Thermal/Fluid Sciences
Thermomechanical damage & fracture with peridynamics; Modeling of diffusion, dissolution and corrosion; Damage in heterogeneous materials; Fast, convolution-based methods for peridynamic models; Optimization of material composition & optimal shape design
Micro/Nanoscale Energy Transfer, Near-field Thermal Radiation, Energy Conversion and Recycling Processes, Thermophotovoltaics, Thermoelectrics, and Thermionics, Engineering Applications of Nanoscale Energy Transport
Flow and heat transfer using functionalized metallic surfaces; Micro-fluidics; Flame Weeding; Vaporizing and combusting sprays; Blast wave mitigation; DNA multiplication (rapid PCR development) for detection of biological agents; Plastics processing
Dynamical systems theory, control and optimization with applications to swarm robotics, multi-agent decision making, microfluidics, active fluids, nonlinear vibration, nonlinear energy transfers, and metamaterials
Fluid mechanics, Turbulence, Complex fluids, Electrokinetics, Microscale transport, Scientific computing
Fluid mechanics, Cell mechanics, Multiscale flow systems and biological systems based on interdisciplinary experimental approaches
Abrasive Flow Machining; Nontraditional Finishing Processes; Rapid Prototyping; Tooling
Laser Material Processing; Blast Wave Absorbing Structure; Diesel Engine Emissions Control
Laboratories:
- Computational Thermal-Fluid Sciences Laboratory: Finite difference, finite element, and Green's functions methods applied to problems in fluid flow and heat transfer
- Dynamical Systems Lab
- Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Science Laboratory: Fabrication, thermal property measurements, and laser-materials interaction
- Power Laboratory: Engines, combustion, steam turbines, and related instrumentation