Micro-Nano Engineering
- Near Net Shape Manufacturing (Squeeze Casting, Thixoforming)
- Formability of Sheet Metals
- Microwave Sintering of Ceramics
- Processing and Properties of Metal Matrix Composites and Metallic Foams
- Processing and Properties of Polymer Matrix Composites
- Shape Memory Alloys
- Materials for Biomedical Applications (Hydroxyapatite, Ti)
- Modification of Surface Properties Through Coating
- Experimental Mechanics
- Micromechanics
- Crystal plasticity
- Full-field strain measurement
- In situ microscopy
- High specific-strength metals
- Residual stresses
- Amorphous metals
- Diffraction measurements of strain
Molecular Modeling
Polymer Science
Biomaterials
Bioinspired systems
- Micro and nanoscale heat transfer
- Multiscale thermal modeling
- Electrothermal modeling
- Thermal characterization
- Thermophysical properties
- Plasmonics
- Additive Manufacturing
- Crashing Behaviour of Composite Structures
- Wind Energy Applications, design, analysis and manufacturing of composite wind turbine blades
- Manufacturing and mechanical properties of nanocomposites, filled and reinforced engineering plastics and rubber.
- Characterization of plastic materials (cure kinetics and crystallization using DSC, DTMA) for process modeling.
- Processing of advanced fiber reinforced composites and nanocomposites
- Modeling and Measurement of Residual Stresses
- Finite element modeling of thermoplastic and thermoset composites processing including heat transfer, crystallization/curing, material response, shrinkage, residual stress development and warpage
- Fatigue and fracture of metallic materials
- Elastic-plastic modeling of cyclic loading in metals.
- Road simulation testing of automotive components and substructures
- Design and control of thermal and energy systems
- Nanotechnology in energy applications
- Thermal management of opto/electronic systems
- Inverse problems of thermal design and sensing
- Design and fabrication of nanodevices for biological, chemical, and optical sensing applications
- Wide bandgap semiconductor electronic/photonic devices
- Nanobiotechnology
- Plasmonics
- Self-powered and sustainable devices
- Nanowire-based flexible and wearable sensors
