Meet Our Faculty

  • Pei-Chun Kao, P.T., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Scientific Lead in Robot-Assisted Movement Biomechanics, NERVE Center, UMOVE Center Researcher
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology

    Gait rehabilitation, biomechanics and neuromuscular control of human walking

  • Joey Mead
    University Professor, Co-Director of Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence; Deputy Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing; Center Director, SHAP3D
    Plastics Engineering

    Rubber technology, thermoplastic elastomers, design, properties and processing of elastomers, nano materials.

  • Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Ph.D.
    Distinguished University Professor, Co-Director of HEROES
    Plastics Engineering, HEROES, Fabric Discovery Center, PERC, Nanomanufacturing Center for Excellence, NERVE, RURI, LoCSST,

    Sustainable approaches to polymers, additives and multifunctional materials, structure-property-utility relationships of plastics and elastomers. Polymers and additives from renewable resources. Thermal & morphological characterization of materials, prototyping and scalable manufacture of flexible electronic products.

  • Yi-Ning Wu, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Scientific Lead in Physiological Measurement, NERVE Center
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology, NERVE, HEROES, FDC, SCORE

    Technology-based Neurorehabilitation, Home-based Rehabilitation and Monitoring Technology, Human and Human-Robot Performance.

  • Holly Yanco, Ph.D.
    Chair, Professor, Distinguished University Professor, NERVE Center Director
    Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences, Robotics

    Robotics, Assistive Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Meet Our Staff

  • Susan D'Amore
    Office Manager
    HEROES, Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Fabric Discovery Center (FDC)
  • Cheryl Gomes
    Technical Program Manager
    Industry Partnerships and Economic Development, HEROES

    Fibers, textiles, and textile products; program management; budget planning and revenue forecasting; proposal preparation

  • Claire Lepont
    Senior Technical Program Manager; Doctoral Student: Entrepreneurship
    Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, FDC & HEROES

    Nano-composites, Coatings, Transparent conductive electrodes, Organic photo-voltaic, Collaborative research between faculty members, Industry and Government partners.

  • Adam Norton
    NERVE Center Associate Director
    Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences, NERVE Center

    Robotics, Test and Evaluation, Human-Robot Interaction, Field Testing

Meet Our Affiliated Faculty

  • Alkim Akyurtlu
    Professor, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Director (UML) - RURI, Director - PERC
    Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Additive Manufacturing, Printed Electronics, Additive Packaging, Metamaterials, Functional Printable Inks, Electromagnetics and RF Devices

  • Alireza Amirkhizi
    Associate Professor
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    Applied Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Composites, and Structures

  • Craig Armiento
    Professor Emeritus, Retired Director, Printed Electronics Research Collaborative (PERC), Retired Co-Director, Raytheon-UMass Lowell Research Institute (RURI); Director, Center for Photonics, Electromagnetics and Nanoelectronics (CPEN)
    Electrical & Computer Engineering

    Printed Electronics, Photonics, Semiconductor Devices, Fiber Optic Communications

  • Carol Barry
    Chair, Professor
    Plastics Engineering

    Plastics processing, including extrusion, injection molding, and novel processing techniques; nanomanufacturing with polymers; 3D printing

  • Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Plastics Engineering

    Plastics Recycling, Bioplastics, Microplastics, Safer Solvents and Chemicals, Biomass Conversion

  • David Cornell, DPT, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor with Tenure; Interim Director, DPT Program; Assistant Director, Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL)
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology

    Sports Medicine; Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention; Health, Fitness, & Performance Enhancement

  • Wei Guo, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Physics

    Nanomaterial growth and optoelectronic device applications

  • Jayant Kumar
    Professor
    Physics

    Material Science, Optical & electronic properties of materials, Optical Spectroscopy, Devices

  • Pradeep Kurup, Ph.D.
    Professor, Distinguished University Professor
    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Geotechnical Engineering

  • Xuejun Lu
    Professor
    Electrical & Computer Engineering

    Optoelectronics, Photonics, Infrared lasers and photodetectors, and focal plane arrays, optical antennas

  • Davide Masato, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor with Tenure
    Plastics Engineering, SCORE
  • Jay Park
    Associate Professor
    Plastics Engineering

    Polymer Processing, Multiscale Fiber Manufacturing, Electrospinning, Polymer Nanocomposite, Extrusion, Additive Manufacturing, Hierarchical Structural Assembly, Smart Textile.

  • Corey Shemelya
    Associate Professor with Tenure; Associate Director - Raytheon UMass Lowell Research Institute (RURI)
    Electrical & Computer Engineering, PERC, RURI

    Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing), Printed Electronics, RF, Microwaves, Metasurface, IR-Vis and THz Photonics

  • Scott Stapleton
    Associate Professor
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

    Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Textiles, Multi-Scale Modeling, Finite Element Modeling, Adhesively Bonded Joints, Sandwich Structures, Tissue Engineering, Discrete Element Method

  • Yuyu Sun, Ph.D.
    Professor
    Chemistry

    Polymers and Biopolymers in Biomedicine; Antimicrobial and Biofilm-Controlling Systems, Drug Delivery and Biomedical Devices.

  • Xingwei Wang
    Professor
    Electrical & Computer Engineering

    Optical sensors and optical devices

  • Tzuyang Yu, Ph.D.
    Professor, Director of NDT/SHM Lab and Electromagnetic Remote Sensing Lab, Structural Engineering Research Group (SERG)
    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Radar NDE, Structural Engineering, Concrete Materials, Structural Stability, Dielectric Measurement and Modeling of Materials, NDT, SHM, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics

  • Hualiang Zhang
    Professor
    Electrical & Computer Engineering

    Applied Electromagnetics, High-Frequency Circuits and Systems

Research Assistants

  • Jie Hu, graduate RA, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Qxiang Tang, graduate RA, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Susom Dutta, graduata RA, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Cong Du, graduate RA, Electrical and Computer Engineering