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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 |
