| Faculty Expertise |
| Dept. |
Name |
Areas of Interest |
| CHB |
Douglas Bousfield |
Fluid mechanics; rheology; numerical methods; coating processes |
| CHB |
Albert Co |
Polymer processing; non-Newtonian fluid dynamics; rheology; transport phenomena; applied numerical methods |
| CHB |
William J. DeSisto |
Inorganic membrane synthesis and characterization; application of chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition to membrane synthesis; filtration for microdevices; selective adsorption materials synthesis and characterization |
| CHB |
Darrell Donahue |
Biosensors; statistical process control; biological modeling; risk assessment in industrial processes; industrial systems modeling |
| CHB |
Joseph Genco |
Process engineering applied to pulp and paper technology and science |
| CHB |
John Hwalek |
Process information systems; heat transfer |
| CHB |
Michael Mason |
Photophysics of nanoparticles and molecular nanoprobes, single molecule imaging, time-resolved single photon spectroscopic imaging techniques |
| CHB |
Paul Millard |
Biosensors, physiological genomics ad proteomics, microbial pathogen detection |
| CHB |
David J. Neivandt |
Determination of the orientation and conformation of interfacial species, surface spectroscopies/microscopies |
| CHB |
Hemant Pendse |
Sensor development; colloid systems; particulate and multiphase processes; pulp and paper manufacture |
| CHB |
Adriaan vanHeiningen |
Chemical reaction engineering in pulp and paper processes; coating |
| CHB |
G. Peter van Walsum |
Renewable energy, fuels and chemicals; bioprocessing; process engineering |
| CHB |
Clayton Wheeler |
Development of selective sensor materials and sensing algorithms; integration of sensor platforms into microchemical systems using micromachining techniques; characterization of sensing mechanisms for selectivity enhancement; temperature programmed adsorption/desorption measurements to determine adsorption kinetics parameters for sensors and model catalyst systems; study of adsorption and reaction mechanisms on well-characterized materials using molecular beam techniques. |
| CIE |
Aria Amirbahman |
Environmental chemistry; geochemistry; pollutant fate and transport in the environment |
| CIE |
Willem Brutsaert |
Groundwater engineering and hydrology qualitative and quantitative aspects; radon removal from groundwater; rainfall-runoff analysis |
| CIE |
Habib Dagher |
Bridges, fiber-reinforced-polymer (FRP) wood-hybrid materials; probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability |
| CIE |
William Davids |
Numerical methods in structural mechanics and civil engineering, Mechanics of wood and wood structures, Development of simulation-based software tools for structural analysis and design, Bridge engineering |
| CIE |
Per Garder |
Traffic Engineering and human factors, especially transportation safety with an emphasis on evaluation methodology. Examples: Effectiveness of continuous shoulder rumble strips; driver stress; subjective rating of comfort and safety; junction layout; roundabout design; pedestrian safety; bicycle facility design; rest area usage |
| CIE |
Dana Humphrey |
Ground improvement techniques, thermal soil mechanics, foundation engineering, and advanced soil mechanics, geotechnics of waste disposal , behavior of the surface clay crust, and reinforced embakements, and using tire chips as lightweight fill, retaining wall backfill, and thermal insulation |
| CIE |
Shaleen Jain |
Hydroclimatology, Environmental Flows, Climate Variability and Change, Hydrosystems Modeling, Adaptive Management and Decision Analysis |
| CIE |
Eric Landis |
Experimental mechanics; material microstructure-property relationships; nondestructive testing |
| CIE |
Melissa Landon |
Offshore geotechnics, including site characterization, physical modeling of soil-structure interaction, and foundation engineering for offshore infrastructure. |
| CIE |
Roberto Lopez-Anido |
Structural mechanics; advanced composite materials; durability analysis; experimental characterization; embedded sensors; composites fabrication |
| CIE |
Jean MacRae |
Arsenic in drinking water, Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) that act in the environment. Resource recovery protein and chitin from crab processing waste |
| CIE |
Will Manion |
Computing in engineering education; tire chips as fill in construction, aggregate base drainage |
| CIE |
Bryan Pearce |
Computer simulations of free surface flow and material transport; simulations using autonomous agents including oil spills and traffic models; hydraulics; wave modeling |
| CIE |
Chet Rock |
Restoration of eutrophic lakes, feasibility of constructed wetlands in cold climates, utilization of waste materials, and onsite wastewater treatment |
| CIE |
Thomas Sandford |
Soil structure interaction; LRFD; soil nail walls; lateral squeeze of soil; piling; composites applied to geotechnical |
| CMT |
Philip Dunn |
Construction, goetechnical engineering, soil nailing, geosynthetics, lightweight fills |
| CMT |
Howard Gray |
Wood composites |
| CMT |
Knud Hermansen |
Land surveying; land development design; contracts; boundary law; construction; professional liability; alternate dispute resolution; easements & roads; real property law; real estate litigation |
| ECE |
Ali Abedi |
Wireless Communications; Coding and Information Theory; Wireless Sensor Networks for Space Applications |
| ECE |
Eric Beenfeldt |
Micro-controller applications; electro-mechanical design |
| ECE |
Richard Eason |
Machine intelligence; microprocessor applications; stetanography |
| ECE |
Nuri Emanetoglu |
Novel semiconductor materials and devices; Optoelectronics & photonics; Piezoelectric materials, thin films and devices; Surface acoustic wave devices and thin film resonators; Sensors, based on both semiconductor & piezoelectric devices |
| ECE |
Duane Hanselman |
Electro-mechanical devices; motion control systems; MATLAB programming |
| ECE |
Donald Hummels |
Communication devices and applications; digital signal processing |
| ECE |
David E. Kotecki |
Microelectronics; electronic materials, computer modeling and simulation |
| ECE |
Bruce Littlefield |
Cluster and Parallel Computing; Systems Administration Education |
| ECE |
Mohamad Musavi |
Neural networks, image processing, and intelligent systems |
| ECE |
Mauricio Pereira da Cunha |
New piezoelectric materials and acoustic wave devices for military electronic systems; biosensors; Microwave Acoustic Devices; High Frequency RF Devices; Wireless Communication; Signal Processing; High Temperature Acoustic Wave Sensors and materials |
| ECE |
Bruce Segee |
Computer architecture; interfacing; instrumentation and industrial automation |
| ECE |
Andrew Sheaff |
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| ECE |
Rosemary Smith |
Microfluidic instruments for biomolecular analysis, microsensors, biomedical microdevices |
| ECE |
John Vetelino |
Microsensors; acoustics; solid state |
| ECE |
Yifeng Zhu |
Parallel and distributed computing; High-performance reliable data storage systems; Energy-aware computing; Wireless sensor network |
| EET |
John Allen |
Sensor technology |
| EET |
Thomas Christensen |
Fluid power systems integration and control |
| EET |
Scott Dunning |
Power system optimization; industrial energy efficiency; industrial power systems |
| EET |
Judith Pearse |
Digital systems, microprocessor applications, project and personnel management, programmable logic controller applications |
| EET |
Paul Villeneuve |
Electronics, control systems |
| EET |
Edward “Spider” Williams |
Circuit analysis |
| MEE |
Michael Boyle |
Experimental approaches to fluid mechanics and energy problems; heat transfer in machines; modeling of gas turbine power plants |
| MEE |
Vince Caccese |
Structural mechanics; experimental mechanics; finite element analysis; vibration analysis and measurement |
| MEE |
Zhihe Jin |
Mechanical behavior of advanced materials, fracture mechanics, thermal stresses. |
| MEE |
Michael “Mick” Peterson |
Biological-Physical Interactions, Elastic waves and dynamics; experimental and analytical solutions; applications in biomechanics, materials and manufacturing, Ocean Observing Systems |
| MEE |
Justin Poland |
Energy conservation in buildings; collection and use of solar energy; HVAC and refrigeration systems |
| MEE |
Rick Sayles |
Fluid flow, heat transfer and energy related studies using numerical techniques including the finite element method |
| MEE |
Alireza S. Sarvestani |
Multi-scale modeling and mechanical properties of polymer based nanocomposites, polymer physics, dynamics and rheology, constitutive modeling of biofunctional composites, modeling of cell adhesion and haptotactic locomotion, biomaterials |
| MEE |
Mohsen (Mo) Shahinpoor |
Smart/Intelligent Materials, Structures and Systems, Smart Aerospace and Marine Structures, Biomimetics and Artificial Muscles, Mechatronics, Electroactive Polymers, Advanced Nanocomposites, Biologically-Inspired Engineering Systems, Biologically-Inspired Robotic Devices and Systems |
| MEE |
James Sucec |
Analytical/numerical methods in transient, conjugated forced convection and steady turbulent boundary layer heat transfer |
| MEE |
Senthil Vel |
Structural mechanics, mechanics of laminated composite materials, smart materials and structures |
| MET |
Joel Anderson |
Machine Tool Lab, Manufacturing, Drafting, CADD/CAM, and Kinematics |
| MET |
Herbert Crosby |
Machine design and forensic failure analysis; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning emphasizing on energy conservation |
| MET |
S. David Dvorak |
Friction and wear characteristics of solid lubricant coatings; testing and analysis of liquid lubricants; non-destructive materials characterization; instrumentation development and electro-mechanical design |
| MET |
Karen Horton |
Vibration analysis and control (structural and rotating machinery); development of diverse teams |
| MET |
Charles Maguire |
Internal combustion engine design; industrial process energy management; motor vehicle dynamics |
| MET |
David Morrison |
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| SIE |
Silvia Nittel |
Database systems; distributed systems; heterogeneous systems and mobile, sensor-based computing; networks |
| SIE |
Michael Worboys |
Geoinformatics; computing and geospatial information; database systems; |
| SIE |
Kate Beard-Tisdale |
Digital libraries; spatial uncertainty; geographic information systems (GIS) |
| SIE |
Max Egenhofer |
Spatial reasoning; geographic database systems; user interfaces for geographic information systems (GIS); mobile computing |
| SIE |
Nicholas Giudice |
multimodal spatial cognition, neurocognitive engineering, sensory psychophysics, human-computer interaction, functional equivalence of spatial representations, multimodal virtual environment technology, universal design for interface development, and gerontechnology |
| SIE |
Connie Holden |
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| SIE |
Alfred Leick |
Global positioning system (GPS), navigation, geodesy |
| SIE |
Reinhard Moratz |
Spatial knowledge representation in cognitive systems, unified theory for the representation of spatial knowledge |
| SIE |
Harlan Onsrud |
Assessment of the social impacts of spatial technologies; legal, ethical, and institutional issues affecting the creation and use of digital spatial databases |
| SVT |
Carlton Brown |
Land surveying, cadastres |
| SVT |
Raymond Hintz |
Cadastral and survey measurements; photogrammetry |
