Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty Directory
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics Affiliated Assistant
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Affiliated Assistant Professor, Materials Science
and Engineering
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
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
Specialties
Review of theses and dissertations
Presents and organizes professional development seminars
Processes withdrawals
Manages new student orientation
Manages the postdoctoral affairs office
Chair, Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology Affiliated Associate Professor, Biomedical
Engineering Affiliated Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Nitric oxide releasing polymers
Implantable sensors
Biological response to polymeric materials
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Affiliated Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Affiliated
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
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
Interim Department Chair, Chemistry and Professor, Physics Affiliated Professor, Materials
Science and Engineering, and Cognitive and Learning Sciences Adjunct Curator, A.E.
Seaman Mineral Museum
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
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
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
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
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
Professor, Physics Director, Applied Physics Program Osaka University Global Alumni
Fellow
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 and nano-systems for advanced electronics, quantum switching,
energy harvesting, environmental, chemical and biomedical applications.
