Biocatalysis, greener advanced materials (electronic, photo-responsive polymers, molecularly integrated hybrid nanomaterials, materials for energy conversion/storage), elastomers, thermal & morphological characterization of materials, roll to roll manufacture of flexible electronic products.

Electromagnetics, metamaterials, printed electronics, antennas, and RF devices

Applied Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Composites, and Structures

Printed Electronics, Photonics, Semiconductor Devices, Fiber Optic Communications

Plastics processing, including extrusion, injection molding, and novel processing techniques; nanomanufacturing with polymers; 3D printing

Analytical Chemistry, Materials

Experimental Mechanics of Baseball Bats & Other Sports Equipment, Composite Materials, High-Speed Imaging, Laboratory Setup & Management, Conference & Symposium Management, STEM Engagement in K-12

Millimeter-wavelength and terahertz frequency optical systems and dielectric properties of materials

Polymer Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials/Translational Medicine

Nanomaterial growth and optoelectronic device applications

Nonlinear control, hybrid systems, legged robots, exoskeletons, human biomechanical modeling

Materials science, self-healing materials, additive manufacturing (i.e. 3D printing) techniques

Structural health monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics, damage detection, structural dynamics, acoustics, signal processing, mechanical design and nonlinear dynamics

Computer-aided engineering, computer-aided manufacturing, process control, injection molding, part design, mold design, finite element analysis

Gait rehabilitation, biomechanics and neuromuscular control of human walking

Plastics product and process design, process simulation, instrumentation, and control

Material Science, Optical & electronic properties of materials, Optical Spectroscopy, Devices

Geotechnical Engineering

Photovoltaic materials and devices, nanomaterials, thermoelectric materials and devices, sensors, optical spectroscopies, optoelectronic materials and laser physics, nonliear optics

Combustion, Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Internal Combustion Engines

Rubber technology, thermoplastic elastomers, design, properties and processing of elastomers, nano materials.

Robotics

Test and Evaluation

Human-Robot Interaction

Field Testing

Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Sports Engineering, Finite Element Modeling

Renewable polymers, Plastics processing, nanocomposites, organic photovoltaics and electronics, rheology, scattering

Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Textiles, Multi-Scale Modeling, Finite Element Modeling, Adhesively Bonded Joints, Sandwich Structures, Tissue Engineering, Discrete Element Method

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Microfluidics, Acoustic microsensors, Nano-imprinting process, Interfacial phenomena and heat transfer

Polymers and Biopolymers in Biomedicine; Antimicrobial and Biofilm-Controlling Systems, Drug Delivery and Biomedical Devices.

Optical sensors and optical devices

Physical & materials chemistry at surfaces & interfaces

Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Technology-based Neurorehabilitation, Home-based Rehabilitation and Monitoring Technology, Human and Human-Robot Performance.

Robotics, Assistive Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Applied Electromagnetics, High-Frequency Circuits and Systems

Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing), Printed Electronics, RF, Microwaves, Metasurface, IR-Vis and THz Photonics