MME - Focus Areas
All Faculty
Electromechanical effects, Fiber networks, Biomechanics
Damage & fracture w/peridynamics; Modeling of corrosion damage & stress corrosion cracking; Damage in heterogeneous materials; Dynamics of Granular Materials; Optimization of material composition & optimal shape design
Analytical Methods via Internet, Biomedical Devices, Fluid-flow Sensors, Inverse Problems
Materials for extreme environments; Laser processing; Corrosion; Irradiation damage; Spark plasma sintering; Microstructural characterizations
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
Robotic Highway Safety Markers, Miniature Surgical Robots, Real-Time Measurement of Track Stiffness, Planetary Cliff Descent Using Cooperative Robots
Role of Fracture Surface Topography & Friction in Dynamic Response of Armor Ceramics, Polycrystal Modeling of Ceramics Subjected to High Strain Rates & Pressures, Multiscale Treatment of Solid-Fluid Interfaces
Processing and flow-induced crystallization of polymers; Nucleation control in polymers; Conjugated polymers; Hierarchical structures and self-assembly; Biopolymers
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
Interface mechanics using measurement-calibrated computational approach, including fluid-structure interaction, hierarchical tissue -medical implant interface, as well as nano/micro fiber/fiber and fiber/cell interface
Regulate cell function and fate via applying biomaterial cues, Integrate molecular engineering (RNA interference or overexpression) of key signaling molecules
Materials for extreme nuclear environments; irradiation induced phase transformations; ion irradiation and plasma modification of materials; synthesis and properties of high strength nanolayered composites
Micro/Nano systems energy conversion, storage & power generation; Two-phase heat transfer in Micro & Nano domains; Micro- & NanoThermoMechanical Systems; Microfluidics & Functional nanofluids; BioMEMS & Bioheat transfer; Surface & Interface Science
Theoretical, computational, and experimental studies to characterize large deformation thermo-mechanical response of materials, in particular polymers
Mechanical systems design and analysis, Medical robotics (including surgical and rehabilitation applications), Modularity in mechanical systems, Graph-theoretic techniques in robotics and mechanical systems design
Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Processes; Systems Sensing and Control of Traditional and Nontraditional macro, micro and nano Manufacturing Processes
Active member of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF)
Fluid mechanics, Cell mechanics, Multiscale flow systems and biological systems based on interdisciplinary experimental approaches
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
Medical therapeutics, devices, and surgical tools - Intuitive, ambulatory biosensors - Biomechanical behavior of tissues and organs
Experimental ultrasonics, Nanoindentation, Atomic force microscopy, Elastic wave propagation
Abrasive Flow Machining; Nontraditional Finishing Processes; Rapid Prototyping; Tooling
Nanorobotics, bioMEMS, Mechanobiology
Laser Material Processing; Blast Wave Absorbing Structure; Diesel Engine Emissions Control