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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