Faculty
All Faculty
Shiyi Chen
Gregory Chirikjian
Noah Cowan
Andrew Douglas
Kevin Hemker
Cila Herman
Joseph Katz
Omar Knio
Charles Meneveau
Rajat Mittal
Thao (Vicky) Nguyen
Allison Okamura
Andrea Prosperetti
Kaliat T. Ramesh
William Sharpe, Jr.
Lester Su
Sean Sun
Tza-Huei (Jeff) Wang
Louis Whitcomb
Contact Information and Links to Faculty Pages
Shiyi Chen, Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Chair in Engineering and Science
(410) 516-7754
syc@jhu.edu
124 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Statistical theory and computation of fluid turbulence, mesoscopic physics and lattice boltzmann computational methods, molecular dynamics and granular flows, computational fluid dynamics and numerical analysis, micro- and nano-fluidics, flow through porous media and environmental sciences, nonlinear dynamics and applied mathematics, large scale computing and parallel algorithm, multiscale phenomena and computational methods.
Gregory S. Chirikjian, Professor
(410) 516-7127
gregc@jhu.edu
117 Computer Science and Engineering Building
Research Interests: Computational structural biology (in particular, computational mechanics of large proteins), conformational statistics of biological macromolecules, feveloped theory for 'hyper- redundant' (snakelike) robot motion planning, fesigns and builds hyper-redundant robotic manipulator arms, applied mathematics (applications of group theory in engineering), self-replicating robotic systems.
Noah Cowan, Associate Professor
(410) 516-5301
njc-web@jhu.edu
126 Computer Science and Engineering Building
Research Interests: Robotics, computer vision and control, mobile robotics and legged locomotion, biomechanics and bio-inspired robotics.
Andrew Douglas, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
(410) 516-6771
douglas@jhu.edu
126 New Engineering Building
Research Interests: Nonlinear mechanics of solids, mechanical response of compliant biological tissues, finite deformation elasticity, Static and dynamic fracture of ductile materials.
Kevin Hemker, Professor and Department Chair
(410) 516-6451
hemker@jhu.edu
223-C Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Research aimed at identifying the microstructural details that govern the macroscopic mechanical response of metals, alloys and advanced structural materials. Traditional interests include: high temperature mechanical behavior, transmission electron microscopy, deformation behavior of intermetallic alloys, experimental characterization of dislocation core structure, and microsample testing. Relatively new research topics include the characterization and modeling of bond coat layers for thermal barrier coatings, deformation behavior of nanocrystalline materials, and characterization of materials for MEMS applications.
Cila Herman, Professor
(410) 516-4467
cherman@jhu.edu
102 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Experimental heat transfer and fluid mechanics, optical measurement techniques, image processing. Thermoacoustic refrigeration, influence of electric fields on boiling in terrestrial conditions and microgravity, heat exchangers, heat transfer in boiling, optical tomography, holographic interferometry, cooling of electronic equipment, digital image processing, heat transfer augmentation.
Joseph Katz, William F. Ward Sr. Distinguished Professor
(410) 516-5470
katz@jhu.edu
219 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Cavitation phenomena, attached partial cavitation, cavitation in turbulent shear flows, jets and wakes. Multiphase flows: Interaction between bubbles and flow structure, mixing mechanisms and droplet formation in water-fuel stratified shear flows, transport of microscopic particles and droplets in turbulent flows. Development of optical flow diagnostics techniques, including Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry (HPIV). Applications of PIV and HPIV for measuring the characteristics of turbulence and addressing turbulence modeling issues. Complex flow structure and turbulence within turbomachines: Wake-wake and blade-wake interactions in multistage axial turbomachines, flow and rotating stall in centrifugal pumps, development of optical diagnostics techniques for measurements in turbomachines. Oceanography: Flow structure and turbulence in the bottom boundary layer of the coastal ocean; measurement of spatial distributions of plankton, particles and bubbles in the ocean; development of optical instrumentation, including submersible holography and PIV systems. Prevention of nozzle wear in abrasive water suspension jets (AWSJ) using porous lubricated nozzles. Flow-induced vibrations and noise, mechanisms of noise generation in turbulent separated flows and in turbomachines.
Omar Knio, Professor
(410) 516-7736
knio@jhu.edu
103 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Computational fluid mechanics, turbulent flow, chemically-reacting flow, energetic materials, oceanic and atmospheric flows, dynamical systems, physical acoustics, microfluidic devices, numerical methods, asymptotic and stochastic techniques.
Charles Meneveau, Louis M. Sardella Professor in Mechanical Engineering
(410) 516-7802
meneveau@jhu.edu
127 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Theoretical, experimental, and numerical studies in turbulence, large-eddy-simulation and turbulence modeling, fractals and scaling in complex systems, applications of LES to environmental flows and turbomachinery flows.
Rajat Mittal, Professor
(410) 516-4069
mittal@jhu.edu
126 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, Low Reynolds number aerodynamics, Biomedical flows, Active flow control, LES/DNS, Immersed Boundary Methods, Fluid dynamics of locomotion (swimming & flying), Biomimetics & bioinspired engineering, Turbomachinery flows
Thao (Vicky) Nguyen, Assistant Professor
(410) 516-4538
vicky.nguyen@jhu.edu
125 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Biomechanics: mechanical behavior, growth and remodeling of fibrous soft tissues. Constitutive Modeling: thermomechanics, viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity of shape memory polymers and polymer composites. Fracture Mechanics: fracture and failure of rate dependent materials.
Allison Okamura, Professor
(410) 516-7266
aokamura@jhu.edu
125 Computer Science and Engineering Building
Research Interests: Haptic feedback in virtual environments, prosthetics, rehabilitation robotics, human-machine collaborative systems, reality-based modeling, robotic fingers and hands; tactile sensing, medical robotics and surgical assistance, education and learning using haptics.
Andrea Prosperetti, Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
(410) 516-8534
prosperetti@jhu.edu
119 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Bubble dynamics, multi-phase flow, free-surface flows, underwater acoustics, numerical methods, applied mathematics.
Kaliat T. Ramesh, Professor
(410) 516-7735
ramesh@jhu.edu
122 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Effects of mechanical stimuli on cell function and proliferative capacity, nanomaterials, nanoscale phenomena, dynamic failure mechanisms, shock, impact, and wave propagation, high-strain-rate behavior of materials, bulk metallic glasses, biomimetics, active materials.
William Sharpe, Jr., Professor Emeritus
(410) 516-6756
sharpe@jhu.edu
154 WymanHall
Research Interests: Experimental solid mechanics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microsample testing.
Lester Su, Assistant Professor
(410) 516-8637
lsu@jhu.edu
229 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Experimental fluid mechanics, turbulent mixing and combustion, laser diagnostics, combustion systems, interaction of experiments and simulations, spray and droplet dynamics.
Sean Sun,
Associate Professor
(410) 516-4003
ssun@jhu.edu
105 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Biomechanics and biophysics, molecular motors, proteins and membranes, cell motility, statistical mechanics.
Tza-Huei (Jeff) Wang, Associate Professor
(410) 516-7086
thwang@jhu.edu
108 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: BioMEMS and microfluidics, single molecule manipulation and detection, nano/micro scale fabrication, conformational dynamics of biomolecules.
Louis Whitcomb, Professor
(410) 516-6724
llw@jhu.edu
116 Computer Science and Engineering Building
Research Interests: Dynamics and control of nonlinear systems, nonlinear control, adaptive identification and control, force control, robotics, medical robotics, underwater robot vehicles, industrial robotics, advanced electro-mechanical design, sensor and actuator design.
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