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Research in the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department is clustered into four thematic areas: nonlinear dynamics and adaptive control; fluid dynamics and aerodynamics; thermal sciences; and materials science.

Nonlinear Dynamics/Adaptive Control
	Description: structural acoustics; optical jitter; noise suppression; intelligent control systems; artificial neural networks; modeling, simulation, and control of dynamic systems and robotics; and failure analysis Primary faculty working in this area: Donald Bliss, Professor Robert L. Clark, Professor and Sr. Associate Dean Earl Dowell, Professor Silvia Ferrari, Assistant Professor Devendra Garg, Professor Kenneth Hall, Professor and Chair Laurens Howle, Associate Professor Josiah Knight, Associate Professor
Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
	Description: aerodynamics; aeroelasticity; flutter in aeroelastic systems; fluid mechanics, convection and porous media, lubrication, and visualization of convective fluid patterns Primary faculty working in this area: Adrian Bejan, Professor Donald Bliss, Associate Professor Earl Dowell, Professor Silvia Ferrari, Assistant Professor Linda Franzoni, Professor of the Practice and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Kenneth Hall, Professor and Chair Laurens E. Howle, Associate Professor Robert Kielb, Senior Research Scientist Josiah Knight, Associate Professor
Thermal Sciences
	Description: heat transfer, constructal theory, thermodynamics, power generation, thermodynamics for materials property prediction, magnetic bearings and actuators Primary faculty working in this area: Adrian Bejan, Professor Charles M. Harman, Professor Laurens Howle, Associate Professor Josiah Knight, Associate Professor Teh Tan, Professor
Materials Science
	Description: nanoscience/nanoengineering; mechanical properties of single molecules and clusters of atoms; atomic force microscopy; structure-property-performance behavior of peptide polymers, synthetic polymers, and cross-linked hydrogels; materials science and processes related to electronic materials; x-ray reflection; carbon-ion transport; theoretical materials science; statistical mechanics; and coating and encapsulation of solid, liquid and gaseous particles in the colloidal size range Primary faculty working in this area: Robert Clark, Professor and Senior Associate Dean F. Hadley Cocks, Professor Stefano Curtarolo, Assistant Professor Ulrich Goesele, Adjunct Professor Robert M. Hochmuth, Professor Laurens Howle, Associate Professor Anne Lazarides, Assistant Professor Piotr Marszalek, Associate Professor David Needham, Professor Teh Tan, Professor Benjamin Yellen, Assistant Professor Stefan Zauscher, Assistant Professor Doncho Zhelev, Assistant Professor

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Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department
Pratt School of Engineering
(919) 660-5310

Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Pratt School of Engineering | Duke University
Box 90300 Hudson Hall • Durham, NC 27708-0300
Phone: (919) 660-5310 • Fax: (919) 660-8963

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