You're searching for faculty members in:
Engineering, Division of
54 matches found.
 | Ruth Iris Bahar
Engineering, Division of
Iris Bahar's research interests lie broadly in the areas of computer architecture, electronic design automation, and digital circuit design. In particular, she is working on developing new approaches to reduce power dissipation and improve reliability in high-performance processors, including multiprocessors and nanocomputing systems. In addition, she is working on methods to improve the accuracy of timing analyzers used for verifying circuits designs. |  | Rod Beresford
Engineering, Division of
Prof. Beresford's research focuses on semiconductor nanostructures, including synthesis, modeling, integration with microelectronics, and applications. Molecular beam epitaxy, the growth of semiconductors in ultrahigh vacuum using thermal beams of pure elements allows precise control of layer thickness and composition on the level of monolayers. Projects include nanostructures produced by pattern-driven epitaxial growth and direct conversion of biomolecular signals into electronic information. |  | Janet Blume
Engineering, Division of
Professor Blume's research focuses on mathematical aspects of solid mechanics. Questions of existence and uniqueness of solutions to systems of partial differential equations that arise in continuum descriptions of solid behavior are considered. Recent work in this area is concerned with finding the circumstances under which a given rotation field can be generated by a continuum deformation of a solid. |  | Allan Bower
Engineering, Division of
Professor Bower is a member of the Solid Mechanics group in the Division of Engineering. He works with colleagues and students to develop and apply computer simulations to model the mechanical properties of materials. Applications of current interest include lightweight materials and engineered surfaces for automotive and aerospace applications, as well as microelectronic materials. |  | Kenneth Breuer
Engineering, Division of
Fluid mechanics, covering a wide range of topics including the physics of micron and nanoscale flows, the mechanics of animal locomotion, specifically, mammalian flight, and bacterial motility, the behavior and control of turbulent shear flows and renewable energy technologies |  | Clyde Briant
Engineering, Division of
Professor Briant's research interests center on mechanical properties of materials and how these properties can be explained by various microstructural elements. |  | Christopher Bull
Engineering, Division of
My research interests include: alternative transportation, sustainable design, neural recording and stimulation systems, and experimental mechanics. I am especially interested in building intelligent systems that incorporate environmental and occupant information to achieve greater building and vehicle efficiency. I also direct the Mechanical Testing Facility for the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. |  | Joseph (Jose') Manuel Calo
Engineering, Division of
A central theme in Professor Calo's work is the application of principles of chemical kinetics and transport phenomena to problems in science and engineering. Chemical rate processes, combined with transport limitations and surface-specific characteristics, are of central importance in a diverse range of applications such as the optimization of chemical reactors for chemicals and fuels production, the composition of the earth's atmosphere, or the solution of environmental problems. |  | Bruce Caswell
Engineering, Division of
Professor Caswell's main area of research is the numerical simulation of flow processes. Current work is directed toward the fluid mechanics of non-Newtonian and viscoelastic liquids, and their analysis by finite element methods. Mechanically these fluids are described by nonlinear constitutive equations of the differential and integral type. The parameters (modulus, viscosity, relaxation times) which appear in these equations must be fitted from rheological data, which, in practice, is incomplete. |  | Eric Chason
Engineering, Division of
Professor Chason's research focuses on the evolution of thin films and surfaces, including the development of in situ diagnostics to monitor changes in stress and morphology as they occur. Recent studies involve residual stress during thin film growth, whisker formation in Sn coatings, and self-organized pattern formation during ion sputtering. This work includes experiments, computer simulation, and development of models to relate the experimental results to fundamental materials processes. |  | Rodney Clifton
Engineering, Division of
Professor Clifton's primary research is on the mechanical response of materials at very high loading rates. Applications include: high speed machining, armor penetration, shear band formation, martensitic phase transformations, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, and dynamic fracture. Principal experimental approach is pressure-shear plate impact. A second research focus involves the measurement of the high frequency, viscoelastic response of soft, biological tissues, especially vocal folds. |  | David Cooper
Engineering, Division of
Professor Cooper's current research focuses on the development and application of new geometric, algebraic, and probabilistic approaches, models, and algorithms for recognizing and estimating 2D and 3D geometric information from images, video, and range data. Present specific research projects include: Geometry-based searching of very large image databases (100,000 or more images) using new geometric invariants for open or closed curves as search features. |  | William Curtin
Engineering, Division of
The major theme of Professor Curtin's research is modeling of mechanical behavior of materials, with special emphases on fracture and multiscale modeling. Systems currently under investigation include metals such as Aluminum-Magnesium, Ni and Fe containing hydrogen, nanoscale materials such as carbon nanotube composites, and composites such as carbon-fiber reinforced plastics. |  | Jerry Daniels
Engineering, Division of
Professor Daniels' research interests include:
Time series prediction using neural networks optimized by evolutionary algorithms.
Minimal logic circuit realization of large truth tables using evolutionary algorithms.
Baseball batting order optimization.
Testing Yerkes-Dodson Law of arousal vs performance with heart rate and pupil diameter measurements during video game playing.
Autonomous rovers (robot vehicles) which embody fear and anger. |  | Jennifer Dworak
Engineering, Division of
Jennifer Dworak's research focuses on the correctness and reliability of digital integrated circuits. Much of her work has involved the development of better test pattern generation techniques for improved identification of circuits containing manufacturing defects. She has done significant work on defect level modeling and is also currently investigating delay testing, design verification, and field failure rates due to undetected manufacturing defects or design errors. |  | Christian Franck
Engineering, Division of
Dr. Franck's research interests are at the intersection of mechanics and biology, and are primarily focused on what role physical forces play at the cellular and tissue level. A better quantitative understanding of the nature and role of these physical forces will have direct impacts in the development of new artificial tissues and drug treatments.
To conduct these experiments Dr. Franck is interested in the development of novel experimental techniques at the micro and nanoscale. These research instruments include three-dimensional optical methods such as confocal microscopy and atomic force microscopy.
More details and information can be found on Dr. Franck's website (see "Franck Lab" link on this page). | | | L. B. Freund
Engineering, Division of
Freund's derivation of the equations describing the propagation of cracks in an elastic body has led to the understanding of dynamic fracture that is now widely used in such critically important applications as the safety of gas pile lines and the safety of nuclear containment vessels. Professor Freund's research is concerned with mechanical phenomena in solid materials, focusing on the relationship between the overall mechanical state of a deformable solid and the localized physical processes of material deformation and failure. |  | Huajian Gao
Engineering, Division of
Professor Gao's research group is generally interested in understanding the basic principles that control mechanical properties and behaviors of both engineering and biological systems. Current research includes studies of how metallic and semiconductor materials behave in thin film and nanocrystalline forms, and how biological materials such as bones, geckos, and cells achieve their mechanical robustness through structural hierarchy. |  | Pradeep Guduru
Engineering, Division of
Professor Guduru's research focusses on several aspects of Experimental Mechanics, with emphasis on phenomena at micro and nano length scales. The current active areas of research are: biologically inspired contact mechanics, adhesion and friction; developing nanofabrication strategies by means of guided self assembly using electric and magnetic fields; mechanics of carbon nanotubes: experiments and modeling; and mechanical behavior of biological tissues; and mechanics of energy storage materials. |  | Karen Marie Haberstroh
Engineering, Division of
|  | Leigh Hochberg
Engineering, Division of
Our Laboratory for Restorative Neurotechnology focuses on developing strategies to restore communication, mobility, and independence for people with paralysis or limb loss. In addition to endeavors related to the pilot clinical trial of the BrainGate2 Neural Interface System, we are interested in understanding human intracortical neurophysiology during the planning and production of voluntary movement, and understanding neuronal ensemble function in a variety of neurologic diseases or injuries. |  | Robert Hurt
Engineering, Division of
Professor Hurt's research focuses on nanotechnologies and their environmental and biological applications and implications. His group synthesizes carbon, silver, and selenium-based nanomaterials through colloidal and supramolecular routes, and tailors their surface chemistry to promote or suppress interactions with biological structures. Current emphasis is on nanotoxicology, the formulation of safe nanomaterials, graphene and carbon nanotube processing, and nanomaterial-based technologies for the capture of environmental toxicants. |  | Gregory Jay
Emergency Medicine, Dept. of
Medicine, Department of
Engineering, Division of
Dr. Jay has investigated the lubricating properties of synovial fluid and what role it may play in degenerative joint diseases. He confirmed that lubricin is a mucinous glycoprotein and showed that the glycosylations on this molecule provide for a lower coefficient of friction between both biological and non-biological rubbing surfaces. He is interested in more immediate translational studies in the areas of automated pulsus paradoxus monitoring in emergency medicine. He has developed and/or tested a portable hyperbaric chamber system, bedside co-oximetry, and other novel devices. |  | Kyung-Suk Kim
Engineering, Division of
Professor Kim's research interest is in the interdisciplinary area of solid mechanics of small scale material structures, or the nano and micromechanics of solids. He is currently directing the Nano and Micromechanics Laboratory where research is aimed at the advancement of science and technology for proper development and improvement of technological infrastructures for the transition from an industrial society to an information society. |  | Benjamin Kimia
Engineering, Division of
Vision has emerged as an exciting and interdisciplinary area of investigation. Professor Kimia's research in vision is mainly concerned with the problem of recovery, representation, and recognition of two and three-dimensional shape from real images. |  | Sharvan Kumar
Engineering, Division of
Professor Kumar's research interests include experimental characterization and analysis of defects, deformation and fracture in structural metals and alloys, and intermetallic and metal-matrix composites. Current research activities focus primarily on various intermetallics, novel high-strength, high-toughness steels, nanocrystalline metals and alloys, and refractory alloys for aerospace and defense applications. He also collaborates extensively with scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratories. |  | Jinkee Lee
Engineering, Division of
Professor Lee's research interests in the area of transport phenomena especially fluid dynamics including microfludics, molecular diffusion and dispersion, plant mimicry for high-performing liquid pumping and microfluidic chemical reaction for future energy. |  | Joseph Liu
Engineering, Division of
Professor Liu's past and present research interests, largely theoretical and computational, span a cross-section of fluids and thermal sciences: gas dynamics of two-phase flows, hypersonic viscous flows, interactions between coherent structures and fine grained turbulence in free shear flows, and aerodynamic sound generation by coherent structures. More recently he has devoted much of his effort to the role of longitudinal vortices in heat and mass transfer enhancement and in the promotion of rapid free mixing. |  | Albert Lo
Neurology
Community Health, Department of
Engineering, Division of
• Stroke rehabilitation Phase II/III Clinical Trials in Robotic Neurorehabilitation
• Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Pilot Studies Robotic Neurorehabilitation
• Neuroprotection in Multiple Sclerosis and animal models
• Investigations in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Epidemiology
• Rhode Island Multiple Sclerosis Study (RIMMS)
• Mild traumatic brain injury: impact on attention, cognition and motor control | | | Josef Mittlemann
Engineering, Division of
|  | Joseph Mundy
Engineering, Division of
Joseph Mundy is developing a Computer tomography (CT) analysis system for characterizing microscopic blood vessel structure in living tissue that will be applied to the rapid drug development of cancer blocking medicines. Another research thrust is automated image and video analysis for aerial reconnaissance. This research is aimed at scene description and change detection for military applications. He is also working on CMOS circuit techniques for probablistic computing at the nanoscale. | | | Alan Needleman
Engineering, Division of
Professor Needleman's main research interests are in the computational modeling of deformation and fracture processes in structural materials, in particular metals. |  | Arto Nurmikko
Engineering, Division of
Professor Nurmikko carries out research in experimental laser sciences, nanophotonics, active electronic nanomaterials, and neuroenginering/neurotechnology. Topics of interest range from basic semiconductor physics, to the development and application of new optoelectronic devices (such as ultraviolet semiconductor sources, and development of new approaches to neural signal detection from the brain and neural stimulation. |  | Domenico Pacifici
Engineering, Division of
We are the research group of Professor Domenico Pacifici. We lead research projects aimed at the exploitation of photons in nanoengineered materials and devices for novel information, sensing and energy-harvesting solutions. |  | David Paine
Engineering, Division of
Professor Paine's research interests are in thin film characterization and processing with a focus on interfaces and interface stability in electronic thin film systems. The evolution of microstructure as a function of processing conditions is being studied in a wide range of materials synthesized by techniques such as physical vapor deposition (MBE, dc/rf magnetron sputtering) and low pressure chemical vapor deposition. Key characterization techniques include x-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, in situ reflectivity and in situ resistivity. |  | G. Tayhas R. Palmore
Engineering, Division of
My research interests lie at the intersection of materials science, electrochemistry, and biology, with broad interests in the areas of biomaterials, bioelectronics, and biocatalysis. Research projects in my laboratory include the synthesis of new biocomposites (biocatalysts/conducting polymers/nanofibers) for use in batteries, fuel cells, and biomedical applications (e.g., biosensors, tissue engineering); and the design and fabrication of devices that use these new materials. |  | Rajesh Pareta
Engineering, Division of
Dr. Pareta works with Prof. Webster group, whose lab specializes in design, synthesis and evaluation of nanophase materials for various biomedical applications. |  | William Patterson
Engineering, Division of
Mr. Patterson's research focuses on circuit and instrument design for a variety of applications. Most recently those applications include circuits for implantable neural sensors to do chronic recording in the cortex, for studies of the limiting factors in CMOS transistor sizing, and for microphone-array applications. |  | Kelly G. Pennell
Engineering, Division of
|  | Thomas Powers
Engineering, Division of
Professor Powers' research interests include molecular and cellular biomechanics, the physics of soft matter, and nonlinear dynamics. |  | Janet Rankin
Engineering, Division of
Adjunct
Rankin's research interests lie in the energetics of interfaces in fine-scale nano- and microstructures. Her group is currently investigating the sintering of nanoscale single crystals and stress evolution in CVD diamond & sol-gel derived TiO2 thin-films. Rankin utilizes in situ electron microscopy to investigate initial-stage sintering and particle coalescence in faceted ceramic oxide powders. Her studies have revealed details of the atomistics and dynamics of neck growth in faceted systems. |  | Sherief Reda
Engineering, Division of
|  | Peter Damian Richardson
Engineering, Division of
Professor Richardson has biomedical engineering research interests with five main themes: adhesion, aggregation and disintegration of cells and cell groups, with applications in thrombosis and hemostasis; artificial organs, especially those designed for transport purposes such as artificial lungs and hybrid artificial pancreases; applications of ultrasound in detection and diagnosis, including intravascular usage, and corresponding image analysis; interaction of flow and blood vessel walls, especially for problems associated with atherosclerosis; design of devices and instruments with biomedical applications (where his research has led to patents). |  | Brian W. Sheldon
Engineering, Division of
My research focuses on the formation and mechanical behavior of advanced ceramic materials, particularly thin films and coatings. We are primarily interested in understanding fundamental mechanisms, however these materials are used in an extremely wide range of applications. Examples that are directly related to our work include microelectronics, MEMS, protective coatings for high temperature applications, wear-resistant coatings, and electrochemical systems including sensors and fuel cells. | | | Vivek Shenoy
Engineering, Division of
Professor Shenoy's current research focuses on mechanical phenomena involved in the fabrication and performance of nanoscale devices and structures. Among the issues under study are mechanics and electronic properties of graphene and graphene oxide, growth mechanisms and mechanical properties of nanowires, strain-driven self-assembly of nanocrystals, morphological evolution and stability of surface-based nanostructures and strategies for preparing patterned surfaces that can serve as templates for growing nanoscale devices. |  | Harvey Silverman
Engineering, Division of
Professor Silverman's research focuses on algorithms for the building and use of real-time digital signal processing/speech processing based systems. Work is underway on the integration of algorithms with hardware and software, in particular, for microphone-array systems, speech recognition systems, and reconfigurable parallel processors. |  | Eric Suuberg
Engineering, Division of
Professor Suuberg's research interests center on
energy and environmental ares, involving study of fuel chemistry (coal, oil shale, biomass), activated carbons (production and properties), materials reuse (automobile tires, coal fly ash), fire safety and, most recently, the characterization and cleanup of lands and sediments contaminated with mixed pollutants with a focus on thermodynamics of mixtures of high molecular weight organic compounds and the related problem of vapor intrusion. |  | Gabriel Taubin
Engineering, Division of
Associate Professor of Engineering and Computer Sciences Gabriel Taubin main research interests fall at the intersection of the following disciplines: Applied Computational Geometry, Computer Graphics, Geometric Modeling, 3D Photography, and Computer Vision. His main line of research has been for many years related to the development of efficient, simple, and mathematically sound algorithms to operate on 3D objects represented as polygonal meshes, with an emphasis on technologies to enable the use of 3D models for Web-based applications. More recent research initiatives are related to visual sensor networks, real-time distributed audio/visual signal processing algorithms, and applications. |  | Anubhav Tripathi
Engineering, Division of
My research focuses on understanding biochemical and biomolecular processes in microchip environments. Projects include: developing continuous flow DNA and RNA amplification processes, rapid identification of Influenza subtypes, fast screens for protein folding and unfolding buffers, separation of protein isoforms, developing micro-bubble shells for detecting pathological conditions, and developing nanoparticle induced pathogen lysis. |  | Thomas Webster
Engineering, Division of
Prof. Webster directs the Nanomedicine Laboratory which designs, synthesizes, and evaluates nanomaterials for various implant applications. Nanomaterials are central to the field of nanotechnology and are materials with one dimension less than 100 nm. Tissues investigated include bone, bladder, vascular, cartilage, dental, and the nervous system. |  | William Wolovich
Engineering, Division of
Professor Wolovich's current research interests are in the areas of algebraic shape, object recognition, computer graphics, complex dynamical systems, and motion control. He has authored or co-authored over 90 technical papers and has written three textbooks, two in automatic control systems, and one in robotics. He has made significant contributions to the fields of multivariable control theory, robotics and image understanding. |  | Jimmy Xu
Engineering, Division of
Professor Xu's interests include nanoscale science and technology, quantum photonics, aperiodic optics, semiconductor lasers, molecular electro-optics, and collective behaviors of large coupled systems. His ongoing research includes carbon nanotube structures, Silicon lasers, synthesis and non-lithographic fabrication and sciences of quantum-arrays made from metals, superconducting, molecules and semiconductors, DNA conductivity, physics of redox processes in proteins and cells, and sensing and high speed electronics. |  | Alexander Zaslavsky
Engineering, Division of
Professor Zaslavsky conducts research on devices that could supplement the current silicon transistor-based microelectronics technology. This includes:
- devices based on non-classical operating principles, such as quantum mechanical tunneling
- devices based on alternative materials, such as germanium-on-insulator and carbon nanotubes
- probabilistic error-tolerant silicon device architectures
- flexible electronics, such as curved or stretchable electronic displays |  | Rashid Zia
Engineering, Division of
As an optical physicist, Rashid is interested in how light interacts with matter. His research focuses on the unique optical properties of nanostructured materials. As an electrical engineer though, he is eager to exploit such properties in new devices. For example, his group is investigating methods to enhance light emission from the phosphors used in LEDs. They hope that these studies will help future generations of efficient LEDs replace conventional incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs. |
|
Return to main search page to change
search options.
For questions about the Research Website or to add your Faculty Profile, please email Jennifer Quinn. |
