Faculty

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    Abdolrahim, Niaz

    • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    Office Location
    404 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7817
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Multiscale Modeling of Materials; Nanoporous Materials; Nanowires; Thin Films; Atomistic Simulations

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    Aluie, Hussein

    • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    Office Location
    406 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 276-7170
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Turbulence; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Compressible Flows; Magnetohydrodynamics; Hydrodynamic Instabilities

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    Askari, Hesam

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Office Location
    223 Hopeman
    Web Address
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    Interests: Mechanics of Solids and soft matter; Granular systems; Stocahstic response ; Manufacturing techniques

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    Athauda, Anushika

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Interests: Condensed matter physics; Novel materials; Superconductivity; Single crystal and powder diffraction; Synthesizing polycrystalline samples; Neutron diffraction; X-Ray diffraction

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    Betti, Riccardo

    • Robert L. McCrory Professor
      Professor of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor of Physics and Astronomy
    • Chief Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
      Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
      Director, Fusion Science Center of Extreme States of Matter and Fast Ignition
    Office Location
    212 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 274-1198

    Interests: Thermonuclear plasmas; Controlled thermonuclear fusion; Magnetic and inertial confinement fusion; High-energy-density physics

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    Boster, Kimberly

    • Assistant Professor (Research) Department of Mechanical Engineering
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    Interests: glymphatic transport; cerebral fluid mechanics; phase change heat transfer; image processing and computer vision

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    Burnham-Fay, Ethan

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Research Engineer, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Office Location
    2213 LLE
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    Burns, Stephen J.

    • Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor Emeritus, Materials Science
    Office Location
    212 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4082
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Fracture Mechanics Applied to Grinding; Polishing, Adhesion and Slitting; Deformation Kinetics; Thermodynamic Energy Balances in Linear Systems

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    Clark, Robert

    • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Office Location
    214 Hopeman

    Interests: Dynamic systems; Measurement and control; Single-molecule mechanics; Bio-nano-manufacturing; Scaffolds for tissue engineering

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    Clark, Alfred, Jr.

    • Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and Biomedical Engineering
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4078

    Interests: Astrophysical fluid dynamics; Oxygen transport; Disease transmission and epidemics

  • Gilbert 'Rip' Collins

    Collins, Gilbert 'Rip'

    • Tracy Hyde Harris Professor
      Professor of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor of Physics
    • Associate Director of Science, Technology and Academics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
      Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
      Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
      Director, Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP)
      NSF Physics Frontier Center
    Office Location
    307 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 275-0255

    Interests: Laboratory Astrophysics; High Pressure/High Energy Density Physics; Condensed Matter; Planetary Science; Plasma Physics ; Thermonuclear Fusion

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    Davies, Jonathan

    • Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    Interests: Laser-produced plasmas; Magnetic fields; Fusion; Plasma diagnostics

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    Dias, Ranga

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
      Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    Office Location
    220 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 276-4112
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: High Temperature superconductivity; Quantum phase transitions; Dynamic response of solids; Novel material synthesis; High pressure NV optical magnetometry; High energy density physics

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    Dissanayake, Sachith

    • Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Office Location
    304 Hopeman

    Interests: Condensed matter physics; Quantum materials; Superconductivity; Superconductors; Frustrated magnets; Multiferroics; Spin, lattice, and orbital degrees of freedom of novel quantum phases; Neutron scattering; X-diffraction

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    Ellis, Jonathan D.

    • Associate Professor (Visiting Research) Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Interests: Instrumentation; Metrology; Optical Interferometry; Precision Engineering; Machine Design

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    Funkenbusch, Paul D.

    • Associate Dean, Education and New Initiatives
      Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor, Materials Science
    Office Location
    222 Hopeman Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4074

    Interests: Microstructure, properties, and processing of materials; Variability in materials and processing especially as related to biomaterials and mechanics; Experimental design/robust design

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  • Roger Gans

    Gans, Roger F.

    • Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Interests: Nonlinear dynamics; Stability and control; nonNewtonian fluid mechanics

  • Victor L. Genberg

    Genberg, Victor L.

    • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Office Location
    309 Hopeman Hall
    Telephone
    (585) 235-7460

    Interests: Finite element analysis; Optimum structural design using nonlinear programming; Structural analysis of precision optical structures; Integrated opto-mechanical analysis and design

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    Glade, Rachel

    • Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
      Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Office Location
    206A Hutchison
    Telephone
    Office: (585) 273-4059
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Geomorphology; landscape evolution; sediment transport; fluids mechanics; granular physics; pattern formation

  • Valeri Goncharov

    Goncharov, Valeri

    • Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Telephone
    (585) 275-5877

    Interests: Computational physics; Fluid mechanics; Partial differential equations with applications in fluid mechanics; Hydrodynamic instabilities; Plasma physics

  • Sheryl M. Gracewski

    Gracewski, Sheryl M.

    • Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Office Location
    344 Hopeman Hall

    Interests: Solid mechanics, more specifically in wave propagation and vibrations in elastic media; Bubble dynamics; Optics manufacturing and metrology

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    Hu, Suxing

    • Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
      Group Leader, HEDP-Theory Group, LLE
    Office Location
    210 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Telephone
    (585) 273-3794
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Theoretical/Computational High-Energy-Density Physics; Inertial Confinement Fusion; Warm-/Hot-Dense Matter; Intense Laser-Matter Interactions; Ultrafast Dynamics; Attosecond Physics; Computational Atomic; Molecular; Optical Physics

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  • Douglas H. Kelley

    Kelley, Douglas H.

    • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    Office Location
    218 Hopeman
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Fluid dynamics of the brain’s waste removal system; Mixing in the inner ear; Liquid metal batteries and grid-scale energy storage; Mixing in metals casting; Coherent structures in reactive mixing

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  • John Lambropoulos

    Lambropoulos, John

    • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor, Materials Science
      Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
      Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
      Materials Science Graduate Recruiting Committee
    Office Location
    216 Hopeman

    Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth

  • Amy L. Lerner

    Lerner, Amy L.

    • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
      Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
    Office Location
    307 Goergen
    Telephone
    (585) 275-7847
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Orthopaedic biomechanics; Biomechanics of bone growth and development; Medical image based modeling of knee mechanics

  • James C. M. Li

    Li, James C. M.

    • Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor Emeritus, Materials Science
    Office Location
    221 Hopeman Hall

    Interests: Materials science and micromechanics; Platinum nanowires and networks as fuel cell electrodes; Whisker growth from tin coatings; Nanocrystalline materials

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  • Jong Hoon Nam

    Nam, Jong Hoon

    • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Office Location
    203 Hopeman Building
    Telephone
    (585) 273-4555
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Biophysics of inner ear sensory cells; Cell and tissue mechanics

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  • John Palastro

    Palastro, John

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Associate Professor, Institute of Optics
      Plasma Theory Group Leader and Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    Interests: Laser matter interactions; nonlinear optics; plasma-based accelerators and radiation sources

  • Renato Perucchio

    Perucchio, Renato

    • Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
      Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures
    Office Location
    236 and 415 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4071

    Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics; Engineering practices in Classical Antiquity

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    Pickel, Andrea

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    Office Location
    219 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 275-9142
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Nanoscale heat transfer; luminescence nanothermometry; single-nanoparticle imaging and spectroscopy; high-temperature thermal metrology; electrothermal measurements

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    Polsin, Danae

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Office Location
    200A LLE

    Interests: x-ray diffraction and crystallography; shock waves; inertial confinement fusion; high-energy-density physics

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    Regan, Sean

    • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
      Director, Experimental Division, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Office Location
    LLE

    Interests: Inertial Confinement Fusion; High Energy Density Physics; Novel Diagnostic Development; X-ray spectroscopy and imaging; Neutron and Charged Particle Spectroscopy and Imaging; 3-D Diagnostics

  • Chuang Ren

    Ren, Chuang

    • Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Professor, Department of Physics
      Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Office Location
    203A Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2048

    Interests: Inertial confinement fusion; Plasma astrophysics; High performance computing

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    Ruby, JJ

    • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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    Rygg, J. Ryan

    • Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Physics
      Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    Office Location
    307 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 475-1549

    Interests: Experimental high-energy-density physics; shock waves; inertial confinement fusion

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    Sefkow, Adam

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
      Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
      Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    Office Location
    205 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 276-4130
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Inertial confinement fusion; magneto-inertial fusion; high energy density physics; laser-plasma interaction; computational physics; magnetohydrodynamics; particle-in-cell simulations

  • Jessica Shang

    Shang, Jessica

    • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    Office Location
    206 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2730
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Experimental fluid mechanics; biological fluid systems; fluid-structure interactions; vortex dynamics; HED hydrodynamics and transport

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    Singh, Sobhit

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Novel quantum materials (bulk and 2D); Theoretical condensed matter physics; Density-functional theory; Polar metals; Ferroelectrics; Magnetism; Superconductivity; Topological phases of quantum matter

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    Slane, Laura

    • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Office Location
    217 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 276-6872

    Interests: Soft tissue mechanics; Quantitative ultrasound; Orthopaedic biomechanics; Injury and rehabilitation; Scholarship of teaching and learning

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  • Wolfgang Theobald

    Theobald, Wolfgang

    • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Office Location
    LLE

    Interests: Inertial Confinement Fusion; Diagnostic Development for High Energy Density Physics; High-Intensity Short-Pulse Laser-Matter Interaction

  • John H. Thomas

    Thomas, John H.

    • Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences
      Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy
    Office Location
    344 Hopeman
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4083

    Interests: Astrophysical fluid dynamics; Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun and other stars; Fluid dynamics of the brain's waste-removal system