Research

Steve Boedo – tribology and lubrication
Denis Cormier – additive manufacturing and direct-write printing technologies
Ke Du -- Stencil nanolithography and holographic lithography
Marcos Esterman – electrophotographic based additive manufacturing
Alfonso Fuentes – computational gear design, advanced simulation and optimization
Patricia Iglesias – tribology and lubrication; textured surfaces
Jason Kolodziej – fault detection, diagnosis and prognostic health assessment of engineering systems
Michael Kuhl – simulation modeling and optimization for manufacturing; intelligent materials handling
Rui Liu – tool condition monitoring, machine process simulation and optimization
Ray Ptucha - Intelligent materials handling
Ehsan Rashedi – occupational ergonomics, exoskeletons
Iris Rivero – Design of materials and processes for additive and hybrid manufacturing
Ferat Sahin – adaptive human-robot collaborations
Yunbo Will Zhang – computational methods for additive manufacturing; augmented reality (AR)

Centers and Laboratories

• AMPRINT Center (Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing)
• Gear Research Consortium

Sohail Dianat – control; signal/image processing and digital communications
Dhireesha Kudithipudi – neuromorphic computing; energy efficient AI; brain-inspired algorithms
Sonia Lopez Alarcon – heterogeneous computing; cache optimization; GPU architecture
Andres Kwasinski – digital signal processing; wireless communications; networking
Panos Markopoulos – signal processing; data analysis, machine learning; autonomous communications
Cory Merkel – artificial intelligence; memristive devices; neural networks
Dorin Patru – domain specific computing architectures; artificial neural network, AI
Ray Ptucha – machine learning, computer vision, robotics 
Ferat Sahin – robotics; collaborative robots
Eli Saber –image and video processing; computer vision; color image processing
Andreas Savakis – digital image processing and computer vision
Muhammad Shaaban – high performance computing
S. Jay Yang – Machine Learning for Cyber SA

Centers and User Facilities

• Center for Human-Aware AI

Vinay Abhyankar – microfluidics, tissue engineering, lab on a chip platforms
Steve Boedo – hip joint design
David Borkholder - Drug delivery and pharmacokinetics, Cardiac physiology, modeling and monitoring; Sensors and devices; Microsystems
Ed Brown – rehabilitation robotics
Elizabeth DeBartolo – assistive technologies
Steven Day – biological fluid flows; cardiovascular systems, pumps and devices
Ke Du – Interactions between nanostructures and biomolecules; Point-of-care devices for infectious diseases sensing
Thomas Gaborski – nanomembranes; tissue-on-a-chip; medical devices
Edwards Hensel – systems for behavior monitoring
Michael Kuhl – modeling and optimization for healthcare systems 
Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard – biomimetic systems & biorobotics; microfluidics and biotransport
Blanca Lapizco-Encinas – microfluidic devices for bio-separations; electrokinetic techniques
Cristian Linte – biomedical image analysis; image computing, modeling and visualization
Dan Phillips – assistive technologies
Ruben Proano – optimization modeling for healthcare delivery  
Ehsan Rashedi – biomechanics and rehabilitation
Michael Richards – elasticity imaging for diagnosing vascular disease
Iris Rivero – Bioprinting, tissue engineering, and biosensors
Risa Robinson –  dynamic behavior of inhaled particles from tobacco products 
Michael Schertzer – microfluidics, manipulation of droplets and particles within electric fields
Michael Schrlau – carbon nanostructures for gene transfection and nanobiosensors
Gil Tsouri – wearable and non-contact physiological monitoring

Centers and User Facilities

• Personalized Healthcare Technologies 180

Agamemmon Crassidis – unmanned aircraft systems; nonlinear control and system dynamics
Juan Cockburn – control theory
Sohail Dianat – control; signal/image processing and digital communications
Amlan Ganguly – wireless interconnect architectures; network-on-chip;
Andres Kwasinski – digital signal processing; wireless communications; networking
Marcin Lukoviak – reconfigurable computing, cryptographic engineering, secure communication technologies
Gil Tsouri – communications and signal processing
Jayanti Venkataraman – integrated microwave circuits, antennas, bioelectromagnetics
S. Jay Yang – Anticipatory Cyber Defense and Cyberattack Modeling

Centers and User Facilities

• Global Cybersecurity Institute
• Remote Sensing with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Steve Boedo – computational methods and design guidelines for bearing systems
Amitabha Ghosh – computational fluid dynamics
Michael Kuhl – simulation modeling and optimization
Panos Markopoulos – data analysis, signal processing; machine learning; autonomous communications
Katie McConky – operations research, optimization and forecasting 
Poornima Padmanabhan -- molecular simulation; particle-based coarse-graining; data-driven materials design 
Patricia Taboada-Serrano – molecular modeling, Monte Carlo methods
P. Venkataraman – functional data analysis, simulation, data clustering and optimization
Steven Weinstein – boundary layer flowers, coating flows; non-ideal fluids
Hany Ghoneim – Modeling and simulation of novel composite structures: FMC Hydraulic Engine Mount, FMC hydraulic pump, and composite-surface-treatment of gears
S. Jay Yang - Predictive Analytics and Cyberattack Simulation 

Margaret Bailey – energy systems analysis; thermodynamics and public policy
Marcos Esterman – sustainable systems
Anju Gupta –emulsions for oil recover and environmental mitigration
Brian Landi – nanomaterials for lithium ion batteries
Edwards Hensel – nanoscale heat conduction
Satish Kandlikar – high performance heat transfer fluids; mechanism of heat and mass transfer
Katie McConky – energy efficiency – forecasting and optimization 
Ali Ogut – renewable and efficient energy and environmental systems
Robert Stevens – sustainable energy technologies; thermoelectric waste heat recovery
Patricia Taboada-Serrano – electrochemical energy generation and storage; gas-hydrates
Brian Thorn – sustainability product and process design, life cycle assessment

Centers and User Laboratories

• Battery Prototyping Center
• Nanopower Research Lab

David Borkholder – Drug delivery and pharmacokinetics, Cardiac physiology, modeling and monitoring; Sensors and devices; Microsystems
Ke Du – nanosensors, nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing
Surendra Gupta – Xray diffraction and scanning probe microscopy
Lynn Fuller – microelectronics and microsystems 
Thomas Gaborski – nanomembranes; tissue-on-a-chip; medical devices
Hany Ghoenim – flexible matrix composites
Karl Hirschman – silicon on glass; metal oxide thin-film microelectronics
Ke Du -- Point-of-care devices for infectious diseases sensing
Seth Hubbard – quantum photovoltaic devices; materials growth and device design
Santosh Kurinec – non-volatile memory, photovoltaics, advanced integrated circuits
Brian Landi – carbon nanotube for energy storage and transmission; lithium-ion batteries
Blanca Lapizco-Encinas – microfluidic devices, microfabrication, electrokinetic techniques, microscale bioseparations and analysis
Parsian K. Mohseni – integrated nanomaterials; photonics, photovoltaics, and optoelectronics
Poornima Padmanabhan – materials design; hierarchical assemblies; soft matter; thermodynamics and mechanics
Stefan Preble - quantum silicon photonics, integrated photonics, hybrid silicon lasers
Robert Pearson – microelectronic devices; semiconductor processing
Ivan Puchades – carbon nanotubes and other nanomaterials; mems
Michael Schertzer – microfluidics; flexible electronics;
Michael Schrlau – carbon nanostructure manufacturing; gene transfection and nanobiosensors
Bruce Smith – nanopatterning; semiconductor lithography; materials for micronanotechnology 
Reginald Rogers – carbon nanotubes for separations; nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries
Sean Rommel – nanoelectronic devices and circuits; photonics/optoelectronics;
Jing Zhang – Compound (III-N) semiconductors for photonics and energy applications

Centers and User Facilities

• Semiconductor and Manufacturing Fabrication Lab (SMFL)
• Future Photonics Initiative