Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Andrade's research focuses on developing fundamental understanding of the multiscale and multiphysical behavior of porous media, with especial application to geologic and engineered infrastructure materials.
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George W. Housner Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor Beck focuses on the development of theory and algorithms for stochastic system modeling, uncertainty propagation and Bayesian updating of dynamic systems, treating both modeling and excitation uncertainty. The primary computational tools are advanced stochastic simulation algorithms based on Markov chain Monte Carlo concepts. Some applications of current interest are the stochastic prediction of performance of structural systems under earthquakes, fast automated decision making for mitigation actions based on earthquake early warning systems, earthquake source inversions from seismic sensor networks, damage detection and assessment from structural sensor monitoring networks, and a stochastic mechanics approach to quantum mechanics.
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Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Professor of Materials Science; Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Professor Bhattacharya focuses on mechanics of materials, continuum mechanics, active materials, and thin films.
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Guillaume Blanquart focuses on modeling the interactions between combustion processes and turbulent flows. At the center of the work are fundamental problems such as the formation of pollutants, the effects of turbulence on the dynamics of nano-particles and liquid droplets, and various hydrodynamic and flame instabilities.
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Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
John Brady focuses on fluid mechanics and transport processes, and complex and multiphase fluids.
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Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Professor Burdick focuses on robotics, kinematics, mechanical systems and control. Active research areas include: robotic locomotion, sensor-based motion planning algorithms, multi-fingered robotic manipulation, applied nonlinear control theory, neural prosthetics, and medical applications of robotics.
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President; Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Professor; Professor of Civil Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
Chameau's interests include sustainable technology; environmental geotechnology; soil dynamics; earthquake engineering; and liquefaction of soils.
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Colonius develops and uses algorithms for simulation of complex, multiscale flow phenomena. Simulations can provide key insights into the mechanics of unsteady flows, including understanding of local and global instabilites, sources of sound, shock dynamics, and interactions with a disperse phase such as cavitaiton bubbles. The simulations also provide important data for reduced-order modeling efforts and control.
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Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics
Professor Greer focuses on nano-scale phenomena: mechanical properties, in-situ deformation, and nano-fabrication.
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Professor of Civil Engineering
John Hall's research interests include earthquake engineering, structural engineering, structural dynamics, strong ground motion, finite element modeling, and earthquake reconnaissance.
Professor of Engineering Seismology
Professor Heaton focuses on engineering seismology, and earthquake rupture physics.
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William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Vice Provost
Professor Hunt focuses on heat transfer and fluid mechanics associated with granular and particulate flows, fluidized beds, and porous media; convective flows in buoyancy driven flows, rotating machinery, and complex fluid systems.
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Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering and Geophysics
Professor Krishnan's research group is striving to unify computational seismology and earthquake engineering in the form of rupture-to-rafters simulations for robust earthquake damage prediction, preparation, mitigation, and disaster response.
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics
Nadia Lapusta's research interests include computational mechanics, fracture and frictional processes, mechanics and physics of earthquakes.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Minnich researches the physics and engineering of nanoscale heat transport. Nanostructured materials have novel thermal properties with applications in energy such as for thermoelectric materials, which convert heat directly to electricity. Minnich uses experimental techniques, including ultrafast optical experiments, to study transport at the length and time scales of the energy carriers themselves. These experiments measure properties of the energy carriers that are lost at macroscopic scales, allowing for a more complete understanding of nanoscale transport physics. Minnich also uses these results to design novel materials and thermal devices, such as more efficient thermoelectric materials and devices for thermal energy storage.
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Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering
Research in Richard Murray's group is in the application of feedback and control to networked systems, with applications in biology and autonomy. Current projects include novel control system architectures, biomolecular feedback systems and networked control systems.
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Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Ortiz's research interests include solid mechanics, computational mechanics, and nonlinear and failure processes in solids.
Space-Related Research
Inflatable space structures; helicopter rotor-blade dynamics.
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Joyce and Kent Kresa Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Civil Engineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist
Professor Pellegrino's research focuses on lightweight structures and particularly on problems involving packaging, deployment, shape control and stability.
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John E. Goode, Jr., Professor of Aerospace and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories
Professor Ravichandran focuses on deformation and failure of materials, micro/nano mechanics, wave propagation, composites, active materials, biomaterials and cell mechanics, and experimental mechanics.
Space-Related Research
Mechanics of light-weight materials; active materials with large strain actuation; space structures.
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Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor Rosakis focuses on solid mechanics, dynamic mechanical properties, ballistic impact, hypervelocity impact of micrometeorites on spacecraft, dynamic fracture and fragmentation, adiabatic shear banding, earthquake fault mechanics, mechanics of metallic glasses, restoration of ancient stone monuments, and mechanics of thin films.
Space-Related Research
Reliability of space materials and structures, spacecraft shielding against micrometeoroid impact; the mechanics of sample return (avoiding inter-planetary and planetary contamination); microelectronics and MEMS in space; optical properties of space telescope mirrors.
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C. L. Kelly Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Dean of Graduate Studies
Joe Shepherd teaches and conducts research on fluid mechanics, chemistry, thermodynamics, and structural mechanics with applications to high-speed flight, explosion dynamics, energy conversion technologies, and propulsion.
Space-Related Research
Chemical and electric propulsion systems; explosion hazards in launch vehicles and spacecraft.
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Anna L. Rosen Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Y.C. Tai works on miniature biomedical and MEMS devices including drug pumps, intraocular lens, retinal implants, cortical implants, spinal cord implants, circulating tumor cell (CTC) analysis, blood analysis on-a-chip, and so on. The research often involves broad materials, design, technology and fabrication topics.
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Professor of Applied Physics, Aeronautics, and Mechanical Engineering
The Laboratory of Interfacial and Small Scale Transport {LIS2T} specializes in problems involving interface-mediated transport and "interface sculpting" in systems ranging in scale from microns to nanometers. Current topical areas include the study of free surface instabilities and self-assembling structures in liquefiable films triggered by thermal, electrical, Marangoni or magnetic field modulation; intrinsic 3D lithographic patterning of nanofilms; layering transitions and symmetry breaking in nanofilms; fluid interface modulation for micro-optic, photonic and field emission micropropulsion systems; non-normality and unstable flows at low Reynolds number; biological flows governed by Marangoni forces; development of a universal slip condition for liquid on solid flows; and study of breakdown regimes in continuum flow vs molecular dynamics simulations. We complement full scale experimentation with analytic work, numerical computations and non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations to develop physical insight for theoretical advances as well as reliable design principles for application driven work.
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Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus
Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus
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Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Jet Propulsion, Emeritus
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Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Emeritus
Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Jet Propulsion, Emeritus
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus
