Affiliated Researchers: By Design

Ken Tamminga

Distinguished Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Rivers, River, Learning, Climate Change, Sustainable Development

John Messner

Charles and Elinor Matts Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Information Modeling, Building Information Modeling, Case Study, Cyber-physical Systems, Construction Industry

Robert Leicht

Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Building Information Modeling, Construction Industry, Retrofit, Construction Projects, Constructability

Amanda Johnsen

Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactor, Irradiation, Neutron Activation Analysis, Fast Neutron, Pennsylvania

Daning Huang

Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Hypersonic, Aerothermoelastic, Aerothermoelastic Analysis, Reduced Order Model, Hypersonic Flows

Mansour Solaimanian

Associate Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Asphalt Concrete, Asphalt Mixture, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement, Pavement, Superpave

Darrell Velegol

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Colloidal Particles, Electrophoresis, Non-uniformity, Colloidal Particle, Doublet

Tak-Sing Wong

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanotube, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube

Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Flow Distribution, Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), Heat Sink, Computer Simulation

Gordon Warn

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sequential Decision Process, Decision Process, Trade Space Exploration, Finite Element Modeling, Structural Frames

Sohail Anwar

Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Engineering Technology, Engineering, Penn State, Baccalaureate Degree, Electromechanical Engineering

Wenjie Li

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Sintering, Thermoelectric Materials, Yb3+

Charles Andrew Cole

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Wetlands, United States Of America, Hydrogeomorphic, Flood Plain

Long-Qing Chen

Hamer Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Phase-field Model, Phase Field, Thin Films, Phase Field Model

Wangda Zuo

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluid Dynamics, Air Flow, Fast Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Office Buildings

Rahman Azari

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Environmental Impact, Building Envelope, Life Cycle Assessment

Rebecca Henn

Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Impermanence, Boundary Objects, Urban Dwelling, Evolution, Digitization

Robert D. Shannon

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Peatland, Methane, Manure Application, Peatlands, Michigan

John Cimbala

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Vortex, Heat Pipes, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Water Turbine, Hydro Turbine

Zoubeida Ounaies

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Piezoelectricity, Composite Material, Actuator, Piezoelectric

Gregory Kelly

Associate Dean, College of Education
Top research keywords: Discourse, Classroom, Engineering, Student, Science Education

William Bahnfleth

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Chilled Water, Storage Tank, Air Quality, Irradiation System

Elizabeth Traut

Top research keywords: Public Transit, Charging Infrastructure, Optimal Allocation, Spatial Interaction, Optimal Design

Raghu Garud

Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Management and Organization
Top research keywords: Entrepreneurs, Cochlear Implant, Tuition Fee, By Design, Technological System

Frederico Fonseca

Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Ontology, Geographic Information, Information Systems, Geographic Information System, Ontology-driven

David K. Hall

Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Propulsor, Boundary Layer Ingesting, Propulsion System, Boundary Layer Ingestion

Zihan Zhou

Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Face Recognition, Sparse Representation, Convolutional Neural Network, Art Performance, Wireframe

Katriona Shea

Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Seeds, Thistle, Life History, Pollinator

Amin Mehrabian

Associate Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Wellbore, Porosity, Poroelasticity, Pore Fluid, Loss Of Circulation

Leann Andrews

Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Dental Caries, Peru, Iquitos, Floating Community, Juvenile Salmon

Peter Aeschbacher

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture

Christine Gorby

Associate Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Architect, Church, Ireland, Education

Xinwei Niu

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Hardware/software Co-design, Video Coding, Embedded Systems, Energy Consumption, Chip

Yiqi Zhang

Associate Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Lead Time, Automated Vehicles, Connected Vehicle Systems, Warning Message, Highway Systems

Andrea Argüelles

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Additive Manufacturing, Polycrystal, Porosity, Polycrystalline Material

R. Allen Kimel

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Azides, Yttrium Oxide, Photosystem II, Stabilized Zirconia, Zirconia

Travis Flohr

Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Justice, Methods Courses, Urban Trees, Mean Radiant Temperature, Virtual Field Trips

Alan MacEachren

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Visualization, Map Symbols, Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, Decision Making

Corey Gracie-Griffin

Professor, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Structural System, Embodied Energy, Structural Materials, Existing Buildings, United States

Marek Flaska

Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutron, Gamma Radiation, Scintillation Counter, Pulse Shape Discrimination, Pulse Shape