Faculty
A
Abdolrahim, Niaz
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- niaz@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7817
- 404 Hopeman
Interests: Multiscale Modeling of Materials; Nanoporous Materials; Nanowires; Thin Films; Atomistic Simulations
Aluie, Hussein
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- hussein@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7170
- 406 Hopeman
Interests: Turbulence; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Compressible Flows; Magnetohydrodynamics; Hydrodynamic Instabilities
Askari, Hesam
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- askari@rochester.edu
- 223 Hopeman
Interests: Mechanics of Solids and soft matter; Granular systems; Stocahstic response ; Manufacturing techniques
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
B
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
- riccardo.betti@rochester.edu | (585) 274-1198
- 212 Hopeman
Interests: Thermonuclear plasmas; Controlled thermonuclear fusion; Magnetic and inertial confinement fusion; High-energy-density physics
Boster, Kimberly
- Assistant Professor (Research) Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interests: glymphatic transport; cerebral fluid mechanics; phase change heat transfer; image processing and computer vision
Burnham-Fay, Ethan
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Engineer, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- ethan.burnham-fay@rochester.edu
- 2213 LLE
Burns, Stephen J.
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Emeritus, Materials Science
- stephen.j.burns@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4082
- 212 Hopeman
Interests: Fracture Mechanics Applied to Grinding; Polishing, Adhesion and Slitting; Deformation Kinetics; Thermodynamic Energy Balances in Linear Systems
C
Clark, Robert
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- rclark@rochester.edu
- 214 Hopeman
Interests: Dynamic systems; Measurement and control; Single-molecule mechanics; Bio-nano-manufacturing; Scaffolds for tissue engineering
Clark, Alfred, Jr.
- Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and Biomedical Engineering
- alfred.clarkjr@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4078
Interests: Astrophysical fluid dynamics; Oxygen transport; Disease transmission and epidemics
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
- gcollins@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0255
- 307 Hopeman
Interests: Laboratory Astrophysics; High Pressure/High Energy Density Physics; Condensed Matter; Planetary Science; Plasma Physics ; Thermonuclear Fusion
D
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
Dias, Ranga
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- rdias@rochester.edu | (585) 276-4112
- 220 Hopeman
Interests: High Temperature superconductivity; Quantum phase transitions; Dynamic response of solids; Novel material synthesis; High pressure NV optical magnetometry; High energy density physics
Dissanayake, Sachith
- Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
- sachith.dissanayake@rochester.edu
- 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
E
Ellis, Jonathan D.
- Associate Professor (Visiting Research) Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interests: Instrumentation; Metrology; Optical Interferometry; Precision Engineering; Machine Design
F
Funkenbusch, Paul D.
- Associate Dean, Education and New Initiatives
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Materials Science
- paul.funkenbusch@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4074
- 222 Hopeman Hall
Interests: Microstructure, properties, and processing of materials; Variability in materials and processing especially as related to biomaterials and mechanics; Experimental design/robust design
G
Gans, Roger F.
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interests: Nonlinear dynamics; Stability and control; nonNewtonian fluid mechanics
Genberg, Victor L.
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- genberg@sigmadyne.com | (585) 235-7460
- 309 Hopeman Hall
Interests: Finite element analysis; Optimum structural design using nonlinear programming; Structural analysis of precision optical structures; Integrated opto-mechanical analysis and design
Goncharov, Valeri
- Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- vgon@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5877
Interests: Computational physics; Fluid mechanics; Partial differential equations with applications in fluid mechanics; Hydrodynamic instabilities; Plasma physics
Gracewski, Sheryl M.
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- sheryl.gracewski@rochester.edu
- 344 Hopeman Hall
Interests: Solid mechanics, more specifically in wave propagation and vibrations in elastic media; Bubble dynamics; Optics manufacturing and metrology
H
Hu, Suxing
- Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Group Leader, HEDP-Theory Group, LLE
- shu@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3794
- 210 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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
K
Kelley, Douglas H.
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- d.h.kelley@rochester.edu
- 218 Hopeman
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
L
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
- john.lambropoulos@rochester.edu
- 216 Hopeman
Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth
Lerner, Amy L.
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
- amlerner@me.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7847
- 307 Goergen
Interests: Orthopaedic biomechanics; Biomechanics of bone growth and development; Medical image based modeling of knee mechanics
Li, James C. M.
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Emeritus, Materials Science
- james.li@rochester.edu
- 221 Hopeman Hall
Interests: Materials science and micromechanics; Platinum nanowires and networks as fuel cell electrodes; Whisker growth from tin coatings; Nanocrystalline materials
M
Maximov, Andrei
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- amax@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1440
Interests: Theoretical plasma physics; Inertial confinement fusion; High-energy-density physics
McCrory, Robert L.
- University Professor Emeritus
- rmcc@lle.rochester.edu
- 343 Hopeman
Interests: Theoretical Plasma and Laser Physics; Hydrodynamic stability; Thermal transport in laser-driven plasmas; Inertial confinement fusion
Muir, Christopher
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- christopher.muir@rochester.edu
- 407 Hopeman
N
Nam, Jong Hoon
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- nam@me.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4555
- 203 Hopeman Building
Interests: Biophysics of inner ear sensory cells; Cell and tissue mechanics
P
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
Perucchio, Renato
- Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures
- rlp@me.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4071
- 236 and 415 Hopeman
Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics; Engineering practices in Classical Antiquity
Pickel, Andrea
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- apickel@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9142
- 219 Hopeman
Interests: Nanoscale heat transfer; luminescence nanothermometry; single-nanoparticle imaging and spectroscopy; high-temperature thermal metrology; electrothermal measurements
Polsin, Danae
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- dpolsin@ur.rochester.edu
- 200A LLE
Interests: x-ray diffraction and crystallography; shock waves; inertial confinement fusion; high-energy-density physics
R
Regan, Sean
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Director, Experimental Division, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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
Ren, Chuang
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Physics
Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- chuang.ren@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2048
- 203A Hopeman
Interests: High energy density physics (HEDP); Plasma astrophysics; High performance computing
Rygg, J. Ryan
- Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Physics
Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- j.r.rygg@rochester.edu | (585) 475-1549
- 307 Hopeman
Interests: Experimental high-energy-density physics; shock waves; inertial confinement fusion
S
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)
- asef@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4130
- 205 Hopeman
Interests: Inertial confinement fusion; magneto-inertial fusion; high energy density physics; laser-plasma interaction; computational physics; magnetohydrodynamics; particle-in-cell simulations
Shang, Jessica
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- j.k.shang@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2730
- 206 Hopeman
Interests: Experimental fluid mechanics; biological fluid systems; fluid-structure interactions; vortex dynamics; HED hydrodynamics and transport
Singh, Sobhit
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interests: Novel quantum materials (bulk and 2D); Theoretical condensed matter physics; Density-functional theory; Polar metals; Ferroelectrics; Magnetism; Superconductivity; Topological phases of quantum matter
Slane, Laura
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- lslane@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6872
- 217 Hopeman
Interests: Soft tissue mechanics; Quantitative ultrasound; Orthopaedic biomechanics; Injury and rehabilitation; Scholarship of teaching and learning
T
Theobald, Wolfgang
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interests: Inertial Confinement Fusion; Diagnostic Development for High Energy Density Physics; High-Intensity Short-Pulse Laser-Matter Interaction
Thomas, John H.
- Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- thomas@me.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4083
- 344 Hopeman
Interests: Astrophysical fluid dynamics; Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun and other stars; Fluid dynamics of the brain's waste-removal system