Faculty and Staff

Ph.D., Purdue University, 2007. ASME (Fellow), AIAA (Senior Member), IEEE (Senior Member), AAS (Senior Member). Research Interests: Multibody and Analytical Dynamics, Control of Aerospace Vehicles, Guidance and Control of Reentry Vehicles

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1996. Research Interests: Nanoscale Heat Generation and Transport, Electronics Cooling, Energy, Computational, Analytical, and Experimental Fluid Mechanics

Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2023. Research Interests: Emergent behavior in collective dynamics, data-driven control and Reinforcement Learning (RL).

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2006. ASME (Fellow), AIAA (Associate Fellow), IEEE (Senior Member). Research Interests: Collaborative Multirobot Systems, Model-Based Anomaly Management, Novel Robotic Systems, and Field Missions

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. ASME (Fellow). Research Interests: Building Energy Reduction Via Cyber Physical Systems (Internet Of Things), Thermoelectric Energy Conversion (Wearable Energy Harvester, Temperature Control), Thermal Energy Utilization and Storage, Thermal Properties Characterization, Instrumentation

Ph.D., University of Texas, Arlington, 2015. Research Interests: Structural Mechanics, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Simulations, Composite Mechanics, and Thin-walled Structures

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2003. Research Interests: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Behavior of the Morphology of Multi-Phase Material Systems

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1983. APS (Fellow), AIAA (Associate Fellow), ASME (Fellow). Research Interests: Supersonic and Subsonic Mixing and Combustion, Turbulent Reacting Flows, Aerodynamics of Separated Flows

Ph.D., Santa Clara University, 2017. Research Interests: Multirobot Systems, Field Robotics, Humanitarian Engineering

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2013. Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Applied Mathematics. Research Interests: Biological Fluid Mechanics, Complex Fluids, Low Reynolds Number Flows, Microswimmers

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1987 & 1990. ASME (Fellow), Academic Engineer of the Year (Puget Sound Engineering Council), Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards (Michigan State University; University of California, Davis). Research Interests: Complex Thermal Systems, including Inverse, Parameter Estimation, and Optimization Problems related to Bio-systems, Power Electronics, and Aerospace Systems

Ph.D., University of Waterloo, 2010. Research Interests: Solid-State Phase Transformations, Ultrasonic Bonding at Micro/Nano-Scale, Thermomechanical Processing and Microstructural Engineering

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2008. Research Interests: Computational Solid Mechanics with a Focus on Auxetic Metamaterials and the Nonlinear Elasticity of Thin Films & Biomembranes.

Ph.D., University at Buffalo-SUNY, 2019. Research Interests: Data-Driven Design and Manufacturing, Physics-Driven Design, Generative Design, and Design for Additive Manufacturing

Ph.D., Santa Clara University, 1993. California Registered Professional Engineer (PE). Research Interests: Mechanical Design Analysis, Computational Modeling, Algorithms and Software Development including Finite Element Methods, Optimization and Multi-Physics Problems. Reliability and best practices for System Design.