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The faculty members of the department
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Jane P. Chang Professor Research Website (310) 206-7980 |
Plasma chemistries and surface kinetics, atomic layer deposition of complex and multifunctional oxide materials, semiconductor processing and chemistry, computational surface chemistry, nanostructured complex oxides |
| Yvonne Chen Assistant Professor On leave, Harvard Univ. 2011-13 |
Synthetic biology, cell-based immunotherapy | |
| Panagiotis Christofides Professor Research Website (310) 794-1015 |
Control of nonlinear and hybrid processes, networked process control, fault-tolerant process control, water systems modeling and control, control of multiscale process systems, model reduction, optimization and control of nonlinear distributed parameter systems, modeling and control of particulate and bacterial systems | |
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Yoram Cohen Professor Research Website (310) 825-8766 |
Surface nano-structuring with polymers and organosilanes, graft polymerization, membranes: desalination, ultrafiltration and pervaporation, surface crystallization, neural networks for quantitative-structure property estimation, intermedia and multimedia transport in environmental systems, environmental impact assessment |
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James F. Davis Professor Research Website (310) 206-0011 |
Information technology |
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Robert Hicks Professor Research Website (310) 206-6865 |
Atmospheric pressure plasmas - physics, chemistry and materials processing, semiconductor nanotechnology, surface chemistry of materials |
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Louis J. Ignarro Professor Research Website (310) 825-5159 |
Molecular and medical pharmacology |
| Eldon Knuth Emeriti Faculty (310) 825-8485 |
Molecular dynamics, thermodynamics, combustion, kinetics and the thermodynamics of processes in rapidly expanding fluid flows. | |
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James C. Liao Chancellor's Professor and Vice-Chair Research Website (310) 825-1656 |
Next-generation biofuels, transcriptional and metabolic networks analysis, gene-metabolic circuits, nitric oxide metabolism, fatty acid metabolism |
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Yunfeng Lu Professor Research Website (310) 794-7238 |
Nanostructured Materials and Devices, molecular design and self-assembly, energy storage and conversion, biomimetic materials and system |
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Vasilios Manousiouthakis Professor Research Website (310) 206-0300 |
Plasma simulation, process design, process optimization, process control |
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Harold Monbouquette Professor and Chair Research Website (310) 825-8946 |
Biochemical engineering |
| Ken Nobe Emeriti Faculty (310) 825-2447 |
Research is focused in electrochemical processes and nano-electrochemical systems. Specific interests involve the kinetics and mechanisms of electrodissolution and electrodeposition of metals and semiconductors, oscillatory behavior in electrochemical systems, electroorganic electrochemical and bioelectrochemical processes, corrosion, fuel cells and batteries, processing of magnetic polymer and alloy thin films for nano-electrochemical systems (NEMS). | |
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Gerassimos Orkoulas Assistant Professor (310) 267-0169 |
Novel algorithms for fluid simulation, fluid criticality: scaling theory and simulations, modeling and control of protein crystallization, multiscale modeling and control of thin film deposition |
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Tatiana Segura Assistant Professor Research Website (310) 206-3980 |
My laboratory focuses on the design of hydrogel biomaterials for stem cell culture and differentiation studies in vitro and vascularization and stem cell transplantation strategies in vivo. We utilize a combination of carbohydrates, protein, peptide and DNA delivery in the design of our hydrogels. |
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Selim Senkan Professor Research Website (310) 206-4106 |
Chemical reaction engineering, catalysis and combustion |
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Yi Tang Associate Professor Research Website (310) 825-0375 |
Metabolic engineering, natural product biosynthesis |
| William D. Van Vorst Emeriti Professor (310) 825-2816 |
Thermodynamics, energy conversion, alternative energy systems, hydrogen and alcohol as engine fuels.
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| A. R. Frank Wazzan Emeriti Professor and Former Dean (310) 206-1598 |
Professor Wazzan is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of nuclear material, thermal hydraulics, and stability of laminar flows. He was also a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark for his studied of magnetic interactions in solids. His research has had significant impact on the design of high-performance underwater weapons systems for the U.S. Navy. |













