Faculty Directory

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Atmospheric chemistry; urban air quality and pollution prevention; environmental and industrial reaction engineering

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Metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; systems biology; biofuels production using microbial and fungal sources; mammalian cell culture engineering; pathway engineering for the production of novel biofuels and biochemicals; protein engineering and evolution strategies applied to cellular engineering; value-added products and bioactive molecules in eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems; novel molecular biology tools for gene expression and regulation

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Development of multiscale methods combining quantum, atomistic, mesoscale and continuum scales; Application of multiscale methods to study nanofluidics, bionanotechnology, nanomaterials/nanoelectromechanical systems, and soft matter

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Thermal and other energy systems, oil and gas flow assurance, materials and micro-and-nanofabrication

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Statically equivalent models for simulation and optimization of complex engineered systems; proactive energy management for buildings; optimal operation and strategic decision support; fault detection and isolation for multi-scale systems

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Pore scale and multiscale modeling; flow and transport in porous media; reservoir engineering

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Semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices; molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), Semiconductor nanostructures, metal and semiconductor hetero- and nano-structures

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Developing the next generation of smart urban water systems, including real-time flood monitoring and stormwater control; algorithms for data assimilation, event detection and sensor/controller placement

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Activity and travel behavior analysis; travel demand modeling; application of econometric, discrete choice and market research techniques in transportation planning; logistics and freight modeling; transportation energy and transportation air quality analysis; urban form and spatial data modeling

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Decision making under uncertainty; value of information; economics; business strategy; energy and climate policy

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Ionic liquids; thermodynamics; gas separations; supercritical fluid technology; environmentally benign chemical processing

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Environmental and energy justice, sustainable transportation, renewable energy technology manufacturing and deployment, and energy systems modeling

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Satellite geodesy and remote sensing; Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) image processing algorithms; InSAR-based earth observation applications

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Computational research on nuclear reactors; development and application of advanced reactor analysis software; nuclear data; cross section processing; deterministic and Monte Carlos transport; isotopic depletion and decay; nuclear fuel performance; nuclear core analysis

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Pore-scale physics; methane hydrates; shale geomechanics, formation evaluation

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Fluid flow; pore-scale physics; preferential and compositional displacements; gas injection processes

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Pore fluid engineering; non-aqueous flow through porous media; earthquake engineering; liquefaction; fatigue life and behavior of asphalt concrete

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Mechanics and physics of natural porous solids, methane recovery from microporous organic rocks, methane hydrate-bearing sediments and geological carbon sequestration

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Jet flames; aerosols; fire dynamics; flame ignition

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Infrastructure management and decision making; infrastructure interdependencies; intersection of engineering and policy; public involvement in infrastructure decisions; coupled human infrastructure interdependencies; impact of urban decline on infrastructure systems

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Resource recovery from wastes; microbial community engineering; decentralized sanitation

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Experimental and computational geomechanics and multi-scale modeling with applications to well completions, lost circulation, hydraulic fracturing and anomalous flow in porous media

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Gas separation materials; gas-vapor barrier materials; membranes for water purification; membrane module modeling

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Self-assembly in polymer-particle mixtures; simulations of dynamics of self-assembled materials; theory and simulation of rod-coil and crystallizable polymers; simulations of structure and properties of materials for fuel cell and photovoltaic applications

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Environmental biotechnology and microbiology; microbiome engineering; environmental fate of chemical and biological pollutants; stormwater quality; wildfire microbiology and ecosystem recovery

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Computational fluid, solid, bio, and geomechanics; inverse problems and optimization; uncertainty quantification; parallel numerical algorithms and large-scale supercomputing

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Performance reliability and risk management for slopes, dams, levees, foundations, waste containment and site remediation

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Technology development, data analysis and policy support related to environmental monitoring for nuclear proliferation and arms control

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Internal combustion engines; hazardous waste incineration; combustion and flow in porous media

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Petrophysics; borehole geophysics; formation evaluation; rock physics; inverse problems; integrated reservoir characterization of carbonates and unconventional resources; completion petrophysics

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Air quality, focusing on atmospheric nanoparticles and aerosols

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Hydrodynamics; transport and water quality issues in lakes, rivers and estuaries

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Power Semiconductor Devices; Advanced Power Electronics; Renewable Energy Integration and Smart Grid; Power Management Integrated Circuits

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Molecular sensing technologies; nanomaterials, microfabrication, and nanophotonics with applications in environmental sensing, homeland security and medical diagnostics

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Nanotechnology, Spintronics, Magnetic Memory

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Environmental fluid mechanics; turbulence; sediment transport and mixing processes; experimental methods

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Particle engineering including nanotechnology; drug delivery; polymer thin films including nanocrystal composites; environmentally responsible processing with solvents including carbon dioxide for materials science and separation processes; carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery

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Hydration chemistry and microstructural characterization of portland cement and related materials; mechanisms of chemical deterioration in concrete; concrete durability; reducing the environmental impact of concrete production

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Mobile and pervasive computing; software engineering and middleware for dynamic environments; algorithms and protocols for mobile and pervasive computing; mobile testbed development and use; application of formal methods to mobile and pervasive computing networks

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Contaminant fate and transport; combined abiotic and biotic treatment systems for in-situ remediation; environmental surface chemistry

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Influence of porous materials on abeta amyloid formation

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Ocean engineering; hydrodynamics; cavitation; wave mechanics; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); design of ocean vehicle control and propulsion systems; tidal turbines

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Beneficial application of microorganisms to the treatment of pollutants in the environment; algae-to-biofuel production processes; potentially detrimental microbial communities that develop in indoor environments

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Biological drinking water treatment processes; microbial transformation of inorganic contaminants; application of molecular biology to biological water treatment processes; rainwater harvesting; impacts of nanomaterials on microorganisms in engineered water treatment systems; biofilms; quorum sensing in pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms; microbial community structure of pediatric otitis media

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Radioactive waste disposal; thermal analysis of nuclear shipping containers; nuclear weapon dismantlement; nuclear power

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Travel behavior modeling; Transport data analysis; Transport economics and energy policy; Roadway safety; The connection between urban form and transportation

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Nanostructure assembly and organizational strategies; development of new approaches for nanoscale material synthesis and applications, including photovoltaics, thin film transistors, lithium ion batteries and medicine

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Production and characterization of nanoparticles; nanostructured thick films; solid oxide fuel cells; honeycomb ceramics

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Enhanced oil recovery; reservoir engineering; reservoir characterization; geochemical modeling; simulation

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Radioactive and solid waste management; low-level counting of natural radioactivity; compton suppression gamma-ray spectrometry; risk assessment in radioactivity handling

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Coastal engineering; coastal hazard forecasting and assessment; disaster resilience and risk management; flood mitigation using nature-based solutions; sea level rise vulnerability; ocean resource management

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Energy economics; technological change; energy and climate policy analysis; integrated assessment modeling; industrial organization; innovation

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Aquatic chemistry; contaminant transport; pollutant containment and remediation acid deposition; air pollution modeling

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Apply theory and atomic scale simulations to solve materials problems; room-temperature electron transport in materials and how it would be affected by the atom vibrations (phonons), defects, and the interface

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Paraffin gelation and deposition in multiphase flow; asphaltene precipitation and deposition; rheological and flow behaviors of non-Newtonian petroleum fluids; and applications of molecular simulation in oil and gas production

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Clean energy materials; electrochemical energy conversion and storage; Lithium ion batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and solar cells; nanomaterials

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Random vibration; structural dynamics; structural reliability; atmospheric inflow turbulence simulation for wind turbine loads analysis; computational methods for windstorm field generation; performance of deepwater offshore platforms; probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

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Chemical synthesis and assembly of nanostructured electronic and electrochemical materials; processing-structure-property relationships; energy; electronic devices

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Indoor chemistry and implications on indoor air quality and occupants' health

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Electrochemical and chemical energy storage; thin films; materials design; transmission electron microscopy and corrosion

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Optimization and artificial intelligence in power grids; Electrified transportation systems, smart buildings, and smart cities; Modeling implications of transitioning to a low-carbon energy economy

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Transport of simple and complex fluids in complex microstructured materials for applications in energy, environment and biotechnology

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Materials chemistry for energy studies regarding solar photoelectrocatalysis; catalysis of nano-structured surfaces; materials for lithium-ion battery electrodes

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Chemical and gas enhanced oil recovery; conformance control technology; stimulated production of unconventional resources; thermal and chemical conversion of tar sand and oil shale; nanoparticle functionalization and processing for subsurface applications

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Risk analysis from an algorithmic perspective arising in stochastic optimization, networks, economics and complex systems

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Understanding of the Earth system and the dynamic role of coupled land surface processes on regional hydroclimatic and environmental extremes; translating the scientific work undertaken into decision tools and portals with a focus on sustainable climate-ready/resilient coastal, cities and agricultural systems

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Ventilation and indoor air quality; computations and measurements of airflows in buildings; pollutants transport modeling; building energy analysis

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Project constructability; advanced construction technologies; pre-construction management systems; project decision/risk analysis; systems for work process integration; benchmarking of capital projects; value management processes

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Enhanced oil recovery; thermal oil recovery; oil displacement theory; numerical reservoir simulation; thermodynamics; multiphase behavior and applied mathematics

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Hydraulic fracturing, petroleum rock mechanics, naturally fractured reservoirs, structural geology

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Multi-scale analysis of hydrological processes; dynamics of environmental transport on river networks and deltaic systems; quantitative analysis and modeling of landscape forming processes, geomorphic transport laws and subgrid-scale parameterization.

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Fluid displacement in porous media; porous matrix and microfractured media characterization; unconventional reservoirs modeling; ferrohydrodynamics

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Integrated Reservoir Characterization; Unconventional Resources; Petrophysics and pore-scale processes; Geologic Carbon Storage

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CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants by aqueous amine scrubbing; mass transfer with fast reaction in the boundary layer

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Biomolecular and biomimetic materials, hydrogel development, cell-matrix interactions, dynamic materials

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Electromagnetic transient and electric power quality in power systems; development of intelligent systems for enabling self-healing and self-restoring power systems; wind power interconnection and integration

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Biogeotechnics; erosion of soils; carbon capture and storage; 3D printing in geotechnical engineering; thermal properties of soils; laboratory testing of soils; biotechnology

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Reservoir simulation development and application; simulation of enhance oil recovery processes; computational methods; parallel computations; applied mathematics; naturally fractured reservoir modeling; co-optimization of CO2 sequestration and enhanced oil recovery; inverse modeling

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Formation damage; petrophysics; fluid flow in porous media

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Enhanced oil recovery; petrophysics and pore scale processes; reservoir engineering; unconventional resources; geologic carbon storage; natural gas engineering; reservoir simulation

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Treatment processes for hazardous organic chemicals, including biodegradation and adsorption; drinking water treatment; computer models of treatment processes

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Multiscale simulation of electrochemical systems; model-based battery management systems and real-time state-of-charge/real-time state-of-health estimation of Lithium-ion batteries

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Borehole geophysics; petrophysics; formation evaluation; well logging; rock physics; multi-physics geophysical detection and imaging; geophysical imaging of time-lapse subsurface phenomena; inverse problems; signal processing

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Rig automation; zonal isolation; borehole stability and lost circulation; frac optimization; frac water management, drilling and completion fluids

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Energy policy; energy and water; alternative and renewable energy; biofuels; energy in Texas; energy systems; waste to energy

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Reactive transport and fate of pollutants in water resources, including groundwater and urban lakes and the development of sustainable technologies for pollution removal from impacted waters

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Nanomaterials for energy science and environment; energy storage and conversion devices; nanoelectronics; nano-biotechnolgy; self-assembly of nanostructures

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Nanophotonics; micro and nanofluidics; molecular engineering; nanobiotechnology; lab on a chip; solar energy; information technology

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Cyber-physical power systems, Energy data analytics, Signal processing over networks

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Soil mechanics; soil reinforcement and improvement; environmental geotechnics; geosynthetics; numerical and physical (centrifuge) modeling of geotechnical and geoenvironmental systems