Micro-Nanotechnology Focus
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
Advanced nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing, Experimental and theoretical analysis of electrospinning process, Continuous polymer, carbon, and ceramic nanofibers, Hierarchical materials and composites, Damage and fracture mechanics
Micro/Nanoscale Energy Transfer, Near-field Thermal Radiation, Energy Conversion and Recycling Processes, Thermophotovoltaics, Thermoelectrics, and Thermionics, Engineering Applications of Nanoscale Energy Transport
Bioprinting; 3D printing; Biomanufacturing; Nanofabrication; Reconstruction of physiological microenvironments; 3D in vitro disease models; Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Processes; Systems Sensing and Control of Traditional and Nontraditional macro, micro and nano Manufacturing Processes
General area of microstructural development in materials during processing; Formation of nanostructured materials; Development of nanoscale structures for functional devices; Developing novel nanomagnetic materials for high-energy permanent magnets
Crystallization, Self-assembly, and Material Design; Mechanics of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
Experimental ultrasonics, Nanoindentation, Atomic force microscopy, Elastic wave propagation
Mechanobiology, Cell Mechanics, Mechanotransduction, Cell-Cell adhesion, BioMEMS