Research Directory

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Applied Physics

Faculty		Research Area
	Arnold, Craig Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D410 Engineering Quad 609-258-0250 cbarnold@princeton.edu	Laser processing and transport in materials with particular emphasis on shaping laser-material interactions

	Brangwynne, Clifford Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering A313 Engineering Quad 609-258-4528 cbrangwy@princeton.edu	Patterning in Developing Embryos; Physical Properties and Function of RNA/Protein Bodies; Architecture and Dynamics of the Cytoskeleton

	Brown, Garry Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D222 Engineering Quad 609-258-6083 glb@princeton.edu	Turbulent flows; turbulent flow control using electromagnetic tiles, compressible flow transition, fluid mechanics of a radiatively driven hypersonic wind-tunnel

	Choueiri, Edgar Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, Program in Engineering Physics D432 Engineering Quad 609-258-5220 q3482@princeton.edu	High-power rocket system for the robotic and human exploration of the Moon and Mars; physics and application of plasma thrusters

	Debenedetti, Pablo Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Vice Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science A419 Engineering Quad 609-258-5480 pdebene@princeton.edu	Protein storage and preservation; bioavailability of therapeutic compounds; self-cleaning surfaces; carbon capture and storage; ice formation in the atmosphere; liquid-state theory; theory of the glass transition; theory of nucleation; protein thermodynamics; molecular simulation

	Fleischer, Jason Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering B320 Engineering Quad 609-258-8963 jasonf@princeton.edu	Nonlinear optics and photonics; soliton dynamics; statistical and condensed-matter physics

	Floudas, Christodoulos Stephen C. Macaleer '63 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A325 Engineering Quad 609-258-4595 floudas@princeton.edu	Process synthesis, design and operations; mixed-integer nonlinear optimization; global optimization; computational biology and chemistry; proteomics

	Garlock, Maria Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering E328 Engineering Quad 609-258-2728 mgarlock@princeton.edu	Structural engineering; earthquake engineering; innovative structural systems; large fires; thin shell concrete roof structures; sensor technology in civil infrastructure; tall building design

	Gmachl, Claire Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering; Director of MIRTHE (NSF-ERC) B326 Engineering Quad 609-258-7489 cgmachl@princeton.edu	High performance quantum cascade lasers; innovative quantum cascade laser design; mid-infrared photonics; mid-infrared sensing applications in environment, health, and security; novel semiconductor devices; semiconductor metamaterials.

	Holmes, Philip Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D-202B Engineering Quad 609-258-2958 pholmes@math.princeton.edu	Nonlinear dynamics and differential equations; mathematical modeling of solid, fluid, and biological systems; neuromechanics of legged locomotion and swimming; cognitive control and decision making

	Kasdin, Jeremy Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D207 Engineering Quad 609-258-5673 jkasdin@princeton.edu	Space systems design; orbital mechanics; guidance and control of space vehicles; optimal estimation; stochastic process modeling

	Kostin, Morton Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A211 Engineering Quad 609-258-4586 kostin@princeton.edu	Kinetic and nucleation theory

	Leonard, Naomi Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D234 Engineering Quad 609-258-5129 naomi@princeton.edu	Control theory, involves designing and analyzing methods for influencing the behavior of complex, dynamical systems using feedback

	Littman, Michael Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D202A Engineering Quad 609-258-5198 mlittman@princeton.edu	Automatic controls; tunable laser design; bio-mimic robotics; the terrestrial planet finder; design and control of a high contrast coronagraph

	Lyon, Stephen Professor of Electrical Engineering B428 Engineering Quad 609-258-4635 lyon@princeton.edu	Optical processes in semiconductors; ultrafast processes and nonequilibrium transport; semiconductor nanostructures; quantum computing

	Martin, Pino Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D307 Engineering Quad 609-258-7318 pmartin@princeton.edu	Fundamental physical phenomena in transitional and turbulent flows; interaction between non-equilibrium chemical reactions and unsteady fluid motion

	Martinelli, Luigi Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D302C Engineering Quad 609-258-6652 gigi@phantom2.princeton.edu	Simulation of viscous flow past complex configurations with application to aircraft and ship design

	Miles, Richard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D414 Engineering Quad 609-258-5131 miles@princeton.edu	Hypersonics and advanced laser diagnostics; interaction of lasers, microwaves and electron beams with fluids for energy transfer and flow control

	Mueller, Michael Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. muellerm@princeton.edu	High-fidelity numerical modeling of turbulent combustion. Applications to improving efficiency and performance, minimizing emissions, and reducing cost in reciprogating engines, aircraft engines, and stationary gas turbines.

	Nosenchuck, Daniel Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D302B Engineering Quad 609-258-5136 dan@princeton.edu	Complex fluid flows; supercomputer architecture; rapid design and manufacture

	Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A317 Engineering Quad 609-258-4591 azp@princeton.edu	Molecular simulation of fluids, materials and biological systems; Thermodynamic analysis of processes; Ionic liquids and their applications; Computational Material Science

	Prucnal, Paul Professor of Electrical Engineering B314 Engineering Quad 609-258-5549 prucnal@princeton.edu	Photonic switching; fiber-optic networks; optical interconnects

	Rowley, Clarence Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D232 Engineering Quad 609-258-7321 cwrowley@princeton.edu	Fluid flows from a dynamical systems point of view; modeling and model reduction for bifurcation analysis and control; numerical methods, both for fluids simulations, and analysis of dynamical systems; applications of geometric methods in fluid mechanics

	Scherer, George William L. Knapp '47 Professor of Civil Engineering; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials E319 Engineering Quad 609-258-5680 scherer@princeton.edu	Durability of infrastructure; damage to materials by frost and salt; conservation of art and architecture; transport in porous materials; nucleation and growth kinetics; relaxation processes; sol-gel processing

	Scully, Marlan Lecturer with the rank of Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials D416 Engineering Quad 609-258-9464 mscully@princeton.edu	Laser science and quantum optics; use of quantum coherence to detect anthrax and poison gas at a distance; quantum coherence and correlation effects; quantum mechanics; quantum thermodynamics

	Shvartsman, Stanislav Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics A421 Engineering Quad 609-258-4694 stas@princeton.edu	Quantitative analysis of pattern formation and morphogenesis in developing tissues; genetics, genomics, and computational studies of signaling pathways; reaction engineering and transport processes

	Smits, Alexander Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D218 Engineering Quad 609-258-5117 asmits@princeton.edu	Turbulence; fluid mechanics; behavior of turbulent boundary layers at subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic speeds; response of boundary layers to extra strain rates and other strong perturbations; Mach and Reynolds number effects on turbulence; shockwave/turbulent boundary layer interactions; flow control; Taylor-Couette flows; fluid-structure interaction; sports ball aerodynamics and the development of new and improved measurement techniques

	Steiglitz, Kenneth Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science; Director, Program in Applications of Computing 421 Computer Science Building 609-258-4629 ken@cs.princeton.edu	Simulation of large-scale economic systems using agent-based models; internet auction mechanisms; alternative media for computing; soliton-guided quantum computing

	Stengel, Robert Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, Program in Robotics and Intelligent Systems D202C Engineering Quad 609-258-5103 stengel@princeton.edu	Systems biology, including optimization of disease therapy and analysis of genetic data; robust, optimal, and adaptive control of physical systems; stochastic design methods; computational neural networks; aircraft flight dynamics

	Suckewer, Szymon Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.; Co-Director, Program in Plasma Science and Technology D426 Engineering Quad 609-258-4738 suckewer@princeton.edu	X-ray lasers; powerful picosecond and femtosecond lasers; laser interactions with matter, the application of lasers to gas and plasma diagnostics, spectroscopy, and atomic processes in plasmas and gases; ignition system for internal combustion engines to improve the engine performance and decrease its negative effects on the environment; application of lasers for research in biomaterials and medical devices

	Sundaresan, Sankaran Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A315 Engineering Quad 609-258-4583 sundar@princeton.edu	Granular and multiphase flow; chemical reactor design, stability and dynamics; origin and hierarchy of meso-scale structures in two-phase flows; coarsened equations of motion for two-phase flows; contact stresses in granular assemblies; role of static electrification on gas-particle flows

	Tureci, Hakan Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. B312 Engineering Quad 609-258-1993 tureci@princeton.edu	Nonlinear/quantum optics in complex media; nano-photonics; condensed matter physics; semiconductor optics; strongly correlated quantum optical systems; quantum/wave chaos; numerical methods for simulating active and passive photonic structures

	Wysocki, Gerard Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering B324 Engineering Quad 609-258-8187 gwysocki@princeton.edu	Laser spectroscopy; broadly tunable laser systems; external cavity quantum cascade lasers; spectroscopic systems for remote and/or in-situ chemical sensing and spectroscopic trace-gas sensor networks