Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty
Satya N. Atluri: Continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, meshless methods, damage tolerance and structural integrity, computational nanoscience and technology
James E. Bobrow: Robotics, applied nonlinear control, optimization methods
Jacob Brouwer: High-temperature electrochemical dynamics, fuel cells, renewable and sustainable energy
Donald Dabdub: Mathematical modeling of urban and global air pollution, dynamics of atmospheric aerosols, secondary organic aerosols, impact of energy generation on air quality, chemical reactions at gas-liquid interfaces
Derek Dunn-Rankin: Combustion, optical particle sizing, particle aero-dynamics, laser diagnostics and spectroscopy
Said E. Elghobashi: Direct numerical simulation of turbulent, chemically reacting and dispersed two-phase flows
Manuel Gamero-Castaño: Electric propulsion, electrospray, atomization, aerosol diagnostics
Faryar Jabbari: Robust and nonlinear control theory, adaptive parameter identification
John C. LaRue: Fluid mechanics, micro-electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS), turbulence, heat transfer, instrumentation
Feng Liu: Computational fluid dynamics and combustion, aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, propulsion, turbomachinery aerodynamics and aeromechanics
Marc J. Madou: Fundamental aspects of micro/nano-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), biosensors, nanofluidics, biomimetics
J. Michael McCarthy: Machine design and kinematic synthesis of spatial mechanisms and robots
Kenneth D. Mease: Flight guidance and control, nonlinear dynamical systems
Dimitri Papamoschou: Compressible mixing and turbulence, jet noise reduction, diagnostics for compressible flow, acoustics in moving media
Roger H. Rangel: Fluid dynamics and heat transfer of multiphase systems including spray combustion, atomization, and metal spray solidification; applied mathematics and computational methods
David J. Reinkensmeyer: Robotics, mechatronics, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation, biomechanics, neural control of movement
Timothy Rupert: Mechanical behavior, nanomaterials, structure-property relationships, microstructural stability, grain boundaries and interfaces, materials characterization
G. Scott Samuelsen: Energy, fuel cells, hydrogen economy, propulsion, combustion and environmental conflict; turbulent transport in complex flows, spray physics, NOx and soot formation, laser diagnostics and experimental methods; application of engineering science to practical propulsion and stationary systems; environmental ethics
William E. Schmitendorf (Emeritus): Control theory and applications
Andrei M. Shkel: Design and advanced control of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS); precision micro-sensors and actuators for telecommunication and information technologies; MEMS-based health monitoring systems, disposable diagnostic devices, prosthetic implants
Athanasios Sideris: Robust and optimal control theory and design, neural networks, learning systems and algorithms
William A. Sirignano: Combustion theory and computational methods, multiphase flows, high-speed turbulent reacting flows, flame spread, microgravity combustion, miniature combustors, fluid dynamics, applied mathematics
Lorenzo Valdevit: Multifunctional sandwich structures, thermal protection systems, morphing structures, active materials, MEMS, electronic packaging, cell mechanics
Benjamin F. Villac: Spaceflight dynamics, navigation and control, validated computational methods
Yun Wang: Fuel cells, computational modeling, thermo-fluidics, two-phase flows, electrochemistry, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), turbulent combustion
Gregory Washington: Dynamic systems: modeling and control, design and control of mechanically actuated antennas, advanced control of machine tools, design and control of Hybrid Electric Vehicles, structural position and vibration control with smart materials
Affiliated Faculty
Jacob Brouwer: Fuel cell thermodynamic and dynamic modeling; integrated high-temperature fuel cell systems, solid oxide fuel cell materials synthesis and testing; fuel processing; renewable energy
Joyce H. Keyak: Orthopaedic surgery
Arash Kheradvar: Cardiac mechanics, cardiovascular devices, cardiac imaging
Michelle Khine: Development of novel nano- and micro-fabrication technologies and systems for single-cell analysis, stem cell research, and in-vitro diagnostics
Abraham Lee: Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, catheter-based microsurgical devices, microactuators for medical and optical applications, microfabrication processes, directed nanoscale self-assembly for biomolecular transducers
Robert H. Liebeck: Aircraft design
Vincent G. McDonell: Droplet transport; measurement, simulation, control, and analysis of liquid spray and gas fired combustion systems; alternative fuels
Farghalli A. Mohamed: Mechanical properties, creep, superplasticity, correlations between properties of materials and their microstructure, mechanical behavior at the nanoscale
Lawrence J. Muzio: Thermodynamics, combustion and combustion in practical systems, air pollution formation and control, advanced diagnostics applied to practical combustion systems
William Randall Seeker: Energy systems, air pollution formation and control processes and technology, chemical; kinetics, combustion science, emissions monitoring, experimental combustion diagnostics
Edriss Titi: Partial differential equations, nonlinear analysis
Frederic Yui-Ming Wan: Applied mathematics
Affiliated faculty are from the Schools of Physical Sciences and Medicine and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.