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Ara ArabyanAssociate Professor and Associate Head Undergraduate StudiesPhD, USC, 1986
Computational methods in the dynamics of rigid and deformable bodies, simulation of multi-segmented biosystems, dynamics of wrinkling in flexible membranes
 
Thomas F. BalsaProfessorPhD, Princeton, 1970
Analytical fluid mechanics, nonlinear waves in shear flows, flow stability, jet noise
 
Francis F. ChampagneProfessor EmeritusPhD, Washington, Seattle, 1966
Experimental fluid mechanics, turbulent shear flows, laminar-turbulent transition, drag reduction
 
ChoLik ChanProfessor and Associate Head Graduate StudiesPhD, Illinois, 1986
Heat transfer, laser materials-processing, boundary element method
 
Chuan F. ChenProfessor EmeritusPhD, Brown, 1960
Double-diffusive convection, stability of convection
 
Eniko T. EnikovAssociate ProfessorPhD, Illinois at Chicago, 1998
Micro- and Nanosystems engineering, atomic force microscopy, charge nanolithography, electrostatic mirco- and nano-assembly, design of biomedical microsensors and actuators
 
Hermann F. FaselProfessorPhD, Stuttgart, 1974
Computational fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic stability, laminar-turbulent transition, flow control, turbulent flows
 
Rocco FazzolariAssociate Professor EmeritusPhD, UCLA, 1967
Energy management, HVAC, solar energy systems
 
Barry GanapolProfessorPhD, Berkeley, 1971
Particle transport theory, radiative transfer, satellite remote sensing, applied mathematics, nuclear reactor physics
 
David L. HetrickProfessor EmeritusPhD, UCLA, 1954
Dynamics and safety of nuclear reactors and critical assemblies
 
Jeffrey W. JacobsProfessorPhD, UCLA, 1986
Fluid mechanics, hydrodynamic stability
 
H.A. KamelProfessor EmeritusPhD, Imperial, London, 1964
Finite element methods, computer-aided design, interactive graphics
 
Dimitri B. KececiogluProfessorPhD, Purdue, 1953
Reliability, maintainability and availability engineering, engineering design by reliability, operational readiness, system effectiveness, accelerated testing, reliability growth, burin-in testing, environmental stress screening, software reliability, optimized equipment reliability.
 
Edward J. KerschenProfessorPhD, Stanford, 1978
Fluid mechanics and applied mathematics, hydrodynamic stability and receptivity, aero-acoustics, unsteady aerodynamics
 
Peiwen LiAssistant ProfessorPhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 1995
Optimization of electrochemical and transport processes in fuel cells; hydrogen production and storage; heat/mass transfer for HVACR; gas turbine heat transfer; turbulence drag reduction
 
Erdogan MadenciProfessorPhD, UCLA, 1987
Analysis and testing of composite structures, thermo-mechanical fatigue life testing and analysis of electronic packages, micro-scale material characterization
 
Don McEligotProfessor EmeritusPhD, Stanford
Thermal science, convective heat transfer, fluid mechanics, propulsion, turbulent and transitional shear flow, experimental, analytical and computational
 
John J. McGrathProfessor and HeadPhD, MIT, 1977
Thermal science (heat and mass transfer, thermo-dynamics) with emphasis in biomedical applications (cryobiology)
 
Samy MissoumAssistant ProfessorPhD, Toulouse, France, 1999
Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, probabilistic optimal design, evolutionary algorithms, nonlinear transient dynamic analysis
 
Parviz E. NikraveshProfessorPhD, Tulane, 1976
Computational methods in kinematics and dynamics, computer-aided design, optimization, vehicle dynamics, biomechanics
 
Henry C. Perkins, Jr.Professor EmeritusPhD, Stanford, 1963
Thermodynamics, energy, air pollution
 
Kumar RamohalliProfessorPhD, MIT, 1971
Space technologies, propulsion and power, combustion, acoustics, solid propellant rockets, biomorphic robots
 
Lawrence B. Scott, Jr.Professor EmeritusPhD, Stanford, 1967
Rarefied gas-dynamics, wind energy conversion systems, computer-aided aircraft design and optimization, wind tunnel testing
 
Sergey V. ShkarayevAssociate ProfessorPhD, Moscow, 1983
Fracture mechanics, structural analysis and testing, designing of micro air vehicles
 
Bruce R. SimonProfessor EmeritusPhD, Washington, Seattle, 1971
Finite element analysis, solid and structural mechanics, transport in soft tissues, biomechanics, thermal stress analysis
 
Anatoli TuminProfessorPhD, 1975, Dr.Sci., 1987 Moscow
Fluid mechanics
 
Jonathan P. Vande GeestAssistant ProfessorPhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
Biomechanics, anisotropic constitutive modeling, biaxial testing of soft tissues, finite element analysis of the cardiovascular system
 
Thomas L. VincentProfessor EmeritusPhD, University of Arizona, 1963
Nonlinear dynamical systems, optimal control and game theory, evolutionary games
 
John G. WilliamsProfessorPhD, Imperial College, London, 1971
Nuclear reactor instrumentation and control, radiation metrology, reactor dosimetry, radiation effects in materials, space reactor shielding and instrumentation
 
Paul H. WirschingProfessor EmeritusPhD, New Mexico, 1970
Structural reliability and probabilistic mechanics, random vibration and design
 
Pak Kin WongAssistant ProfessorPhD, University of California, LA, 2005
BioMEMS and bionanotechnology, single molecule dynamics, micro and nanofluidics, biosensors, micro total analysis systems, cellular biomechanics, System Biology
 
Lesley M. WrightAssistant ProfessorPhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2006
Gas turbine heat transfer and cooling technology including heat transfer enhancement and film cooling, heat transfer experimental methods
 
Xiaoyi WuAssistant ProfessorPhD, Johns Hopkins, 2002
Biomechanics, computational and experimental biomaterials, finite element analysis
 
Israel J. WygnanskiProfessorPhD, McGill, 1964
Aerodynamics, active flow control of separation noise control, turbulent shear flows, turbulent mixing, boundary layers, laminar-turbulent transition
 
Yitzhak ZoharProfessorPhD, USC, 1990
Microscale fluid mechanics and heat transfer, microsensors and microactuators, micromachining techniques, integrated Microsystems, BioMEMS (Cellular and molecular manipulation)
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