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	Department Faculty	Areas of Expertise
	Ali Beskok Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Industry Partnerships Professor, Mechanical Engineering	Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics Micro- and nano-scale thermal/fluidic transport processes Bio-microfluidics, nanotechnology and energy systems
	Xin-Lin Gao Professor	Solid Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials Solid and structural mechanics, higher-order continuum theories Multi-scale materials modeling and micro- and nano-mechanics Traumatic brain injury, biomechanics, mechanics of soft materials 3-D printed materials, nanocomposites, cellular and porous materials, textile and ballistic materials
	Yildirim Hurmuzlu Professor	Dynamics and Control Dynamic systems Control/Biomechanics Robotics, medical visualization, and vibration suppression
	MinJun Kim Professor	Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics; Dynamics and Control Microbiorobotics Soft robotics Single molecule biophysics Single cell analysis Micro/nanofluidics
	José Lage Professor	Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics Analysis and design of heat and mass transfer processes and equipment
	Xu Nie Associate Professor	Solid Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials Dynamic behavior of materials and structures Novel Kolsky bar-based high-strain rate characterization techniques Non-destructive damage characterization in heterogeneous materials and X-ray computed micro-tomography.
	Volkan Otugen Professor	Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics; Solid Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials Experimental and theoretical fluid mechanics Plasma applications to aerodynamics Micro-optical sensor technology
	Peter E. Raad Professor	Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics Adaptive thermal modeling and laser-based measurements of deep-submicron electronic devices
	Edmond Richer Associate Professor	Dynamics and Control Robotics Haptic interfaces Bio-Instrumentation Soft and wearable robotics Additive Biomaterials
	Wei Tong Professor	Solid Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials Plasticity and its engineering applications Micromechanics study of materials Digital image correlation strain mapping techniques Biomechanics and biomaterials
	David A. Willis Associate Professor	Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics Thermal-based laser micro- and nano-processing, with an emphasis on heat transfer, phase change, and fluid flow occurring during these processes. Applications include laser micromachining of electronic, photonic, and fluidic devices; laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT); nanoparticle fabrication, and fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces