abdeljawad-fadi/research-faculty/directory/profiles/abdeljawad-fadi.htmlCoreFadi AbdeljawadAbdeljawadAMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/abdeljawad-fadi-t.jpgfadi( at )northwestern.eduabrams-daniel/research-faculty/directory/profiles/abrams-daniel.htmlCoreDaniel AbramsAbramsAEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/abrams-daniel-t.jpgdmabrams( at )northwestern.edu<p>Nonlinear dynamics; physics of social systems; mathematical geoscience; pattern formation; coupled oscillators; synchronization; chimera states</p>abreveya-hayim/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/abreveya-hayim.htmlAffiliatedHayim AbreveyaAbreveyaAChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/headshot-placeholder.jpgHayim.Abrevaya( at )uop.comacuna-eduardo/research-faculty/directory/profiles/acuna-eduardo.htmlCoreEduardo AcunaAcunaA- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/acuna-ed-t.pngeduardo.acuna( at )northwestern.edu<h3>Biography</h3><p>Acuna is an entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in business development, strategic planning, sales, marketing, and cross-cultural communication. Previously, he served as a faculty member at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and was a business owner at KMA Sales, a manufacturer’s representative servicing Illinois and Wisconsin. Acuna has an MS and BS from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Northwestern University.</p><p><br/></p><h3>Classes Taught</h3><p><a href="https://farley.northwestern.edu/academics-resources/courses/descriptions/nuvention-medical.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NUvention: Medical</a></p><p><a href="https://farley.northwestern.edu/academics-resources/courses/descriptions/leadership-ethics-you.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leadership, Ethics, and You</a></p><p><a href="https://farley.northwestern.edu/academics-resources/courses/descriptions/entrepreneurial-sales-marketing.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing</a></p><p><a href="https://farley.northwestern.edu/academics-resources/courses/descriptions/principles-of-entrepreneurship.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Principles of Entrepreneurship</a></p><p><a href="https://farley.northwestern.edu/academics-resources/courses/descriptions/nuvention-launch.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NUvention Launch</a></p><p><a href="https://farley.northwestern.edu/academics-resources/courses/descriptions/engineering-entrepreneurship.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Engineering Entrepreneurship</a></p>agarwal-anjali/research-faculty/directory/profiles/agarwal-anjali.htmlCoreAnjali AgarwalAgarwalAComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/agarwal-anjali-t.jpganjali.agarwal( at )northwestern.eduagrawal-ankit/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/agrawal-ankit.htmlAffiliatedAnkit AgrawalAgrawalAElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/angrawal-ankit-t.jpgankit-agrawal( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research deals with <strong><em>high performance data mining</em></strong> and their <strong><em>applications in materials science, healthcare, social media, bioinformatics, etc.</em></strong>, with most of the applications research done in collaboration with other researchers in respective fields.</p> <p>Our ability to collect huge amounts of data (popularly known as big data) in practically all fields has greatly surpassed our analytical capability to make sense of it, underscoring the emergence and popularity of the Fourth paradigm of science, which is data-driven science and discovery. The challenge in big data mining lies not only in the size and scale of the data, but also its complexity – high-dimensional, multi-scale, spatio-temporal, and other types of complex data are becoming more commonplace. Further, different application domains introduce their own challenges and constraints. My research on high performance data mining aims at a coherent integration of high performance computing (HPC) and data mining, so as to address these challenges and enable large-scale data-guided discovery in various application domains.</p>ahmed-shahid/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/ahmed-shahid.htmlAffiliatedShahid AhmedAhmedAIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/ahmed-shahid-t.pngShahid.Ahmed( at )northwestern.eduahuja-karan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ahuja-karan.htmlCoreKaran AhujaAhujaAComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ahuja-karan-t.jpgkaran.ahuja( at )northwestern.edualam-mohammed/research-faculty/directory/profiles/alam-mohammed.htmlCoreMohammed AlamAlamAComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/alam-mohammed-t.jpgmohammed.alam( at )northwestern.edualarcon-fleming-arantzazu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/alarcon-fleming-arantzazu.htmlCoreArantzazu Alarcon-FlemingAlarcon-FlemingACivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/alarcon-t.jpgarancha.alarconfleming( at )northwestern.edualexander-emma/research-faculty/directory/profiles/alexander-emma.htmlCoreEmma AlexanderAlexanderAComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/alexander-emma-t.jpgealexander( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(84, 88, 90);">I am interested in low-level, bio-inspired, physics-based computer vision. New understanding of animals' brains and behavior can inspire new technology, particularly in the imaging and image processing domains. By reverse engineering principles of natural vision, my group contributes to the next generation of cameras and displays.</span></p>alizadehsalehi-sepehr /research-faculty/directory/affiliated/alizadehsalehi-sepehr .htmlAffiliatedSepehr AlizadehsalehiAlizadehsalehiA- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/alizadehslaehi-sepehr-t.jpgalshurafa-nabil/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/alshurafa-nabil.htmlAffiliatedNabil AlshurafaAlshurafaAComputer ScienceElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/ashurafa-nabil-t.jpgnabil( at )northwestern.eduamaral-luis-a-nunes/research-faculty/directory/profiles/amaral-luis-a-nunes.htmlCoreLuís A. Nunes AmaralAmaralAEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/amaral-luis-t.jpgamaral( at )northwestern.edu<p>Amaral, a native of Portugal, conducts and directs research that provides insight into the emergence, evolution, and stability of complex social and biological systems. His research aims to address some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity, including the mitigation of errors in healthcare settings, the characterization of the conditions fostering innovation and creativity, and the limits of machine intelligence.</p><p><br/></p><p>Amaral has published over a 180 scientific peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals, including Nature, Science, PNAS, Cell, and PLOS Biology. His research has been featured in numerous media sources, both in the US and abroad. Professor Amaral has received a CAREER award from the National Institutes of Health, was named a Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research by the W. M. Keck Foundation, and has been selected as an Early Career Scientist by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, and of the Network Science Society. In 2020, he received the Provost's Award for Exemplary Faculty Service.</p>ameer-guillermo/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ameer-guillermo.htmlCoreGuillermo A. AmeerAmeerABiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ameer-guillermo-t.jpgg-ameer( at )northwestern.eduankenman-bruce/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ankenman-bruce.htmlCoreBruce AnkenmanAnkenmanAIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ankenman-bruce-t.jpgankenman( at )northwestern.edu<p>As a design engineer in the automotive parts industry, Bruce Ankenman found that an engineer's job depends on the ability to efficiently collect and analyze data. Since many engineers have limited access to statistical methods, his research has centered around developing simple-to-use, yet statistically powerful tools for the design and analysis of both physical and simulation-based experiments.</p><p>In 2016 at the Segal Design Institute, Bruce co-developed a course with Professor Pam Daniels called Designing Your Life for Northwestern. It was inspired by the course of the same name at Stanford. The course is now offered multiple times per year and has drawn high praise from undergraduate students from across all schools at Northwestern.</p><p>In 2022, Bruce and Professor Joe Holtgrieve co-founded the Northwestern Personal Development StudioLab, which offers classes, a certificate, resources, events and materials to enhance the personal development of undergraduate students at Northwestern.</p>ankeny-casey/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ankeny-casey.htmlCoreCasey AnkenyAnkenyABiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ankeny-casey-t.jpgcasey.ankeny( at )northwestern.edu<p>Casey J. Ankeny, PhD is an associate professor of instruction and the director of the MS Program in Biomedical Engineering, and assistant dean of The Graduate School master’s programs at Northwestern Engineering. She is investigating cyber-based student engagement strategies in flipped and traditional biomedical engineering courses as well as the implementation of standards-based grading with reflection. She aspires to understand and improve student attitude, achievement, and persistence in student-centered courses.</p>apley-daniel/research-faculty/directory/profiles/apley-daniel.htmlCoreDaniel ApleyApleyAIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/apley-dan-t.jpgapley( at )northwestern.edu<p>Statistical modeling and analysis of engineering, industrial, and enterprise systems; machine learning and predictive analytics; quality engineering and six sigma; manufacturing process diagnosis and control</p>argall-brenna/research-faculty/directory/profiles/argall-brenna.htmlCoreBrenna ArgallArgallAComputer ScienceMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/argall-brenna-t.jpgbrenna.argall( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">As need increases, access decreases. Often the <em>more</em> severe a person's motor impairment, the <em>less</em> able they are to operate the very machines created to assist them. My lab endows assistive machines with customized robotics autonomy and intelligence to address this confound. Robots already synthetically sense, act in, and reason about the world, and these technologies can be leveraged to help bridge the gap left by sensory, motor, or cognitive impairments in the users of assistive machines.</p><p><br/></p><p>A fundamental question that arises time and again throughout many of our projects is how exactly to share control between the robot and the human user, and how to adapt these control formulations over time as the human changes. We are working with a range of hardware platforms, from a smart wheelchair to assistive robotic arms.</p><p><br/></p><p>By offloading control burden, we aim to increase access, ability, and independence—to advance human autonomy through robotics autonomy.</p>aristilde-ludmilla/research-faculty/directory/profiles/aristilde-ludmilla.htmlCoreLudmilla AristildeAristildeACivil and Environmental EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/aristilde-ludmilla-t.jpgludmilla.aristilde( at )northwestern.edu<p>Dr Aristilde’s areas of expertise are in the combined application of experimental and computational tools in chemistry and biochemistry to gain novel molecular insights into the role of natural mineral and biological catalysts in environmental organic processes. The goal of the Aristilde Group is to obtain a fundamental understanding of the “why” and “how” of the environmental behavior of organics, with implications for nutrient cycling, ecosystem health, agricultural productivity, and environmental biotechnology. The current research activities of her group are focused on (i) cellular carbon metabolism of organic substrates in environmental bacteria, (ii) catalytic dynamics of nutrient-cycling extracellular enzymes, and (iii) the physical chemistry of biomolecules and organic contaminants in environmental matrices</p>arora-nivedita/research-faculty/directory/profiles/arora-nivedita.htmlCoreNivedita AroraAroraAElectrical and Computer EngineeringComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/arora-nivedita-t.jpgnivedita( at )northwestern.edu<p>At the <a href="https://embodiedsystem.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Embodied System Lab</a>, At the Embodied Systems Lab, we pursue the idea that intelligence is fundamentally embodied—arising from physical structure, energy flow, and sustained interaction with the environment rather than centralized computation alone. Guided by this view, the lab rethinks the cyber-physical computing stack across materials, morphology, energy dynamics, computer architecture, and adaptive learning and control. We develop energy-autonomous systems that embed sensing, computation, and actuation directly into physical substrates and harvest energy from their surroundings to enable persistent, real-time intelligence. Our research spans precision agriculture, plant-integrated sensing, sustainable computational materials, and human-centered embodied systems, with an emphasis on frugal, scalable, and field-deployable designs that bridge biology and computing. </p>asem-naveed/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/asem-naveed.htmlAffiliatedNaveed AsemAsemA- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/asem-naveed-t.jpgnaveedasem( at )gmail.comaudenaerd-laurence/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/audenaerd-laurence.htmlAffiliatedLaurence AudenaerdAudenaerdA- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/audenaerd-laurence-t.jpgaudenaerd( at )gmail.comaydin-koray/research-faculty/directory/profiles/aydin-koray.htmlCoreKoray AydinAydinAElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/aydin-koray-t.jpgaydin( at )northwestern.edu<p>The research program in the Metamaterials and Nanophotonic Devices Lab is mainly focused on the broad area of nanophotonics, an emerging field strategically positioned at the intersection of electrical engineering, applied physics, materials science and nanoscience. We are investigating optical metamaterials, plasmonics, metasurfaces and solid-state nanophotonics to understand the interaction between light and nanoscale photonic materials and to control and manipulate these interactions at will. Our ultimate aim is to design, fabricate and characterize metamaterials and nanophotonic devices with novel optical and photonic functionalities.</p><p>Current research topics include metamaterials and metasurfaces for controlling light at the subwavelength scale, plasmonic materials and devices for absorption engineering, two-dimensional materials for plasmonic and optoelectronic application, inverse design of compact millimeter wave and optical metadevices, hybrid, active and tunable nanophotonic devices based on phase transition materials.</p>babaian-peter/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/babaian-peter.htmlAffiliatedPeter BabaianBabaianBCivil and Environmental Engineeringpetermartin.babaian( at )northwestern.edubackman-vadim/research-faculty/directory/profiles/backman-vadim.htmlCoreVadim BackmanBackmanBBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/backman-vadim-t.jpgv-backman( at )northwestern.edu<p>Physical genomics, chromatin engineering, cellular transcriptional memory, superresolution optical nanoscopy, genome nanoimaging, visible optical coherence tomography, new technologies for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics, cancer biomarkers</p>baghdasaryan-lusine/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/baghdasaryan-lusine.htmlAffiliatedLusine BaghdasaryanBaghdasaryanBIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/baghdasaryan-lusine-t.pnglusine.baghdasaryan( at )northwestern.edubagheri-neda/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/bagheri-neda.htmlAffiliatedNeda BagheriBagheriBChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/bagheri-neda-t.jpgn-bagheri( at )northwestern.edubahmani-bahador/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bahmani-bahador.htmlCoreBahador BahmaniBahmaniBMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/bahmani-bahador-t.jpgbahador.bahmani( at )northwestern.edubain-connor/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bain-connor.htmlCoreConnor BainBainBComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/bain-connor-t.jpgconnor.bain( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research lies at the intersection of computer science and the learning sciences and focuses on 1. cognitive studies of computer science learners; 2. teacher learning and practice (specifically pedagogical content knowledge); 3. agent-based modeling in educational contexts. I often advise undergraduate, masters, and doctoral research projects adjacent to these areas in addition to those focused on computer science education, teacher professional development, and AI in education.</p><p><br/></p><p>In the CS Department at NU, I teach both at the intro and upper-level but specialize in large course coordination. My COMP_SCI 111 Fundamentals of Computer Programming I course routinely has 400+ engineering and other STEM major students enrolled while COMP_SCI 110 Introduction to Computer Programming usually has around 300 students from majors across the university. My upper-level seminar courses tend to focus on CS Pedagogy, communication, and cognitive aspects of computer science education. As a CS+LS Affiliate faculty member, I often teach courses cross listed in both departments like COMP_SCI and LRN_SCI 372/472.</p><p><br/></p><p>Since 2025, I've also served as the Faculty Chair of Willard Residential College (Northwestern's largest and most storied residential college).</p>baker-william/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/baker-william.htmlAffiliatedWilliam BakerBakerBCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/baker-william-t.jpgbalasanov-yuri/research-faculty/directory/profiles/balasanov-yuri.htmlCoreYuri BalasanovBalasanovB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/balasanov-yuri-t.jpgyuri.balasanov( at )northwestern.edu<p>Graduate teaching in the domain of data science, AI, decision making under uncertainty , financial engineering</p>balogun-oluwaseyi/research-faculty/directory/profiles/balogun-oluwaseyi.htmlCoreOluwaseyi BalogunBalogunBCivil and Environmental EngineeringMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/balogun-oluwaseyi-t.jpgo-balogun( at )northwestern.edu<h3>Research: Optical and acoustic wave Sensing, Biomechancs of Soft Materials, Phononic Structures, Thermal Transport</h3><p>My research group studies<span style="color: rgb(52, 47, 46); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> the propagation of coherent and incoherent elastic vibrations in materials, to understand how these carriers impact energy transport in bulk materials and across interfaces in condensed matter, and to elucidate the structure-property relationships of materials. We utilize optical and scanning probe techniques to image and characterize the thermal conductivity of bulk and low-dimensional electronic materials, and the thermal boundary resistance of interfaces in thermoelectric materials, vibrational properties of condensed matter, viscoelastic properties of biofilms and biological tissues, elastic properties of thin films and interfaces, and to study the coupling of optical and acoustic oscillations in nanostructures. We also rely on continuum modeling to understand the sensor and material physics.</span> </p><p> </p>barnett-scott/research-faculty/directory/profiles/barnett-scott.htmlCoreScott BarnettBarnettBMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/barnett-scott-t.jpgs-barnett( at )northwestern.edu<p>Barnett has worked extensively on ceramic thin films and coatings, including hard coatings and transparent conducting oxides. In the area of energy research, Barnett has been studying solid oxide fuel cells for > 25 years. His general areas of interest in fuel cells include novel processing methods including 3D printing and thin electrolyte deposition, electrode reaction mechanisms, intermediate-temperature solid oxide cells, direct utilization of hydrocarbon fuels, 3D imaging of electrode microstructure, and reversible cells for energy storage. The 3D imaging work includes pioneering studies connecting electrode processing methods to the resulting microstructure and in turn to the electrochemical characteristics. He has also worked on studies of Li ion battery electrodes, including 3D tomographic imaging. Recent research includes studies of reversible solid oxide cells for energy storage applications, and combined electrochemical and microstructural studies of electrode evolution over time, important for predicting the long-term durability of electrochemical devices. He has published more than 300 scientific journal articles, many highly cited.</p><p> </p>barshan-afshan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/barshan-afshan.htmlAffiliatedAfshan BarshanBarshanB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/barshan-afshan-t.jpgafshan.barshan( at )northwestern.edubarton-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/barton-david.htmlCoreDavid BartonBartonBMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/barton-david-t.jpgdbarton( at )northwestern.edubayliss-alvin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bayliss-alvin.htmlCoreAlvin BaylissBaylissBEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/bayliss-alvin-t.jpga-bayliss( at )northwestern.edu<p>I currently work in the numerical solution of partial differential equations, especially those modeling ecological systems. My focus is both on the development of accurate and efficient numerical methods and the use of these methods to describe the dynamics of these systems. Development of adaptive numerical procedures for both finite differences and spectral methods. At this time my research focus is in computational ecology where I develop, analyze and simulate models of multi-species ecological communities. I am particularly interested in multi-species communities exhibiting cyclic competition (for three-species communities so called rock-paper-scissors systems).</p>bazant-zdenek/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bazant-zdenek.htmlCoreZdeněk P. BažantBažantBCivil and Environmental EngineeringMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/bazant-zdenek-t.jpgz-bazant( at )northwestern.edu<p> </p><p>My interests lie in new interdisciplinary problems of the mechanics of solids and structures, with applications in structural, mechanical and aeronautical engineering, materials science, geophysics and petroleum engineering. My research group has recently been working on nonlinear fracture mechanics and its computational prediction, size effects and scaling of failure, stability of structures, micromechanics of damage in materials, inelastic constitutive laws, creep and hygrothermal effects in nanoporous materials, their unsaturated sorption isotherm, fracture poromechanics, chemo-mechanics, failure of fiber composites, hydraulic fracturing of shale, geothermal energy, impact problems, probabilistic mechanics of quasibrittle structures, plasticity and finite strain, with related numerical methods, use of asymptotic matching, assembly and analysis of large databases, recently with the use of AI.</p><p><br/></p><p>Our research, which emphasizes mathematical modeling based on experiments, has been focused on concrete, rock, sea ice, braided and woven composites for automobile crashworthiness, hybrid joints for ships, rigid foams, shape memory alloys, dry snow slabs, fracking of gas shale, sequestration of CO2 in deep mafic rocks, probabilistic analysis of quasibrittle failure, especially the tail distribution of strength, probability of static and fatigue lifetimes, failure probability of biomimetic (architected, nacreous) materials and of printed materials, century-range predictions of creep and shrinkage effects in concrete structures, formulation of standards for concrete, ceramics and composites, fiber-polymer composites for aircraft and ships, metallic thin films, reinforced concrete structures and granular materials; and limitation of CO2 emissions from cement production.</p>bedzyk-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bedzyk-michael.htmlCoreMichael BedzykBedzykBMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/bedzyk-michael-t.jpgbedzyk( at )northwestern.edu<p>Bedzyk's research group develops novel X-ray probes for atomic-scale characterization of surfaces, interfaces, ultra-thin films, and nanostructures. In addition to using an in-house X-ray lab, they make extensive use of synchrotron X-ray facilities, which provide greatly enhanced chemical and structural sensitivity for studying systems as dilute as one-hundredth of an atomic monolayer.</p><p>Bedzyk employs various conventional X-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques and has developed a number of novel methods for generating X-ray standing waves with characteristic length scales ranging from nanometers to micrometers. These periodic X-ray probes are used to pinpoint the lattice location of adsorbate atoms on crystalline surfaces, to measure strain within epitaxially grown semiconductor and ferroelectric thin films, to locate heavy atoms within ordered ultrathin organic films, and to study polyion adsorption at charged liquid/solid interfaces.</p>beilstein-paul/research-faculty/directory/profiles/beilstein-paul.htmlCorePaul BeilsteinBeilsteinB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/beilstein-paul-t.jpgbeltran-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/beltran-michael.htmlCoreMichael BeltranBeltranBMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/beltran-michael-t.jpgmbeltran( at )northwestern.edu<p>Michael is a lecturer in Manufacturing and Engineering Design, teaching courses in mass production & injection molding, additive manufacturing, CNC machining, and product design and development.</p>benhart-bradley/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/benhart-bradley.htmlAffiliatedBradley BenhartBenhartB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/benhart-bradley-t.jpgbennett-erick/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/bennett-erick.htmlAffiliatedErick BennettBennettBChemical and Biological Engineeringerick.bennettiii( at )northwestern.edubenson-eric/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/benson-eric.htmlAffiliatedEric BensonBensonB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/benson-eric-t.jpge-benson( at )kellogg.northwestern.edubenz-holly/research-faculty/directory/profiles/benz-holly.htmlCoreHolly BenzBenzB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/benz-holly-t.pngholly.benz( at )northwestern.eduberent-zachary/research-faculty/directory/profiles/berent-zachary.htmlCoreZachary BerentBerentBUndergraduate Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/berent-zach-t.pngzachary.berent( at )northwestern.eduberry-randy/research-faculty/directory/profiles/berry-randy.htmlCoreRandall BerryBerryBElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/berry-randy-t.jpgrberry( at )northwestern.edu<p>Prof. Berry's research covers resource allocation problems that arise in networked systems ranging from communication networks to social networks. This work uses mathematical models to gain insights into such systems and draws on tools from stochastic modeling, optimization, economics and algorithms. Specific topics of current interest include developing distributed resource allocation techniques for wireless networks, dynamic spectrum sharing and wireless spectrum policy, understanding the role of incentives in network security and modeling learning and adoption in social networks.</p>bhagavatula-sruti/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bhagavatula-sruti.htmlCoreSruti BhagavatulaBhagavatulaBComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/bhagavatula-sruti-t.jpgsrutib( at )northwestern.edubirdwell-alex/research-faculty/directory/profiles/birdwell-alex.htmlCoreJ. Alex BirdwellBirdwellBMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/birdwell-alex-t.jpgbirdwell( at )northwestern.edubirnbaum-larry/research-faculty/directory/profiles/birnbaum-larry.htmlCoreLarry BirnbaumBirnbaumBComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/birnbaum-larry-t.jpgl-birnbaum( at )northwestern.edu<p>Larry Birnbaum's research and teaching focus on applied AI and human-AI collaboration. He and his students develop, study, and apply new technologies in natural language processing (NLP), conversational interfaces, intelligent information systems, social media data analytics, machine learning, and computational journalism and media. Key areas of research include methods for the automatic generation of content by machine, including specifically the automatic generation of narratives from data, and on natural human-AI collaboration via conversational interaction. Larry's research also spans intelligent information systems, including models of automatic and contextual search and information diversity; preference predication and recommendation using social media data; and applications of AI to journalism and media.</p>blair-neal/research-faculty/directory/profiles/blair-neal.htmlCoreNeal BlairBlairBCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/blair-neal-t.jpgn-blair( at )northwestern.edu<p>Research interests focus on the behavior of carbon on the Earth's surface. The pathways of organic carbon decomposition and sequestration as mediated by biological and physical processes in soils and sediments. This information is integrated into a conceptual model that describes the transformations of organic carbon as it moves across landscapes and the seafloor. Human impacts on this lateral portion of the C-cycle are considered.</p>blieszner-john/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/blieszner-john.htmlAffiliatedJohn BliesznerBliesznerBChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/blieszner-john-t.pngjohn.blieszner( at )northwestern.edubollhoefer-jessica/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/bollhoefer-jessica.htmlAffiliatedJessica BollhoeferBollhoeferB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/bollhoefer-jessica-t.jpgbooth-larry/research-faculty/directory/profiles/booth-larry.htmlCoreLaurence BoothBoothBCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/booth-laurence-t.jpglbooth( at )boothhansen.com<p>Architecture</p>borhani-reza/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/borhani-reza.htmlAffiliatedReza BorhaniBorhaniBElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/borhani-reza-t.jpgreza( at )dgsix.comborowski-elisa/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/borowski-elisa.htmlAffiliatedElisa BorowskiBorowskiBCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/borowski-elisa-t.jpgelisa.borowski( at )northwestern.eduboyd-evan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/boyd-evan.htmlAffiliatedEvan BoydBoydBIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/boyd-evan-t.jpgevan.boyd( at )northwestern.edubraun-rosemary/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/braun-rosemary.htmlAffiliatedRosemary BraunBraunBEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/braun_rosemary-t.jpgrbraun( at )northwestern.edubright-molly/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bright-molly.htmlCoreMolly BrightBrightBBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/bright-molly-t.jpgmolly.bright( at )northwestern.edu<p>The Applied Neuro-Vascular Imaging Lab (ANVIL) focuses on developing advanced MRI techniques to assess the healthy function and interaction of neural activity and vascular physiology throughout the human central nervous system, with an emphasis on initial translation to patient populations. This involves the design and implementation of new tools and devices to stimulate, monitor, or enhance human physiology during MRI scanning, and the development of specialized MRI acquisition and modelling methods to characterize neurovascular signals in the brain, brainstem, and spinal cord. ANVIL aims to produce robust noninvasive imaging techniques to study individual patient pathophysiology in cohorts with impaired movement, including acute and chronic stroke, cerebral palsy, traumatic and degenerative spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. Long term, we seek to use such personalized imaging approaches to study and optimize individual patient responses to rehabilitative interventions.</p><p><br/></p><p>This research is in collaboration with Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, Radiology, the Center for Translational Imaging, the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience program, and the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab.</p>broadbelt-linda/research-faculty/directory/profiles/broadbelt-linda.htmlCoreLinda J. BroadbeltBroadbeltBChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/broadbelt-linda-t.jpgbroadbelt( at )northwestern.edu<h5><strong>Complex kinetics modeling, catalysis and biocatalysis, polymerization and depolymerization</strong></h5><p>The scientific motivation driving the work in my research group is unraveling complexity in reacting systems. We recognize that macroscopic observations are linked to microscopic phenomena, and analysis spanning these regimes provides the best opportunity for fundamental understanding <em>and </em>development of novel engineering strategies. The systems that we study, however, are sufficiently complex that the atomic-scale events leading to the observed behavior are obscured. We concentrate our efforts in three main topical areas using a combination of experiment and theory. Reaction systems that we model may consist of thousands of reactive intermediates and molecules and thus are too large for models to be developed without automated computer tools. Polymeric systems that we study require description of transformations of high molecular weight chains and evolution of low molecular weight products. Catalytic and biocatalytic systems that we investigate demand quantification of the interaction energies between numerous species and complex catalytic environments. We therefore develop capabilities to facilitate quantitative analysis and description of complex systems at the macroscopic level, and we devise strategies and apply tools for probing and quantifying molecular-level events.</p>brown-dan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/brown-dan.htmlAffiliatedDan BrownBrownB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/brown-dan-t.jpgdan-brown( at )northwestern.edu<p>Health and Safety Training of students in Shop-Maker spaces</p><p>How Design creates new value and competitive advantage in commercial marketplaces</p>brown-jason/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/brown-jason.htmlAffiliatedJason BrownBrownBCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/brown-jason-t.jpgjason.brown( at )northwestern.edubrown-ordel/research-faculty/directory/profiles/brown-ordel.htmlCoreOrdel BrownBrownBUndergraduate Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/brown_ordel-t.pngordel.brown( at )northwestern.eduburger-christian/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/burger-christian.htmlAffiliatedChristian BurgerBurgerB- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/burger-christian-t.jpgburghardt-wesley/research-faculty/directory/profiles/burghardt-wesley.htmlCoreWesley R. BurghardtBurghardtBChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/burghardt-wesley-t.jpgw-burghardt( at )northwestern.edu<h5><strong>Rheology, polymer physics</strong></h5><p>We seek to understand the dynamics of complex fluids during flow. Many fluids encountered in materials processing exhibit non-Newtonian behavior due to the presence of complex molecular or nanoscale structure that is perturbed by flow. Our research emphasizes in-situ investigation of such flow-induced structural changes to elucidate the origins and mechanisms of complex rheology in polymers.</p><p>Our research is broadly divided between two thrusts. We have a long-standing interest in how flow affects the organization of structured fluids such as surfactants, ordered block copolymers, and liquid crystalline polymers. We use powerful X-ray scattering techniques for realtime measurements of polymer structure in both idealized shear flows and during processing, taking advantage of Northwestern's synchrotron research facility at the Advanced Photon Source.</p><p>Our other theme is the application of unique flow birefringence techniques to interrogate stresses generated in polymer melts and solutions and to test theoretical models for the rheological behavior of flexible polymers.</p>buscarnera-giuseppe/research-faculty/directory/profiles/buscarnera-giuseppe.htmlCoreGiuseppe BuscarneraBuscarneraBCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/buscanera-giuseppe-t.jpgg-buscarnera( at )northwestern.edu<p>Constitutive modeling of geomaterials; mechanics of unsaturated soils; chemo-mechanics of porous rocks; theory of material stability and its application to geo-engineering problems; fracture and crushing in granular materials; natural hazards; slope stability analyses; landslide forecasting.</p>bustamante-fabian/research-faculty/directory/profiles/bustamante-fabian.htmlCoreFabian E. BustamanteBustamanteBComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/bustamante-fabian-t.jpgfabianb( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Professor Bustamante's work focuses on experimental research on Internet-scale computer networks and distributed systems. Much of my work focuses on improving the visibility of measurement on networked systems, leveraging this visibility to characterize them and the infrastructure they rely on, and designing new and improved systems based on the gained insight.</span></p>butz-arthur/research-faculty/directory/profiles/butz-arthur.htmlCoreArthur ButzButzBElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/butz-arthur-t.jpga-butz( at )northwestern.edu<p>Digital signal processing. The present emphasis is a return to my earlier focus on space-filling curves (diverse applications).</p>campanoni-simone/research-faculty/directory/profiles/campanoni-simone.htmlCoreSimone CampanoniCampanoniCComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/campanoni-simone-t.jpgsimone.campanoni( at )northwestern.edu<p>Simone's main research area is compilers, with special interest in computer architecture, runtime systems, operating systems, and programming languages.</p><p>Simone is passioned about understanding how <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">abstractions used within and around compilers should evolve to better support hardware and applications trends. This goal often leads us to co-design </span><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">compilers</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with the </span><em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">computer architecture</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and </span><em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">operating system</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> they target as well as with the </span><em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">programming language</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> they translate.</span></p>cao-jian/research-faculty/directory/profiles/cao-jian.htmlCoreJian CaoCaoCMechanical EngineeringCivil and Environmental EngineeringMaterials Science and EngineeringIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/cao-jian-t.jpgjcao( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">Prof. Cao’s major research interests include innovative manufacturing processes and systems, particularly in the areas of deformation-based processes, laser additive, and laser subtractive processes. Her work has made fundamental contributions to the characterization of material behavior and the relationships between manufacturing processes and resulting material/part performances. Her research has integrated analytical and numerical simulation methods, control and sensors, design methodologies, and machine learning to advance manufacturing processes and systems. Prof. Cao’s research group has designed unique manufacturing equipment for dieless sheet forming, microforming, and additive manufacturing. Current research has direct impacts on energy-efficient manufacturing, surface engineering, and distributed manufacturing. Prof. Cao has published over 500 technical articles, including about 300 journal articles, 10 book chapters, and about 20 patents. She has given over 180 invited talks and published op-ed articles. </p>carlos-scott/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/carlos-scott.htmlAffiliatedScott E. CarlosCarlosC- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/carlos-scott.jpgscottcarlos( at )comcast.netcarr-james/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/carr-james.htmlAffiliatedJames CarrCarrCBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/carr-james-t.jpgjcarr( at )northwestern.educarr-stephen/research-faculty/directory/profiles/carr-stephen.htmlCoreStephen CarrCarrCMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/carr-stephen-t.jpgs-carr( at )northwestern.edu<p>Professor Carr's research program made important contributions to: 1) the effects of processing on structure/property relationships in flexible or rod‑like polymers and their alloys, 2) the origins of piezoelectricity in polymers, 3) structure/ property relationships in electronically conducting polymers, 4) fracture toughness in semicrystalline polymers, and 5) network polymers, especially those found in epoxy resins or in human gallstones. Recently his scholarship and sponsored research centered on attaining a deeper understanding of how engineering students learn and grow themselves.</p><p>Currently Steve Carr is co-director of Northwestern’s Master of Product Design and Development Management degree program, and he is developing coursework related to materials selection as an indispensable part of product design and development.</p>casadio-francesca/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/casadio-francesca.htmlAffiliatedFrancesca CasadioCasadioCMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/casadio-francesca-t.jpgfcasadio( at )artic.educastrounis-alex/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/castrounis-alex.htmlAffiliatedAlex CastrounisCastrounisC- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/castrounis-alex-t.jpgalex.castrounis( at )northwestern.educhan-ellick/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/chan-ellick.htmlAffiliatedEllick ChanChanCIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/chan-ellick-t.jpgellick.chan( at )northwestern.educhan-moses/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chan-moses.htmlCoreMoses ChanChanCIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chan-moses-t.jpgmoses.chan( at )northwestern.educhazot-cecile/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chazot-cecile.htmlCoreCécile ChazotChazotCMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chazot-cecile-t.pngcchazot( at )northwestern.edu<p>The Sustainable Polymer Innovation Laboratory (SPIn lab) at Northwestern University, led by Professor Cécile Chazot, seeks to develop sustainable manufacturing and recycling of polymers and composites. Our focus areas include fiber-based materials, biopolymers, large-scale processing, structural colors, and green chemistry. Our interdisciplinary work spans from fundamental understanding of materials and their properties to applications and industrial deployment. </p>cheng-julian/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/cheng-julian.htmlAffiliatedJulian ChengChengCIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/cheng-julian-t.jpgjulian.cheng( at )northwestern.educhen-heng/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/chen-heng.htmlAffiliatedHeng ChenChenC- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/chen-heng-t.jpgheng.zhang.chen( at )gmail.comchen-minshuo/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chen-minshuo.htmlCoreMinshuo ChenChenCIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chen-minshuo-t.jpgminshuo.chen( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research focuses on developing principled methodologies and theoretical foundations of learning and decision-making. I am particularly interested in</p><ul><li>Generative AI: diffusion models for data modeling and beyond</li><li>Foundations of learning: approximation, optimization and efficiency </li><li>(Deep) reinforcement learning: diagnosis and control in complex systems</li></ul>chen-wei/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chen-wei.htmlCoreWei ChenChenCMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chen-wei-t.jpgweichen( at )northwestern.edu<p>Simulation-based design under uncertainty; AI and machine learning for predictive science and engineering design; multifidelity modeling and uncertainty quantification; data-driven design of heterogenous nano- and microstructural materials and programmable metamaterials; digital twins for autonomous manufacturing; topology optimization and co-design of materials and structures; multidisciplinary design optimization; network analysis for modeling consumer preference and decision-based design. <span style="color: rgb(52, 47, 46);">Dr. Chen is the Director of the Integrated Design Automation Laboratory (IDEAL) and the Founding Director of the Predictive Science and Engineering Design (PSED) Cluster. Her c</span>urrent research involves the use of statistical inference, machine learning, and uncertainty quantification techniques for adaptive discovery and design of a wide range of emerging materials systems, by integrating knowledge and representation from multiple disciplines and domains such as materials, manufacturing, structural mechanics, data science, and design optimization. Her research methods have been integrated into commercial software and making direct societal impacts through industrial collaborations and applications in developing multifunctional, lightweight, portable, energy efficient, and sustainable materials, products and processes.</p>chen-xi/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chen-xi.htmlCoreXi ChenChenCBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chen-xi-t.jpgxichen( at )northwestern.educhen-xin/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/chen-xin.htmlAffiliatedXin ChenChenCElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/chen-xin-t.jpgxinchen( at )eecs.northwestern.educhen-xinqi/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/chen-xinqi.htmlAffiliatedXinqi ChenChenCMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/chen-xinqi-t.jpgxchen( at )northwestern.educhen-yan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chen-yan.htmlCoreYan ChenChenCComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chen-yan-t1.jpgychen( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research interests are in security, measurement, and diagnosis for networking and large-scale distributed systems. I lead the <a href="http://list.cs.northwestern.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Northwestern LIST (Lab for Internet and Security Technology)</a>. I won the DOE Early CAREER Award in 2005, the DOD (Air Force of Scientific Research) Young Investigator Award in 2007, and the Most Influential Paper Award of ACM ASPLOS in 2018. Based on <a href="http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=98iA_ooAAAAJ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a> (papers from different authors with the same names are removed), my papers have been cited about 17,000 times, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirsch_number" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">h-index</a> of my publications is 63 as of Jan. 2026. I am a Fellow of IEEE.</p>chen-ying/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chen-ying.htmlCoreYing ChenChenCCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/chen-ying-t.jpgy-chen( at )northwestern.edu<p>Chen's research focuses on developing and applying advanced data science methodologies to address challenges in the transportation sector. She specializes in utilizing machine learning algorithms to discern network characteristics and enhance the efficiency of transportation systems, particularly in the context of smart and connected cities. Her industry experience as a lead data scientist further reinforces her ability to apply these innovations in real-world settings. This includes not only the optimization of existing transportation infrastructure but also the contribution to the design and implementation of novel systems that align with the demands of modern, sustainable, and technology-driven transportation ecosystems. Leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms, she is dedicated to advancing our understanding of driver behavior in the evolving transportation landscape, combining insights from both human and automated perspectives to shape the future of mobility.</p>chinazzo-giorgia/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chinazzo-giorgia.htmlCoreGiorgia ChinazzoChinazzoCCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chinazzo-giorgia-t.jpggiorgia.chinazzo( at )northwestern.edu<p>Chinazzo’s work focuses on creating knowledge and technologies in support of the intelligent buildings of the future—spaces that can sense, adapt, respond, and improve the quality of life of occupants while reducing environmental impact. Her research blends engineering, architecture, data science, and health and social sciences to explore how buildings influence people’s health, well-being, and behavior, and how these factors shape overall building performance. By uncovering the complex interactions between people and the spaces they inhabit, Chinazzo develops innovative solutions to design, renovate, operate, and use buildings sustainably, helping address the global climate crisis.</p>chiu-william/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/chiu-william.htmlAffiliatedWilliam ChiuChiuCIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/chiu-william-t.jpgwilliamchiu( at )northwestern.educhopp-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chopp-david.htmlCoreDavid ChoppChoppCEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chopp-david-t.jpgchopp( at )northwestern.edu<p>Numerical methods; scientific computing; motion of interfaces. Applications include bacterial biofilms; neurophysiology; crack propagation; and solidification, among others.</p>choudhary-alok/research-faculty/directory/profiles/choudhary-alok.htmlCoreAlok ChoudharyChoudharyCElectrical and Computer EngineeringComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/choudhary-alok-t.jpga-choudhary( at )northwestern.educhou-karen/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chou-karen.htmlCoreKaren ChouChouCCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chou-karen-t.jpgkaren-chou( at )northwestern.edu<p>Structural reliability and safety; structural health monitoring; engineering education; development of engineering learning tools</p>christian-glynna/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/christian-glynna.htmlAffiliatedGlynna ChristianChristianCElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/christian-glynna-t.jpgglynna.christian( at )northwestern.educhung-wah-yip/research-faculty/directory/profiles/chung-wah-yip.htmlCoreYip-Wah ChungChungCMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/chung-yip-wah-t.jpgywchung( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research is in the area of surface science, tribology, design and characterization of lubricant additives, hard coatings and high-performance alloys</p>ciardo-federico/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ciardo-federico.htmlCoreFederico CiardoCiardoCCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ciardo-federico-t.jpgfederico.ciardo( at )northwestern.edu<p>Research Interests</p><p>Geomechanics; Applied mechanics for geophysical, geomechanical and engineering</p><p>problems; Computational mechanics.</p>cole-jennifer/research-faculty/directory/profiles/cole-jennifer.htmlCoreJennifer ColeColeCChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/cole-jennifer-t.jpgjennifer-cole( at )northwestern.edu<p>Engineering education research; analytical and computational skills in capstone design; teamwork; social justice and anti-racism; inclusion; ethics</p>colgate-edward/research-faculty/directory/profiles/colgate-edward.htmlCoreJ. Edward ColgateColgateCMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/colgate-j-e-t.jpgcolgate( at )northwestern.edu<h5>Haptics; surface haptics; human-machine interaction; perception; cobots</h5><p>Professor Colgate's principal research interest is human-robot interaction. He has worked extensively in the areas of haptic (touch) interface, remote manipulation, and advanced prosthetics. He, along with collaborator Michael Peshkin, is the inventor of a broad class of collaborative robots known as “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cobots</a>.” Professor Colgate’s has also developed technologies that bring haptic feedback to touch-based interfaces such as touch screens and trackpads. He is currently working in three areas: 1) tactile texture recording and reproduction; 2) high-speed electroadhesive clutches for applications in haptics and robotics; and 3) robotic manipulation with dexterous hands.</p>contractor-noshir/research-faculty/directory/profiles/contractor-noshir.htmlCoreNoshir ContractorContractorCIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/contractor-noshir-t.jpgnosh( at )northwestern.edu<p>Noshir Contractor is the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences in the McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science, the School of Communication and the Kellogg School of Management and Director of the Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Research Group at Northwestern University. He is the Executive Director of the Web Science Trust (WST)and a past President of the International Communication Association (ICA). Additionally, he is the host of a podcast series titled “Untangling the Web,” where he engages in conversations with thought leaders to explore how the Web is shaping society, and how society in turns is shaping the Web.</p><p>Professor Contractor has been at the forefront of three emerging interdisciplines: network science, computational social science and web science. He is investigating how social and knowledge networks form – and perform – in contexts including business, scientific communities, healthcare and space travel. His research has been funded continuously for 25 years by the U.S. National Science Foundation with additional funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, NASA, DARPA, Army Research Laboratory and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><p>His book <em>Theories of Communication Networks</em> (co-authored with Peter Monge) received the 2003 Book of the Year award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association and the 2021 Fellows Book Award from the International Communication Association (ICA). He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Network Science Society, and the International Communication Association (ICA). He also received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association, the Aubrey Fisher Mentor Award from International Communication Association, the Lifetime Service Award from the Communication, Digital Technology, & Organization Division of the Academy of Management, as well as the William Richards Software Award and the Simmel Achievement Award from the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). In 2018, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where he received a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California.</p>conway-james/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/conway-james.htmlAffiliatedJames ConwayConwayCCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/conway-james-t.jpgjfconway( at )northwestern.educossairt-oliver/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/cossairt-oliver.htmlAffiliatedOliver S. CossairtCossairtCComputer ScienceElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/cossairt-oliver-t.jpgoliver.cossairt( at )northwestern.educrist-buckley/research-faculty/directory/profiles/crist-buckley.htmlCoreBuckley CristCristCMaterials Science and EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/crist-buckley-t.jpgb-crist( at )northwestern.educrotty-andrew/research-faculty/directory/profiles/crotty-andrew.htmlCoreAndrew CrottyCrottyCComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/crotty-andrew-t.jpgandrew.crotty( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research interests cover a broad range of topics related to data management and data science, primarily focusing on the design and implementation of tools for large-scale data analytics. My work covers all layers of the data science stack, ranging from novel user interfaces (e.g., visual data exploration, natural language query translation) to low-level system optimizations that leverage the latest hardware.</p>crowell-david/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/crowell-david.htmlAffiliatedDavid CrowellCrowellC- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/crowell-david-t.jpgcusatis-gianluca/research-faculty/directory/profiles/cusatis-gianluca.htmlCoreGianluca CusatisCusatisCCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/cusatis-gianluca-t.jpgg-cusatis( at )northwestern.edu<p>Mechanics of infrastructure materials and constitutive modeling of concrete and cementitious composites</p>Dallbauman-Liese/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/Dallbauman-Liese.htmlAffiliatedLiese DallbaumanDallbaumanDChemical and Biological Engineeringliese.dallbauman( at )northwestern.edudalrymple-robert/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/dalrymple-robert.htmlAffiliatedRobert DalrympleDalrympleDCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/dalrymple-robert-t.jpgrobert.dalrymple1( at )northwestern.edudambrosia-matthew/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/dambrosia-matthew.htmlAffiliatedMatthew D'AmbrosiaD'AmbrosiaDCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/dambrosia-matthew-t.jpgmatthew.dambrosia( at )northwestern.edudaniel-isaac/research-faculty/directory/profiles/daniel-isaac.htmlCoreIsaac M. DanielDanielDCivil and Environmental EngineeringMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/daniel-isaac-t.jpgimdaniel( at )northwestern.edu<p>Prof. Daniel’s research encompasses many areas of mechanics and materials with emphasis on experimental mechanics and composite materials. In the latter, he has worked on all aspects of the area including processing, characterization, and modeling of polymer, ceramic and metal matrix composites; nanocomposites and hybrid nano/microcomposites; fracture and damage mechanics; nondestructive evaluation; and life prediction. He has pioneered test methods for characterization of these materials and has developed a new failure theory, the Northwestern Theory.</p>darcy-joshua/research-faculty/directory/profiles/darcy-joshua.htmlCoreJoshua D'ArcyD'ArcyDComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/darcy-joshua-t.jpgjoshua.darcy( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research interests are in ambient data collection and just-in-time adaptive interventions, with applications in nutrition and dietary habits. During my time in industry, I contributed to machine learning infrastructure and models for a variety of Fortune 100 companies. I have developed models for machine learning accelerated drug design, created algorithms for low-resource wearable sensors, and optimized smart electric grids using advanced modeling methods. My goal is to continue leveraging machine learning to improve efficiency and functionality in any sector doing interesting and valuable work.</p>decosta-emma/research-faculty/directory/profiles/decosta-emma.htmlCoreEmma DeCostaDeCostaDUndergraduate Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/decosta-emma-t.jpgemmat( at )northwestern.edudemeter-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/demeter-david.htmlCoreDavid DemeterDemeterDComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/demeter-david-t.jpgdavid.jr1( at )northwestern.edudeverman-ron/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/deverman-ron.htmlAffiliatedRon DevermanDevermanDCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/deverman-ron.jpgdewald-julius/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/dewald-julius.htmlAffiliatedJulius P. A. DewaldDewaldDBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/dewald-julius-t.jpgj-dewald( at )northwestern.edudimoulas-christos/research-faculty/directory/profiles/dimoulas-christos.htmlCoreChristos DimoulasDimoulasDComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/dimoulas-christos-t.jpgchristos.dimoulas( at )northwestern.edu<p>Programming Languages</p>dinda-peter/research-faculty/directory/profiles/dinda-peter.htmlCorePeter DindaDindaDComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/dinda-peter-t.jpgpdinda( at )northwestern.edu<p>Peter Dinda is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Northwestern University, and also holds an appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.   He headed the Computer Engineering and Systems division for five years within the previous Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.   He holds a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. He works in experimental computer systems, particularly parallel and distributed systems, and has authored over 140 scientific papers, authored or is a major contributor to several large publicly available codebases, and holds five patents. His research currently involves virtualization and operating systems for distributed and parallel computing, programming languages for parallel computing, and empathic systems for bridging individual user satisfaction and systems-level decision-making. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. You can find out more about him at <a href="http://pdinda.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pdinda.org</a>. </p>dohda-kuniaki/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/dohda-kuniaki.htmlAffiliatedKuniaki DohdaDohdaDMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/dohda-kuniaki-t.jpgdohda.kuni( at )northwestern.edudowding-charles/research-faculty/directory/profiles/dowding-charles.htmlCoreCharles H. DowdingDowdingDCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/dowding-charles-t.jpgc-dowding( at )northwestern.edu<p>Construction Vibrations, Rock Blasting,  Rock Mechanics, Subsurface Exploration Decisions, Micrometer Crack Response</p>downey-douglas/research-faculty/directory/profiles/downey-douglas.htmlCoreDouglas DowneyDowneyDComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/downey-douglas-t.jpgd-downey( at )northwestern.edu<p>Downey's research is focused on natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, with a particular interest in the automatic construction of useful knowledge bases from Web text. One goal is to develop techniques and prototypes that extend the state of the art in Web search. Another goal is to theoretically investigate and establish a formal basis for techniques that can learn from unstructured text alone, without hand-labeled data.</p> <p>More generally, Downey works on ways to utilize human input more effectively in machine learning. Two directions in this effort involve selecting human input carefully (active learning) or utilizing it in concert with unlabeled data (semi-supervised learning).</p>dranoff-joshua/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/dranoff-joshua.htmlAffiliatedJoshua DranoffDranoffDChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/dranoff-joshua-t.jpgdravid-vinayak/research-faculty/directory/profiles/dravid-vinayak.htmlCoreVinayak P. DravidDravidDMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/dravid-vinayak-t.jpgv-dravid( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">Professor Dravid's scholarly interests revolve around exploring and exploiting “nanoscale” solutions to “gigaton” challenges of energy, environment, and sustainability. Towards this goal, he utilizes “imaging” across diverse length-scales and disparate phenomena, from atoms to animals and from arts to astronomy. His research spans a wide spatial range - from atomic-scale analysis of fluid-surface interactions to sponge-based pollution sequestration technology that is being commercialized in the private sector (MFNS-Tech). His education and outreach contributions encompass microscopy and characterization of arts and artifacts as well as dynamic imaging and Ai/ML algorithms inspired by astronomy towards materials discovery.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">Professor Dravid is a strong advocate (and practitioner) of experiential and immersion learning with strong hands-on component. His passion for facilities and instrumentation infrastructure has brought global leadership in the broad field of imaging to Northwestern and the Chicago region. He is a tireless advocate of “inclusive innovation” and committed to enhancing the societal and global appreciation for science and technology through the visually appealing medium of imaging.</p>duke-katharine/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/duke-katharine.htmlAffiliatedKatharine DukeDukeD- Select one -dunand-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/dunand-david.htmlCoreDavid DunandDunandDMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/dunand-david-t.jpgdunand( at )northwestern.edu<p>Physical and mechanical metallurgy of multiphase metallic materials. My research focuses on metallic alloys, composites, foams and scaffolds, with particular emphasis on measuring and modeling their mechanical properties in light of their microstructure. Strong focus in the area of additive manufacturing of metals via ink extrusion + sintering or via selective laser melting, as well as sustainable manufacturing of metals. Use of neutron and synchrotron X-ray radiation to study strains, phase composition and tomography in situ and operando.</p>dunn-jennifer/research-faculty/directory/profiles/dunn-jennifer.htmlCoreJennifer DunnDunnDChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/dunn-jennifer-t.jpgjennifer.dunn1( at )northwestern.edu<p>Jennifer Dunn studies emerging technologies, their energy and environmental impacts, and their potential to influence greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, water consumption, and energy consumption. Her areas of interest include mineral supply chains, nutrient recovery from water, biofuels and bioproducts, hydrogen, and plastics. Techno-economic, life cycle, and material flow analyses are primary tools in her research.  </p>duran-carolyn/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/duran-carolyn.htmlAffiliatedCarolyn DuranDuranDMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/duran-carolyn-t.jpgcarolynrenee.duran( at )northwestern.edudurango-cohen-elizabeth/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/durango-cohen-elizabeth.htmlAffiliatedElizabeth Durango-CohenDurango-CohenDCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/durango-cohen-elizabeth-t.jpgelizabeth.durangocohen( at )northwestern.edudurango-cohen-pablo/research-faculty/directory/profiles/durango-cohen-pablo.htmlCorePablo Durango-CohenDurango-CohenDCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/durango-cohen-pablo-t.jpgpdc( at )northwestern.edu<p>Prof. Durango-Cohen's research activities involve developing and analyzing optimization and econometric models to support monitoring, management and operation of transportation infrastructure systems. He has also published in transportation economics and policy, as well as in environmental design and life-cycle assessment of transportation systems, including recent work supporting decarbonization of freight transportation systems. Finally, he has worked on formulation and estimation of dynamic segmentation and control models to support fundraising/development at nonprofit organizations. Prof. Durango-Cohen's work has been supported by agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Transportation through the University Transportation Center Program. Among others, his research has been recognized with a Faculty Early CAREER Development Award from the National Science Foundation in 2006, and with a Young Author Prize at the 2007 World Congress on Transport Research. </p>efimov-igor/research-faculty/directory/profiles/efimov-igor.htmlCoreIgor EfimovEfimovE- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/efimov-igor-tjpg.jpgigor.efimov( at )northwestern.edu<p>Igor Efimov’s Research Interests: My Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology laboratory focuses on the physiological mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and on developing novel therapies for heart diseases with an emphasis on heart rhythm disorders and heart failure. Two bioengineering strategies are pursued: (1) development of novel implantable, interventional, and wearable bioelectronic devices for real-time device-based diagnostics and therapy of heart diseases and sudden cardiac death; (2) development of novel approaches to bioinformatics and machine learning to diagnose early stages or predisposition to heart disease and to guide the development of novel therapies. </p>ehmann-kornel/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ehmann-kornel.htmlCoreKornel F. EhmannEhmannEMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ehmann-kornel-t.jpgk-ehmann( at )northwestern.edu<p>Micro/meso-scale manufacturing; precision engineering; machine tool dynamics and control; material removal processes; automation and robotics.</p>eichorn-gregory/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/eichorn-gregory.htmlAffiliatedGregory A. EichornEichornE- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/eichorn-gregory-t.jpgeisenhuth-roland/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/eisenhuth-roland.htmlAffiliatedRoland EisenhuthEisenhuthEIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/eisenhuth-roland-t.jpgroland-eisenhuth( at )northwestern.eduelkind-edith/research-faculty/directory/profiles/elkind-edith.htmlCoreEdith ElkindElkindEComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/elkind-edith-t.jpgedith.elkind( at )northwestern.edu<p>Professor Elkind works on algorithmic foundations of collective decision-making, with a focus on voting, participatory budgeting and coalition formation. </p>elwin-matthew/research-faculty/directory/profiles/elwin-matthew.htmlCoreMatthew ElwinElwinEMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/elwin-matt-t.jpgelwin( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research interests include swarm robotics, cooperative robot manipulation and dexterity, robotic navigation, and mechatronics.</p>emery-jonathan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/emery-jonathan.htmlCoreJonathan EmeryEmeryEMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/emery-jon-t.pngjonathan.emery( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(52, 47, 46);">Undergraduate and graduate materials education; materials education and outreach; computer-based modeling for education; X-ray characterization; atomic layer deposition</span></p>espinosa-horacio/research-faculty/directory/profiles/espinosa-horacio.htmlCoreHoracio D. EspinosaEspinosaEMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/espinosa-horacio-t.jpgespinosa( at )northwestern.edu<p>Professor Espinosa’s research focuses on two areas: (1) understanding the mechanical behavior of natural and synthetic nanomaterials across scales, from nano to macro, and (2) developing micro/nanodevices for materials research and personalized medicine.</p>faber-katherine/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/faber-katherine.htmlAffiliatedKatherine FaberFaberFMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/farber-katherine-t.jpgk-faber( at )northwestern.edufahim-farah/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/fahim-farah.htmlAffiliatedFahim FarahFarahFElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/fahim-farah-t.jpgfarah( at )fnal.govfano-andrew/research-faculty/directory/profiles/fano-andrew.htmlCoreAndrew FanoFanoFComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/fano-andy-t.jpgandrew.fano( at )northwestern.eduFarha-Omar/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/Farha-Omar.htmlAffiliatedOmar FarhaFarhaFChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/farha-oma-t.jpgo-farha( at )northwestern.edufelse-arthur/research-faculty/directory/profiles/felse-arthur.htmlCoreArthur FelseFelseFChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/felse-arthur-t1.jpgafelse( at )northwestern.eduferguson-hayes/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ferguson-hayes.htmlCoreHayes FergusonFergusonF- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ferguson-hayes-t.pnghayes( at )northwestern.edu<p>Entrepreneurship and innovation</p>findler-robert/research-faculty/directory/profiles/findler-robert.htmlCoreRobby FindlerFindlerFComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/findler-robert-t.jpgrobby( at )northwestern.edu<p>Programming languages; program development environments, contracts, and tools to help semantics engineers</p>finnigan-shelley/research-faculty/directory/profiles/finnigan-shelley.htmlCoreShelley FinniganFinniganF- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/finnigan-shelley-t.jpgshelley.finnigan( at )northwestern.edufinno-richard/research-faculty/directory/profiles/finno-richard.htmlCoreRichard FinnoFinnoFCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/finno-richard-t.jpgr-finno( at )northwestern.edu<p style="text-align: left;">Prof Finno combines theory and practice to reconcile full-scale field performance of geotechnical structures with analytical and numerical predictions.   In particular, his research interests include full-scale performance of deep excavations and tunnels, adaptive management methods in geotechnical engineering, numerical analysis, inverse analysis techniques, failure processes in soil, small strain behavior of clays and non-destructive testing of deep foundations.</p>fitzgerald-todd/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/fitzgerald-todd.htmlAffiliatedTodd FitzgeraldFitzgeraldFElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/fitzgerald-todd-t.jpgtfitzgerald( at )cisospotlight.comfitzpatrick-joseph/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/fitzpatrick-joseph.htmlAffiliatedJoseph FitzpatrickFitzpatrickFCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/fitzpatrick-joseph-t.jpgj-fitzpatrick( at )northwestern.edufleming-mark/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/fleming-mark.htmlAffiliatedMark FlemingFlemingFMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/fleming-mark-t.jpgmark.fleming( at )northwestern.edu<p>My main research focus is computational fracture mechanics and failure analysis.  This includes research into the use of finite element analysis and multiscale methods coupled with fracture mechanics, damage mechanics and fatigue analysis.  Of particular interest is the application of these methods to solve real world problems.  These tools provide a "digital microscope" which allow a detailed view of structural performance under varying </p> <p>I am also interested in the development and application of computational tools for manufacturing analysis.  I am currently working on the DMDII Elastic Cloud Based Make project with a team of professors and students at Northwestern.  The goal is to develop educational materials to train students and working professionals on the use of the iFab toolset for assess manufacturability, analyze manufacturing cost, and perform assembly planning.  These tools will allow manufacturing engineers to perform a detailed assessment of a product to be manufactured prior to capital expenditure.</p> <p> </p>fomalik-filip/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/fomalik-filip.htmlAffiliatedFormalik FilipFilipFChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/formalik-filip-t.jpgfilip.formalik( at )northwestern.eduforbus-ken/research-faculty/directory/profiles/forbus-ken.htmlCoreKen ForbusForbusFComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/forbus-ken-t.jpgforbus( at )northwestern.edu<p>Kenneth D. Forbus is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Education at Northwestern University. He received his degrees from MIT (Ph.D. in 1984). His research interests include qualitative reasoning, analogical reasoning and learning, spatial reasoning, sketch understanding, natural language understanding, cognitive architecture, reasoning system design, intelligent educational software, and the use of AI in interactive entertainment. He is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, the Cognitive Science Society, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received the Humboldt Research Award, served as Chair of the Cognitive Science Society and was the inaugural winner of the Herbert A. Simon Prize for Advances in Cognitive Systems.</p>fourer-robert/research-faculty/directory/profiles/fourer-robert.htmlCoreRobert FourerFourerFIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/fourer-robert-t.jpg4er( at )northwestern.edu<p>Algebraic modeling languages; detection and transformation of optimization problem types; optimization cyberinfrastructures</p> <p> </p>fowlie-jennifer/research-faculty/directory/profiles/fowlie-jennifer.htmlCoreJennifer FowlieFowlieFMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/fowlie-jennifer-t.jpg jfowlie( at )northwestern.edufreeman-randy/research-faculty/directory/profiles/freeman-randy.htmlCoreRandy FreemanFreemanFElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/freeman-randy-t.jpgfreeman( at )northwestern.edu<p>Nonlinear control theory; robust control and optimal control; nonlinear system theory; control and estimation for multi-agent systems</p>gaillard-jean-francois/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gaillard-jean-francois.htmlCoreJean-François GaillardGaillardGCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/gaillard-jean-francois-t.jpgjf-gaillard( at )northwestern.edu<p>The primary focus of the research performed in my group is to understand the molecular and biogeochemical processes that affect the fate of metals in aquatic systems. A special emphasis is placed on elucidating how the chemical speciation of metals controls their biouptake/bioavailability, focusing on microbial species. We are conducting field studies, laboratory experiments, and using modeling approaches based on advanced analytical, microscopic, and spectroscopic methods. Our most recent activities have focused on the chemical fate of As, Ni, and Hg in aquatic environments, as well as on the environmental impacts of nanostructured materials commonly used.</p><p><br/></p><p>Keywords: Environmental Chemistry, Metal Speciation, Biogeochemical Cycling of Metals and Metalloids, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy</p>gallucci-grace/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/gallucci-grace.htmlAffiliatedGrace GallucciGallucciG- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/gallucci-grace-t.jpggarcia-eric/research-faculty/directory/profiles/garcia-eric.htmlCoreEric GarciaGarciaGCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/garcia-eric-t.jpgericvincent.garcia( at )northwestern.edugard-steven/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/gard-steven.htmlAffiliatedSteven GardGardGBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/gard-steven-t.jpgsgard( at )northwestern.edugatchell-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gatchell-david.htmlCoreDavid GatchellGatchellGBiomedical EngineeringMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/gatchell-david-t.jpgd-gatchell( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research interests remain focused on undergraduate engineering education, particularly in the area of engineering design. I collaborate with faculty within McCormick and outside of Northwestern to develop in-class experiences that facilitate learning about global, societal, economic, and environmental (GSEE) factors and how they can inform design decisions. I am also interested in understanding how to best scaffold these experiences throughout the curriculum so that students graduate with the tools that they need to be globally minded engineers. In practice, I am currently working to bring biomedical engineering as a discipline to sub-Saharan Africa. Supported by the NIH's Fogarty Center, a group of NU faculty from the business, engineering, and medical schools is working to develop the biomedical infrastructure in Nigeria required to identify unmet medical needs, develop solutions to these needs, and, in turn, commercialize these solutions. The overarching goal is to promote "home-grown" medical devices, processes, and products that will effectively address the needs of the local populations.</p>gaudio-julia/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gaudio-julia.htmlCoreJulia GaudioGaudioGIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/gaudio-julia-t.jpgjulia.gaudio( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(52, 47, 46);">Dr. Gaudio’s research is in the area of high-dimensional probability, particularly on inference and reconstruction problems in random networks. Her recent work includes community detection on spatial networks, and random instance optimization problems.</span></p>geisler-dietrich/research-faculty/directory/profiles/geisler-dietrich.htmlCoreDietrich GeislerGeislerGComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/geisler-dietrich-t.jpgdietrich.geisler( at )northwestern.edugentry-ken/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gentry-ken.htmlCoreKen GentryGentryGUndergraduate Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/gentry-ken-t.jpgken.gentry( at )northwestern.edugerber-elizabeth/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gerber-elizabeth.htmlCoreElizabeth GerberGerberGMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/gerber-elizabeth-t.jpgegerber( at )northwestern.edu<p>In the face of increasingly complex challenges like healthcare access and environmental collapse, we need dramatic and sustained innovation. The driving question behind my research is how new technology can support the innovation process. In particular, I examine what I define as <em>collective innovation</em> , an innovation process that harnesses the diverse and untapped human, social, and economic capital from distributed networks to discover, evaluate, and implement new ideas (Ger ber et al., 2019) . Open, ubiquitous social technical infrastructure supports <em>collective innovation,</em> affording greater speed and deeper and broader participation . While <em>collective innovation</em> has the potential to massively transform society, it is poorly understood. I use qualitative, quantitative, and design research methodologies to establish theory, contribute design principles, and develop infrastructure for <em>collective innovation</em>. My pioneering scholarship leads the academy's understanding of this fast-evolving, scalable infrastructure, and directly contributes to its improved functioning to benefit society at large.</p><p><br/></p><p>The first premise of <em>collective innovation</em> is that direct interaction between stakeholders can radically enhance rates of innovation (Gerber et al. , 2019; Foong et al., 2017; Gerber and Hui, 216; Gerber, 2014; Gerber and Hui, 2013; Gerber and Carroll, 2012). The second premise is that even across weakly connected, heterogeneous networks, changes in the design of our infrastructure can bring forth effort and resources that would otherwise lie fallow (Foong et al., under review; Hui et al., 2018; Gerber, 2014; Shaw et al, 2014 , Hui et al., 2014; Gerber, 2007). The third premise is that broader participant engagement can expand the breadth of problems addressed and increase the quality of the solutions (Gerber, 2014; Gerber, 2007). This work is embodied in the four ongoing major endeavors of my r esearch career: Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, S ocial Innovation Networks, and Design for America.</p><p><br/></p><p>My scholarship produces three types of results: 1) theory for collective innovation, 2) design principles, and 3) novel sociotechnical systems to support inclusive and continuous innovation in society. My work has resulted in 60 publications in the Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, Computer Human Interaction, and Management literatures and ACM Interactions and IEEE Internet Computing trade publications. My research has been highlighted in the press including the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Wired, National Public Radio’s Marketplace and generously and consistently supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, Hastac (sponsored by the MacArthur and Mozilla Foundations), Watson Foundation, Adobe, and Microsoft.</p>gergle-darren/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/gergle-darren.htmlAffiliatedDarren GergleGergleGComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/gergle-darren-t.jpgdgergle( at )northwestern.edughaffari-roozbeh/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/ghaffari-roozbeh.htmlAffiliatedRoozbeh GhaffariGhaffariGBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/ghaffari-roozbeh-t.jpgrooz( at )northwestern.edughena-branden/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ghena-branden.htmlCoreBranden GhenaGhenaGComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ghena-branden-t.jpgbranden( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">My research covers several systems areas including networking and operating systems, but my specialty is embedded systems. It is the kind of field where you debug software with an oscilloscope. Particularly, I work on resource-constrained embedded hardware, software, and networking. Of a particular interest to me are networking protocols such as Bluetooth Low Energy, LoRaWAN, and LTE-M, which are capable of supporting various Internet of Things communication needs. I am also focused on operating systems for embedded systems through the </span><a href="https://tockos.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tock project</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></p>ghosal-sandip/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ghosal-sandip.htmlCoreSandip GhosalGhosalGMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ghosal-sandip-t.jpgs-ghosal( at )northwestern.edu<p>Fluid mechanics; micro-scale flows, turbulence and combustion</p><p><em>Research webpage:</em> <a href="http://ghosal.mech.northwestern.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ghosal.mech.northwestern.edu/</a></p>gianneschi-nathan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gianneschi-nathan.htmlCoreNathan GianneschiGianneschiGBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/gianneschi-nathan-t.jpgnathan.gianneschi( at )northwestern.edu<p>The Chemical Biology of Materials: Mimicking Biomacromolecules to Control, Probe, Study and Perturb Natural Systems</p><p><br/></p><p>The Gianneschi group is an interdisciplinary team of chemists, engineers, materials scientists and chemical biologists focused on fundamental and translational research into biomaterials, polymers, nanomaterials, in situ electron microscopy, biomimicry, therapeutics, diagnostics and novel functional materials</p>glucksberg-matthew/research-faculty/directory/profiles/glucksberg-matthew.htmlCoreMatthew R. GlucksbergGlucksbergGBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/glucksberg-matthew-t.jpgm-glucksberg( at )northwestern.edu<p>Matt Glucksberg is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University, and the Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health Technologies. His technical expertise is in tissue mechanics, microcirculation, and optical instrumentation. His laboratory has developed photonics-based instrumentation to measure pressure and flow in the circulation of the eye, instruments to measure the response of pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells to their immediate mechanical environment, and is currently involved in developing minimally invasive optical biosensors for monitoring glucose, lactate, and other measures of metabolic function. He is a co-Founder of Northwestern’s Global Healthcare Technologies Program in Cape Town South Africa, co-director of an MS certificate program in Global and Ecological Health, and is working with the Center for Global Health at Feinberg to develop BME degree programs at three Universities in Nigeria.</p><p>Dr. Glucksberg is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and serves as a founding board member for the Northwestern Global Health Foundation. </p>glynn-kevin/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/glynn-kevin.htmlAffiliatedKevin GlynnGlynnG- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/glynn-kevin-t.jpgkevin.glynn( at )northwestern.edugoodman-adam/research-faculty/directory/profiles/goodman-adam.htmlCoreAdam GoodmanGoodmanGUndergraduate Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/goodman-adam-t.jpga-goodman( at )northwestern.edugoyal-yogesh/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/goyal-yogesh.htmlAffiliatedYogesh GoyalGoyalGChemical and Biological EngineeringBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/goyal-yogesh-t.jpgyogesh.goyal( at )northwestern.edugraves-alan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/graves-alan.htmlAffiliatedAlan GravesGravesG- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/graves-alan-t.jpgarg788( at )e.northwestern.edugray-kimberly/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gray-kimberly.htmlCoreKimberly A. GrayGrayGChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/gray-kimberly-t.jpgk-gray( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gray's areas of expertise are environmental chemistry and applied ecology in natural and engineered environmental systems with particular focus on climate action, energy and sustainability applications. The overarching goal of her work is to reinvent the flows of materials and energy in cities based on ecological principles in order to combat the climate emergency. </span>She studies the synthesis, characterization and performance of photo-active materials, principally TiO2-based nanocomposites for resource recovery and water/air treatment. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">She studies nature-based engineered strategies to manage stormwater, prevent flooding and restore ecological goods and services. </span>She also studys the unintended ecotoxicological impacts of nanomaterial mixtures in aquatic systems and under light illumination. Recent work entails the adaptive and resilient design of urban systems to incorporate coupled ecological processes in response to climate change and demographic shifts. Finally, she recently completed a study for the U.S. State Department on the sustainable, resilient and adaptive design of embassies of the future. She works closely with the Chicago Legal Clinic to provide technical expertise to solve environmental problems for low-income urban communities and with other NGO in the Chicago region to develop creative solutions for resource and economic recovery. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gray is the author of over 150 scientific papers and lectures widely on energy, climate and environmental issues.</span> </p>grayson-matthew/research-faculty/directory/profiles/grayson-matthew.htmlCoreMatthew GraysonGraysonGElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/grayson-matthew-t.jpgm-grayson( at )northwestern.edu<p>Matthew Grayson is an expert in the design, fabrication, and electrical and thermoelectric characterization of electronic devices and materials. His initial work in low-dimensional electron systems such as quantum wells, one-dimensional wires, electron-beam patterned structures, and both integer and fractional quantum Hall edges, has led to more recent wok on characterizing amorphous materials and anisotropic crystals. In particular, he has developed new advances in thermoelectric materials with the concept of transverse thermoelectrics for integrated thermal management. He has also advanced the understanding of dynamics in amorphous systems that undergo anomalous diffusion. New methods in resistive tomographic imaging are being explored for 3D bioimaging as well as 2D artificial skin sensor applications. Laboratory measurement capabilities include electron transport over a continuous temperature range from 15 mK to 400 K, and high magnetic fields up to 17 T. Systems of interest are thermoelectrics, aisotropic conductors, Luttinger liquids, quantum Hall ferromagnets, Type II superlattices, and multivalley quantum systems. Matthew completed his PhD studies at Princeton University with Prof. Daniel Tsui studying tunnel spectroscopy of fractional quantum Hall effect edges. His post-doc work at the University of Maryland investigated the infrared Hall angle of cuprate superconducting films. He then won a Humboldt Fellowship to research in Germany at the Walter Schottky Institut of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, where he remained for 7 years leading his own research sub-group. He joined Northwestern in 2007 and has been an associate professor since 2012, and full professor since 2018 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Northwestern University</p>grosof-isaac/research-faculty/directory/profiles/grosof-isaac.htmlCoreIzzy GrosofGrosofGIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/grosof-izzy-t.jpgizzy.grosof( at )northwestern.edu<p>Optimization and performance analysis of stochastic queueing models, focusing on applications to modern computing systems, scheduling theory, multiserver systems, tail latency, and scheduling with predictions.</p>guisinger-nathan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/guisinger-nathan.htmlAffiliatedNathan GuisingerGuisingerGMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/guisinger-nathan-t.jpgnguisinger( at )anl.govgu-jie/research-faculty/directory/profiles/gu-jie.htmlCoreJie GuGuGElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/gu-jie-t.jpgjgu( at )northwestern.edu<p>AI Accelerators; Energy Efficient Analog Mixed-signal Computing; AI Empowered Biomedical Device and Human Machine Interface; Emerging Neuromorphic Computing Design; </p>gunden-matt/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/gunden-matt.htmlAffiliatedMatt GundenGundenG- Select one -guo-dongning/research-faculty/directory/profiles/guo-dongning.htmlCoreDongning GuoGuoGElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/guo-dongning-t.jpgdguo( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research interests lie in wireless communications, spectrum policy, blockchain and decentralization, and information theory. My current projects concern the fundamental limits of blockchain, spectrum sharing techniques and policies, next generation terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks, applications of machine learning in wireless networks, and applications of blockchain in wireless networks.</p>guo-ping/research-faculty/directory/profiles/guo-ping.htmlCorePing GuoGuoGMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/guo-ping-t.jpgping.guo( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My research aims to bring innovations to precision engineering by pushing the limits of precision manufacturing and expanding the boundary of intelligent metrology with deep learning-enabled computer vision technologies. My group works to enhance fundamental understandings of new process mechanics and principles; achieve technological advances in machine tool design and control; and explore novel applications in advanced manufacturing.</span></p>hadavi-ahmad/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hadavi-ahmad.htmlCoreAhmad HadaviHadaviHCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hadavi-ahmad-t.jpga-hadavi( at )northwestern.edu<p>Metaverse; VR/AR/MR in AEC; Construction Methods and Innovations; Lean Construction; International Construction; Productivity Improvement; Construction Project Control. </p>haddad-abraham/research-faculty/directory/profiles/haddad-abraham.htmlCoreAbraham H. HaddadHaddadHComputer ScienceElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/haddad-abraham-t.jpgahaddad( at )northwestern.edu<p>Stochastic hybrid systems; channel allocation for multiple services digital networks; estimation, detection, and filtering of hybrid and nonlinear systems; applications to communications networks and manufacturing control; singular perturbation theory</p>haile-sossina/research-faculty/directory/profiles/haile-sossina.htmlCoreSossina M. HaileHaileHMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/haile-sossina-t.jpgsossina.haile( at )northwestern.edu<p>Overall research goal is to elucidate the relationship between structure, chemistry, and properties in electrochemically functional solids, particularly oxides, as relevant to sustainable energy technologies.</p>halle-michelle/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/halle-michelle.htmlAffiliatedMichelle Halle SternHalle SternH- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/stern-michelle-t.jpghammond-kristian/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hammond-kristian.htmlCoreKristian J. HammondHammondHComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hammond-kristian-t.jpghammond( at )cs.northwestern.edu<p><strong>Expert Areas</strong></p><ul><li>Artificial intelligence</li><li>Natural language generation</li><li>Narrative Generation</li><li>Conversational Interfaces</li><li>The Future of Work</li><li>Robots and Jobs</li><li>Machine Learning</li><li>Computers and the law</li><li>Computers and education</li><li>Computers and Journalism</li><li>Ethics and Robots</li><li>Ethics and Artificial Intelligence</li><li>Computational Creativity</li></ul><p><strong>Research</strong></p><ul><li>Developing human capabilities onto machines</li><li>Co-founded Narrative Science, a startup that uses artificial intelligence and journalism to turn information from raw data into natural language</li><li>Integrating Computer Science and Artificial Intelligent into all aspects of life</li></ul>hardavellas-nikos/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hardavellas-nikos.htmlCoreNikos HardavellasHardavellasHComputer ScienceElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hardavellas-nikos-t.jpgnikos( at )northwestern.edu<p>Nikos Hardavellas is a professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University, where he directs the Parallel Architecture Group at Northwestern (PARAG@N, https://paragon.cs.northwestern.edu/). His research focuses on computer architecture, specifically at the intersection of computer architecture with the computer systems stack (programming languages, compilers, operating systems), memory systems, nanophotonics, energy-efficient computing and quantum computing systems. Nikos serves on the Executive Committee of the Northwestern Institute for Quantum Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE), the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Quantum Algorithms Center (NQAC), was named a Future CRA Leader by the Computing Research Association in the inaugural cohort (2024), received an NSF CAREER award (2015), and was a keynote speaker at IEEE ISPDC (2010). At Northwestern University, he received the June and Donald Brewer Chair (2009), a Faculty Service award (2022), was included in the Associated Student Government Faculty Honor Roll (2022), and became a Fellow of the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence in 2012. Nikos received best paper awards, nominations and test-of-time awards at HPCA (2022), ISLPED (2021), EDBT (2019) and ICDE (2006), an IEEE Micro Top Picks Award (2010), an IEEE Micro Top Picks Honorable Mention (2023), and a Technical Award for Contributions to the Alpha Microprocessor (2000). Prior to joining Northwestern University, he contributed to the design of several generations of Alpha microprocessors and high-end multiprocessor servers at Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), Compaq, and Hewlett-Packard. Nikos received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.</p>hargrove-levi/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/hargrove-levi.htmlAffiliatedLevi HargroveHargroveHBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/hargrove-levi-t.jpgl-hargrove( at )northwestern.eduharley-keith/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/harley-keith.htmlAffiliatedKeith HarleyHarleyHCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/harley-keith-t.jpgk-harley( at )law.northwestern.eduhartline-jason/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hartline-jason.htmlCoreJason D. HartlineHartlineHComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hartline-jason-t.jpghartline( at )northwestern.edu<p>Prof. Hartline's research introduces design and analysis methodologies</p><p>from computer science to understand and improve outcomes of economic</p><p>systems. Optimal behavior and outcomes in complex environments are</p><p>complex and, therefore, should not be expected; instead, the theory of</p><p>approximation can show that simple and natural behaviors are</p><p>approximately optimal in complex environments. This approach is</p><p>applied to auction theory and mechanism design in his graduate</p><p>textbook Mechanism Design and Approximation</p><p>(http://www.jasonhartline.com/MDnA/) which is under preparation.</p>hartmann-erica/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hartmann-erica.htmlCoreErica HartmannHartmannHCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hartmann-erica-t.jpgerica.hartmann( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research focuses on understanding, at the molecular level, how microbial communities respond to anthropogenic chemicals and then using that information to influence real-world outcomes, especially by controlling the spread of undesirable traits (e.g., antibiotic resistance). This work falls into two main areas: observation of phenomena in situ and working with model systems in the laboratory. For the first, my lab collects samples in the field, such as by vacuuming dust in buildings, and uses shotgun DNA sequencing along with other -omics methods to detect genes or proteins of interest. We combine these data with analytical chemistry measurements to obtain statistical correlations between chemicals and traits of interest. For the second, we maintain and develop model organisms and bacterial communities to determine what responses are elicited by chemicals or treatments of interest. The ultimate goal for all of the work in my lab, whether focused on bioremediation or the prevention of antibiotic resistance, is to promote sustainability and protect public health.</p>hartmann-mitra/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hartmann-mitra.htmlCoreMitra HartmannHartmannHBiomedical EngineeringMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hartmann-mitra-t.jpgm-hartmann( at )northwestern.edu<p>Sensorimotor integration; whole body biomechanics; robots as tools for studying neuroscience; sensory acquisition behaviors; neuroethology</p>hauri-lacroix-tina/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/hauri-lacroix-tina.htmlAffiliatedTina LaCroix-HauriLaCroix-HauriL- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/hauri-tina-t.jpgtina.hauri( at )northwestern.eduhazen-gordon/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hazen-gordon.htmlCoreGordon HazenHazenHIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hazen-gordon-t.jpggbh305( at )northwestern.edu<p>Decision analysis, utility and preference modeling; medical decision analysis; cost-effectiveness analysis of medical treatment decisions; normative expert systems</p>hecht-brent/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hecht-brent.htmlCoreBrent HechtHechtHComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hecht-brent-t.jpgbhecht( at )northwestern.eduherbst-walter/research-faculty/directory/profiles/herbst-walter.htmlCoreWalter HerbstHerbstHMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/herbst-walter-t.jpgw-herbst( at )northwestern.edu<p>Product design and development and the marketing of products are my professional and academic areas of expertise.</p> <p>Additionally I am an expert in the teaching of the subject based on my research of all programs world-wide</p>hernandez-max/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/hernandez-max.htmlAffiliatedMax HernándezHernández HIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/hernandez-max-t.jpgmhernandez( at )prisim.comhersam-mark/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hersam-mark.htmlCoreMark C. HersamHersamHMaterials Science and EngineeringElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hersam-mark-t.jpgm-hersam( at )northwestern.edu<p><strong>Low-Dimensional Nanoelectronic Materials</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.hersam-group.northwestern.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hersam Research Group</a> specializes in the synthesis, purification, functionalization, and application of low-dimensional nanoelectronic materials including monodisperse carbon nanotubes, graphene, plasmonic nanoparticles, transition metal dichalcogenides, hexagonal boron nitride, black phosphorus, and borophene. Surface chemical functionalization allows further tunability over the properties of these low-dimensional nanoelectronic materials including self-assembled monolayers on epitaxial graphene, covalent functionalization of graphene epoxide, monolayer molybdenum disulfide, graphene nanoribbons on germanium, surface passivation of black phosphorus, and organic-borophene heterostructures. The integration of these diverse materials into mixed-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures enables significant advances in diverse applications including thin-film transistors, memristors, transparent conductors, photovoltaics, batteries, biosensors, and quantum computing. In addition to fundamental studies, the Hersam Research Group commercializes low-dimensional nanoelectronic materials through scalable nanomanufacturing methods such as continuous flow solution processing and a range of printing methods encompassing inkjet, aerosol jet, gravure, screen, and 3D printing.</p>hester-josiah/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/hester-josiah.htmlAffiliatedJosiah HesterHesterHElectrical and Computer EngineeringComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/hester-josiah-t.jpgjosiah.hester( at )northwestern.eduhisey-colin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hisey-colin.htmlCoreColin HiseyHiseyHBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hisey-colin-t.jpgcolin.hisey( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our lab explores biomedical micro- and nanotechnology, with a strong focus on extracellular vesicles (EVs). EVs are micro- and nanoscale lipid-enclosed particles that contain diverse molecular cargo and circulate in all bodily fluids as a form of intercellular communication. However, despite their potential in applications ranging from diagnostics to therapeutics, their clinical translation is limited by several significant technical challenges. By combining engineering principles and a strong foundation in micro-nanofabrication with EV production, isolation, and characterization techniques, we aim to develop novel platform technologies that accelerate EV applications ranging from cancer and infectious diseases to neuroscience and reproductive health.</span></p>holderfield-greg/research-faculty/directory/profiles/holderfield-greg.htmlCoreGreg HolderfieldHolderfieldHMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/holderfield-greg-t.jpgg-holderfield( at )northwestern.eduhonig-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/honig-michael.htmlCoreMichael HonigHonigHElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/honig-michael-t.jpgmhonig( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research interests are in the areas of communications, signal processing, and networks. My recent work has focused on wireless resource allocation, spectrum access rights and market mechanisms, and macroeconomic modeling.</p>horn-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/horn-michael.htmlCoreMichael HornHornHComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/horn-michael-t.jpgmichael-horn( at )northwestern.edu<p>Michael S. Horn is a Professor at Northwestern University with a joint appointment in Computer Science and the Learning Sciences. Michael's research explores the use of emerging interactive technology in the design of novel learning experiences. His projects include the design and evaluation of a tangible computer programming language for use in science museums and early elementary school classrooms; and the design of multi-touch tabletop exhibits for use in natural history museums. His most recent work has involved the design of a learning platform to support digital music production and computational literacy for middle school and high school students.</p>horswill-ian/research-faculty/directory/profiles/horswill-ian.htmlCoreIan HorswillHorswillHComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/horswill-ian-t.jpgian( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research involves using artificial intelligence to expand the expressive potential of computational media such as games and interactive narrative. I'm interested in exploring alternative genres and interaction modes that afford new kinds of experiences not normally targeted by digital games. For example, interactive narrative is interesting because it offers the promise of an aesthetics that emphasizes experiences of identification, empathy, and affiliation, over mastery and control. However, making a piece that provides those experiences in practice is a difficult task that involves a number of interesting research problems in computer science and cognitive science.</p><p><br/></p><p>My recent work has focused on building declarative programming systems that artists and designers can use to build generative systems. Declarative programming allows designers to specify desiderata for the generated artifacts without having to develop a bespoke algorithm for generating them. For example, the system can be used to generate personalities and backstories for characters in a game. Unlike generative methods based on machine learning or Markov models, constraint-based systems can guarantee never to generate nonsensical or self-contradictory characters.</p>horton-daniel/research-faculty/directory/profiles/horton-daniel.htmlCoreDaniel HortonHortonHCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/horton-daniel-tn.jpgdaniel.horton( at )northwestern.eduhosseini-mahdi/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hosseini-mahdi.htmlCoreMahdi HosseiniHosseiniHElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hosseini-mahdi-t.jpgmh( at )northwestern.eduho-tiong-seng/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ho-tiong-seng.htmlCoreSeng-Tiong HoHoHElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ho-seng-tiong-t.jpgsth( at )northwestern.edu<p>Nano-photonics; optical communications; photonics integration; organic photonics; photonic materials research; heterogeneous photonics; ultrafast nonlinear photonics; micro-optics; device simulation; quantum optics</p>huang-jiaxing/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/huang-jiaxing.htmlAffiliatedJiaxing HuangHuangHMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/huang-jiaxing-t.jpgjiaxing-huang( at )northwestern.eduhuang-yonggang/research-faculty/directory/profiles/huang-yonggang.htmlCoreYonggang HuangHuangHCivil and Environmental EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/huang-yonggang-t.jpgy-huang( at )northwestern.edu<p>Yonggang Huang is the Achenbach Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. He is interested in mechanics of stretchable and flexible electronics, and deterministic 3D assembly. He has published 2 books and more than 700 journal papers, including 16 in <em>Science</em> and 10 in <em>Nature. </em>He is a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering (2009), in Materials Science (since 2014), and in Physics (2018).  He is a member of US National Academy of Engineering, US National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a foreign of Royal Society (London). His recognitions for undergraduate teaching include the Cole-Higgins Award for Excellence in Teaching, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University in 2016 and 2024.</p>huepe-cristian/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/huepe-cristian.htmlAffiliatedCristián HuepeHuepeHEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/Cristian_Huepe_picture.jpgcristian( at )northwestern.eduhu-huiling/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hu-huiling.htmlCoreHuiling HuHuHComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hu-huiling-t.jpghuiling.hu( at )northwestern.eduhullman-jessica/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hullman-jessica.htmlCoreJessica HullmanHullmanHComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hullman-jessica-t.jpgjhullman( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(74, 78, 118);">My research develops interface tools and theoretical frameworks for combining human knowledge with AI and statistical models, in settings ranging from scientific research to use of predictive models for policy decisions to everyday scenarios like election forecasting. I work between theory and application, grounding my contributions in formal models of rational inference such as Bayesian decision theory while addressing real world applied problems. My current interests include designing to achieve human-AI complementarity and quantifying and expressing prediction uncertainty. I maintain an active interest in metascience and statistical reform.</span></p>hummel-joseph/research-faculty/directory/profiles/hummel-joseph.htmlCoreJoseph HummelHummelHComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/hummel-joseph-t.jpgjoe.hummel( at )northwestern.edu<p>Programing languages, compilers, high-performance computing, cloud computing, and undergraduate research.</p>hupp-joseph/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/hupp-joseph.htmlAffiliatedJoseph HuppHuppH- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/hupp-t.jpgj-hupp( at )northwestern.eduilyas-jibran/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/ilyas-jibran.htmlAffiliatedJibran IlyasIlyasIElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/ilyas-jibran-t.jpgjibran.ilyas( at )gmail.comiravani-seyed/research-faculty/directory/profiles/iravani-seyed.htmlCoreSeyed M.R. IravaniIravaniIIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/iravani-seyed-t.jpgs-iravani( at )northwestern.edu<p>Applications of stochastic processes, queuing theory and game theory in the design and control of manufacturing, service operations, health care systems and supply chains</p>jacobs-joshua/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/jacobs-joshua.htmlAffiliatedJoshua JacobsJacobsJMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/jacobs-joshua-t.jpgjoshua.jacobs( at )rushortho.comjacobs-maia/research-faculty/directory/profiles/jacobs-maia.htmlCoreMaia JacobsJacobsJComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/jacobs-maia-t.jpgmaia.jacobs( at )northwestern.edu<p>Maia L. Jacobs is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science, with a joint appointment in Preventive Medicine, where she directs the Northwestern Personalized Adaptive Technologies for Health (NUPath) Lab. Her research focuses on the design and evaluation of human-centered technologies that support decision-making, communication, and collaboration in complex sociotechnical systems, particularly in healthcare and community settings. Drawing on human–computer interaction and participatory design, she studies how predictive and data-driven tools can be shaped into interactive systems that meaningfully support people in real-world workflows.</p><p><br/></p><p>A central theme of Jacobs’ work is supporting shared decision-making and reducing epistemic and emotional burdens for clinicians, patients, caregivers, and frontline workers. Her research includes collaborative decision support tools in oncology and pediatrics, adaptive interventions to prevent secondary traumatic stress among frontline workers, and conversational systems that improve communication across clinical and community contexts. Across these efforts, she emphasizes stakeholder engagement, equity, and implementation, partnering closely with health systems and community organizations to ensure technologies are trustworthy, actionable, and scalable.</p>jaskulski-joseph/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/jaskulski-joseph.htmlAffiliatedJoseph J JaskulskiJaskulskiJ- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/jaskulski-joseph-t.jpgjewett-jackson/research-faculty/directory/profiles/jewett-jackson.htmlCoreJackson JewettJewettJCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/jewett-jackson-t.jpgjewett-mike/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/jewett-mike.htmlAffiliatedMichael JewettJewettJChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/jewett-michael-t.jpgm-jewett( at )northwestern.edujoester-derk/research-faculty/directory/profiles/joester-derk.htmlCoreDerk JoesterJoesterJMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/joester-derk-t.jpgd-joester( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">My group uses state-of-the-art methods to study the formation, properties, and degradation of mineralized tissues. We are broadly interested in vertebrate and invertebrate dental tissues, and the mechanisms by which organisms control phase transformations. We study the latter in both organismal systems and cell culture, and cell-free, in vitro model systems. Quantitative imaging techniques are integral to our work. For instance, we pioneered the use of atom probe tomography (APT) for the characterization of mineralized tissues such as the ultrahard cusp of chiton radula teeth, vertebrate bone, and enamel. Further “firsts” include the use of synchrotron scanning Mößbauer spectroscopy (sSMS) to study iron biominerals, sub-micron probe X-ray diffraction mapping of enamel crystallographic parameters and composition at the mesoscale, the use of synchrotron micro-computed tomography (SMCT) for analysis of surface zones in rat caries lesions, development of a droplet microfluidic nucleation rate assays, and large scale automated segmentation of SMCT reconstructions of mouse jaws and rat molars using machine learning.</p>johnson-mark/research-faculty/directory/profiles/johnson-mark.htmlCoreMark JohnsonJohnsonJBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/johnson-mark-t.jpgm-johnson2( at )northwestern.edu<p>Prof. Johnson is internationally known for his work on ocular biomechanics, particular with regards to the pathogenesis of glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration. Studies in his group currently involve a bioengineering approach that utilize perfusion studies, atomic force microscopy and theoretical analysis in combination with use of high-resolution morphometry and finite element modeling. He has been involved in the study of a variety of physiological transport and mechanics problems for the past 40 years including flow through the aqueous humor outflow pathways as relates to glaucoma, transport and mechanics of the arterial wall, transport through the cornea, transport through macromolecular gels such as hyaluronic acid and Matrigel, transport through Bruch’s membrane and cell mechanics.</p>joseph-russ/research-faculty/directory/profiles/joseph-russ.htmlCoreRussell JosephJosephJElectrical and Computer EngineeringComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/joseph-russ-t.jpgrjoseph( at )northwestern.edu<p>Computer architecture, microprocessor design for reliability and variability tolerance, power-aware computing</p>kadota-igor/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kadota-igor.htmlCoreIgor KadotaKadotaKElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kadota-igor-t.jpgkadota( at )northwestern.edu<p>Prof. Kadota’s research has two intertwined goals: (i) develop theory and models that capture the fundamental limits and trade-offs of next-generation communication networks; and (ii) contribute to the design and implementation of the networks that will bring to reality emerging applications such as the Internet-of-Things, Smart-City Intersections, and Shared Augmented Reality.</p><p><br/></p><p>To that end, his research leverages: (i) Rigorous Theory, e.g., development of network control algorithms with performance guarantees using tool such as Lyapunov optimization, renewal theory, and multi-armed bandits. (ii) System Implementation, e.g., FPGA-based implementation of a real-time algorithm that adaptively configures an integrated circuit which enables full-duplex wireless. (iii) Machine Learning Applications, e.g., development of a CNN-based pipeline that uses data collected from a millimeter-wave radar to opportunistically sense atmospheric phenomena.</p>kamat-neha/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kamat-neha.htmlCoreNeha KamatKamatKBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kamat-neha-t.jpgnkamat( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">Biological membranes, composed largely of lipids and proteins, define the boundary of our smallest unit of life, the cell. These biochemical structures mediate some of the most critical cellular functions, enabling the movement of physical and chemical information, and undergoing complex shape changes to facilitate movement, growth, and division. Our lab aims to understand and harness biological membranes as a biomaterial for fundamental biological studies and engineering applications in diagnostics and disease. A <em>central hypothesis</em> of our work is that biophysical properties of membranes matter for membrane protein folding and function and through understanding this relationship we can better assemble and design membrane-based therapeutics.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">Specifically, we pursue two research thrusts:</p><p class="ql-align-justify">(1)    We study the impact of lipid composition on membrane protein folding and function.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">(2)    We engineer membrane-based devices for therapeutic and sensing applications.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br/></p><p class="ql-align-justify">These thrusts are distinct but synergistic: The fundamental biophysical studies we conduct in Thrust #1 provide mechanistic insights that we use to design membrane-based materials with cell-like capabilities in Thrust #2. In turn, the materials we design provide new tools to investigate cellular systems.</p>kanatzidis-mercouri/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/kanatzidis-mercouri.htmlAffiliatedMercouri KanatzidisKanatzidisKMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kanatzidis-mercouri-t.jpgm-kanatzidis( at )northwestern.edukane-dimitra/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/kane-dimitra.htmlAffiliatedDimitra KaneKaneK- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kane-dimitra-t.jpgdimitra.kane( at )northwestern.edukanjamalai-raju/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/kanjamalai-raju.htmlAffiliatedRaju KanjamalaiKanjamalaiKElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kanjamalai-raju-t.jpgraju.kanjamalai( at )northwestern.edukanter-gregory/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/kanter-gregory.htmlAffiliatedGregory KanterKanterKElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kanter-greg-t.jpggregory.kanter( at )northwestern.edukao-yang-ming/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kao-yang-ming.htmlCoreMing-Yang KaoKaoKComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kao-ming-yang-t.jpgkao( at )northwestern.edukarasek-mark/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/karasek-mark.htmlAffiliatedMark KarasekKarasekKIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/karasek-mark-t.jpgkarasekconsulting( at )gmail.comkarim-ashty/research-faculty/directory/profiles/karim-ashty.htmlCoreAshty KarimKarimKChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/karim-ashty-t.jpgashty.karim( at )northwestern.edukath-william/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kath-william.htmlCoreWilliam KathKathKEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kath-william-t.jpgkath( at )northwestern.edu<p><br/></p><p>Quantitative biological modeling, circadian rhythms, computational neuroscience, action potential propagation and dendritic integration in neurons; optical fibers and waveguides, polarization mode dispersion; importance sampling and rare event simulation; stochastic and nonlinear dynamics</p>katsaggelos-aggelos/research-faculty/directory/profiles/katsaggelos-aggelos.htmlCoreAggelos K. KatsaggelosKatsaggelosKElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/katsaggelos-aggelos-t.jpga-katsaggelos( at )northwestern.edu<p>Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Multimedia Signal Processing, Multimedia Communications, Computational Imaging, Computer Vision, Medical and Biological Signal Processing, DNA Signal Processing, Scientific Studies in the Arts.</p>kay-matthew/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kay-matthew.htmlCoreMatthew KayKayKComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kay-matt-t.jpgmjskay( at )northwestern.edu<p>Matthew Kay is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in Computer Science and Communications Studies at Northwestern University. He works in human-computer interaction and information visualization; more specifically, his research areas include uncertainty visualization, personal health informatics, and the design of human-centered tools for data analysis. His current research is funded by multiple NSF awards, and he has received multiple best paper awards across human-computer interaction and information visualization venues (including CHI, InfoVis, UbiComp, and MobileHCI). He co-directs the <a href="https://mucollective.northwestern.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Midwest Uncertainty Collective</a> and is the author of the <a href="https://mjskay.github.io/tidybayes/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tidybayes</a> and <a href="https://mjskay.github.io/ggdist/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ggdist</a> R packages for visualizing Bayesian statistical model output and uncertainty. For more information, visit <a href="http://mjskay.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">his website</a>.</p>kelley-shana/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kelley-shana.htmlCoreShana KelleyKelleyKBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kelley-shana-t.jpgshana.kelley( at )northwestern.edukelly-juliane/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/kelly-juliane.htmlAffiliatedJuliane KellyKellyK- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kelly-juliane-t.jpgkelso-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kelso-david.htmlCoreDavid M. KelsoKelsoKBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kelso-david-t.jpgkels( at )northwestern.edu<p>Analytical instrumentation; medical devices, biosensors; kinetics of antibody and DNA binding reactions in solution and on solid phases</p>kennedy-nolan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/kennedy-nolan.htmlAffiliatedNolan KennedyKennedyKChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kennedy-nolan-t.jpgnolan.kennedy( at )northwestern.edukessler-helen /research-faculty/directory/affiliated/kessler-helen .htmlAffiliatedHelen KesslerKesslerK- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kessler-helen-t.jpgketen-sinan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/keten-sinan.htmlCoreSinan KetenKetenKMechanical EngineeringCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/keten-sinan-t.jpgs-keten( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research expertise is on computational materials science and mechanics, emphasizing two areas: (1) nanostructured polymeric materials and (2) biomolecular and bioinspired materials. My group establishes theory, molecular and multi-scale simulation, and machine learning approaches to understand the mechanical behavior of soft materials at multiple-length scales. We focus on nanostructured polymeric materials, biomolecular building blocks such as proteins, as well as bioinspired / bioenabled systems that have become possible with advances in nanotechnology and synthetic biology. Our research has demonstrated that creating faster and more accurate computational methods, and learning from biological design principles, accelerates the design of materials systems with previously unforeseen properties, impacting durability and resilience of materials in defense, infrastructure, manufacturing, therapeutics and many other areas.</p>keys-jeremy/research-faculty/directory/profiles/keys-jeremy.htmlCoreJeremy KeysKeysKMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/keys-jeremy-t.jpgjeremy.keys( at )northwestern.edukhalili-pedram/research-faculty/directory/profiles/khalili-pedram.htmlCorePedram KhaliliKhaliliKElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/khalili-pedram-t.jpgpedram( at )northwestern.edukhodabandeh-ehsan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/khodabandeh-ehsan.htmlAffiliatedEhsan KhodabandehKhodabandehKIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/khodabandeh-ehsan-t.jpgehsan.khodabandeh( at )northwestern.edukhorzad-rebeca/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/khorzad-rebeca.htmlAffiliatedRebeca KhorzadKhorzadKIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/khorzad-rebeca-t.jpgrebeca.khorzad( at )northwestern.edukhuller-samir/research-faculty/directory/profiles/khuller-samir.htmlCoreSamir KhullerKhullerKComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/khuller-samir-t.jpgcompscichair( at )northwestern.edu<p>Khuller's research interests are in graph algorithms, discrete optimization, and computational geometry. He has published about 200 journal and conference papers, and several book chapters on these topics. He was an editor for the journal Algorithmica, and International Journal on Foundations of Computer Science, problems Editor for ACM Trans. on Algorithms, and currently is a columnist for SIGACT News and Associate Editor for Networks. He has served on several program committees including SODA 1997, APPROX 1999, APPROX 2000 (chair), STOC 2003, PODS 2006, SODA 2007, APPROX 2010, ESA 2010, STOC 2013, SPAA 2017, SODA 2021 and SODA 2025. He served on the ESA Steering Committee from 2012-2016 and chaired the 2019 MAPSP Scheduling Workshop. From 2018-2021 he served as the Chair of SIGACT. In 2020 he received the CRA Undergraduate mentoring award, and in 2021 he was made a Fellow of the EATCS and in 2022 he was named as a Fellow of the ACM.</p>kim-junsoo/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kim-junsoo.htmlCoreJunsoo KimKimKMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kim-junsoo-t.jpgjunsoo.kim( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(52, 47, 46);">Our mission in the Soft Matter Mechanics Lab is to (1) understand mechanics in soft materials, (2) identify the theoretical limits of the mechanical properties, and (3) design the molecular structure to approach the limit. A deeper understanding of soft materials with extraordinary material properties will innovate diverse fields such as polymer pollution, robotics, human-machine interfaces, and biomedical devices.</span></p>king-ella/research-faculty/directory/profiles/king-ella.htmlCoreElla KingKingKChemical and Biological EngineeringMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/king-ella-t.jpg ella.king( at )northwestern.edukiser-patrick/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kiser-patrick.htmlCorePatrick F. KiserKiserKBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kiser-patrick-t.jpgpatrick.kiser( at )northwestern.edu<p>The primary focus of the Kiser research group is developing and translating new drug delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of HIV infection. We are particularly interested in new antiviral agents and drug delivery systems to intercept sexually transmitted viruses at the point of interaction with the genital mucosa and the first target cells infected in the mucosa. Our methods include synthetic polymer chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, modeling drug transport, and using these results in drug delivery system design and prototyping. We perform preclinical toxicity efficacy evaluations in cell, tissue, and animal models; conduct antiviral assays and drug transport assays; and produce devices using a variety of pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies. Our projects range from new materials discovery that could lead to next generation mucosally active antiviral agents and mucosal vaccines, to the development of new assays to evaluate HIV prevention technologies, to sustained delivery system projects for antiviral, anti-infectives and contraceptive agents. The lab is funded by the NIH (NIAD), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID.</p>klabjan-diego/research-faculty/directory/profiles/klabjan-diego.htmlCoreDiego KlabjanKlabjanKIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/klabjan-diego-t.jpgd-klabjan( at )northwestern.edu<p>Data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence - text analytics, deep learning, federated learning, optimization; transportation, finance, bioinformatics</p>koppelman-frank/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/koppelman-frank.htmlAffiliatedFrank KoppelmanKoppelmanKCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/koppelman-frank-t.jpgf-koppelman( at )northwestern.edukourkine-igor/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kourkine-igor.htmlCoreIgor KourkineKourkineKChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kourkine-igor-t1.jpgi-kourkine( at )northwestern.edu<p>My teaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that students should develop both the theoretical underpinnings and practical, hands-on tools for the 4Cs (creative thinking, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration) across technical and non-technical contexts. As AI tools continue to improve and take on more routine technical tasks, these human-centered skills will only grow in importance. In my engineering courses, principle-based understanding remains foundational, but I increasingly emphasize empirical, practice-oriented learning: using concepts to interpret evidence, make decisions under constraints, and communicate tradeoffs clearly.</p><p><br/></p><p>I also defend the role of memorization by reframing it as disciplinary fluency: reliable recall provides the raw material for critical evaluation and supports creative insight through recombination, often after subconscious “incubation.” Finally, when time constraints force tradeoffs in coverage, I prioritize “simple but profound” ideas (concepts that structure thinking and transfer widely), so students leave with durable intellectual tools rather than short-lived exposure to content.</p>kriegman-sam/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kriegman-sam.htmlCoreSam KriegmanKriegmanKComputer ScienceMechanical EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kriegman-sam-t.jpgsam.kriegman( at )northwestern.edukrishnaswamy-sridhar/research-faculty/directory/profiles/krishnaswamy-sridhar.htmlCoreSridhar KrishnaswamyKrishnaswamyKMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/krishnaswamy-sridhar-t.jpgs-krishnaswamy( at )northwestern.edu<p>Multifunctional materials and systems; multiscale/multiphase 3D direct laser writing; photonic and ultrasonic sensors; smart structures.</p>krizek-raymond/research-faculty/directory/profiles/krizek-raymond.htmlCoreRaymond J. KrizekKrizekKCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/krizek-raymond-t.jpgrjkrizek( at )northwestern.edu<p>Mechanical properties of grouted sands; disposal of waste slurries; engineering behavior of dredged materials</p>kucukyavuz-simge/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kucukyavuz-simge.htmlCoreSimge KüçükyavuzKüçükyavuzKIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kucukyavuz-simge-t.jpgsimge( at )northwestern.edukuiken-todd/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/kuiken-todd.htmlAffiliatedTodd KuikenKuikenK- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kuiken-todd-t.jpgtkuiken( at )northwestern.edukulkarni-manohar/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kulkarni-manohar.htmlCoreManohar KulkarniKulkarniKMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kulkarni-manohar-t.jpgmanohar.kulkarni( at )northwestern.edu<p>Energy optimal control of thermal systems; sustainability; and industrial energy management</p>kumar-prem/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kumar-prem.htmlCorePrem KumarKumarKElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kumar-prem-t.jpgkumarp( at )northwestern.edu<p><strong>Expert Areas</strong></p><ul><li>Quantum communications and quantum information processing/computing</li><li>Quantum sensing and imaging</li><li>Fiber-optic communications</li></ul><p> <strong>Research</strong></p><ul><li>Developing advanced photonic devices and systems for communication and computing</li><li>Increasing technological speeds through optical systems</li><li>Creating networks and devices that take advantage of quantum mechanics for highly secure information and networking</li><li>Developing tools for generating, distributing, and ultrafast processing of quantum entanglement</li><li>Using quantum light for precision measurements, sensing, and imaging</li></ul><p> </p>kumar-rajan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kumar-rajan.htmlCoreRajan KumarKumarKMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kumar-rajan-t.jpgrkumar( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research expertise includes materials for energy storage, printed electronics, and <em>operando</em> materials characterization. My current research focus is in engineering education and centers on two main questions:</p><p><br/></p><p>(1) How do we teach students expert-level cognitive skills, or colloquially put, how do we teach students to "think like an engineer"?</p><p>(2) How do authentic and simulated learning experiences shape student identity and self-perception?</p>kung-harold/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kung-harold.htmlCoreHarold H. KungKungKChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/Harold Kung - t.jpghkung( at )northwestern.edukurdia-anastasia/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kurdia-anastasia.htmlCoreAnastasia KurdiaKurdiaKComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kurdia-anastasia-t.jpganastasia.kurdia( at )northwestern.edukuzmanovic-aleksandar/research-faculty/directory/profiles/kuzmanovic-aleksandar.htmlCoreAleksandar KuzmanovicKuzmanovicKComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/kuzmanovic-aleksandar-t.jpgakuzma( at )cs.northwestern.edu<p>Aleksandar Kuzmanovic is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Northwestern University. He leads the Northwestern Networks Group. His research interests are in the area of computer networking with emphasis on design, measurements, analysis, denial-of-service resiliency, and prototype implementation of protocols and algorithms for the Internet. He is most well-known for his pioneering work on low-rate denial-of-service attacks, TCP congestion control, and data sharing methods for Internet-scale systems. He has published more than 60 research papers in the most prestigious networking journals and conferences such as IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, ACM SIGCOMM, USENIX NSDI, ACM SIGMETRICS, ACM IMC, IEEE ICNP, IEEE INFOCOM, etc. His systems and tools are widely distributed on the Internet. As an example, his TCP-LP protocol has been incorporated in the Linux operating system, his work on Explicit Congestion Notification has become an Internet standard, and his work on denial-of-service resiliency for Internet streaming infrastructures has been adopted by the world’s largest content distribution network, Akamai.</p><p>Dr. Kuzmanovic joined the Northwestern faculty in 2005 after receiving a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University, under the direction of Edward W. Knightly. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade (ETF), Serbia, in 1996 and 1999, respectively. From 1997-1999 he was a research scientist in the Mihajlo Pupin Institute. He received Rice University’s Presidential Fellowship in 1999. Together with his colleagues, he received the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Award in 2006. He was elected a Searle Junior Fellow in 2006, which recognizes young faculty who show excellence in teaching. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2008. He has been appointed a Visiting Professor at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He is a member of the steering committee of the Measurement Lab, a Google-initiated open platform for monitoring net neutrality. He was a member of the advisory board of Narus, Inc. 2008 – 2014. He is a co-founder of bloXroute Labs, Inc.</p>lai-cathryn/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/lai-cathryn.htmlAffiliatedCathryn LaiLaiLIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/lai-cathryn-t.jpgcathryn.lai( at )northwestern.edulance-joshua/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/lance-joshua.htmlAffiliatedJoshua LanceLanceLIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/lance-joshua.jpgjoshua.lance( at )northwestern.edularsen-mark/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/larsen-mark.htmlAffiliatedMark LarsenLarsenLIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/larsen-mark-t.jpgmdlarsen6754( at )gmail.comlauhon-lincoln/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lauhon-lincoln.htmlCoreLincoln J. LauhonLauhonLMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lauhon-lincoln-t.jpglauhon( at )northwestern.edu<p>The Lauhon group pursues fundamental insights into nanoscale structure-property relationships to provide a foundation for engineering new technologies based on low-dimensional materials. Towards that end, we develop new approaches to synthesize and assemble low dimensional materials, exploit scanning probe methodologies to interrogate the properties of nanomaterial-based devices, and use modeling in the design and interpretation of material and device properties. The current focus of the group is on the electronic and optical properties of two-dimensional materials and composites for applications in novel modes of computing and sensing.</p>layng-karen/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/layng-karen.htmlAffiliatedKaren LayngLayngL- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/layng-karen-t.jpglecoanet-daniel/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lecoanet-daniel.htmlCoreDaniel LecoanetLecoanetLEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lecoanet-daniel-t.jpgdaniel.lecoanet( at )northwestern.edu<p>I am interested in astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics, and in developing numerical methods for solving problems in these fields. I primarily study low-Mach number flows inside stars; in planetary atmospheres; in the oceans; and in planetary cores. Each of these problems has a rich interplay between different fundamental physical effects: rotation, buoyancy, magnetism, moisture, external forcing, etc</p><p><br/></p><p>I am a core developer of the <a href="https://dedalus-project.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dedalus code</a>. Dedalus can solve nearly arbitrary partial differential equations using spectral methods. We have recently extended Dedalus to run simulations in simple geometries which include coordinate singularities: spherical geometry and cylindrical geometry. This makes use of a new class of weighted Jacobi polynomials to represent tensorial quantities with the appropriate geometry regularity behavior. I am using these new capabilities to study global models of stars and planetary interiors (spherical geometry), as well as laboratory experiments (cylindrical geometry).</p>lee-andrew/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/lee-andrew.htmlAffiliatedAndrew LeeLeeLChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/headshot-placeholder.jpgandrew.lee3( at )northwestern.edulee-chieh-chung/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lee-chieh-chung.htmlCoreChung-Chieh LeeLeeLElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lee-chung-chieh-t.jpgcclee( at )northwestern.edu<p>C. C. Lee is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.  He has a Ph. D. from Princeton and has been on the faculty at Northwestern since 1980.  In terms of his research career, on the theory side, he has published in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and in Journal of ACM, the two most respected journals in EE and CS; on the application side, he has done a huge number of sponsored research projects and served as industry consultants with a wide variety of telecom and networking companies - Juniper Networks, Motorola, AT&amp;T Bell Labs, Reuters Information Technology, SBC Comm., NORTEL Networks, U S West, Wildblue Communications, Liberty Media, 3COM, ARDIS, Pacific Broadband Communications, Zenith, BellCore, Cambia Networks, Raytheon, Recon Optical, Bell &amp; Howell, American Iron &amp; Steel Institute, Chrysler, WMS Gaming, Illinois Superconductor, among others.  His research interests cover network protocol design and performance evaluation; speech and image processing, network QoS, packet scheduling; wireless mobile communication systems and networks; detection and estimation, and cryptography.</p> <p>At Northwestern, he co-founded (1989) and co-directed (1989-1999) Center of Information and Telecommunication Technology.  He was awarded Ameritech Chair Professorship four times (1990-91, 1996-97, 2001-02, 2005-06).  And he is founder (1996) and board member (1996 – present) of the Master on Information Technology program (MITP), which is now Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT), a highly successful professional master degree program in McCormick School of Engineering.  He has developed and taught a large number of undergraduate and graduate courses in EE and a fundamental telecom course in MSIT and his dedication to teaching is well recognized.</p>lefevre-victor/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lefevre-victor.htmlCoreVictor LefèvreLefèvreLMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/lefevre-victor-t.jpgvictor.lefevre( at )northwestern.eduleonard-josh/research-faculty/directory/profiles/leonard-josh.htmlCoreJosh LeonardLeonardLChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/leonard-josh-t.jpgj-leonard( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">Leonard’s group engineers novel biological systems that perform customized, sophisticated functions for applications in biotechnology and medicine, helping to build the now vibrant field of mammalian synthetic biology. Employing methods ranging from biomolecular engineering to computation-driven design, his team develops technologies including (1) programmable cell-based devices for treating chronic disease, including synthetic receptors and genetic programs, and (2) novel gene therapy platforms based upon bioengineered nanoscale vesicles. Leonard is actively engaged in the development of national science policy, testifying as an expert witness before the U.S. House of Representatives on “21st Century Biology” and through his roles as a council and board member of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium. He fosters training, entrepreneurship, and industrial impact as director of Northwestern’s NIH-funded Biotechnology Training Program (T32) and entrepreneurial activity as a founder and chief scientific officer of Syenex—a startup focused on making transformative gene delivery technologies universally accessible. Dr. Leonard is a founding member of Northwestern’s Center for Synthetic Biology, which has grown to a leading team within the SynBio community.</p>lescott-chamille/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lescott-chamille.htmlCoreChamille LescottLescottLBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lescott-chamille-t.pngchamille.lescott( at )northwestern.eduleslie-thomas/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/leslie-thomas.htmlAffiliatedThomas LeslieLeslieLCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/leslie-thomas-t.jpgtleslie( at )iastate.edulewis-barbara-ann/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/lewis-barbara-ann.htmlAffiliatedBarbara-Ann LewisLewisLCivil and Environmental Engineeringb-lewis( at )northwestern.edulewis-elmer/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lewis-elmer.htmlCoreElmer LewisLewisLMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lewis-elmer-t.jpge-lewis( at )northwestern.eduliao-wei-keng/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/liao-wei-keng.htmlAffiliatedWei-keng LiaoLiaoLElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/liao-wei-keng-t.jpgwkliao( at )northwestern.edu<p>Parallel and distributed file I/O and storage system design, data management for large-scale scientific applications, and data mining algorithm design and their parallelization.</p>lichter-seth/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lichter-seth.htmlCoreSeth LichterLichterLMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lichter-seth-t.jpgs-lichter( at )northwestern.edu<p>Professor Lichter studies dynamics on the molecular scale. With Prof. Chris Goedde of DePaul University, he is currently studying how molecules diffuse over a solid under shear. Though we make extensive use of computation, our emphasis is on developing simple analytical models and finding closed-form analytical approximate solutions. We enjoy taking very complicated problems, which may be too large even for numerical computation, and trimming them down using physical insight and novel mathematics. Our recently published findings show that current models of diffusion over solid surfaces have overlooked the contribution of non-diffusive mechanisms to surface mobility. These mechanisms may be important in surface catalysis, an area we are investigating. Secondly, our results show that surfaces can segregate ions by size. A result which may be relevant to chemical separations and desalination.</p>li-jiantao/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/li-jiantao.htmlAffiliatedJiantao LiLiLChemical and Biological EngineeringMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/li-jiantao-t.jpg jiantao.li( at )northwestern.eduli-manling/research-faculty/directory/profiles/li-manling.htmlCoreManling LiLiLComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/li-manling-t.jpgmanling.li( at )northwestern.edulindstrom-lowell/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/lindstrom-lowell.htmlAffiliatedLowell LindstromLindstromLElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/lindstrom-lowell-t.jpglowell.lindstrom( at )northwestern.edulinehan-john/research-faculty/directory/profiles/linehan-john.htmlCoreJohn LinehanLinehanLBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/linehan-john-t.jpglinehan( at )northwestern.edu<p>Medical device innovation process; health technology assessment; FDA regulation of medical devices</p>linetsky-vadim/research-faculty/directory/profiles/linetsky-vadim.htmlCoreVadim LinetskyLinetskyLIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/linetsky-vadim-t.jpgvlinetsky( at )northwestern.edulinna-daniel/research-faculty/directory/profiles/linna-daniel.htmlCoreDaniel W. Linna Jr.Linna Jr.LComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/linna-daniel-t.jpgdaniel.linna( at )law.northwestern.edulinsenmeier-robert/research-faculty/directory/profiles/linsenmeier-robert.htmlCoreRobert A. LinsenmeierLinsenmeierLBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/linsenmeier-robert-t.jpgr-linsenmeier( at )northwestern.eduli-shuwen /research-faculty/directory/affiliated/li-shuwen .htmlAffiliatedShuwen LiLiL- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/li-shuwen-t.jpgliu-han/research-faculty/directory/profiles/liu-han.htmlCoreHan LiuLiuLComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/liu-han-t.jpghanliu( at )northwestern.edu<p>Han Liu directs the MAGICS(Modern Artificial General Intelligible and Computer Systems) lab at Northwestern University. He is also the director of the Center for Foundation Models and Generative AI (CFMG) at Northwestern University. He has been the director of the deep reinforcement learning center at Tencent AI Lab and has been a professor at Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University. He received a joint PhD in Machine Learning and Statistics from the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by <a href="https://statistics.yale.edu/people/john-lafferty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(169, 36, 70);">John Lafferty</a> and <a href="http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~larry/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(169, 36, 70);">Larry Wasserman.</a> His research integrates modern artificial intelligence and computer systems, which exploits <strong>large foundation models and probabilistic graphical models to revolutionize science, engineering, and business</strong>. Han Liu has received numerous research awards including the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the Alfred P Sloan Fellowship in Mathematics, the IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award, the ASA Noether Young Scholar Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the Howard B Wentz Award and the Umesh Gavaskar Memorial Best Dissertation Award. He has been associate editors for the Journal of American Statistical Association, the Electronic Journal of Statistics, the Technometrics, and the Journal of Portfolio Management. He has also been seriving as area chairs for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR conferences.</p><p><a href="https://magics.cs.northwestern.edu/research.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(68, 90, 102);">» Learn more</a></p>liu-kam-wing/research-faculty/directory/profiles/liu-kam-wing.htmlCoreWing K. LiuLiuLMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/liu-wing-t.jpgw-liu( at )northwestern.edu<p><strong></strong>Mathematical scientific principles provide the fundamental understanding and allow predictions which drive new discoveries and enable future technologies. Unfortunately, development of new scientific principles is often trailing the pace of new inventions with the sheer volume of data that are being generated across multiple spatial, temporal, and parameter scales. <span style="color: black; background-color: white;">In this context, mechanistic data science </span><strong style="color: black; background-color: white;">[Mechanistic Data Science for STEM Education and Applications", Liu, Gan, Fleming, to appear, Springer, December, 2021] </strong><span style="color: black; background-color: white;">provides the critically needed ability to combine known scientific principles with newly collected data, which will be a boon for new inventions.  </span></p><p class="ql-align-justify">HiDeNN-AI (Liu, Wing Kam et al., “HiDeNN: An AI Platform for Scientific and Materials Systems Innovation,” Disc-ID-21-04-06-001, April, 6, 2021) is built on ten integrated modules to form a mechanistic artificial intelligence software framework with new methods and algorithms for extremely fast design, optimization, decision making, and discovery and extraction of mechanistic features simply from signals and images deployable for scientific and engineering processes. The proposed HiDeNN-AI software platform development can also be useful for advanced and additive manufacturing process design including signal analysis, data generation, for the discovery of key processing parameters for close-loop control. Using mechanistic active knowledge transfer module of HiDeNN-AI, we might be able to remove the manufacturing machines dependency and the usage of new material powders with only a limited set of experimental calibration of the new/alternative manufacturing system, and/or material powders.</p>liu-shu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/liu-shu.htmlCoreShu Q. LiuLiuLBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/liu-shu-t.jpgsliu( at )northwestern.edu<p>Dr. Liu is interested in cell protective engineering, the engineering aspect of protective medicine. In particular, Dr. Liu intends to understand the naturally occurring cell protective mechanisms in ischemic disorders, including heart attack and ischemic stroke, and develop cell protective engineering strategies for the treatment of these disorders.</p>liu-shuangbiao-jordan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/liu-shuangbiao-jordan.htmlAffiliatedShuangbiao Jordan LiuLiuLMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/liu-jordan-t.jpegshuangbiao.liu( at )northwestern.eduloewe-jackie/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/loewe-jackie.htmlAffiliatedJacqueline LoeweLoeweL- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/loewe-jackie-t.jpglong-petford-amanda/research-faculty/directory/profiles/long-petford-amanda.htmlCoreAmanda Petford-LongPetford-LongPMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/petford-long-amanda-t.jpgpetford.long( at )anl.gov<p>The research in my group concentrates on understanding the behavior of magnetic, ferroelecctric and multiferroic oxide nanostructures, and in particular on determining the role that interfaces play in controlling this behavior. We are correlating the ferroic and transport properties with microstructure, magnetic domain structure and composition profile, determined using a range of high-resolution electron-microscopy, atomic force microscopy and position-sensitive atom probe techniques, including Lorentz microscopy for imaging magnetic domains and piezoforce microscopy for imaging ferroelectric domains. We are also developing in-situ TEM techniques for the investigation of magnetization reversal and transport behavior.</p> lopez-jeffrey/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lopez-jeffrey.htmlCoreJeffrey LopezLopezLChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lopez-jeffrey-t.jpgjlopez( at )northwestern.edulucks-julius/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lucks-julius.htmlCoreJulius LucksLucksLChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lucks-julius-t.jpgjblucks( at )northwestern.edulueptow-richard/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lueptow-richard.htmlCoreRichard M. LueptowLueptowLMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lueptow-richard-t.jpgr-lueptow( at )northwestern.edu<p>Richard Lueptow's current research interests are in two areas: 1) Modeling, simulation, and experiments on the segregation and mixing of bi-and poly-disperse granular materials, both spherical and non-spherical, in quasi-2D and fully 3D geometries; 2) Molecular level simulation of transport processes in polymeric nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes.</p>luijten-erik/research-faculty/directory/profiles/luijten-erik.htmlCoreErik LuijtenLuijtenLMaterials Science and EngineeringEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/luitjen-erik-t.jpgluijten( at )northwestern.edu<h5>Computational Materials Science of Soft Matter</h5><p>My research focuses on the statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of materials, with a strong emphasis on complex fluids, such as polymeric systems, colloids, electrolytes, and active matter. These systems are studied predominantly by means of computer simulations, through which we aim to realize our primary goals: First, to understand experimentally observed phenomena from the underlying microscopic features of a system, and second, to test the predictive value of analytic theories describing these systems. The insight thus gained allows the prediction of yet unknown properties of materials and the design of new materials.</p><p>Current research projects concern problems in self-assembly (from colloidal materials to nanoparticles for drug delivery), self-organization, charge transport in electrolytes, programmable and active matter, and dielectric materials.</p><p>Despite the steady increase in available computer power, many of these problems hover on the verge of what is feasible. Therefore, in order to obtain scientifically worthwhile results within an acceptable time frame, it is essential to employ state-of-the-art techniques. We take an active interest in the development of new methodologies, both simulation techniques and advanced approaches to data analysis. Notable advances have been achieved in the development of Monte Carlo algorithms for systems with long-range interactions and systems containing components with large size disparities; in both cases, our methods accelerate the simulations by many orders of magnitude. Important recent advances also include highly efficient methods for dynamic dielectric materials and electrokinetic phenomena.</p><p> </p>lu-yiping/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lu-yiping.htmlCoreYiping LuLuLIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lu-yipling-t.jpgyiping.lu( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research interest is introduced in https://2prime.github.io/files/rs.pdf</p><p><br/></p><p>My research focuses on <strong>scaling laws in machine learning</strong>—understanding <strong>when, why, and how machine-learning systems improve predictably as we scale resources</strong>, including data, model size, optimization effort, and inference-time computation.</p><p>In large language models, scaling has become a remarkably reliable principle: performance improves smoothly as we increase compute and data, often following simple power laws. This predictability fundamentally changes how we design learning systems, making it possible to forecast performance and allocate resources optimally. However, <strong>this kind of reliable scaling behavior is far from universal</strong>. In many settings—especially when models interact with complex structure, constraints, or long-horizon dynamics—scaling breaks down: optimization becomes unstable, hyperparameters stop transferring across model sizes, and accuracy plateaus despite increased compute.</p><p>My research aims to build a <strong>general theory and algorithmic framework for scalable learning</strong>, in which increased resources <em>provably</em> and <em>reliably</em> lead to better performance. Rather than treating scaling as an empirical phenomenon, I study it as a principled question of <strong>optimization geometry, statistical complexity, and resource allocation</strong>.</p><p><br/></p><h4>1. Why Do Some Models Scale—and Others Don’t?</h4><p>A central question in my work is understanding <strong>what fundamentally limits scaling</strong>. I study how approximation error, optimization difficulty, and statistical uncertainty interact as models grow wider, deeper, or are trained with more data. This includes identifying error floors, characterizing regimes where scaling laws hold, and explaining why naive scaling often fails. The goal is to move beyond ad-hoc heuristics and develop <strong>predictive scaling theories</strong> that apply across model classes.</p><p><br/></p><h4>2. Scaling-Aware Optimization and Geometry</h4><p>As model size increases, the geometry of the loss landscape changes in ways that strongly affect optimization. Learning rates and optimizer hyperparameters that work well at small scale often fail at large scale. I study optimization from a <strong>geometric perspective</strong>, viewing modern optimizers as instances of steepest descent under different norms. This leads to new <strong>scaling-aware optimization methods</strong> whose convergence behavior and hyperparameter choices remain stable as width and depth increase. Ultimately, I aim to design optimizers whose performance scales smoothly with model size, rather than deteriorating.</p><p><br/></p><h4>3. Inference-Time Scaling: Trading Compute for Accuracy</h4><p>Beyond training-time scaling, I am particularly interested in <strong>inference-time scaling</strong>—improving model performance by allocating more computation <em>after</em> training, without changing model parameters. Inspired by ideas from Monte Carlo simulation, control, and sequential decision-making, my work develops methods that use additional inference-time compute to <strong>detect, correct, and reduce model error on the fly</strong>. This establishes inference-time computation as a first-class scaling axis, alongside data and model size, and provides a principled way to trade compute for reliability.</p>lynch-kevin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/lynch-kevin.htmlCoreKevin LynchLynchLMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lynch-kevin-t.jpgkmlynch( at )northwestern.edu<p>Kevin Lynch's research interests are in robotic manipulation, robot locomotion, physical human-robot interaction, and distributed control of robot swarms.</p>lytwynyshyn-george/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/lytwynyshyn-george.htmlAffiliatedGeorge LytwynyshynLytwynyshynL- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/lytwynyshyn-george-t.jpgmacIver-malcolm/research-faculty/directory/profiles/macIver-malcolm.htmlCoreMalcolm A. MacIverMacIverMBiomedical EngineeringMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/maciver-malcolm-t.jpgmaciver( at )northwestern.edu<p>Professor MacIver is interested in understanding how animals acquire sensory information and use that to guide movement and decision-making. This is a problem solved jointly by the body and the nervous system, and thus the studies his lab performs rarely fit into traditional academic disciplines, but rather span from computational modeling through to bio-inspired robotics, animal behavior studies and neurobiology.</p>makarychev-konstantin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/makarychev-konstantin.htmlCoreKonstantin MakarychevMakarychevMComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/makarychev-konstantin-t.jpgkonstantin( at )northwestern.edu<p>The aim of my research is to introduce new core techniques and design general principles for developing and analyzing algorithms that work in theory and practice. My research interests include approximation algorithms, beyond worst-case analysis, and applications of high-dimension geometry in computer science.</p>malthouse-edward/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/malthouse-edward.htmlAffiliatedEdward MalthouseMalthouseM- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/malthouse-edward-t.jpgecm( at )northwestern.edumambretti-joe/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mambretti-joe.htmlAffiliatedJoe MambrettiMambrettiM- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mambretti-t.jpgj-mambretti( at )northwestern.edumangan-niall/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mangan-niall.htmlCoreNiall ManganManganMEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mangan-niall-t.jpgniall.mangan( at )northwestern.edumani-madhav/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mani-madhav.htmlCoreMadhav ManiManiMEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mani-madhav-t.jpgmadhav.mani( at )northwestern.edu<p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Vision:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Mathematics is an almost unreasonably powerful language to describe and dissect natural phenomena. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness_of_Mathematics_in_the_Natural_Sciences" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit;">Wigner's article</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> poetically conveys the sense of awe that many of us feel as mathematical scientists. However, it is remarkable, by and large, how ineffectively mathematics has been leveraged in furthering our understanding of Life. Mathematics isn't just a convenient language to communicate models of how some little corner of Life works, at its most powerful it provides a general framework that organizes and illuminates a vast diversity of phenomena. Mathematics, and mathematical scientists, achieve this through </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">abstraction</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. And it is through abstraction that general and simplifying principles can be distilled -- As with Picasso's Bulls. </span><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What new abstractions must we seek out to deepen our understanding of Life?</strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">​</span></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What we do:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Our group pursues lines of inquiry where we attempt to develop novel mathematical abstractions that provide insights into biological phenomena and data. Precisely by virtue of our pursuit of discovering general mathematical abstractions, we are compelled to work on a diversity of biological phenomena that have been classified by the community into distinct and unrelated categories. These include </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">organismal development, cellular physiology and structure, and ecological dynamics. </em></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">​</span></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How we do it:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> These mathematical abstractions are pursued working closely with modern biological data. And, thus, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">data-driven and AI approaches</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> are a large part of the algorithms we use and develop. Pairing these approaches with the aesthetics and sensibilities of </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">mathematics and theoretical physics</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is the middle ground we strive to inhabit. All our work is conducted within the context of long-term </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">collaborations with experimental biology groups.</em><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </strong></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">​</strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our scientific vision is a corollary to a human vision of </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">helping young scientists</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> enjoy the pursuit of mathematics and science, developing their talents and tastes.  </span></p>marami-ali/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/marami-ali.htmlAffiliatedAli MaramiMaramiMIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/marami-ali-t.jpgali.marami( at )northwestern.edumarcelino-luisa/research-faculty/directory/profiles/marcelino-luisa.htmlCoreLuisa MarcelinoMarcelinoMCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/marcelino-luisa-t.jpgl-marcelino( at )northwestern.edu<p>Effects of global climate change in the dynamics of biological partnerships involving microbes, in particular, reef-forming corals and their associated algae; light scattering and propagation in coral tissue and skeleton; characterization of microbes at the cell and genetic level; characterization of the symbiotic relationship and of its limitations (i.e., coral bleaching when corals undergo thermal stress). Promoting coral adaptation and resilience to a fast-warming planet via rapid physiological changes in particular species that increase their likelihood of survival. These processes are driven by changes in gene expression (transcriptional plasticity), that do not involve alterations in the genetic code (epigenetics). </p>marchuk-nicholas/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/marchuk-nicholas.htmlAffiliatedNicholas MarchukMarchukMMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/marchuk-nick-t.jpgnick.marchuk( at )u.northwestern.edumarkl-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/markl-michael.htmlCoreMichael MarklMarklMBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/markl-michael-t.jpgmmarkl( at )northwestern.edu<p>A central objective of Dr. Markl's research program is to develop multi-parametric imaging techniques than can afford a better understanding of the underlying physiologic mechanisms of heart disease and stroke as well as the impact of therapy. The work of his research group has been instrumental in establishing '4D Flow MRI' for the comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular hemodynamics in heart disease and stroke. Further accomplishments include the development, validation, and application of novel imaging tools for the evaluation of structure and function of the heart</p>marks-laurence/research-faculty/directory/profiles/marks-laurence.htmlCoreLaurence MarksMarksMMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/marks-laurence-t.jpgl-marks( at )northwestern.edumarks-tobin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/marks-tobin.htmlCoreTobin J. MarksMarksMMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/marks-tobin-t.jpgt-marks( at )northwestern.edumasanet-eric/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/masanet-eric.htmlAffiliatedEric MasanetMasanetMMechanical EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/masanet-eric-t.jpgeric.masanet( at )northwestern.edu<h5>Prospective energy systems modeling, sustainable manufacturing, life cycle assesment</h5> <p>Eric Masanet leads the Energy and Resource Systems Analysis Laboratory (ERSAL), which develops mathematical models and decision support tools to quantify opportunities for reducing energy and resource use in industrial technology systems. Such models and tools can be used by manufacturers and policy makers to identify technological, behavioral, and policy pathways toward more sustainable products and processes.</p>mason-thomas/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mason-thomas.htmlCoreThomas MasonMasonMMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mason-thomas-t.jpgt-mason( at )northwestern.edu<h5><span class="style9">Structure-Property Relationships in Electroceramics</span>          </h5> <p>Professor Mason’s research expertise is in the field of electroceramics, including both electronically and ionically conductive materials. An overriding focus has been the role of point defects in their structure-property relationships. In the area of electronically conductive materials, his research interests involve transparent conducting oxides (TCOs). These materials boast a rare combination of optical transparency and high electronic mobility. TCOs serve as transparent electrodes in a wide range of applications, from flat panel displays to solar cells. Phase diagram studies are useful for identifying new TCOs and the doping mechanisms in existing and novel TCOs.</p> <p>High ionic conductivity is required for advanced electrochemical systems, for example solid oxide fuel cells and electrolyzers (SOFCs, SOECs). One particular focus has been the application of AC impedance spectroscopy (AC-IS) in the characterization of polycrystalline ionic conductors. In the case of nano-grained ceramics, the Mason group developed the nano-grained composite model (n-GCM) as a more accurate alternative to the conventional brick layer model for the characterization of local bulk vs. grain boundary properties in nanocrystalline ionic conductors. Another significant application of AC-IS has been for the study of cement-based materials and fiber-reinforced composites</p>mastio-curt/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mastio-curt.htmlAffiliatedCurt MastioMastioMIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mastio_curt.jpgcurt.mastio( at )northwestern.edumccue-ian/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mccue-ian.htmlCoreIan McCueMcCueMMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mccue-ian-tn.jpgian.mccue( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Ian’s research vision is to solve the problem of scalable processing for advanced, nanostructured materials by focusing on advanced manufacturing and self-organization phenomena. We are interested in pushing the boundaries of microstructural control during fabrication to create new materials that are stronger, tougher, more thermally stable, and even capable of repairing themselves. This research is split across several key thrusts: (1) new manufacturing process to create advanced nanocomposites for structural applications; (2) studying the mechanical behavior of nanostructured materials; and (3) advancing the fundamental understanding between material architecture – curvature, microstructural length scale, and composition – diffusion pathways, external fields, and phase transformations.</span></p>mcgowan-patrick/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mcgowan-patrick.htmlAffiliatedPatrick McGowanMcGowanM- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mcgowan-patrick-t.jpgmcneeley-donald/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mcneeley-donald.htmlAffiliatedDonald McNeeleyMcNeeleyMIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mcneeley-donald-t.jpgd-mcneeley( at )northwestern.edumeade-thomas/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/meade-thomas.htmlAffiliatedThomas MeadeMeadeMBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/meade-thomas-t1.jpgtmeade( at )northwestern.edumehrotra-sanjay/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mehrotra-sanjay.htmlCoreSanjay MehrotraMehrotraMIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mehrotra-sanjay-t.jpgmehrotra( at )northwestern.edu<p>Sanjay Mehrotra develops methods for decision optimization under uncertainty by studying the geometric and algebraic properties of these problems. He is passionate about applied research problems in Health Systems Engineering. However, the breadth of his expertise has allowed him to significantly contribute to applied areas of Energy and Inventory Management and Optimal Learning. His research brings a balance of mathematical rigor and its applicability in practice. Professor Mehrotra has developed ground-breaking results in establishing methodological convergence of two-stage stochastic optimization, allowing solutions to previously intractable problems. He has also established fundamental results in taking a novel approach to quantify the convergence metrics associated with stochastic systems that can be described as Markov Chains. He has pioneered efforts in the area of Risk-Adjusted and distributionally robust optimization. His healthcare systems engineering work includes modeling the US National Transplant System, where he has made significant contributions. His current work also focuses on liver disease and pandemic modeling.</p><p><br/></p><p>He is the founding director of the Center for Engineering and Health. He co-Leads Project Minerva. Professor Mehrotra has chaired the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Fellow Committee and has also served on the INFORMS board.</p><p><br/></p><p> </p>mejia-janice/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mejia-janice.htmlCoreJanice MejiaMejiaMIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mejia-janice-t.jpgj-mejia( at )northwestern.edu<p>Dr. Mejia is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences. She also teaches in the Design Thinking and Communication (DTC), Master in Engineering Management (MEM), and College Prep programs. Her research interests focus on mixed methods research in engineering education, curriculum assessment and development, and engineering identity. Prior to teaching at Northwestern, she worked in for-profit and non-profit sectors to optimize technologies, processes, and policies in organizations. </p>mendiratta-veena/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mendiratta-veena.htmlAffiliatedVeena MendirattaMendirattaM- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mendiratta-veena-t.jpgveena.mendiratta( at )northwestern.edumeredig-bryce/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/meredig-bryce.htmlAffiliatedBryce MeredigMeredigMMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/meredig-bryce-t.jpgbmeredig( at )travertinelabs.commeyer-mel/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/meyer-mel.htmlAffiliatedMel MeyerMeyerM- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/meyer-mel-t.jpgmikhelson-ilya/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mikhelson-ilya.htmlCoreIlya MikhelsonMikhelsonMElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mikhelson-ilya-t.jpgi-mikhelson( at )northwestern.edu<p>My main focus is teaching and creating new and improved teaching methodologies. For research, my work focuses on creating technologies to make patients' lives easier, such as non-contact vital sign monitoring and non-invasive continuous blood pressure monitoring. I specialize in signal and image processing, machine learning, and circuit and system design.</p>miksis-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/miksis-michael.htmlCoreMichael J. MiksisMiksisMEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/miksis-michael-t.jpgmiksis( at )northwestern.edu<p>Theoretical and computational fluid mechanics, materials science and biology, and in particular, microfluidics, electrohydrodynamics, and soft matter theory. Asymptotic and perturbation methods, and computational methods</p>miller-lee/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/miller-lee.htmlAffiliatedLee MillerMillerMBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/miller-lee-t.jpglm( at )northwestern.edumiller-william/research-faculty/directory/profiles/miller-william.htmlCoreWilliam M. MillerMillerMChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/miller-william-t.jpgwmmiller( at )northwestern.edumirkin-chad/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mirkin-chad.htmlCoreChad MirkinMirkinMMaterials Science and EngineeringChemical and Biological EngineeringBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mirkin-chad-t.jpgchadnano( at )northwestern.edu<h5><strong>Fundamental and applied nanoscience, nanomaterials, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, nanolithography</strong></h5><p>Our research focuses on developing methods for controlling the architecture of molecules and materials on the 1-100 nm length scale, and utilizing such structures in the development of analytical tools that can be used in the areas of chemical and biological sensing, lithography, catalysis, and optics. Mirkin has pioneered the use of biomolecules as synthons in materials science (colloidal crystal engineering with DNA) and the development of nanoparticle-based biodiagnostics and therapeutics (structural nanomedicine). Many of the concepts and materials developed within his laboratories are now the basis for commercial detection and lithography and materials discovery systems.</p>mitoraj-tom/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mitoraj-tom.htmlAffiliatedTom MitorajMitorajM- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mitoraj-tom-t.jpgmockros-lyle/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mockros-lyle.htmlAffiliatedLyle MockrosMockrosMChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mockros-lyle-t.jpgmohandas-lakshmy/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mohandas-lakshmy.htmlCoreLakshmy MohandasMohandasMUndergraduate Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mohandas-lakshmy-t.jpglakshmy.mohandas( at )northwestern.edumohanty-sidhanth/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mohanty-sidhanth.htmlCoreSidhanth MohantyMohantyMComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mohanty-sidhanth-t.jpgmohseni-hooman/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mohseni-hooman.htmlCoreHooman MohseniMohseniMElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mohseni-hooman-t.jpghmohseni( at )northwestern.edu<p>Research at Mohseni' Group covers the entire gamut of building new quantum optoelectronic sensors with breakthrough performance. Their research includes developing advanced simulations, novel materials, advanced devices, novel nano-fabrication, and breakthrough systems. Real world problems are tackled and advance technologies that show promise for making orders-of-magnitude performance improvements are developed. Their research has made significant impact in many fields spanning from Biology to Astronomy.</p>morimoto-richard/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/morimoto-richard.htmlAffiliatedRichard I MorimotoMorimotoM- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/morimoto-t.jpgr-morimoto( at )northwestern.edumorton-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/morton-david.htmlCoreDavid MortonMortonMIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/morton-david-t.jpgdavid.morton( at )northwestern.edu<p>Stochastic optimization and its application to public health, energy, and security.</p>moskal-joseph/research-faculty/directory/profiles/moskal-joseph.htmlCoreJoseph MoskalMoskalMBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/moskal-joseph-t.jpgj-moskal( at )northwestern.edumozina-tom/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mozina-tom.htmlAffiliatedTom MozinaMozinaMCivil and Environmental Engineeringthomas.mozina( at )perkinswill.commrksich-milan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/mrksich-milan.htmlCoreMilan MrksichMrksichMBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/mrksich-milan-t.jpgmilan.mrksich( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">Welcome to Milan Mrksich's Group and the Laboratory for BioInterface Science and Engineering. My group’s interests overlap chemistry, biology and engineering, with an emphasis on the design and synthesis of materials that are biologically active and in applications of the materials to relevant problems in the biological and medical sciences. Much of our work uses self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiolates on gold to prepare model surfaces that are structurally defined, yet that can have complex compositions and present the ligands in spatially-organized patterns. We pioneered the design of ‘dynamic substrates’ that present ligands whose activities can be switched on and off in response to electrical or optical signals, particularly for studies that address the responses of adherent cells to changes in the extracellular matrix. These mimics of the extracellular matrix have led the way to the discovery of novel ligands that mediate cell adhesion. We have also developed robust surface chemistries for preparing biochip arrays and that are compatible with new analytical methods for analyzing the arrays. For example, we have developed the SAMDI method, which uses mass spectrometry to analyze the arrays, and we have extended this method to the first label-free approach for high throughput screening, to the functional annotation of recently sequenced genes and towards an understanding of the networks that regulate protein acetylation. Finally, a recent program is creating defined systems for exploring biochemical reactions to understand the role that localization of enzymes and substrates play in controlling reaction networks.</p>murnane-kevin/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/murnane-kevin.htmlAffiliatedKevin MurnaneMurnaneMIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/murnane-kevin-t.jpgk-murnane( at )kellogg.northwestern.edumurphey-todd/research-faculty/directory/profiles/murphey-todd.htmlCoreTodd MurpheyMurpheyMMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/murphey-todd-t.jpgt-murphey( at )northwestern.edu<p>Professor Murphey's research focuses on computational methods in data-driven control, information theory in physical systems, and embodied intelligence. Example projects include robotic exploration using mechanical contact, human-in-the-loop control, and shared control.  </p>murphy-robert/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/murphy-robert.htmlAffiliatedRobert MurphyMurphyMBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/murphy-robert-t.jpgr-murphy( at )northwestern.edumurphy-todd/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/murphy-todd.htmlAffiliatedTodd E. MurphyMurphyM- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/murphy-todd-t.jpgtodd-murphy( at )northwestern.edumurray-wendy/research-faculty/directory/profiles/murray-wendy.htmlCoreWendy M. MurrayMurrayMBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/murray-wendy-t.jpgw-murray( at )northwestern.edu<p>The foundation for Dr. Murray’s work is the development of biomechanical models that accurately represent the mechanical actions of the upper extremity muscles. The models and corresponding anatomical databases that Dr. Murray has shared with the scientific community have been cited hundreds of times. The main thrust of her current research is the application of these models to better understand and, ultimately, to help improve function of the disabled upper limb. Her work has relevance over a broad scope, including basic motor control, the design of control systems for exoskeletons and upper limb prosthetics, restoration of hand and arm function following cervical spinal cord injury, rehabilitation of hand and arm function following stroke, orthopaedic interventions, and prevention of injuries in baseball pitching.</p>mussa-ivaldi-ferdinando/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/mussa-ivaldi-ferdinando.htmlAffiliatedFerdinando Mussa-IvaldiMussa-IvaldiMBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/mussa-ivaldi-ferdinando-t.jpgsandro( at )northwestern.edunelson-barry/research-faculty/directory/profiles/nelson-barry.htmlCoreBarry NelsonNelsonNIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/nelson-barry-t.jpgnelsonb( at )northwestern.edunelson-derek/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/nelson-derek.htmlAffiliatedDerek NelsonNelsonN- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/nelson-derek-t.jpgderek.nelson( at )northwestern.edunepomnyashchy-alexander/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/nepomnyashchy-alexander.htmlAffiliatedAlexander NepomnyashchyNepomnyashchyNEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/nepomnyashchy-alexander-t.jpgalexander.nepomnyashchy( at )northwestern.edunie-yu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/nie-yu.htmlCoreYu (Marco) NieNieNCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/nie-yu-t.jpgy-nie( at )northwestern.edu<p>My primary interest is to better understand and predict the behavior of transportation networks, and to formulate new design and control strategies to improve mobility, reliability and sustainability of these systems. Unlike other networks such as communication and social networks, the behavior of a transportation network depends on the interactions between human activities (travel choice and driving behavior), physical characteristics of the infrastructure and network topology. As a result, my analyses of transportation systems take an interdisciplinary approach that draws on tools from optimization, network science, traffic flow theory, economics, and statistics.</p><p>My research covers various aspects of transportation systems analysis, ranging from developing specialized routing algorithms to designing Pareto-improving congestion pricing schemes. Despite their diversity, most problems that I have been working on address research questions that not only are of theoretical interest but also promise relevant real-world impacts.</p>nocedal-jorge/research-faculty/directory/profiles/nocedal-jorge.htmlCoreJorge NocedalNocedalNIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/nocedal-jorge-t.jpgnocedal( at )ece.northwestern.edu<p>Main area of research is optimization, with applications in machine learning, engineering design, and the physical sciences. Research activities range from the design of new algorithms, to their software implementation and mathematical analysis. Areas of emphasis include large scale problems (with millions of variables), optimization under uncertainty, and parallel computing.</p>norman-don/research-faculty/directory/profiles/norman-don.htmlCoreDon NormanNormanNComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/norman-don-t.jpgnorman( at )northwestern.edunotestein-justin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/notestein-justin.htmlCoreJustin M. NotesteinNotesteinNChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/notestein-justin-t.jpgj-notestein( at )northwestern.edu<h5><strong>Catalysis science, energy, materials and nanoscience</strong></h5><p>Catalytic materials are central to most industrial processes. We develop novel designs and syntheses of catalysts, adsorbents, and other functional materials especially for the purpose of more sustainable routes to important chemicals and fuels. We frequently collaborate with industry and national laboratories on such projects. We typically synthesize materials by modifying existing particle or MOF surfaces with organic functionalities (e.g. amines or carboxylates), inorganic complexes (e.g. Mn triazacyclononane, Ta calixarenes) or we build up additional, ultra-thin oxide layers. These groups are intended to control isolated or cooperative active sites consisting of acids, bases, redox groups, metals, and designed cavities in ways that can be difficult to engineer with traditional homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts. The active sites on these new materials are also functional models for spectroscopy and simulation for the development of improved structure-function relationships. It is our guiding hypothesis that increasing control over - and diversity of - the active sites available for heterogeneous catalysts promises to yield new, more selective, and better understood chemical transformations. We have developed supported metal nanoparticle catalysts, oxide catalysts, immobilized molecular catalysts, and nanocavity catalysts. Chemical transformations we have explored include selective oxidation, NO reduction, hydrotreating (hydrodenitrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation), photocatalysis, CO2 photoreduction, carbon capture and conversion, aldol condensation and related reactions, sugar and other biomass conversions, dehydration, decarboxylation, and selective adsorption of butanol and other molecules. An overarching long-term goal is to be able to design systems of active sites on a single surface capable of complex, efficient transformations of challenging molecules, in ways that mimic the connectivity of biological reaction pathways.</p>odderstol-eric/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/odderstol-eric.htmlAffiliatedEric OdderstolOdderstolO- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/odderstol-eric-t.jpgodom-teri/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/odom-teri.htmlAffiliatedTeri OdomOdomOMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/odom-teri-t.jpgtodom( at )northwestern.eduogrenci-seda/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ogrenci-seda.htmlCoreSeda OgrenciOgrenciOElectrical and Computer EngineeringComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ogrenci-seda-t.jpgseda( at )northwestern.edu<p>Design Automation, real-time edge AI/ML for science, thermal aware design of circuits and systems, thermal sensing and cooling systems for high performance systems, power and energy aware memory systems.</p>olds-suzanne/research-faculty/directory/profiles/olds-suzanne.htmlCoreSuzanne OldsOldsOBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/olds-suzanne-t.jpgs-olds( at )northwestern.edu<p>Bioengineering education</p>olmstead-edward/research-faculty/directory/profiles/olmstead-edward.htmlCoreW. E. OlmsteadOlmsteadOEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/olmstead-w-e-t.jpgweo( at )northwestern.edu<p>Reaction-diffusion processes; anomalous diffusion; fluid mechanics; shear localization; bifurcation theory; integral equations; singular perturbations; mathematical finance</p>olsen-kevin/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/olsen-kevin.htmlAffiliatedKevin OlsenOlsenOCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/olsen-kevin-t.jpgkevin.olsen( at )northwestern.eduolson-gregory/research-faculty/directory/profiles/olson-gregory.htmlCoreGregory B. OlsonOlsonOMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/olson-gregory-t.jpgg-olson( at )northwestern.edu<p>We are integrating fundamental principles of processing/structure/property/performance relations within a systems engineering framework. Science-based design produces dynamic, multilevel, structured systems for new materials. Mechanistic models for both displacive martensitic and diffusional precipitation reactions are provided from theoretical and experimental study of first-order phase transformations in model alloy systems. We apply kinetics-based constitutive relations for martensitically transforming materials to numerical modeling of shape memory behaviors and transformation toughening mechanisms in ductile solids. These incorporate interactions with microvoid nucleation processes and plastic flow localization.</p> <p>Our interdisciplinary collaborations include quantum-mechanical investigations of the chemical basis of intergranular fracture resistance. We integrate principles into materials system designs through computational thermodynamics and numerical kinetic modeling. Prototype high-performance alloy steels have demonstrated record property combinations, and the design methodology is now being extended to intermetallic composites, ceramics, and polymers, including biomimetic design concepts.</p> olvera-de-la-cruz-monica/research-faculty/directory/profiles/olvera-de-la-cruz-monica.htmlCoreMonica Olvera de la CruzOlvera de la CruzOMaterials Science and EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/olvera-de-la-cruz-monica-t.jpgm-olvera( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">Research in the Olvera de la Cruz group is centered around the design and control of materials responsive to external stimuli. The group develops models to describe the structure and function of assemblies of heterogeneous molecules including amphiphiles, copolymers, and synthetic and biological polyelectrolytes, as well as multicomponent complex fluids. Work by the group has resulted in a revised model of ionic-driven assembly: demonstrating the electrostatic spontaneous symmetry breaking of ionic fibers and membranes, and identifying its relevance to biological functions and to the design of functional materials. The group's investigations into soft and condensed matter physics have advanced scientific knowledge and opened new research fields of technological importance, including gel electrophoresis dynamics, self-organization of molecular electrolytes into bio-mimetic materials, self-assembly of heterogeneous molecules into complex nanostructures, interface adsorption and segregation dynamics.</p>oneill-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/oneill-david.htmlCoreDavid O'NeillO'NeillOBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/oneill-david-t.jpgdavid.oneill( at )northwestern.eduorourke-eleanor/research-faculty/directory/profiles/orourke-eleanor.htmlCoreEleanor O'RourkeO'RourkeOComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/orourke-eleanor-t.jpgeorourke( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research sits at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, and the Learning Sciences. My interests in this area are broad, but I am particularly excited about designing, building, and studying learning environments that help students develop motivation and effective practices in computer science. Some of my recent projects include: (1) studying how students beliefs and expectations about programming shape their motivation and learning strategies, (2) building AI models to automatically detect moments when students may feel badly about their programming ability as they write code, and (3) designing learner-centered inspection tools to help novice web developers learn from authentic professional websites. I take a deeply interdisciplinary approach in my research, collecting data from a variety of sources (e.g., interviews, observations, surveys, interaction logs, sensors) and applying mixed methods (e.g., design-based research, grounded theory, lab studies, formal experiments) to better understand students and design innovative learning environments. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation and Google.</p>osburn-magdalena/research-faculty/directory/profiles/osburn-magdalena.htmlCoreMagdalena OsburnOsburnOCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/osburn-maggie.jpgmaggie( at )earth.northwestern.eduostojic-marija/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/ostojic-marija.htmlAffiliatedMarija OstojicOstojicO- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/ostojic-marija-t.jpgottino-julio/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ottino-julio.htmlCoreJulio M. OttinoOttinoOChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ottino-julio-t.jpgjm-ottino( at )northwestern.edu<h5><strong>Complex systems, dynamics of granular matter, mixing and segregation</strong></h5> <p>Current topics of interest include investigations of a broad class of problems where there is a competition between order and disorder, such as in mixing and segregation of granular matter or fluid mixing and, more generally, problems in the realm of complex systems involving tools such as agent-based models and network theory.</p> <p>The interest in basic understanding of mixing lies in the ubiquity of mixing processes in technology and nature; examples are found in chemical, mechanical, and aeronautical engineering, but also in geophysics, physiology, oceanography, polymer engineering, and environmental sciences.</p> <p>The work in granular dynamics involves a blend of theory, computations, and experimental work that reaches into applications. While important to a wide range of industries, our understanding of solid mixing and segregation is primitive. Some key questions we are currently addressing are: What features of mixing can be predicted computationally? What causes demixing and how it interplays with mixing? How can mixing be optimized?</p> <p><strong>Prospective students should take a look at the book <em>ArtScience: Creativity in the post-Google Generation</em> by David Edwards. It provides an intriguing view of Dean Ottino as artist and scientist</strong></p>ozturk-yusuf/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/ozturk-yusuf.htmlAffiliatedYusuf OzturkOzturkOElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/ozturk-yusuf-t.jpgyusuf.ozturk( at )northwestern.edupackman-aaron/research-faculty/directory/profiles/packman-aaron.htmlCoreAaron I. PackmanPackmanPCivil and Environmental EngineeringMechanical EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/packman-aaron-t.jpga-packman( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My research focuses on water, sediments, and microorganisms, particularly the intersection of physical transport processes with biological and biogeochemical processes. I seek to understand the role of environmental interfaces in water system dynamics, including the surface-groundwater interface, fluid-particle interactions, and surface-attached microbial communities (biofilms). My work is highly collaborative and encompasses fluid mechanics, particle transport and morphodynamics, aquatic chemistry, microbiology, and public health. Important applications include water resources sustainability, urban flooding, nutrient and carbon cycling, contaminant transport, ecosystem degradation and restoration, waterborne disease transmission, and wastewater-based epidemiology.</span></p>paolini-josh/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/paolini-josh.htmlAffiliatedJosh PaoliniPaoliniP- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/paolini-josh-t.jpgjoshua.paolini( at )northwestern.edupappas-thrasos/research-faculty/directory/profiles/pappas-thrasos.htmlCoreThrasyvoulos (Thrasos) N. PappasPappasPElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/pappas-thrasos-t.jpgt-pappas( at )northwestern.edu<p>The research interests of Prof. Pappas are in human perception and electronic media, and in particular, image quality and compression, image analysis, content-based retrieval, model-based halftoning, and tactile and multimodal interfaces.</p>pardo-bryan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/pardo-bryan.htmlCoreBryan PardoPardoPComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/pardo-bryan-t.jpgpardo( at )northwestern.edu<p>In addition to being co-director of the Northwestern University <a href="https://hci.northwestern.edu/people/faculty-postdoc-researchers.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design</a>, I head the <a href="https://interactiveaudiolab.github.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interactive Audio Lab</a>. We develop new methods in Generative Modeling, Signal Processing and Human Computer Interaction to make new tools for understanding, creating, and manipulating sound. Ongoing research in the lab is applied to generation of music and speech, audio scene labeling, audio source separation, inclusive interfaces, new audio production tools, and machine audition models.</p>park-kyoo-chul/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/park-kyoo-chul.htmlAffiliatedK.-C. Kenneth ParkParkPMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/park-kyoo-chul-tn.jpgkpark( at )northwestern.eduparrish-todd/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/parrish-todd.htmlAffiliatedTodd ParrishParrishPBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/parrish-todd-t.jpgtoddp( at )northwestern.edupasechnik-dmitrii/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/pasechnik-dmitrii.htmlAffiliatedDmitrii PasechnikPasechnikPComputer Sciencedmitrii.pasechnik( at )northwestern.edupatankar-neelesh/research-faculty/directory/profiles/patankar-neelesh.htmlCoreNeelesh A. PatankarPatankarPMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/patankar-neelesh-t.jpgn-patankar( at )northwestern.edu<p>Patankar group research is focused on three primary missions: First, to develop fully resolved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques for fluid-structure interaction problems. Second, to use theory and CFD to understand organ physiology (esophagus, aorta, lungs, urethra/ureter, uterus), and to bring mechanics-based analyses and diagnostic tools into clinical practice. Third, to establish the foundational science of controlling phase (anti-icing, anti-frosting, boiling, condensation, non-wetting supehydrophobic surfaces) using surface roughness and chemistry.</p>peavler-kate /research-faculty/directory/affiliated/peavler-kate .htmlAffiliatedKate PeavlerPeavlerP- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/peavler-kate-t.jpgperreault-eric/research-faculty/directory/profiles/perreault-eric.htmlCoreEric J. PerreaultPerreaultPBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/perreault-eric-t.jpge-perreault( at )northwestern.edu<p>Research in our group focuses on understanding the neural and biomechanical factors involved in the normal control of multi-joint movement and posture and how these factors are modified following neuromotor pathologies such as stroke and spinal cord injury. The goal of this research is to provide a scientific basis for understanding normal and pathological motor control that can be used to guide rehabilitative strategies and user interface development for restoring function to individuals with motor deficits. A combination of experimentation, computer simulations, and machine learning is being used to achieve this goal. </p>perry-ohad/research-faculty/directory/profiles/perry-ohad.htmlCoreOhad PerryPerryPIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/perry-ohad-t.jpgohad.perry( at )northwestern.edu<p>Stochastic models and applied probability; Performance analysis and control of queuing and inventory models</p><p>arising in service and healthcare systems</p>peshkin-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/peshkin-michael.htmlCoreMichael A. PeshkinPeshkinPMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/peshkin-michael-t.jpgpeshkin( at )northwestern.edu<p>Robotics, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cobots</a>, surface haptics, human-machine interface, bioinspired electrosense, sensors and actuators.</p>peterson-scott/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/peterson-scott.htmlAffiliatedScott PetersonPetersonP- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/peterson-scott.jpgpetrov-plamen/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/petrov-plamen.htmlAffiliatedPlamen PetrovPetrovPIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/petrov-plamen-faculty.jpgplamen.petrov( at )yahoo.comphatak-charudatta/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/phatak-charudatta.htmlAffiliatedCharudatta PhatakPhatakPMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/phatak-charudatta-t.jpgcd( at )anl.govpigozzi-laura/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/pigozzi-laura.htmlAffiliatedLaura PigozziPigozziP- Select one -laura.pigozzi( at )northwestern.eduplonus-martin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/plonus-martin.htmlCoreMartin PlonusPlonusPElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/plonus-martin-t.jpgplonus( at )northwestern.edupolzin-alexander/research-faculty/directory/profiles/polzin-alexander.htmlCoreAlexander PolzinPolzinP- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/polzin-alexander-t.jpgalexander.polzin( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(81, 90, 97);">His research focuses on sustainability transitions, design human-environment interactions, and accounting for & valuing the natural environment.</span></p>pop-rebeca/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/pop-rebeca.htmlAffiliatedRebeca PopPopPIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/pop-rebeca-t.jpgrebeca.pop( at )northwestern.eduprindle-arthur/research-faculty/directory/profiles/prindle-arthur.htmlCoreArthur PrindlePrindlePChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/prindle-arthur-t.jpgarthur.prindle( at )northwestern.edu<p>We are interested in understanding how molecular and cellular interactions give rise to collective behaviors in microbial communities. We use synthetic biology, quantitative microscopy, and microfluidics to directly investigate the molecular mechanisms behind how cells communicate across broad spatial and temporal scales. Our goal is to apply these principles to develop new synthetic biology approaches to biomedical problems through microbiome engineering.</p>pujari-ashish/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/pujari-ashish.htmlAffiliatedAshish PujariPujariP- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/pujari-ashish-t.jpgapujari( at )northwestern.eduracz-miklos/research-faculty/directory/profiles/racz-miklos.htmlCoreMiklos RaczRaczRComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/racz-miklos-t.png<p>My research interests lie broadly at the interface of probability, statistics, computer science, and information theory, with a focus on combinatorial statistics, discrete probability, and applied probability. The bulk of my work studies statistical inference questions on large random discrete structures such as random graphs. These include inferring the past in randomly growing graphs, inferring latent geometry in high-dimensional random geometric graphs, graph matching problems in correlated random graphs, and community detection. I am also interested in, and have worked on, social networks, dynamics on networks, voting, sequence reconstruction, and DNA data storage.</p>rad-laleh/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rad-laleh.htmlCoreLaleh RadRadRBiomedical EngineeringElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/rad-laleh-t.jpglaleh.rad1( at )northwestern.edu<p>My lab focuses on application of computational modeling in medical imaging and medical device instrumentation. We are particularly interested in simulation-guided assessment and enhancement of safety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with implants, including but not limited to those with neuromodulation devices (such as deep brain stimulation systems) and cardiovascular electronic devices. We work hand in hand with major MRI vendors (Siemens) medical device companies (Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic), FDA regulatory experts, and clinicians to devise novel surgical and technological methodologies to enhance safety of MRI in pediatric and adult patient populations with medical implants.</p><p><br/></p><p>We are also interested in application of computational modeling and advanced neuroimaging to evaluate and guide neuromodulation therapies, with a focus on deep brain stimulation (DBS). Specifically, we create image-based patient-specific models of head and brain and use biophysical models of neural stimulation to quantify and optimize DBS therapeutic protocols.</p>rahimi-morteza/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rahimi-morteza.htmlCoreMorteza Amir RahimiRahimiRComputer ScienceElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/rahimi-morteza-t.jpgmarahimi( at )northwestern.edu<p>Analytics; system infrastructure design and operations, large scale software projects, and IT policy and management</p>rajpurkar-amar/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/rajpurkar-amar.htmlAffiliatedAmar RajpurkarRajpurkarR- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/rajpurkar-amar-t.jpgrangel-cy/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/rangel-cy.htmlAffiliatedCy RangelRangelR- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/rangel-cy-t.jpgranieri-damon/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/ranieri-damon.htmlAffiliatedDamon RanieriRanieriR- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/ranieri-damon-t.jpgrazeghi-manijeh/research-faculty/directory/profiles/razeghi-manijeh.htmlCoreManijeh RazeghiRazeghiRElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/razeghi-manijeh-t.jpgrazeghi( at )northwestern.edu<p>Since its founding in 1992, the Center for Quantum Devices at Northwestern University has evolved from only a mere vision into a concrete world-class research laboratory, with the mission to pursue academic excellence and high-level research in compound Quantum semiconductor science and nanotechnology.</p><p>Advancing the frontiers in this cutting-edge scientific field is an exciting and challenging adventure, for which the Center has assembled a strong team of graduate and undergraduate students, research scientists and professors with diverse backgrounds, working within the Center's <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">unique state-of-the-art research facility</a>. The creativity and ingenuity of this strong team has proved successful in solving the many scientific issues encountered on a daily basis, achieving a number of breakthroughs and staying ahead of competition. At the same time, as an integral part of a high-level educational institution, the Center has been educating and training future leaders for both academia and industry.</p><p>The scientific research has involved developing an understanding of the physics of new semiconductor crystals for novel applications and realizing advanced semiconductor Quantum devices such as lasers, photodetectors, transistors, waveguides and switches. This entails a multidisciplinary combination of solid state physics, quantum mechanics, electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering and materials science, as well as a strong collaborative effort between Academia, Industry, and National Laboratories. A strong testimony of the success of this endeavor has been the consistent support of several industrial corporations and government agencies from the Department of Defense to push forward the science and nanotechnology of compound semiconductor optoelectronic and quantum devices at the Center.</p><p>The research activity involves a wide range of challenging scientific topics, including <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/nitride.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ultraviolet and visible devices based on III-Nitride semiconductors</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/alfree.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">aluminum-free InGaAsP/GaAs lasers emitting at 980 nm and 808 nm</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/antimony.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">antimony based high power 3-5 μm lasers</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/qcl.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">uncooled infrared (3-16 μm) quantum cascade lasers</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/qwip.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIP)</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/qcl.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Type-II superlattice based infrared detectors</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/inassb.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the development of uncooled InAsSb photodetector technology</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/intlasbisb.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">InTlAsBiSb detector technology</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/qdots.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> self assembled quantum dot devices</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/research/ebeam.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">and nanotechnology using electron-beam lithography</a>. In all these fields, the Center's research work has been the world's first or best, and has resulted in 725<a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/pubs/journals.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> publications</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/pubs/books.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">20 books</a> and 34<a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/pubs/chapters.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> book chapters</a>, <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/pubs/confs.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">667 conference presentations, lectures, plenary and invited talks, and organization of international conferences</a>. In addition, 60<a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/pubs/patents.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> patents </a> have been awarded or are currently pending, and <a href="http://cqd.ece.northwestern.edu/people/awards.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">152 prestigious recognition awards</a> have been bestowed upon Center members.</p>reindel-neil/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/reindel-neil.htmlAffiliatedNeil ReindelReindelRCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/reindel-neil-t.jpgneil.reindel( at )perkinswill.comrhee-chang-han/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rhee-chang-han.htmlCoreChang-Han RheeRheeRIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/rhee-chang-han-t.jpgchang-han.rhee( at )northwestern.edu<p>Applied and Theoretical Probability, Stochastic Simulation, Experimental Design, Theoretical Foundation of Artificial Intelligence</p>richards-jeffrey/research-faculty/directory/profiles/richards-jeffrey.htmlCoreJeffrey RichardsRichardsRChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/richards-jeff-thumbnail.jpgjeffrey.richards( at )northwestern.edu<p>The Richards laboratory seeks to develop relationships linking the microscopic structure of multicomponent soft materials to their macroscopic properties. We are interested in exploiting these relationships to develop new materials that facilitate the generation, storage and transport of electrical charge and energy. These materials form the basis of emerging technologies that address challenges associated with the transition to a renewable energy driven infrastructure.</p>richter-claus-peter/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/richter-claus-peter.htmlAffiliatedClaus-Peter RichterRichterRBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/richter-claus-peter-t.jpgriecke-hermann/research-faculty/directory/profiles/riecke-hermann.htmlCoreHermann RieckeRieckeREngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/riecke-hermann-t.jpgh-riecke( at )northwestern.edu<p>Our research interests are mostly in the area of computational neuroscience. One focus are plasticity mechanisms and how they restructure neuronal networks. We are particularly fascinated by the role of feedback from higher brain areas in the restructuring of networks and the information processing performed by the networks resulting from it, as it is observed in the olfactory system. To gain insight into these phenomena we investigate predominantly networks of simplified neuron models. Another focus is the coherent dynamics of networks of simple and more complex neurons, which underlie the rhythmic activity observed in many brain areas. We are particularly interested in the interaction of these emerging rhythms and the paradoxical response they can exhibit, which is opposite to that of the individual neurons making up the rhythm. In work on the visual system we have focused on biophysically detailed neuron models for neurons in the retina and on the development of visual cortex V1.</p><p> </p><p>A second area of interest has been the study of spatially extended dynamical systems with focus on pattern formation. Specific topics investigated have been bifurcation theory with symmetry, spatially localized patterns, complex patterns, and spatio-temporal chaos.</p>riesbeck-chris/research-faculty/directory/profiles/riesbeck-chris.htmlCoreChris RiesbeckRiesbeckRComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/riesbeck-chris-t.jpgc-riesbeck( at )northwestern.edu<p>Agile software development. Technology-enabled educational reform. Experiential knowledge-based language understanding and reasoning.</p>rivnay-jonathan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rivnay-jonathan.htmlCoreJonathan RivnayRivnayRBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/rivnay-jonathan-t.jpgjrivnay( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-center">The Rivnay group engineers organic and biohybrid bioelectronic materials, devices and systems for interfacing between the complex world of biology and traditional optoelectronics. Our interests involve understanding the unique active properties of organic (small molecule and polymeric) materials, including mixed ionic-electronic conduction and actuation and utilizing their strengths for sensing/stimulation in biomedical settings. Recent efforts include biohybrid devices that combine strengths of synthetic biology with those of bioelectronics, resulting in systems that extend what is possible in sensing and actuation/therapy. Our interests range from fundamentals of materials and interfaces to devices and systems, with applications targets in diagnostics, therapeutics, rehabilitation and regeneration of tissues.</p>roberts-kenneth/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/roberts-kenneth.htmlAffiliatedKenneth RobertsRobertsR- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/roberts-kenneth-t.jpgrogers-jennie/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rogers-jennie.htmlCoreJennie M. RogersRogersRComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/rogers-jennie-t.jpgjennie( at )northwestern.edu<p>Trustworthy database systems, secure data sharing, privacy-preserving analytics, database query optimization, personal use of big data, data science, database performance.</p>rogers-john/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rogers-john.htmlCoreJohn RogersRogersRMaterials Science and EngineeringBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/rogers-john-t.jpgjrogers( at )northwestern.edu<p>We seek to understand and exploit interesting characteristics of 'soft' materials, such as polymers, liquid crystals, and biological tissues as well as hybrid combinations of them with unusual classes of micro/nanomaterials, in the form of ribbons, wires, membranes, tubes or related. Our aim is to control and induce novel electronic and photonic responses in these materials; we also develop new 'soft lithographic' and biomimetic approaches for patterning them and guiding their growth. This work combines fundamental studies with forward-looking engineering efforts in a way that promotes positive feedback between the two. Our current research focuses on soft materials for conformal electronics, nanophotonic structures, microfluidic devices, and microelectromechanical systems, all lately with an emphasis on bio-inspired and bio-integrated technologies. These efforts are highly multidisciplinary, and combine expertise from nearly every traditional field of technical study.</p>rondinelli-james/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rondinelli-james.htmlCoreJames RondinelliRondinelliRMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/rondinelli-james-t.jpgjrondinelli( at )northwestern.edu<p><strong><em>Rondinelli</em></strong> leads the Materials Theory and Design group at Northwestern University (NU), which consists of 1 research assistant professor, 2 research associates, 2 postdoctoral fellow, 14 PhD students, 1 MS student, and 2 undergraduate researchers. The group's work is distinguished by pioneering electronic structure theory models that build functionality atom-by-atom, enabling the predictive design of materials for transformative applications in structural, microelectronic, and quantum technologies. His group focuses on transition-metal compounds, alloys, and molecules,</p><p class="ql-align-justify">uncovering picoscale structure–property relationships to engineer their behavior. By integrating electronic structure theory, multiscale simulations, and AI/machine learning, his team addresses grand challenges in materials physics for structural, microelectronic, and quantum information systems technologies in close collaboration with experimentalists.</p>rotta-loria-alessandro/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rotta-loria-alessandro.htmlCoreAlessandro Rotta LoriaRotta LoriaRCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/rotta-loria-alessandro-t.jpgaf-rottaloria( at )northwestern.edu<p><em>Subsurface innovation via science and engineering</em>. My work lies at the intersection of Mechanics, Energy, and Electrochemistry, focusing on the subsurface. By harnessing theoretical, computational, and experimental studies, I address temporal problems lasting from seconds to decades and spatial problems ranging from soil particles to cities. My overarching objective is to develop a fundamental understanding of the impacts of energy transfers on the structure-property relationship of geological and granular materials, which form the backbone of the subsurface. This work aims to address pressing challenges and opportunities for cities and territories: from subsurface urban heat islands to sea-level change, and from geological energy harvesting and storage to sustainable construction and preservation of infrastructure. Through these efforts, I strive to foster the renewable energy transition, decarbonize the construction sector, innovate infrastructure, and conserve the natural and built environments with underground solutions.</p>rubenstein-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rubenstein-michael.htmlCoreMichael RubensteinRubensteinRComputer ScienceMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/rubenstein-michael1-t.jpgrubenstein( at )northwestern.edu<p> My research interest is to advance the control and design of multi-robot systems, enabling their use instead of traditional single robots and to solve problems for which traditional robots are not suitable. Using these multi-robot systems can offer more parallelism, adaptability, and fault tolerance when compared to a traditional single robot. I am also interested in investigating how new technologies will allow for more capable multi-robot systems, and how these technologies impact the design of multi-robot algorithms, especially as these systems begin to number in the hundreds, thousands, or even millions of robots.</p>rudnicki-john/research-faculty/directory/profiles/rudnicki-john.htmlCoreJohn RudnickiRudnickiRCivil and Environmental EngineeringMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/rudnicki-john-t.jpgjwrudn( at )northwestern.edu<p>Inelastic behavior and failure of geomaterials, particularly deformation instabilities in brittle rocks and granular media, including their interactions with pore fluids, with applications to fault instability, quantification of energy radiation from earthquakes and environment- and resource-related geomechanics. Mechanics of rat whiskers.</p>rydland-kelsey/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/rydland-kelsey.htmlAffiliatedKelsey RydlandRydlandRCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/rydland-kelsey-t.jpgkelsey.rydland( at )northwestern.edurymer-william/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/rymer-william.htmlAffiliatedWilliam RymerRymerRBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/rymer-williwam-t.jpgw-rymer( at )northwestern.eduryskin-gregory/research-faculty/directory/profiles/ryskin-gregory.htmlCoreGregory RyskinRyskinRChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/ryskin-gregory-t.jpg<p>My research interests continue to evolve. The earlier papers listed here are concerned with fluid dynamics, polymer physics, Brownian motion, liquid crystals, and stochastic processes. I became interested in geology and geophysics in 2000. My current research is focused on cosmology.</p>sahakian-alan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/sahakian-alan.htmlCoreAlan V. SahakianSahakianSElectrical and Computer EngineeringBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/sahakian-alan-t.jpga-sahakian( at )northwestern.edu<p>Cardiac electrophysiology, in particular the mechanisms, monitoring and automatic diagnosis and treatment of the atrial cardiac arrhythmias. Irreversible electroporation methods for ablating cancerous tumors including non-resectable liver and pancreatic cancer. RF ablation for establishing cancer-free post-lumpectomy margins. Non-contact vital signs monitoring using millimeter-wave and other remote sensing methods. Beyond-CMOS logic realizations including spintronics, magneto-resistive devices and circuits and all-carbon logic.</p><p> </p>santucci-carlo/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/santucci-carlo.htmlAffiliatedCarlo SantucciSantucciS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/santucci-carlo-t.jpgsantucci-joseph/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/santucci-joseph.htmlAffiliatedJoseph C. SantucciSantucciS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/santucci-joseph-t.jpgsargent-ted/research-faculty/directory/profiles/sargent-ted.htmlCoreTed SargentSargentSElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/sargent-ted-t.pngted.sargent( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(52, 47, 46);">We advance and deploy materials chemistry and the physical chemistry of materials and surfaces towards three missions:</span></p><ol><li>Capturing and utilizing CO2 in order to make efficient CO2-recycling fuels and CO2-sequestering materials.</li><li>Advancing the performance and the underlying science of high-efficiency solar cells, including perovskite tandem solar cells.</li><li>Developing sensors, such as for the infrared wavelengths, that exceed in performance that of existing photodetecting materials and devices.</li></ol><p>We rely on computational materials science and computational chemistry; AI/ML; the inorganic and hybrid organic-inorganic materials synthesis, physical chemistry, as well as applied physics, in the pursuit of these goals.</p>schatz-george/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/schatz-george.htmlAffiliatedGeorge SchatzSchatzSChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/schatz-george-t.jpgg-schatz( at )northwestern.eduscheuermann-peter/research-faculty/directory/profiles/scheuermann-peter.htmlCorePeter ScheuermannScheuermannSComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/scheuermann-peter-t.jpgp-scheuermann( at )northwestern.edu<p>Physical database design; parallel I/O systems; distributed and federated database systems; web caching and replication; data mining; mobile computing</p>schofer-joseph/research-faculty/directory/profiles/schofer-joseph.htmlCoreJoseph L. SchoferSchoferSCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/schofer-joseph-t.jpgj-schofer( at )northwestern.eduschuh-christopher/research-faculty/directory/profiles/schuh-christopher.htmlCoreChristopher SchuhSchuhSMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/schuh-christopher-t.pngschuh( at )northwestern.eduschweitzer-neil/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/schweitzer-neil.htmlAffiliatedNeil SchweitzerSchweitzerSChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/schweitzer-neil-t.jpgneil.schweitzer( at )northwestern.eduscott-evan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/scott-evan.htmlAffiliatedEvan ScottScottSBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/scott-evan-t.jpgevan.scott( at )northwestern.eduseidman-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/seidman-david.htmlCoreDavid SeidmanSeidmanSMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/seidman-david-t.jpgd-seidman( at )northwestern.eduseiler-richard/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/seiler-richard.htmlAffiliatedRichard SeilerSeilerS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/seiler-richard.jpgrichard.seiler( at )northwestern.eduseitz-linsey/research-faculty/directory/profiles/seitz-linsey.htmlCoreLinsey SeitzSeitzSChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/seitz-linsey-t.jpglinsey.seitz( at )northwestern.edu<p><strong><em>Electrocatalysis and Spectroscopy Group</em></strong></p><p><br/></p><p>The <strong>Seitz Lab</strong> sits at the intersection of fundamental electrochemistry, materials science, and reactor engineering. We seek fundamental understanding and drive innovative outcomes through creative materials and reactor design, as well as development and application advanced characterization techniques. With our work, we aim to revolutionize the trillion-dollar fuels and chemicals industries by developing the next generation of electrocatalytic systems powered by renewable electricity.</p><p> </p><p>Our approach spans the entire developmental pipeline: from fundamental material synthesis and systematic electrode fabrication to applied device assembly and full-system integration. We move beyond traditional "static" material design, instead focusing on the <strong>dynamic nature of catalysts</strong> as they exist and evolve under real-world operating conditions. Our work also builds, refines, and leverages electrochemical and <strong><em>operando </em>spectroscopy</strong> tools that uncover unique insights into a range of complex chemistries and systems, including water electrolysis, hydrogen peroxide production, selective organic oxidation, and carboxylation. </p>semb-david/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/semb-david.htmlAffiliatedDavid SembSembS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/semb-david-t.jpgd-semb( at )northwestern.edusensenig-joel/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/sensenig-joel.htmlAffiliatedJoel SensenigSensenigS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/sensenig-joel-t.jpgshafique-amjed/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/shafique-amjed.htmlAffiliatedAmjed ShafiqueShafiqueSIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/shafique-amjed.jpgAmjed.shafique( at )northwestern.edushah-birju/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/shah-birju.htmlAffiliatedBirju ShahShahSIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/shah-birju-t.jpgbirju.shah( at )northwestern.edushahriar-selim/research-faculty/directory/profiles/shahriar-selim.htmlCoreSelim ShahriarShahriarSElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/shariar-selim-t.jpgshahriar( at )northwestern.edu<p>Superluminal ring lasers for rotation sensing, accelerometry, vibrometry and gravitational wave detection; White light cavity based on fast light for data buffering and gravitational wave detection; Low light level optical switching with nano-fibers; Quantum communication and quantum computing with atomic ensembles; Analog and digital holographic high speed recognition of images and video clips in scale, rotation and shift invariant manner; Polarimetric imaging using high speed atomic polarizer and waveplate; Collective state atomic interferometry and collective state atomic clock; Chip scale vapor atomic clock and compact cold atom Raman clock; Nanolithography using BEC; High-speed; High-speed optical modulation using buffer-gas loaded atomic vapor; Graphene based electronics; Plasmonics enhanced novel light sources; Spin-squeezed precision metrology; Dark matter search; search for violation of the equivalence principle; Testing violation of quantum linearity induced by gravitational self-energy, </p>shah-surendra/research-faculty/directory/profiles/shah-surendra.htmlCoreSurendra P. ShahShahSCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/shah-surenda-t.jpgs-shah( at )northwestern.edusharma-arun/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/sharma-arun.htmlAffiliatedArun SharmaSharmaSBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/sharma-arun-t.jpgarun-sharma( at )northwestern.edushaw-kelsey/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/shaw-kelsey.htmlAffiliatedKelsey ShawShawS- Select one -shi-naichen/research-faculty/directory/profiles/shi-naichen.htmlCoreNaichen ShiShiSIndustrial Engineering and Management SciencesMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/shi-naichen-t.jpgnaichen.shi( at )northwestern.edu<p>Dr. Shi leads the Integrative Artificial Intelligence Lab, which advances integrative and generative AI methods for aligning heterogeneous data and knowledge across complex engineering systems, particularly in advanced manufacturing.</p>shrinivas-krishna/research-faculty/directory/profiles/shrinivas-krishna.htmlCoreKrishna ShrinivasShrinivasSChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/shrinivas-krishna-t.jpgkrishna( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: black;">Living cells are dynamic, constantly changing, complex, squishy, and utterly remarkable in what they can achieve. The vision of the Shrinivas lab is to develop computational frameworks to predict and engineer the processes that power life at the molecular and cellular scales. To do this, we have to adopt an interdisciplinary approach - bridging ideas across biology, physics, machine learning, and engineering to decipher fundamental scientific mechanisms while also pursuing translational and engineering applications. </span></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="color: black;">This approach is further bolstered by our lab's extensive Chicago ties (Cell and Dev Bio at NU Medical School, Eng. Sciences and Applied Math, Center for Synthetic Biology, National Institute for Theory and Math in Biology) and broader collaborations with scientists across the country. </span></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="color: black;">A sampling of the lab's current directions include:</span></p><ul><li><span style="color: black;">Probing mechanisms of genome organization and gene regulation.</span></li><li><span style="color: black;">Developing physics-centered ML/AI approaches for design of biomolecules and organelles in health and disease.</span></li><li><span style="color: black;">Fundamental statistical physics of soft, multiphase, and active matter.</span></li><li><span style="color: black;">Exploring computation and learning in biological and physical systems.</span></li></ul>shull-kenneth/research-faculty/directory/profiles/shull-kenneth.htmlCoreKenneth ShullShullSMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/shull-kenneth-t.jpgk-shull( at )northwestern.edu<p>We use fundamental understandings of polymer physics to explore the self-assembly, mechanics, and applications of soft materials. While we are often interested in the direct characterization of materials on the nanometer scale, much of our experimental work probes the “meso” scales that exist between the ‘nanoscopic’ level and the bulk, macroscopic level. Our aim is to understand how molecular processes affect observable bulk properties. We seek to develop a deep fundamental understanding of the physical behavior of polymeric materials, and ultimately use that knowledge both to enhance current applications of advanced materials, and to introduce new applications.</p>sido-kevin/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/sido-kevin.htmlAffiliatedKevin SidoSidoS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/sido-kevin-t.jpgsinclair-sean/research-faculty/directory/profiles/sinclair-sean.htmlCoreSean SinclairSinclairSIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/sean-sinclair-t.jpgsean.sinclair( at )northwestern.edu<p>Sean Sinclair is interested in developing algorithms for data-driven sequential decision-making with applications to societal systems. His research bridges algorithmic techniques in reinforcement learning with an operations management perspective, addressing challenges in data uncertainty, model design, and multi-objective trade-offs. His recent work includes instance-specific optimal regret guarantees for nonparametric reinforcement learning, Pareto-optimal fair resource allocation, and data-efficient algorithms for cloud compute allocation. He also emphasizes empirical analysis by designing open-source tools to evaluate the multi-criteria performance of these algorithms.</p>skender-mark/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/skender-mark.htmlAffiliatedMark SkenderSkenderS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/skender-mark-t.jpgsmilowitz-karen/research-faculty/directory/profiles/smilowitz-karen.htmlCoreKaren SmilowitzSmilowitzSIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/smilowitz-karen-t.jpgksmilowitz( at )northwestern.edusmith-kaitlin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/smith-kaitlin.htmlCoreKate SmithSmithSComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/smith-kate-t.jpgkns( at )northwestern.edusnurr-randall/research-faculty/directory/profiles/snurr-randall.htmlCoreRandall Q. SnurrSnurrSChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/snurr-randall-t.jpgsnurr( at )northwestern.edu<p class="ql-align-justify">Our research is focused on developing new nanoporous materials to solve important problems related to energy and sustainability. We have made important contributions in developing materials for hydrogen storage for cleaner vehicles, CO₂ capture, energy-efficient adsorption separations, and atmospheric water harvesting. Some of our current work focuses on capture of PFAS and other pollutants from water. In the area of catalysis, we have worked on improved solid acid catalysts, selective oxidation, and destruction of chemical warfare agents by hydrolysis. The primary tools in our research are ab initio calculations (especially density functional theory); molecular simulations, including Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics; multiscale modeling; and machine learning. Our group has developed open-source software and publicly available databases used by research groups around the world.</p><p>Much of our work focuses on metal-organic framework (MOF) materials, which are synthesized in a building block approach from metal "nodes" and organic "linker" molecules. An exciting feature of MOFs is their modular chemistry, which means that, by judicious choice of building blocks, their properties can be exquisitely tuned for desired applications. The vast space of materials has created exciting opportunities for many applications of MOFs, but it has also created a challenge: how do we rapidly identify the most promising materials among the millions of possibilities for a particular application? Because experimental trial-and-error is slow and expensive, we have developed an array of computational tools to solve this important over-arching problem. For example, we have developed methods to generate thousands of MOFs on the computer and to evaluate their properties in a high-throughput manner. In one of our earliest demonstrations of this approach, we generated over 100,000 MOFs on the computer and screened them computationally to find promising materials for storing natural gas on vehicles. One of the top performing materials was synthesized and tested by collaborators, and its performance agreed well with the predictions, validating the computational approach. More recently, we have developed machine learning (ML) methods to further accelerate their computational screening.</p>snyder-gerald/research-faculty/directory/profiles/snyder-gerald.htmlCoreG. Jeffrey SnyderSnyderSMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/snyder-jeffrey-t.jpgjeff.snyder( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">New Permanent Magnets.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Characterization and analysis of electrical and thermal interface resistance in semiconductors. Grain boundary complexion engineering for high thermoelectric performance</span>; band structure engineering of thermoelectric materials; zintl materials for thermoelectric power generation; solid-state physics and themodynamics of thermoelectric materials; thermoelectric engineering; transport measurements at elevated temperatures; energy efficiency.</p>snyder-seth/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/snyder-seth.htmlAffiliatedSeth W. SnyderSnyderSMechanical EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/snyder-seth-t.jpgseth.snyder( at )northwestern.edusoffer-robin/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/soffer-robin.htmlAffiliatedRobin SofferSofferS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/soffer-robin-t.jpgr-soffer( at )northwestern.edusohrab-siavash/research-faculty/directory/profiles/sohrab-siavash.htmlCoreSiavash SohrabSohrabSMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/sohrab-siavash-t.jpgs-sohrab( at )northwestern.edusood-owsley-sara/research-faculty/directory/profiles/sood-owsley-sara.htmlCoreSara Owsley SoodSood SComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/sood-sara-t.jpgsara( at )northwestern.edusorice-cory/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/sorice-cory.htmlAffiliatedCory SoriceSoriceSIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/sorice-cory-t.jpgcory.sorice( at )northwestern.edusrivathsa-karthik/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/srivathsa-karthik.htmlAffiliatedKarthik SrivathsaSrivathsaSIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/srivathsa-karthik-t.jpgkarthik.srivathsa( at )northwestern.edustair-kathleen/research-faculty/directory/profiles/stair-kathleen.htmlCoreKathleen A. StairStairSMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/stair-kathleen-t.jpgkstair( at )northwestern.edu<p>Undergraduate materials education; laboratory instruction; undergraduate advising; materials education and outreach; materials characterization; molecular beam epitaxy</p><p> </p>st-amour-vincent/research-faculty/directory/profiles/st-amour-vincent.htmlCoreVincent St-AmourSt-AmourSComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/st-amour-vincent-t.jpgstamourv( at )northwestern.edu<p>I teach in the intro sequence (Comp Sci 214: Data Structures) as well as senior-level software engineering classes (Comp Sci 387: Responsible Software Engineering, Comp Sci 388: Software Engineering Beyond Programming).</p>stathopoulos-amanda/research-faculty/directory/profiles/stathopoulos-amanda.htmlCoreAmanda StathopoulosStathopoulosSCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/stathopoulos-amanda-t.jpga-stathopoulos( at )northwestern.edu<p>Dr. Stathopoulos’ research pushes the boundaries of <strong>human-centered sustainable mobility</strong>, bringing critical attention to the behavioral, social, and experiential dimensions that shape transportation systems. Her work uncovers how the lifestyles, values, mental models, and shifting priorities of travelers and decision‑makers influence the adoption of sustainable practices, and how these behavioral levers can be activated to align with long-term environmental and societal goals.</p><p>Her methodological toolkit spans discrete choice modeling, advanced statistical and factor analysis, qualitative fieldwork, co-created focus groups, large-scale surveys, and operational data mining. She develops innovative methods for data collection and behavioral modeling that extend beyond traditional economic frameworks—integrating social determinants, environmental concern, user experience, engagement, and simplified decision heuristics that people actually use in daily life.</p><p><br/></p><p>By layering these richer dimensions of human motivation onto formal models, her research delivers more realistic, predictive, and actionable insights into travel behavior.</p><p><br/></p><p>As transportation systems navigate major transitions—such as boosting lapsed transit ridership, accelerating shifts to alternative fuel or automated vehicles, and guiding sustainable goods‑movement practices—there is growing recognition that next‑generation decision‑support tools must reflect the true complexity of human decision‑making. Dr. Stathopoulos' work provides the empirical foundations and modeling innovations needed to design policies, technologies, and mobility solutions that people will actually adopt. Visit my website at <a href="http://www.amandastathopoulos.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.amandastathopoulos.com/</a> for more information.</p>stein-montalvo-lucia/research-faculty/directory/profiles/stein-montalvo-lucia.htmlCoreLucia Stein-MontalvoStein-MontalvoSCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/stein-montalvo-lucia-t.jpglsmontal( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(52, 47, 46);">Dr. Stein-Montalvo’s research focuses on the mechanics of shape-shifting—i.e. compelling structures to change configuration on demand, or in response to environmental stimuli. Her work bridges fundamental investigations of nonlinear deformations and instabilities of structures with applied outcomes, exploring how these mechanics can inform the design of adaptive architectural solutions that can regulate e.g. airflow, light, and temperature in interior and exterior urban spaces. Her research is driven by experiments and supported by simulations and mathematical modeling. The overarching goal of Dr. Stein-Montalvo’s research group is to enable a more self-regulating, sustainable, and life-like built environment that can better adapt to the effects of climate change and urbanization.</span></p>stoll-henry/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/stoll-henry.htmlAffiliatedHenry StollStollSMechanical Engineeringhstoll( at )northwestern.edustringer-abigail/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/stringer-abigail.htmlAffiliatedAbigail Bellis StringerBellis StringerBChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/stringer-abigail-t.jpgabigail.stringer( at )northwestern.edustupp-samuel/research-faculty/directory/profiles/stupp-samuel.htmlCoreSamuel StuppStuppSMaterials Science and EngineeringBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/stupp-samuel-t.jpgs-stupp( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: black;">Research in the Stupp group integrates chemistry with materials science, biology, and medicine. The overarching interest of the group is the development of self-assembling organic materials, focusing on functions relevant to energy and medicine. In the area of energy science, the laboratory’s interests include materials for solar photovoltaics, catalytic materials that can synthesize solar fuels, supramolecular ferroelectrics for non-volatile memories, and artificial muscle materials for inter-conversion of chemical and mechanical energy. In the area of medicine, the Stupp laboratory focuses on biomaterials for regenerative medicine of the brain, spinal cord, bone, cartilage and muscle, and also on targeted systemic drug delivery using nanostructures for cancer and cardiovascular applications. The organic structures of interest in both areas include visible-light-absorbing chromophores, organometallic catalysts, electron donors and acceptors, DNA, peptides, glycopeptides, and polymers, among others. The group is organized into three subgroups that meet weekly to discuss progress: Energy Materials, Biomaterials, and Supramolecular Self-Assembly. Research activities include molecular synthesis and characterization of structure with a broad suite of microscopies and synchrotron X-ray scattering, measurement of materials properties, computer simulations, construction of solar cells and other electronic devices, molecular and cell biology, and in vivo studies of the efficacy of materials and nanostructures in biomedical applications.</span></p><p> </p>subrahmanian-vs/research-faculty/directory/profiles/subrahmanian-vs.htmlCoreV.S. SubrahmanianSubrahmanianSComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/subrahmanian-vs-t.jpgvss( at )northwestern.edu<p>V.S. Subrahmanian focuses on the intersection of AI and security problems. He develops machine learning based models to analyze text/geospatial/relational/social network/audio/video/image data, learn behavioral models from the data, forecast actions, and influence outcomes. His models have been used to forecast terror attacks and terror network evolution, to reduce poaching, to identify bad actors on social media, to forecast systemic banking crises, to maximize airline profits, to predict if apps are malware or not, to predict if a digital artifact is real or fake, and more. His work has also been used to shape international security policies.</p>sun-cheng/research-faculty/directory/profiles/sun-cheng.htmlCoreCheng SunSunSMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/sun-cheng-t.jpgc-sun( at )northwestern.edu<p>Sun’s primary research interests are in the fields of Emerging applications of nano-electronics, nanophotonics, nano-electromechanical systems and nano-biomedical systems necessitate developments of viable nano-manufacturing technologies. His research group is engaged in developing novel nano-scale fabrication techniques and integrated nano-system for bio-sensing and high-efficiency energy conversion.</p>sun-tao/research-faculty/directory/profiles/sun-tao.htmlCoreTao SunSunSMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/sun-tao-t.jpgtaosun( at )northwestern.edu<p>Additive manufacturing</p><p>In situ/operando characterization and metrology</p><p>Synchrotron x-ray imaging and scattering techniques</p><p>Ultrafast dynamics in soft and hard condensed matters</p><p>Machine design and process sensing</p><p>Data analytics and machine learning</p>swearer-dayne/research-faculty/directory/profiles/swearer-dayne.htmlCoreDayne SwearerSwearerS- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/swearer-dayne-t.jpgszefer-jakub/research-faculty/directory/profiles/szefer-jakub.htmlCoreJakub SzeferSzeferSElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/szefer-jakub-tn.jpgjakub.szefer( at )northwestern.edu<p>Jakub Szefer is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northwestern University where he leads the Computer Architecture and Security Lab (CASLAB). His research and teaching focuses on security attacks and defenses at the computer architecture and hardware levels of computer systems. His research encompasses security of processor architectures, reconfigurable logic, post-quantum cryptographic accelerators, and today's emergent quantum computing systems.</p>szleifer-igal/research-faculty/directory/profiles/szleifer-igal.htmlCoreIgal SzleiferSzleiferSBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/szleifer-igal-t.jpgigalsz( at )northwestern.edu<p>The focus of our research is in the molecular modeling of biointerphases. Our work is aimed at the fundamental understanding of the properties of complex molecular systems that encompass problems at the interface between medicine, biology, chemistry, physics and materials science. Our group concentrates on the development and application of theoretical approaches that enable the study of the systems of interest at the molecular level. The results of these studies are then used in the design of optimal materials that interact with biological environments, Most of our projects are carried out in close collaboration with experimental collaborators. Our theoretical work has the dual purpose of: 1) the fundamental understanding of what are the molecular factors that determine the properties and behavior of the interactions between biological environments and synthetic systems, and 2) the ability to predict in a quantitative way experimental systems in order to use the theoretical approaches as a device tool for the engineer of new materials, such as biocompatible materials and drug carriers.</p><p>Specific systems of interest include: chromatin, protein adsorption and biocompatible materials, lipid layers and model cell membranes, drug delivery systems, ligand-receptor binding and smart (responsive) materials.</p>tamhane-ajit/research-faculty/directory/profiles/tamhane-ajit.htmlCoreAjit TamhaneTamhaneTIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/tamhane-ajit-t.jpgatamhane( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research is focused on statistical multiple testing procedures to address the problems of multiplicity that arise in clinical trials and other medical studies. I am also interested in design of experiments and statistical inference problems.</p>tankin-richard/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/tankin-richard.htmlAffiliatedRichard TankinTankinTMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/tankin-richard-t.jpgr-tankin( at )northwestern.eduterzic-mildred/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/terzic-mildred.htmlAffiliatedMildred TerzicTerzicT- Select one -thomas-james/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/thomas-james.htmlAffiliatedJames D ThomasThomasT- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/thomas-t.jpgtilghman-richard/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/tilghman-richard.htmlAffiliatedRichard TilghmanTilghmanTCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/tilghman-richard-t.jpgr-tilghman( at )northwestern.edutorkelson-john/research-faculty/directory/profiles/torkelson-john.htmlCoreJohn M. TorkelsonTorkelsonTChemical and Biological EngineeringMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/torkelson-john-t.jpgj-torkelson( at )northwestern.edu<h5><strong>Sustainable and recyclable/upcyclable polymers and composites, nanoscience and nanotechnology of polymers and soft matter, novel solid-state processing of polymers</strong></h5><p>Our research motivation is driven by two main desires: (1) to understand at a fundamental level how molecular-scale behavior of polymers relates to macroscale properties; and (2) and to engineer and optimize polymer properties by tuning molecular-scale responses via dynamic chemistry, nanoscale confinement, chain architecture, and novel solid-state processing, among other methods. For example, our group has recently developed numerous simple dynamic covalent chemistry approaches that allow for spent thermosets or crosslinked polymers to be recycled by melt-state processing into new crosslinked polymer products with full recovery of crosslink density and associated properties. In one case, we employ exactly the polymers and fillers used in the tire industry but substitute sulfur-based crosslinking with a dynamic alkoxyamine-based crosslinking method; the latter method yields robust crosslinks at elevated-temperature-use conditions but decrosslink at yet higher temperatures like those used in tire molding operations, thus allowing melt-state reprocessing. Other methods have been developed for polyhydroxyurethane, polythiourethane, and non-isocyanate polythiourethane crosslinked polymer networks, with these systems also showing promise for monomer recovery from spent polymers, in one case at 94% small-molecule recovery.</p><p>We are also developing a deeper understanding of how nanoscale confinement of polymers in thin films or in nanocomposites can lead to major changes in properties, including glass transition temperature (which can change by 50 degrees C or more), physical aging, stiffness or modulus, and diffusion, among others. In support of our research efforts, we have developed simple non-destructive characterization tools that allow us to characterize the gradient in behavior from a free surface or substrate/nanofiller. We also doing fundamental research to understand how polymer architecture (e.g., cyclic or ring polymers, stars, hyperbranched polymers, brushes, bottlebrushes, etc.) and copolymer structure can modify the bulk and nanoconfined behaviors of polymers. In turn, we are using that understanding to engineer materials for improved performance. Finally, we have been pursuing novel, industrially scalable solid-state processing approaches to design and produce modified polymers, polymer blends, composites, and nanocomposites that cannot be produced by conventional melt-state processing. Our process is the solid-state analog of twin-screw extrusion and allows for much greater work to be done on the polymeric materials during processing. As a result, our solid-state process achieves dispersion levels as well as chemistries that are not attainable with melt-state processing methods.</p>tracey-tim/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/tracey-tim.htmlAffiliatedTim TraceyTraceyTCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/tracey-tim-t.jpgtim.tracey( at )smithgroup.comtrajcevski-goce/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/trajcevski-goce.htmlAffiliatedGoce TrajcevskiTrajcevskiTElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/trajcevski-goce-t.jpgg-trajcevski( at )northwestern.edutran-nhan /research-faculty/directory/affiliated/tran-nhan .htmlAffiliatedNhan V TranTranTElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/tran-nhan-t.jpgtresch-matthew/research-faculty/directory/profiles/tresch-matthew.htmlCoreMatthew TreschTreschTBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/tresch-matthew-t.jpgm-tresch( at )northwestern.edu<p>We examine the neural control of movement, focusing on the role of spinal circuitry. We use an interdisciplinary approach in this research, using a combination of behavioral, biomechanical, and neurophysiological techniques. Our current research examines the neural control of internal joint variables, evaluating the hypothesis that the nervous system actively regulates the stresses and strains within joints in order to minimize injury. We examine this issue using biomechanics, characterizing how muscles affect the stresses and strains within joints; using behavioral studies, characterizing how the CNS adapts kinematics and muscle activations to compensate for alterations in joint structures; and using electrophysiological studies, examining the neural systems involved in regulating joint stresses and strains.</p><p>We are also developing neuroprostheses for restoring functional movements following spinal cord injury. This is collaborative work with Dr. Lee Miller. Previous work from his lab has shown the potential of cortically controlled FES: using cortical predictions of muscle activation to drive stimulation of paralyzed muscles, thereby restoring natural control of a paralyzed animals’ own limb. We are developing these procedures in a rodent model, examining whether this approach can be used to restore the hindlimb movements underlying locomotion in animals paralyzed by spinal cord injury.</p>troy-john/research-faculty/directory/profiles/troy-john.htmlCoreJohn B. TroyTroyTBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/troy-john-t.jpgj-troy( at )northwestern.edu<p>Professor Troy has been engaged in neuroscience research for more than 30 years, starting with his doctoral work studying visual signal processing by neurons of the cat lateral geniculate nucleus. He has continued throughout his career to investigate the functional properties of neurons of the retina and lateral geniculate nucleus of cat, monkey, mouse and rat. He has also investigated how different classes of retinal ganglion cell tile the retina. The underlying theme of this work has been to arrive at a full quantitative description of how retinal ganglion and lateral geniculate cells encode visual information in mammals, including the human being. Recently, Dr. Troy has expanded this effort to consider how the retina changes in disease states and what can be done to retard or reverse these changes. He has been collaborating with Dr. Xiaorong Liu in a study of ocular hypertension. Using a mouse model of glaucoma, they are investigating the progression of the disease and some drug treatments that might be effective in delaying or halting its progression.</p><p>More recently, Dr. Troy has expanded his interest to include technology development that can be used either to restore neural function or to assist neuroscience research, including the development of therapeutic agents. His laboratory has provided insight into how stimulus waveforms can be shaped to minimize tissue and electrode damage during electrical stimulation. It has developed and tested the effectiveness of nanoscale tipped electrodes for recording extracellular action potentials from mammalian axons <em>in vivo</em>. Since feasibility of nanoscale tips for neural recording has been established, one of the remaining challenges is to customize these tips to reduce impedance and improve recording signal over noise. His laboratory has also developed a new version of the patch clamp electrode which should permit longer term stable recordings of higher bandwidth than existing models. A variant of the system has been developed to avoid run-down of diffusible cytoplasmic compounds, ensuring a more physiological recording situation. The Troy laboratory has also been collaborating with Dr. Laxman Saggere and his students to develop a chemical neural prosthesis for diseases of photoreceptor degeneration. Under ideal conditions, this prosthesis would be implanted in the subretina following photoreceptor degeneration. If this can be accomplished, advantage can be made of the surviving retinal circuitry. One of the major challenges faced is to engineer a device that is flexible, photoactivated and which can incorporate a sufficiently large reservoir of neurotransmitter. This device is targeted for patients with the incurable diseases retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration, with incidences of 1-2 and 20-25 million. Finally, Dr. Troy has recently begun a new project to develop a thalamic visual prosthesis. The goal is to implant electrodes into the lateral geniculate nucleus bilaterally to treat patients blinded through glaucoma, optic neuritis or bilateral eye loss. There are 60 million worldwide with glaucoma, 2-5 million with optic neuritis and 2 million with bilateral eye loss. There are many significant engineering challenges to this project, ranging from biocompatibility of the implant to safe charge injection regimens to mechanical mismatch between the electrode materials and brain tissue.</p><p> </p><p> </p>truby-ryan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/truby-ryan.htmlCoreRyan TrubyTrubyTMaterials Science and EngineeringMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/truby-ryan-landon-t.jpgrtruby( at )northwestern.edu<p>Inspired by the stark performance gap between biological and artificial machines, my research broadly aims to advance machine intelligence through material design. Our mission in the Robotic Matter Lab is to develop material systems whose forms and functionalities give soft devices and robots novel bioinspired actuation, perception, control, and power capabilities. We take an interdisciplinary approach to solving key challenges in the design, fabrication, and control of autonomous soft robots and robotic materials.</p><p><br/></p><p>Our lab specializes in the synthesis and characterization of functional soft, polymeric, and nanoscale materials, development of novel additive and digital manufacturing methods, design and control of soft robots, and rheological characterization of soft matter. We are currently working on soft artificial muscles and sensors, rapid multi-material fabrication methods for robotic materials, and machine learning-based control strategies for soft robotics. We conduct these principle research efforts through the lens of our team’s diversity of expertise and perspective, with the goal of pioneering a generation of autonomous systems that bring new innovations to healthcare, environmental stewardship, exploration, automation, and well beyond.</p>tse-lydia/research-faculty/directory/profiles/tse-lydia.htmlCoreLydia TseTseTComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/tse-lydia-t.jpgtullman-ercek-danielle/research-faculty/directory/profiles/tullman-ercek-danielle.htmlCoreDanielle Tullman-ErcekTullman-ErcekTChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/tullman-danielle-t.jpgercek( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119);">The Tullman-Ercek lab builds biomolecular devices for a wide range of applications in areas from medicine to the environment. In particular, Tullman-Ercek lab research focuses on highly organized self-assembling proteins – the nanoscale building blocks of biology. Such systems abound in the living world, and the resulting assemblies govern critical processes at all levels of life, from the formation of virus capsids to the transport of oxygen in the blood. The Tullman-Ercek lab is interested in several questions related to self-assembling systems: 1) What fundamental principles govern the precise organization of proteins at the nanoscale? 2) How does organization of biochemical processes enhance their performance? 3) How can we manipulate these protein assemblies to gain new or enhanced functions in living and non-living systems? Current model systems include protein containers such as the MS2 viral capsid and bacterial organelles called microcompartments, and membrane protein machines such as the type III secretion system. In the process of trying to engineer these systems to gain or improve function, surprising observations often surface that lead to hypothesis-driven approaches to better understand the native systems.</span></p>tumblin-jack/research-faculty/directory/profiles/tumblin-jack.htmlCoreJack E. TumblinTumblinTComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/tumblin-john-t.jpgj-tumblin( at )northwestern.edutwombly-john/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/twombly-john.htmlAffiliatedJohn R TwomblyTwomblyT- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/twombly-john-t.jpgtwombly( at )stuart.iit.edutyo-keith/research-faculty/directory/profiles/tyo-keith.htmlCoreKeith E.J. TyoTyoTChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/tyo-keith-t.jpgk-tyo( at )northwestern.edu<p><strong>Synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, global health</strong></p><p><strong>What we do</strong></p><p>Microbes must cope with harsh, rapidly changing environments to survive. To do this, microbes have developed sophisticated mechanisms to (a) sense the changes in the environment, and (b) respond quickly to these changes to protect itself from harm or capitalize on an opportunity. Our lab seeks to rewire these fundamental input/output relationships to program cells to do useful things for mankind in a paradigm called synthetic biology. Inputs: We study methods to modify existing environmental detection sensors in yeast and modify them to detect new analytes. Outputs: We investigate ways microbes modify their metabolic networks and use these modifications to increase production of a given metabolite.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Why we do it</strong></p><p>Synthetic biology offers a disruptive technology that has vast potential to impact the most important facets of our lives. The way we diagnose diseases, the drugs we use, the fuels we put in our cars, the plastic that is used in our potato chip bag - we have the opportunity to improve the sustainability of our lifestyle. And by reducing costs, we can make aspects of our lifestyle available to those who could not otherwise afford it. We hope to offer technical contributions that, simply put, make the world a better place.</p>umbanhowar-paul/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/umbanhowar-paul.htmlAffiliatedPaul UmbanhowarUmbanhowarUMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/umbanhowar-paul-t.jpgumbanhowar( at )northwestern.eduuzzi-brian/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/uzzi-brian.htmlAffiliatedBrian UzziUzziUIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/uzzi-brian-t.jpguzzi( at )kellogg.northwestern.eduvarsho-jesse/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/varsho-jesse.htmlAffiliatedJesse VarshoVarshoVCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/varsho-jesse-t.jpgverbas-omer/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/verbas-omer.htmlAffiliatedOmer VerbasVerbasVCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/verbas-omer-t.jpgomer.verbas( at )northwestern.eduvijayaraghavan-aravindan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/vijayaraghavan-aravindan.htmlCoreAravindan VijayaraghavanVijayaraghavanVComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/vijayaraghavan-aravindan-t1.jpgaravindv( at )northwestern.edu<p>His research interests are broadly in the field of Theoretical Computer Science and Foundations of Machine Learning, particularly, in designing efficient algorithms for problems in machine learning, high-dimensional data analysis, and quantum information. He is also interested in using paradigms that go Beyond Worst-Case Analysis to obtain good algorithmic guarantees.</p>viswanathan-vijay/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/viswanathan-vijay.htmlAffiliatedVijay ViswanathanViswanathanV- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/viswanathan-vijay-t.jpgvijay-viswanathan( at )northwestern.eduvitt-sale-lois /research-faculty/directory/affiliated/vitt-sale-lois .htmlAffiliatedLois Vitt-SaleVitt-SaleV- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/vitt-sale-t.jpgvlahovska-petia/research-faculty/directory/profiles/vlahovska-petia.htmlCorePetia VlahovskaVlahovskaVEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/vlahovska-petia-t.jpgpetia.vlahovska( at )northwestern.edu<p>Experimental and theoretical modeling of physical and biological systems. Current projects explore membrane biophysics (biomembrane electromechanics and stability, thermal undulations), non-equilibrium soft matter (emergent phenomena and self-organization in active matter, collective dynamics of motile colloids, rheology of emulsions), and fluid dynamics (interfacial instabilities, droplet electrohydrodynamics, Quincke rotor dynamics). Research in my group integrates theory and experiment. I direct the <a href="https://sites.northwestern.edu/petiavlahovska/applied-math-lab/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Complex Fluids and Soft Interfaces Lab</a>, a testbed and a source of inspiration for our theories!</p>vohra-rakesh/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/vohra-rakesh.htmlAffiliatedRakesh VohraVohraVElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/kakesh-vohra-t.jpgr-vohra( at )kellogg.northwestern.eduvolpatti-lisa/research-faculty/directory/profiles/volpatti-lisa.htmlCoreLisa VolpattiVolpattiVBiomedical EngineeringChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/lisa-volpatti-t.jpgvolpatti( at )northwestern.edu<p>Our research aims to improve the safety and efficacy of immunotherapies by reshaping how immune signals are delivered and experienced by cells. We engineer proteins and nanomaterials that precisely control the location, timing, and strength of immune modulation. Ultimately, we aim to establish broadly applicable design principles for next-generation immunotherapies that are both powerful and well tolerated.</p>volpert-vladimir/research-faculty/directory/profiles/volpert-vladimir.htmlCoreVladimir VolpertVolpertVEngineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics/images/research-and-faculty/directory/volpert-vladimir-t.jpgv-volpert( at )northwestern.edu<p>Nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation; bifurcation and stability; traveling waves in reaction-diffusion systems; combustion; frontal polymerization; mathematical biology</p>voorhees-peter/research-faculty/directory/profiles/voorhees-peter.htmlCorePeter W. VoorheesVoorheesVMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/voorhees-peter-t.jpgp-voorhees( at )northwestern.eduwaechter-andreas/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/waechter-andreas.htmlAffiliatedAndreas WaechterWaechterWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/waechter-andreas-t.jpgandreas.waechter( at )northwestern.eduwagner-gregory/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wagner-gregory.htmlCoreGregory J. WagnerWagnerWMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wagner-greg-t.jpggregory.wagner( at )northwestern.edu<p>I am interested in the development and application of computational simulations methods for multi-scale and multi-physics problems in engineering, especially in the areas of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and material transport. Many of the most fascinating engineering systems are characterized by two or more physical phenomena coupled together in a single domain or across an interface. My research is focused on the development of models for these of these types of problems, and their solution using high performance computing tools. Examples include melting and solidification of metal in advanced manufacturing processes, fluid-structure interaction in the human heart and vascular system, heat transfer in multi-phase flows, and multi-scale transport in environmental systems.</p>wang-dashun/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wang-dashun.htmlCoreDashun WangWangWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wang-dashun-t.jpgdashun.wang( at )kellogg.northwestern.eduwang-jane-qian/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wang-jane-qian.htmlCoreQ. Jane WangWangWMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wang-qianjane-t.jpgqwang( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Contact/interfacial mechanics, mechanotribology, tribological interfacial materials and novel lubricants, design and engineering of energy-efficient surfaces/interfaces, including 1) mechanics of solid-state batteries, novel approaches of extreme-condition tribological and energy-efficiency problems; 2) theories of and methods for contact and interfacial mechanics, numerical simulations of frictional heat transfer and mixed-thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication problems; 3) e-tribological designs of machine elements and their surfaces, multidisciplinary modeling of asperity contact; 4) multifield lubrication; 5) new lubricants and lubrication technologies; 6) industrial applications of models, surface designs, and novel lubricants for friction reduction, lubrication enhancement, and failure prevention, and 7) contact biomedical devices.</span></p>wang-muzhou/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wang-muzhou.htmlCoreMuzhou WangWangWChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wang-muzhou-t.jpgmwang( at )northwestern.eduwang-shih-ting/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wang-shih-ting.htmlCoreShih-Ting (Christine) WangWangWMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wang-shih-ting-t.jpgshihting.wang( at )northwestern.edu<p>Well-defined and multifunctional materials are required to probe and perturb complex biological systems and improve the quality of human health. My research broadly aims to advance active nanoscale structures and systems to study dynamic biological processes and address a variety of health-related problems. Our lab uses interdisciplinary approaches from material science, synthetic chemistry, and experimental biology to create novel enabling technologies, bridging the gap between materials development and biological/translational applications. We are currently interested in the fabrication of artificial structures through rational design and engineering of biomolecular building blocks that can manage interactions at the bio-nano interface and respond to spatiotemporal cues. Specific applications are exploited for early detection and monitoring of disease, profiling of multi-cellular interactions, and tool development for visualization of molecular and cellular processing in vitro and in vivo.</p>wang-xiao/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wang-xiao.htmlCoreXiao WangWangWComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wang-xiao-t.jpgwangxiao( at )northwestern.eduwang-zhaoran/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wang-zhaoran.htmlCoreZhaoran WangWangWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wang-zhaoran-t.jpg<p>The long-term goal of my research is to develop a new generation of data-driven decision-making methods, theory, and systems, which tailor artificial intelligence towards addressing pressing societal challenges. To this end, my research aims at:</p><p><br/></p><p>(a) making autonomous learning agents more efficient, both computationally and statistically, in a principled manner to enable their applications in critical domains;</p><p><br/></p><p>(b) scaling autonomous learning agents to design and optimize societal-scale multi-agent systems, especially those involving cooperation and/or competition among humans and/or robots.</p><p><br/></p><p>With this aim in mind, my research interests span across machine learning, optimization, statistics, game theory, and information theory.</p>watson-michael/research-faculty/directory/profiles/watson-michael.htmlCoreMichael WatsonWatsonWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/watson-michael-t.jpgm-watson2( at )northwestern.edu<p>AI frameworks and business applications</p><p>Supply chain analytics (especially network design)</p><p>Optimization</p><p>Operations</p>watt-jeremy/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/watt-jeremy.htmlAffiliatedJeremy WattWattWElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/watt-jeremy-t.jpgjeremy( at )dgsix.comwegerer-david/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wegerer-david.htmlAffiliatedDavid WegererWegererWChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/headshot-placeholder.jpgdavid.wegerer( at )northwestern.eduwei-ermin/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wei-ermin.htmlCoreErmin WeiWeiWElectrical and Computer EngineeringIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wei-ermin-t.jpgermin.wei( at )northwestern.edu<p>Ermin Wei is interested in the control and operation of networked systems, with focus of market analysis of smart grid and energy networks. Ermin's research also includes large scale distributed optimization algorithms and theory with emphasis on nonlinear convex optimization, network optimization, asynchronous algorithms and their applications.</p>weigert-karen/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/weigert-karen.htmlAffiliatedKaren WeigertWeigert W- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/weigert-karen-t.jpgkaren.weigert( at )northwestern.eduweinstein-marc/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/weinstein-marc.htmlAffiliatedMarc WeinsteinWeinsteinW- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/weinstein-marc-t.jpegmarc.weinstein( at )northwestern.eduweiss-curt/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/weiss-curt.htmlAffiliatedCurtis WeissWeissWChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/weiss-curt-thumb.jpgcurtis.weiss( at )northwestern.eduweiss-emily/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/weiss-emily.htmlAffiliatedEmily A. WeissWeissW- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/weiss-emily-t.jpge-weiss( at )northwestern.eduwells-george/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wells-george.htmlCoreGeorge WellsWellsWCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wells-george-t.jpggeorge.wells( at )northwestern.edu<ul><li>Environmental biotechnology</li><li>Microbial ecology of engineered and impacted natural systems</li><li>Microbial nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and shortcut biological nutrient removal systems</li><li>Sustainable biological wastewater treatment</li><li>Resource and energy recovery from waste</li><li>Bioelectrochemical systems: soil microbial fuel cell and electrolysis cells, soil sensing</li><li>Microbial greenhouse gas production and management</li><li>Biofilms, biofilm reactors, and biofouling</li><li>Mathematical modeling of biofilms and bioprocesses</li></ul>wertheim-jason/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wertheim-jason.htmlAffiliatedJason A. WertheimWertheimWBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/wertheim-jason-t.jpgjason.wertheim( at )northwestern.eduwerwath-mark/research-faculty/directory/profiles/werwath-mark.htmlCoreMark WerwathWerwathWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/werwath-mark-t.jpgm-werwath( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research has been focused on innovation, diffusion, new product development and lately more of a focus on technical entrepreneurship. My dissertation was on the topic of organizational antecedents to innovation.</p>white-william/research-faculty/directory/profiles/white-william.htmlCoreWilliam WhiteWhiteWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/white-william-t.jpgwhite( at )northwestern.eduwicks-jim/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wicks-jim.htmlAffiliatedJim WicksWicksW- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/wicks-jim-tn.jpgjimwicks( at )northwestern.eduwiese-ian/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wiese-ian.htmlAffiliatedIan WieseWieseWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/weise-ian-t.jpgianw( at )metcovery.comwild-stefan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wild-stefan.htmlAffiliatedStefan M. WildWildWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/wild-stefan-t.jpgstefanwild( at )northwestern.eduwilensky-uri/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wilensky-uri.htmlCoreUri WilenskyWilenskyWComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wilensky-uri-t.jpguri( at )northwestern.edu<p>Wilensky was awarded the Yidan Prize in 2025 and is the current Yidan Prize Laureate.</p>willomitzer-florian/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/willomitzer-florian.htmlAffiliatedFlorian WillomitzerWillomitzerWElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/willomitzer-florian-t.jpgflorian.willomitzer( at )northwestern.eduwilson-jill/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wilson-jill.htmlCoreJill H. WilsonWilsonWIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wilson-jill-t.jpgjill.wilson( at )northwestern.edu<p>Integer programming and combinatorial optimization, study of engineering education</p>wolff-alan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wolff-alan.htmlAffiliatedAlan WolffWolffW- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/wolff-alan-t.jpga-wolff( at )northwestern.eduwolverton-chris/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wolverton-chris.htmlCoreChris WolvertonWolvertonWMaterials Science and Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wolverton-chris-t.jpgc-wolverton( at )northwestern.edu<p>My group's research is centered on computational materials science, and specifically first-principles quantum mechanical simulation tools. These computational tools have advanced to the point now where materials may be "synthesized virtually", with their properties predicted on a computer before ever being synthesized in a laboratory. These tools also open the field of "materials informatics" where we can use machine learning tools to explore materials datasets and discover new materials. In this work, we are working towards a goal of being able to suggest new materials in the same way that Netflix and Amazon can recommend movies or books.</p><p><br/></p><p>While the types of materials problems amenable to these tools is extremely wide, we are currently interested in a variety of materials problems with a focus on materials for alternative energies and sustainability (hydrogen, batteries, light-weight metals, fuel cells, thermoelectrics). Current topics of interest include the discovery of novel hydrogen storage materials, phase transformations in metallic and ceramic alloys, microstructural evolution during aging, and the theoretical prediction of new materials.</p><p><br/></p><p>Another key research interest involves methodologies for linking atomistic and microstructural length scales. Though first-principles methods are powerful, they are also computationally quite demanding. Current state-of-the-art resources limits the system sizes that one can study to around a few hundred atoms. We have worked on methods that couple first-principles with Monte Carlo methods (capable of simulating millions of atoms), phase-field microstructural models, and CALPHAD calculation of phase diagram tools. These types of hybrid methods are yielding truly predictive models of microstructural evolution and mechanical properties in novel materials.</p>wood-deb/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/wood-deb.htmlAffiliatedDeb WoodWoodW- Select one -wood-doughty-zach/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wood-doughty-zach.htmlCoreZach Wood-DoughtyWood-DoughtyWComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wood-doughty-zach-t.jpgzach( at )northwestern.eduworden-rodney/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/worden-rodney.htmlAffiliatedRodney WordenWordenW- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/worden-rodney-t.jpgworsley-marcelo/research-faculty/directory/profiles/worsley-marcelo.htmlCoreMarcelo WorsleyWorsleyWComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/worsley-marcelo-t.jpgmarcelo.worsley( at )northwestern.edu<p>Worsley's work examines technological innovations for supporting inclusive learning and teaching. Specifically he directs the <a href="https://tiilt-lab.github.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tiilt</a> (Technological Innovations for Inclusive Learning and Teaching) Lab. tiilt aims to improve learning opportunities for students from under-served communities. Our work with technological innovations includes: 1) co-designing activities with teachers and learners; 2) creating interfaces that broaden participation in meaningful learning experience; and 3) tools and analytic techniques for studying and supporting complex learning environments. We position our work as inclusive, in that we endeavor to address historic and contemporary disparities in accessibility, inclusivity and social, racial and economic inequity. Furthermore, we work with teachers, students, community members and parents, in hope of supporting the development of positive learning ecosystems.</p>wu-tai-tai/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wu-tai-tai.htmlCoreTai Tai WuWuWBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wu-tai-t.jpgt-wu( at )northwestern.edu<p>Structural and functional relations of proteins and DNA, especially those pertaining to immuno-globulins and related proteins</p>wu-ying/research-faculty/directory/profiles/wu-ying.htmlCoreYing WuWuWElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/wu-ying-t.jpgyingwu( at )northwestern.edu<p>Computer vision; Autonomous robots and intelligent machines; Statistical learning and pattern recognition; Multi-modal perception and intelligent interaction; Multimedia data mining, analytics and management; Biomedical image processing and medical applications</p>xia-stephen/research-faculty/directory/profiles/xia-stephen.htmlCoreStephen XiaXiaXElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/xia-stephen-t.jpgstephen.xia( at )northwestern.edu<p>My research focuses on bringing artificial intelligence to the physical world to create smarter, healthier, and safer environments. I develop resource-efficient systems and methods that allow us to embed intelligent perception and reasoning into common infrastructure and everyday objects found all around us and realize useful applications that improve our overall quality of life.</p><p> </p><p>My work is at the intersection between systems, embedded AI, and data, spanning several domains including mobile and embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, IoT, wearables, edge computing, smart cities, machine learning, robotics, and digital health.</p>xing-xinyu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/xing-xinyu.htmlCoreXinyu XingXingXComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/xing-xinyu-t.jpg<p>My research covers the topics of kernel security, reverse engineering, AI security, etc</p>xiong-yingqian/research-faculty/directory/profiles/xiong-yingqian.htmlCoreYingqian (Chan) XiongXiongXCivil and Environmental Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/xiong-yingqian-t.jpgyingqian.xiong( at )northwestern.eduxiong-zikai/research-faculty/directory/profiles/xiong-zikai.htmlCoreZikai XiongXiongXIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciencesyaagoub-anan/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/yaagoub-anan.htmlAffiliatedAnan YaagoubYaagoubYIndustrial Engineering and Management Sciences/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/yaagoub-anan-t.jpganan.yaagoub( at )northwestern.eduzaretsky-david/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zaretsky-david.htmlCoreDavid ZaretskyZaretskyZElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/zaretsky-david-t.jpgdavid.zaretsky( at )northwestern.edu<p>I teach advanced courses in computer engineering spanning AI systems, high-performance computing, computer architecture, electronic design, and technical entrepreneurship. My teaching emphasizes the translation of foundational theory into real systems, ensuring students can apply what they learn to practical engineering challenges.</p><p><br/></p><p>My objective is to develop engineers who understand computing across abstraction boundaries — from software and learning systems, to architecture and memory organization, down to digital logic, circuits, and nanoscale device behavior. This depth enables students to reason rigorously about performance, efficiency, and reliability, and to make deliberate, quantitatively grounded design decisions.</p><p><br/></p><p>Equally important, I emphasize the broader context in which engineering operates. I work to equip students with the strategic and entrepreneurial skills required to translate technical innovation into real-world impact — including product thinking, scalability, resource constraints, and technology commercialization. Engineers should not only be able to build advanced systems, but also understand how those systems create value.</p><p><br/></p><p>My research and professional interests center on scalable computing architectures, hardware/software co-design, AI acceleration, and the advancement of technologies that move from laboratory concepts to deployed platforms. I aim to prepare technically rigorous, full-stack engineers who can lead innovation at both the technical and organizational levels.</p>zelivianski-stanislav/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/zelivianski-stanislav.htmlAffiliatedStanislav ZelivianskiZelivianskiZChemical and Biological Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/headshot-placeholder.jpgs-zelivia( at )northwestern.eduzhang-hao/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhang-hao.htmlCoreHao ZhangZhangZBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/zhang-hao-t.jpghfzhang( at )northwestern.edu<p>Optical coherence tomography, single-molecular imaging, ophthalmology, vision science, and genomics.</p>zhang-haoqi/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhang-haoqi.htmlCoreHaoqi ZhangZhangZComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/zhang-haoqi-t.jpghq( at )northwestern.edu<p><a href="http://haoqizhang.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Haoqi Zhang</a> is an associate professor in Computer Science and Design at Northwestern University, where he also holds a courtesy appointment in Learning Sciences. His work advances the design of integrated socio-technical models that solve complex problems and advance human values. His research work bridges across Computer Science, Design, Learning Science, Psychology, and Philosophy, and is generously supported by the National Science Foundation and the Center for Advancing Safety in Machine Intelligence.</p><p><br/></p><p>Haoqi received his PhD in Computer Science and BA in Computer Science and Economics from Harvard University. At Northwestern he founded and directs the <a href="http://dtr.northwestern.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Design, Technology, and Research</a> (DTR) program, which provides an original model for learning and growing through research for over 180 students (read the DTR annual letters, available at <a href="http://dtr.northwestern.edu/letters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dtr.northwestern.edu/letters</a>; and watch the DTR documentary, Forward, at <a href="http://forward.movie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://forward.movie</a>). With Matt Easterday, Liz Gerber, and Nell O’Rourke, Haoqi co-directs the Delta Lab, an interdisciplinary research lab and design studio across computer science, learning sciences, and design.</p>zhang-jie/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhang-jie.htmlCoreJie (Jack) ZhangZhangZBiomedical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/zhang-jie-t.jpgjie.zhang( at )northwestern.eduzhang-ruohan/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhang-ruohan.htmlCoreRuohan ZhangZhangZComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/zhang-ruohan-t.jpgzhang-yiji/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhang-yiji.htmlCoreYiji ZhangZhangZComputer Science/images/research-and-faculty/directory/zhang-yiji-t.jpgyiji.zhang( at )northwestern.eduzhao-alice/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/zhao-alice.htmlAffiliatedAlice ZhaoZhaoZ- Select one -/images/research-and-faculty/Alice-Zhao.jpgalice.zhao( at )northwestern.eduzhou-hai/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhou-hai.htmlCoreHai ZhouZhouZElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/zhou-hai-t.jpghaizhou( at )northwestern.edu<p>Hai Zhou is the director of the NuLogiCS Research Group in the Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. His research interest is on Logical Methods for Computer Systems (LogiCS), where logic is used to construct reactive computer systems (in the form of hardware, software, or protocol) and to verify their properties (e.g. correctness, security, and efficiency). In other words, he is interested in algorithms, formal methods, optimization, and their applications to security, machine learning, and economics.</p>zhu-jane/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/zhu-jane.htmlAffiliatedJane ZhuZhuZMechanical Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/affiliated/zhu-jane.jpgzhu-qi/research-faculty/directory/profiles/zhu-qi.htmlCoreQi ZhuZhuZElectrical and Computer Engineering/images/research-and-faculty/directory/zhu-qi-t.jpgqzhu( at )northwestern.edu<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My recent research spans the algorithm, software, and hardware layers for building safe, secure, and robust foundation model-driven AI systems, with efforts in formal safety verification and robustness certification, safety and security analysis of foundation model-driven embodied agents, safety-assured learning and system design, multimodal time-series learning, continual learning, and federated learning. Earlier work centers on design automation for cyber-physical systems (CPS), cyber-physical security, energy-efficient CPS, and system-on-chip design.</span></p>