Faculty Directory

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Computational mechanics; inverse problems in engineering; wave propagation and structural dynamics; earthquake engineering; numerical methods; large-scale computational modeling

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Contaminant fate and transport; combined abiotic and biotic treatment systems for in-situ remediation; environmental surface chemistry

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Influence of porous materials on abeta amyloid formation

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Software testing; specification languages; code conformance; model checking; heuristics in program analysis; data structure repair; program repair

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Information theory, machine learning and wireless communications

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Ocean engineering; hydrodynamics; cavitation; wave mechanics; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); design of ocean vehicle control and propulsion systems; tidal turbines

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Beneficial application of microorganisms to the treatment of pollutants in the environment; algae-to-biofuel production processes; potentially detrimental microbial communities that develop in indoor environments

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Biological drinking water treatment processes; microbial transformation of inorganic contaminants; application of molecular biology to biological water treatment processes; rainwater harvesting; impacts of nanomaterials on microorganisms in engineered water treatment systems; biofilms; quorum sensing in pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms; microbial community structure of pediatric otitis media

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Radioactive waste disposal; thermal analysis of nuclear shipping containers; nuclear weapon dismantlement; nuclear power

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Travel behavior modeling; Transport data analysis; Transport economics and energy policy; Roadway safety; The connection between urban form and transportation

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Nanostructure assembly and organizational strategies; development of new approaches for nanoscale material synthesis and applications, including photovoltaics, thin film transistors, lithium ion batteries and medicine

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Production and characterization of nanoparticles; nanostructured thick films; solid oxide fuel cells; honeycomb ceramics

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Integrated Circuits; Emerging Nano-technologies

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Multi-scale modeling of natural hazards, landslides, earthquakes, debris flows, material point method, discrete element and lattice Boltzmann, high-performance computing in geomechanics; large-scale big data frameworks for modeling infrastructure systems

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Membrane processes and bio-inspired membranes for wastewater treatment and water reuse

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Applied operations research; supply chain management; manufacturing and transportation logistics; game theoretic and distributed mechanisms (e-commerce and auctions)

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Instability in solids and structures (plastic buckling of structures, propagating instabilities in shape, memory metals, composites and foams); modeling of nonlinear behavior and failure of solids (metals, composites and foams)