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Research Projects

John Barnard

  • Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Alabama

Sung kwon Cho

  • Channel to droplet sample extraction and purification using electrowetting device, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA).
  • Micro bubble tweezers for individual cell manipulation and in vitro ultrasound cell therapy, NSF-ECS.
  • Channel to droplet sample extraction analysis (SEA) cartridge for food testing and Homeland Security application, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA).

Minking k. Chyu

  • Acoustic wave gas sensors for ultra-high temperature environments, National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • Effects of coating blockage and deposit on film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer, University Turbine System Research, DOE.
  • Stability and quench protection for HTS superconducting magnets, AFOSR, US Air Force.
  • Heat transfer on convective surfaces with pin-fins mounted in inclined angles, Solar Turbines.
  • Turbine Aerothermal and Material Research for Oxy-fuel and Hydrogen Cycles, DOE-NETL.

    Nanofluids for Enhanced Thermal Energy Transport, DOE-NETL. 

  • Aerothermal-Material Integrated Thermal Protection, DOE-NETL.

William W. Clark

  • Structures with Reconfigurable Circulatory Systems, DARPA.
  • Light-Activated Shape Memory Polymer Composites, DARPA / Cornerstone Research Group.
  • Fiber-Reinforced Morphing Composite Skin, DARPA / NextGen Aeronautics.
  • Augmenting the lifetime of batteries for implantable devices, National Science Foundation / Piezo Energy Technologies.
  • Active Combustion Throttling, DOE.

Anthony J. Deardo

  • Development of TRIP and IF steels using TSCE processing, Baoshan Iron and Steel Co.

Giovanni P. Galdi

  • Mathematical Analysis of Some Problems of Particle-Liquid Motion, NSF.

Peyman Givi

  • Comprehensive characterization of oxy-fuel/hydrogen turbine systems, DOE NETL

John P. Leonard

  • Nanofluids for Enhanced Thermal Energy Transport, DOE-NETL 

Scott X. Mao

  • Nano- and microscale experiments and theoretical modeling for strain gradient plasticity, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Ian nettleship

  • Nanofluids for Enhanced Thermal Energy Transport, DOE-NETL 

Anne M. Robertson

  • Theoretical and numerical analysis of flow of viscoelastic fluids in pipes, NATO
  • Study of the initiation, development and rupture of cerebral aneurysms, Whitaker Foundation
  • Use of the chimera grids for numerical studies of flow in arterial bifurcations, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • REU supplement: Use of chimera grids for numerical studies of flow in arterial bifurcations, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Laura Schaefer

  • Comprehensive characterization of oxy-fuel/hydrogen turbine systems, DOE NETL

William S. Slaughter

  • Nano and microscale experiments and theoretical modeling for strain gradient plasticity, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • The use of micromechanical models in the prediction of microstructural paths and constitutive parameters for densification of powders, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Fatigue damage behavior of chemically treated bioprosthetic heart valve tissues, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Turbine Aerothermal and Material Research for Oxy-fuel and Hydrogen Cycles, DOE-NETL

    Aerothermal-Material Integrated Thermal Protection, DOE-NETL 

Patrick Smolinski

  • Design, construction, and evaluation of a prototype wear testing machine for ankle implants, National Collegiate Investors and Innovators Alliance
  • Design for non-round can development, Weirton Steel
  • Modeling and analysis of open coil cooling, U.S. Steel
  • Modeling and analysis of total ankle arthroplasty, Depuy, Inc.
  • Development of a precision roll alignment system, U.S. Steel and Weirton Steel

Jeffrey Vipperman

  • Acoustic control using damped, resonant filters (electronic Helmholtz absorbers)
  • Evaluation of impact noise and acoustical signal processing, NIOSH-Cincinnati
  • Variable orifice area technique (VOAT) design, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Vibro-acoustic studies on a chamber core cylinder, Air Force Research Lab
  • Worker dose and equipment noise identification, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab
  • Enhanced time domain signal processing for the study of noise generation mechanisms, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab
  • MEMS microvalve technology: Phase II, U.S. Department of Energy

Qing-Ming Wang

  • Acoustic wave gas sensors for ultra-high temperature environments, National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • An acoustic wave cytosensor system for living cell study, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Fabrication of functional oxide nanotubes and nanorods for nanoelectromechanical devices, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • On-chip thin film piezoelectric micro resonators for RF and microwave frequency control applications, Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse
  • Piezoelectric thin film for low frequency vibration sensors, PI, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, DOE

Sylvanus N. Wosu

  • Pitt Engineering Impact Program, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Strong research growth resulted in nearly $2.5 million of funded research in 2003.