Biological and Nanoscale Sciences

Faculty Contact: Professor Pranav Shrotriya

The biological and nanoscale sciences program investigates problems at the interface of engineering, biology, and nanotechnology, allowing us to apply the fundamental principles of mechanical engineering to expand opportunities for new science and engineering breakthroughs. By merging the engineering fields of dynamics, materials, mechanics, fluid flow, and heat transfer with the scientific fields of chemistry, materials science, and biology, we pursue experimental and computational strategies to understand the physical principles specific to small scale and biological phenomena. This enabling research uses unique physics at the nanometer scale with a view toward revolutionizing areas such as biomedicine and biotechnology.
 
 
 

Associated Faculty

	Daniel Attinger Attinger’s Lab Micro and Nanofluidics, Convective Heat Transfer, Single Droplet/Bubble Dynamics, Multiscale Transfer Phenomena for Energy and Forensics Applications Personal Page
	Tim Bigelow Ultrasound systems to treat cancer and infections, physical properties of tissue using backscattered ultrasound signals, bioeffects for ultrasound safety and therapy Personal Page
	Robert C. Brown Director, Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies Gasification, Fast Pyrolysis, Bio-oil to fuels, Catalysis, Biocatalysis, Torrefaction of biomass, Biochar production for agronomic applications and carbon sequestration nutrient recycling between production agriculture and biofuels manufacturing Personal Page
	Mark Bryden Virtual Reality Applications Center Development of the computational tools, algorithms, understandings, and strategies needed to analyze, understand, create, design, and build complex engineered, natural, or human system. Personal Page
	Nastaran Hashemi Hashemi Lab Microfluidics, Biosensors, Optofluidics, Bio-N/MEMS: Design, Modeling, and Fabrication, Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Physics of Micro/Nanoscale Phenomena, Nonlinear Dynamics Personal Page
	Ted Heindel Experimental Multiphase Flow Laboratory The Experimental Multiphase Flow Laboratory investigates hydrodynamics and mixing in gas-liquid, gas-solid, and gas-liquid-solid systems using X-ray flow visualization techniques, as well as gas-liquid mass transfer. Personal Page
	Gap-Yong Kim Metal matrix composites, Micro/nano manufacturing, Microforming, Semi-solid processing, Spray deposition, Fuel cells Personal Page
	Valery Levitas Stress- and strain-induced phase transformations, high pressure mechanics and mechanochemistry, cavitation in liquids and solids, large inelastic deformation of solids, continuum thermodynamics and kinetics, micromechanics and nanomechanics, energetic and nanoenergetic materials Personal Page
	Gregory Maxwell Industrial Assessment Center Energy usage in buildings and HVAC systems. Industrial energy efficiency. Nuclear energy. Personal Page
	Pal Molian Materials and Manufacturing with focus on laser processing, nanotechnology, MEMS and solid freeform fabrication Personal Page
	Reza Montazami Montazami Lab Smart Materials and Structures, Functional Thin-Films (Energy Harvesting, Sensors and Actuators), Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites (Green Energy), Nature-Inspired Soft Microrobotics, (Biomedical Devices and Military Applications), MEMS and NEMS Personal Page
	Mike Olsen Experimental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Microelectromechanical Systems Personal Page
	Pranav Shrotriya Mechanical response of micro/nano scale structures, Experimental and computational mechanics at small length scales, Mechanics of surface stress sensors and molecular adsorption, Stress-assisted dissolution and damage of biomedical implants, Mechanics of Manufacturing Processes Personal Page
	Shankar Subramaniam Spray modeling, Modeling and simulation of gas-particle flows, granular flows, Combustion, Turbulent reactive flows, Mixing, Stochastic models, particle methods, Computational fluid dynamics Personal Page
	Sriram Sundararajan Computation Laboratory Surface engineering, Micro/nanoscale tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), Multiscale Mechanical behavior of materials, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Thin film characterization using three dimensional atom probe microscopy Personal Page
	Xinwei Wang Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Science Laboratory Thermal transport in micro/nanoscale materials (thin films, coatings, nanowires, and nanotubes): novel technique development for thermal conductivity measurement, the effect of material structure on its thermophysical properties Personal Page
	Jonathan Wickert Vibration and Noise Control Laboratory Mechanical vibration and noise control; continuous and multibody systems dynamics; applied mechanics; applications in computer data storage, flexible web material manufacturing, and friction-vibration interaction Personal Page
	Eliot Winer Internet Technology for Large-Scale Collaborative Design, Medical Imaging, Analysis, and Visualization, Multidisciplinary Design Synthesis, Computer Aided Design and Graphics, Applications in Optimal Design, Scientific Visualization and Virtual Reality Modeling for Large-Scale Design. Personal Page