Campus and School Research Centers and Labs
- Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy (LCRE)
- Industrial Assessment Center (IAC)
- Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute (INDI)
- Transportation and Autonomous Systems Institute
- Biomechanics and Biomaterials Research Center (BBRC)
- Institute of Integrative AI
- Dental Biomechanics Research Laboratory
- Electronic and Electrochemical Materials and Devices Laboratory (EEMDL)
Faculty Research Labs
Multifunctional materials, self-healing polymers, experimental mechanics, virtual reality, engineering education
Advanced battery materials and systems, in situ and operando characterization, microstructure-based modeling, simulation and optimization of battery systems
Advanced multifunctional composite materials, nanocomposites, additive manufacturing, multi-scale modeling and material characterization, micro and nanotechnologies, computational mechanics, multi-disciplinary design optimization
Dental biomechanics, instrumentation design, energy efficiency
Polymer electrolyte fuel cells, advanced batteries, graphenes, nano-materils synthesis and characterization, hydrogen generation and storage, clean coal technology, carbon dioxide reduction, materials characterization, electric propulsion systems for EV, HEV and UWV, corrosion, surface and interface phenomena, failure, biomedical materials and device
Li-ion battery recycling/upcycling, degradation mechanisms of Li-ion and beyond Li-ion batteries, muti-scale, multi-physics modeling of Li-ion batteries, solid-state batteries, and battery material design
Engineering systems, structures, and material design optimization algorithms with synergies among structural engineering, engineering mechanics, material science, and manufacturing.
Focused on three types of complex flows: pore-scale fluid dynamics in porous media, multiphase flow, and blood flow in diseased human vessels. By revealing the fluid dynamics, we support material scientists, applied mathematicians, and clinicians to establish new materials, new flow models, and new hemodynamic indices and guidelines for the proper interventional treatment of vascular diseases
Orthopaedic biomechanics, soft tissue mechanics, computational biomechanics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, mechanobiology, stem cell differentiation, muskuloskeletal biology and repair
Renewable energy, catalysts, aerosol pollution, Ion mobility-mass spectrometry, electric propulsion, polymer & biomolecule characterization, multiscale multichemistry plasma modeling
Nanomaterials, 2D materials, MXenes, synthesis & characterization, multifunctional nanocomposites, structural materials, mechanical properties, high-temperature materials, metal composites, ceramic composites
Automotive sensors, battery diagnostics, biomechanical systems, wind turbine modeling and control, electrified powertrains, autonomous vehicles
Renewable energy (hydrogen transport membrane, solid oxide fuel cell, electric vehicle conversion), multi-scale modeling (finite element method, discrete element method, atomistic simulation), coupled phenomena (thermal and electrical properties, mass transport), and their applications to processing, ceramic materials for biomedical and power generation
Prediction and design of advanced materials through multiscale modeling and simulation, interfaces and defects in materials, mechanical and thermal properties of metallic alloys and ceramics, atomistic simulations, finite element analysis
Simulation-based design under uncertainty, reliability-based design, robust design, uncertainty quantification of machine learning, stochastic optimization, applied machine learning