Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Theoretical and applied mechanics, Geomechanics, Irreversible Thermodynamics. Emphasis on the multiphysical modelling of plasticity of solids, solid-fluid interactions, friction laws and rheology of geomaterials
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Nonlinear behavior of slender structural systems including buckling and vibration. Much of the current work has an aerospace flavor. More recent research has focused on…
Using flexible electronics to create new technology for interfacing with the brain at high resolution over large areas. These new tools can help diagnose and…
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Biophotonics, laser-excited luminescence spectroscopy, room temperature phosphorimetry, synchronous luminescence spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, field environmental instrumentation, fiberoptics sensors, nanosensors, biosensors and biochips for the protection…
Diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems, IR imaging, medical instrumentation and their new applications.
Executive in Residence in the Pratt School of Engineering
Lecturing Fellow, Senior in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Low-dimensional materialsNanofabrication and nanodevicesSemiconductors, ceramics, metals
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Optical spectroscopy for early cancer detection, novel microscopy and interferometry techniques.
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Pratt School of Engineering
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Membrane processes, nanostructured materials, transport and fate of nanomaterials in the environment, colloidal and interfacial processes, and environmental systems analysis
I enjoy solving difficult problems surrounding computations with the goal to process large volumes of data efficiently. My research interests include computer architecture and microarchitecture, hardware-software co-designs,…
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Advanced instrumentation for diagnosis and treatment of electrophysiological problems. This research covers two primary organ systems: the heart and the brain. In the heart, Dr.…
Associate Professor Emeritus of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, and High Dimensional Statistics
Jeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) technologies, and translating PAT advances into diagnostic and therapeutic applications, especially in functional brain imaging and early cancer theranostics.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Quantitative biology, synthetic biology, machine learning, antibiotic resistance, microbiome
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE
Wearable computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, engineering education, and Middle Eastern politics
Principles and mechanisms of delivery for drugs, genes, and vaccines; pharmacokinetics; electrotransfer or electroporation technology; and tumor pathophysiology.
Jonathan Spicehandler, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Neuro Oncology, in the School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Water resources planning and management, drought modeling and control, flexible climate change adaptation, conceptual and data-driven systems modeling, reinforcement learning for water systems, multi-objective control,…
Director of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS
Nano-mechanical and nano-tribological characterization (elasticity, friction, adhesion) of materials including organic thin films; self-assembled monolayers, polymeric gels, and cellulosics; Fabrication of polymeric nanostructures by scanning…
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Control theory, optimization, and learning; in particular, robotics and autonomous systems, networked and distributed control systems, and cyber-physical systems.
Machine Learning / AI Method Development for OmicsWe develop computational methods leveraging interpretable machine learning / AI models, large-scale single-cell genomics data, cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics,…
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Mechanistic investigation and technology development in shock wave and laser lithotripsy; Ultrasound-elicited mechanotransduction, neuromodulation and sonogenetics; HIFU and immunotherapy for cancer treatment; Acoustic and optical…
Zhu Lab WebsiteNeuronal Control of Cardiac ElectrophysiologySudden arrhythmic death is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. My laboratory utilizes cutting-edge neuroscience techniques to study the…
