Specialist positions are
occasionally available throughout the year in the Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering at the
S.
Atluri: Continuum mechanics,
computational mechanics, computer modeling and simulation, integrated product
and process design, damage tolerance and structural integrity, failure
prevention, computational microelectronics.
J. Bobrow: Robotics, mechatronics,
and design optimization.
H.
Catrakis: Turbulence and the dynamics of flows, flow
optimization, flow regularization, fluid interfaces, vortex dynamics, multiscale flows, diffusive flows, variable density flows,
refractive flows, adaptive flows, evolutionary flows.
D.
Dabdub: Mathematical modeling of urban and global air pollution, dynamics of
atmospheric aerosols, secondary organic aerosols, impact of energy generation
on air quality, chemical reactions at gas-liquid interfaces.
D.
Dunn-Rankin: Combustion, optical particle sizing, particle aerodynamics,
laser diagnostics and spectroscopy.
S.
Elghobashi: Direct numerical simulation of turbulent chemically reacting and
dispersed two-phase flows.
F.
Jabbari: Optimal control theory, distributed parameter
systems, parameter identification.
J.
LaRue: Fluid mechanics, heat transfer, turbulence
F. Liu: Computational fluid dynamics, turbomachinery, propulsion.
M. Madou: Miniaturization science (MEMS and NEMS) with
emphasis on chemical and biological applications. Current projects
include polymer actuators (for drug delivery),
C-MEMS and CD based fluidics. Besides miniaturization techniques and
materials choices, scaling laws are considered.
M.
McCarthy:
Design of
mechanical systems, computer aided design, kinematic
theory of spatial motion.
K. Mease: Nonlinear dynamics and control; flight guidance
and control.
D.
Papamoschou: Compressible turbulence, jet noise, mixing enhancement,
respiratory flows.
R. Rangel: Heat transfer, fluid mechanics, spray
combustion, two-phase flows, fluid instability and atomization.
D. Reinkensmeyer: Biomedical engineering, robotics.
S. Samuelsen: Combustion, sprays, laser diagnostics, air
quality, turbulent transport, alternative fuels, modeling reacting flows,
practical systems, energy and environmental conflict.
A. Shkel: Design and advanced
control of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS); High-precision
micro-machined gyroscopes; MEMS-enhanced optical systems, tools, and prosthetic
appliances; Electro-mechanical and machine-information systems integration.
A.
Sideris: Control systems, neural networks.
W. Sirignano: Combustion theory and computational methods,
multiphase flows, turbulent reacting flows.
L.
Valdevit: Mechanical and thermal performance of structural
components, with emphasis on all-metallic sandwich panels. Thermo-mechanical
optimization. Integration of analytical, numerical
(finite element analyses) and experimental techniques towards the development
of design tools.
B. Villac: Astrodynamics, dynamical systems
theory, global optimization, interval computing
Y. Wang: Fuel cells,
computational modeling, thermo-fluidics, two-phase flows, electrochemistry, CFD,
turbulent combustion.
Applicants
for Specialist Positions should send curriculum vitae, the names and addresses
of three references, and indicate the professor you would like to
work for to the contact information listed below:
Review of applications will begin
immediately. Candidates may begin as
early as
Contact
information:
Marcia
Aguirre
Department
of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
4200
Engineering Gateway
Fax:
949-824-8585
Website: http://mae.eng.uci.edu