Advanced materials
- James Sherwood, dean of the Francis College of Engineering, director of the UMass Lowell Baseball Research Center, professor of mechanical engineering and co-director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textile Research Laboratory
Astronomy
- Robert Giles, professor and chairman, Department of Physics and Applied Physics; director, Biomedical Terahertz Technology Center; director, Haiti Development Studies Center
Baseball research
- James Sherwood, dean of the Francis College of Engineering, director of the UMass Lowell Baseball Research Center, professor of mechanical engineering and co-director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textile Research Laboratory
Biomedicine
Stem cell research
- Peter Gaines, professor, biological science, biomedical engineering and biotechnology program
Bioplastics
- Margaret Sobkowicz-Kline, associate professor, plastics engineering
Bridges
- Edward Hajduk, associate teaching professor and associate chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental engineering
Buildings
- Edward Hajduk, associate teaching professor and associate chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental engineering
Climate change
- Mathew Barlow, professor of environmental, earth and atmospheric sciences
- Juliette Rooney-Varga, director of the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative and professor of environmental sciences
- James Forest, professor and director of the Security Studies Program, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies
Computers and technology
Forensics and security
- Xinwen Fu, professor, Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences
Internet
- Byung Guk Kim, professor and associate chairman of the Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences
Electricity
- Craig Armiento, professor of electrical and computer engineering; director, Printed Electronics Research Collaborative; co-diretor, Raytheon-UMass Lowell Research Institute; director, Center for Photonics, Electromagnetics and Nanoelectronics
Wind
- Christopher Niezrecki, professor and chairman and of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; director of the WindSTAR Industry/University Cooperative Research Center; director of UMass Lowell Center for Wind Energy and professor of mechanical engineering; co-director of the Structural Dynamics and Acoustic Systems Laboratory
- James Sherwood, interim dean of the Francis College of Engineering, director of the UMass Lowell Baseball Research Center, professor of mechanical engineering and co-director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textile Research Laboratory
Solar
- Robert Parkin, professor of mechanical engineering and renewable energy engineering
- Walter Thomas, associate teaching professor of mechanical engineering
Infrastructure
- TzuYang Yu, associate chairman for doctoral studies and associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing
- Julie Chen, chancellor and co-founder and co-founder of the UMass Lowell Nanomanufacturing Center
- Carol Barry, co-director of the Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence; associate director of the NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing; professor of plastics engineering
- Joey Mead, co-director of the Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence; deputy director of the NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing; professor of plastics engineering
Plastics
- Margaret Sobkowicz-Kline, associate professor, plastics engineering
Physics
- Robert Giles, professor and chairman, Department of Physics and Applied Physics; director, Biomedical Terahertz Technology Center; director, Haiti Development Studies Center
Telecommunications
- Jay Weitzen, associate chairman and professor, Department of Computer Engineering
Transportation
- Yuanchang Xie, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering
Pollution
- Joel Tickner, professor of public health and co-director, Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell
Radar systems/imaging
- Robert Giles, professor and chairman, Department of Physics and Applied Physics; director, Biomedical Terahertz Technology Center; director, Haiti Development Studies Center
- TzuYang Yu, associate chairman for doctoral studies and associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Yuanchang Xie, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering
Railways
- Yuanchang Xie, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering
- TzuYang Yu, associate chairman for doctoral studies and associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Edward Hajduk, associate chairman and associate teaching professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Robotics
- Holly Yanco, director of the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center and professor of computer science
Weather
- Frank Colby, professor of environmental, earth and atmospheric sciences
Wireless communication
- Jay Weitzen, associate chairman and professor, Department of Computer Engineering