Current Research Opportunities

Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

Amir Sagiv | Insulation In Driven Crystals (filled) | Earth Mover's Distance and Kernel Statistics (filled)

Katayun Barmak | Grain Growth in Metallic Films: Analysis of Ex situ and In Situ Experimental Results (filled)

Simon J. L. Billinge | Spring 2020 Local atomic structure of nanomaterials from advanced x-ray neutron and electron diffraction data (filled)  | Summer 2020 Local atomic structure of nanomaterials from advanced x-ray neutron and electron diffraction data (filled)

Siu-Wai Chan | Stress in nano-scale (filled) | Heat Capacity of nano-crystals (filled) | Chan Research Group (filled)

Kyle Mandli | Accelerating the Calculation of Risk of Coastal Flooding due to Hurricanes (filled)

Biomedical Engineering

Elham Azizi | Deep Learning for Cell Segmentation in Multiplexed Tissue Imaging (filled)

Nadeen Chahine, PhD | Degeneration and Regeneration of the Intervertebral Disc (filled) | The role of cell contractility in looping morphogenesis of the small intestine (filled)

Clark Hung | Lab Research in the Hung Lab (filled)

Joshua Jacobs | Representation of directions in the human brain (filled)

Andrew Laine | Unsupervised Machine Learning to discover new COPD subtypes (filled)

Barclay Morrison | Neurotrauma and Repair Laboratory (filled)

Samuel Sia | Mobile App for Disease Tracking (filled) | Wearable Device For Health Monitoring (filled) | Drug release hydrogels to improve wound healing (filled) | Microfluidic device for improving cancer immunotherapy (filled)

Qi Wang | Simulation and characterization of neural stimulation (filled)

Chemical Engineering

Allie Obermeyer | Methods for the intracellular delivery of gene editing tools (filled) | Engineering synthetic organelles using protein phase separation (filled) | Development of bio-orthogonal synthetic organelles via engineered protein phase separation (filled)

B. O’Shaughnessy and M. Simunovic | Future-proof strategies in preventing SARS-CoV-2 virus entry (filled)

Chris Boyce | Multiphase Granular Flows (filled) | Zippering Motion in Gas Jets in Liquid (filled)

Daniel Esposito | High speed video analysis of membraneless electrolyzers (filled) | Membrane Coated Electrocatalysts (filled) | In situ imaging of photocatalysts (filled) | 3D printed membraneless electrolyzers for CO2 conversion (filled) | Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (filled)

Lauren Marbella | Structure and dynamics in lead halide perovskites (filled)

V. Faye McNeill | Data Science to Close the Air Pollution Data Gap (filled)

Mijo Simunovic | Using stem cells to build quantitative platforms for studying human implantation and early pregnancy failure (filled)

Dan Steingart | Battery Design and Analysis (filled)

Alexander Urban | Predicting battery recycling processes (filled) | Machine-learning thermodynamics (filled)

Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Marco Giometto | An Urban Tree Database for High-Fidelity Airflow Simulations (filled) | Development of a Feature-Extraction Tool for Turbulence in Hurricanes (filled)

Shiho Kawashima | Tailoring the rheology of 3-D printed concretes  (filled)

WaiChing Sun | Modeling thawing settlement of soil under changing climate (filled)

Huiming Yin | Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (filled)

Computer Science

Shih-Fu Chang | COVID-19 Symptom Tracking App on Android (filled)

Luis Gravano | Adaptive Information Extraction from Social Media for Actionable Inferences in Public Health (filled)

David Knowles | Predicting cell-type specific RNA splicing from gene sequence using deep learning (filled)

Prof. Brian A. Smith | Audio Navigation Systems for People Who Are Blind (filled)

Shuran Song | | Mult-Arms Motion Planning (filled) | Multi-agent collaborative learning (filled)

Carl Vondrick | Grounding Language in Vision and Interaction (filled) | Columbia Computer Vision Lab (filled)

Earth and Environmental Engineering

Robert J. Farrauto | Dual Function Materials (DFM) for CO2 mitigation (filled) | Catalytic dry reforming of green hous gases (filled) | Dual Functional Materials for CO2 capture and conversion (filled)

Bolun Xu | Data-driven analysis (filled) | Electric Bus Energy Analysis in New York City (filled)

Ngai Yin Yip | Resource Recovery of N and P Nutrients from Diverted Urine (filled)

Electrical Engineering

James Teherani | Hall-effect measurement (filled)

Ethan Katz-Bassett | The Internet under widespread shelter-in-place: Resilience, response, and lessons for the future (filled) | Understanding and optimizing Internet video delivery with self-driving networks (filled)

Mechanical Engineering

Michael Burke | Data analytics, automation, and multi-scale/multi-physics modeling (filled)

Matei Ciocarlie | Robotic Manipulation and Mobility Lab (filled)

Karen Kasza | Biomechanics of Force Generation during Tissue Morphogenesis (filled) | Kasza Research Group (filled)

Kristin Myers | Undergraduate Researcher (filled)

Vijay Vedula | Computational modeling of heart valves in health and disease (filled)

Sinisa Vukelic | Femtosecond laser based modification of collagenous tissues (filled)

• Undergraduate Researcher
• Tropical cyclogenesis and extratropical transition
• Visualizing Flooding Zones Using Augmented Reality
• Targeted de-epithelialization as a novel therapeutic strategy for lung repair in ARDS.
• Investigating the immunological mechanisms that cause heart failure in lupus patients using 3D cardiac tissues.
• Brain Computer Interfaces developed for Virtual Reality
• Multimodal Brain Computer Interface for Human-Robot Interaction
• Reconfigurable network topology design using algorithmic relaxation
• AIM Testing
• Speech separation with deep neural networks
• Crosslayer Design and Modeling of Silicon Photonic Interconnects
• Microneedles for delivery of therapeutics into the cochlea
• Production of CO2 negative concrete from seawater-derived raw materials
• Technologies for contacting electric fish
• Primary cilia regulation of intercellular cytoskeletal dynamics
• Effects of network disruption within the hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons due to blast induced traumatic brain injury
• Characterizing the mechanism of T cell exhaustion in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Concussion Analysis
• Targeting protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity to mitigate electrophysiological deficits due to blast-induced traumatic brain injury
• Engineering Bacterial Pattern Formation
• Cement from Seawater
• High speed video analysis of membraneless electrolyzers
• Membrane Coated Electrocatalysts
• Photoelectrochemical cells
• T cell expansion
• Selective Coacervation of Proteins in Complex Mixtures
• Catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons for pollution abatement 
• Chemical Biology Tools for Protein Structure by Solid State NMR
• Controlled-Atmospheric Probing of 2D Materials
• Design and Control of Batteries for Grid Applications
• Encapsulation of CO2 capture materials
• Financial Networks Analysis and Policy Implications
• Investigating the Mechanobiology of Organ Formation in the Developing Embryo
• Isothermal Membrane Distillation for Ammonia Recovery from Source-Separated Urine
• Modeling of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Using CRISPR Interference
• Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering
• Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering for Women's Health Challenges
• Polarized Noble Gas Imaging
• Predictive Visual Understanding
• Probing Neurons with Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy
• Quantification of mechanical strain from time lapse experiments in the developing chick endoderm
• Responsive delivery of therapeutic proteins
• Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits
• Structure-Performance Relationships in Aqueous Na Ion Batteries
• Temperature Swing Solvent Extraction for High-Salinity Desalination

• In vitro microphysiological system for modeling Marfan Syndrome 
• Tissue engineering of the synovium
• Experimental and computational studies of combustion kinetics
• Point-of-care molecular diagnostics
• Development and Characterization of Battery Materials
• Carbon dioxide capture and conversion to fuel
• CO2 capture and catalytic conversion
• Catalysis using Niobium oxide as a promoter
• Neutron Diffraction study of nano-ceria for fast ionic conduction for better solid state fuel-battery
• In vitro model of traumatic brain injury
• Non-linear mechanical properties of brain
• Developing an iPSCs model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy using CRISPRi 
• Generating a stem cell model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy using CRISPRi
• Hydrogen Battery
• High speed video analysis of membraneless electrolyzers
• Spectroelectrochemical Investigation of Low-dimensional van der Waals Electrocatalysts
• Membrane Coated Electrocatalys
• Numerical Modeling of Air Pollution Episodes in New Delhi, India
• Development of Therapeutic Protein Delivery Vehicles
• Chemically enhanced weathering of silicate minerals and industrial wastes for carbon capture and storage
• Development of Innovative CO2 Capture Materials and Their Fluidization Behaviors
• Undergraduate Researcher
• CRISPR/Cas9-mediated PARP1 disruption to sensitize BRCA1 mutated breast cancer cells in response to chemotherapy
• Economic modeling of traffic accidents
• Articular cartilage delamination wear and a novel treatment strategy to delay osteoarthritis progression
• Niobouim oxide as a promoter for catalytic pollution abatement
• Carbon dioxide capture and the conversion to fuel
• Adhesive solutions for rotator cuff repair
• High-speed 3D microscopy: applications and image analysis
• Femtosecond Laser Corneal Treatment
• 2D Material Synthesis
• Electromechanical Actuators Using Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials
• Experimental and Behavioral Economics Research
• Building and replicating microscope systems
• Modeling of blood flow changes from 3D data
• Classification of Multiple Sclerosis disease state and biomarker identification from brain metabolite concentrations acquired from 1H-MRS at 7T
• Sustainable Nutrient Recycling: Development of Decentralized Technologies for High-Yield Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery from Source-Separated Urine
• Novel technologies for sustainable water production
• Sustainable Nutrient Recycling: Development of Decentralized Technologies for High-Yield Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery from Source-Separated Urine
• Verilog Design of Media Compression Modules
• Shoulder Biomechanics - 2
• MRI of Multiphase Granular Flows
• Wireless control of implantable microdevices
• Designing Nanoparticle Based Polymer Membranes
• Detecting Hate Speech in online Media
• Engineering matrix for guiding stem cell differentiation
• Guiding Stem Cell Differentiation
• Single molecule studies of biomolecular adsorption processes
• Brain-state dependent population neural coding
• Traumatic Brain Injury Research
• Wireless implantable devices
• Smartphone-assisted blood tests
• Point-of-care blood tests
• Shoulder Biomechanics
• Robotics for Human Movement Augmentation and Training
• Data-Driven Complex Travel Behavior Modeling Using Didi Chuxing Data
• Biomechanics of Force Generation during Tissue Morphogenesis
• Tailoring the Rheological Behavior of 3-D Printing Concrete
• Carbon dioxide capture and the conversion to fuel
• Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Research Experience for Under…
• Biomechanics of Force Generation during Tissue Morphogenesis
• Biomechanics of Force Generation during Tissue Morphogenesis - 3
• Visual-tactile geometric reasoning
• Digital circuit design for robot assembler
• Resilient Structures: Fire Effects on Suspension Bridge Main Cables
• Open Source Ultrasound
• Investigating Nonlinear Wave Coupling
• Measuring and Controlling Magnetized Plasma
• Multi Scale Informatics code research
• Engineering novel bacteria circuitry
• Nano-oxide synthesis for Emerging Engineering Applications
• Traumatic Brain Injury Research
• Network VR
• Mechanism of neurotransmitter release in the brain
• Exploring the Electronic Properties of Two Dimensional Materials
• Undergraduate Israel Fellowship
• Interface circuits for piezoelectric devices
• Protecting Coastal Infrastructure in a Changing Climate by Integrating Optimiza…
• Protecting Coastal Infrastructure in a Changing Climate by Integrating Optimiza…
• Robot Simulator in CUDA/C++

• Membrane Coated Electrocatalysts
• 3D Printed Membraneless Electrochemical Devices
• Low-Dimensional Electrocatalysts Based on Van der Waals Materials
• 3D Concrete Printing
• Audio Separation Using Deep Neural Networks
• Polymeric Thin-Film for Enhanced Permeability-Selectivity
• Training to Walk on Stairs using Robotic Assistance
• Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Graphene
• Biomolecular Nanodevices
• High Temperature Creep Deformation of Ceramic and Metal Nanowires
• Design and Testing of Hydrogel Gel-Based Affinity Glucose Micro and Nanosensors
• CVD Graphene Growth
• Analysis and Visualization of Single-Cell Gene Expression Data in Skin Differentiation
• Interfacing Hybrid Computer with Digital Computer
• Mechanisms of Force Generation During Tissue Morphogenesis
• Investigating Nonlinear Wave Coupling
• Bone Mechanobiology
• Online Optimization for Management Science Applications
• urOvol: Medical Device for Fluid Monitoring
• Full-Duplex Wireless
• Integrated Nanophotonic Circuits for Optical Modulators and Switches
• Silicon Photonic SDN Controller
• Extreme Weather Events
• Finite Element Models of Pregnancy
• Senior Lab Assistant - Carleton Laboratory
• Lab Assistant - Carleton Laboratory
• Upper Body Support for Wheelchair Users
• Measuring and Controlling Magnetized Plasma
• Orthopaedic Biomechanics
• Impurity Tolerant Membranes
• Low-Temperature Heat Utilization with Membrane-Based Technology
• Modeling Molecular Packing in Drug Formulation Excipients
• Impact of Radiofrequency Ablation Geometry on Electrical Conduction
• Optical Spectroscopy of Solids
• Text-to-Speech Synthesis for Low Resource Languages
• Personalized Anti-cancer Medicine Targeting via Machine Learning
• Networking Research
• (BNL) A Multi-Axes Motion Controller System for Multi-Stage Spherical Backscatter Detector
• (BNL) A Motion Control Test and Integration System Using EtherCAT Based Drives and Power PMAC
• (BNL) Deterministic Ethernet Accelerator Type Timing Systems on a Standalone FPGA
• (BNL) Protoyping and Measurement of User Interface and Display Manager Conversion Tools
• (BNL) Plotting and Visualization Using Matplotlib
• (BNL) Testing Infrastructure and SQA/Devops
• (BNL) Data Metrics and Mining
• (BNL) Develop an EPICS Aware Vibration and Alarming Monitoring Station
• Community Impact’s George Van Amson Fellowship
• Spatial Patterning of Bacterial Colonies
• Hybrid Computing ELEN
• Hybrid Computing APAM