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Structure-property relationships;, powder processing and mechanical alloying; processing and synthesis of metallic, ceramic and polymeric materials and composites

Wearable robotics, biomechanics of movement, mechatronic systems

Experimental condensed matter, soft matter and biological physics

Multi-functional smart and responsive soft composites

Artificial intelligence assurance, intelligent water systems, cyberbiosecurity, context and causality, AI for agricultural policy

Material/structural instabilities, impact and penetration problems, computational mechanics

Rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, layered manufacturing, geometric modeling, and their applications; global engineering design and product development process

Polymer nanocomposites; nanostructured materials and surfaces; polymer morphology and structure-property relationships; surface and interface phenomena in polymers

3d user interfaces, human-computer interaction, virtual environments

Materials science of civil infrastructure materials, impacts of recycled and by-product materials on cementitious materials

Physical metallurgy; tribology, corrosion, and tribocorrosion; materials characterization; mechanical testing; thin films and coatings

Experimental characterization and modeling of engineering materials and structures

Machine learning, uncertainty quantification, engineering design

Self assembly of nanoparticles; microfluidics and nanofluidics, optofluidics and electrofluidics, sustainable energy

Client outreach activities, faculty consulting projects, workforce development and continuing professional education

Nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity, Experimental and theoretical solid mechanics

Computer Code for molecular dynamics on ultra-high performance supercomputers; simulation techniques

Wireless communications, signal processing, machine learning for communication systems, cellular networks

Adhesive bonding; structural adhesives for aerospace, automotive, and infrastructure applications; pressure-sensitive adhesives

Power electronics packaging, High-density integration, Wide-bandgap power semiconductors

Metal casting processes, ferrous and non-ferrous alloy development, ballistic/armor materials, heat treating, welding

Logistics systems analysis and design, production and process planning, manufacturing systems analysis and design, applied operations research

Polymer structures inspired biology, synthetic controlled polymerization techniques

Materials behaviors in high temperature and corrosive environments, computationally guided innovative materials and manufacturing design, multiphysics simulation of materials behaviors

Augmented Reality, virtual reality, usability engineering

Cyber-physical systems, security in artificial intelligence, engineering education, human-computer interaction

Control theory, robotics, optimization and optimal control, complex systems, cyber-physical systems

System informatics and control in industrial engineering; quality engineering in manufacturing scale-up; sensing, modeling and process optimization

Bio-printing; bio-sensing; in-situ monitoring (AI/ML)

Structures and materials, computational mechanics, design

Practices and experiences of workforce development, workforce challenges and opportunities from emerging technologies

Design technology including robotics and autonomous systems, design research

Autonomous assembly and construction, field robotics

Additive and hybrid Manufacturing, data-driven design and intelligence

Lightweight robotics, control theory

Cognitive engineering, human performance, interface design, situation awareness, cognitive work analysis

Physically computing materials and mechanical intelligence, soft and reconfigurable robots

Plastic waste upcycling, polystyrene conversion, polymer-graphene heterostructural membranes

Communication networks, deep learning, smart grid networks, spectrum sensing & dynamic spectrum access, energy harvesting

Human-robot interaction, machine learning, control theory

Electronic packaging and electronic materials, packaging of power semiconductor devices and modules, material synthesis for die bonding

Concrete 3D printing, smart home tech, workforce training

Solid mechanics, advanced polymer composite materials, polymer adhesion science

Learning sciences, applied machine learning

Interdisciplinarity in work, arts- and design-driven research K-25 education in Science, Engineering, Arts, and Design (SEAD)

Digital communications, satellite communications, radio frequency machine learning, digital chaos, non-traditional hardware

Polymers, thermo-reversible gel, semicrystalline ionomers, tailored processing procedures, polymer-based nanocomposites, reactive extrusion

Nanotechnology, advanced materials and biomaterials, biological scaffolds

Bio-inspired soft robot design and control, numerical modeling

Fiber optics, plasma spray process, optical fiber, ceramic processing, porous materials fabrication

Energy systems, electric grid integration of renewable energy, materials processing and manufacturing

Fluid dynamics and heat transfer, electrical energy storage, thermal management, micro- and nanofluidics, advanced manufacturing

Advanced manufacturing of complex mechanical systems, materials, and devices and tribology; manufacturing of novel engineered polymer materials

Manufacturing, sensing, and analytics

Mechanistic computational intelligence, computational mechanics, computational nanomaterials, computational heat transfer

Production scheduling, planning, and control; applied mathematical programming; design and mathematical analysis of manufacturing systems

Polymer engineering, advanced manufacturing, electromagnetic field /material Interaction

Polymer chemistry in real-world challenges, interaction of functional materials

Ultrasound-responsive intelligent material systems, wireless acoustic power transfer, acoustic holographic lenses, ultrasound atomization, microfluidics

Microelectromechanical systems, neural engineering, additive manufacturing

Ceramics processing, ultra-high temperature ceramics

Computer vision, natural language processing, multimedia, multimodal data, information extraction

Acoustic manipulation, bioprinting, acoustofluidics, ultrasonic phased arrays, laser ultrasonics, focused ultrasound

Performance measurement and management systems, strategic management organization, lean work systems, team-based work systems

Tissue engineering, biopolymers, controlled-release drug delivery, cell-biomaterial interactions

Additive manufacturing, design for manufacturing, new methods for advanced manufacturing, informal learning environments

Neuromorphic computing systems; emerging devices, circuits, and architectures; machine learning for wireless networks and cybersecurity

Advanced diagnostics and experimental testing, energy systems, propulsion

Materials processing and manufacturing science, solid-state metal additive manufacturing by additive friction stir deposition

Human-robot symbiotic construction, artificial intelligence for interactive and complex construction tasks, multimodal sensorimotor interactions, generative machine learning algorithms, digital twin

Explainable AI, statistics, computer vision, machine learning