This cross-cutting research theme focuses on the integration of computational modeling, simulation, and data-driven methods to address complex scientific and engineering challenges across diverse fields. It leverages advanced algorithms, high-performance computing, and mathematical frameworks to enable predictive modeling, design optimization, and decision-making in systems that are too intricate for purely experimental approaches. Research under development includes multi-scale simulation methods, uncertainty quantification, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, high-fidelity simulations, machine learning, model order reduction, simulation-based design optimization, and quantum computing for applications in climate science, aerospace, biological systems, advanced materials, and energy systems.

This cross-cutting research theme is centered around clear common interests in energy production, efficiency, storage, harvesting, and thermal controls. It builds on the strong expertise in fundamental physics, thermal sciences and engineering across multiple scales, thermal energy storage, thermal metrology, nanostructured materials, electrochemical energy storage, and microsystem fabrication technologies.

This cross-cutting research theme centers around common interests in biomechanics, virtual surgery, radiation protection, nuclear medicine, medical robotics, biomechanical imaging and nanoscience. Active research interests include radiation shielding design, radiation-induced material degradation and toxicity, and production of medical radioisotopes.

The cross-disciplinary research leverages a convergence of expertise in materials, advanced manufacturing, and control systems, emphasizing synergistic integration of these fields to derive system-level solutions to complex technological challenges. The faculty's research interests encompass a broad spectrum of areas, including but not limited to energy materials, nanomaterials, nanocomposites, nanoscale heat transfer, thermoelectrics, nanomechanics, fiber-reinforced composites, additive manufacturing, nonlinear control systems, micromachining, spaceflight dynamics and control, tribology, nonlinear dynamics, nuclear materials, biomaterials, smart and adaptive materials, as well as computational approaches in nanomechanics and biomechanics.