Mechanical Engineering

J. Colton

Molding of Polymeric MEMS devices

F. Levent Degertekin

MEMS sensors and actuators.  MEMS devices and nanoscale film measurements with AFM.

A. Fedorov

Catalytic microreactors, MEMS transient SOFCs, photocatalytic disinfection of air and water streams, Fluid Mechanics, Mass Transport, and Electrochemistry of Biochemical Interface Imaging Using AFM-Integrated Scanning Electrochemical and Optical Nanoprobes, Electron, Mass, and Heat Transport in E-Beam and Laser-Jet Chemical Vapor Deposition of Nanostructured Materials and Thin Film Coatings.

A.J. Garcia

Cellular and tissue engineering, areas which integrate engineering and biological principles to restore and enhance function to injured or diseased organs.

R. Guldberg

Tissue engineering and biomechanics with an emphasis on orthopaedic applications.

S. Graham

Growth of thin films and developing methods to characterize their thermal transport properties and reliability.

P. Hesketh

MEMS device design and fabrication.

W. King

Use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and nanoimprint lithography for thermal and thermomechanical modification of surfaces.

W.J. Lackey

Chemical vapor deposition, processing of carbon fiber-carbon matrix composites for use in aircraft brakes and high thermal conductivity heat sinks for electronic applications, laser and gas jet chemical vapor deposition to permit rapid prototyping with ceramics and metals.

M.E. Levenston

Musculoskeletal biomechanics, with a particular emphasis on soft tissue biomechanics and functional adaptation.

C.S. Lynch

Non-linear behavior and fracture of ferroelectric materials, application of ferroelectric ceramics to aircraft control surfaces, smart materials.

D.L. McDowell

Constitutive laws for nonequilibrium microstructure evolution, combined experimental and computational studies of fracture, fatigue, viscoplasticity and damage evolution in structural materials, processing and structure-process-property relations in wrought and cast metallics; mechanics of cellular materials; nanostructures and atomistic-continuum multiscale modeling schemes.

R.W. Neu

Fatigue and fretting fatigue, thermomechanical fatigue and viscoplasticity of structural materials and electronic materials, including lead-free solders.

J. Qu

Composite micromechanics, bimaterial interface cracks, surface adhesion, continuum based models for grain boundary-dominated deformation of nanocrystalline materials.

S. Sitaraman

Reliability and failure mechanics of microelectronic packages. Nanoindentation of 300-600 nm thin films.

Z. Zhang

Nanoscale thermophysical engineering, which includes measurements and modeling of the thermophysical properties of materials at micro and nanoscales, investigation of the electron and phonon transport in small structures, and the application of scanning optical and scanning thermal microscopy to micro and nanodevices.

M. Zhou

Effects of microstructure in heterogeneous materials, nanoscale deformation, continuum representations of atomistic systems, and fracture.
Intermediate Strain-Rate Research Facility

C. Zhu

Adhesive interactions among cells and migratory motions of cells, with applications to immune functions and tumor metastasis.