A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Babcock, Susan E. - Professor

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, Materials Science Program

Bach, C. Eric - Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bahia, Hussain U. - Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering
construction materials -- pavement analysis and design -- asphalt rheology and failure testing -- asphalt modification and durability -- asphalt concrete mixture design and analysis -- pavement performance evaluation and instrumentation
Asphalt Pavement Research Program, Construction Engineering and Management Program

Bahr, Jean M. - Professor

Geology and Geophysics, Institute for Environmental Studies
Field and modeling studies of fluid flow and mass transport in groundwater systems with applications to environmental problems, water resource management and energy and mineral resource development
Geological Engineering Program, Water Resources Management Program

Banerjee, Suman - Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Networking and Distributed Systems; protocols, algorithms and architectures of such systems, peer-to-peer systems, multicast services, network security, services for mobile and wireless networks and network measurements

Banfield, Jillian F. - Professor

nanocrystalline materials (kinetics and thermodynamics) -- biomineralization and biomimetics

Bank, Lawrence C. - Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering
FRP composites in structural engineering -- Mechanics of composite materials and structures -- Performance based design of buildings -- Architecture/Engineering/Construction integration -- Paperboard structures -- Innovative bridge materials and construction
Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis, Construction Engineering and Management Program, Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory

Barmish, B. Ross - Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Control systems -- Robustness -- Optimizations -- Financial Systems

Barner, James R. - Assistant Faculty Associate

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Beachley, Norman H. - Professor Emeritus

Mechanical Engineering
mechanical design -- mechanical energy storage -- fluid power systems -- continuously variable transmissions -- automotive engineering

Beckman, William A. - Ouweneel-Bascom Professor Emeritus

Mechanical Engineering
solar energy applications -- radiation heat transfer -- systems analysis -- computer simulation-solar processes -- energy load calculations
Solar Energy Laboratory

Beebe, David J. - Professor

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, Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Behdad, Nader - Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bennett, Philip M. - Professor Emeritus

environmental design -- architectural design -- work environment -- construction information handling -- material evaluation -- mined land reclamation -- construction management -- construction inspection

Benson, Craig H. - Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering
geo-environmental engineering -- landfill design and construction -- remediation of hazardous waste sites -- field testing and performance evaluation -- transport of groundwater pollutants -- statistical construction quality control -- stochastic modeling of flow and transport -- data sufficiency
Consortium for Fly Ash Use in Geotechnical Applications, Geological Engineering Program

Berg, William D. - Professor Emeritus

Civil and Environmental Engineering
traffic safety, traffic engineering -- transportation systems analysis -- highway engineering -- cost-effective safety improvements

Berthouex, Paul M. - Professor Emeritus

Civil and Environmental Engineering
water supply -- wastewater treatment -- industrial waste treatment, environmental statistics/modeling
Wisconsin Consortium for Applied Water Quality Research

Bier, Vicki M. - Professor

Engineering Physics, Industrial and Systems Engineering
security in the supply chains for food and agricultural products -- critical infrastructure protection -- security -- technological hazards -- risk analysis -- decision analysis -- operations research
Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis

Bird, R. Byron - Professor Emeritus

Chemical and Biological Engineering
transport phenomena -- polymer fluid dynamics -- polymer kinetic theory -- rheology
Rheology Research Center

Bisognano, Joseph - Professor

Engineering Physics
Accelerator physics -- Theoretical analysis and simulation of collective phenomena in particle beams
Synchrotron Radiation Center

Black, James Roger - Assistant Faculty Associate

Engineering Professional Development

Blanchard, James P. - Professor

Engineering Physics
nuclear microbatteries -- radiation damage -- fusion technology -- laser-induced stresses -- surface property characterization -- reactor vessel embrittlement
Engineering Mechanics, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems

Blasko, Vladimir - Adjunct Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
power electronics -- adjustable-speed drives -- control of power electronics/drives
Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium

Bleam, William F. - Professor

Institute for Environmental Studies, Soil Science
Surface and colloid chemistry of soils and sediments including: adsorption of inorganic ions at mineral/water interfaces, magnetochemistry of transition and rare-earth ions at the mineral/water interface, reduction/oxidation chemistry, macromolecular and colloidal chemistry of humic substances, metal complexation by humic substances, and sorption of nonpolar organic compounds by humic substances.

Blewett, Thomas J. - Associate Professor

Engineering Professional Development
industrial and small business pollution prevention -- solid waste planning and management -- organics management and composting -- rural fuel storage systems -- environmental compliance regulations
Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center

Blick, Robert H. - Lynn H. Matthias Professor II in Engineering

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, Materials Science Program

Block, Walter F. - Associate Professor

Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics
magnetic resonance (MR) interventional procedures -- MR angiography and cardiac imaging - specifically designing real-time magnetic resonance acquisition and processing algorithms and systems for these procedures -- MR contrast mechanisms -- signal and image processing -- distributed computing
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Bollinger, John G. - John Bascom Professor Emeritus

Industrial and Systems Engineering
Dynamic behavior of machine tool drive systems -- Position control for automatic welding -- Noise generation/noise control in product design -- Machine tool structure control dynamics -- Dynamic loads in gears -- Environmental noise control -- Digital computer control of machines and processes -- Mini-computer and micro-processor systems design -- Guidance systems for industrial robots -- Robotics for space application -- Environmental control of humidity

Bonazza, Riccardo - Professor

Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering
experimental fluid mechanics and heat transfer -- impulsive unsteady phenomena -- shock tube applications -- laser and X-ray imaging & measuring techniques
Engineering Mechanics, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Boom, Roger W. - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Engineering Physics
superconductive magnetic energy storage for electric utilities
Applied Superconductivity Center, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Booske, John H. - Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Professor

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. -- microwave vacuum electronics -- advanced vacuum cathodes and electron emitters -- microfabricated millimeter-wave and terahertz-regime vacuum electronic devices -- bio-electromagnetics -- innovative teaching methods, especially for electromagnetics
Materials Science Program

Boston, Nigel - Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics
Cryptography -- Coding theory -- Biometrics -- Digital watermarking -- Applications of algebra to EE, CS, and Math Dept.

Botez, Dan - Philip Dunham Reed Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
high-power,coherent semiconductor diode lasers -- semiconductor lasers based on active photonic crystals -- intersubband-transition, quantum-confinement emitters
Materials Science Program, Reed Center for Photonics

Bower, Elaine M. - Faculty Associate/Program Director

Engineering Professional Development
trace chemical detection for forensic applications -- unique biosensors for non-traditional applications -- chemical engineering unit operations including mixing, drying, separations -- strategic R&D planning; biotechnology

Bower, Glenn R. - Faculty Associate

Mechanical Engineering

Engine Research Center

Box, George E.P. - Professor Emeritus

Industrial and Systems Engineering
quality improvement -- statistical and Bayesian inference -- experimental design -- data analysis -- response surface analysis -- engineering statistics -- nonlinear estimation
Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

Boyle, William C. - Professor Emeritus

Civil and Environmental Engineering
environmental engineering -- biological waste treatment -- industrial wastes -- waste disposal and treatment
Small-Scale Waste Management Project, Water Resources Management Program, Wisconsin Consortium for Applied Water Quality Research

Bradt, Mitch, P.E. - Assistant Faculty Associate/Program Director

Engineering Professional Development
Windfarms -- Alternative Energy -- Power Electronics -- Rotating Machinery and AC Drives -- Distribution Engineering -- T & D -- Protective Relaying -- Electric Power Systems -- Substation Design

Brennan, Patricia Flatley - Professor and Chair

Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Education, School of Nursing
health informatics -- community health -- information systems -- computer-mediated clinical practice -- health services research
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Bretherton, Francis P. - Emeritus Professor

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Earth system science -- remote sensing -- atmospheric and oceanic dynamics

Bucklew, James A. - Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics
Simulation of communication systems and networks; rare event simulation; digital and wireless communication systems

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