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Chemical Engineering
Plastics product design, polymer processing, recycling of thermoplastics.
Extrusion, die design, processing, thermoforming, blow molding, & rotational molding
Modeling & control of vibrations & acoustics, smart structures & materials
Mechanical engineering, control systems science, solar engineering, environmental engineering, education, statistics and manufacturing systems
Medical devices, biodegradable polymers, mechanical behavior, applications of CAD/CAM
Radar NDE, Structural Engineering, Concrete Materials, Structural Stability & Dielectric Dispersion of Materials
Electromagnetics
Design, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management. Virtual learning Environments & Self-Directed Lifelong Learning in undergraduate education.
Fiber Optics, Semiconductor & Devices
Modal Analysis, Analytical and Experimental Structural Dynamics
Extrusion, injection molding, electrorheology, novel processing techniques, coatings, CAE & nano plastics processing
Energy Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Synthesis & applications of polymer colloids & soft matter towards stimuli-responsive materials. Emulsion polymers. Photoresist polymers for nanolithography, nanofluidic devices & microcapsules & hybrid nanoparticles for biomedical devices, drug delivery systems & biosensors.
Communications networks
Heat and Mass Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Composite Materials, Nanomanufacturing.
Embedded Systems, Analog/Digital Design
Communication Networks & Network Security
Mechanical-physical properties, process-induced changes in physical molecular structure
Structural & Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Infrastructure Systems
Heat & mass transfer to non-Newtonian fluids; permeation through polymer films and membranes; mathematical modeling, simulation & control of dynamic processes.
New polymeric materials, additives, fillers, economic evaluations, elastomers, & rheology
Structural Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Computer architecture, embedded systems
RF & microwave circuit design, radar systems, cellular systems, & commercial product development.
Structure-property relationships of plastics, reactive processing of polymers, polyblends and additives, & new polymerization reactions
Nanomaterials and nanotechnology, nanowires
Geotechnical engineer. Specialized focus related to the design, inspection, and construction of deep foundations; evaluation of soil engineering properties though in-situ testing; construction vibrations; and the development, use and analysis of geotechnical and structural instrumentation. Academic interests focus on geotechnical and materials engineering coursework overlaid with improving student’s cognitive development and critical thinking skills.
Materials science, self-healing materials, micro-patterning & additive manufacturing techniques
Dynamic Systems & Control
Physical properties of polymers, conducting polymers, thermodynamics of solutions, modeling and numerical methods
Mobile & Converged Communications
Computer-aided engineering, computer-aided manufacturing, process control, injection molding, part design, mold design, finite element analysis
Applied & Computational Electromagnetics Including Plasmas
Plastics product design & process engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Plastics processing, process control and instrumentation, powder technology, industrial hazard assessment, SQC/SPC, & statistical methods
Optoelectronics, Nanophotonics & Fiber Optics
Computer Architecture
Digital Signal and Image Processing
Digital & Mixed-Signal VLSI Design & VLSI Testing
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Thermal Plasma Processing
Rubber technology, thermoplastic elastomers, design, properties and processing of elastomers, nano materials.
Digital Image Processing, Computer Vision, AI, Networking, Distributed & Embedded Systems
Solid State Devices, Biomedical Engineering, Biometrics
Biocatalysis, greener advanced materials (electronic, photo-responsive polymers, molecularly integrated hybrid nanomaterials, materials for energy conversion/storage), elastomers, thermal & morphological characterization of materials, roll to roll manufacture of flexible electronic products
Aerodynamics, Wind Tunnel Testing, Thermofluids
Robotics, Control, Manufacturing
Vibrations, Structural Dynamics & Modal Analysis
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Nonlinear dynamic systems theory and control design, robotics, fault detection and failure prognosis.
Materials Science, Nanomanufacturing
Power & Energy
Materials preparation and structure/properties relationships in polymer nanocomposites, polymer crosslinking and network formation, pre-ceramic polymers, sol-gel chemistry and materials analysis (porosimetry, permeation testing, thermal analysis, x-ray diffraction & spectroscopic techniques)
Extrusion, injection molding, process control, mixing requirements, and product design.
Transport phenomena; control systems; separation processes; laboratory processes & mathematical methods
Transportation Engineering, Sustainability Engineering
Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Sports Engineering, Finite Element Modeling
Electronic manufacturing, six sigma applications, design of experiments, collaborative engineering, quality & product design
Renewable polymers, nanocomposites, organic photovoltaics, rheology, scattering
Elastomers, adhesion & adhesives, fracture and failure analysis, time-dependent phenomena, viscoelasticity, electrorheological materials, & solid rocket propellants
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Microfluidics
Fibrous materials and composites. mechanical behavior, performance and failure of plastics products. air filtration and respiratory protective devices, automated assembly systems. Patent law.
Nanoelectronic Devices
Acoustics, Systems & Field Theory
Logic Design & Switching Theory
Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, Battery Management Systems, Battery Evaluation
Renewable energy engineering, plasma science & engineering, semiconductor manufacturing, computational transport phenomena
Photoelectronics & Photovoltaic Materials
Optical biosensing & biomedical devices
Nanomanufacturing, polymer blends, surface chemistry, polymer characterization, project management
Wireless Communication
Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics