Alphabetical Faculty Directory: S

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Sahai, Nita - Associate Professor: Geology and Geophysics
Surface Biogeochemistry -- Biominerals -- Bioceramics -- Environmental Geochemistry
Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, Materials Science Program
Salmon, Charles G. - Professor Emeritus: Civil and Environmental Engineering
steel and concrete design -- design codes
Saluja, Kewal K. - Professor: Computer Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Design for testability -- Built-in self-test -- Computer architecture -- VLSI design and testing -- Fault-tolerant computing
Samuel, Jay M. - Senior Lecturer: Mechanical Engineering
metal forming -- welding and joining processes -- materials engineering
Sanders, Jerry L. - Professor Emeritus: Industrial and Systems Engineering
automatic assembly systems -- stochastic processes -- flame cutting layout procedures -- production systems
Sanders, Scott T. - Associate Professor: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
swept-wavelength sources -- advanced spectrometers -- hyperspectral imaging -- optical sensors -- piston and aeropropulsion engines
Engine Research Center
Sandor, Bela I. - Professor Emeritus: Engineering Physics
stress-strain in materials -- infrared thermographic stress analysis, fatigue damage mechanisms -- fracture control; damage alleviation -- fatigue damage analysis of joint systems; micromechanics of solder joints -- composite materials -- chariots: comprehensive mechanics analysis and humanistic aspects
Engineering Mechanics, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory
Sarmadi, Majid - Professor: Environment, Textiles and Design
Chemical properties and structures of textile fibers -- plasma modifications of materials -- wettability -- dyeing -- finishing
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing, Materials Science Program
Sather, Glenn A. - Professor Emeritus: Chemical and Biological Engineering
stoichiometry -- thermodynamics
Sayeed, Akbar M. - Professor: Electrical and Computer Engineering
wireless communications, wireless sensing, multipath channels, multi-dimensional communication theory, multi-dimensional signal representations, statistical signal processing, information theory, learning theory, and applications in networked communication and sensing
Scarpace, Frank L. - Professor Emeritus: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute for Environmental Studies
image processing -- remote sensing
Scharer, John E. - Professor: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electromagnetic wave propagation and antennas for communications -- Free-electron and excimer lasers -- Microwave and millimeter wave amplifiers -- Computer simulation of and experiments on plasma waves and radiofrequency plasma sources for materials processing -- Radiofrequency wave antenna coupling, heating and current drive in fusion plasmas
Center for Plasma Theory and Computation
Schauer, James Jay - Professor: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Air chemistry -- Environmental analysis -- Air quality modeling -- Measurement of atmospheric pollutants -- Measurement of air pollution source emissions -- Aerosol dynamics -- Development of air pollution control strategies
Air Resources Management Program, Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Schauer, James Jay - Assistant Professor: Air chemistry -- Environmental analysis -- Air quality modeling -- Measurement of atmospheric pollutants -- Measurement of air pollution source emissions -- Aerosol dynamics -- Development of air pollution control strategies
Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program
Scherz, James P. - Professor Emeritus: Civil and Environmental Engineering
photogrammetry -- surveying -- archeoastronomy and mapping prehistoric sites -- developing basic GIS
Schlack, Alois L., Jr. - Professor Emeritus: Engineering Physics
dynamics, vibrations -- astrodynamic -- dynamic stability analysis -- rotating shaft-disc systems -- elastic spacecraft dynamics
Engineering Mechanics
Schmitt, Harrison H. - Adjunct Professor: Engineering Physics, Geology and Geophysics

Fusion Technology Institute
Schneider, James A. - Assistant Professor: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Foundation solutions for renewable energy systems and transportation infrastructure -- Evaluation of strength and stiffness of soils, particularly through the use of in situ tests [pressuremeter, piezocone, seismic piezocone, T-bar and ball penetrometers, flat plat dilatometer (DMT)] -- Evaluation of safety margins and optimization of construction effort
Geoengineering Program, Geological Engineering Program
Schramm, Donald R. - Faculty Associate/Program Director: Engineering Professional Development
architectural lighting/daylighting -- building energy systems -- creativity -- distance learning -- disaster/refugee emergency management -- international engineering -- professional practice -- team building
Disaster Management Center, Master of Engineering in Professional Practice
Schulte, Michael J. - Associate Professor: College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Embedded Systems -- Computer Architecture -- Computer Arithmetic -- Reconfigurable Computing -- Domain-Specific Processor Design
Computer Engineering
Sell, George R. - Professor Emeritus: Mechanical Engineering
technical writing
Sesto, Mary Elizabeth - Assistant Professor: Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Medicine and Public Health

Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Trace Research and Development Center
Sethares, William A. - Professor: Electrical and Computer Engineering
modeling and adaptation in signal processing, acoustics, and control
Shapiro, Vadim - Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor: Computer Sciences, Mechanical Engineering
computer-aided design and automation; geometric and topological computing; solid modeling and computational geometry; physical modeling, analysis, and simulation
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Spatial Automation Laboratory
Shedd, Tim - Associate Professor: Mechanical Engineering
Multiphase flows -- Two-phase heat transfer -- Flow visualization and optical measurement techniques -- Electronics cooling -- Sprays and spray impingement cooling -- Contact line modeling -- Immersion Lithography -- Fuel delivery systems
Computational Mechanics Center, Engine Research Center, Solar Energy Laboratory
Sheinis, Andrew I. - Assistant Professor: Astronomy, Mechanical Engineering

Materials Science Program
Shi, Leyuan - Professor: Industrial and Systems Engineering
simulation modeling -- large-scale optimization -- supply chain optimization -- production planning and scheduling
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Shinners, Kevin J. - Professor: Biological Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Shohet, J. Leon - Professor: Electrical and Computer Engineering
plasma-aided manufacturing -- controlled fusion -- nonlinear science -- effects of vacuum ultraviolet radiation on the processing of electronic materials -- biotechnology, especially biomaterials and directed differentiation of stem cells
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing, HSX Plasma Laboratory, Materials Science Program, Wisconsin Plasma Processing and Technology Research Consortium
Shusta, Eric V. - Associate Professor: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering
brain drug delivery -- blood-brain barrier engineering -- biopharmaceutical design -- protein engineering
Biotechnology Training Program, Blood-Brain Barrier Group, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sidney, Daniel - Assistant Visiting Scientist: Biomedical Engineering
Slemrod, Marshall - Professor: Mathematics
continuim mechanics -- Boltzmann equation -- shock waves -- nonlinear partial differential equations
Engineering Mechanics
Smith, Elizabeth T. - Assistant Professor: Laser materials processing -- On-line monitoring and control techniques for manufacturing processes -- Micromachining, microjoining
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Smith, James E. - Emeritus Professor: Computer Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computer Architecture -- High performance processor and system implementations -- Virtual Machines -- Power efficient processors
Smith, Leslie M. - Professor: Engineering Physics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering
statistical physics, turbulence and turbulence modeling for engineering and geophysical applications -- applied mathematics, stability theory and fluid dynamics -- field theoretical techniques, the dynamic renormalization group and universality in complex systems
Smith, Lloyd M. - Professor: Chemistry
development of novel methods for the analysis and manipulation of nucleic acids -- DNA sequence analysis -- DNA diagnostics -- molecular computing -- surface chemistry -- fluorescence -- mass spectrometry (MALDI and electrospray) -- robotics/automation and informatics
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research
Smith, Maureen A. - Associate Professor: Industrial and Systems Engineering, Population Health Sciences
Smith, Michael J. - Professor Emeritus: Industrial and Systems Engineering
human factors and ergonomics -- occupational safety -- job-related stress -- work organization design and management -- job design
Smith, Robert J. - Adjunct Professor: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Smith, Robert L., Jr. - Professor Emeritus: Civil and Environmental Engineering
transportation planning and policy -- traffic engineering -- transit planning and operations -- city planning -- site planning -- geographic information systems -- intelligent transportation systems
Smith, Thomas W. - Faculty Associate/Program Director: Engineering Professional Development
applications of telecommunications and distance education
Engineering Telecommunications Programming
Soens, David, P.E. - Assistant Faculty Associate/Program Director: Engineering Professional Development
Building Safety & Performance Courses -- Health Care Physical Plant Reliability -- Fire Protection Engineering
Sohi, Gurindar S. - Professor: Computer Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering
computer architecture -- non-numeric processing -- VLSI design -- parallel processing
Sonzogni, William C. - Professor: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute for Environmental Studies
fate and transport of toxic contaminants -- analytical chemistry of pollutants -- chemical limnology -- water resources management -- environmental toxicology
Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, Limnology and Marine Science, Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, Water Resources Management Program, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Sovinec, Carl R. - Associate Professor: Engineering Physics
computational plasma physics--computational fluid dynamics--magnetohydrodynamics--numerical methods for partial differential equations
Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Spalding, Edgar - Professor: Biomedical Engineering, Botany
Stanley, Emily H. - Associate Professor: Zoology
aquatic ecosystem ecology -- disturbance and hydrology as determinants of metabolism and nutrient cycling; subsurface processes -- large scale and multiple scale processes in lotic ecosystems
Limnology and Marine Science
Steudel, Harold J. - Emerson Electric Professor in Total Quality Emeritus: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Development of statistical modeling, analysis and management techniques for the design and improvement of manufacturing systems such areas as the design, evaluation and management of continuous flow/cellular manufacturing systems for just-in-time (JIT) operations. -- Design and implementation of quality management systems in health care and manufacturing organizations including medical devices.
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Stone, Donald S. - Associate Professor, MSP Associate Director: Materials Science and Engineering
mechanical properties: creep, plasticity, fracture, scale effects -- kinetics, thermodynamics -- metals and alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, amorphous alloys, biological materials, thin films, microscopic specimens
Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science Program, Mechanics and Materials Research Group
Straub, Richard J. - Professor: Biological Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
agricultural machinery and power systems -- forage harvesting -- post-harvest processing of agricultural and biological materials -- machine design
Suresh, Krishnan - Associate Professor: Mechanical Engineering
Geometric Modeling -- CAD/CAE -- Solid Mechanics -- Multi-disciplinary Simulation -- Precision Engineering -- Machine Design
Suri, Rajan - Professor Emeritus: Industrial and Systems Engineering
lead time reduction and quick response manufacturing -- POLCA and other alternatives to Kanban for material control -- queuing network models for manufacturing systems analysis
Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Quick Response Manufacturing Consortium
Swaney, Ross E. - Associate Professor and Vilas Research Associate: Chemical and Biological Engineering
process systems modeling and optimization
Szlufarska, Izabela - Assistant Professor: 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.
Materials Science Program

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