METRICS - Mechanical Engineering - University of Maryland
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AR 8<br />
<strong>Mechanical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> Faculty<br />
Ainane, Sami<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Undergraduate<br />
Studies<br />
Educational issues in<br />
engineering, turbulence<br />
modeling.<br />
Balachandran, Balakumar<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Nonlinear dynamics; vibration<br />
and acoustics control; system<br />
identification; signal analysis.<br />
Berger, Bruce<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Emeritus<br />
Dynamical systems, machine<br />
tool vibrations, and<br />
numerical methods.<br />
Bigio, David<br />
Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Distinguishing polymer mixers<br />
and the role <strong>of</strong> geometry to<br />
mixing; blending, multi-viscosity<br />
mixing and highly-filled systems.<br />
Anand, Davinder K.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Emeritus,<br />
Center for Energetics Concepts<br />
Development Director<br />
Control systems; automation;<br />
manufacturing and energy.<br />
Balaras, Elias<br />
Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Computational fluid dynamics;<br />
biomedical fluid flows;<br />
fluid-structure interactions;<br />
turbulence and transition.<br />
Bergles, Arthur<br />
Research Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Heat transfer enhancement,<br />
cooling <strong>of</strong> electronic and<br />
microelectronic equipment.<br />
Bruck, Hugh<br />
Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Processing, thermomechanical<br />
characterization, and<br />
computational design <strong>of</strong><br />
multifunctional and functionally<br />
graded materials.<br />
Azarm, Shapour<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Evolutionary/classical multiobjective<br />
and multi-disciplinary<br />
design optimization.<br />
Barker, Donald<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Electronic packaging;<br />
experimental mechanics;<br />
fracture mechanics; dynamic<br />
(high strain rate) material<br />
behavior.<br />
Bernard, Peter<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Fluid mechanics; vortex<br />
methods; calculation <strong>of</strong><br />
turbulent flows; turbulent<br />
transport theory.<br />
Christou, Aris<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Materials processing and<br />
manufacture technology,<br />
strained engineered materials<br />
for optoelectronics, physics-<strong>of</strong>failure<br />
in electronic materials.<br />
Bar-Cohen, Avram<br />
Distinguished Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Chair<br />
Thermal management <strong>of</strong> micro/<br />
nano systems. Thermal design,<br />
ebullient heat transfer.<br />
Baz, Amr<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Small Smart Systems Director<br />
Active and passive control <strong>of</strong><br />
vibration and noise; active<br />
constrained layer damping.<br />
Bernstein, Joseph<br />
Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Electronic systems reliability in<br />
aerospace and military apps.,<br />
electronic device physics <strong>of</strong><br />
failure.<br />
Cukier, Michel<br />
Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Fault tolerance, intrusion<br />
tolerance, dependability and<br />
security evaluation, distributed<br />
sytems, s<strong>of</strong>tware testing.<br />
<strong>METRICS</strong> � DEPARTMENT OF MECHANCIAL ENGINEERING Winter 2003<br />
��ANNUAL REPORT ��2004-2005