne

Donald M. Alstadt Chair of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Yoh Family Professor

Research Interests

Molecular mechanisms by which cells interact with nanomaterials with applications in nanomedicine and environmental exposure

Amanda Randles Profile Photo
Amanda Randles Profile Photo

Amanda Randles

Alfred Winborne and Victoria Stover Mordecai Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Research Interests

Biomedical simulation and high-performance computing

Hossein (Amir) Salahshoor Profile Photo
Hossein (Amir) Salahshoor Profile Photo

Hossein (Amir) Salahshoor

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

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.

Sophia Santillan Profile Photo
Sophia Santillan Profile Photo

Sophia Santillan

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS

Research Interests

Engineering education, nonlinear systems, structural mechanics and numerical methods.

Guglielmo Scovazzi, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Guglielmo Scovazzi, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Guglielmo Scovazzi, Ph.D.

Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

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…

Shyni Varghese Profile Photo
Shyni Varghese Profile Photo

Shyni Varghese

Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Interests

Musculoskeletal tissue repair, disease biophysics and organ-on-a-chip technology

Manolis Veveakis Profile Photo
Manolis Veveakis Profile Photo

Manolis Veveakis

Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

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

Lawrie Virgin, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Lawrie Virgin, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Lawrie Virgin, Ph.D.

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research Interests

Study of the behavior of nonlinear dynamical systems, including the investigation of the fundamental nature of nonlinear systems based on a mathematical description of their…

Stefan Zauscher, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Stefan Zauscher, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Stefan Zauscher, Ph.D.

Director of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS

Research Interests

Nano-mechanical and nano-tribological characterization (elasticity, friction, adhesion) of materials including organic thin films; self-assembled monolayers, polymeric gels, and cellulosics; Fabrication of polymeric nanostructures by scanning…

Michael Zavlanos, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Michael Zavlanos, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Michael Zavlanos, Ph.D.

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research Interests

Control theory, optimization, and learning; in particular, robotics and autonomous systems, networked and distributed control systems, and cyber-physical systems.

Pei Zhong, Ph.D. Profile Photo
Pei Zhong, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Pei Zhong, Ph.D.

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research Interests

Mechanistic investigation and technology development in shock wave and laser lithotripsy; Ultrasound-elicited mechanotransduction, neuromodulation and sonogenetics; HIFU and immunotherapy for cancer treatment; Acoustic and optical…