Major Research Areas
Advanced Materials and Processing
- Advanced structural and functional materials
- Biomaterials and biomechanics
- Composites
- Materials design and modeling
- Micro-manufacturing
- Nanomaterials and nanofabrication Technology
- Product design and analysis
- Smart materials and structures
Aerospace Engineering
- Advanced composite materials
- Aeroacoustics
- Droplet and spray dynamics
- Green engines and chemical kinetics in combustion
- Hypersonic aerodynamics and supersonic combustion
- Structured health monitoring
- UAV/MAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle / Micro Aerial Vehicle)
Clean Energy and Energy Storage
- Batteries
- Electrochemical energy conversion
- Fuel cells
- Nano materials and technology for energy conversions and storages
- Solar cells
- Wind / marine energy extraction
Robotics and Control
- Construction robots
- Dexterous manipulation
- Mobile robot systems
- Nonlinear system
- Robotic microassembly
- Sensor-based motion control
Sound and Vibration
- Acoustic imaging technology and system
- Active control of vibration and noise
- Aeroacoustics and structural acoustics
- Building acoustics
- Computational acoustics
- Damage detection and structural health monitoring
- Environmental noise
- Flow-induced vibration and noise
- Non-linear structural dynamics and vibration control
- Structured acoustic materials and metamaterials
- Structure health monitoring
Thermofluids and Combustion
- Alternative fuels
- Cell adhesion in microcirculation
- Emissions from internal combustion engine
- Effect of vasomotion on blood flow in microcirculation
- Flame and combustion
- Fluid mechanics
- Formation and dispersion of nano / micro-particles and gaseous pollutants
- Fluid-structure interactions and its control
- Heat transfer
