Areas of Specialization
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Agricultural Production
- Crop Modeling and Simulation
- Environmental Control Systems
- Food Security
- Precision Agricultural Concepts and Tools
- Pesticide Application
- Robotics and Machine Systems
- Space Agriculture
- Sustainability
Biological Engineering
- Biofuels
- Bioproducts
- Biosensors and Nanotechnology
- Cell and Tissue Physiology
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Food and Bioprocess Engineering
- Packaging Science
- Plant Biotechnology
- Post-Harvest Operations
- Process Microbiology
Information Systems
- Applied Statistics/Data Science
- Communications
- Decision Support Systems
- Environmental Decision Analysis
- Expert Systems Techniques
- Mathematical Modeling
- Remote Sensing
Land and Water Resources
- Agrometerology/AgroClimatology
- Biochar
- BMP and TMDL Studies
- Climate
- Climate Change
- Climate Variability
- Ecological Restoration
- Ecological and Risk Modeling
- Green Infrastructure
- Hydrologic Modeling and Monitoring
- Irrigation
- Low-Impact Development
- Nanotechnology
- Soil-Water-Plant Relations
- Stormwater Management
- Urban Water Resources
- Waste Management
- Water Quality
- Water Reuse
- Watershed Hydrology
Biomedical Engineering
Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine
- Bioreactors
- Controlled Release and Drug Delivery
- Engineered Biomimetic Materials
- Immunomodulatory Materials
- Micro- and Nanomedicines
- Cell and Tissue Repair, Regeneration, and Engineering
- Mechanostimulation
- Nanoscale Thermal Therapy
- Vascular Patterning
Biomechanics & Bionics
- Bionic Prostheses
- Biomechanics at the Cellular, Tissue, Organ, and Organism Levels
- Gait Analysis, Models, and Interventions
- Locomotion
- Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
- Robotic Exoskeletons
Biomedical Imaging & Applications
- Biomedical Imaging Technologies
- Biomedical Imaging for Diagnosis and Disease Treatment
- Biomedical Image Analysis, Simulations, and Modeling
- Signal Processing
- Computational Medical Physics and Dose Assessment
Modeling & Biomedical Data Sciences
- Biomedical and Clinical Big Data
- Biomedical and Clinical Informatics
- Biomedical Image Computing
- Brain Informatics
- Computer Aided Diagnosis
- Multivariate Signal Processing
- Machine Learning
- Musculoskeletal Modeling
Molecular & Cellular Engineering
- Cellular Differentiation
- Immunopathology
- Immunotherapies
- Molecular Self-Assembly
- Stem Cell Therapies and Engineering
- Targeted Gene Delivery
- Technologies for Biomarker Identification & Quantification
Neural Engineering
- Aging
- Brain and Cognitive Disorders
- Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Brain Mapping
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Neural Repair
- Neurophysiology
- Neurorehabilitation
- Neurostimulation and Neuromodulation
Chemical Engineering
ADVANCED MATERIALS, DEVICES, AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Magnetic nanoparticles
- Ferrofluids
- supramolecular biomaterials
- self-assembly
- biomimetics
- nanofabrication
- Advanced Additive Manufacturing
- Thermophysical Property Measurements for Advanced Materials
- Diagnostics
- Drug Delivery
- Nanomedicine
BIOMOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENGINEERING FOR HUMAN HEALTH
- Magnetic particle imaging
- Magnetic hyperthermia
- Nanomedicines
- Drug delivery
- Imaging agents
- synthetic cells
- recombinant fusion proteins
- antibacterial surfaces
- Motile bacteria
- Chemotaxis
- Surfactant-based pulmonary drug delivery
- CRISPR
- Gene editing
- Bioengineering
- Cancer
- Infectious Disease
- Genetic Disorders
COMPLEX AND MULTIPHASE FLOW DYNAMICS
- Ferrohydrodynamics
- Liquid-liquid phase separation
- Coacervates
- Colloids
- Droplets
- Bubbles
- Hydrodynamic interactions
- Pattern formation
- Microgravity Flow Dynamics
- Rheology
- Additive manufacturing
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY
- Flows in porous media
- Separation processes
- Enhanced oil recovery
- Water purification
- Superhydrophobic surfaces
HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS AND SURFACE SCIENCE
TRANSPORT, MOLECULAR THERMODYNAMICS, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- Charge dynamics
- Anomalous diffusion
- Mixing
- Electroosmosis
- Diffusiophoresis
- Microgravity Transport Phenomena
- Hydrodynamic Instabilities for Materials Processing
- Life Support at Low Gravity
- Taylor-Aris dispersion Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
- Corrosion
- Energy Systems
- Electrochemical Systems for Biomedical Applications
- Materials Characterization
- Mathematical Modeling of Electrochemical Systems
Civil & Coastal Engineering
- Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics
- Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering
- Engineering Education
- Geosystems Engineering
- Materials & Pavements
- New Infrastructure Planning & Management (Master’s Only)
- Structural Engineering
- Sustainable Construction Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Water Systems Engineering
Engineering Education
- Educational Research Methods
- Educational Technologies
- Curriculum Interventions
- Human-centered Design
- First-year Design
- Formal and Informal Learning Environments
- Active Learning Spaces
- Laboratory and Flipped-Classroom Instruction
- Student Learning, Motivation, and Persistence
- Computer Science Education
- International Engineering Education
- Critical Mentoring
Computer & Information Science & Engineering
Algorithms
- Computational Geometry
- Data Structures
- Discrete Mathematics
Computer and Information Systems
- Cloud Computing
- Concurrency
- Embedded Systems
- Energy-Aware Computing
- High Performance Computing
- Parallelism
- System Security
Human-Centered Computing
- Advanced Learning Technologies
- Computer Science Education
- Graphics
- Human Studies
- IT Policy
- Personalized Learning
- Programming Language Translators
- Software Engineering
- Systems
- Virtual Humans
- Visualization
Information Science
- Bioinformatics
- Database
- Data Science and Informatics
Intellect Systems
- Biometrics
- Computational Neuroscience
- Computer Vision
- Image and Signal Analysis
- Machine Learning (for 3D Geometry)
- Medical Image Computing
- Remote Sensing
Networks
- Mobile Network Protocols, Measurements and Simulations
- Mobile Networking
- Network Security
- Pervasive and Mobile Computing
- Social Networks
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering
- AI, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing
- Data Analytics and Complex IT Systems Management
- Computer Architecture
- Computer Networks, Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing
- Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Robotics, Autonomous Systems
- Cybersecurity, Usable-security, Privacy, and Trust
- Electronic Design Automation
- Embedded Systems, Real-Time Systems
- High-Performance, Parallel/Distributed, Cloud and Edge Computing
- Smart and Connected Health
- Reconfigurable Computing, FPGA
- Formal methods
Devices
- Energy Harvesting and Energy Storage
- Functional Materials and Devices (Magnetic, Ferroelectric, Multiferroic)
- Micro/Nano Electromechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS)
- Multi-Physics Modeling and Simulation
- Nanodevices and Nanomanufacturing
- Neural Interfaces and Biomedical Devices
- Photonics and Optical Microsystems
- RF Microsystems
- Sensors and Actuators
Electromagnetism and Energy Systems
- Ionospheric/Electromagnetic Interactions
- Geospace Remote Sensing
- Lightning
- Optics, Photonics, and Lasers
- Position, Navigation, and Timing
- Power Reliability, Quality, Generation and Distribution
- Smart Grid & Alternative Energy
Electronics
- Analog/Mixed Signal Circuits and Systems
- Analog-to-digital and Digital-to-analog Converters
- Biomedical Electronics
- Electric Vehicles
- Electrical Power, Power Grid Support with Power Electronics
- Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility
- IC Security and Primitives
- Integrated Power Management
- Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Conversion and Grid Integration
- RF/Microwave/Millimeter-wave Circuits and Systems
Signals & Systems
- Artificial Intelligence
- Automation and Control
- Brain-Machine Interfaces and Neuro-engineering
- Bio-inspired Computation and Processing
- Machine Learning, Adaptive Learning, and Deep Learning
- Multimedia Processing and Computational Photography
- Network Science and Information Security
- Networked Autonomous Vehicles
- Remote Sensing
- Smart Grid Control and Complex System Dynamics
- Software-defined Radios
- Statistical Signal and Array Processing
Environmental Engineering Sciences
- Air Resources
- Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics
- Engineering Education Collaborative
- Environmental Nanotechnology
- Geosystems Engineering
- Systems Ecology & Ecological Engineering
- Sustainable Materials Management
- Waters Systems Engineering
Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Applied AI (Artificial Intelligence)
- Applied Optimization/Data Mining
- Data Analytics and Systems Monitoring
- Deep Learning Neural Networks
- Discrete Optimization
- Engineering Management
- Healthcare Systems and Medical Decision Making
- High-dimensional Data Analytics
- Human Systems
- Occupational and Systems Safety
- Information Technology
- Operations Research
- Quantitative Finance
- Statistical and Machine Learning
- Stochastic Modeling and Analysis
- Supply Chain & Logistics
- Workplace ergonomics
- Occupational biomechanics
- Human-robot interaction
Materials Science & Engineering
- Biomaterials
- Ceramics
- Composite Materials
- Computational Materials Science
- Electronic Materials
- Energy Materials
- Materials Characterization
- Materials Processing
- Metals
- Nanomaterials
- Nuclear Materials
- Optical Materials
- Polymers
- Surface Science
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
- Aircraft and Spacecraft Guidance and Control
- Aeronautics
- Guidance, Navigation, and Control
- Micro Air Vehicles
- Navigation
- Optimization Techniques for Aerospace Systems
- Small Satellites
- Space and Atmospheric Flight Optimal Control
- Space Cryogenic Fluids Thermal Management
- Space Mission Design and Planning
- Space Physics/Weather
- Spacecraft and Vehicle Design
Mechanical Engineering
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Autonomous Systems
- Cell and Biomechanics
- Combustion/Propulsion
- Composites
- Computational Mechanics
- Dynamics and Control
- Energy Systems
- Fluid Dynamics
- High Strain Rate Behavior of Materials
- Laser Diagnostics
- Microsystems
- Mobile Power
- Nano- and Micro-Electromechanical Systems
- Nano- and Micro-Mechanics
- Nonlinear Controls
- Renewable Energy
- Robotics
- Solid Mechanics
- Soft Matter Mechanics and Manufacturing
- Structural Mechanics and Optimization
- Tribology
Nuclear Engineering Sciences
Modeling and Simulation
- Multi-physics modelling
- Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation of Materials
- Neutron and Gamma Cross Section Data
- Nuclear Criticality Safety
- Radiation Shielding
- Reactor Neutronics
- Static and Time-Dependent Neutron Transport
Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Sciences
- Low-Temperature Plasma Processing
- Nano-Scale Drug Delivery
- Nuclear Fusion Reactors
- Plasma Transport and Turbulences
Nuclear Materials
- Fuel Cycle Analysis
- Light Water Reactor Sustainability
- Radiation Tolerant Materials
- Stress Corrosion Cracking
Nuclear Reactor Engineering
- Advanced Design and Analysis
- Fission Technology
- Nuclear Fuel Design
- Quantitative Visualization
- Thermal Hydraulics and Multi-Phase Flow
Radiochemistry
- Nuclear wastes management
- Nuclear forensics
- Separation techniques
- Actinide and lanthanide species
- Fission product behavior
Radiation Detection and Measurements
- New Radiation Detection Materials
- Non-Destructive Examination
- Nuclear Safeguards and Security
- Radiation Imaging
- Signal Processing Electronics
- Radiation Dose Measurements
Nuclear Security & Nonproliferation:
- International Safeguards
- Nuclear Materials Control & Accountability
- Nonproliferation & Arms control
- Nuclear Forensics