Nader D. Ebrahimi, Director of Graduate Programs; Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 1983. Design and dynamic systems. Research interests: numerical optimization.

Juan C. Heinrich, ME Chairman; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1975. Fluid mechanics, materials modeling. Research interests: analysis of solidification of alloys, modeling of solids and fluid flow, lubrication.

Marc S. Ingber (On-Leave from UNM); Ph.D., Michigan, 1984. Applied mechanics. Research interests: high-performance computational methods, computational fluid mechanics, stratified flows, hydrodynamic stability.

Tariq A. Khraishi; Ph.D., Washington State, 2000. Solid mechanics and materials simulations. Research interests: biomechanics, 3-D dislocation dynamics, dislocation/defect theory, elasticity, plasticity, fracture mechanics, damage modeling, thin films, multi-scale modeling.

Zayd C. Leseman; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. Materials science, solid mechanics, and biomechanics. Research interests: Nanotechnology, MEMS/bioMEMS, mechanotransduction of cells, thin films, and micro/nanomechanics of materials.

Ronald Lumia; Ph.D., Virginia, 1979. Dynamic systems and control, software for manufacturing. Research interests: factory automation, directed (active) vision and image processing, sensory-interactive robot control, control systems, open architecture control, micromanipulation.

Andrea A. Mammoli; Ph.D., Western Australia, 1995. Research interests: multiphase flow, composite materials, high-performance computing.

Arsalan Razani; Ph.D., Purdue, 1969. Thermal sciences, energy. Research interests: heat transfer enhancement, advanced energy systems, thermal system design and optimization, radiation and conduction heat transfer.

John J. Russell; Ph.D., Michigan, 1974. Vibrations, stability and control of dynamic systems. Research interests: equilibrium and stability in fluid-structure interactions, vehicle dynamics and control.

Yu-Lin Shen; Ph.D., Brown, 1994. Materials science, solid mechanics. Research interests: computational micro/nanomechanics of materials, thermomechanical integrity of modern integrated circuits and microelectronic packages, mechanical behavior of thin films and composite materials.

Gregory P. Starr; Ph.D., Stanford, 1978. Dynamic systems and control, robotics, LEGO robots. Research interests: discrete-time control systems, multi-fingered robot hands, robot force and impedance control, input shaping for vibration suppression.

C. Randall Truman; Ph.D., Arizona State, 1983. Fluid mechanics, heat transfer. Research interests: optical diagnostics for turbulent flows, numerical simulation of flow control, turbulence and transition modeling, fluid mechanics in chemical lasers.

Peter V. Vorobieff; Ph.D., Lehigh, 1996. Fluid mechanics. Research interests: hydrodynamic instabilities, turbulence, convective and shock-driven flows, soap films and foams, granular media.

John E. Wood, Director of Manufacturing Engineering Program; Ph.D., MIT, 1976. Manufacturing, design, bioengineering. Research interests: micro-sensors and micro-actuators, clean-room automation and training, biomechanics.

Bioengineering. Experimental measurements of mechanical properties of cells and tissues, cell-to-cell and cell-to-ECM adhesion, forces between ligand-receptor pairs, mechanotransduction.

Dynamic Systems and Control. Precision engineering, metrology, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), sensors, opto-mechanical systems, semiconductor lithography, control of interconnected systems.

Energy/Thermodynamics/Heat Transfer. Heat and mass transfer analysis of metal hydride energy systems, thermal systems design and optimization, thermal ignition of energetic media, second law and finite-time thermodynamic analyses of thermal systems, thermal analysis of microelectronic components and systems.

Fluid Mechanics. Hydrodynamic instabilities and transition to turbulence, two-dimensional hydrodynamics (soap films), advanced experimental diagnostics (PIV), bifurcation structure in thermal convection, turbulence modeling, transport in disordered systems, numerical simulation of separation and transition, Rayleigh-Taylor mixing, study and simulation of complex and collective phenomena in multiphase flows and composite materials, development of optical diagnostics for turbulent and transitional flow, measurement and numerical simulation of flow-control devices, optical diagnostics in buoyant plumes and fires, diagnostics for chemical laser flows, interface growth processes, wall-bounded turbulent flows, structure-based control methodologies, pseudo-3-D optical measurement methodologies.

Materials Science. Mechanical properties of materials used in microelectronics and structural applications, micromechanical modeling of deformation and fracture of thin films and composite materials. Particular attention is devoted to gaining insights into the property-processing-microstructure relations by employing experimental and computational techniques.

Robotics. Open-architecture robot controllers applied to rapid development of intelligent systems, optimal trajectory design for controlling residual vibration, grasping with multi-fingered hands, design optimization of serial-parallel robot manipulators, force control by rigid and elastic robot manipulators, vision systems and sensory feedback, coordination of swarms of robotic vehicles, micro-grippers for manipulation of flexible objects.

Solid Mechanics. Thermomechanical responses of composite materials and porous solids, mechanics issues in thin solid films and nano-structured materials, modeling of mechanical behavior in multiphase materials, experimental and numerical characteristics of deformation flow and fracture.