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 and computational micromechanics
- Neutron/x-ray diffraction for exploring internal strains
- Residual stress measurement with the slitting method
- Metallic glasses
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
