Faculty and student research interests in our department are interdisciplinary, vast and varied; they range from adhesives analysis to ultrafast spectroscopy to polymer synthesis. For this reason, we present a rough overview of research done in our program in lieu of categorizing research areas into traditional categories. The following is by no means encompassing or exhaustive. For more information browse our faculty page or contact us.
Department Affiliations
- Biologic and Materials Sciences (Dental School)
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Mechanical Engineering
- Materials Science & Engineering
- Physics
Research Specializations
- Adhesive analysis
- Antimicrobials & polymer-membrane interactions
- Artificial actuators
- Biodegradable polymers
- Biological molecules
- Biomaterial surfaces
- Biomedical devices
- Biopolymers
- Composites
- Computational nanoscience
- Computational studies of soft matter and complex fluids
- Conjugated polymers
- Constitutive equations
- Controlling crystal polymorphism
- Design and synthesis of novel polymeric carriers for drug delivery
- Elastomers
- Electronic spectroscopy
- Electrorheological polymers
- Engineered microenvironments
- Fiber composites analysis
- Flat panel displays
- Hydridosilsesquioxane and resin films
- Liquid crystals
- Macromolecule applications to medicine
- Mechanical behavior
- Metalloorganic and organometallic polymers
- Microelectronic devices
- Microfluidic devices
- Microtubules
- Molecular biosensors
- Molecular dynamics
- Molecular electronics
- Nanoelectronics
- Nanofabrication technology development
- Nanoimprint lithography
- Nanoparticle interactions with biomolecular systems
- Nonlinear mechanical behavior
- Organic electronics
- Organic semiconductors: transistors, LEDs, solar cells, memories
- Phase behavior and dynamics of bulk and thin film polymer
- Physisorbed monolayers
- Polymer rheology
- Polymer solution behavior
- Polymer surfaces
- Polymer synthesis
- Protein/DNA microarrays
- Self-assembly and materials design
- Solid mechanics
- Thermoplastics
- Tissue engineering
- Vibrational spectroscopy