Faculty - College of Engineering
 Antonio Armaou
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
170 Fenske Laboratory, University Park
Phone: 814-863-1375
E-mail: armaou@engr.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Nonlinear model reduction and control of transport-reaction processes with focus on multiscale systems, Optimization and design of dynamic distributed chemical processes, Modeling, design and control of plasma-assisted microelectronics manufacturing and advanced materials processing, Simulation, analysis and control of fluid dynamic systems.
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 Sean Brennan
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
318 Leonhard Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-2430
E-mail: sbrennan@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Simulation of vehicle dynamics, inverse problems, monte-carlo simulation, data fusion, image processing, robust control synthesis, allometric scalability of robots, atonomous vehicle development.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Special Issue on Control Applications in Automotive Engineering
Vehicle State Estimation Using Vision and Inertial Measurements
Lessons Learned from Matching Experimental Data to Low-Order Models of Vehicle Yaw, Sideslip, and Roll Behavior
Utilization of Vehicle Dynamic Simulations as Predictors of Highway Safety
The Vehicle Autopilot: Simultaneous Robust Control Through Parametric Adaptation
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 Long-Qing Chen
ICS Steering Committee
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
102 Steidle Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-8101
E-mail: lqc3@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Computational materials science at the mesoscale, Phase-field method for materials microstructure evolution and materials design, Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions, Domain structures and electrical/mechanical/magnetic couplings in nanoferroelectrics and multiferroics, Alloy phase transformations, including order-disorder, phase separation, and martensitic transformations, Grain growth in thin films and bulk systems, Precipitate morphologies, Ostwald ripening, Interactions between defect and phase microstructures, Multiscale modeling, Computational materials design.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Crystals Within Crystals
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 Brian Dempsey
Professor of Environmental Engineering
212 Sackett Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-1226
E-mail: bad5@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Inorganic coagulants and coagulation processes, Microfiltration for potable water and wastewater, Treatment of acid mine drainage, Chemistry of iron, aluminum, and trace metals, Reactions of natural organic materials, Manipulation of solid phases to enhance purity or density, Stream monitoring and TMDLs, Removal of arsenic from potable water, Uranium mobility and reactivity.
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 John Doherty
Professor of Electrical Engineering
325 Leonhard Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-8102
E-mail: jfdoherty@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Signal processing and communications, which includes specific applications to remote sensing, electronic intelligence, and biomedical engineering; data analysis for remote sensing of the lower atmosphere; developing new electronic intelligence and surveillance technologies for homeland security in collaboration with the Applied Research Laboratory.
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 Cheng Dong
Professor of Bioengineering
233 Hallowell Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8091
E-mail: cxd23@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The major focus of our research is to elucidate biomechanical, biophysical and biochemical aspects of cellular function in the circulatory system. A dual approach is taken that involves a coordination of in vitro, in vivo, biological experiments and mathematical modeling of cellular behavior. The laboratory expertise is in the field of cellular biomechanics, leukocyte rheology, cell signaling, cancer immunology and metastases. Current research includes studies of micro-hemodynamics, cell adhesion, cell migration, intercellular and intracellular signaling, systems biology and cell signaling network modeling. In particular, we study how tumor microenvironment changes leukocyte and/or endothelial immune functions which subsequently affect tumor cell extravasation from the microcirculation and subsequent metastasis.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Cellular Biomechanics Laboratory
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 Darryl Farber
Assistant Professor of Science, Technology & Society
201G Old Botany, University Park
Phone: 814-865-3042
E-mail: dlf112@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Current research is on the environmental, societal, and ethical implications of nanotechnology. In a broader context, he is working on understanding how emerging technologies may contribute to a global sustainable energy and waste system and the societal and ethical implications of those technological systems. He has recently published on the decommissioning of nuclear facilities and is contributing to a series of articles on nuclear technology for the Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics.
Additionally, he is working on an update of an economic impact analysis of Penn State University on the Centre Region, and he has become involved recently in understanding the impacts of a proposed local landfill, waste-to-energy facility in Centre County, PA.
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 Patrick McDaniel
Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Co-Director, Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Laboratory
360A IST Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-3599
E-mail: mcdaniel@cse.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Systems and Network Security, Security Policy, Networking, Distributed Systems, Public Policy, Telecommunications Security, Network Management, Applied Cryptography, Privacy.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Patrick McDaniel's Web Site
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 Ram Narayanan
Professor of Electrical Engineering
202 Electrical Engineering East, University Park
Phone: 814-863-2602
E-mail: ram@ee.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: High-resolution radar system conception and development, Scattering phenomenology from volume and surface targets, Information content characterization in remotely sensed imagery, Ground penetrating radar (GPR) applications for infrastructure assessment, and Covert communications systems and concepts.
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Eric Paterson
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Division Scientist, Computational Mechanics Division
Applied Research Lab, University Park
Phone: 814-865-7315
E-mail: egp11@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applied to ship hydrodynamics, homeland security, and bioengineering. In ship hydrodynamics, we are developing and applying numerical algorithms for: multiphase VOF and level-set simulation of seakeeping and cavitation; 6D0F RANS simulation of marine-vehicle maneuvering; and fluid-structure interaction. In homeland security, we are using CFD to model transport and deposition of trace chemicals in devices such as explosives-detection portals, artificial noses, and in biological olfactory systems. In bioengineering CFD, we are developing models to simulate both hydrodynamic performance and blood damage in a variety of artificial heart pumps, including axial-flow turbines, positive-displacement pumps, and other novel concepts (such as a Tesla friction pump).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
ARL Computational Mechanics Division
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 Anand Sivasubramaniam
Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Director of Embedded and Mobile Computing Center
Co-Director of Microsystems Design Lab and Computer Systems Lab
354A IST Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-1406
E-mail: axs53@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Designing, implementing, evaluating and tuning computer systems that span the spectrum of application domains from high performance clusters and shared memory multiprocessors, to embedded resource-constrained systems. His research methodology combines theoretical and experimental techniques to optimize performance, power consumption, and computation integrity characteristics of real-world systems. His current research focuses on scheduling and resource management for clusters, systems support for autonomic computing, power optimization in embedded/mobile and high-end servers, and high performance computer architectures.
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 Qian Wang
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
325 Leonhard Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8281
E-mail: quw6@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Robust control, Nonlinear Control, System Dynamics with Applications in Mechanical and Aerospace Systems; Optimization Algorithms and Soft Computing; Applications of Control Theory to Information and Computer Systems.
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 Douglas Werner
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Senior Scientist, ARL
211A Electrical Engineering East, University Park
Phone: 814-863-2946
E-mail: dhw@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Theoretical and computational electromagnetics with applications to antenna theory and design, phased array systems, conformal antennas, microwave devices, wireless and personal communication systems, electromagnetic wave interactions with novel materials, electromagnetic metamaterials, tiling theory, fractal and knot electrodynamics, neural networks, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization.
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