Mengqi Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
PhD: mechanical engineering from University of Cincinnati MS: thermal, energy, and environmental engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) BS: mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur)
PhD: industrial engineering from Arizona State University MS: material sciences and engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China); industrial engineering from Arizona State University BS: material sciences and engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China)
Research interests: fluid-solid and fluidfluid interactions in single or multiphase systems, specifically phase-change processes, complex fluids, and porous media transport for applications in water harvesting, energy-efficient thermal systems, anti-icing, HVAC and refrigeration, oil recovery, carbon capture, and drug delivery
Research interests: complex system design and optimization, distributed decision support and analysis, swarm intelligence and evolutionary computation, and metalearning and metamodeling for applications in sustainable and resilient building/microgrid clusters, UAV swarms, smart manufacturing facilities, and energy-water nexus
Hamed Hatami Marbini, PhD
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
PhD: mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MS: structural engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran); applied mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute BS: civil engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran)
PhD: materials science from Washington State University MS: materials science from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran) BS: materials science from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran)
Research interests: multiscale computational mechanics and biomechanics focused on using analytical, numerical, and experimental techniques to investigate the complex mechanics of biological and nonbiological composite structures ranging from the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix to structural nanocomposite materials
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Research interests: electrical energy storage and conversion in Li-ion, Na-ion, and Li-Sulfur batteries, in-situ transmission electron microscopy, and nanomaterials for electronics and biomaterials
Richard and Loan Hill
Sushant Anand, PhD
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
New Hires Salman Khetani, PhD Associate Professor PhD: bioengineering from the University of California,
San Diego MS: bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego BS: electrical engineering and biomedical engineering from Marquette University Research interests: utilizing microfabrication, biomaterials, and quantitative modeling; biological techniques, such as cell culture, molecular biology; and various cell sources, such as primary human cells and stem cells to build physiologically relevant liver culture systems for preclinical drug screening to eliminate toxic compounds earlier in the drug development pipeline prior to patient exposure; mimicking global diseases, such as hepatitis B/C infections and liver fibrosis, to discover new molecular targets for novel therapeutics; and developing design criteria for engineered liver tissues that can be implanted in patients to keep them alive while they await whole organ transplant
Tolou Shokuhfar, PhD Associate Professor PhD: mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University MS: materials science from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran) BS: materials science from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran) Research interests: in-situ liquid electron microscopy of biomolecules and biomaterials and their biochemical activities in wet/hydrated environment and nanotextured surfaces for biomedical materials, such as dental and bone materials