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• Software engineering
• Requirement engineering
• Ontologies
• Semantic web
• Onformation recommendation
• E-learning

SBME

• Self-assembling nanoparticles for site-specific delivery platforms
• The tracking of intracellular interactions using active cargo
• Activated self-assembly strategies for disrupting malignant cells.

• Process and Systems Safety
• Process Systems Engineering
• Risk and Reliability Analysis
• Sustainability and the Energy Transition
• Hydrogen Technologies Risk and Reliability

• Design of Evolving Cyber-Physical-Social Systems
• Simulation Based Design
• Managing Uncertainty in Design
• Sustainability
• Design Pedagogy

• Internet of Things
• Vehicular Communications
• Computer networks
• Internet protocols over satellite networks
• Wireless networks and optical communications
• Sensor Networks
• UAV

• Nonlinear Aeroelasticity
• Computational Methods in Aeroelasticity
• Reduced Order Modeling
• Nonlinear System Identification
• Stochastic Methods in Nonlinear Aeroelasticity
• Nonlinear Dynamics
• Computational Mechanics
• Biomechanics

• Mechanical Design
• Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
• Probabilistic Design Methods
• Structural Dynamics
• Vehicle-Structure Interaction
• Reliability Analysis

• Risk and Reliability Analysis
• Systems Engineering
• Analytics

• Computer architecture
• Microarchitecture
• Compiler code generation and optimization
• Program analysis and mapping applications to novel and accelerator architectures.
• Run-time analysis and optimization

• Dynamics and Control of Systems
• Offshore Wind Technologies
• Aircraft Design
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Engineering Education

• Metal Additive Manufacturing
• Direct Light Processing Based 3D Printing
• High-temperature FDM Manufacturing
• In-Situ Process Control of AM Systems
• Hybrid Manufacturing 

• Biomechanics, human motion, injury, and clinical rehabilitation
• Technology enhanced learning

• Water-energy-environment nexus
• Sustainable separations
• Advanced functional materials
• Membrane materials and processes
• Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
• Matters across dynamical interfaces
• Transport phenomena

• In-situ groundwater remediation
• natural attenuation
• advanced oxidation processes for water recycling and reuse

• Grid-Interactive Building Controls
• Modeling and Control of Thermal/Energy Systems
• HVAC and Smart Buildings
• Data-Driven Modeling
• Intelligent Control Systems

• Natural Language Processing
• Machine Learning
• Dialogue and Discourse
• Structured Prediction
• Trustworthy AI for Education and Healthcare

CEES

• Shrinkage characteristics of fine grained soils
• Specific surface area influence on geotechnical engineering behavior
• Shallow foundation behavior
• Scale effects of shallow foundation-bearing capacity
• Scale effects in determining friction angle using the direct shear box
• Grouted and helical anchor capacity

• Theoretical and Methodology Development:
• Computational mechanics and material design for impact energy mitigation
• Multi-scale modeling and simulation for nano-mechanics and material design
• Design for mechanical fatigue and Fracture using XFEM and bridging scale methods
• Modeling and simulation for manufacturing process, sheet metal forming
• Reverse engineering and fast prototyping

• Combination of laser irradiation and immunostimulation for treatment of metastatic tumors
• Mechanism of local treatment induced systemic antitumor immune responses
• Nanotechnology-based immunotherapy for cancer treatment

• Theoretical computer science
• DNA/molecular computing
• Cryptography
• Computational number theory

• Information Theory
• Signal and Image Processing

• Hierarchical synthesis and assembly of soft biomaterials for the sustained release of immunomodulators.
• Development and application of engineered brain-tissue barrier models.
• Evaluation of macrophage cell-based therapeutics that are delivered in tandem with an immunomodulatory scaffold. 
• Translation of these therapeutics to treat brain inflammation (multiple sclerosis, traumatic injury, secondary brain damage) and brain cancer.

• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals
• Hydrocarbon Conversion
• Waste Plastics Conversion
• Nanomaterials Synthesis

• Communications Signal Processing
• Coding for Data Transmission and Storage

• Medical device in Hearing and Balancing
• Mechanics in aging or disorder ear
• Computational modeling of ear
• Testing and 3D printing medical material

• Engineering Education
• K12 STEM outreach

• GPS and Differential GPS Augmentation Systems
• Fuzzy Logic, PID, and Neural Network Control Systems
• Automation and Data Acquisition Systems

• Design, development, and validation of surgical simulators
• Interactive Simulations
• Extended Reality
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Computer Graphics
• Haptics
• Artificial Intelligence

• Regenerative and translational medicine
• Biomaterials
• TMJ bioengineering.

• Hydrogen Production and related technologies (materials R&D, stack/modular demonstration)
• Fuel Cells
• Batteries
• Electrocatalysis/membrane reactor/gas separation/high-temperature ceramics
• Electrochemical Processing (natural gas direct conversion, CO2 electrochemical reduction, chemical synthesis)
• Integrated Energy System
• Additive Manufacturing
• Solid state ionics
• Computational Modeling

• Neural Engineering
• Functional Neuroimaging Technologies including fMRI, EEG, and MEG
• Neuromodulation and Neurofeedback
• Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Real-time Neural Interfacing Systems
• Brain-Computer Interface

• Artificial intelligence
• Machine learning
• Evolution
• Reasoning with knowledge bases
• Algorithms and complexity

• Auditory Neuroscience
• Attention and Perception of Stimuli
• Sensory Prosthesis
• Animal Psychophysics
• Engineering Education

• Hydrodynamic modeling of coastal seas and oceans
• Coupled meteorological/hydrologic/hydraulic model systems for coastal flooding
• High-performance computing
• Computational fluid dynamics and environmental fluid mechanics and finite element methods
• Algorithm development for finite element methods
• Applications in riverine environments for hydrodynamic and hydraulic models

• Visual analytics
• Human-computer teaming
• Trustable AI
• Fundamental data science advances with targeted impact on energy and climate resiliency and sustainability
• Defense and security
• Health and digital humanities.

• Network neuroscience
• Network science
• Computational neuroscience

• Machine learning
• Robotics
• Computational neuroscience
• Brain-machine interfaces
• Interactive art 

• Wireless and Mobile System Security
• Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things (IoT) Security
• Mobile Computing
• Application of Machine Learning in Wireless and Mobile Systems

• Mixed Signal Circuits
• Low Noise Voiceband Telephone Circuits and Firmware

• Material property characterization and applications of innovative concrete materials
• Bond of prestressing strands
• Prestress losses
• Camber and shear behavior of prestressed concrete members
• Internal curing using lightweight aggregates

• Rheology of complex fluids
• Polymers in/for environmental challenges
• Soft matter: liquid crystals, suspensions, emulsions, nanoemulsions, microemulsions
• Colloid and interface science

• Engineering education
• Single particle elemental analysis
• Molecular diagnostics

• Digital array system integration and digital beamforming architectures
• Phased array polarization and mutual coupling correction
• In-situ array performance monitoring and calibration
• Multi-function, cognitive, and simultaneous transmit/receive radar
• Coherent synchronization in multi-platform and spatially-separated systems
• Low-cost integration of digital beamformers, transceivers, and solid-state T/R MMICs

• Membranes
• Diffusion in Polymers
• Advanced Membrane Materials
• Polymer Thermodynamics

• Biomechanics of soft and hard tissues
• Implantable devices
• Middle ear mechanics and transfer functions
• Hemodynamics and biofluid mechanics
• Cardiopulmonary physiology
• Mathematical modeling of physiological systems
• Finite element analysis and its applications

• Advanced materials
• Membranes
• Water treatment
• Biodetection

• First-principles prediction of transport properties of materials
• Thermoelectrics
• Coupled conduction and radiation heat transfer across nanoscale gaps
• Thermal properties and rheology of nanofluids

• Additive manufacturing of metals
• Machine learning
• Electron microscopy 

• Modeling and optimizing cyber-physical-social systems.
• Measuring and optimizing resilience of interdependent infrastructure networks.
• Developing decentralized and distributed control and optimization models.

• Radar Systems and Signal Processing
• Cognitive (Adaptive-Transmit) Radar
• Ground-Moving Target Indication (GMTI) Radar
• Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
• Compressive Sensing for Radar

• Polymers
• Surfactants
• Polymer recycling
• Interfaces

• Database Management
• Data Mining
• Information Privacy and Security

• Computational Catalysis and Kinetic Modeling
• High-throughput (HT) Computations and Machine Learning
• Material Design and Discovery
• Sustainable Energy

• Robotics
• Autonomous driving
• Computer vision
• Multi-agent systems
• Machine learning
• Reinforcement learning
• Autonomous control and navigation systems

• Targeted therapies for cancer and infectious diseases
• Bionanotechnology
• Recombinant protein expression and purification

• Structural dynamics
• Earthquake engineering
• Seismic hazard mitigation through isolation
• Analysis of earthquake ground motions
• Static and dynamic stability
• Structural control

• Emotions in problem-solving for first-year students who are historically excluded from STEM

• Sensor-enabled geosynthetics
• GRS bridge abutments
• Reinforced pavements
• Unsaturated soil-geosynthetic interfaces
• Soil-structure interaction problems
• Seismic analysis

• Signal and Image Processing
• Statistical Signal Processing
• AM-FM Signal and Image Models
• Uncertainty Measures
• Hardware and Software Systems for Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Decision-making in cancer screening
• Optimization models for novel cancer treatments
  
• Health policy making
  
• Optimization theory: stochastic integer programs, Markov decision processes, bilevel optimization
  
• Interdiction problems

• Radar/satellite remote sensing
• Hydrological modeling and water resources engineering
• Hydrometeorology
• Climate change and Geospatial analysis and artificial intelligence
• Natural hazard and disaster monitoring, prediction, and mitigation
• Environmental planning and sustainable development

• Artificial intelligence
• Robotics
• Machine learning
• Multi-agent systems
• Knowledge-based systems.

• Biofunctionalization of Graphene Oxide Surface for Drug Delivery
• Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide for Reaction and Mass Transport

• Self-organizing Cellular Networks       
  
• 5G Cellular Networks
• Big Data Analytics

• Experimental mechanics
• Piezospectroscopic techniques
• Epistemologies, assessment, and modeling of student learning, student success, student team effectiveness, and global competencies.

• Quantum sensing and communication
• Quantum light sources: Single-photon source, entangled photons.
• Solid-state physics for quantum information processing
• Nanophotonics: photonic integrated circuits, Photonic crystals, and microcavities

• Structural analytics for ultra-fast influx in many body spin systems
• Impact of fast-acting power-semiconductor-based energy systems on read-time power grid stability
• Predication and mitigation of network energy surges in a shorter-than-lightning-strike time frame

• 3D Printing
• Finite element analysis
• Sustainable Manufacturing
• Functional and sustainable composites
• Interface science

• Biomedical Optical Imaging and Sensing Technology
• Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
• Machine Learning
• Medical Computer-Aided Diagnosis
• Medical Technology
• Translation/Commercialization

• Power electronics
• Renewable energy resources
• Inverter-based energy resources
• Transient-state models
• Control of power converters
• Power quality issues in microgrids

• Human-integrated systems engineering
• Human factors
• Cognitive engineering
• Simulation

• Real-time optimization-based control and estimation methods, nonlinear control, and machine learning, with special emphasis on foundational theory and experimental realization on robotic and autonomous systems.

• Sustainable Energy Technologies
• Greenhouse Gas Management
• Carbon Capture and Utilization
• Energy Storage 
• Electrochemical Energy Systems (Fuel Cells and Batteries)
• Process Design and Modeling

• Neural Data Science
• Neural Dynamics
• Network Neuroscience
• Machine Learning
• Signal Processing

• Surface and interfacial interactions in complex natural and engineered environmental systems
• Areas of particular interest include physical-chemical interactions in complex systems
• Behaviors in unsaturated soils/multiple-phase systems
• Numerical model development for prediction and design in complex systems

• Data analytics in engineering education
• Persistence of online students

• Discrete structures
• Algorithms and complexity
• Formal languages and automata
• Parsing theory
• Programming languages and compilers
• Artificial intelligence
• Graph and picture languages
• Biomolecular computing

• Hydrometeorology
• Applied mathematics, statistics, geospatial analysis
• Radar and satellite remote sensing
• Precipitation processes
• Microphysics and estimation
• Hydrological modeling
• Flood monitoring, prediction

• Novel Materials for high performance coatings and adhesives
• Structured polymer colloids and emulsion polymers
• New approaches to polymer crosslinking
• Control of functional oligomer / polymer colloid association
• Applications of Functional Colloids to targeted drug delivery
• Properties of Novel Functional Monomers
• Novel Degradable and Recyclable Polymers

• Subsurface transport and fate processes
• Groundwater remediation technologies
• Impacts of petroleum hydrocarbons and oilfield brines
• Impacts of climate change on water resources

• Computational issues in water resources
• Particularly hydrology and hydraulics, with focus on the development of efficient, robust algorithms with subsequent applications ranging from riverine flooding to coastal circulation to groundwater flow and transport.

• Efficient coastal hazard risk estimation and mitigation
• Infrastructure reliability and sustainability assessments
• Improvement of community level structural resiliency against natural hazards
• Multi-hazard risk assessment
• Development of efficient data-driven tools using computational statistics for solving engineering problems

• Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
• EHD-Enhanced Heat Transfer
• Microfluidics
• Electronic Cooling
• Bio Heat Transfer

• Machine learning
• Algorithmic ethics
• Anomaly detection

• Multiscale biomechanical modeling of the cardiovascular systems – heart valves
• Characterization of structural and mechanical properties of soft biological tissues
• Patient-specific modeling for improved diagnosis and prophylactic disease management
• Shape memory polymer-based embolization device development for intracranial aneurysms
• Advanced finite element and meshfree methods for image-based computational biomechanics

• Cyber-Physical Systems
• AI for Renewable Energy Systems
• Security and Privacy in Smart Homes

• Data-driven modeling
• Data quality
• Natural language processing

• Machine learning
  
• Deep learning
• Behavior modeling
• Home/building security
• Biomedical applications of AI
• Smart Environments

• Advanced composites and multifunctional materials
• Intelligent sensors and structures
• Nondestructive inspection
• Structural health monitoring and prognostics

• Reaction Engineering
• Biofuels
• Catalysis

• Privacy and Security
• Information Assurance
• Network Security
• Blockchains
• Machine and Deep Learning

• IV-VI semiconductor lasers
• Tunable diode laser spectroscopy
• Optoelectronic integrated circuits

• Radar system design for defense
• Commercial and remote sensing applications
• RF/Microwave passive component design
• Highly integrated packaging technologies with robust electromagnetic compatibility
• Electromagnetic modeling and co-simulation
• RF front-end electronics

• Machine learning/data mining/data science for the physical sciences
• Real-world applications with a special interest in high-impact weather
• STEM education

• Development of contrast agents to identify cancer, theranostic nanoparticles, and Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography (MOST)
• Clinical settings of breast, pancreas, ovarian, and other GI/GYN cancers

• Flame Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Energy
• Storage Devices and Medical Applications
• Flame Synthesis and Characterization of CNTs and Fullerenes
• Morphological Studies and Measurements of Soot Particulates and other
• Combustion Emissions from Traditional- and Bio-fuels
• Combustion & Plasma Processes

• RF resource management
• Spectrum sharing 
• Biomedical radar 
• Automotive radar
• Cognitive radar
• Machine learning

• Invasive-type in situ testing in unsaturated soils
• Use of in situ test results for foundation design
• Development of innovative in situ testing technology
• Slope stability
• Field testing of prototype foundations
• Field evaluation of soil stabilization and earthwork construction

• Strategic systems engineering
• Integrated design of materials and products and product and process families

• Neural-inspired computing
• Energy-efficient machine intelligence through algorithm-hardware co-design and new design methodologies of circuit and architecture with emerging technologies to improve the performance of resilient and adaptive learning systems

• Power systems and electrical machines
• Insulations systems in transformers
• Nonlinear electromagnetic disturbances
• Smart grid distribution systems

• Algorithms
• Machine Learning
• Data Analytics
• Computational Genomics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 
• Single Cell Omics
• Cancer Immunomics

• Machine Learning
• Medical image processing 
• Data Analytics 
• Computer Science education

• Simulation of static and dynamic behavior of two- (saturated soils) and three-phase (unsaturated soils) porous media using finite element methods
• Centrifuge testing
• Laboratory testing of saturated and unsaturated soils
• Constitutive modeling
• Soil-structure interaction

• Watershed and ecosystem-scale examinations of pollutant transport and fate
• Design, construction and evaluation of ecologically engineered passive treatment systems
• Ecosystem restoration and creation for mutual benefit of society and nature, especially freshwater wetlands

• Authentic teaching of K-12 science and math
• Incorporating scientific research activities into K-12 science education and teacher preparation
• Improving K-12 science and mathematics education in rural schools

• Operations research/management science
• Mathematical programming
• Metaheuristic and evolutionary search
• Network Flows
• Applications of data mining

• Cardiovascular and orthopedic tissue engineering
• Computational fluid mechanics of cardiovascular systems
• Regenerative medicine with stem cells

• Renewable natural gas production from agricultural residues
• Application of machine learning to optimize biofuel production processes. 

• Mechanical trauma to blood
• Encapsulated plasminogen activators
• Biotransport
• Admicellar polymerization
• Surfactants

• Unsteady Aerothermodynamics
• Temperature/Pressure Sensitive Paints 
• Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition
• Transient High-Speed Wind Tunnel Experiments
• Optical Flow Diagnostics for Transient High-Speed Flows
• Shock-Shock/Shock-Boundary-Layer Interactions

• Materials Synthesis and Processing
• Nanotechnology
• Advanced Materials
• Energy Materials
• Semiconductor Physics and Devices
• Sensors and Actuators
• Surface Science

• Bioinformatics
• Medical informatics
• Explainable machine learning
• Computer vision
• Parallel computing
• Data science

• Computational Transport Processes
• Turbulence
• Micro- and nano-fluidics
• Biological flows
• Energy

• Data Visualization
• Visual Analytics
• VR/AR
• Human-computer interaction
• Machine learning

• Turbulent multiphase flows
• Spray and gas-jet break-up
• Hydrodynamic stability
• Rotating flows

• Nonlinear dynamical system
• Nonlinear hysteresis
• Nonlinear system identification
• Memristors
• Memcapacitors
• Function approximation
• Artificial neural network
• Constructive method
• Piecewise smooth model
• Hybrid dynamical system
• FPGA-based computation
• Embedded algorithm
• Structural health monitoring
• Damage detection
• Structural dynamics
• Earthquake engineering

• Lean applications
• Logistics
• Ergonomics.

• Radiomics
• Artificial intelligence in medical image analysis
• Computer aided therapy response evaluation

• Design implementation and analysis of network protocols and algorithms for broadband wireless, and mobile networks
• IoT and SDN development
• High performance computing

• Form and geometry verification of parts in manufacturing, shape engineering
• Adaptive methods for sensing and metrology in manufacturing
  
• Tribology in machining and scalability, surface metrology
• Modeling of machining processes for systemic functions and integration
• Bio-manufacturing and osseo-metrology

• Colloid and Interface Science
• Soft Matter
• Self-assembly and Field-assisted Assembly

• Modeling and simulation in wireless telecommunication
• VoIP
• Network design and optimization
• Network traffic modeling

• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Energy and Fuels
• Biomass conversion
• Nanotechnology

• Advanced Manufacturing
• In-situ Quality Assurance
• Complex Systems
• Network Science
• Ontology
• Swarm Intelligence

• Data science for engineering applications
• Engineering-informed machine learning for additive manufacturing
• Applied stochastic modeling and optimization for complex engineering systems and critical infrastructure
• Predictive maintenance for intelligent systems and infrastructure

• The development and characterization of new electromagnetic devices and platforms such as antennas and packing to improve the performance of radiating systems in challenging environments.

• Evacuation modeling
• Network modeling
• Social influence modeling
• Infrastructure resilience and sustainability
• Complex systems
• Artificial intelligence
• Data-driven methods
• Resource sharing
• Risk communication

• Processing of Advanced Materials (Composites, Nanocomposites, and Sandwich structures)
• Polymer foams and Thin Films
• Multifunctional Materials
• Static and Dynamics Characterization
• Impact Dynamics and Damage Tolerance of Composites

• Conventional and hybrid array antenna architectures for active dual-polarized phased array radars.
• High-performance dual-polarized antenna elements.
• Broadband array antennas.
• EM modeling and material characterization.
• Radome design and modeling.
• Active array antenna calibration.
• Transmit and Receive (T/R) modules.
• Low-cost and high-integration active array antennas.
• Antenna measurements and radar calibration.

• Orbital mechanics and astrodynamics
• Celestial mechanics
• Planetary mission design
• Spacecraft attitude and control
• Space vehicle guidance
• Dynamical systems theory
• Numerical Methods

• Molecular beam epitaxy
• High-mobility and spin-dependent electron transport
• Mid-infrared interband-cascade devices
• Nanostructures for photovoltaic applications
• Quantum materials

• Tissue engineering
• Regenerative medicine
• Biomaterials
• Biomedical design
• Engineering education

• Multiphase flow and heat transfer
• Particulate flow
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Thermal energy storage
• Heat pipes

• Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Engineering
• Quantum Devices and Systems for Next-generation Communication, Computation, and Sensing.
• Nanophotonic and Nanomaterial Structures

• Engineering Education
• Cognitive Ergonomics
• Human-System Integration

• Thin film semiconductor growth
  
• Semiconductor mid-wave infrared (MWIR) lasers.
  
• Semiconductor MWIR detectors.
  
• Solar cells.
  
• Nanophotonics
  
  

• Development of tools and framework to enhance engineering design education
• Internet based product design to increase collaboration among designers, and to manage product and process information
• Engineering design methodology, design for product variety, graph grammars in engineering design, combinatorics, product platform design, product portfolio management and rapid design
• Virtual prototyping, future CAD systems, use of computers in engineering design
• CAD support for product family design and design for the environment

• Reconfigurable RF and microwave hardware for agile communications, measurement, and radar systems
• Spectral management schemes for cognitive radio architectures
• Advanced packaging utilizing heterogeneous integration techniques
• Device development for engineered organic and inorganic nanomaterials

• Adult stem cells differentiation
• Surface functionalization of biomaterials
• Orthopedic tissue engineering (bone, cartilage, tendons, ligaments)
• Tissue engineering bioreactors
• Bone mechanotransduction
• Whole organ decellularization
• ELISA immunoassays
• Non-destructive evaluation of cell-scaffold constructs
• 3D in vitro cancer models

• Building energy system optimization and control
• Centralized HVAC system fault detection
• Energy efficiency technology developments
• Building energy system simulation and modeling
• Measurement and Verification

• Surface and ground water quality, development of indicators of water quality deterioration
• Biological treatment system design
• Ecological engineering
• Water reuse, fluvial geomorphology
• Sediment transport
• River design
• Geomatic engineering

• Rerum Cognoscere Causas
  
•  In-silico design of chemical additives
  
• Reducing the environmental impact of the energy sector
  
• Environmental contamination due to microplastics and antibiotics
• Pedagogical research

• Control systems
• Differential games
• Multiplayer pursuit-evasion games
• Reinforcement learning
• Trajectory optimization
• Stochastic dynamical systems

• Fermentation technology, and scale up
• Downstream processing and Bioseparation in biopharma
• Biofuels, bio-based value-added products, and biorefinery
• Design of experiment (DOE), data analysis, and statistical modeling
• Bioprocess development and optimization
• Cells/enzymes immobilization and encapsulation
• Bio-mediated synthesis of nanoparticles

• Control
• Wireless Communications
• Networking

• Developing novel optical imaging techniques for early cancer detection
• Cancer therapy monitoring
• Functional brain imaging
• Surgical guidance and translational research

• Biomaterials for the regeneration of bone or cartilage tissue to address unmet needs in the clinic. 

• Operations research/management science
• Mathematical programming
• Interior point methods
• Multi-objective optimization
• Control theory
• Computational and algebraic geometry
• Artificial neural networks
• Kernel methods
• Evolutionary programming
  Global optimization

• Qualitative research in engineering education focusing on structural barriers to members of excluded identity groups (women, racial/ethnic minorities, first generation college students, students with disabilities, members of sexual and/or gender identity minorities, etc.), and research in teaching introductory programming classes

• Turbulence
• Mixing
• Multi-phase Flows
• Numerical Methods
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS)
• Large Eddy Simulation (LES)
• Stochastic Modeling & Optimization
• Optimal Prediction
• Parallel Computing
• Chaos

• Nano-synthesized cementitious materials
• Smart and sustainable material innovation using 3D printing technology
• Ductile fiber-reinforced polymer composites

• Research in all facets of High-Performance Computing (HPC) including code synthesis for performance, parallel algorithm design
• Crafting  libraries for computational linear algebra, signal processing, and graph analytics
• Studying the relationship between data and computer architecture, parallel hardware, accelerators, reconfigurable logic and distributed systems

• Stormwater and stream management
• Low impact development (LID) stormwater management systems
• Hydrology

• The combination of structural engineering and material science aimed at improving building and bridge structural systems, particularly in regard to sustainability,  innovative materials

• Catalysis
• Materials
• Computational Simulation
• Energy

• Advanced Materials in Antiviral Applications
• Cancer Nanomedicine and Immunotherapy
• Nanomaterial-Biological System Interactions

• Information visualization
• Visual analytics
• Human-computer interaction
• Databases
• Data mining

• Numerical simulation methods for nanophotonics
• Complex nanophotonic device design
• Active photonic crystal chemical sensors
• Nanowire enhanced wireless pressure sensors
• Mid-infrared thermal imaging beyond the limit

• Biosensors
• Cancer nanomedicine
• Immunoengineering and immunomodulation
• Nanotechnology-biology (“nano-bio”) interactions
• Three-dimensional optical imaging

• Dynamics and Control
• Propulsion and Energy System
• Propulsion Electrification
• Reinforcement Learning
• Data-Driven Modeling and Control
• Data Analytics and Visualization

• Solid state devices
• Interband cascade structures for lasers and detectors

• Hydrology
• Water security
• Water resources management
• Reservoir operation
• Hydropower scheduling
• Artificial intelligence
• Data-mining
• Coupled human-natural systems
• Optimization theory
• Hydrologic model calibration
• Climate change
• Impacts of climate change on water-energy system
• Water-energy-food nexus
• Remote sensing precipitation

• Digital signal processing, as applied to radar signal processing, radar target detection, radar weather observations, adaptive filter design, and customized embedded DSP systems
• New educational models and effective pedagogy for interdisciplinary learning

• Low noise audio circuitry
• Circuit board design

• Remote sensing
• Radar signal processing

• Neuroimaging
• Neuromodulation and biomedical image and signal processing

• Soil dynamics
• Rock mechanics
• Soil structure interaction
• Flow through porous media
• Constitutive laws of engineering materials (testing and modeling)
• Mine system design and ground control
• Bridge approach settlements
• Expert systems
• Application of numerical techniques to complex geotechnical engineering problems
• Earthquake engineering
• Geotechnical aspects of hazardous waste disposal

• Energy storage systems: renewable energy, electrochemical modeling, battery management systems
• Dynamic systems and control: optimal control, system identification, state estimation, PDE control
• Electrified transportation: electric vehicles energy management, vehicle cybersecurity, traffic systems
• Data-driven decision making: machine learning, control, and optimization

• Intelligent radio and radar sensing
• RF-Microwave systems and instrumentation
• Random signal and Low-Probability-of-Intercept (LPI) radar
• Real-time system implementation on FPGA and DSP

• Novel mobile system design
• Network science
• Mobile and network security
• Machine learning for network and security applications

• Big data analytics for spatiotemporal complex systems
• Sensor-based modeling of cardiovascular systems
• Optimization of advanced sensing systems and data fusion
• Eye tracking and data-driven modeling in virtual reality
• Computer simulation and optimization of complex systems