Our Research
See research topics the College of Engineering has to offer:
- “Green” Chemistry
- 2D Materials
- 3‐D Printing
- Accelerated Bridge Construction
- Acoustics
- Adaptive Building Envelope Systems
- Adaptive Structures
- Additive Friction Stir
- Additive Friction Stir Deposition
- Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Repair
- Advanced Combustion Strategies
- Advanced Experimental Techniques
- Advanced Materials
- Advanced Polymers and Materials
- Advanced Propulsion System
- Aerodynamics
- Aeroelasticity
- Aerospace Structures
- Aerothermodynamics
- Airport Engineering and Design
- Algae Cultivation and Algal Biomass Utilization
- Algorithms
- Alternative Fuels
- Analytical Microscopy
- Antennas
- Antennas and Arrays
- Antibody-Drug Conjugates
- Applied Statistical and Optimization Methods
- Artificial Intelligence
- Assembly of Nanomaterials
- Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Astrodynamics
- Asynchronous VLSI Design
- Atomistic Modeling
- Automatic Target Recognition
- Automation and Mechatronic Systems
- Automotive Systems
- Autonomous Swarms
- Ballistic and High Strain Rate Testing
- Battery Electric Vehicles
- Battery Materials
- Behavior of reinforced concrete structures under natural hazards
- Behavior of Steel and Composite Structures
- Behavioral Health Informatics
- Big Data Analytics
- Bio-Inspired Flow Control
- Bio-inspired Robotics
- Bio-nanophotonics
- Bio/Nanosensors
- Biochemical Engineering for Production of Chemicals
- Biocompatibility and toxicology of nanoparticles
- Bioengineering
- Biofiltration
- Biological flows
- Biomaterials
- Biomechanics
- Biomechanics of Movement
- Biomedical Alloys
- Biomedical Devices
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Imaging
- Biomedical Microdevices
- Block Copolymers
- Building Energy Modeling and Simulation
- Building Information Modeling
- Bulk Single Crystal and Thin Film Growth of Electronic Material
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Catalysis
- Catalytical Materials
- Cell‐Material Interactions
- Ceramic Transistors and Sensors
- CFD Multisclae Modeling in Materials Processing
- Characterization of Composite Materials
- Cloud and Cluster Computing
- CO2 Capture Processes
- Coastal Hydrology
- Collaborative Software
- Combustion
- Community Resilience
- Community-Shared Open Infrastructure for Underwater Applications
- Composite Materials
- Composite Processing
- Computational and Experimental Mechanics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Computational Materials Science
- Computational Mechanics
- Computational Methods Applied to Energy-related Problems
- Computational Modeling
- Computational Screening of CO2 Solvents
- Computational Ultrasonic Imaging
- Computer Privacy
- Computer Security
- Computer Theory
- Computer Vision
- Computer-Aided Automation
- Conjugated Polymers
- Connected and Automated Vehicles
- Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
- Construction Automation
- Construction health
- Contaminant Transport in Environmental Systems
- Control
- Control (GNC)
- Control and Manipulation at Micro/Nano-scale
- Controlled Synthesis
- Controls
- Corrosion Science
- Coupled Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes
- Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)
- Crystal Plasticity
- Cyber Physical Systems
- Cyber-Physical Security
- Cyber-Physical System Design Promoting Community Resilience
- Cybersecurity
- Cyclic Metal Plasticity
- Data Mining
- Databases
- Decision Support Systems
- Deep Learning
- Deep Learning-Enabled Wireless Networking
- Deformation Modeling
- Design and Behavior of Pre- and Post-Tensioned Concrete Structures
- Device Fabrication
- Devices
- Digital Particle Image Velocimetry
- Discrete Event Simulation
- Disinfection By-Products Life Cycle Analysis
- Domain-Specific Languages
- Drinking Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries
- Drinking Water Treatment
- Drug Delivery
- Drug Discovery
- Drug Resistance
- Dynamic Modeling and Vibration Control of Distributed Systems
- Dynamic Systems and Control
- Dynamics and Control of MEMS/NEMS Sensors and Actuators
- Earthquake Engineering
- Earthquake-Resistant Design and Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Buildings
- Ecohydrology
- Ecological Engineering
- Economic and Operations Analysis
- Edge Computing
- Electric Vehicles
- Electrochemical Engineering
- Electrochemical Engineering for Nanomaterials
- Electromechanical Systems
- Electronic Prototyping Equipment
- Electronics
- Embedded systems
- Emissions Measurement
- Empirical Software Engineering
- Energy
- Energy and Building Efficiency
- Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Recovery from Exhaust Streams
- Energy-storage Materials
- Engineering Education
- Engines
- Environemental Effects
- Environmental Catalysis Modeling
- Environmental Factors
- Environmental Remediation
- Environmental Sampling
- Estuarine Hydrodynamics
- Experimental Aerodynamics and Mechanics
- Experimental Fluid Dynamics
- Fatigue and Fracture
- FEA
- Ferroelectrics
- Fiber Processing
- Flight Dynamics
- Flood Risk Management
- Flow – Structure Interaction
- Fluid Dynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Food-Energy-Water Nexus
- Forensic Investigation of Damaged Structures
- Fracture Mechanics
- Friction Stir Welding and Processing
- Fuels
- Full Waveform Inversion
- Functional Material Interfaces for Soft Robotics
- Functionalized Materials for Separation and Catalysis
- Functionalized Membranes for Water Purification
- Fuzzy Systems
- Gas Turbine Combustion
- Gas-Assysested Synthesis of Nanocomposites
- Geographic Information Systems
- Geometric Design
- Green Cosmetics
- Groundwater hydrology
- Groundwater remediation
- Guidance
- Heat and Energy
- Heat Transfer
- High Speed Printing
- High Strain Rate Mechanics
- High Temperature Ceramic Processing
- High Temperature Coatings
- High Temperature Deformation Behavior
- High-Order Numerical Solvers
- High-Performance Computing
- Homogenization
- Household Water Use
- Human Exploration and Habitation on Extraterrestrial Bodies
- Human-Centered Computing
- Human-Machine Interfaces
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Human-Technology Interaction
- HVAC
- Hybrid Devices
- Hybrid Exoskeletons and Rehabilitation
- Hydrologic Modeling
- Hydrologic Modeling and Data Assimilation
- Hypersonic Boundary Layers
- Hypersonic Materials
- Image Processing
- Impinging Jet Heat Transfer
- In situ TEM
- In‐situ IR Spectroscopy of Thin Film Deposition
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Industrial Engineering Applications
- Industrial Systems Efficiency
- Inertial Sensing
- Information Systems Development
- Infrared Spectroscopy
- Infrastructure Materials Characterization
- Integrated Communications/Navigation/Sensing
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Interfacial Phenomena
- Intermetallic Compounds
- Internal Combustion Engines
- Internet of Things
- Intravaginal Rings for (Trans)mucosal Delivery of Drugs
- Inverse Heat Conduction
- Inverse Methods
- Investigation of Corrosion in Structural Concrete
- Ionic Liquids
- Landscape Atmosphere Exchange of Carbon
- Large-Scale Testing
- Laser
- Laser Ablation
- Laser Diagnostics
- Legged and Wheeled Robots for Human Assistance
- Life Prediction of Bonded Joints
- Living Materials for Well-Being in the Built Environment
- Low Emissions Power Systems
- Luminescence Sensing
- Machine Learning
- Magnetic Hyperthermia
- Magnetic Materials
- Magnetism
- Manufacturing and Failure of Composite Materials
- Manufacturing Cost Modeling
- Manufacturing Systems
- Materials and Process Development
- Materials Characterization
- Materials Chemistry
- Materials Modeling
- Materials Processing and Modeling
- Measurement and Verification for Building Energy Performance
- Mechanical Behavior
- Mechanical Characterization
- Mechanical Systems
- Mechatronics
- Medical and Health Properties of Berries and Berry Extracts
- Medical Robotics
- Membrane Fouling
- MEMS
- Metabolic Engineering
- Metal Fatigue
- Metallic Materials
- Metallic Thin Films
- Metals
- Metamaterials
- Micro Air Vehicles
- Micro/Nano Fabrication
- Microbicides
- Microchannel Devices
- Microchannel Heat Sink Simulation
- Microgrid
- Millimeter Wave
- Millimeter Wave Automotive Radar
- Mixed and Natural Convective Heat Transfer
- Mobile Computing
- Mobile Networks
- Modeling and Simulation of Composite Processing
- Modeling of Microstructure Evolution in Addtitive Manufactuing Processes
- Molecular Sieves
- Molten Metal Chemistry
- Mucoadhesive Gels
- Multi-Body Dynamics
- Multi-Hazard Evaluation
- Multi-Hazard Risk Analysis and Modeling
- Multi-Sensor Fusion
- Multiaxial Fatigue
- Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
- Multiscale Computational Mechanics
- Nano-Bio Interface Laboratory - Multifunctional Nanostructures for Simultaneous Imaging and Therapy
- Nanocrystalline Metals
- Nanodevices
- Nanofibers
- Nanofluid Flow Modeling
- Nanomaterials
- Nanostructured Materials
- Nanostructures
- Nanotechnology and its Applications in Civil Engineering Materials
- Nanotherapeutics
- Natural Hazards
- Natural Products
- Navigation
- Net Zero Energy Buildings
- Next-Generation Radar Systems
- Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation
- Nonlinear and Adaptive Control
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
- Nonlinear Notch Analysis
- Nonlocal Models in Low Permeable Porous Media (tight/shale reservoirs)
- Novel Combustion Strategies for Pollution abatement from Internal Combustion Engines
- Novel Morphing-blade Wind Turbines
- Novel Propulsion
- Nuclear Power Plants
- Numerical Methods
- Oncology
- Onsite and Decentralized Wastewater Management
- Optical and Medical Technology
- Optical Diagnostics
- Optimal Estimation
- Optimization
- Optoelectronics
- Oxidation
- Parallel and Distributed System
- Performance-Based Engineering
- Permanent Magnets
- Pharmaceuticals
- Photobioreactor Design
- Photonics Semiconductors
- Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors
- Plasma
- Plasma Cutter
- Plasma Engineering
- Polymer Templating
- Polymers
- Pore-Scale Modeling
- Portland Cement Based Concretes
- Power Electronics
- Power Electronics Systems
- Power Systems
- Power-Assist Exoskeletons and Orthoses
- Probabilistic-Based Design
- Process Control
- Process Intensification
- Processing and Evaluation of Electroceramics
- Project Management
- Project Risk Management
- Quality Engineering
- Radar Signal Processing
- Radar Systems
- Random Vibrations
- Reaction Engineering
- Real Time Control
- Real-Time Computation
- Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
- Reliability Engineering
- Remote Sensing
- Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy Systems
- Renewable Energy Systems Integration
- Repair and Strengthening of Concrete Structures
- Research and Development of High Performance Alloys
- Response and Protection of Wood-Frame Buildings to Natural Hazards
- RF Circuits/System
- Robot Control
- Robot Dynamics & Kinematics
- Robot-Assisted Search & Rescue
- Robotic Lower-Limb Prostheses
- Robotics
- Robotics and Human Systems
- Robust Product and Process Design
- Rocket Propulsion
- Rotorcraft Aeromechanics and Control
- Safety Engineering
- Saltwater Intrusion Management
- Science and Religion
- Scientific Computing
- Sea Level Rise Impacts
- Selective Laser Melting
- Semiconductor Display
- Sensing
- Sensor Fusion
- Sensors
- Sensors for Dietary Assessment
- Sensors for Smoking Assessment and Cessation
- Shape Memory Materials
- Shock – Turbulence Interaction
- Signal and Data Processing
- Simulation of Thermal Energy Storage Processes
- Simulations of Nanomaterials
- Single-use Bioprocessing Films
- Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Smart Construction and Robotics
- Smart Grid
- Smart Manufacturing
- Smart Structures
- Snow Hydrology
- Soft Robotics
- Software Engineering
- Software Modeling
- Soil Remediation
- Solar Cells
- Solid State Material Processing
- Solidification Science and Engineering of Castings
- Space Exploration and Applications
- Space Propulsion
- Space Structures / Extra-Terrestrial Habitats
- Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control
- Spacecraft Trajectory Design
- Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data Mining
- Spatial Big Data Analytics
- Spatial Database
- Special Structures
- Spintronics
- Spintronics and Magneto-Electronics
- Spray Combustion
- Statistical Signal Processing
- Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Stretchable Electronics
- Structural Alloys
- Structural Condition Assessment
- Structural Connections
- Structural Durability
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Structural Mechanics
- Structural Vibration Control under Extreme Loading Conditions
- Structural Wood Engineering
- Surface Chemistry
- Surface Engineering
- Surface Science
- Surface Water Quality
- Surface/Interfacial Engineering
- Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Fuels
- Sustainable Infrastructure Materials
- Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
- Sustainable Internet of Things
- Sustainable Manufacturing
- Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems
- Switched and Hybrid Systems
- Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic Solids
- Synthetic Biology
- System-Level Modeling of Powertrain Components
- Technology Integration/Implementation
- Technology-Driven Interventions
- Telemedicine
- Tensegrity Mechanisms
- Terahertz technology
- Thermal Systems
- Thermodynamic Modeling of Power Systems and internal Combustion Engine Processes
- Thermodynamic Simulations
- Thermodynamics
- ThermoFluids Science
- Thim Film Multiferroics
- Thin Film Applications to Magnetic
- Thin Film Ferroelectrics
- Thin Film Solar Cells
- Thin films and coatings
- Thin-Films
- Tissue Engineering
- Toxicological Evaluation of Novel Materials
- Traffic Signals
- Translational Medicine
- Transmissions
- Transport Phenomena in Polymeric Systems
- Transportation Data Analytics
- Transportation Operations
- Transportation Planning
- Transportation Safety
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Turbulent Flows and Aeroacoustics
- Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC)
- Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics
- Ultrasonic Processing of Alloys and Nanocomposites
- Uncertainty and Risk Analysis
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Underwater Robotics
- Underwater Wireless Communications and Networking
- UV Disinfection
- Vaccines
- Vibration and Noise Control
- Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Vibrations
- Virtual Reality
- Water
- Water Quality
- Water Resources
- Water Reuse
- Water Treatment
- Waterjet Table
- Watershed Hydrology
- Wearable Electronics
- Wearable Sensors
- Wearable Systems
- Welding
- Welding and Joining Processes
- Wind Engineering
- Wind hazard engineering
- Wired Networks
- Wireless & Underwater Networking
- Wireless Charging
- Wireless Networks
- Wood Structures