ESM Faculty Research Areas in Brief
Metal-semiconductor interfaces, semiconductor modification, ion implantation, radiation effects and photovoltaics.
Osama Awadelkarim, professor.Nanofabrication, microelectronic materials and devices.
Charles E. Bakis, professor.Composite materials, fatigue, fracture, damage development, residual strength, nondestructive evaluation and micromechanics.
Chantal Binet, research associate.Physical and chemical transport phenomena in material process. Numerical, mathematical and physical modeling for material processing and properties. Rheology of material, kinetics, thermodynamics, chemistry of materials.
Barbara Bogue, professor.Women in engineering recruitment and retention, assessment, faculty development.
Jeffrey M. Catchmark, research associate.Development of industrical level nanofabrication processing techniques, optoelectronic devices and III-V material processing.
Francesco Constanzo, associate professor.Continuum mechanics, micromechanics, thermodynamics, failure analysis.
Joseph Cusumano, professor.Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in mechanical and electromechanical systems, and experimental methods in the dynamics of solids.
Melik C. Demirel, assistant professor and Allen M. Pearce professor in engineering.Biomaterials.
Renata S. Engel, P.E., professor; Associate Vice Provost for Teaching Excellence.Composites manufacturing and transport process modeling, dynamics and stability, design in engineering education.
Stephen J. Fonash, Bayard D. Kunkle Chair in Engineering.Thin films, microelectronic devices, photovoltaic devices and ion implantation to modify physical properties.
Lawrence H. Friedman, assistant professor.Applying dislocation simulations to composite and micro-nanoscale materials and incorporating atomic scale data into exiting models.
Gary L. Gray, associate professor.Chaos, nonlinear mechanics, stability.
Robert E. Harbaugh, M.D., professor of Neurosurgery and Engineering Science and Mechanics.Diseases and disorders of the brain and spinal cord.
Sabih I. Hayek, professor emeritus.Structural vibrations, acoustics, highway noise, ultrasonics, acousto-optic imaging, active control and target strength.
Donald A. Heaney, research associate.Materials processing, metal injection molding processes, electrochemistry.
Mark W. Horn, associate professor.Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), microelectronic materials.
Tony J. Huang, assistant professor.Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and BioNEMS, molecular mechanics, and microfluidics.
Kevin Koudela, research associate ARL.Fiber-reinforced composites, structural analysis, and finite element analysis.
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, University Distinguished Professor and graduate officer.Interaction of acoustic, electromagnetic and elastic waves with matter, sculptured thin films, chiral composites, electromagnetic fields and spacetime, nanotechnology, and fractal geometry.
Michael T. Lanagan, associate professor and associate director MRI.Electronic materials and wireless devices.
Patrick M. Lenahan, professor.Microelectronics, metal-oxide-silicon device physics and reliability, dielectric thin films, magnetic resonance.
Clifford Lissenden, P.M., associate processor.Composite materials, viscoelasticity, damage development, high temperature effects.
Christine Masters, assistant professor.Finite elements, computational mechanics.
Robert McGrath, adjunct professor and Sr. vice president for research OSU.Plasma processing and actuation of displays, interconnects, nanofabrication.
Richard P. McNitt, professor emeritus.Environmental degradation of engineering materials, failure analysis.
Robert N. Pangborn, professor; associate dean for undergraduate studies, College of Engineering.Failure analysis, materials testing and characterization, composites, surface modification and coatings, nondestructive evaluation.
Andrew Pytel, professor emeritus.Engineering education and dynamics of rigid and nonrigid bodies.
Jean Landa Pytel, associate professor; assistant dean for student services, College of Engineering.Human performance.
Joseph L. Rose, Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering.Design and Manufacturing. Ultrasonics, nondestructive evaluation, sensor technology, robotics, artificial intelligence and machine vision.
Nicholas J. Salamon, P.M., professor.Solid mechanics, materials behavior, structural analysis, analytical/computational methods and computer simulation.
Albert E. Segall, associate professor.Wear, friction, coatings, and the development of realistic tribotest methods.
Vladimir Semak, associate professor and senior research associate ARL.Lasers and plasma physics in industry.
Barbara A. Shaw, professor.Corrosion, environmental degradation of engineering alloys and sprayed metal coatings.
Elizabeth Sikora, research associate.Passivity and passivity breakdown, photoinhibition of localized corrosion, corrosion resistant deposits, electrochemical emission, and spectroscopy.
Jogender Singh, senior scientist, Head of the Advanced Coatings Division ARL and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.Nano-materials, thin films, coatings, and surface engineering.
Ivica Smid, associate professor.Powder metallurgy and ceramic processing.
Samia Suliman, Assistant Professor.Bernhard R. Tittmann, Harry and Arlene Schell Professor in Engineering.
Acoustic microscopy, materials evaluation, materials process sensors, NDE, physical acoustics.
Judith Todd, professor and P.B. Breneman Department Head Chair.Structural health monitoring, laser materials processing, mechanical behavior.
Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald, professor.Mathematical modeling of physical, engineering and chemical problems.
Eduard Ventsel, professor.Boundary element, finite element, plates and shells.
Christopher R. Wronski, professor emeritus in Engineering.Electrical and optoelectronic materials and devices.
Jian Xu, assistant professor.Semiconductor optoelectronic devices and circuits, bioelectronic and biophotonic devices, MicroOptoElectroMechanical Systems (MOEMS), molecular bioelectronic materials, light sensitive proteins and polymers, ultrafast tracking and motion detection, polarization-sensitive light detection, eletrooptic modulators, semiconductor lasers and detectors.
Sam Y. Zamrik, professor emeritus.Fatigue and fracture analysis and materials characterization.