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Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing: Mechanics of soft and hard matter, Properties of ceramic and metallic materials and coatings, optical ceramics, photonic crystals, optical fibers, thin films, polymer and composite materials processing, microfabrication processes.
Affiliated Institute: Institute of Materials Science
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Faculty
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Brice Cassenti Professor-in-Residence
Research Area: Applied Mechanics, computational mechanics, supercomputing and advanced propulsion |
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Baki Cetegen, United Technologies Chair Professor and Department Head
Research Area: Combustion, Fluid Mechanics |
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Wilson K. S. Chiu, Professor
Research Area: Heat and Mass Transfer, Nanomanufacturing |
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Hanchen Huang, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor in Sustainable Energy
Research Area: Synthesis and properties of nanoscale interfaces, with focus on atomistic simulations |
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Eric Jordan, United Technologies Professor of Advanced Materials Processing
Research Area: Experimental and Theoretical Mechanics |
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David M. Pierce, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Applied mechanics, Bio related applications |
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Energy Systems: Experimental and computational research in fluid mechanics, heat and mass transport and combustion as applied to technologically important systems such as gas turbines, combustion systems, fuel cells, heat pipes and thermo-electric devices. Other areas include research into alternative fuels and their utilization and emissions.
Affiliated Center: Center for Clean Energy Engineering
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Faculty
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Thomas Barber, Professor-in-Residence
Research Area: Computational and Physical Fluid Dynamics |
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Baki Cetegen, United Technologies Chair Professor and Department Head
Research Area: Combustion, Fluid Mechanics |
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Wilson K. S. Chiu, Professor
Research Area: Heat and Mass Transfer, Nanomanufacturing |
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Mun Choi, Professor and Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Research Area: Combustion, Heat Transfer, Optical Diagnostics, Soot Processes |
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Amir Faghri, Professor
Research Area: Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics |
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Research Area: Combustion, Fuel-chemistry, Energy conversion
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Tianfeng Lu, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Combustion and Computational Fluid Mechanics |
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Ugur Pasaogullari, Associate Professor
Research Area: PEM Fuel Cells, Multiphase Transport Phenomena |
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Zhuyin Ren, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Computational Fluid Mechanics and Reacting Flow Simulations |
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Michael Renfro, UTC Associate Professor of Engineering Innovation and Associate Department Head
Research Area: Combustion, Optical Diagnostics |
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Chih-Jen (Jackie) Sung, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor in Sustainable Energy
Research Area: Combustion, Propulsion, Laser Diagnostics, Fuel Chemistry |
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Dynamics, Sensing and Control: smart materials for control and sensing, advanced sensors, vibration suppression, new perspectives in time-delayed systems and stability, high-speed machining chatter, non-linear vibrations, real-time detection and on-line monitoring.
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Faculty
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Chengyu Cao Assistant Professor
Research Area: Dynamics and Control, Adaptive and Unmanned Systems, Mechatronics |
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Robert Gao, Pratt and Whitney Chair Professor
Research Area: Sensing, Mechatronics, Biomechanics |
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Kevin Murphy, Associate Professor
Research Area: Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations |
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Nejat Olgac, Professor
Research Area: Control Systems, Vibrations |
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Jiong Tang, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Research Area: Structure and System Dynamics, Controls |
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Bi Zhang, Professor
Research Area: Precision Design and Manufacturing |
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Computational Shape Modeling,Design and Optimization: geometric modeling, computational design and design optimization, geometric reasoning, design methodologies for complex systems, gear systems and structures.
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Zbigniew Bzymek, Associate Professor
Research Area: Design, CAD Modeling |
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Horea Ilies, Castleman Associate Professor
Research Area: Computational Design, CAD/CAM/CAE |
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Kazem Kazerounian, Professor and Interim Dean
Research Area: Design, Kinematics, Robotics |
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Ikjin Lee, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Analysis & Design Optimization under Uncertainty |
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Bi Zhang, Professor
Research Area: Precision Design and Manufacturing |
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Micro and Nano-scale Systems: experimental, computational and theoretical studies on fluid and heat transport in micro devices, Micro electro-mechanical systems, mechanics of structures at nanometer length scales, nano-structured materials synthesis, carbon nanotubes.
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Faculty
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Wilson K. S. Chiu, Professor
Research Area: Heat and Mass Transfer, Nanomanufacturing |
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Amir Faghri, Professor
Research Area: Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics |
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Tai-Hsi Fan, Associate Professor
Research Area: Interfacial Fluid Mechanics, Biological Transport Phenomena |
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Hanchen Huang, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor in Sustainable Energy
Research Area: Synthesis and properties of nanoscale interfaces, with focus on atomistic simulations. |
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Eric Jordan, United Technologies Professor of Advanced Materials Processing
Research Area: Experimental and Theoretical Mechanics |
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George Lykotrafitis, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Cellular Mechanics |
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Kevin Murphy, Associate Professor
Research Area: Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations |
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Bi Zhang, Professor
Research Area: Precision Design and Manufacturing
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Pinar Zorlutuna, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Research
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Biomedical Related Applications: Cellular mechanics, Tissue engineering, Cellular micro-manipulations, Cell membrane mechanics and transport, Modeling of protein motion, Human skeletal motion analysis.
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Faculty
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Tai-Hsi Fan, Associate Professor
Research Area: Interfacial Fluid Mechanics, Biological Transport Phenomena |
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Robert Gao, Pratt and Whitney Endowed Chair Professor
Research Area: Sensing, Mechatronics, Biomechanics |
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Horea Ilies, Castleman Associate Professor
Research Area: Computational Design, CAD/CAM/CAE |
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Kazem Kazerounian, Professor and Associate Dean
Research Area: Design, Kinematics, Robotics |
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George Lykotrafitis, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Cellular Mechanics |
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Nejat Olgac, Professor
Research Area: Control Systems, Vibrations |
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David M. Pierce, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Applied mechanics, Bio related applications |
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Wei Sun, Associate Professor,
Research Area: Tissue Biomechanics, Computational Biomechanics and Medical Device Design |
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Pinar Zorlutuna, Assistant Professor
Research Area: Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Research
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