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ACOUSTICS
Anthony Atchley, professor and head
Website: www.acs.psu.edu
Research areas include active control of sound and vibration, adaptive signal
processing, aeroacoustics, architectural acoustics, atmospheric acoustics, boundary and finite element techniques,
computational acoustics, hydroacoustics, intensity technique, noise control, nondestructive evaluation,
nonlinear acoustics, ocean acoustics, physical acoustics, signal processing sonar engineering, structural
acoustics, transducers, ultrasonics, underwater acoustics, wave propagation and scattering, thermoacoustics,
sound quality.
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AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
George Lesieutre, professor and head
Website: www.aero.psu.edu
Research areas include astrodynamics; analytical, computational, and experimental fluid dynamics and
aeroacoustics; flight science and vehicle dynamics; rotorcraft; structures, structural dynamics, and
adaptive structures; space propulsion, turbomachinery, and air-breathing propulsion. Research facilities
include subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels, an anechoic hot jet noise facility, a supersonic shear layer
facility, massively parallel computer systems, a rotor test stand, an advanced composites laboratory, a
vibration control laboratory, an electric propulsion test stand, and turbomachinery compressors and turbines.
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AGRICULTURAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Roy Young, professor and head
Website: www.age.psu.edu
Programs are available in food engineering, soil and water resource management and conservation, properties
of biological materials, environmental control, expert systems, particulate materials, agricultural
structures, systems engineering, machinery systems, safety engineering, horticultural engineering,
microclimate modifications, and wood engineering. Facilities include modern laboratories for food
engineering, geographic information systems, controlled environmental studies, water quality,
electronics instrumentation, waste management, hydraulic power and engines, physical properties of
biological materials, structural component testing, computer vision, and machine research and design.
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ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
Chimay Anumba, professor and head
Website: www.engr.psu.edu/AE
Graduate study and research are performed in four main subject areas. Construction: process modeling,
lean construction, specialty contracting, productivity improvement, project delivery methods. Illumination
Systems: modeling and visualization, daylighting, optical design, photometry, human factor issues.
Mechanical and Energy Systems: CFD modeling, district energy, thermal storage, indoor air quality,
EMCS/real-time tools, system modeling/optimization, decoupled sensible and latent cooling, emerging
technologies. Building Structural Systems: advancement of analysis and design methods, optimization,
seismic evaluation, structural control, natural hazard resistance and serviceability of building envelope
systems, housing, historic preservation, cable and membrane structures.
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BIOENGINEERING
Herbert Lipowsky, professor and head
Website: www.bioe.psu.edu
A multidisciplinary program with core departmental faculty and associate faculty members in other
department with studies on artificial organs, biomaterials, blood rheology, cell mechanics, hemodynamics,
medical imaging, microvascular function, molecular mechanics, neuroeletrophysiology, physiological
transport, pulmonary function, ultrasound imaging and transducer engineering, and ultrasound therapeutics.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Andrew Zydney, professor and head; Walter L. Robb Family Endowed Chair
Website: http://fenske.che.psu.edu/
Research areas include applied thermodynamics; biotechnology— protein separations, plant cell cultures,
bioreactor design; catalysis/surface science— catalyst preparation characterization, metal-support effects,
molecular dynamics/Monte Carlo simulations; physiological transport— flow/diffusion in lung, cardiovascular
fluid mechanics/mass transfer, cellular biomechanics; polymers/colloids— diffusion, organized molecular
assemblies; transport phenomena— turbulent reacting flows, surface tension driven flows;
tribology— lubricant rheology, oxidation stability, high-temperature lubrication.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING
Peggy Johnson, professor and head
Website: www.engr.psu.edu/ce
Programs include civil and building construction, project management, civil engineering materials
(geotechnical engineering, portland cement and asphalt concrete, pavement design), hydrosystems
(watershed models, groundwater modeling, systems analysis, hydraulics of open channels), structures
(earthquake, blast, abnormal loadings; bridges, buildings, and the building enclosure; off-shore
structures, structural control, reliability, and rehabilitation), and transportation (traffic
engineering, transportation planning, facilities design, network optimization algorithms, and
intelligent transportation systems).
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COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Raj Acharya, professor and head
Website: www.cse.psu.edu
Interests include bioinformatics, data mining, computer architecture, digital system design, embedded
processors, fault-tolerant computing, interconnection networks, parallel processing, performance evaluation,
VLSI design, database systems, distributed computing, global information, sharing, programming language
design, semantics and implementation, software engineering, computer networks, data communications, computer
vision, document image analysis, machine learning algorithms, pattern recognition, algorithmic design,
computational complexity, numerical computing, scientific visualization, and computational molecular biology.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
W. Kenneth Jenkins, professor and head
Website: www.ee.psu.edu
Research areas include antennas, propagation, microwaves, computational electromagnetics, radar and lidar
remote sensing, radiometry, in situ and remote sensing of the ionosphere; digital communications, networking,
optical networks, wireless networks, image and signal processing, multidimensional signals, signal
recognition, reconstruction, neural networks; nonlinear optics, fibers, optical storage, computing; silicon,
III-V, organic, wide bandgap semiconductors and devices, MEMS, ceramic, ferroelectric, and quantum devices,
processing techniques; linear systems, active vision, control systems; power system planning and control,
drive systems, power electronics.
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ENGINEERING SCIENCE & MECHANICS
Judith Todd, P.B. Breneman Department Head Chair
Website: www.esm.psu.edu
Research focuses on optical, electronic, or mechanical material property control; advanced material
fabrication and processing; and material, device, and structure response simulation. Specific research areas
include composite materials; rheological and biological materials; continuum mechanics; powdered
materials engineering; fatigue and fracture; failure analysis; micromechanics; surface engineering; CVD and
ion implantation; microelectronic materials and devices; ESR; thin films; solid-state devices; display
materials and devices; nanofabrication; diamond films; NDE; sensors and actuators; adaptive control; smart
materials; wave-material interactions; ultrasonics, structural dynamics; chaos, acoustics; boundary and
finite elements; condition monitoring; and artificial intelligence. Facilities are available for SEM, SAM,
SFM, X-ray clean rooms, metallography, shock and vibration, and fatigue.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Peggy Johnson, professor and head
Website: www.engr.psu.edu/ce
Research areas include water and wastewater treatment processes, aquatic chemistry and microbiology, solid
and hazardous waste treatment, industrial pollution prevention and waste minimization, air pollution treatment
and control, water resource systems, and soil bioremediation.
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INDUSTRIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Richard Koubek, professor and head
Website: www.ie.psu.edu
Programs are available in human factors?ergonomics engineering, human/machine interface design,
safety; manufacturing systems?metal-cutting, theory, plastic deformation and welding processes, group
technology, design of production systems, CAPP, engineering for production, automation, robotics,
control, micromachining, CAD/CAM, flexible manufacturing systems, machine tool sensing and diagnostics,
tolerancing; operations research?applied stochastic processes, decision analysis, mathematical programming,
graph theory and networks, engineering economy, artificial intelligence, expert systems; and systems
design-quality assurance, reliability, experimental design, and systems simulation techniques.
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Karen Thole, professor and head
Website: www.mne.psu.edu
Major fields of specialization include acoustics, automatic control, biomechanics, compressible and
incompressible flow, computer vision, computational fluid dynamics, transport phenomena, combustion and
flame kinetics, space propulsion, dynamics of machines, turbulence theory, simulation and modeling,
transportation and vehicles, mechatronics, heat and mass transfer, design analysis, optimization and
synthesis, simulation of mechanical systems, computer-aided design, robotics, smart materials, structural
dynamics, vibrations and noise control, tribology, laser machining, and heat exchanger design. Departmental
facilities include wind tunnels, laser facilities, advanced diagnostics for combustion and fluid flow studies,
solid rocket propellants, engines, control and mechatronics, vibrations, robotics activities, and
computer-based diagnostic facilities.
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NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Jack Brenizer, Jr., professor and program chair
Website: www.mne.psu.edu
Graduate studies and research are offered in reactor safety?advanced reactor design, thermal-hydraulic
modeling, transient analysis, accident analysis; reactor theory?computational methods, transport theory;
reactor control?advanced control methods, use of artificial intelligence; reactor operations?fuel
management, radiation instrumentation, radiation monitoring and dosimetry; materials research?radiation
effects, plant-life extension issues, hyperfine probes for defects in solids; and radiation
applications?neutron radiography. Facilities include a 1-MW TRIGA reactor, hot cells, a thermal-hydraulic
test facility, and gamma irradiation, neutron radiography, neutron activation analysis, reactor simulation,
nuclear materials engineering, and low-level radiation monitoring laboratories.
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QUALITY & MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
José Ventura, professor and co-director
Website: www.smeal.psu.edu/qmm
This is a one-year interdisciplinary program leading to a Master in Manufacturing Management (M.M.M.)
degree. Topics include business concepts in manufacturing, engineering design, quality management,
statistical process control and experimental design, manufacturing systems planning and control,
design practice for manufacturing, manufacturing processes and materials, manufacturing strategy,
and communication and leadership skills.
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
Greg Eghigian, associate professor and director
Website: www.engr.psu.edu/sts
Science, Technology and Society (STS) offers an interdisciplinary, intercollege minor for research in
technology and design studies, science studies, STS policy, and engineering and environmental ethics.
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