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Dr. Davinder K. Anand Professor Emeritus and CECD Director Center for Engineering Concepts Development 3120 Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.405.5294 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: dkanand@umd.edu |
Research interests: Control Systems; |
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Dr. Ronald W. Armstrong |
Research interests: Strength and structure of materials, Dislocation modeling, Crystallography, X‑ray diffraction topography, single crystal/polycrystal deformation/fracturing, explosive crystals, Dynamic plasticity, Fracture toughness, Hardness testing, Prosthetic devices, Electronic materials. |
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Research interests: Deterministic and stochastic (robust) design optimization; Multi-attribute design decision
making under uncertainty; Multi-disciplinary
multi-objective sensitivity analysis; |
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Dr. Balakumar Balachandran |
Research interests: Nonlinear Phenomena, Dynamics and Vibrations, and Control. |
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Dr. Hugh Bruck, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering 2153 Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.405.8711 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: bruck@umd.edu |
Research interests: Fabrication, Characterization, and modeling for the design of functionally graded and multifunctional materials; Experimental methods for microscale and Nanoscale Materials characterization. More>> |
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Dr. Nikhil Chopra, Assistant Professor |
Research interests: Control theory, Robotics, Bilateral teleoperation and Synchronization theory. More>> |
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Dr. Don DeVoe, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering 3125 Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.405.8125 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: ddev@umd.edu |
Research interests: MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Inertial instrumentation, Microsensing and Microactivation. More>> |
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Dr. Millard Firebaugh, Glenn L. Martin Professor of Engineering Center for Engineering Concepts Development 2140 Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.405.5246 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: millfirebaugh@comcast.net |
Research interests: Innovation and Engineering Complex Systems. More>> |
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Dr. Jerry Forbes, Visiting Professor Center for Engineering Concepts Development 2140 Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.392.9362 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: jforcecd@comcast.net |
Research interests: Material response to Rapid Energy Disposition. In particular, shock wave loading of Inert and Energetic materials. More>> |
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Dr. William Fourney, Professor Department of Aerospace Engineering 3179F Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.405.1129 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: four@umd.edu |
Research interests: Experimental mechanics, Dynamic fracture. More>> |
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Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering 2135 Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.405.5306 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: skgupta@umd.edu |
Research interests: Computer-aided design, Manufacturing automation, and Robotics. |
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Dr. Henry W. Haslach, Jr., |
Research interests: Mechanics of soft |
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Dr. Jungho Kim, Professor |
Research interests: Phase Change Heat Transfer Process as applied to Electronic cooling; Investigation of fundamental heat transfer mechanisms in boiling and spray cooling in Earth and microgravity environments; High Temperature Radiation Absorbance Measurements. More>> |
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Dr. Thomas M. Klapötke, Visiting Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering 2140 Glenn L. Martin Hall Professor and Chair of Inorganic Chemistry Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany Phone: 301.405.5205 | Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: tmk@cup.uni-muenchen.de |
Research interests: Advanced materials, explosives, High-Energy-Density Materials (HEDM), Computational chemistry (semiempirical, ab initio, DFT), Structural characterization (ED and X-ray), Chalcogen-nitrogen chemistry, Azide chemistry, Fluorine chemistry, Strong oxidizers, Nitrogen-halogen chemistry, Nitro chemistry, Halogen chemistry. More>> |
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Dr. Michael Pecht, Professor and CALCE Director |
Research interests: Competitive product development; Product characterization and qualification; upply chain creation and management; Prognostics and health |
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Dr. James Short, CECD Deputy Director and Visiting Professor Center for Engineering Concepts Development 2140 Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.405.5246 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: jshort@umd.edu |
Research interests: Combustion and Detonation. More>> |
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Dr. Stefan Wirth, Research Associate Center for Energetic Concepts Development and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
Research interests: Design and Application of New Metal-Organic Frameworks | |
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Dr. Michael Zachariah, Professor Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2125 Glenn L. Martin Hall Phone: 301.405.4311 Fax: 301.314.9477 E-mail: mrz@umd.edu |
Research interests: Nanoparticle science, Manufacturing and Measurements. More>> |
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