Faculty

Inertial microfluidics Nonlinear fluid dynamics Multiphase flow Cellular biophysics Cell mechanics Personalized medicine

Mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of granular materials, concrete, and ceramics In-situ x-ray imaging and diffraction Dynamic failure mechanism Wave propagation

Experimental fluid mechanics Cavitation phenomena and multiphase flow Turbulence Optical flow diagnostics techniques

Intelligent robotic vehicles Dynamics and control of mechanical systems

Fluid-structure interaction Dynamic systems Ocean wave energy conversion Engineering pedagogy

Research and development of surgical robotic systems, robotic tools, and laparoscopic devices. Projects include autonomous robotic surgery systems, 3D printed patient-specific implants, and magnetically controlled microsurgery.

Terradynamics Locomotion Comparative biomechanics Biorobotics Robophysics

Atmospheric science and wind Energy Wind energy Large-eddy simulation Numerical weather prediction Turbulence Atmosphere-ocean coupling

Mechanical engineering undergraduate curriculum Undergraduate laboratories Mechanical design Biomechanics

Large eddy simulation Turbulence research and modeling Fractals Fluid flow processes Wind energy Environmental transport Wall-bounded flows

Biomechanics Buckling Failure Mechanics Tissue Engineering

Computational fluid dynamics Low Reynolds number aerodynamics biomedical flows active flow control LES/DNS Immersed Boundary Methods fluid dynamics of locomotion (swimming and flying) biomimetics and bioinspired engineering turbomachinery flows.

Aerial Robots Computational Control Learning-based Control Multi-modal Systems Optimization Robotic Agility

Biomechanics Polymers Soft Active Material Fracture Mechanics

Experimental fluid mechanics Turbulence and turbulent multiphase flow Dusty flow and particle-laden flow Environmental fluid dynamics Lagrangian particle tracking Physiological flow Animal collective behaviors and Complex system

Materials in extreme conditions Impact mechanics Planetary impact Astrobiology and planetary protection Injury biomechanics Hypervelocity impact and hypersonics AI in mechanics and materials

Mechanobiology of the cell Cell mechanics and Cell migration Physiological Systems Quantitative Cell Biology Biomechanics and Biophysics

Computations of multiphase flows Direct numerical simulations of complex multiphase flows including heat transfer, boiling, cavitation, solidification, surfactants, and reactions Applications to turbulent bubbly flows, atomization, additive manufacturing, and other problems Numerical methods for tracking sharp fluid interfaces Averaged and reduced order models of multiphase flows Multiscale approaches to capture small-scales in multiphase flows.

BioMEMS and microfluidics Single molecule manipulation and detection Nano/micro scale fabrication Conformational dynamics of biomolecules

Multiscale mechanobiology Tissue morphogenesis Collective cell movement Cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions

Control Systems Underwater Robotics Industrial and Medical Robotics

Transitional and turbulent shear flows Two-fluid shear flows Turbulence