Research: Applications

Additive Manufacturing

• Modeling and Simulation of Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes Across Scales
• Modeling of Metal Powders and Powder Spreading Processes
• Melt Pool Modeling in Metal Additive Manufacturing
• Part-Scale Modeling in Metal Additive Manufacturing
• Microstructure Modeling in Metal Additive Manufacturing

Aerospace

• Thermo-Fluid-Structure Interaction in Rocket Nozzles
• Electroforming of Rocket Combustion Chambers
• Contact Modeling for Joints in Aircraft Engines
• Elasto-Flexible Morphing Wing

Automotive

• Uncertainty quantification for simulating vehicle driving dynamics
• Fluid-structure interaction for tire hydroplaning physics

Tribology

• Lubrication

Biomedical

• Respiratory System
• Cardiovascular System
• Stents and Stent Grafts
• Heart
• Bone
• Musculoskeletal Modeling
• Surgical Planning
• Photoacoustic Imaging

Biophysics

• Biopolymer Networks / Brownian Dynamics
• Intermolecular Interactions
• Cellular Modeling (Red Blood Cells)
• Cell Migration Modeling
• Computational Transport Oncophysics

Biotechnology

• Biofilms

Chemical

• Electrodeposition of Metals

Energy

• Electrochemical Power Sources (Batteries, Fuel Cells)

Acoustics

• Acoustics

Mechanobiology

• Correlation of Mechanics to Metabolism assessed through PET / CT
• Mechanotransduction in the Lung
• Growth & Remodeling