Faculty Research Expertise

Automotive Systems

• Combustion - Dr. Majumdar
• Control - Dr. Coller
• Mechanisms - Dr. Fallahi, Dr. Song
• Noise and vibration - Dr. Gupta
• Simulation of automobile performance - Dr. Coller, Dr. Gupta, Dr. Kim
• Compact torque converters, high thermal capacity wet clutches - Dr. Payvar

Control Systems

• Control theory, nonlinear control for jet engine - Dr. Coller, Dr. Kim

Computational Methods

• Comuptational methods for engineering - Dr. Kim, Dr. Majumdar, Dr. Short
• Comutational simulation - Dr. Coller
• Artificial neural networks - Dr. Kim

Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM)

• CAD/CAM software applications - Dr. Fallahi, Dr. Gau, Dr. Kim, Dr. Song
• Finite-element analysis - Dr. Fallahi, Dr. Gau, Dr. Gupta, Dr. Kim, Dr. Majumdar, Dr. Short, Dr. Song
• Laser cutting - Dr. Kim, Dr. Majumdar
• Rapid prototyping - Dr. Fallahi, Dr. Kim
• Metal forming - Dr. Gau
• Virtual reality - Dr. Kim

Environmental Engineering

• Environmental engineering - Dr. Bose, Dr. Kostic

Fuel Cells

• Membrane research - Dr. Bose
• Fuel cell energy systems - Dr. Majumdar
• Fuel cell cars - Dr. Bose, Dr. Majumdar, Dr. Payvar, Dr. Kim

Mechanics

• Kinematics - Dr. Song
• Dynamics - Dr. Fallahi, Dr. Gupta, Dr. Kim, Dr. Song
• Flexible body dynamics - Dr. Fallahi

Fluid Mechanics

• Fluid mechanics - Dr. Kostic, Dr. Majumdar, Dr. Payvar

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

• HVAC - Dr. Majumdar, Dr. Kim
• Regrigerant heat transfer - Dr. Payvar

Manufacturing

• Laser manufacturing - Dr. Kim, Dr. Majumdar
• NC machining - Dr. Kim
• Materials processing - Dr. Gau, Dr. Ganesan

Materials

• Materials - Dr. Short

Nanotechnology

• Diamond photo cells - Dr. Song
• Nano-fluids - Dr. Kostic
• Nano-scale heat transfer and fluid flow - Dr. Majumdar

Robotics/Automation

• Factory automation - Dr. Song
• Pieso-electric actuators - Dr. Fallahi
• Robot control - Dr. Coller
• Robot kinematics and dynamics - Dr. Song
• Walking machines - Dr. Song

Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

• Thermodynamics and heat transfer - Dr. Kostic, Dr. Majumdar, Dr. Payvar, Dr. Kim

Vibrations

• Active vibration control - Dr. Gupta
• Fracture diagnosis by vibrations - Dr. Gupta, Dr. Short
• Vibration theories - Dr. Gupta, Dr. Kim