OUR TEAM

Focus: Nanoscale Multiferroic materials, piezoelectric materials, magnetostrictive materials, thin film deposition, thin film shape memory alloys, fiber optic sensors, electro-magneto-mechanical characterization, analytical and finite element modeling

Focus: Exploiting unique physics, microenvironment control, and the potential for automation associated with miniaturized systems for applications in basic biology, medical diagnostics, and cellular engineering. Specifically:

1.       Quantitative cell biology and mechanics of cancer metastasis.

2.       Nonlinear microfluidics. 

3.       Microfluidic directed cellular evolution.

Focus: Transport processes by electrons, phonons, photons, and fluids; applications in energy transport, conversion, and storage relevant to major industrial segments (aerospace, micro/nanoelectronics, sensors).

Focus: Damage and Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design; Mechanics and Physics of Material Defects (point defects, dislocations, voids and cracks); Material Degradation in Severe Environments (e.g. Nuclear, Fusion, Rocket Engines, etc.); Plasma and Laser Processing; Materials Non-equilibrium, Pattern formation and Instability Phenomena; Radiation Interaction with Materials (neutrons, electrons, particles, laser & photons). 

Focus: Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), surface-tension-based actuation, nanotechnology for surface control, microdevices including microfluidic applications, superhydrophobic drag reduction, full spectrum of micromachining technologies.

Focus: To create complex materials with nanoscale periodicity using self-organization, and to produce new physical properties because of that nanoscale architecture.

The specific properties vary dramatically from project to project and include control of optical, magnetic, electrical, and even structural behavior. In all cases, however, the goal is to intrinsically tie the physical properties to the nanoscale structure, and in so doing, to understand the new dimension of control that size and spatial confinement can bring. Specifically, two main methods to produce nanoperiodic structures are:

1. Colloidal assembly

2. Inorganic/organic co-assembly 

Focus: Smart antennas, RF and microwave power amplifiers, numerical techniques, DSP techniques for microwave systems, phased arrays, wireless and radar systems, electromagnetics.