Molecular beam epitaxy of materials, wide bandgap semiconductor materials, materials characterization, gate dielectrics, high-power/high-temperature device fabrication and testing.
Professor and Department Chair of Computer & Information Science & Engineering
Engineered particulates, crystal growth modifiers, biomimetic, biomineralization polymer/ceramic composites, biomaterials.
Subsurface solute transport, groundwater resources evaluation
and
remediation, stochastic hydrology.
Dr. Griffis has 28+ years experience in the robotics and machine design industry and is a recognized expert in motion and force control. Professional accomplishments include a novel kinestatic control strategy for force control, design and development of a sub-micron machine tool for the semiconductor industry, design and development of a fully automatic laser lace cutter, design and development of a fully automatic battery welder, and design of a control system for a robotic refueling system.…
Research interests include stochastic and discrete optimization, supply chain management, and renewable energy integration and power system operations.
Modeling and simulation of nanoelectronic devices, carbon nanotube electronics and photonics, physics of nanotransistors, computational nanobiotechnology.
Wind engineering, random vibrations, reliability, non-Gaussian
simulation, structural dynamics.
Organometallic Chemistry
Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis,
quantum chemical calculations,
surface characterizations.
Matthew Hale received his BSE summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received his MS and Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. His work is driven by designing and analyzing multi-agent coordination algorithms that function well under challenging conditions, such as asynchronous information sharing, noisy communications, and user privacy requirements. His work deploys these algorithms on teams of flying and ground robots, providing both validation of the underlying theory and further research directions.