Faculty
Faculty
Gregory Chirikjian
Noah Cowan
Andrew Douglas
Jaafar El-Awady
Dennice Gayme
Kevin Hemker
Cila Herman
Joseph Katz
Omar Knio
Steven Marra
Charles Meneveau
Rajat Mittal
Thao (Vicky) Nguyen
Andrea Prosperetti
Kaliat T. Ramesh
Nathan Scott
William Sharpe, Jr. (Professor Emeritus)
Sean Sun
Tza-Huei (Jeff) Wang
Louis Whitcomb
Contact Information and Links to Faculty Pages
Gregory S. Chirikjian, Professor
(410) 516-7127
gregc@jhu.edu
117 Hackerman Hall
Research Interests: Computational structural biology (in particular, computational mechanics of large proteins), conformational statistics of biological macromolecules, developed theory for 'hyper- redundant' (snakelike) robot motion planning, designs 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
ncowan@jhu.edu
126 Hackerman Hall
Research Interests: Robot dynamics, animal biomechanics, and sensorimotor control; theory and application of control systems and system identification techniques for closed-loop systems (especially biological systems); biological motor control and systems neuromechanics; medical 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.
Jaafar El-Awady, Assistant Professor
(410) 516-6683
jelawady@jhu.edu
124 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Multiscale materials modeling, damage and fracture mechanisms of materials in mechanical design, material degradation in extreme environments, nano-materials and structures, impact dynamics and wave propagation.
Dennice Gayme, Assistant Professor
(410) 516-5784
dennice@jhu.edu
229 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Control theory, flow control of turbulent shear flows, drag reduction, large-scale networked and interconnected systems with an emphasis on renewable and efficient energy systems, integration of renewable power generation sources into a ''smart'' electric power system.
Kevin Hemker, Professor and Department Chair
Alonzo G. Decker Chair in Mechanical Engineering
(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, multiscale methods, asymptotic and stochastic techniques.
Steven Marra, Senior Lecturer
(410) 516-TBA
marra@jhu.edu
123 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Soft and hard tissue biomechanics, nonlinear mechanics of solids, mechanics of tissue damage.
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, turbulence modeling, fractals and scaling in complex systems, small-scale structure of turbulence and velocity gradient dynamics, applications of LES to environmental flows, wind energy, development of data-intensive science tools to study turbulence.
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 and flying), biomimetics and 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.
Andrea Prosperetti
Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
(410) 516-8534
prosperetti@jhu.edu
119 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Multiphase flow; theoretical and computational fluid mechanics and acoustics; gas and vapor bubbles
Kaliat T. Ramesh, Professor
Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Science & Engineering
(410) 516-7735
ramesh@jhu.edu
122 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, planetary impact, dynamic failure mechanisms, shock, impact, and wave propagation, high-strain-rate behavior of materials, injury biomechanics, constitutive and failure modeling.
Nathan Scott, Senior Lecturer
(410) 516-5646
nscott19@jhu.edu
Wyman Park Building, Room G05A
Research Interests: Principles and practice of engineering design education.
William Sharpe, Jr., Professor Emeritus
(410) 516-6756
sharpe@jhu.edu
154 WymanHall
Research Interests: Experimental solid mechanics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microsample testing.
Sean Sun,
Associate Professor
(410) 516-4003
ssun@jhu.edu
105 Latrobe Hall
Research Interests: Mechanobiology of the cell, molecular biomechanics and biophysics, molecular motors and muscle, statistical mechanics and nonlinear phenomena.
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 Hackerman Hall
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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