ME Faculty by Research Area
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Bio-Mechanical/Bio-Medical Engineering
S. Bamberg - bio-instrumentation, gait analysis
D. Bloswick - industrial ergonomics, occupational biomechanics, safety
J. Guilkey - mechanical characterization of multi-cellular constructs
R. Sesek - occupational safety, human factors engineering, industrial ergonomics, ergonomics modeling
R. Roemer - biomedical systems
Composite Materials
D. Adams - mechanics of composite materials, micromechanics, damage mechanics
Controls
S. Bamberg - motion tracking
S. Mascaro - human-machine systems
S. Meek - biocontrol systems
M. Minor - control of robotic systems
W. Provancher - haptics
R. Roemer - biomedical systems
Design
E. Bamberg - precision design, product design, conceptual design tools
D. Hoeppner - quality based design, design reliability, aircraft integrity
S. Jacobsen - MEMS, robotics, servo systems, medical systems
S. Mascaro - Biological mechatronics, wet robotics
W. Provancher - design, tactile sensing and feedback
R. Roemer - biomedical systems
Energy and Environment
K. Chen - energy system optimization, solar energy, thermoelectrics
E. Pardyjak - wind energy
G. Sandquist - nuclear and environmental energy
K. Udell - energy production, sustainable energy use, subsurface energy storage, soil and groundwater clean-up
Ergonomics and Safety
D. Bloswick - ergonomics, occupational biomechanics, rehabilitation ergonomics
R. Sesek - Human factors engineering, occupational ergonomics, and industrial safety
Fluid Mechanics
T. Ameel - microscale fluid dynamics
K. Chen - aerodynamics, propulsion
T. Harman - Computational Fluid Dynamics and fluid-structure interaction
P. McMurtry - CFD, turbulent mixing, fluid-structure interaction
M. Metzger - turbulent boundary layers, pollutant dispersion, sensor development, unmanned aerial vehicles, sensitivity analysis
E. Pardyjak - atmospheric turbulence, urban fluid mechanics, stratified flows
K. Udell - multiphase flow, interfacial phenomena, porous media
Heat Transfer
T. Ameel - microscale convection, heat exchangers
K. Chen - conduction in thin films, thermodiodes
R. Roemer - bio heat transfer
K. Udell - phase change, microscale heat transfer, porous media
Manufacturing
C. Thomas - rapid prototyping, sensor development for injection molding
A.K. Balaji - CAD/CAM, modeling of machining processes, process planning
Microsystems and Nanosystems
T. Ameel - microfluidic systems
K. Chen - miniature energy systems, themal sensors and actuators
B. Gale - MEMS, microfluidics, bioMEMS
Thermodynamics
T. Ameel - microscale phase change processes
K. Chen - plasmas, non-equilibrium thermodynamics
K. Udell - energy conversion, phase change
Robotics
S. Bamberg - bio-instrumentation
S. Jacobsen - exoskeleton systems, humanoid robots, virtual reality
S. Mascaro - human-machine systems, wet robotics
S. Meek - prosthetics
M. Minor - mobile robots
W. Provancher - development of smart materials in robotics
Solid Mechanics
D. Adams - damage mechanics, micromechanics
K.L. DeVries - adhesion, polymers, mechanical properties of materials
J. Guilkey - computational mechanics and fluid-structure interaction
D. Hoeppner - fretting, fretting fatigue, fracture mechanics, fatigue modeling, corrosion fatigue, design methods, Holistic Structural Integrity Design (HOLSID
C. Thomas - vibrations, wave propagation, and Non-Destructive Evaluation