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Vanderby, Ray, Jr. - Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering
tissue mechanics (bone, ligament, tendon, and cartilage) -- tissue engineering -- connective tissue healing -- orthopedic biomechanics
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Engineering Mechanics, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
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Abbott, Nicholas L. - John T. and Magdalen L. Sobota Professor
Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
interfacial phenomena -- colloid chemistry -- soft materials -- biotechnology -- nano-scale science and engineering -- polymers, liquid crystals and surfactants
Materials Chemistry Program, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Allen, Todd R. - Assistant Professor
Also Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
materials for nuclear energy system -- fission reactors -- nuclear fuels -- energy policy -- sustainability of nuclear energy
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems

Anderson, Marc A. - Professor
Also Civil and Environmental Engineering
ceramic membranes -- microporous ceramic materials -- colloidal thin-film ceramics -- colloid chemistry -- catalysis, gas and liquid ceramic membrane separation processes -- adsorption in aqueous systems -- photocatalysis -- photoelectrochemistry -- batteries -- ultra-capacitors -- fuel cells
Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program

Babcock, Susan E. - Professor
Also Materials Science and Engineering
structure-property relationships for solid-solid interfaces -- solid-solid interfaces -- crystal defect microstructures -- microstructure in films and engineered substrates of/for GaN and other compound semiconductors -- applications of electron microscopy in materials research
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Materials Science Center

Beebe, David J. - Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Our goal is a holistic approach to understanding cell behavior that integrates in vitro cellular scale engineering to recapitulate important in vivo microenvironmental characteristics in ways that provide biological insights and can be easily assimilated by biologists.
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Biotechnology Training Program, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Blick, Robert H. - Lynn H. Matthias Professor II in Engineering
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics
Electro-mechanical structures on the micro- and nanoscale (NEMS & MEMS) -- Single electron, single spin circuits and devices -- Information processing in quantum and biofunctionalized circuits
Genome Center, Materials Science Center

Booske, John H. - Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Professor
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
electromagnetic field interactions with materials -- microwave and RF processing of materials (e.g., ceramics, semiconductors); see Using microwaves to speed materials processing, UW-Madison College of Engineering Annual Report, 2000. -- rapid thermal annealing of silicon and wafer bonding -- microwave vacuum electronics (especially linearity and understanding mechanisms of nonlinear distortions) -- micromachined terahertz vacuum electronic devices -- innovative teaching methods, especially for electromagnetics -- computer visualization for teaching electromagnetics
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing

Botez, Dan - Philip Dunham Reed Professor
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
high-power,coherent semiconductor diode lasers -- semiconductor lasers based on active photonic crystals -- intersubband-transition, quantum-confinement emitters
Reed Center for Photonics

Cerrina, Franco - Lynn H. Matthias Professor in Engineering
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
Biotechnology: DNA synthesis, DNA microarrays, oligomer synthesis, synthetic biology, DNA arrays, stem cells, and gene synthesis -- Nanotechnology: nanostructure fabrications, processing, and patterning -- Lithography: Optical lithography, electron beam lithography, extreme ultraviolet lithography, modeling, masks, and imaging -- Optics: Modeling, design, analysis, systems and components, lithography, and imaging theory -- Semiconductors: Fabrication, process modeling, and process design -- X-rays: Optics, modeling, synchrotron radiation, applications to imaging, microscopy, lithography, and spectroscopy
Center for NanoTechnology, Genome Center

Chesler, Naomi - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine
Vascular remodeling in systemic and pulmonary hypertension -- Pulmonary vascular resistance and impedance -- Ventricular-vascular coupling -- Cardiovascular tissue engineering
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Coppersmith, Susan N. - Professor
Also Physics

Cramer, Steven M. - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor
Also Civil and Environmental Engineering
structural engineering -- wood structures -- timber structures -- concrete materials
Construction Engineering and Management Program, Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory

Crone, Wendy C. - Associate Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
experimental mechanics of materials -- plasticity -- fracture mechanics -- characterization of materials such as shape memory alloys, metallic single crystals, and biomaterials
Engineering Mechanics, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Materials and Mechanics Research Group, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center

Drugan, Walter J. - Professor
Also Engineering Physics
continuum mechanics analyses of behavior of modern materials -- nonlinear fracture mechanics of ductile materials (single- and poly-crystalline) and interfaces -- nonlocal constitutive models of composite materials -- dynamic fragmentation -- nanoscale fracture -- nanoscale shape-memory alloys -- discontinuities and shock waves in solids -- applied mathematics
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics and Materials Research Group

Eom, Chang-Beom - Professor
Also Materials Science and Engineering, Physics
Hetroepitaxy of complex oxide thin films and heterostructures -- Nanostructure fabrications of novel materials

Eriksson, Mark A. - Associate Professor
Also Materials Science and Engineering, Physics
Nanoscience -- Semiconductor Nanostructures -- Quantum Computation -- Carbon Nanotubes -- Atomic Force Microscopy -- Electric Force Microscopy -- SPM Imaging of Viruses
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Evans, Paul - Assistant Professor
Also Materials Science and Engineering
X-ray diffraction, microscopy, and optics, x-ray probes for ultrafast dynamics, micro-and-nanoscale properties of magnetic materials, magnetism, domains and switching in ferroelectric materials, single-monolayer scale organic electronics
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Giacomin, A. Jeffrey - Professor
Also Mechanical Engineering
polymer processing -- rheology -- non-linear viscoelasticity -- plastic pipe extrusion -- thermoforming -- rheological property measurements -- die lip build-up and melt fracture in extrusion -- die lines in plastics extrusion -- extrusion coating (wire, cable, sheet) -- cheese rheology and meltability -- dough rheology -- cellulose fiber filled plastics
Center for Dairy Research, Engineering Mechanics, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Polymer Engineering Center, Rheology Research Center

Gopalan, Padma - Assistant Professor
Also Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering
Polymer Synthesis and Characterization -- Electro-optic and Photonic Materials -- Photonic Devices -- Self-assembly of Block Copolymers -- Liquid Crystalline Polymers

Hamers, Robert J. - Professor
Also Chemistry
physical and chemical propertes of molecular-based materials -- molecular electronics -- nanoscale assembly techniques for molecular systems -- chemical and structural characterization of surfaces -- interfaces between inorganic materials and organic/biological materials

Hellstrom, Eric E. - Professor
Also Materials Science and Engineering
synthesis -- characterization and application of electrical ceramics -- solid electrolytes -- high-temperature oxide superconductors

Hitchon, William N. - Professor
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
plasma processing -- computational modeling -- semiconductors
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing

Jiang, Hongrui - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MicroElectroMechanical Systems -- Microsensors and microactuators -- BioMEMS and micro-optics -- Microfluidics -- Lab on chips -- Biomimetics and bioinspiration
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics

Jin, Song - Assistant Professor

Kershner, Ryan J. - Assistant Professor
Also Mechanical Engineering
Nanomanufacturing -- Electric Field and Laser Tweezer Manipulation of Nanoscale Objects -- Directed Self-Assembly -- Atomic Force Microscopy

Klingenberg, Daniel J. - Professor
Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
colloid science -- suspension rheology -- electromagnetic phenomena in materials
Rheology Research Center

Knezevic, Irena - Assistant Professor
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
simulation of electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor devices; thermal transport and semiconductor-based thermoelectrics -- quantum transport theory: decoherence in nanostructures, transient and high-frequency behavior of nanostructures -- quantum information
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Kou, Sindo - Professor
Also Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Materials Processing and Transport Phenomena, including: Welding, Casting, and Crystal Growth of Semiconductors and Metals.

Kuech, Thomas F. - Milton J. and A. Maude Shoemaker Professor
Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
solid-state materials synthesis and characterization -- electronic and semiconductor materials -- materials integration -- nanostructure formation
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics

Lagally, Max G. - Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science
Also Materials Science and Engineering, Physics
Nanoscale properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and dimensionally confined structures -- Atom-scale mechanisms of film growth: Group IV semiconductors, nano-strain engineering, silicon nanomembranes -- relationship of nanostructure to localized electronic and optoelectronic properties, quantum dots -- Development of advanced instrumentation for growth and surface and interface studies, in particular diffraction, imaging, and scanned-probe microscopies -- Bioarrays and biomolecular surface modification
Laboratory for Thin-Film Deposition, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Lakes, Roderic - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Physics
Viscoelasticity, Fibrous composites, cellular solids, biomaterials; bone and ligament; Cosserat solids.., development of novel foams including materials with a negative Poisson's ratio, called anti-rubber, auxetic, or dilational. Follow-on work Holographic and other optical experimental methods.. .. . .
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics and Materials Research Group, Rheology Research Center

Li, Wan-Ju - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering
musculoskeletal tissue engineering -- stem cell-based regenerative medicine -- nanostructural biomaterial
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Li, Xiaochun - Associate Professor
Also Mechanical Engineering
Micro/Nano-Scale Enabled Manufacturing Systems (e.g. distributed micro/nano sensors/actuators to achieve significantly enhanced process understanding, monitoring, and adaptive control at micro/nano-scale for Precision Manufactruing), Ultrasonic Cavitation Based Nano-elements Dispersion for Solidification Processing of Light Metals (Mg, Al, and Ti) Nanocomposites for High Energy Efficiency (e.g. processing/nanostrcutures/properties, including physics of nanopaticle dispersion , metallurgy, mechanical properties, process control and optimization, nanoscale interface, nanomechanics and strengthening mechanisms), and laser materials processing (e.g. laser micropolishing, laser micromachining, micro/nano-sensors for thermomecanical study)
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Lynn, David M. - Assistant Professor
Also Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry
Biomaterials and biotechnology -- Functional materials -- Polymer synthesis -- Gene and drug delivery -- Controlled release -- Parallel synthesis and screening
Biotechnology Training Program, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Ma, Zhenqiang (Jack) - Assistant Professor
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fast/RF flexible electronics, high-speed thin film transistors, MMIC circuits transferrable to flexible or other foreign substrates for radar and communications, hybrid integration of organic and inorganic flexible electronics -- SiGe HBT and RF CMOS device physics and applications in high frequency/mm-wave power amplification -- Single-crystal and polycrystalline semiconductor nanomembrane physics and applications, including displays, flexible solar cells, energy conversion, environment protection, imaging, information storage, lighting, sensing, health care and bio devices -- Si nanophotonics, high-speed multispectral imaging -- CMOS-compatible optoelectronic devices and OEIC -- 3-D integration, heterogeneous integration, MEMS/NEMS integration with CMOS -- III-V heterostructure device and application -- Nanoscale SiGe bipolar transistors and quantum effect devices
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics

Mahanthappa, Mahesh - Assistant Professor
Also Chemistry
Syntheses of new classes of amphiphilic block copolymer surfactants and attendant characterization of their bulk and solution phase behavior for applications as rheological modifiers and novel biomedical materials -- Development of new catalysts for the mild synthesis of polyolefins containing polar functionalities possessing unknown monomer sequence distributions and new properties -- Explorations of new organometallic strategies for rational syntheses of semiconducting and metallic nanoparticles with well-defined shapes and catalytic activities

Masters, Kristyn S. - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering
Synthesis of bioactive materials that direct cell function -- Characterization of cell-material interactions -- Tissue Engineering -- Drug Delivery
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Mawst, Luke J. - Professor
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
III/V compound semiconductor materials and devices -- metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth of semiconductors -- semiconductor lasers
Reed Center for Photonics

McCaughan, Leon - Professor
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nonlinear optics -- Guided wave photonic devices and circuits -- Quantum optics -- Fiber optic mesh networks -- Far infrared (terahertz) generation and spectrocopy

McDermott, Robert - Assistant Professor
Also Physics
Condensed Matter: Quantum coherence and entanglement of superconducting integrated circuits, quantum-limited amplifiers, application of SQUIDs to magnetic resonance detection.

Morgan, Dane - Assistant Professor
Also Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Computational materials science for materials design -- Ab initio electronic structure methods and multiscale techniques for large time / length scales and thermokinetics -- Statistical and data mining techniques for materials property prediction -- Physics of nanoscale phenomena in ceramic and biochemical systems -- Application areas: Nuclear materials, Battery and fuel cell electrodes, Earth mantle materials, Spin transition ceramics, Sorption at water mineral interfaces

Murphy, William L. - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Pharmacology
Creation of novel materials using bioinspired approaches -- Using biomaterials to define the stem cell microenvironment -- Development of biomaterials for tissue regeneration (tissue engineering) -- Novel approaches to drug delivery and gene therapy
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Nealey, Paul F. - Smith-Bascom Professor
Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
Advanced Lithography -- Nanofabrication -- Polymer Thin Films -- Cell-Substrate Interactions
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Center for NanoTechnology, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Rheology Research Center

Negrut, Dan - Assistant Professor
Also Mechanical Engineering
Multibody Dynamics Simulation (applications to vehicle simulation, biomechanics) -- Computational Mechanics -- Numerical Methods for Time Domain Analysis of Mechanical Systems -- Vibrations -- CAD/CAE and Virtual Environments as applied in Mechanical Engineering -- High Performance Computing

Ogle, Brenda M. - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering
Lineage Commitment of Stem Cells -- In vivo Organogenesis -- Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine -- Cardiac Transplantation in Infancy -- Mechanical Optimization of Engineered Tissues

Onellion, Marshall F. - Professor
Also Physics
high-temperature superconductors -- magnetic materials and overlayers -- magnetic nanostructures

Peercy, Paul S. - Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering
Also Engineering Professional Development, Materials Science and Engineering
phase transitions in solids -- ferroelectricity -- Raman and Brillouin scattering studies of solids -- ion-solid interactions -- laser-induced phase transformations -- microelectronics and photonics -- solid-state devices
Materials Science Center

Perepezko, John H. - Professor
Also Materials Science and Engineering
Phase transformations -- Interface reactions / coating design -- Metastable and amorphous phases -- Kinetics -- Nucleation -- Metal powders and high temperature intermetallic alloys -- Rapid solidification -- Microgravity processing

Pfefferkorn, Frank E. - Assistant Professor
Also Mechanical Engineering
Laser-assisted manufacturing -- Micro-end milling -- Friction stir welding (FSW) -- Heat and mass transfer -- Radiation thermometry
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Polymer Engineering Center

Ploeg, Heidi-Lynn - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
bone modelling and remodelling -- orthopaedic implant design and analysis -- biomechanics of joints -- finite element analysis -- fatigue of materials
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Root, Thatcher W. - Associate Professor
Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
surface chemistry -- catalysis -- diffusion in porous media -- solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Biotechnology Center

Rowlands, Robert E. - Professor
Also Mechanical Engineering
laser applications to mechanics -- composite and advanced materials -- digital image analysis -- structural mechanics -- experimental mechanics and stress analysis
Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory

Rzchowski, Mark S. - Associate Professor
Also Physics

Sarmadi, Majid - Professor
Also Environment, Textiles and Design
Chemical properties and structures of textile fibers -- plasma modifications of materials -- wettability -- dyeing -- finishing
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing

Sheinis, Andrew I. - Assistant Professor
Also Astronomy, Mechanical Engineering

Shohet, J. Leon - Professor
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
plasma-aided manufacturing -- controlled fusion -- nonlinear science -- effects of vacuum ultraviolet radiation on the processing of electronic materials -- biotechnology, especially biocompatible surfaces and directed differentiation of stem cells
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing, HSX Plasma Laboratory, Wisconsin Plasma Processing and Technology Research Consortium

Stone, Donald S. - Associate Professor, MSP Associate Director
Also Materials Science and Engineering
mechanical properties -- alloys -- materials applications and microelectronics -- thin films -- nanoindentation
Engineering Mechanics

Szlufarska, Izabela - Assistant Professor
Also Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Atomistic simulations: Massively parallel molecular dynamics and ab initio-based simulations. -- Nanocrystalline materials: Computational design of materials with superior mechanical properties; Grain boundary nanoengineering; Nanoindentation. -- Fundamentals of friction & adhesion at the nanoscale -- Coupling between surface/interface chemistry and mechanical properties: Materials for MEMS applications in extreme environments. -- Nano-bio-mechanics: Viscoelastic response of mechanical bio-sensors. -- Materials for nuclear applications: Radiation damage resistance, multi-scale modeling of defect and impurity kinetics.

Turner, Kevin T. - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
micro- and nano-manufacturing -- MEMS design and fabrication -- analytical and experimental adhesion mechanics -- single cell mechanics

van der Weide, Daniel - Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Multifunctional scanned probe microscopy -- Localized spectroscopy of biological and low-dimensional electronic systems -- Terahertz circuits and devices
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Voyles, Paul - Assistant Professor
Also Materials Science and Engineering
electron microscopy: atomic resolution Z-contrast STEM -- electron energy loss spectroscopy -- growth, structure, and defects in electronic and photonic materials -- nanoscale order in glassy materials

Weibel, Douglas B. - Assistant Professor
Also Biochemistry
Soft materials -- Micro- and nanofabrication -- Microbiology -- Cell biology -- Biotechnology
Biophysics Program, Biotechnology Training Program, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Molecular Biosciences Training Grant Program

Wendt, Amy E. - Professor, Co-chair
Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
plasma processing of materials -- thin-film deposition -- plasma etching -- plasma source design -- modeling and diagnostics -- plasma-aided manufacturing -- plasma generation -- plasma-surface interaction
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing

Williams, Justin - Assistant Professor
Also Biomedical Engineering
Neural Engineering -- Functional Neurosurgery -- BioMEMS -- Neural Rehabilitation -- Neural Prostheses -- Applied Neuroscience
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Winokur, Michael J. - Professor
Also Physics
structure of linear and branched macromolecular hosts -- phase transitions -- conducting polymers

Wong, Amy C. L. - Professor
Also Food Microbiology and Toxicology, Food Science
Identification, characterization and detection of enterotoxins of Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureau. -- Biofilm formation and control.

Xu, Huifang - Assistant Professor
Also Geology and Geophysics
Nano-structured nanoporous materials for environmental management, heterogeneous photocatalytic materials, biomimetic growth of crystals, and applications of transmission electron microscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy in materials research.


Emeritus


Chang, Y. Austin - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Also Materials Science and Engineering
The use of cluster/site approximation for alloy phases to calculate multicomponent phase diagrams and coherent inter-phase and anti-phase boundary energies. -- High-temperature materials beyond the nickel based superalloys, a combined computational/experimental approach. -- Calculated multicomponent phase diagram as a tool to identify alloys as potential bulk amorphous materials as well as to study their phase transformation. -- Fundamental approaches to design of new structural magnesium alloys. -- Novel nanostructures of MTJ’s obtained by selective oxidation to study their interfacial structure, chemistry and properties. -- Intermixing at the atomic scales in multilayered nanostructures of M1/M2 when they are immiscible in bulk form -- Phase transformation of metastable disordered phases in the thin-film forms to their stable antiferromagnetic state as applied to spin valve systems. -- The growth of silicide nanowires as related the stability of the rare earth silicides

Conrad, John R. - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Also Engineering Physics
plasma physics -- plasma technology -- ion beam modification of materials -- ion implantation
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Denes, Ferencz Sandor - Associate Professor Emeritus
Also Biological Systems Engineering, Food Research Institute, Food Science
Plasma-enhanced synthesis and surface modification of materials -- Immobilization of active biomolecules onto plasma-functionalized surfaces -- Deposition of anti-fouling and anti-microbial surface layers -- Plasma-enhanced synthesis of nanoparticle systems -- Development of novel non-equilibrium plasma tools.

Dodd, Richard A. - Professor Emeritus
Also Materials Science and Engineering
crystallography -- crystal defects -- X-ray diffraction -- electron microscopy -- radiation damage -- alloys -- ion implantation -- corrosion

Larbalestier, David C. - Grainger Professor of Superconducting Materials and L.V. Shubnikov Professor Emeritus
Also Materials Science and Engineering, Physics
The structure-property relationships of superconducting materials and their applications to superconducting magnets -- We study both the conventional low temperature superconductors such as Nb-Ti and Nb3Sn, the new medium temperature superconductor MgB2 and the cuprate high temperature superconductors such as (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox and YBa2Cu3Ox

Webb, Maurice B. - Professor Emeritus
Also Physics
surface physics -- low-energy electron diffraction -- scanning tunneling microscopy

Young, Raymond A. - Emeritus Professor
Also Forest Ecology and Management
plasma modification of natural and synthetic materials -- bonding and adhesion in composite materials -- new wood pulping methods -- chemistry of natural products



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