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We improve materials to solve technological and societal problems.
Materials Science & Engineering Researchers
Zhong Chen
![Zhong Chen](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/Chen_Zhong.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Novel Semiconductor Devices for Harsh Environment
- High Voltage Power Device and Packaging
- Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
- IC and System Level Reliability and Modeling
Jeff Dix
![Jeff Dix](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/dix_jeff.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Electronics
- Materials Science
- Optoelectronics
Samir El-Ghazaly
![Samir El-Ghazaly](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/elghazal.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- High Frequency and high-speed systems
- Wireless Communication Devices and Circuits
- Microwave-Optical Interactions
- Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Semiconductor Devices, Circuits, and Components
- Semiconductor Device Simulations and Numerical Techniques Applied to Microwave Integrated Circuits
- Electromagnetics
Magda El-Shenawee
![Magda El-Shenawee](/_resources/images/engr_research/biomed_healthcare_researchers/elshenawee.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Terahertz imaging and spectroscopy of biomedical, national security, and reverse engineering applications
- Inverse scattering problem
- Microwave imaging of breast cancer
- Computational electromagnetics
- MEMS antennas
- Landmine detection
- Rough surface scattering
- RF microwave modeling
- Radar absorbing material characterization in the microwave, millimeter, and terahertz wave
- Terahertz antennas on new semiconductor materials
- Wireless communications - 5G and 6G material characterization
Jamie A. Hestekin
![Jamie A. Hestekin](/_resources/images/engr_research/energy_researchers/hestekin_J.jpg)
Chemical Engineering
- charged separations
- extraction of oils and carbohydrates from algae
David Huitink
![David Huitink](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/huitink.jpg)
Mechanical Engineering
- Applied Materials for Power Electronic Optimization
- Test development and analysis of interfacial stress induced reliability failures
- Electronic Packaging design and operational enhancement for high temperature reliability
- Thermal dissipation enhancement using nanostructured materials for heat transfer
- Multi-Physical Material Interactions
- Mechanical, thermal, & chemical interactions in novel nanostructured material systems
- Mechanochemical Synthesis techniques for generating novel materials and metastable films with unique electro-optical properties
- Nanocomposites and Nanofluids for enhanced Thermal and Mechanical behaviors
Jin-Woo Kim
![Jin-Woo Kim](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/kim_jinwoo.jpg)
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
- Self-assembly of nanomaterials with designed arbitrary shapes and functions
- Bio-driven nanostructure self-assembly
- Nanoscale bio/abio interfacing technology
- Nanobiotechnology for hybrid device development
- Nucleic acid technology for molecular computation, genomics and proteomics
Baohua Li
![Baohua Li](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/Li_Baohua.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- GeSn Material Characterization & Devices Fabrication
- Fabrication Structures Using EBL
Omar Manasreh
![Omar Manasreh](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/manasreh_omar.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Electronics
- Energy
- Materials Science
- Optoelectronics
Alan Mantooth
![Alan Mantooth](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/mantooth_a.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Analog and mixed-signal IC Design and CAD
- Power electronics design and CAD
- Semiconductor device modeling
Marty Matlock
![Marty Matlock](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/matlock.jpg)
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
- Life Cycle Assessment of agricultural, urban, and supply chain systems
- Ecological services design and restoration
- Watershed restoration and management
- Ecological risk assessment Complex Systems Theory
Roy A. McCann
![Roy A. McCann](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/rmccann_Roy.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Machine learning and adpative control of electric power systems
- Cyber-physical systems and optimal control
- Electric machinery and motor drives
Xiangbo Meng
![Xiangbo Meng](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/meng_xiangbo.jpg)
Mechanical Engineering
- Smartly controllable nanosynthesis using atomic and molecular layer deposition
- Development of next-generation high-performance advanced battery technologies
Paul Millett
![Paul Millett](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/millett.jpg)
Mechanical Engineering
- Computational design of advanced membrane nanostructures
- Nanoparticle self-assembly in multi-phase liquids
- Low-density, nanoporous materials and membranes
- Computational materials science and design
Arun Nair
![Arun Nair](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/nair.jpg)
Mechanical Engineering
- Multiscale materials modeling
- Bio-inspired materials
- Mechanical properties of biomaterials
Hameed A. Naseem
![Hameed A. Naseem](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/naseem_hameed.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Electronics
- Energy
- Materials Science
- Optoelectronics
Karthik Nayani
![Karthik Nayani](/_resources/images/engr_research/cheg-researchers/KarthikNayani.jpg)
Chemical Engineering
- Soft Materials
- Biomaterials
- Self Assembly
William Richarson
![William Richardson](/_resources/images/engr_research/cheg-researchers/WilliamRichardson.jpg)
Chemical Engineering
- computational modeling
- data science
- in vitro screening tools
- engineer personalied medicine approaches for combatting cardiac disease
Keisha Bishop Walters
![Keisha Walters](/_resources/images/engr_research/cheg-researchers/KeishaWalters.jpg)
Chemical Engineering
- Stimuli Responsive Polymers
- Advanced Separations
- Nanomaterials
- Surface and Interfacial Engineering
- Functional (Bio)polymers
- Sustainable Polymers
Morgan E. Ware
![Morgan E. Ware](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/ware_morgan.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Semiconductors
- Crystal growth
- Electronic materials
- Nanostructures
- Nanomaterials for Quantum computing / Quantum cryptography
- Optical materials
Uche Wejinya
![Uche Wejinya](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/wejinya.jpg)
Mechanical Engineering
- Robotics and mechatronics
- Nano systems engineering and application
- Control systems and application
- Modeling and simulation of mechatronic systems
- Micro systems engineering application
Ranil Wickramasinghe
![Ranil Wickramasinghe](/_resources/images/engr_research/energy_researchers/Wickramasinghe_Ranil.jpg)
Chemical Engineering
- membrane science
- membrane technology
Fisher Yu
![Fisher Yu](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/Yu_Fisher.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Electronics
- Energy
- Materials Science
- Optoelectronics
Yue Zhao
![Yue Zhao](/_resources/images/engr_research/electronics_researchers/zhao_yue.jpg)
Electrical Engineering
- Power Electronics
- High Power Converters
- Electric Drives
- Renewable Energy Systems
Min Zou
![Min Zou](/_resources/images/engr_research/materialsci_eng_researchers/zou_min.jpg)
Mechanical Engineering
- Nano-surface-engineering
- Nanomechanics
- Nanotribology