- Michael Delwiche
- Professor
- (530) 752-7023
- 3048 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Biosensors
• Biological control of plant pests
• Sensor systems for precision field control
• Electronic instrumentation and sensor development in biological systems
• Postharvest engineering
• Digital signal and image processing
• Computer control |
- Zhiliang (Julia) Fan
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-0317
- 3016 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Novel processes for biodiesel production from oil
• Ethanol production from cellulosic materials
• Advancing technologies for production of fuels and chemicals from renewable resources
• Metabolic engineering and biocatalyst development
• Fermentation process development and modeling
• Biological and chemical process design and economic evaluation |
- Fadi Fathallah
- Professor
- (530) 752-1612
- 3020 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Occupational biomechanics and ergonomics with special emphasis on agricultural environments |
- D. Ken Giles
- Professor
- (530) 752-0687
- 3044 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Fluids and materials handling, particularly spray applications
• Development of new technologies to reduce human exposure to irritants and contaminants and to reduce the release of hazardous chemicals into the environment
• Replacement of conventional pesticide chemicals with reduced-risk or non-chemical control strategies
• Engineering for pest control and plant protection
• Development of target sensing and sprayer control systems
• Handling and distribution of biological pest control agents
• Automation of pest control operations |
- Mark E. Grismer
- Professor
- (530) 752-3243
- 209 Veihmeyer Hall
- Website
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Soil erosion and runoff processes on forest and agricultural lands
• Characterizing these processes through numerical modeling
• Determining the effects of these processes on water quality and developing management solutions
• Groundwater management
• Multiphase transport in porous media
• Soil salinity and drainage
• Water quality
• Constructed wetlands
• Environmental ethics |
- Bruce R. Hartsough
- Professor, Associate Dean, Academic Personnel and Planning
- (530) 752-5714 , (530) 752-7014
- 3052 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Partial/selective harvesting of native forest stands
• Short-rotation plantation forestry
• Improving the health of naturally-regenerated stands that are overstocked and prone to wildfire
• Harvesting short rotation plantations
• Handling small trees on steep terrain
• Mechanics and dynamics of forestry equipment
• Modeling and systems analysis of forest operations
• Forest biomass for energy |
- Bryan M. Jenkins
- Professor
- (530) 304-1108
- 3038 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Finding means to improve the conversion and expand the beneficial use of biomass fuels
• Energy systems in agriculture
• Biomass fuel production
• Thermal conversion and environmental impacts
• Combustion and gasification of biomass fuels
• Properties of fuels
• System models |
- Tina Jeoh
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-1020
- 2044 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Interactions of enzymes with the various components of the plant cell wall
• Elucidating the mechanism of synergy between the enzymes during saccharification
• Improving the health of naturally-regenerated stands that are overstocked and prone to wildfire
• The use of model plant cell walls generated by the bacterium Gluconacetobacter xylinus to study synergistic interactions between cellulases as well as between cellulases and other glycosyl hydrolases
• Understanding the effect of the changes in plant cell wall characteristics post-thermochemical pretreatment on the accessibility of enzymes to the structural polysaccharides
• The study of detailed kinetic mechanisms of cellulose hydrolysis by cellulases
• Enzymatic conversion of plant biomass
• Interactions of glycosyl hydrolase enzymes with plant-cell wall polysaccharides
• Heterogeneous enzyme-substrate reactions |
- Kathryn L. McCarthy
- Professor
- (530) 752-1487
- 222 Cruess Hall
- Website
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The flow of and mass transfer in foods products
• Application of modeling to describe heat transfer and fluid mechanics in food systems
• Experimental work in food rheology and single screw and twin screw extrusion |
- Michael J. McCarthy
- Professor
- (530) 752-8921
- 231 Cruess Hall
- Website
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Developing and utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance and ultrasonic tomographic techniques to determine the physical and transport properties of food systems and consumer products
• Food engineering
• Mathematical modeling of mass and heat transfer during food processing
• Stability of colloidal systems
• Internal quality determination by nuclear magnetic resonance
• Magnetic resonance imaging |
- Nitin Nitin
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-6208
- 3160 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Develop technologies for addressing key issues in areas of food safety and food for health initiatives
• Develop molecular imaging technologies from a single cell level to a whole body imaging
• Using a combination of interdisciplinary approaches encompassing biomolecular engineering, mathematical modeling
• Material science and molecular imaging to develop technologies for addressing key issues in areas of food safety and food for health initiatives, and to develop molecular imaging technologies from a single cell level to a whole body imaging |
- Raul H. Piedrahita
- Professor and Chair
- (530) 752-2780
- 3056 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Development of procedures and hardware for monitoring and treating water in aquaculture characterizing the physical, chemical, and rheological properties of agricultural and food products
• The creation of computer models of aquaculture production systems
• Aquacultural engineering with an emphasis on water quality in pond and tank systems
• Water treatment unit operations, water quality monitoring equipment and techniques, and computer modeling |
- R. Paul Singh
- Professor
- (530) 752-0811
- 2042 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Heat and mass transfer in foods during processing
• The role of different rates of heat/mass transfer in modifying structural and functional properties of foods
• Air impingement systems used in food processing
• Structural/functional relations in foods
• Transport phenomena in drying, freezing, and frying
• Kinetics of quality changes during distribution and storage
• Process simulation and efficiency improvements |
- David C. Slaughter
- Professor
- (530) 752-5553
- 3042 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Development of sensors, instrumentation and robotics for biological and agricultural systems and on postharvest engineering systems for the improvement of quality in agricultural commodities
• Development of several intelligent sensing systems for weed control and precise application of agricultural chemicals
• Postharvest engineering
• Assessment of internal quality parameters such as sugar content and total solids content
• Instrumentation and postharvest engineering for biological materials
• Packaging, handling, storage and transportation of agricultural commodities
• Nondestructive measurement of the quality and composition of biological materials
• Robotics, control and vision systems |
- Shrinivasa K. Upadhyaya
- Professor
- (530) 752-8770
- 3036 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Development of sensors and monitors for use in precision farming, traction and soil compaction, tillage, and field machinery design
• Tillage and traction, soil dynamics, soil crusting and compactional
• Site-specific crop management, soil and yield sensors, GIS, precision planting of propagules
• Mathematical modeling of biological problems |
- Jean S. VanderGheynst
- Professor, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
- (530) 752-0989 , (530) 752-4075
- 3040 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Investigation of a diverse array of biological systems to address relevant problems in fields such as plant biotechnology, biofuels, and pest management
• Improving the storage and pretreatment of biomass for biofuel production
• Investigating microalgae as a feedstock for biofuels
• Improving the efficiency of genetic transformation in plant expression systems
• Formulating microbes for long term stability
• Bioprocess engineering for the remediation of agricultural residues and the production of food
• Mathematical modeling of transport phenomena and microbial kinetics in biological systems
• Microbial ecology of biological systems, semi-solid and liquid cultivation processes for the production of biological control agents |
- Wesley W. Wallender
- Professor
- (530) 752-0688
- 221 Veihmeyer Hall
- Website
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Modeling and measurement of precipitation- and irrigation-driven watersheds from meter to kilometer scales
• Irrigation engineering
• Statistical description of irrigation system performance
• Surface irrigation measurement and modeling
• Field drainage reduction through irrigation system control
• Geographic information systems and remote sensing applied to regional water and land management |
- Ruihong Zhang
- Professor
- (530) 754-9530
- 3046 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Organic waste management and air quality control
• Developing efficient biological conversion systems to recover energy and producing value-added products from organic wastes
• Investigating effective, integrated wastewater treatment systems for pollution control
• Developing computer models for predicting air emissions from waste sources
• Bioenvironmental engineering
• Treatment of agricultural and food wastes for pollution prevention and resource utilization
• Air quality control for animal and human environments
• Study of biological, physical, and chemical processing techniques for organic waste conversion and nutrient management
• Control of gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feedlots and food processing facilities |
| Name and Contact Information |
Research Interests |
- Kyriacos A. Athanasiou
- Distinguished Professor, Chair
- (530) 754-6645
- 2311 GBSF
- Website
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Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine Understanding and enhancing healing processes of tissues in joints, the meniscus, and TMJ cartilage • Using biomechanical forces as modulators of healing |
- Craig J. Benham
- Professor
- (916) 754-9647
- 4331 GBSF
- Website
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Development of statistical mechanical methods to analyze computationally the occurrence of structural transitions in stressed DNA molecules
• Analysis of genomic DNA sequences
• Mathematical and computational models of regulatory mechanisms, pathways, systems, and networks
• Bioinformatics
• DNA mechanics |
- Ye Chen-Izu
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-3232
- Website
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Hypertension-induced heart diseases, cardiac cell systems |
- Simon R. Cherry
- Professor
- (530) 754-9419
- 2511 GBSF
- Website
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Development of new imaging technologies in vivo molecular imaging • multimodality imaging • gamma ray, x-ray and optical detector technology • applications of in vivo imaging |
- Fitz-Roy E. Curry
- Professor
- (530) 752-6716
- 4224 Tupper Hall
- Website
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Transport of water and solutes across the walls of capillary blood vessels Membrane transport through endothelial intercellular cleft containing a fiber matrix • Modeling chronic inflammation • Theoretical and experimental studies of the regulation of the transport of water and solutes across the walls of microvessels • Experimental studies involving the cannulation and perfusion of individual microvessels |
- Yong Duan
- Professor
- (530) 752-1325, (530) 754-7632
- 3017 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Computational modeling of biomolecular systems • Computational biophysics • Computational biology • Development and application of computational methods to study the structure and dynamics of bio-molecular systems • Protein folding and aggregation and protein structure prediction • Simulation method development • Structure and dynamics of G-protein coupled receptors • DNA-protein interactions • Computer aided drug design |
- Marc T. Facciotti
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-3781
- 5312 GBSF
- Website
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Understanding how structures and dynamics of gene regulatory networks have evolved to regulate complex phenotypes Developing tools that will allow the rational engineering of gene regulatory networks at both the protein and network-structure levels, and have application across species boundaries • Systems biology • Synthetic biology • Structure, dynamics and function of gene regulatory networks • Protein engineering |
- Katherine W. Ferrara
- Professor
- (530) 754-9436
- 3311 GBSF
- Website
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Targeted imaging
• Development of new drug delivery vehicles
• Development of new very wideband transducers
• Development of a 3D system for combined imaging and drug delivery
• Signal and imaging processing
• Medical imaging
• Ultrasound
• Acoustics
• Optics
• Fluid mechanics |
- Volkmar Heinrich
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-6644
- 2323 GBSF
- Website
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Molecular-to-cellular bioengineering/biomechanics Using the tools of mechanics and high-resolution optical microscopy to deepen the understanding of how nature does things in the nanoworld and where pathogens may attack our natural defenses • Nano-to-microscale quantitative biophysics and bioengineering • Single-molecule interactions |
- Maury L. Hull
- Professor
- (530) 752-6220
- 2060 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Orthopedic biomechanics Biomechanics of whole body movement • Sports biomechanics and equipment design • Causes, treatment and surgical repair, and rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries and disease to the knee • Muscle function, neuromuscular control, modeling, and simulation of human movement • Sports biomechanics and equipment design with emphasis on cycling both on and off road |
- J. Kent Leach
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-9149
- 3321 GBSF
- Website
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Engineering of tissues through the combination of synthetic and natural materials, bioactive moieties such as growth factors and cells Physical stimulation in order to achieve a more natural engineered tissue • Development of pharmacologic formulations that can assist in the treatment of heart attack and stroke • Cellular and tissue manipulation • Drug delivery • Gene therapy • Biomaterials • In vivo imaging |
- Angelique Louie
- Associate Professor
- (530) 752-7134
- 3317 GBSF
- Website
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Applications of imaging techniques and the design of probes to characterize molecular phenomena Major health problems of retinal degeneration, cardiovascular disease and tumor formation • Application of imaging techniques and the design of probes to characterize molecular phenomena in diseased versus normal states • Molecular imaging • Cellular imaging • Development of diagnostic and therapeutic agents • Magnetic resonance imaging • Novel contrast agents • Fluorescence microscopy • Biochemistry of the aging eye • Retinal function |
- Laura Marcu
- Professor
- (530) 752-0288
- 2513 GBSF
- Website
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Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging, Biophotonic Technology Development Development of fiber-optic time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging devices for diagnosis of diseases in living tissues • Applications of time-resolved fluorescence techniques to human diseases diagnosis • Development of high spatialÒ and timeÒresolution optical microscopy techniques for studying molecular-targeted approaches to diagnosis and therapy of human diseases • In vivo optical spectroscopy and imaging for enhanced detection of disease in human tissue (cancer, cardiovascular) • Fluorescence-based minimally invasive medical diagnostics technology • High spatial Ò and time Ò resolution optical techniques for molecular imaging • Optical bioMEMS • Bionanophotonics • Nanocrystals applications to molecular imaging |
- Tingrui Pan
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-9508
- 2321 GBSF
- Website
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Bio-microelectromechanical systems/nanoelectromechanical systems (BioMEMS/NEMS) • Diagnostic and therapeutic microsystems for ocular diseases • Bio-mimetic sensors and actuators • Bio-artificial implants • Controllable drug delivery systems |
- Atul N. Parikh
- Professor
- (530) 754-7055
- 3007 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Applied bioscience • Soft condensed matter • Developing detailed descriptions of biological processes and phenomena in terms of fundamental interactions at molecular level • Design of new materials and devices inspired by biology |
- Anthony G. Passerini
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-6715
- 3319 GBSF
- Website
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Characterization of regional endothelial phenotypic heterogeneity from a standpoint of susceptibility to atherosclerotic disease Evaluation of differential steady-state gene expression profiles as a function of hemodynamics in arteries • Identifying a minimal set of common features (associated with clinically relevant areas) that define a ÏfingerprintÓ or ÏsignatureÓ for susceptibility to atherosclerosis • Cardiovascular genomics • Pathology of atherosclerosis • Vascular hemodynamics • Endothelial cell mechanotransduction • Vascular device intervention and failure • Genomics, proteomics, and high-throughput screening technologies |
- Jinyi Qi
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-6142
- 2517 GBSF
- Website
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•Developing advanced signal and image processing techniques for molecular imaging Developing statistically based image reconstruction methods for emission tomography • Molecular imaging • Signal and image processing • Image reconstruction • Image quality evaluation • System modeling and optimization • Inverse problems |
- Subhadip Raychaudhuri
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-6716
- 2521 GBSF
- Website
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The problem of antigen affinity discrimination in B cell activation Apoptotic cell death signaling • Computational and mathematical modeling of complex biological systems • Biophysics of receptor-ligand binding mediated cellular signaling processes • B cell recognition of antigen and signaling • Cell death (apoptosis) signaling and diseases • Cell-to-cell stochastic fluctuations in cellular signaling and design principles of signaling networks |
- Alexander Revzin
- Associate Professor
- (530) 752-2383
- 2519 GBSF
- Website
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Microfabricated cytometry platform for characterization and sorting of leukocytes Combinatorial design of cellular microenvironment for hepatic tissue engineering • Microfabrication and nanotechnology for manipulation and analysis of cellular systems • Single cell manipulation • Biosensors for monitoring activity of individual cells • Combinatorial screening of cell-microenvironment interactions • BioMEMS • Biomaterials • Surface science |
- David M. Rocke
- Distinguished Professor
- (530) 752-6999
- 146 Med Sci 1C
- Website
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Statistical analysis of gene expression data • Statistical analysis of proteomics data by mass • Spectrometry and 2D gel electrophoresis • Statistical analysis of metabolomics data by mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy • Statistical analysis of other high-throughput biological assay data • Radiation biology • Robust statistical methods • Formal models in international relations • Applications of statistics in medicine, biology, and environmental science |
- Leonor Saiz
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-6700
- 2315 GBSF
- Website
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Microfabricated cytometry platform for characterization and sorting of leukocytes Combinatorial design of cellular microenvironment for hepatic tissue engineering • Computational and theoretical approaches to the study of biological networks at the cellular and molecular level • Multiscale and multilevel approaches to study biomolecular processes • Assembly of macromolecular complexes on DNA, membranes, and scaffols • Statistical mechanics basis of gene regulation and signal transduction • Noise in cellular processes. In vivo biomolecular mechanics • Molecular biophysics: membranes, membrane associated proteins, and their interactions with small molecules and drugs |
- Michael A. Savageau
- Professor
- (530) 754-7350
- 3312 GBSF
- Website
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Quantitative systems biology focused on the elucidation of biological design principles •The design of elementary gene circuits Enlarging the search for predictable patterns of gene circuitry to include different mechanisms of signal transduction and control by global regulators • Development of new methodologies for the quantitative analysis of large genomic-scale systems • Function, design, and evolution of cellular and molecular networks |
- Scott I. Simon
- Professor
- (530) 752-0299
- 3313 GBSF
- Website
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Neutrophils Biomechanics of cells and tissues • Neutrophil biology • Vascular engineering, particularly with respect to inflammatory disease • Fluorescence flow cytometry |
- Julie Sutcliffe
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-7107
- 2515 GBSF
- Website
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Neutrophils
• Development of novel imaging probes and chemistries for PET |
- Soichiro Yamada
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-7251
- 2317 GBSF
- Website
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Understanding molecular mechanisms of cell-cell adhesion and cytoskeletal organization that dictate the coordinate behavior of cells in tissues and organs Cell-cell adhesion • Cytoskeletal mechanics • Tissue morphogenesis and cell motility in three-dimensional culture • High-resolution fluorescence microscopy • Artificial cell membrane |
- Yohei Yokobayashi
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-9676
- 3315 GBSF
- Website
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Synthetic biology and biomolecular engineeringRNA genetic devices and nanomachines to control cellular and geneticprocesses• Directed evolution of biomolecular devices and circuits |
| Name and Contact Information |
Research Interests |
- Ilke Arslan
- Assistant Professor
- (530)-752-3685
- 3012 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Structure-property relationships and physics of materials using advanced techniques in the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) •Three dimensional morphology of nanostructures using high resolution STEM tomography • Atomic and electronic structure of defects and nanoscale systems using aberration corrected/monochromated STEMs • Theoretical simulations to complement experimental analyses |
- Klaus van Benthem
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-5117
- 3114 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Investigation of the functionalities of novel nano-materials
• Development of new strategies to investigate materials under more realistic environmental conditions, such as gas phases, liquids, electical and mechanical fields, etc |
- David Block
- Professor
- (530) 754-6046
- 3140 RMI North
- Website
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Biochemical engineering
• Computer modeling
• Fermentation kinetics
• Nonlinear dynamics
• Wine processing
• Seperation processing |
- Roger Boulton
- Professor
- (530) 752-0900
- 1005 Wickson
- Website
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Biochemical engineering • Computer modeling • Fermentation kinetics • Nonlinear Dynamics • Wine Processing • Separation Processes |
- Nigel Browning
- Professor
- (530) 754-5358
- 2009 Kemper Hall
- Website
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The structure-property relationships at atomic scale defects and internal interfaces in materials • Atomic resolution and sensitivity imaging and analytical techniques in electron microscopy |
- Ricardo Castro
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-2132
- 4475B Chemistry Annex
- Website
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Thermochemistry of interfaces and nanosintering • Electrophoretic depostion of nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes and microparticles • Heterocoagulation in multi-component dispersions |
- Stephanie Dungan
- Professor
- (530) 752-5447
- 110 Cruess
- Website
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Colloidal systems • Food engineering • Interfacial phenomena • Mass transfer-food • Seperation processes |
- Nael El-Farra
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-6919
- 3110 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Process systems engineering • Nonlinear process control and estimation • Analysis and control of hybrid systems • Fault-tolerant control using switched actuator/sensor configurations • Control of transport-reaction and particulate processes • Computational modeling, simulation and systems-level analysis of biological systems |
- Roland Faller
- Associate Professor
- (530) 752-5839
- 3112 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Molecular modeling of soft-condensed matter |
- Bruce Gates
- Distinguished Professor
- (530) 752-3953
- 3102 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Catalysis research with an emphasis in fundamental investigations motivated by technologically important problems |
- Jeff Gibeling
- Professor, Dean of Graduate Studies
- (530) 752-7037
- 2019 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Creep properties of materials • Fatigue and fracture of materials • Materials science • Mechanical properties of materials • Metal matrix composites |
- Joanna Groza
- Professor
- (530) 752-8825
- 2007 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Electrical field/current activated sintering
• Control of FAST process to achieve optimum final properties
• Sintering of nanocrystalline materials with emphasis on biomaterials
• Processing, microstructure, property relationships
• Abnormal grain growth in polymorphic materials |
- Sangtae Kim
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-2254
- 2023 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Mass and charge ransport at solid interfaces
• Size effects on oxygen and proton conduction in solids
• Solid oxide fuel cells, nanoscale chemical/bio-sensors |
- Denise M. Krol
- Professor
- (530) 754-8329
- 3015 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Lasers and monlinear optics • Optical materials • Optical waveguides • Laser spectroscopy |
- Tonya Kuhl
- Professor
- (530) 754-5911
- 3106 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Direct measurements of biological membrane-membrane interactions • Ligand-receptor interactions • Polymer thin-films, and small angle scattering studies of interfacial films |
- Enrique Lavernia
- Distinguished Professor
- (530) 752-6467
- 1107 Advanced Materials Research Laboratory
- Website
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Spray atomization and deposition |
- Marjorie Longo
- Professor
- (530) 754-6348
- 3108 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Microstructural, phase, transport, and mechanical properties of biological membranes and lipid monolayers in viral infection • Cell signaling and transport • Alcohol tolerance • Imaging and drug delivery |
- Karen McDonald
- Professor & Associate Dean of Engineering
- (530) 752-8314 & (530) 752-0559
- 3008 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Tools of genetic engineering, recombinant proteins can be produced using a variety of expression systems and hosts, including microbial, mammalian, insect, plant or algal cells grown in bioreactors as well as transgenic animals and plants
• Developing novel expression systems (i.e. the genetic instructions that direct the host cell to produce the non-native protein) and bioprocess engineering technologies to produce recombinant proteins, including human therapeutic proteins, enzymes for cellulose degradation, and biopolymers for materials applications, using whole plants, harvested plant tissues or plant cells grown in-vitro in bioreactors |
- Gregory H. Miller
- Professor
- (530) 754-7059
- 1033 Academic Surge
- Website
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Shock physics, numerical methods • Design of mathematical models and numerical methods to solve physics and engineering problems • Construction of constitutive equations to solve physics and engineering problems • Numerical solution of the resulting systems • Analysis of experimental, theoretical, and computational results |
- Adam Moule
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-8669
- 3014 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Device physics
• Modeling
• Coating technology
• Material discovery and characterization |
- Alexander Navrotsky
- Distinguished Professor
- (530) 752-3292
- 4415 Chem Annex
- Website
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Microscopic features of structure and bonding to macroscopic themodynamic behavior in minerals, ceramics and other complex materials |
- Ann E. Orel
- Professor
- (530) 752-6025
- 3005 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Theoretical atomic and molecular physics • Computational science • Electron collisions with molecules and molecular ions that lead to dissociation • Photo ionization and dissociation |
- Ahmet Palazoglu
- Professor, Department Chair
- (530) 752-8774
- 3104 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Monitoring of chemical processes, modeling and dynamics of protein folding, statistical modeling of air quality and meteorology and analysis of microscopy (AFM and SEM) images |
- Ronald Phillips
- Professor
- (530) 752-2803
- 3010 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Fundamental theoretical and experimental approaches to study transport processes involving small particles in polymer solutions and gels
• Fields of colloid science, fluid mechanics and biochemical engineering |
- Robert Powell
- Professor, Chair UC Davis Academic Senate
- (530) 752-8779
- 3004 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Rheology, biorheology, ultrasonics and suspension mechanics |
- Subhash Risbud
- Distinguished Professor
- (530) 752-0474
- 2015 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Processing and characterization of new materials for optical, electronic, and biological applications
• Innovative synthesis and processing of glasses, ceramics, and gels applicable in nano and biotechnology |
- William Ristenpart
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-8780
- 3012 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Electrofluidics • Biofluidics • Microfluidics |
- Dewey Ryu
- Professor
- (530) 752-8954
- 125 Everson Hall
- Website
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Biochemical engineering with biomolecular engineering emphasis • Bio-pharmaceutical biotechnology • Metabolic pathway engineering • Quantitative systems biology for analyses of gene expression and secretion of recombinant gene products • Recombinant and non-recombinant fermentation technology • Mammalian cell culture technology for production of therapeutic proteins • Gene regulation and protein expression of adult stem cells for controlled proliferation and therapeutic applications • Biocatalysis and enzyme technology for production and biotransformation of high-value-added products • Agricultural biotechnology for production of nutraceuticals from agricultural resources • Environmental biotechnology for bioremediation • Bioprocess technology development for biorefining of renewable resources and production of biofuel as an alternate energy source |
- Julie Schoenung
- Professor
- (530) 752-5840
- 2017 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Nanostructured and ultrafine grained materials
• Green materials and green engineering design |
- Sabyasachi Sen
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-8397
- 3116 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Amorphous materials |
- James Shackelford
- Professor
- (530) 752-4030
- 2013 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Materials science • Structure of materials • Nondestructive testing •Biomaterials |
- Pieter Stroeve
- Distinguished Professor
- 530) 752-8778
- 3100 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Mass transfer with chemical reaction • Nanotechnology • Colloid science • Biomass conversion |
- Yayoi Takamura
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-7124
- 3096 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Thin film-growth and characterization
• Spintronic devices, sensors and low temperature solid oxide fuel cells |
| Name and Contact Information |
Research Interests |
- John Bolander, Jr.
- Professor
- (530) 752-8226
- 3121 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Cement-based composites Nondestructive testing • Material and structural design optimization |
- Ross W. Boulanger
- Professor
- (530) 752-2947
- 3151 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Geotechnical earthquake engineering with emphases on liquefaction and its remediation Seismic soil-pile-structure interaction • Seismic performance of earth dams and levees |
- Rob Y.H. Chai
- Professor
- (530) 752-2404
- 3133 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Earthquake engineering with emphasis on structural design; large-scale structural testing |
- Yannis F. Dafalias
- Professor
- (530) 752-3423
- 3131 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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•Development and implementation of constitutive models for engineering materials and biomaterials |
- Jeannie L. Darby
- Professor
- (530) 752-7872
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Physical/chemical/biological treatment processes removal of nitrates and
arsenic from potable water • UV disinfection; constructed wetlands and
decentralized wastewater management |
- Jason DeJong
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-8995
- 3101 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Geotechnical engineering Microbial treatment of soils • Advanced in-situ characterization • Offshore foundation systems • Digital imaging and measurement techniques |
- Yueyue Fan
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-6408
- 3137 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Network optimization and control Stochastic system modeling and analysis • Risk management of transportation networks subject to seismic or other natural hazards |
- Timothy R. Ginn
- Professor
- (530) 752-1707
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Mathematical modeling of subsurface fate and transport processes Reactive solute transport in heterogeneous media |
- John T. Harvey
- Professor
- (530) 754-6409
- 3153 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Asphalt and concrete pavements, including design, materials, rehabilitation, life cycle, maintenance and reconstruction and performance modeling |
- Boris Jeremic
- Professor
- (530) 754-9248
- 3147 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Computational geomechanics Probabilistic elasto-plasticity • Computational systems engineering • Parallel computing • Liquefaction and soil-foundation-structure interaction modeling and simulation |
- Amit Kanvinde
- Associate Professor
- (530) 752-6065
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Seismic response of steel structures with an emphasis on fracture and
fatigue large scale experimentation • nonlinear and multiscale
structural and component simulation |
- M. Levent Kavvas
- Professor
- (530) 752-2518
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Hydrology Hydrometeorology, hydraulic modeling, erosion modeling • Stochastic pollution transport modeling • Stochastic methods |
- Michael J. Kleeman
- Professor
- (530) 752-0586
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Aerosol mechanics Air quality modeling • Numerical solution of chemical reaction systems • Parallel computing |
- Sashi Kunnath
- Professor, Chair
- (530) 754-6428
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Structural dynamics Performance-based seismic engineering • Inelastic modeling of structural systems |
- Bruce L. Kutter
- Professor
- (530) 752-8099
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Geotechnical engineering Centrifugal modeling of geotechnical structures |
- Frank J. Loge
- Professor
- (530) 754-2297
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Water and wastewater treatment Water reuse • Small and decentralized waste treatment |
- Jay R. Lund
- Professor
- (530) 752-5671
- 3109 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Systems analysis in water resources Environment planning and management |
- Mark Modera
- Professor
- (530) 754-7671
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Diagnostic tools for heat and mass transfer properties IR flow modeling and measurement |
- Patricia L. Mokhtarian
- Professor
- (530) 752-7062
- 3143 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Travel behavior modeling and demand forecasting
• Impacts of telecommunication technology on transportation demand |
- Debbie A. Niemeier
- Professor
- (530) 752-8918
- 3109 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Transportation-air quality modeling Transportation planning and policy analysis |
- Mark M. Rashid
- Professor
- (530) 752-7013
- 3123 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Computational solid mechanics Large-deformation finite element methodology |
- S. Geoffrey Schladow
- Professor
- (530) 752-6932
- 3111 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Lake and reservoir modeling Water quality in natural water bodies • Environmental fluid mechanics |
- Daniel Sperling
- Professor
- (530) 752-7434
- 2027 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Transportation planning and policy analysis Environmental impact of motor vehicles |
- Natarajan Sukumar
- Professor
- (530) 754-6415
- 3150 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Computational solid mechanics Finite elements and meshfree methods • Fracture mechanics • Computational geometry • Level set and fast marching methods • Convex optimization • Parallel computing |
- Anthony S. Wexler
- Professor
- (530) 754-6558
- 3050 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Air pollution Biomedical engineering • Single particle analysis |
- Stefan Wuertz
- Professor
- (530) 754-6407
- 3157 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Biofilms in environmental engineering Detection of bacterial and viral pathogens by molecular biology techniques • Biological wastewater treatment |
- Thomas M. Young
- Professor
- (530) 754-9399
- 3109 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Physical/chemical treatment processes Environmental chemistry • Remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater |
- Bassam A. Younis
- Professor
- (530) 754-6417
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Computational hydraulics Turbulence modeling for complex shear flows • LES and unsteady RANS for vortex shedding and its control • Sediment transport • Industrial aerodynamics |
- H. Michael Zhang
- Professor
- (530) 754-9203
- 2001 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Transportation systems operations Traffic flow theory • Traffic control • Dynamic traffic assignment • Intelligent transportation systems |
| Name and Contact Information |
Research Interests |
- Nina Amenta
- Vice-Chair, Professor
- (530) 754-5377
- 3029 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Computational geometry • computer graphics and visualization • data structures and surface representation |
- Zhaojun Bai
- Professor
- (530) 752-4874
- 3005 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Numerical linear algebra and matrix computations
• Iterative methods
• Software development and high performance computing |
- Matt Bishop
- Professor
- (530) 752-8060
- 2209 Watershed
- Website
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Computer and network security • Vulnerability analysis • Elections and electronic voting |
- Hao Chen
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-5375
- 2211 Watershed
- Website
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Computer security and software verification |
- Ian Davidson
- Associate Professor
- (530) 752-5764
- 3025 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Data mining
• Machine learning
• Artificial intelligence |
- Premkumar T. Devanbu
- Professor
- (530) 752-7324
- 3039 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Software engineering: software tools, software reuse, and secure software engineering |
- Matthew K. Farrens
- Professor
- (530) 752-9678
- 3047 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Computer architecture, with an emphasis on the architecture and design of high-performance single-chip processors
• Potential and limits of instruction level parallelism, ways to more effectively exploit the memory hierarchy, and techniques for reducing power requirements without sacrificing performance |
- Vladimir Filkov
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-8393
- 3023 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Combinatorial algorithms and optimization
• Large-scale data integration and scientific modeling |
- Matthew Franklin
- Professor
- (530) 752-2017
- 3021 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Cryptography, security, and distributed computing
• Protocols for dynamic coalition management and electronic commerce scenarios |
- Dipak Ghosal
- Professor
- (530) 754-9251
- 3033 Kemper Hall
- Website
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High speed and wireless networks
• Parallel architectures for protocol processing in high speed networks
• Application of distributed computing principles in the design of next generation network architectures and server technologies |
- Todd J. Green
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-3788
- 3055 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Data management systems and principles for collaborative data sharing, data provenance, data integration, data exchange, and probabilistic databases |
- Daniel M. Gusfield
- Professor
- (530) 752-7131
- 2125 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Computational Biology, Algorithm Efficiency • Combinatorial Optimization and Graph Theory |
- Francois Gygi
- Professor
- (530) 752-4042
- 3013 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Development of accurate numerical simulation methods for applications in computational materials science, as well as computational physics and chemistry |
- Bernd Hamann
- Professor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
- (530) 754-9157
- 3035 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Visualization, geometric modeling and computer graphics |
- Kenneth I. Joy
- Professor
- (530) 752-1077
- 2079 Academic Surge
- Website
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Visualization, geometric modeling and computer graphics
• Multiresolution methods in scientific visualization, free-form solid models, statistical methods applied to visualization and graphics algorithms, applications of computer graphics and visualization to scientific and engineering disciplines |
- Patrice Koehl
- Professor
- (530) 752-8254
- 3106 Kemper Hall, Genome Center 4337
- Website
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Understanding protein structures
• Characterizing the subset of sequence space compatible with a protein structure
• Development of new algorithms for predicting the structure of a protein, based on its sequence |
- Karl N. Levitt
- Professor
- (530) 752-0832
- 3061 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Computer security, automated verification, and software engineering
• Methods for testing programs that make use of heuristic techniques and methods for automating the generation of operating system code from templates |
- Xin Liu
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-6907
- 3013 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Resource allocation and QoS (quality of service) provisioning in wireless networks Heterogeneous and adaptive QoS algorithms/concepts • Cognitive networks • Green communication networks |
- Bertram Ludaescher
- Professor
- (530) 554-1800
- 3051 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Scientific data management, in particular scientific data integration
• Scientific workflow management, and knowledge-based (semantic) extensions thereof |
- Kwan-Liu Ma
- Professor
- (530) 752-6958
- 2121 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Scientific visualization • Information visualization • Computer graphics • User interface design • High-performance computing |
- Charles U. Martel
- Professor
- (530) 752-2651
- 3049 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Design and analysis of computer algorithms, with an emphasis on the effective use of high performance processors |
- Norman S. Matloff
- Professor
- (530) 752-1953
- 3053 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Parallel processing (especially software distributed shared memory) • Computer communication networks • Data security • Mathematical and applied statistics |
- Nelson Max
- Professor
- (530) 752-3798
- 3108 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Scientific visualization • Computer animation • Realistic computer graphics rendering |
- Prasant Mohapatra
- Chair, Professor
- (530) 754-8380
- 3037 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Wireless networks • Sensor networks • Internet protocols • QoS |
- Biswanath Mukherjee
- Professor
- (530) 752-4826
- 3031 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Lightwave networks Telecom networks, including solutions for broadband access networks exploiting optical and wireless technologies • Energy-efficient network architectures (for sustainability) • Future Internet Design, including hybrid circuit-packet networks, dynamic circuit switching, Ethernet Everywhere • Survivable network architectures (to combat large-scale failures and attacks) |
- Michael Neff
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 754-9510
- 3031 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Understanding and modeling human movement |
- Ron Olsson
- Professor
- (530) 752-7017
- 3043 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Language design and implementation for programming concurrent systems |
- Raju Pandey
- Associate Professor
- (530) 752-3584
- 3041 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Parallel and distributed systems
• Building scalable, reliable, efficient, and secure systems software infrastructure for sensor network-based systems
• Developing fundamental techniques for building distributed systems that can dynamically adapt to changes in their environment and program characteristics |
- Philip Rogaway
- Professor
- (530) 752-7583
- 3009 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Cryptography, protocols, network security, and the theory of computation |
- Zhendong Su
- Associate Professor
- (530) 754-5367
- 3011 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Programming languages • Software engineering |
- Ilias Tagkopoulos
- Assistant Professor
- (530) 752-4821
- 3063 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Evolutionary biology, synthetic and systems biology, computational biology and bioinformatics
• Modeling, simulation and experimental validation of biological hypotheses regarding the emergence of microbial behaviors in complex environments, the effect of environmental correlation-structure to genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, and the design and implementation of computational tools, both in hardware and software, for synthetic and systems biology |
- Rao Vemuri
- Professor
- (530) 754-7209
- 236 Walker Hall
- Website
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Digital media • Soft computing • Neural networks • Genetic algorithms • Digital communications • Signal processing • Simulation and modeling • Numerical methods |
- S. Felix Wu
- Professor
- (530) 754-7070
- 2109 Watershed
- Website
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Online Social Network • Trustworthy Social Computing, Computer and Network Security • Internet Architecture • Operating Systems |
| Name and Contact Information |
Research Interests |
- Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar
- Professor
- 530-752-4141
- 3181 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Coding theory
• Information theory
• Discrete mathematics |
- Venkatesh Akella
- Professor
- 530-752-9810
- 2117 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Computer architecture and parallel computing
• Embedded systems
• Hardware/software codesign
• Reconfigurable computing
• FPGA
• Functional programming and asynchronous circuits
• Software engineering
• Electronic commerce
• Location-aware computing
• Computational biology
• Optical interconnects |
- Hussain Al-Asaad
- Associate Professor
- 530-752-5545
- 2113 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Computer-aided design, verification and testing for digital systems
• Fault tolerant computing
• VLSI architectures |
- Rajeevan Amirtharajah
- Associate Professor
- 530-754-6562
- 3173 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Low power digital and mixed signal integrated circuits
• Energy harvesting
• Circuits and architectures for emerging electrical andoptical devices |
- Bevan M. Baas
- Associate Professor
- 530-754-4834
- 2037 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Algorithms, architectures, circuits, and VLSI design for high-performance, energy-efficient, and area-efficient computation with strong consideration of the challenges and opportunities of future fabrication technologies |
- G. Rick Branner
- Professor
- 530-752-1423
- 3123 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Microwave and radio frequency devices
• Circuits
• Systems and antenna |
- Tsu-Shuan Chang
- Professor
- 530-752-8133
- 3163 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Algorithmic development for global and local optimization and their applications to various engineering problems such as placement and floorplanning in VLSI physical design automation, control system design, etc. |
- Chen-Nee Chuah
- Professor
- 530-752-5825
- 3125 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Communications and computer networks, wireless/mobile computing • Specific topics include: Internet measurement and analysis, network anomaly detection, routing, traffic engineering, next-generation Internet design, overlays, wireless multimedia, and vehicular ad-hoc networks • Collaborative, interdisciplinary network research relating to emerging societal-scale applications, security & privacy issues, and underlying hardware technologies (e.g., reconfigurable computing) |
- K. Wayne Current
- Professor
- n/a
- 2001 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Transistor-level design of analog and digital integrated circuits • Multiple-valued logic • Board-level design of instrumentation and signal processing systems • Computer-aided design |
- Zhi Ding
- Professor
- 530-752-4625
- 3187 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Digital wireless communications • Cross-layer wireless network design and optimization • Statistical signal processing methods • Digital and array signal processing • Cyclostationary and higher order statistics • Adaptive signal processing • System identification and spectrum estimation |
- Gary E. Ford
- Professor
- 530-752-0180
- 3177 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Image processing
• Pattern recognition
• Neural networks
• Digital communications
• Digital signal processing |
- Soheil Ghiasi
- Associate Professor
- 530-752-0836
- 3171 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Embedded systems design
• Compilation and system-level design automation
• Reconfigurable computing
• Architecture and programming challenges of digital systems
• Combinatorial algorithm design with applications in computer engineering |
- A. Nazli Gundes
- Professor
- 530-752-4989
- 3161A Kemper Hall
- Website
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Linear and nonlinear multi-input and multi-output systems
• Reliable and robust controller synthesis
• Decentralized control
• Stability of MIMO systems with input/output delays |
- Charles E. Hunt
- Professor
- 530-752-1958
- 3137 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Electronic and luminescent materials
• Energy-efficient lighting devices
• Field-emission cathode materials and devices
• Solid-state materials and electronic devices |
- Paul J. Hurst
- Professor
- 530-752-2054
- 2031 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design for analog-digital interfaces and digital communications using CMOS technologies |
- M. Saiful Islam
- Associate Professor
- 530-754-6732
- 3139 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Nanomanufacturing, nanoepitaxy, and nano-integrations
• Synthesis and device applications of semi-conductor and oxide nanostructures for electronics, photonics, energy conversion, energy storage, nano-bio systems, bio-chemical sensors, sensor networks, memory logic, MEMS/NEMS devices |
- Richard A. Kiehl
- Professor & Chair
- 530-752-0636
- 2039 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Nanoscale electronic devices, nanoelectronic circuit concepts, self-assembly of nano-components • Electronic devices and circuitry based on new concepts in heterostructures, nanostructures, and molecular systems • Collaborative, interdisciplinary research exploring the interface between nanotechnology and biotechnology for electronics and biosystems applications |
- Andre Knoesen
- Professor
- 530-752-8023
- 2115 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Collaborative, interdisciplinary research exploring the electronic and optical properties of supramolecular structures • The application of optical and electronic techniques to investigate the organization and self-assembly present in biological systems, and the extension of ideas to new device concepts |
- Brian H. Kolner
- Professor
- 530-754-4370
- 3047 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Space-time analogies
• Terahertz spectroscopy
• Lasers as clocks |
- Bernard C. Levy
- Professor
- 530-752-8025
- 3183 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Estimation, detection, statistical signal processing, signal processing for communications, equalization, space-time array processing, blind system identification, signal processing for A/D converter calibration • Multidimensional signal processing, imaging, and inverse problems |
- N.C. Luhmann, Jr.
- Professor
- 530-752-5414
- 3017 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Millimeter wave imaging • Vacuum microelectronics • Phased array antennas • Microwave tube design • High power microwave sources • Free electron lasers • Plasma physics • Wave-plasma interactions • Ultrashort pulse electronics • High power millimeter wave sources • Millimeter wave quasi-optical grid arrays • Laser diagnostics • RF accelerators • Advanced light sources • Gyrotrons • MEMS • Cancer diagnostics and treatment |
- Stephen O’ Driscoll
- Assistant Professor
- 530-754-0435
- 2039 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Analog • RF and mixed-signal integrated circuit design • Wireless power transfer • Medical electronics and bioelectronics • System-configured analog circuits and automated circuit design • Signal processing, electromagnetics, and system design for medical applications are also a strong focus |
- Stephen H. Lewis
- Professor
- 530-752-0458
- 2035 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Analog integrated circuits, data conversion, filters, and signal processing |
- John D. Owens
- Associate Professor
- 530-754-4289
- 3175 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Parallel computing: fundamental algorithms, data structures, and programming models for data-parallel processors and particularly the graphics processor (GPUs) • Data-parallel and GPU computing • Graphics hardware • General purpose programmability of graphics hardware (GPGPU) |
- Anh-Vu Pham
- Professor
- 530-752-7472
- 3141 Kemper Hall
- Website
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RF IC and transceiver design
• RF/mircrowave/millimeter wave multi-chip organic module and package design
• Phased-array antennas
• Wireless sensors |
- Anna Scaglione
- Associate Professor
- 607-254-4959
- 3131 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Communication networks and information systems, with specific emphasis on wireless networks and sensor networks • Statistical signal processing methods and theory, with focus on synchronization data aggregation and scalable distributed processing and networking |
- Richard R. Spencer
- Professor
- 530-752-6885
- 2041 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Analog and mixed-signal circuit design for both RF and baseband communication and signal processing |
- Kent Wilken
- Professor
- 530-752-0583
- 2119 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Compiler optimization |
- S.J. Ben Yoo
- Professor
- 530-752-7063
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- Website
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Optical networks, heterogeneous networking, cognitive networking, optically-interconnected computing systems, optical networking systems, high-performance routers, photonic and electronic integration, integrated system on chip, nanophotonic devices, nanophotonic-electronic integration • Cyberinfrastructure, future internet, computing of the future, healthcare information technology • Collaborative, interdisciplinary research interfacing nanotechnology and societal systems |
- Qing Zhao
- Associate Professor
- 530-752-7390
- 3179 Kemper Hall
- Website
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Stochastic optimization and decision theory in dynamic systems • Cognitive radio systems and wireless networks • Algorithmic theory, computational techniques, and architectures for signal processing |
| Name and Contact Information |
Research Interests |
- Ralph C. Aldredge III
- Professor
- (530) 752-5016
- 2090 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Analytical, computational and experimental studies of turbulent flame propagation and combustion instabilities
• Development of computational models and algorithms for simulation of reactive-flow dynamics
• Biomedical fluid mechanics & heat transfer |
- I. Barakat Abdul
- Professor
- (530) 754-9295
- 2050 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Biofluid dynamics and biomedical transport
• Biomedical engineering
• Cellular mechanics
• Tissue engineering
• Cell-based implantable artificial organs
• Non-Newtonian fluid dynamics and flow through porous media |
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Hector A. Baldis
- Professor
- (530) 754-7447
- 3011 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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High intensity laser-plasma physics • Optical and x-ray plasma diagnostics • Optical system design • High energy density plasma physics • Laser plasma interactions in ICF conditions • High temperature radiation sources • Advance high temperature plasma diagnostics • Diffraction optics for high intensity laser applications |
- Jean-Jacques Chattot
- Professor
- 530-752-0812
- 2096 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Transionic flows and flows with cotical structures
• Computational methods
• Mesh generation
• Applied aircraft aerodynamics, winglets, and wind turbines |
- Harry Cheng
- Professor
- 530-752-5020
- 2018 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Information technology and its applications in engineering • Computer-aided engineering • Mobile agent based computing • Intelligent mechatronic and embedded systems • Intelligent mechatronic and embedded systems • Robotics, design and manufacturing • Innovative teaching |
- Cristina Davis
- Assistant Professor
- 530-754-9004
- TB207, Room 101
- Website
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Chemical and biological sensors, instrumentation and applications
• Novel bioMEMS devices
• Bioinformatics interpretation of sensor outputs
• Technologies to speed biomarker discovery |
- Roger, L. Davis
- Professor
- 530-752-2264
- 2104 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Development and application of multi-disciplinary computational tools for prediction design
• Analysis of aerospace and commercial configurations, including gas-turbine and liquid rocket propulsion systems |
- Jean-Pierre Delplanque
- Professor
- 530-754-6950
- 2009 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Materials processes
• Reacting flows, fire and combustion
• PVD, CVD
• Microstructure
• Aerosol, spray, & droplet-based processes
• High-pressure spray combustion
• Particle laden reacting flows |
- Raissa D’Souza
- Associate Professor
- 530-754-9089
- 2095 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Phase transitions, self-organization, and the structure, function and growth of networks |
- Fidelis Eke
- Professor
- 530-752-2309
- 2132A Bainer Hall
- Website
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Dynamics and control of mechanical systems • Spacecraft dynamics and control • Dynamics of variable mass systems |
- Paul Erickson
- Associate Professor
- 530-752-5360
- 2102 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Electric and hybrid drive vehicles • Fuel cell vehicles and power systems • Hydrogen production and utilization • Internal combustion engines • Solar energy utilization • Heat and mass transfer enhancement of reacting flows, instrumentation, and international development |
- Rida T. Farouki
- Professor
- 530-752-1779
- 2048 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Computer aided design and manufacturing • Geometrical algotrithms and respresentations • Numerical methods and scientfic computing |
- Andrew A. Frank
- Professor
- 530-752-8120
- Website
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Mechanical design • Control systems • Electri-hybrid vehicles • Iinternal combustion engine design • Dynamics of machines • Automated highways and ground transportation systems |
- Mohamed M. Hafez
- Professor
- 530-752-0212
- 2092 Bainer
- Website
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Transonic aerodynamics • Computational fluid dynamics |
- Walter Harris
- Professor
- (530) 754-0312
- 3045 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Interplanetary medium • Comets and Kuiper Belt objects • Diffuse planet and satellite atmospheres • Space flight instrument design and development • The Sun-planet connection • Ground based visible and space based ultraviolet observations of diagnostic emissions from comets, planet-satellite upper atmospheres, and the interplanetary medium (ipm) using both imaging and spectroscopic techniques • Development of new technology for the study of faint angularly extended emissions at high velocity resolution using an all reflective form of a spatial heterodyne spectrometer |
- Ron A. Hess
- Professor
- 530-752-1513
- 2016 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Aircraft dynamics, stability and control, vehicle handling qualities
• Automatic control
• Man-machine systems; flight simulation |
- Michael R. Hill
- Professor
- 530-754-6178
- 2014 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Fatigue and fracture
• Finite element method
• Experimental mechanics
• Residual stress determination
• Mechanical design
• Structural Reliability
• Human powered vehicles
• Micromechanical systems |
- David A. Horsely
- Assistant Professor
- 530-341-3236
- 2016 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) • Micro-sensors and micro-actuators • Dynamics and control systems • Mirofabrication methods and materials |
- Mont Hubbard
- Professor
- 530-752-6450
- 2008 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Application of system theory, automatic control and parameter identification to various dynamic systems • Mechanics, control, and optimization of human motion including locomotion and sport mechanics, especially ski jumping, bobsledding, javelin throwing, and high jumping |
- Maury L. Hull
- Professor
- 530-752-6220
- 2060 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Musculoskeletal system biomechanics
• Experimental methods in biomechanics
• Orthopedic biomechanics
• Mathematical modeling and simulation of human movement
• Cycling biomechanics and equipment design |
- David Hwang
- Professor
- (530) 754-7213 , (925) 424-4047
- 225 Walker Hall
- Website
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Experimental plasma physics • Tokamak physics • Electromagnetic interaction between plasma waves and plasma particles • Plasma diagnostic in fusion devices • Tokamak fueling with accelerated compact toroids • Non-neutral plasmas • Computer modeling of magnetized plasmas • Non-linear interaction of plasma waves |
- Niels Gronbech Jensen
- Professor
- (530) 752-0360
- 3049 Ghausi Hall
- Website
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Computational materials and soft condensed matter nonlinear dynamics • Complex systems numerical analysis and methods • Atomic scale materials modeling and particle representation of matter • Dynamics and phase locking of nonlinear oscillators and soliton systems |
- Sanjay S. Joshi
- Associate Professor
- 530-400-5746
- 2054 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Autonomous systems/control
• Autonomous robotics
• Human-machine interfaces
• Biomedical systems
• Spacecraft systems |
- Dean C. Karnopp
- Professor
- 530-752-3606
- 2012 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Mathematical modeling and simulation of dynamic engineering systems using bond graphs, vehicle dynamics, noise and vibration control, automatic control, dynamic optimization of energy systems |
- Ian M. Kennedy
- Professor
- 530-752-2796
- 2132A Bainer Hall
- Website
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Nanotechnology • Nanoparticle synthesis • Biosensors • Aerosol formation • Health effects of aerosols |
- Valeria La Saponara
- Assistant Professor
- 530-754-8938
- 2013 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Applied mechanics of composite materials (design, manufacturing, testing and analysis) |
- Donald L. Margolis
- Professor
- 530-752-1446
- 2010 Bainer Hall
- Website
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System dynamics • Modeling, simulation and control of dynamic systems • Power plant dynamics • Computer controlled suspensions for ground vehicles • Vehicle guideway interactions and vibration control • Control of lateral vehicle dynamics |
- Jae Wan Park
- Assistant Professor
- 530-752-5559
- 2009 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell and battery: In-situ diagnosis using neutron radiography for PEM fuel cell and battery, design and optimization, water management for PEM fuel cell |
- Bahram Ravani
- Professor
- 530-754-6130
- 1013 Academic Surge
- Website
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Kinematics and dynamics
• Advanced stress analysis and design
• Computer-aided design and computations
• Collision mechanics and biomechanics |
- Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn
- Professor
- 530-752-0682
- 2108 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Finite element methods • Aerospace structures • Aeroelasticity • Biomechanics • Vibro-acoustics |
- Ben D. Shaw
- Professor
- 530-752-4130
- 2098 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Combustion of liquid fuels
• Combustion under reduced gravity conditions
• Droplet vaporization and combustion
• Nanoparticle powder deflagrations and detonations
• Optical sensing of nitrates in groundwater
• Diode laser sensing of gases
• Applied mathematics
• Surface tension driven flows
• Liquid and gas phase transport |
- C.P. Van Dam
- Professor, Chair
- 530-752-7741
- 2004 Bainer Hall
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Wind energy
• Wind turbine blade design
• Aircraft and wind turbine aerodynamics including design and optimization
• Active aerodynamic load control
• Aircraft design
• Experimental and computational fluid dynamics
• Wind tunnel testing |
- Steve A Velinsky
- Professor
- 530-752-4166
- 1007 Academic Surge Building
- Website
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Mechanical design and analysis
• Vehicle design and dynamics
• Power transmission
• Robotics and automation |
- Anthony Wexler
- Professor
- 530-754-6558
- 3050 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Air pollution
• Biomedical engineering |
- Bruce White
- Professor, Dean of the College of Engineering
- 530-752-6451
- 2052 Bainer Hall
- Website
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Turbulent boundary layer flows • Aerodynamics • Environmental aerodynamics • Experimental fluid mechanics • Wind engineering • Particle flows |
- Kazuo Yamazaki
- Professor
- 530-752-2287
- 2020C Bainer Hall
- Website
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Mechatronics
• Microprocess control of machines
• CNC machine tool design and control
• 3-D coordinate measurement and probing
• CAD/CAM
• Sculptured surface machining
• Plastic injection molding
• Powder sintering
• Network based manufacturing automation integration |