Research areas

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• 5-axis freeform micro-machining
• Adaptive manufacturing systems
• Automated generation of optimal CNC tool paths for machining sculptured parts
• Cutting mechanics and dynamics
• Cutting mechanisms in micro-machining
• Fabrication of 3D MEMS
• Intelligent systems
• Machine vision and optimization
• Micro-electromechanical systems
• Micro-scale manufacturing processes and systems
• Microassembly of 3D microstructures
• Micromachining
• Miniature or micro-scale machine tool and systems
• Photolithographic based micromachining
• Ultrafast laser-based manufacturing

Researchers:

• Colin Bradley - MECH
• Nikolai Dechev - MECH
• Zuomin Dong - MECH
• Martin Byung-Guk Jun - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Advanced composites
• Carbon nanotube (CNT) composite processing
• Confocal laser holography
• Crystal growth
• Electrical and mechanical properties of piezoelectrics
• Electron holography
• Electron interferometry
• Electron microscopy
• Manufacturability of CNT composites
• Materials characterization
• Materials characterization
• Materials processing
• Microgravity sciences
• Molecular beam epitaxy and metal-organic chemical vapour deposition
• Photo-voltaic and medical imaging devices
• Piezoelectric devices and sensors
• Property measurement of materials
• Residual stress and phase transformations in materials
• Self-propagation high-temperature synthesis of materials
• XRF spectroscopy

Researchers:

• Sadik Dost - MECH
• Rodney Herring - MECH
• Martin Byung-Guk Jun - MECH
• Hubert King - MECH
• B. Sawicki - MECH
• Afzal Suleman - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Adaptive optics
• Materials processing in microgravity
• Advanced composites

Researchers:

• Colin Bradley - MECH
• Sadik Dost - MECH
• Afzal Suleman - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Computer Science.

• Automata and formal languages
• Bioinformatics
• Combinatorial algorithms
• Computational biology
• Computational complexity
• Computational geometry
• Cryptography
• Data structures
• Data compression
• Decision theory
• Discrete mathematics
• Graph algorithms
• Graph drawing
• Information theory
• Parameterized complexity
• Randomized algorithms

Researchers:

• John Ellis, Professor Emeritus
• Bruce Kapron - CSC
• Valerie King - CSC
• Wendy Myrvold - CSC
• Dale Olesky - CSC
• Frank Ruskey - CSC
• Venkatesh Srinivasan - CSC
• Ulrike Stege - CSC
• Sue Whitesides - CSC

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Computational modelling of fuel cells
• Energy and sustainable development
• Energy system dynamics
• Flow in porous media in fuel cells and carbon geosequetration
• Fluid-structure interactions in nuclear plants
• Fuel cell diagnostics
• Fuel cell technology
• Hydrogen technology
• Integrated concurrent engineering design
• Microfluidic and nanofluidic fuel cells
• Modeling of energy systems
• Modeling, testing and optimization of fuel cell and electric vehicle systems
• Modelling of energy systems
• Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
• Quantification of irreversible losses
• Sustainable energy systems
• Thermodynamic analysis of energy conversion processes
• Variable fidelity aerodynamic and structural modeling
• Wind and tidal turbines
• Wind turbine analysis and design

Researchers:

• Rustom Bhiladvala - MECH
• Curran Crawford - MECH
• Nedjib Djilali - MECH
• Zuomin Dong - MECH
• Peter Oshkai - MECH
• Andrew Rowe - MECH
• Henning Struchtrup - MECH
• Peter Wild - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• A medical device based on acoustic confocal holography
• Application of electrorestrictive polymers to prosthetics and artificial muscles
• Assay based analysis and diagnosis
• Automated biological cell detection and localization
• Automated cell injection and monitoring
• Automatic biomanipulation of single-cells
• Biomedical device manufacturing and scaffold design and developments for regenerative medicine
• Biomedical devices
• BioMEMS for capture and sorting of biological cells
• Biomimetic prosthetic hand
• Fluid and biomedical sensor development
• Fluid dynamics and design aspects of replacement heart valves
• Fluid-structure interaction of heart valves and disease
• Hand rehabilitation machine
• Haptic rending of tool-tissue interaction for cooperative surgical interventions
• Implantable wireless BioMEMS for muscle EMG signal monitoring
• Microfluidics and nanofluidics for biomedical lab-on-chip technologies and life sciences research
• Minimally invasive fibre-optic sensors
• Nanostructured fluidic and plasmonic biosensors, currently being developed for cancer diagnostics
• Neuroprosthetic device for vestibular disorder patients
• Portable diagnosis device for performing on-site assay
• Tele-rehabilitation
• Virtual reality-based post-stroke rehabilitation

Researchers:

• Rustom Bhiladvala - MECH
• Daniela Constantinescu - MECH
• Nikolai Dechev - MECH
• Zuomin Dong - MECH
• Rodney Herring - MECH
• Martin Byung-Guk Jun - MECH
• Peter Oshkai - MECH
• Edward Jung Wook Park - MECH
• Afzal Suleman - MECH
• Joanne Wegner - MECH
• Peter Wild - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• Acoustic communications, telemetry and navigation
• Adaptive filters, parameter estimation, noise suppression
• Algebraic coding theory
• Analog and digital filter design
• Application of acoustics
• Blind separation of signals and blind deconvolution
• Computer music
• Computer vision
• Control systems
• Cross-layer design
• Crytography and computer security
• Cyber-security
• Data compression
• Decision support systems
• Design and analysis of digital filters, wavelets and filter banks
• Digital signal processing
• Diversity techniques
• Efficient implementation of signal-processing algorithms
• Electronic circuits
• Energy-efficient communications
• Fault detection and diagnosis
• Flow and congestion control
• Fuzzy systems
• Image/video/audio coding
• Information theory
• Medical imaging
• Medium access control
• Model-based and adaptive filtering
• Modelling and simulation
• Multicarrier and multiple antenna communication systems
• Multidimensional systems
• Multimedia networks and systems
• Neural networks
• Numerical optimization and applications
• Ocean electronic instrumentation
• Optimization methods
• Pattern recognition, clustering and classification
• Performance analysis
• Radar
• Radio propagation
• Resource and mobility managment
• Signal acquisition and processing
• Software radio
• Sound recording
• Spectral design of randomized switching in dc/dc and dc/ac converters
• Spread spectrum systems
• Statistical signal processing
• Ultra-wideband communications
• Underwater acoustic systems
• Virtual reality
• Wavelet and time-frequency analysis
• Wavelets and filter banks
• Wireless communications and networks

Researchers:

• Michael Adams - ECE
• Panajotis Agathoklis - ECE
• Andreas Antoniou, Professor Emeritus - ECE
• Alexandra Branzan Albu - ECE
• Lin Cai - ECE
• Xiaodai Dong - ECE
• Peter F. Driessen - ECE
• T. Aaron Gulliver - ECE
• R. Lynn Kirlin, Professor Emeritus - ECE
• Wu-Sheng Lu - ECE
• Michael McGuire - ECE
• Stephen W. Neville - ECE
• Hong-Chuan Yang - ECE
• Adam Zielinski - ECE

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Aeroelastic modeling/fluid-structure interaction
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Computational mechanics
• Elastic wave propagation
• Finite element method
• Fluid-structure interaction
• Fracture and fatigue
• Nonlinear elasticity
• Real-time tissue simulation

Researchers:

• Brad Buckham - MECH
• Daniela Constantinescu - MECH
• Curran Crawford - MECH
• Nedjib Djilali - MECH
• James Haddow - MECH
• Peter Oshkai - MECH
• James Provan, Professor Emeritus - MECH
• Afzal Suleman - MECH
• Joanne Wegner - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Finite element analysis
• Finite element methods
• Fluid-structure interaction
• Global optimization
• Integrated concurrent engineering design
• Multi-disciplinary design optimization
• Virtual prototyping

Researchers:

• Brad Buckham - MECH
• Curran Crawford - MECH
• Nedjib Djilali - MECH
• Zuomin Dong - MECH
• Afzal Suleman - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Computer Science.

• Colour science
• Computational aesthetics
• Computational photography
• Computer games
• Computer vision
• Human perception
• Image processing
• Implicit modelling
• Non-photorealistic rendering

Researchers:

• Alexandra Branzan Albu- ECE
• Brandon Haworth - CSC
• Teseo Schneider - CSC
• Brian Wyvill - CSC

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Computer Science.

• Distributed systems
• High-performance networks
• Mobile computing and accessibility
• Network protocols
• Network security
• Network testing
• Performance modeling, analysis and engineering

Researchers:

• Sudhakar Ganti - CSC
• Dan Hoffman - CSC
• Eric Manning, Professor Emeritus
• Jianping Pan - CSC
• Ali Shoja, Professor Emeritus
• Kui Wu - CSC

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Computer Science.

• Computer aided design
• Fault testing
• Fault tolerant computing
• Hardware-software co-design
• Multiple valued logic

Researchers:

• Michael Miller - CSC
• Jon Muzio - CSC
• Micaela Serra - CSC

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• Applied electromagnetics
• Broadband networks
• Computational electromagnetics and numerical field modelling
• Computer aided design
• Electromagnetic field modelling for modern integrated circuits and antennas
• Fiber-optic systems and technology
• High speed circuit analysis and synthesis
• Microwave circuit analysis and synthesis
• Microwave, millimeter wave, optical theory and applications
• Nanophotonics
• Numerical modelling of interactions of electromagnetic fields with biological systems
• Object-oriented software engineering
• Optical communications
• Optical imaging and processor systems
• Optical systems
• RF/microwave/millimeter wave optical fiber systems
• RF/wireless/microwave/millimeter-wave components and systems design
• Semiconductor lasers
• Ultrafast optics

Researchers:

• Jens Bornemann - ECE
• Thomas E. Darcie - ECE
• Reuven Gordon - ECE
• Wolfgang Hoefer, Professor Emeritus - ECE
• Poman P.M. So - ECE
• Maria Stuchly, Professor Emeritus - ECE

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• Acoustic communications, telemetry and navigation
• Advanced materials
• Application of acoustics, ocean electronic instrumentation, signal acquisition and processing, electronic circuits and sensors
• Applications of new power devices
• Computer architecture
• Design of electronic circuits for power control
• Digital signal processing
• Electric machine control and drives
• Electronic devices and IC design
• Embedded systems
• Fault diagnosis of electrical machines
• High-frequency link power conversion-resonant and pulse width modulation
• Mixed-mode circuits
• Nanoelectronics
• Nanofabrication and self-assembly
• Nanomaterials
• Power electronic controls
• Power electronics
• Reconfigurable computing
• Speech recognition
• Underwater acoustic systems

Researchers:

• Ashoka K.S. Bhat - ECE
• Harry H.L. Kwok - ECE
• Subhasis Nandi - ECE
• Chris Papadopoulos - ECE
• Mihai Sima - ECE
• Adam Zielinski - ECE

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Computer Science.

• Computer supported collaborative work
• E-learning
• Education research
• Human computer interaction
• Social informatics
• Usability engineering
• Technology and pedagogy
• Visualization

Researchers:

• Melanie Tory - CSC
• Daniela Damian - CSC
• Margaret-Anne Storey - CSC
• Alexandra Branzan Albu - ECE

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Adaptive control of optical systems
• Confocal holography
• Crystal growth of semiconductors for opto-electronic
• Electrical and mechanical properties of piezoelectrics
• Electron microscopy
• Fibre-optic and piezo-ceramic sensors
• Fluid & biomedical sensor development
• Lab-on-chip nanostructured plasmonic sensors
• Metrology stations for micro/meso-scale parts
• Micro-electro-mechanical-systems
• Optical sensors
• Optofluidics
• Photo-voltaic and medical imaging devices

Researchers:

• Rustom Bhiladvala - MECH
• Colin Bradley - MECH
• Sadik Dost - MECH
• Rodney Herring - MECH
• Martin Byung-Guk Jun - MECH
• Hubert King - MECH
• Peter Wild - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Computer Science.

• Artificial intelligence
• Computational intelligence
• Computer music
• Data mining
• E-learning
• Education research
• Information retrieval
• Knowledge representation and reasoning
• Learning
• Logic
• Machine learning
• Medical informatics
• Model checking
• Ontologies
• Planning
• Search and ranking
• Social informatics
• Verification

Researchers:

• George Tzanetakis - CSC
• Jens Weber - CSC
• Ulrike Stege - CSC
• Yvonne Coady - CSC

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• Advanced materials
• Electronic devices and IC design
• Mixed-mode circuits
• Molecular beam epitaxy
• Nanoelectronics
• Nanomaterials, nanofabrication and self-assembly
• Nanophotonics
• Oxide thin films for waveguide lasers
• Semiconductor lasers
• Semiconductor light emitting devices
• Ultrafast optics

Researchers:

• Reuven Gordon - ECE
• Harry H.L. Kwok - ECE
• Chris Papadopoulos - ECE
• Thomas Tiedje - ECE

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Computer Science.

• Approximation theory
• Combinatorial matrix analysis
• Dynamical systems
• Linear algebra
• Numerical analysis
• Operations research
• Optimization

Researchers:

• Dale Olesky - CSC
• Pauline van den Driessche - MATH (Adjunct in CSC)

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Dynamics and control of underwater vehicles
• Off-shore wind power
• Tidal turbines
• Wave energy conversion devices
• Wave energy devices

Researchers:

• Brad Buckham - MECH
• Curran Crawford - MECH
• Peter Oshkai - MECH
• Afzal Suleman - MECH
• Peter Wild - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Automated micro-interfacing technology for microassembly
• Biomechatronics
• Dynamics and control of space structures
• Dynamics and control of underwater vehicles
• Haptics
• Micro-joining and micro-packaging
• Micro/bio manipulation
• Parallel manipulators
• Physical human-robot interaction.
• Robotic microassembly of 3D microsystems
• Smart structures and embedded system control
• Telerobotics

Researchers:

• Brad Buckham - MECH
• Daniela Constantinescu - MECH
• Nikolai Dechev - MECH
• Edward Jung Wook Park - MECH
• R. Podhorodeski - MECH
• Afzal Suleman - MECH

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering or the Department of Computer Science.

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Computer Science.

Researchers:

• Mantis Cheng - CSC
• Yvonne Coady - CSC
• Daniela Damian - CSC
• Daniel German - CSC
• Dan Hoffman - CSC
• Nigel Horspool - CSC
• LillAnne Jackson - CSC
• Kin Fun Li - ECE
• Hausi Muller - CSC
• Margaret-Anne Storey - CSC
• Alex Thomo - CSC
• Issa Traore - ECE
• Bill Wadge - CSC
• Jens Weber - CSC
• Mike Zastre - CSC

For more information about this research area, contact the graduate adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• Biomedical flows
• Continuum mechanics
• Direct and large-eddy simulation
• Electrokinetics and surface phenomena
• Equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics
• Experimental wind/tidal rotor testing
• Flow-induced noise and vibrations
• Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis
• Fluid mechanics
• Kinetic theory of gases
• Low and medium fidelity aerodynamic modeling techniques
• Low temperature heat transfer
• Microfluidics
• Modeling and numerical simulation of growth processes
• Modeling of turbulent flows
• Nanofluidics
• Nanoscale mechanics
• Optofluidics
• Thermal regenerator design and analysis
• Transport phenomena in crystal growth

Researchers:

• Rustom Bhiladvala - MECH
• Curran Crawford - MECH
• Nedjib Djilali - MECH
• Sadik Dost - MECH
• Peter Oshkai - MECH
• Andrew Rowe - MECH
• David Sinton - MECH
• Henning Struchtrup - MECH