Joint Faculty
![]() Suresh G. Advani advani@udel.edu 302-831-1674 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Director, CCM Show Specialties Polymer and composite processing, transport phenomena in manufacturing processes, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and rheology, fiber suspensions, flow through porous media, computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer, fuel cells, hydrogen storage, wind energy |
![]() Elisa S. Arch schranke@udel.edu 302-831-7268 View Website View Google Scholar Assistant Professor, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology Show Specialties Adaptive capacity of the human musculoskeletal system during movement tasks Interaction between the musculoskeletal system and prosthetic and orthotic devices Optimization of the design and prescription of prosthetic and orthotic devices |
![]() Thomas P. Beebe beebe@udel.edu 302-831-3051 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Show Specialties Polymer nanocomposites; nanostructured materials and surfaces; polymer morphology and structure-property relationships; surface and interface phenomena in polymers |
![]() Travis Bogetti travis.a.bogetti.civ@mail.mil 302-831-6324 Show Specialties Composite Modeling, Experimental Mechanics |
![]() David L. Burris dburris@udel.edu 302-831-2006 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Professor, Show Specialties Tribological characterization, environmental testing, probing buried interfaces, multifunctional tribomaterials, modeling |
![]() Daniel Cha cha@ce.udel.edu 302-831-2435 View Google Scholar Professor, Civil & Show Specialties Population dynamics of biological wastewater treatment processes, biotransformation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered systems.
| ![]() Michael Chajes chajes@udel.edu 302-831-6756 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Show Specialties Applications of composite materials in civil engineering structures, use of composites for infrastructure rehabilitation. |
![]() Tsu-Wei Chou chou@udel.edu 302-831-1550 View Website View Google Scholar Professor Emeritus Show Specialties Modeling & characterization of polymer-metal and ceramic-based fiber composites; nanotube-based composites; micro- and nano-mechanics. |
![]() Thomas H Epps, III thepps@udel.edu 302-831-0215 View Google Scholar Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Professor Director, Center for Molecular & Engineering Thermodynamics (CMET) Joint Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Post-Doctorate – 2006 NRC Postdoctoral Fellow – NIST |
![]() Jeremy M. Firestone jf@udel.edu 302-831-0228 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Show Specialties Major research focus is offshore wind power. Firestone analyzes the feasibility, environmental impacts, capacity and public support/opposition related to offshore wind farms. |
![]() Kun (Kelvin) Fu kfu@udel.edu 302-831-2008 View Website View Google Scholar Assistant Professor, Show Specialties Clean Energy & Environment, Composites & Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology |
![]() Eric Furst furst@udel.edu 302-831-0102 View Website View Google Scholar Chair, Show Specialties Colloid and polymer physics, microrheology, active and non-linear microrheology, controlled delivery of therapeutics, cell biophysics, complex fluid structure and rheology, particulate gels, directed self-assembly. |
![]() John W. Gillespie, Jr. gillespi@udel.edu 302-831-8702 View Dossier View Google Scholar Professor of: Show Specialties Composites, processing, mechanics, design, interphase science, adhesion, experimental methods |
![]() James L. Glancey glancey@udel.edu 302-831-1179 View Website Professor, Show Specialties Research in the department covers a broad range of basic and applied topics in the field of mechanical engineering. Members of the department conduct research in the general areas of controls, fluid mechanics, materials, nonlinear dynamics, and solid mechanics. |
![]() Jason P. Gleghorn gleghorn@udel.edu 302-831-4836 View Website View Google Scholar Assistant Professor Show Specialties Microfluidics, Microfabrication-based approaches to regenerative medicine, Dynamics of multicellular systems, Mechanics and dynamics of morphogenesis, Mechanotransduction. |
![]() Keith Goossen goossen@udel.edu 302-831-0590 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Show Specialties Optoelectronics and optical fiber communication; investigations into solid state devices, nanoelectronics, electromagnetics and composite materials. |
![]() Monique Head head@udel.edu 302-831-6935 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Professor, Show Specialties Bridges for the Future, Disasters, Infrastructure, Structural, Sustainability |
![]() Dirk Heider heider@udel.edu 302-831-8898 View Google Scholar Assistant Director for Technology, CCM Show Specialties Advanced composites manufacturing including VARTM, automated thermoplastic tape placement, pultrusion and induction-based thermoplastic processing |
![]() Jill Higginson higginso@udel.edu 302-831-6622 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Show Specialties Biomechanics |
![]() Marianthi Ierapetritou mgi@udel.edu 302-831-6641 View Website View Google Scholar Bob and Jane Gore, Show Specialties Process Operations, Design and Synthesis of flexible production systems focusing on pharmaceutical manufacturing,energy and sustainability process modeling and operations; and modeling of biopharmaceutical production. |
![]() Scott Jones jones@udel.edu 302-831-8278 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Show Specialties Cost Analysis of Advanced Materials & Processing; management control systems, applied statistics. |
![]() Victor Kaliakan kaliakan@udel.edu 302-831-2409 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Show Specialties Computational geomechanics, constitutive modeling of geomaterials and polymers |
![]() Michael Keefe keefe@udel.edu 302-831-8009 View Website Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Show Specialties Modeling of Joints in Fabric Structures; Rapid Tooling and Rapid Prototyping |
![]() Willett M. Kempton kempton@udel.edu 302-831-0049 View Website View Google Scholar Director, Center for Carbon Free Power Integration, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Show Specialties Electric cars, energy, environmental, marine, public policy, V2G technology, wind power |
![]() Fouad Kiamilev kiamilev@udel.edu 302-831-8969 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Materials Show Specialties Analog front end design, embedded systems, advanced sensors and hardware integration, infrared projection and detection |
![]() Kristi L. Kiick kiick@udel.edu 302-831-0201 View Website View Google Scholar Blue & Gold Distinguished Prof , Materials Science Show Specialties investigates the synthesis, characterization, and application of biologically inspired and biologically produced materials |
![]() Christopher J. Kloxin cjk@udel.edu 302-831-8670 View Google Scholar Joint Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
![]() Raul F. Lobo lobo@udel.edu 302-831-1261 View Website View Google Scholar Director, Center for Catalytic Science & Technology Show Specialties Inorganic materials synthesis and characterization, catalysis and kinetics, and adsorption and separations. |
![]() Michael E. Mackay mem@udel.edu 302-831-6194 View Google Scholar Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering |
![]() David Martin milty@udel.edu 302-831-2062 View Website View Google Scholar Karl W. and Renate Böer Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Show Specialties Organic molecular semiconductors, organic conductive polymer films, low impedance biomimetic conductive polymer coatings and bioactive hydrogel coatings for microelectrodes on biomedical devices and biosensors, electrically conductive polymer nanotubes, oriented electrospun nanofibers |
![]() Jennifer McConnell righman@udel.edu 302-831-6056 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Show Specialties Bridge engineering, non-linear behavior and stability of steel structures, aging infrastructure, design for extreme events, computational analysis |
![]() Steve McKnight smcknigh@udel.edu 571-858-3002 View Website Vice President, |
![]() Mark Mirotznik mirotzi@udel.edu 302-831-4241 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Director for Digital Design and Additive Manufacturing, CCM Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Show Specialties Multifunctional additive manufacturing of high frequency electromagnetic devices and systems, electromagnetically functionalized materials, computational electromagnetics, radome design and fabrication, radar absorbing materials and structures. |
![]() Chaoying Ni cni@udel.edu 302-831-6359 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering Show Specialties Transmission electron microscopy in materials science; in situ electron microscopy and characterization; nanotubes and fibers; composites. |
![]() Amod Ogale amodo@udel.edu 864-656-5483 View Website View Google Scholar Director, Show Specialties Polymer Fibers, Films, and Composites |
![]() Robert L. Opila opila@udel.edu 302-831-3128 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Materials Show Specialties Research has emphasized interfacial phenomena, including electrical conduction in metallic composites, metal/polymer adhesion, and the source of electron traps at oxide/semiconductor interfaces. |
![]() Darrin Pochan pochan@udel.edu 302-831-3569 View Website View Google Scholar Professor and Chair, Material Science & Engineering Show Specialties Investigate vesicle, micelle and hydrogel formation in dilute aqueous systems of block polypeptides |
![]() Ajay K. Prasad prasad@udel.edu 302-831-2960 View Website View Google Scholar Engineering Alumni Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering Show Specialties Clean energy including fuel cells, Li-ion batteries, wind and ocean current energy, and vehicle-to-grid technology |
![]() Dennis Prather dprather@udel.edu 302-831-8170 View Website View Google Scholar Engineering Alumni Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Show Specialties Silicon Photonics; Ultra-wideband Conformal Antennas;Passive Millimeter-wave Imaging; High-Frequency Optical Modulators and RF Photonic Integration |
![]() John F. Rabolt rabolt@udel.edu 302-831-4476 View Website Karl W. and Renate Boer Professor, Materials Show Specialties Polymers, electrospinning; organic thin films; IR/Raman spectroscopy; biomolecular materials for tissue engineering |
![]() Judy Riffle judyriffle@aol.com 540-231-8214 View Website Professor, |
![]() R. Valery Roy vroy@udel.edu 302-831-1019 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Professor |
![]() Michael Santare santare@udel.edu 302-831-2246 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Show Specialties Applied Mechanics, Orthopedic Biomechanics, Composite Materials |
![]() Vishal Saxena vsaxena@udel.edu 302-831-4365 View Website View Google Scholar Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering Show Specialties Hybrid CMOS Photonic ICs for High-Speed Optical Interconnects used in Data Center connectivity, CMOS/BiCMOS RF Photonic ICs for next-generation wireless systems, Circuits using emerging nonvolatile memory (NVM) devices for realizing neuromorphic and Edge-AI circuits for obtaining energy-efficient embedded intelligence |
![]() Harry (Tripp) W. Shenton III shenton@udel.edu 302-831-2447 View Website View Google Scholar Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering Show Specialties Structural health monitoring and condition assessment of civil infrastructure, innovative systems and materials for low-rise construction |
![]() Steven J. Stanhope stanhope@udel.edu 302-831-3496 View Website Director, BADER Consortium Show Specialties Biomechanics, Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Prosthetics, Orthotics, Human movement analysis |
![]() Herbert Tanner btanner@udel.edu 302-831-6888 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Mechanical Engineering Show Specialties Reasearch is in the general field of planning and control of robotic systems, with emphasis to multi-agent coordination. Specific areas include hybrid dynamical systems, mobile manipulation, nonholonomic motion planning and control, and mobile sensor networks. |
![]() Jovan Tatar jtatar@udel.edu 302-831-4939 View Website View Google Scholar Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Show Specialties Bridges for the Future, Infrastructure, Materials, Structural, Sustainability |
![]() Erik T. Thostenson thosten@udel.edu 302-831-8789 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Show Specialties Processing and characterization of composite materials focusing on carbon nanotube and advanced fiber reinforcements, novel multifunctional composites, micro/nano mechanics modeling techniques. |
![]() Jack Vinson vinson@udel.edu 302-831-2338 View Website H. Fletcher Brown Show Specialties Shell, plate, and panel structures of composite materials subjected to static, vibrational, impact, and hygrothermal loads; piezoelectric effects; high-strain-rate effects; sandwich structures; adhesive-bonded joints |
![]() Dionisios G. Vlachos vlachos@udel.edu 302-831-2830 View Website View Google Scholar Director, Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation Show Specialties Reaction engineering and materials synthesis areas and the interplay of chemistry with transport over multiple length and time scales |
![]() Norman J. Wagner wagnernj@udel.edu 302-831-8079 View Website View Google Scholar Alvin B. and Julia O. Stiles Professor, Show Specialties Rheology of colloidal dispersion, nano-particles, surfactant, biopolymer and polymer blends; non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of complex fluids; molecular mechanics of diffusion in nano-structured materials |
![]() Bingqing Wei weib@udel.edu 302-831-6438 View Website View Google Scholar Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Show Specialties Clean Energy, Composite Materials, Nanotechnology, Materials Engineering, Energy, Environmental, Global Initiative |
![]() David Weir dsweir@udel.edu 302-831-7140 View Website Director, |
![]() John Q. Xiao jqx@udel.edu 302-831-6547 View Website View Google Scholar Director, Nanofabrication Laboratory Research Show Specialties Transport, magnetic, and super-conducting properties in nanostructured materials, super-conducting properties and giant magneto-resistance in ceramic solids. |
![]() Shridhar Yarlagadda yarlagad@udel.edu 302-831-4941 View Google Scholar Assistant Director for Research, CCM Show Specialties Cost-effective manufacturing technologies for polymer and ceramic matrix composites, composites repair, magnetic materials and nanocomposites, smart structures and systems, electromagnetic signature management solutions, composite micromechanics and information technology |