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.

Electrochemical energy conversion and storage, mass/charge transport phenomena, electrochemical reaction kinetics, flowable slurry electrodes.

Robot Learning, Learning from Demonstration, Imitation Learning, Reinforcement Learning

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

Communication Networks & Network Security

Entrepreneurship; Strategic Management; Organization Theory

Research center operations; experimental mechanics of sports equipment; material characterization of composite materials, foams, and wood; and high-speed imaging

Molecular and Developmental Biology

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

Nanomaterials and nanotechnology, nanowires

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

Self-organized dynamics in complex systems, Multi-agent systems, Connected and autonomous vehicles, System reliability and prognostics, Robotic ensembles

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

Nano-composites, Coatings, Transparent conductive electrodes, Organic photo-voltaic, Collaborative research between faculty members, Industry and Government partners.

Optoelectronics, Nanophotonics & Fiber 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

Cell Biology

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

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

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

Sustainable energy engineering, solar energy processing, plasma science & engineering, semiconductor manufacturing, radiation transport, computational transport phenomena

Optical sensors and optical devices

Wireless Communication

Physical & materials chemistry at surfaces & interfaces

Data Fusion, Signal Processing

Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Reaction engineering; chemical kinetics; reactor design; detailed kinetic modeling

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

Transportation Engineering

Robotics, Assistive Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Strategic management and entrepreneurship

Biomedical Imaging, Medical Image Reconstruction, Medical Image Processing & Analysis

Food Safety, Food Nanotechnology

Applied Electromagnetics, High-Frequency Circuits and Systems