Research Listing - College

Lift generated by flapping wings, thrust generated by oscillating fins, drag generated by struts and cables, moments generated by a gust hitting an aircraft wing. In all of these scenarios, the interaction of fluid (air, water) with the surface generates coherent structures or motions in the fluid, often in the form of vorticity or distinct…

Production and decay of heavy-quark states in electron-positron annihilations. We use the CLEO III detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) to study the properties of particles composed of b and c quarks. Our specific focus is testing the Standard Model of quarks and leptons, primarily by making precise determinations of its parameters. In addition to contributing to current theoretical progress, these studies are laying the foundation for understanding CP violation and other…

His recent research areas include contract-discovery and coverage techniques for black-box object-code components funded by a NSF grant, test generation and verification of plan executions for autonomy platforms funded by a NASA grant, testing techniques of learning enabled components for assuring autonomous systems funded under a DARPA project and model based fuzz testing funded under an ONR project.

I am interested in tectonic processes, including subduction, collision, crustal thickening, partial melting of crust, orogenic collapse, and the development of continental and oceanic core complexes. Our research group combines structural geology, metamorphic geology, geochemical and geochronological techniques, numerical simulations, microstructural and microfabric analyses using electron backscatter diffraction, and rock and mineral experiments. Current research topics include the…

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Professor Hemati's research aims to develop efficient and reliable strategies for the modeling, analysis, and control of fluid flows that arise in various engineering applications. Hemati's research program combines theory, computation, and experiments…

Mats Heimdahl’s research focuses on software engineering and is investigating methods and tools to help us develop software with predictable behavior free from critical defects. His group, Critical Systems Research Group (CriSys), is investigating issues in automated software engineering; how we can effectively leverage tool support to reduce cost, shorten cycle time, and improve software quality. Specifically, they focus on software requirements…

Research in my group is on systems engineering and process control; it brings together modeling, mathematical analysis, control theory, optimization and computation, in order to understand the structure and improve the operation of chemical, biological and energy systems.  Our current research focuses on three themes: complexity (networks), data (learning), and energy (sustainability).

Network approaches to control of complex process networks

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My laboratory is working on exciting directions to understand and target HIV-1 host interactions at the molecular and cellular levels. We use interdisciplinary approaches at the interface of synthetic and molecular virology, immunology and cell biology to gain new insights into complex biological processes with the aim of translating these insights into novel therapies and vaccines to treat and prevent viral infections.

Larry Edwards is an isotope geochemist well-known for his role in the development of modern uranium-thorium (or Th-230) dating methods and his application of these methods to the study of climate history and ocean chemistry. His approaches have improved the accuracy of radiocarbon dating, with the long-sought goal of a complete calibration of the radiocarbon timescale now in sight.

Edwards champions cave deposits as recorders of historic and pre-historic climate. Using innovative…

Professor Hesla’s research interests are in the theory and computation of Fluid-Particle Flow, Fluid-Body Interaction and Finite-Element methodology.