Focus Areas

Dynamics and Control

Eric Butcher – nonlinear dynamics, vibrations and control; astrodynamics, spacecraft attitude and relative motion dynamics, and GNC; stability, control and estimation in periodic, delayed and fractional systems
Eniko T. Enikov – dynamics of charged particles and macro-ions, control of processes driven by electrostatic forces, use of neural-network-based self-learning methods for control of human-machine interfaces
Samy Missoum – vibrations, crashworthiness and stochastic optimization of dynamical systems
Parviz E. Nikravesh – analytical and computational kinematics, multibody dynamics
Paul Reverdy – human-in-loop control systems, statistical learning, vehicle dynamics and control, and engineering design
Jekan Thanga – space robotics, CubeSats and sensor networks; machine learning applied to dynamics and control of swarms; autonomous systems design; small-satellite propulsion, power and thermal systems.

Fluid Dynamics

Stuart A. Craig – aerodynamics, experimental fluid mechanics, boundary-layer stability and transition, hydrodynamic stability
Eniko T. Enikov – microsensors for slow-moving flows in smart implantable medical devices, development of in situ sensor calibration methods
Hermann F. Fasel – computational fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic stability, laminar-turbulent transition, turbulent flows, flow control, nonlinear dynamics and aerodynamics
Kyle Hanquist – hypersonics, nonequilibrium flows, molecular gas dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, low-temperature plasmas, optimization, aerothermodynamics
Jeffrey W. Jacobs – experimental fluid mechanics; hydrodynamic instabilities, including Richtmyer-Meshkov and Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities; turbulent mixing
Jesse Little – experimental fluid dynamics; aerodynamics; active and passive flow control of separation, mixing and noise; experimental fluid mechanics; plasma actuators; turbulent shear flows
Bernard Parent – numerical simulations of turbulent hypersonic flows, plasmas, fuel reforming, combustion, lightning
Sergey V. Shkarayev – aerodynamics, fluid-structure interactions and designing unmanned aerial vehicles
Israel J. Wygnanski – aerodynamics (related to fixed-wing and rotary aircraft); control of separation, high-lift devices, and drag reduction; aeroacoustics (jet noise, cavity noise, screech)
Yitshak Zohar – biomicrofluidics: microscale manipulation of bio-species such as proteins, cells and tissues in microfluidic systems

Solid Mechanics

Erdogan Madenci – prediction of deformation and failure modes in metallic and composite materials, characterization of mechanical properties of materials
Samy Missoum – computational design, optimization, uncertainty quantification, parameter identification
Sergey V. Shkarayev – aerodynamics, fluid-structure interactions, designing unmanned aerial vehicles
Xiaoyi Wu – tissue engineering, biomechanics, biomaterials, computational biomaterials
Olesya Zhupanska – mechanics of composite materials and structures; electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical multifield effects in composites; contact mechanics

Thermosciences

Cho Lik Chan – heat transfer, materials processing, boundary element method
Barry D. Ganapol – radiation and particle transport theory, fast reactor safety, applied mathematics, satellite remote sensing
Kyle Hanquist – hypersonics, nonequilibrium flows, molecular gas dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, low-temperature plasmas, optimization, aerothermodynamics
Qing Hao – nanoscale energy transport in advanced materials and nanoelectronics, materials synthesis and characterization
Peiwen “Perry” Li – renewable energy, energy-water nexus, fuel cells, electrolyzers, hydrogen generation and storage, energy and power systems, heat mass transfer in gas turbines and HVACR systems
Bernard Parent – numerical simulations of turbulent hypersonic flows, plasmas, fuel reforming, combustion, lightning