Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty Directory
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics
- Affiliated Assistant
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Assistant Professor, Materials Science
and Engineering
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Research Interests
- Nanomaterials
- Stem cell and tissue engineering
- Nano-biomaterials
- Mechanical characterization of advanced materials
- Sensors and actuators in medical device
- Finite element analysis (FEA)
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Affiliated Professor, Materials Science
and Engineering
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Areas of Interest
- Micro-electromechanical systems
- Micromachining materials and process technologies
- Inertial pressure
- Nanoscaled technologies enabling banoelectronic devices
- Technologies for the monolithic integration of sensors and actuators with electronics
- Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Graduate School
- Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Adjunct Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
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Specialties
- Review of theses and dissertations
- Presents and organizes professional development seminars
- Processes withdrawals
- Manages new student orientation
- Manages the postdoctoral affairs office
- Associate Professor and Chair, Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology
- Affiliated Associate
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Materials Science
and Engineering
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Research Interests
- Nitric oxide releasing polymers
- Implantable sensors
- Biological response to polymeric materials
- Wound healing
- Antimicrobial and viral inactivation
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Affiliated
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
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Research Interests
- The biology and physiology of the lymphatic and blood vascular systems including vascular
regeneration, remodeling and pathology
- Vascular biomaterials, including polymeric, natural, and metallic, for vascular repair
and regeneration
- Professor of Physics
- Director and Curator, A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
- Affiliated
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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Teaching Interests
- Nanotechnology Education
- Assessment in STEM education
Research Interests
- Theoretical condensed matter physics
- Theory and modeling of single-electron transport devices
- Modeling and simulation of properties of interfaces and interface materials
- Atomistic computational physics of surface phases and surface dynamics
- Crystal growth
- Mineralogy of natural graphite
- Senior Research Engineer/Scientist II
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Materials Science
and Engineering
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Teaching Interests
- Focus on X-ray diffraction techniques
Research Interests
- X-ray diffraction theory and applications
- Mechanical alloying
- Intermetallic materials
- Physical metallurgy
- Nanoscale materials
- Materials characterization
- Powder metallurgy
Adam R. Loukus
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Vice President, REL
Industries
- President/CEO Loukus Technologies
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Research Interests
- Dynamic material testing
- Materials and process consulting
- Magnesium and Al-MMC product development
- Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professor of Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering
Mechanics
- Director of Research
- Affiliated Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
and ASME Faculty Advisor
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Areas of Expertise
- Mechanics of Materials
- Materials Science
Research Interests
- Computational Mechanics
- Computational Materials Science
- Computational Chemistry
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Mechanical behavior of materials
- Composite materials
- Materials characterization
- Kinetics
- Senior design
Research Interests
- High temperature deformation and fracture
- Superplasticity
- Simulation of microstructural development during phase transformations
- Design of composite materials
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
- Adjunct
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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Research Interests
- Nanotechnology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Batteries and Supercapacitors)
- Nanogenerators and Piezotronic Sciences
- Nanoscale Degradation of Fuel Cell Materials
- Nanoscale Properties of Low Dimensional Materials for Thermoelectrics and Nanoelectronics
- Mechanics of Bio and Nano Materials and Composites
- In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy
John Shingledecker
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Program Manager, EPRI
Research Interests
- High temperature alloys
- Creep of engineering alloys and welds
- High and low temperature corrosion
- Computational thermodynamics
- University Professor
- Professor of Physics, Director of Applied Physics Graduate Program
- Osaka
University Global Alumni Fellow, MTU Faculty Fellow
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Teaching Interests
- Solid-State Physics
- Optics
- Nanoscale Science and Engineering (Nanotechnology)
- Electromagnetism
Research Interests
- Controlled synthesis of 0D, 1D, and 2D materials (Nanotubes, 2D layered materials,
Nanowires, Quantum Dots, and their heterostructures, etc.).
- Exploration of new functional nanomaterials, heterojunctions, heterostructures, nano-hybrids,
and nano-systems.
- Creative use of nanomaterials for advanced electronics, quantum switching, energy
harvesting, environmental, chemical and biomedical applications.
