| ELECTRICAL | Large and small band gap materials research, dielectric and piezoelectric materials, silicon sensors, large energy handling devices, electromechanics, electrical machines, control systems, time varying plasma, wireless communications systems, signal processing, computational electromagnetics, antennae, shielding, ic fabrications, failure analysis, device modeling, computer networking, radar systems, microprocessors, Verilog programming, MATLAB, Simulink, MultiSim, Tanner Software, FEKO |
| MECHANICAL | Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence, Combustion, Thermo-fluids, Tribology and Energy, Hypersonic Flow, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Automated Manufacturing, Systems Engineering, Numerical Analysis, Pro-Engineer, Solid Edge, ANSYS, AutoCAD, VisSim, Mechatronics, Reliability and Quality Assurance |
| AEROSPACE | High Temperature Materials for Aerospace Applications (Carbon based), In space Propulsion; Ion Drives, Nuclear (Thermal and Thermoelectric) propulsion, electric propulsion, Hydrogen sensors design and prototyping |
| CIVIL | Steel, Concrete and Timber Design; Computational Solid Mechanics; Thermomechanical Fracture Mechanics; Non-Destructive Evaluation; Nano-Indentation; Thermal-Structural Interaction of Composite Structures; Dynamics and Control of Flexible Space Structures; Finite Element Analysis/Modeling of Structural, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer problems: h-, p-, h-p-versions; Parallel Computing; Laminated Composites; Reinforced Concrete Tunnel Linings; Underground Storage-structures; Soil-Structure Interaction; Fluid-Structure Interaction; Foundation Design; Soil improvement and ground Modification; Difficult soil for highway and embankment; Construction; Pavements Engineering and Materials Testing; Transportation Design and Materials; Highway Pavement Maintenance Programming; Goal Programming; Economic Evaluation of Projects; Value Engineering; Highway Subsurface Drainage Construction; Statistical modeling; Geographic Information System Applied to Transportation Systems; Land Information System; Highway and Airport Pavement Design; Transportation Safety Management and Improvement; Role of Transportation in Improving Regional and State Economy; Coordinated Development of Multi-Modal Transportation System; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Water Resources; Hydrology; Hydraulic Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Restoration and Waste Management; Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Contamination; Geospatial Database; Surveying with Total Sations and GPS systems. |
| CHEMICAL | Analytical Chemistry, Organic and inorganic Chemistry. Trace Elements in Trialycine Sulfate Solutions; Allelopathic Effects; Thermal Decomposition of Nozzle Materials of Solid Rocket Boosters; Thermal Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Materials; Analysis of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra; Analysis of Infrared Spectra; Structure Determination of Organic Compounds Using Mass Spectrometry; Ellipsometric Measurement of Liquid Film Thickness; Medium Ring Compounds; Shale Oil as Biomass Fuels; Synthesis of Organic Compounds for Non-Linear Optical Studies; Air and Water Pollution; Mechanistic and Structural Studies of Metalloenzymes; Mechanistic Investigation of Enzymatic Redox Reactions; Structural Studies of the Redox Enzymes, and Structure and Function of RNA, RNA-Protein Interactions - Interaction Between Metal Ions and the RNA Molecules; Structural Studies Of The Redox Enzymes; Spectroscopic Molecular Structure Determination for Weakly Bound; Stereochemical Properties of Organic Molecules Molecules; Electric and Magnetic Properties of Materials; Elastic and Inelastic Collision Dynamics; Constructing and Testing Predictive Models Using Algorithms and Numerical Methods |
| PHYSIC | Materials Science, includes crystal growth, crystal and materials characterization techniques using SEM, X-ray diffraction, EPR, RBS, optical and electrical characterization Vacuum evaporation systems and digital scopes. Research in nonlinear optics, optical phase conjugation, integrated optics in thin film of polymeric and organic materials. Fiber optic sensors, photorefractive materials. Optical computing, optically assisted neural networks. Heterodyne Interforometry, spin coating, streak camera, ellipsometer, UV, visible and IR spectrophotometers. |
| NUCLEAR | Radiation effects analysis and measurements, dosimeter, detectors and sensors design and prototyping, Radiation Shielding, Dosimeters designs and reliability testing, Ion Matter Interaction (keV to MeV ions, all types), Ion Beam Analysis, Gamma spectroscopy, elemental analysis, Nuclear Propulsion (fundamentals and future) studies, Waste management, remediation, and site preparation, and remote sensing |
| COMPUTER | Computer Science Graphics and Imaging, Expert Systems, Neural Networks, Data Mining, Operations Research, Statistical Modeling, Robotics Computer Engineering Networking, Embedded Systems, Verilog Programming, Computer Architecture |
| MATERIALS | Nanoscale materials production, Thermoelectric Materials/generators, Nanotechnology/nano-materials for sensors and their applications, Carbon based composites (>3000C), SiC, Glassy Polymeric Carbon ware production, Electroforming technology for ultralight space mirrors, Elemental analysis capability (RBS, PIXE, NRA, PIGE, FTIR, u-Raman, AFM, EDX, OAP, ..), thin films for defense and aerospace applications, Fiber optics and embedded sensors, Quantum Dots and their applications. Modifications and analyses of Polymer materials. |
| BIOMEDICAL | Biomaterials Research and Development (GPC, Aluminum Vanadium alloys, and several polymers), Drug delivery devices, Heart valves, Bio Sensors |
| RESEARCH CENTER | Center for Irradiation of Materials (http://cim.aamu.edu/) 1. Center for Nonlinear Optics and Nonlinear materials. 2. Center for Environmental Training 3. Information Science and Information Technology 4. Integrated Environmental Research & Services 5. Advanced Technology Research & Development 6. Hydrology, Soil, Climatology and Remote Sensing 7. Advanced Propulsion Materials Research Center |
| CHAIRS OF EXCELLENCE | Emminent Scholar Chair, |
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| ELECTRICAL | Digital Signal Processing; Analog, Digital & Optical Communication Systems; Neural Networks & Fuzzy Logic; Controls; Robotics; Control System Simulation; Nonlinear & Multivariable Control Systems; Electronic Materials & Laser Processing; Microelectro-Mechanical (MEM) Devices; Solid State & Photonic Devices; Distributed Generation; Power Quality; Energy Storage Technologies; Superconductive Power Apparatus; AC & DC System Analysis; Time-domain; Analysis with In-the-loop Hardware |
| MECHANICAL | Computational Methods in Combustion; Dump Combustor Studies; Free Jet Flamers; Optical Diagnostics; Acoustic Control; Control in the Presence of Friction with Memory; Global Positioning System (GPS) Based Navigation; Modular Robotics & Mechatronics; Neural Network Control & Identification of Systems; Sensor Fusion, Decentralized Estimation & Control; Biomedical & Biomagnetic Fluid Mechanics; Compressible Turbulence; Discrete Sound Generation in Fluid Flows; Fluidic Thrust Vectoring; Mixing Enhancement in Jet Noise & Suppression Methods of Supersonic Jet Noise; Structure of Three-Dimensional Supersonic Jets; Turbulent Shear Flows; Unsteady Separated Flows Over Wings; Vortex Methods & Wake Flows; Theoretical & Computational Fluid Dynamics & Mechanics; Active Noise Control; Ceramic Processing & Characterization; Composite Materials & High Temperance Composite Materials; High Temperature & Composites Deformation & Recrystallization; High Temperature Superconductors; Mechanical & Physical Metallurgy; Superplastic Metal Forming; Texture & Microtexture Computational Structural Mechanics; Integrated Design Systems; Multi-Agent Design Architectures; Compact Power Systems; Fluxpinning Mechanisms & Irradiation Effects; Magnet Design; Superconductors & Superconducting Magnet Systems; Cryogenics |
| CIVIL | Environmental Engineering Chemistry; Solid & Hazardous Waste Management; Environmental Impact Analysis; Natural Systems for Water Quality Management; Environmental Effects of Transportation Systems; Sustainable Technology; Soil-Structure Interaction; Foundation Design; Computer Applications in Geotechnical Engineering; Design with Geosynthetics; Soil Properties & Behavior; Dynamics Characterization of Materials; Soil Stabilization Methods; Water Resources Management; Hydrology; Hydraulic Engineering; Storm Water Run-Off; Applied Structural Mechanics; Steel, Concrete & Pre-Stressed Concrete Design; Computer Methods in Structural Analysis; Experimental Mechanics; Nondestructive Techniques; Systems Engineering; Composite Materials; Bridge Design & Retrofit; Wind Effects on Structures Coastal; Construction; Pavements & Materials Testing; Roadside Safety Structures; Pavement Engineering & Management; Transportation Safety Transportation Design & Materials; Traffic Engineering; Bridge Management Systems; Infrastructure Deterioration Modeling; Construction Costs & Scheduling |
| CHEMICAL | Process Control & Optimization; Nonlinear Process Control; Optimization of Batch Processes; Reaction Transport Processes in Environmental Engineering; Collaborative Effects in Catalyst Assemblages; Nonthermal Plasma Reactors; Advanced Oxidation Technology for Pollution Control; Electrochemical Engineering; Physics of Transport in Heterogeneous Continua; Multiphase Transport & Reaction; Molecular & Macromolecular Transport; Transport of Biological Macromolecules; Particle Formation, Transport, & Deposition; Pattern Formation; Geophysical & Chemical Hydrodynamics Separation Processes in Hydrocyclones |
| COMPUTER | Parallel & Fault Tolerant Computer Architectures; Computer Networks; FPLD & ASIC Systems Design; Network Protection & Control |
| MATERIALS | Polymer Characterization & Crystallization; Polymer Blends & Composites; Dynamics of Polymer Solutions Under Flow |
| INDUSTRIAL | Affordable Composites Manufacturing; Resin Transfer Modeling; Integrated Product & Process Design; Nondestructive Evaluation & Testing; Neural Networks for Process Control; Three Dimensional Modeling & Simulation; Quality Engineering; Statistical Process Control; Design of Experiments; Applied Statistics; Design for Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing; Life Cycle Engineering; Predictive & Evaluative Models Design for Recycle & Reuse; Disassemblability Evaluation; Manufactured Waste Evaluation & Management; Waste Prevention; Manufacturing System Analysis; Supply Chain Management; Complexity of Manufacturing Systems; Chaos Theory; Modeling & Simulation; Precision Manufacturing; Machining & Assembly Tolerancing; Statistical Tolerance Analysis & Design; Vectorial Modeling of Tolerances; Statistical Modeling of Manufacturing Processes; Coordinate Measuring Machines; Process Design, Modeling, Control & Variability Reduction |
| BIOMEDICAL | Dynamics & Separation of Biological Molecules; Effects of Magnetic Fields in Biological Systems; Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR); Microhydro-dynamics of Biological Flows; Applied Field Process Technologies (soils, microchemical devices, bioseparations); Tissue Engineering; Metabolic Engineering Drug Delivery Systems; Magnetic Particle Technology for Biomedicine; Receptor Mediated Processors; Cellular Transport Processing; Calcium Signaling Processes; NMR/MRI |
| RESEARCH CENTER | Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies, FAC2T; National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Advanced Polymers & Composites; Center for Intelligent Systems, Control, & Robotics (CISCOR); Sustainable Energy Science & Engineering Center (SESEC); Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS); Center for Nanomagnetics & Biotechnology (CNB); Challenger Learning Center |
| CHAIRS OF EXCELLENCE | Bernard Sliger Emminent Scholar Chair; DOE Massie Chair of Excellence; Don Fuqua Emminent Scholar Chair; Krishnamurti Karamcheti Professor of Engineering; Elvin Dantin Professor of Engineering; Simon Ostrach Professor of Engineering |
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| ELECTRICAL | Digital Communications and Signal Processing; Analog Circuits and Design; Energy Conversion and Power Electronics; Sensors; Optics/Photonics/nanotechnology; Fiber Optics and Photonic Fibers |
| MECHANICAL | Non-Destructive Testing , Materials Evaluation and Failure Analysis; Multi-Phase Flows; Laser Velocimetry and Visualization Techniques (laser induced flourescence); Micro-fluidics; Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches to Fluid and Structural mechanics; Manufacturing Technology; CAD/CAM; Virtual Parts |
| AEROSPACE | Aerospace Propulsion: nozzle and inlet design, super- and hyper-sonic propulsion, space propulsion including electromagnetic thrusters, analysis of reacting flows such as found in combustion, detonation, and ionizing processes; Aerodynamic Sensing; Aerospace Design; Optimal Aerodynamic Shapes; Jet Noise and Control; Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| CHEMICAL | Reacting Flows; Two-Phase equilibrium; Environmental Catalysis; Combustion; Transport Phenomena; Modeling of Chemical Reactors; Gas-Solid and Gas-Liquid Reactions; Environmental and Waste Management; mathematical Modeling and Application of General Purpose and Simulation software to Chemical Engineering Problems such as chemical processes and heat transfer; Applications to coal, general energy production, environmental research, propulsion, and space |
| COMPUTER | Reliable Computing; Robotics; Computer Design; Digital Design; Digital Communications |
| MATERIALS | Materials Science and Technology |
| RESEARCH CENTER | Center for Aero Propulsion (NASA); Virtual Parts Engineering Research Center Center (ARL) |
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| ELECTRICAL | Nano User Network, Signal Processing, Communications, Antenna & Microwave |
| MECHANICAL | Robotics |
| COMPUTER | Nanotechnology, signal processing, |
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| ELECTRICAL | MS & PhD Doctorate in Engineering, Electro Physics, Controls Microwave signals & sensors lab |
| COMPUTER | Information system engineering |
| INDUSTRIAL | Industrial manufacturing & information |
| RESEARCH CENTER | Center for Advanced Energy Systems & Environmental Controls, Fluid Fuel Cell |
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| ELECTRICAL | Computer Vision, Statistical Pattern Recognition, and Neural Networks. Computer Engineering: Fault-Tolerant Computing, Self-Checking State Machine Realization in CMOS. Enhanced Computer System Performance and Reliability for Real-Time Object Recognition. Material Growth and Characterization for Solid-State Devices. Molecular beam epitaxy research. Light-Induced Effects in Amorphous Silicon. Machine intelligence and power. Intelligent mobile information systems. |
| MECHANICAL | Vibration Reduction via Constrained Layer Technology. Characterization of RTM Process. Next-Generation Design Tool for Aerospace Industry. Energy/Thermo-Fluid Science: Assessment of Cartesian/Cubic Grid Systems for CFD. CFD High Speed Flows. Soot and NOx Emissions from Low Heat Rejection Diesels. Feature Recognition for CAD/CAM Integration. |
| AEROSPACE | Development of Robust Algorithms for Threat/Explosive Recognition. Knowledge-Based Image Analysis for Object Identification. Model Analysis and Expert System Development for Planning and Scheduling. Testing an Expert System for Traffic Accident Analysis. Lightweight, stiff structures, supersonic propulsion, modeling of reacting flows, spacecraft controls and vibrations. Structural health monitoring. |
| CIVIL | Energy-Efficient Dust Collection in North Carolina's Furniture Industry. Indoor Air Quality/Variable Ventilation. Alternative Cooling Technologies, Control Strategies to Enhance Energy Cost Reduction. Waste Stream Life-Cycle Sequencing Model. Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment for Radioactive Soil/Asphalt. Waste, Solar Detoxification. Tradeoff Analysis for Hydroelectric Development. Disposal Strategy of Low-Level Nuclear Waste Process Solid Waste Assessment. Rehabilitation of Concrete Masonry Walls with Fiber Composites. Effect of Ventilation on Indoor Environmental Quality. |
| CHEMICAL | High Temperature Membranes for Gas Separation, Novel Methods of Flux Enhancement in Membrane Filtration. Air Force FAST Center for Environmental Remediation Fate and Transport of Hazardous Chemicals. Removal of Metal Ions from Wastewater Using Contained Liquid Membranes. Removal of SOx/NOx for Flue Gas Using CLM. Development of Novel Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Morphology and Rheological Characteristics of Filled Polystyrene. |
| COMPUTER | Object-Oriented (OO) Software Engineering: Code Reuse, Distributed Communication, Smalltalk. Object Reuse, OO Class Testing, Source Code Metrics. Optical Electronics: Brillouin Active Fiber Sensors. SBS-Induced Optical Switching in MIR Fibers. |
| MATERIALS | Surface engineered ceramics, piezo-fiber composites, novel thin film structures and devices, ferro-electric ceramics and structures, semiconductor materials and devices, Structural Performance of Affordable Composites for Stealthy Naval Ships, High-Temperature Mechanical and Micro-Mechanical Characteristics of Ceramic Materials. Effects of Test Volume and Geometry on Ceramic Composites. Processing and Evaluation of Graphite/Polymides Tubes. Evaluation of Graphic/Copper Matrix Composite. Analysis of Low-Impact Damage to Composite Shells. Bond Wrench Testing of Masonry Materials, Multiaxial Testing and Constitutive Modeling. Mechanics of Gront Flow in Fractured Rock. Development of Dry Stacked Masonry Systems. Light Weight/Thermal Efficient/Structural Concrete. Combined Uplift and Shear on Masonry Wall Systems. |
| INDUSTRIAL | Product Realization Design and Prototype Implementation of Robotic Palletization in FMS, management systems engineering, Human Enterprise. Supply Chain management. Remanufacturing Supply Chains. Intelligent Human-Machine Interface for Mining Teleoperation |
| RESEARCH CENTER | Center for Aerospace Research, Center for Composite Materials Research, Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures, Center for Energy Research and Technology, Center for Autonomous Control and Information Technology. |
| CHAIRS OF EXCELLENCE | Samuel Massie, Chair of Excellence Project in Environmental Engineering. |
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| ELECTRICAL | Micro electrical, signals processing, radiation effects, quantum, VLSI design |
| COMPUTER | Computer engineering |
| RESEARCH CENTER | Thermal Science Research Center, Air Force FAST lightweight Materials Center, CFD Institute (Boeing/Northrop-Grumman, FEA. Nano-materials collaboration, Center for Composite Materials |
| CHAIRS OF EXCELLENCE | Center of Excellence-NASA & Telecom |
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| ELECTRICAL | (1) Electronic Materials, Sensors, Nano-particles and nano-structures, (2) Polymer applications, (3) Semiconductor device physics, processing & process modeling, (4) Device Measurement, characterization, and reliability, (4) bio-electronics, (5) microelectronic, (6) Control Systems, (7) Data Analysis and Modeling, (8) Electric Power Systems, (9) Computer Networks (10) Digital Signal Processing. (11) Wireless Communications, Signals and Systems, (12) Broadband Telecommunications Network Design and Optimization, and (13) Stochastic Modeling |
| MECHANICAL | Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Data Dependent systems, Machine Vision/Image Processing, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Metrology, Robotics and Statistical Data Processing, High Temperature Testing, Stereoscopic collaborative design using computer graphics and virtual reality, Computer Automated Virtual Environment (CAVE) Industrial Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Materials Processing, Mechanical Behavior of Materials/Microstructure and Nanocrystalline Materials, Corrosion research and control, Smart materials, Smart sensors and electronic noses, Combustion and Reacting Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, High Heat Flux Applications and Multi-phase Transport Processes and Phase change in Porous Media and in Manufacturing Processes; HVAC, Solar Energy System Design, Alternative Energy, Computer-based Preventative Maintenance, Energy Management Control System Analysis, and Computer Simulation of Buildings; Chemical Characterization and Surface Analysis, Composites Manufacturing, Mechanical and Impact Testing, Joining of Composite piping, Repair of Damaged composite structures, Composite Sandwich structures, Fire Endurance of Composites, Thermal Analysis; Experimental Solid Mechanics: Thermal Stresses, Mechanics of Materials and Material Properties Failure Criteria and Stress analysis: Solid Modeling & Finite Element Analysis |
| CIVIL | Water and Wastewater Treatment Design; Environmental Chemistry; Solid & Hazardous Waste Management; Air Pollution Modeling; Bioremediation; Soil Properties & Behavior; Dynamics Characterization of Materials; Soil Stabilization Methods; Water Resources Management; Hydrology; Hydraulic Engineering; Storm Water Run-Off; Applied Structural Mechanics; Steel, Concrete & Pre-Stressed Concrete; Structural Analysis; Construction; Pavements & Materials Testing; Roadside Safety Structures; Pavement Engineering & Management; Design & Materials; Traffic Engineering; Bridge Management Systems; Construction Costs & Scheduling |
| COMPUTER | Center for Energy and Environmental Studies (CEES) |
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| ELECTRICAL | Biomedical engineering, signal/image processing, pattern recognition, intelligent health monitoring, speech processing, speech recognition, neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, intelligent control system, robotics, human- machine interaction, machine vision, computer vision, intelligent machines, communication systems, software integration, systems engineering, data and network security, data mining, wireless communication |
| MECHANICAL | simulation based design, machine design, probabilistic design methodology, cad/cam tools, modeling and simulation, cooperative mobile robots, intelligent manufacturing, condition based maintenance, dynamic control systems, nonlinear dynamics vibration analysis, sensor fusion, AI technologies, multi-objective optimization techniques, fuzzy logic, image processing, nano- technology-based mechanical characterization computational mechanics, heat transfer, air-conditioning |
| CIVIL | Bioremediation and natural attenuation, constructed wetlands, environment toxicology, hazardous waste site management, structures, water resources, hydrology, transportation modeling, GPS, remote sensing, intelligent transportation system |
| COMPUTER | Natural language processing, image processing, pattern recognition, intelligent robotics, hardware design, human-computer interaction, software systems, parallel and distributed computing, mobile computing, DNA computing, computational geometry, adhoc networks, |
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| ELECTRICAL | Solid state devices, neutral networks, optical, power & energy conversion, alternative energy, communication & signal processing |
| MECHANICAL | Mechanical design, combustion, automotive systems, energy efficient housing, thermal science ME Themes: Materials, Nanotechnology, energy, physical sciences |
| MATERIALS | PhD program in advance materials. |
| RESEARCH CENTER | Center for Advance Material |
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