Faculty Directory

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Nonlinear and robust adaptive control; dynamics of networked systems and sensors; control applications for supersonic flows

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Systems and control theory, optimal control, differential games, nonlinear control, computational geometry, applications of autonomous vehicles

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Orbital mechanics, perturbations, and orbit determination; space geodesy (earth's shape, orientation and gravity field); modeling, determination and interpretation of gravity field; space mission design; data processing and numerical methods

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Computational fluid mechanics; turbulent flows; aerosols and chemical reacting flows; numerical methods; massively parallel computing; flame plasmas; electrically and plasma assisted combustion

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Development of scalable methods for large-scale uncertainty quantification; numerical methods for exascale supercomputers

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Satellite geodesy and remote sensing; Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) image processing algorithms; InSAR-based earth observation applications

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Environmental impact of aviation; trajectory prediction and optimization; stochastic models and optimization algorithms; increasingly autonomous aircraft-enabled mobility; human-machine teaming

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Fundamental studies of turbulent combustion and mixing; unsteadiness of shock-induced turbulent separation; supersonic cavity flows

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Numerical solution to partial differential equations; algorithms for massively parallel scientific computation; application to surface and subsurface flow and transport in earth systems

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Computational acoustics and electromagnetics; HP-adaptive finite and boundary element methods; applied functional analysis, computational fluid dynamics

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Real-time decision making for autonomy; Control theory; Optimization, applied probability theory; Reinforcement learning, generative AI, and distributed learning

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Experimental and computational geomechanics and multi-scale modeling with applications to well completions, lost circulation, hydraulic fracturing and anomalous flow in porous media

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Optimal control theory; dynamic game theory; motion planning; multi-agent decision making; machine learning and control

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Scientific machine learning; computational mechanics; solid mechanics; scientific computing

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Development of numerical methods; applications of computational fluid dynamics; detailed flow physics

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Mechanics of integrated materials and structures at micro-and nano-scales; reliability of advanced interconnects and packaging for microelectronics; mechanical instability of thin films and nanostructures; multiscale modeling and simulations

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Computational mechanics; isogeometic analysis; stabilized and variational multiscale methods; phase-field modeling; cardiovascular bioengineering; complex fluids and turbulence

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Estimation and filtering; satellite navigation technology and security; software-defined radio

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Non-gravitational astrodynamics and advanced/non-linear multi-sensor/object tracking, prediction, and information fusion; Space object detection, tracking, identification, and characterization; Spacecraft navigation

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Orbit state and uncertainty propagation; Multi-target, multi-sensor tracking and filtering; Space situational awareness; Satellite navigation; Numerical methods and modeling

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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)

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Mechanics of materials; ferroelectrics; ferromagnetic shape memory alloys; fracture mechanics; continuum thermodynamics

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Scientific computing; Model reduction; Uncertainty quantification; Machine learning in applications of environmental fluid mechanics

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Mechanics of thin films on compliant substrates; mechanics of flexible electronics with extreme deformability and compliance; mechanics at bio-electronics interface; development of novel bio-integrated soft electronics for cardiac, neural and epidermal applications

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Remote sensing and 3D geospatial data exploitation for earth science

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Micromechanics; fracture mechanics; boundary element methods

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Low-temperature glow discharge plasma

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Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics; Numerical Modeling; Material Characterization & Constitutive Modeling

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Mechanical behavior of materials at high strain rates; fracture in nominally brittle materials; shear banding in polymeric materials; phase transformation in shape memory alloys

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Astrodynamics; orbital mechanics; numerical methods; nonlinear estimation; spacecraft trajectory design; optimal control

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Human-centered robotics; mathematics of movement and manipulation; building legged humanoid robots; software architectures for sensing and acting; biomechatronics

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High power density solid state actuators; multifunctional structures; multi-mission capable micro and unmanned aerial vehicles; rotorcraft design

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Design and verification of autonomous networked systems

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Understanding how the chemistry and dynamics of reactive flows can be leveraged to address challenges in energy, transportation, the environment and security

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Laser based sensors; flow diagnostics using raman and rayleigh scattering; scramjet combustion; rarefied flow analysis using the Boltzmann equation and Monte Carlo simulation

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Data to decisions in engineering systems; computational models and methods for design, optimization, control and uncertainty quantification of engineering systems; reduced-order modeling and multi-fidelity modeling; future aircraft technologies; aircraft system optimization; aircraft environmental impact; multidisciplinary design; unmanned aerial vehicles; digital twins

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ML/data-driven material characterization; deformation measurements: digital image correlation/volume correlation & particle tracking; Laser-induced inertial cavitation (hydrogels/biomaterials); Dynamic instability in viscoelastic materials

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Stochastic estimation of non-linear/non-Gaussian dynamical systems; GNC of autonomous systems; Spacecraft attitude dynamics, determination, and control; Simulation of large, complex dynamical systems; Vision-based navigation; Sensor fusion, sensor technology, and sensor utilization planning