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Eric Lauga, Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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Continuum mechanics applied
to biological problems: swimming
mechanics, the motion
of gastropods, and propulsion
by flagella; fluid mechanics,
biophysical fluid dynamics and
control of fluid flows. PH.D. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2005 Most recently: Asst. Professor, MIT |
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Karen Christman, Assistant Professor Bioengineering |
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Regenerative medicine,
systems biology, tissue
engineering, polymer
chemistry and
bio-nanotechnology,
multi-scale bioengineering
and biomaterial design. PH.D. UC SAN FRANCISCO & UC BERKELEY, 2003 Most recently: Postdoc UCLA Polymers/Bio-nanotechnology |
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Kun Zhang, Assistant Professor Bioengineering |
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Human genetics, synthetic
biology, neuroscience,
polymerase cloning (ploning),
genomics with emphasis on
high-throughput genomic
analysis of single DNA
molecules and applied issues
in microbial and stem cell biology. PH.D. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, 2003 Most recently: Postdoc, Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics |
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Ryan Kastner, Associate Professor Computer Science and Engineering |
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Reconfigurable computing,
VLSI computer-aided
design, sensor networks,
radiolocation, computer
architecture, security,
embedded systems and
optimization algorithms. PH.D. UCLA, 1999 Most recently: Assoc. Professor, UC Santa Barbara |
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Alison Marsden, Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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Computational fluid mechanics,
cardiovascular mechanics,
bio-fluid mechanics and
biomedical devices technology
emphasizing optimization
methods relating to vascular
surgery; exploring the interface
between biology and the quantitative, physical,
and theoretical disciplines. PH.D. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 2005 Most recently: Postdoc, Stanford University Cardiovascular Biomechanics Research Lab |
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Hovav Shacham, Assistant Professor Computer Science and Engineering |
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Applied cryptography using
pairings—computable
bilinear maps over certain
elliptic curves—to construct
cryptographic systems,
systems security, and
tech policy. PH.D. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 2005 Most recently: Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science |
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Jorge Cortés, Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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Systems and control,
distributed coordination
algorithms, cooperative
control, geometric mechanics,
nonlinear mechanical systems,
robotics, cooperative motion
control of unmanned vehicles
and geometric control theory. PH.D. UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID, 2001 Most recently: Asst. Professor, UC Santa Cruz |
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Shyni Varghese, Assistant Professor Bioengineering |
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Biomaterials, tissue engineering,
fabrication and analysis of
polymeric materials,
interface of biomaterials
engineering and regenerative
medicine, stem cell
differentiation methods. PH.D. NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY, INDIA, 2002 Most recently: Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University |
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Juan Carlos del Alamo, Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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Bioengineering, fluid dynamics,
flow turbulence, numerical
methods for physics
simulations and parallel
computer simulations. PH.D. POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, 2005 Most recently: Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD |
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Gaurav Arya, Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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Chemical engineering with a
focus on molecular dynamics
applied to nanomembranes,
polymers and biomaterials. PH.D. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, 2003 Most recently: Research scientist, New York University and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences |
