Ramesh Agarwal

Ramesh Agarwal

William Palm Professor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science

Research Expertise: Ground effect aerodynamics, flow control, rarefied gas dynamics and hypersonic flow, bio-fluid dynamics, wind energy, energy efficiency of buildings, chemical looping combustion and geological carbon sequestration

Richard Axelbaum

Richard Axelbaum

Stifel & Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise: Energy, with emphasis on combustion and materials synthesis.

Peng Bai

Peng Bai

Assistant Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise: Inventing new analytical tools, both experimental and mathematical, to investigate the fundamental science in advanced electrochemical energy systems

Emily Boyd

Emily Boyd

REU Program Director and Teaching Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science

Research expertise: thermofluids sciences, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and methods for increasing the efficiency of gas turbine engines, focusing on film cooling.

Rajan Chakrabarty

Rajan Chakrabarty

Harold D. Jolley Career Development Associate Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise: Leads the Complex Aerosol Systems Research Laboratory

Katharine Flores

Katharine Flores

Christopher I. Byrnes Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science and Director of the Institute of Materials Science & Engineering

Research Expertise: Design of metallic glasses and other structural alloys, micromechanical characterization methods, and novel manufacturing techniques including additive manufacturing.

Benjamin Kumfer

Benjamin Kumfer

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Research expertise: Advancing innovative power generation and combustion technologies

Xianglin Li

Xianglin Li

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research expertise: Advances energy storage and conversion systems (fuel cells and batteries) through regulating multiphase mass and heat transfer

Mark Meacham

Mark Meacham

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science

Research Expertise: Acoustic microfluidics; biomedical microdevices; multiphase transport phenomena; control and observation of physical, chemical, and biological processes at the microscale

Vijay Ramani

Vijay Ramani

Vice Provost for Graduate Education and International Affairs; Roma B. & Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished University Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise: Electrochemical energy conversion and storage.

Elijah Thimsen

Elijah Thimsen

Associate Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise: Researches thermodynamic aspects of chemical and material transformations.

Patricia Weisensee

Patricia Weisensee

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science

Research Expertise: Experimental thermo-fluid dynamics using high speed imaging, including phase change heat transfer, droplet impact, wetting, and capillary transport in porous media.