Directory
Stacey Traister
stacey.traister@duke.eduProgram Coordinator, NSF Traineeship for the Advancement of Surgical Technologies (TAST)
Shyni Varghese
shyni.varghese@duke.eduLaszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Interests
Musculoskeletal tissue repair, disease biophysics and organ-on-a-chip technology
Manolis Veveakis
manolis.veveakis@duke.eduProfessor 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.
l.virgin@duke.eduProfessor 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…
Donald Wright
Associate Professor Emeritus of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Stefan Zauscher, Ph.D.
zauscher@duke.eduDirector 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.
michael.zavlanos@duke.eduProfessor 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.
pzhong@duke.eduProfessor 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…