Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Research Topics

• Impact, vibration, wave motion, and instability in mechanical and biomedical systems
• Mechanics of brain injury and brain development
• Nonlinear dynamic phenomena that underlie oscillatory movements of cells and microorganisms

Research Topics

• Interfaces and adhesion in nature, physiology, and engineering

Research Topics

• Plasmonic nanostructures for chemical and biological sensors and nanomedicine