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Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa
Allen J. Acosta
Jess F. Adkins
Erik K. Antonsson
Harry A. Atwater, Jr.

Alan H. Barr
James L. Beck
Paul M. Bellan
Kaushick Bhattacharya
Marc W. Bockrath
John F. Brady
Christopher E. Brennen
William B. Bridges
Norman H. Brooks
Jehoshua Bruck
Oscar P. Bruno
Joel W. Burdick

Emmanuel J. Candes
Jean-Lou Chameau
K. Mani Chandy
Francis H. Clauser
Donald S. Cohen
Donald E. Coles
Timothy E. Colonius
Noel R. Corngold
Fred E. C. Culick

John O. Dabiri
Chiara Daraio
Mathieu Desbrun
Michael Dickinson
Paul E. Dimotakis
John C. Doyle

Michelle Effros
James P. Eisenstein
Charles Elachi
Michael Elowitz
Azita Emami-Nyestanak
Thomas E. Everhart

Richard C. Flagan
Joel N. Franklin
Scott E. Fraser
Brent T. Fultz

Morteza Gharib
William A. Goddard III
David L. Goodstein
David G. Goodwin
Roy W. Gould
Julia R. Greer
Chin-Lin Guo

Sossina Haile
Ali Hajimiri
John F. Hall
Babak Hassibi
Thomas H. Heaton
Janet G. Hering
Jason J. Hickey
Tracey Ho
Michael R. Hoffmann
Hans G. Hornung
Thomas Y. Hou
George W. Housner
Melany L. Hunt

Wilfred D. Iwan

Paul C. Jennings
William L. Johnson

Alexei Kitaev
Wolfgang G. Knauss
James K. Knowles
Christof Koch
Swaminathan Krishnan

Nadia Lapusta
Jared R. Leadbetter
Anthony Leonard
Hans W. Liepmann
E. John List
Steven H. Low

Hideo Mabuchi
Frank E. Marble
Jerrold Marsden
Hardy C. Martel
Alain J. Martin
Beverley McKeon
Robert J. McEliece
Thomas C. McGill
Carver A. Mead
Daniel I. Meiron
R. David Middlebrook
James J. Morgan
Richard M. Murray

Marc-Aurele Nicolet

Michael Ortiz
Houman Owhadi

Oskar Painter
Charles H. Papas
Sergio Pellegrino
Pietro Perona
Rob Phillips
Niles A. Pierce
Demetri Psaltis
Dale I. Pullin

Fredric Raichlen
Guruswami Ravichandran
Ares J. Rosakis
Anatol Roshko
Michael L. Roukes
David Rutledge

Rolf H. Sabersky
Philip G. Saffman
Axel Scherer
Tapio Schneider
Peter Schröder
Leonard J. Schulman
John H. Seinfeld
Joseph E. Shepherd
Athanassios G. Siapas

Yu-Chong Tai
Frederick B. Thompson
Sandra M. Troian
Joel Tropp

Chris Umans

Kerry J. Vahala
P. P. Vaidyanathan
Axel van de Walle
Thad Vreeland, Jr.

Paul O. Wennberg
Gerald B. Whitham
Adam Wierman
Erik Winfree
Theodore Y. Wu

Changhuei Yang
Amnon Yariv




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imageJohn O. Dabiri
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering
Mechanics and dynamics of biological propulsion, fluid dynamic energy conversion.
imageChiara Daraio
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Physics

Materials science, condensed matter physics, and solid mechanics.
imageMathieu Desbrun
Associate Professor of Computational Science and Engineering and Computer Science

Interactive animation, multiresolution animation, irregular meshes, fairing, discrete operators on irregular meshes, implicit surfaces, subdivision schemes, geometry of discrete curves and surfaces, immersive environment.
imageMichael Dickinson
Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering

Dickinson's primary research interests concern the physiology and mechanics of flight behavior in insects. Specifically, he has focused on the flight control system of the flies—arguably the most aerodynamically sophisticated of all flying animals. His research strategy is to tackle flight behavior using approaches from such disparate disciplines as neurobiology, structural engineering and aerodynamics.
imagePaul E. Dimotakis
John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics; Chief Technologist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Fluid physics, dynamics of turbulence, chemically reacting flows, and combustion.
imageJohn C. Doyle
John G Braun Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and Bioengineering

Integrating modeling, ID, analysis and design of uncertain nonlinear systems.

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imageMichelle Effros
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Data compression, information theory, communications, networks.
imageJames P. Eisenstein
Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
Experimental condensed-matter physics, particularly strongly correlated electrons in semiconductor heterostructures at low temperatures and high magnetic fields.
imageCharles Elachi
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Planetary Science;
Vice President; Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
imageMichael Elowitz
Assistant Professor of Biology and Applied Physics; Bren Scholar
Biophysics; Biocomputing; Gene regulation networks and variation in living cells.
imageAzita Emami-Neyestanak
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
High-performance integrated circuits and systems.
imageThomas E. Everhart
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, Emeritus; President, Emeritus

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imageRichard C. Flagan
Irma and Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Environmental Science & Engineering; Executive Officer of Chemical Engineering
Aerosals, atmospheric chemistry & physics, air pollutions, instrumentation for aerosol & atmospheric measurements, materials processing.
imageJoel N. Franklin
Professor of Applied Mathematics, Emeritus
Mathematical biology, linear and nonlinear programming, stochastic processes, computer algorithms, numerical analysis, matrix computations, and ill-posed problems.
imageScott E. Fraser
Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology and Professor of Bioengineering
Developmental neurobiology, light microscopy, advanced imaging techniques.
imageBrent T. Fultz
Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics; Option Representative for Materials Science
Materials physics and materials chemistry, presently with two emphases. One is on the origin of entropy, as studied by neutron scattering and computation. The second is on new materials for energy storage, such as Li- and H-storage materials.

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imageMorteza Gharib
Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Bioengineering
Vortex flows, biofluid dynamics, wake flows, free-surface turbulence, soap films and quantitative visualization.
imageWilliam A. Goddard III
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics
New methodology for quantum chemistry, force fields, molecular dynamics, mesoscale dynamics, statistical mechanics Applications of atomistic simulations to chemical, biological, and materials systems, including catalysis (homogenous and heterogeneous), protein structure prediction, drug design, polymers, semiconductors, ceramics, and metal alloys (plasticity and failure) Applications to industrial problems in oil field technology, catalysis, polymers, fuel cells, and nanotechnology
imageDavid L. Goodstein
Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics

Phases and phase transitions in two and three dimensional matter, superfluidity, science education, scientific ethics.
imageDavid G. Goodwin
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics

The research in the Goodwin group focuses on chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of thin films. Goodwin is currently heading an interdisciplinary, four-university research team working on developing advanced techniques for CVD process design, simulation, and control. Other interests include diamond films, hot wire CVD of silicon, combustion synthesis of materials, pulsed laser deposition, and software tools for reacting flow and film growth simulation.
imageRoy W. Gould
Simon Ramo Professor of Engineering, Emeritus

Experimental and computational plasma physics, nonneutral plasmas, microwaves.
imageJulia R. Greer
Assistant Professor of Materials Science

Nano-scale phenomena: mechanical properties, in-situ deformation, and nano-fabrication.
imageChin-Lin Guo
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics
Guo investigates cellular mechanisms of self-organization in biological systems, particularly the biomechanics that enhance and stabilize spatiotemporal control, where collective locomotion usually leads to integrated global behaviors.

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imageSossina Haile
Professor of Materials Science and of Chemical Engineering
Ionic conduction in solids, with the twin objectives of understanding the mechanisms that govern ion transport, and applying such an understanding to the development of advanced solid electrolytes and novel solid-state electrochemical devices. Technological applications of fast ion conductors include batteries, sensors, ion pumps and fuel cells.
imageAli Hajimiri
Professor of Electrical Engineering

The Micro-Electronics Group does research on high-speed and RF integrated circuits for wideband communications.
imageJohn F. Hall
Professor of Civil Engineering

Earthquake engineering, structural engineering, structural dynamics, strong ground motion, finite element modeling, earthquake reconnaissance.
imageBabak Hassibi
Professor of Electrical Engineering

Hassibi's research is in communications, information theory, signal processing, and control. He is currently most interested in wireless communications, especially wireless networks.
imageThomas H. Heaton
Professor of Engineering Seismology; Option Representative for AM/CE/ME

Engineering seismology, earthquake rupture physics.
imageJanet G. Hering
Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering

Research in the Hering group focuses on the study of the geochemical processes that govern the occurrence, mobility, reactivity, and effects of trace metals and other trace inorganic constituents in natural and engineered aquatic systems. An important motivation for our research is the potential and/or actual impact of trace metals on ecosystems and human health.
imageJason J. Hickey
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Programming environments that use semantic knowledge for program transformation, verification, and synthesis.
imageTracey Ho
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Ho's research interests are at the intersection of information theory, networking, and machine learning. She is particularly interested in the theoretical and practical implications of generalizing network behavior from routing/forwarding to network coding. Her previous and ongoing work considers routing, compression, reliability, coordination, and security in distributed network operation.
imageMichael R. Hoffmann
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science; Dean of Graduate Studies

Hoffmann's group studies many facets of environmental science including: environmental chemistry, cloud and aerosol chemistry, chemical kinetics, semiconductor photocatalysis, sonochemistry, electrochemistry, radiation chemistry, advanced oxidation technologies, chemical catalysis applied to pollution control, photochemistry, chemical reaction mechanisms relevant to environmental systems.
imageHans G. Hornung
C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics; Director Emeritus, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories

Fluid Mechanics.
imageThomas Y. Hou
Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics; Executive Officer for Applied and Computational Mathematics

Numerical analysis, large scale computations, vortex dynamics, free boundary problems, multi-scale phenomena, numerical upscaling, homogenization.
imageGeorge W. Housner
Carl F Braun Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
imageMelany L. Hunt
Vice Provost; Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Heat transfer and fluid mechanics associated with granular and particulate flows, fluidized beds, and porous media; convective flows in buoyancy driven flows, rotating machinery, complex fluid systems.

 

 

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