Diverse Student Body
Aerospace
• Aerospace structures • Space situational awareness • Lunar structures • Aerial micro vehicles • Design optimization • Unmanned aerial systems
Biomechanics
• Biomechanics of the eye • Cellular mechanics • Blood flow modeling • Biological fluid mechanics • Mechanics of degenerative diseases • Mechanobiology of fibrous tissues
Dynamics & Control
• Vehicle dynamics • Probabilistic mechanics • Dynamics and control of aero/space systems
Energy Systems
• Energy management • Renewable energy systems • Hybrid energy systems and power engineering
Fluid & Thermal Science
• Hypersonic aerothermodynamics • Fluid-structure interaction • Heat transfer • Complex fluids • Combustion • Microfluidics and fluidic devices • Computational & experimental fluid dynamics
Materials
• Computational materials science • Soft materials • Metamaterials • Materials processing • Multiscale modeling, foundations of field theories and mathematics of materials
Manufacturing
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing • Micro/nano/additive manufacturing and fabrication
Nanotechnology
• Nanomaterials synthesis • Nanofabrication • Scalable nanomanufacturing • Micro/nano mechanics
Robotics
• Human-robot interactions • Rehabilitation and assistive robotics • Autonomous vehicles and robots