Our People - Component Structures

• Characterization and modeling of contacting interfaces and thermal interface materials
• Development of compact analytical and empirical models at micro- and nano-scales
• Development of thermally enhanced greases
• Entropy generation minimization in electronic systems
• Experimental and analytical modeling of nano-fluids
• Micro-scale refrigeration
• Microelectronics cooling
• Modeling and development of thermoelectric devices
• Natural and forced convection cooling
• Surface roughness in micro-tubes
• Thermal characterization of metal foams
• Thermal contact resistance in polymeric interfaces
• Thermal management of integrated nano-devices and thermal/electric energy conversion

Microelectronics Heat Transfer Laboratory (MHTLab)

• Dynamics and Control of Structures
• Non linear structural dynamics
• Micropolar materials modeling
• Composite materials

• Long-term durability of lightweight composites

• Fatigue and creep failure

• Impact of composite structures

• Damage mechanics and constitutive modeling

• Micromechanics

• Non-destructive evaluation (NDE)

• Computational solid mechanics using the finite element method
• Failure analysis and cohesive fracture of polymeric and glassy materials and polymer-based composites
• Finite elasticity and viscoelasticity
• Multi-scale modeling of asphalt, concrete and polymer based composites

• All-Speed Flow Prediction Methods
• Control-Volume-Based Finite Element Methods
• Machine Vision
• Phase-Change Energy Transport. Equation Solving for Physical Problems

• Mathematical imaging
• Diagnostically lossless medical image compression
• Fractal-based methods of analysis and approximation
• Dynamical systems and their applications