Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Christos Alexopoulos
Professor
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
christos.alexopoulos@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 894-2361
Groseclose Building, Room 429
Website(s): Bio Page
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Applied probability, statistics, and optimizations of stochastics systems, solving problems related to the optimal design of telecommunications and transportation networks
Dr. Jane Ammons
Professor Emeritus in Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
jane.ammons@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 894-2364
ISyE Main Building, Room 206
Website(s): Bio Page
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Supply chain engineering with a special interest in developing closed loop, environmentally sustainable systems, Production systems design and analysis, manufacturing systems, and continuous quality improvement, solving problems related to reverse production systems including the strategic design reverse logistics infrastructure
Dr. Gisele Bennett
Director, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Regent's Researcher; and Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
gisele.bennett@gtri.gatech.edu
(404) 407-6155
Baker Building, Room 327A
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): EOSL-GTRI
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Automatic Identification Technologies (AIT), in particular RFID and optical systems; Optical coherence imaging; image formation; computer modeling of optical imaging systems; and Decision Support Systems (DSS)
Dr. Bert Bras
Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
bert.bras@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-9667
MRDC, Room 3408
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Sustainable Design & Manufacturing Program
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Computer-Aided Engineering and Design and Manufacturing; Sustainable design, design for recycling, and robust design
Dr. Victor Breedveld
Associate Professor and Robert "Bud" Moeller Faculty Fellow
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
victor.breedveld@chbe.gatech.edu
(404) 894-5134
Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building, Room 1222
Website(s): Bio Page
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Structure and reheology of complex fluids, the local rheology of bioengineering materials
Sonia Chernova
Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Computing
College of Computing
School of Interactive Computing
chernova@cc.gatech.edu
Website(s): Sonia Chernova
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My research interests span robotics and artificial intelligence, including semantic reasoning, adjustable autonomy, human computation and cloud robotics.
Dr. Jennifer Clark
Associate Professor
School of Public Policy
jennifer.clark@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
(404) 385-7224
D.M. Smith Building, Room 218
Website(s): Bio Page
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Urban and regional economic development policy, specifically the factors and processes that shape agglomeration economies (industrial districts) and territorial innovation systems
Dr. Jonathan S. Colton
Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
jonathan.colton@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-7407
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 434
Website(s): Bio Page
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Manufacturing and CAE & Design; Humanitarian Design and Engineering (HumDE); Manufacturing, Production, and Design; Polymer and polymer composites; Biomedical and Medical Devices; Technologies for developing countries and other resource-limited environment; Product development and industrial design
Dr. Susan Cozzens
Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs and Professor, School of Public Policy; Director, Technology Policy and Assessment Center; and Associate Dean for Research in the Ivan Allen College
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
School of Public Policy
susan.cozzens@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
(404) 385-0397
D.M. Smith Building, Room 310
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Technology Policy and Assessment Center
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Science, technology, and innovation policies in developing countries, including issues of equity, equality, and development
Dr. Suman Das
Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
suman.das@me.gatech.edu
(404) 385-6027
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 255
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Direct Digital Manufacturing Laboratory
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Additive manufacturing
Dr. Yulin Deng
Professor
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
yulin.deng@ipst.gatech.edu
(404) 894-5759
IPST Building, Room 375
Website(s): Bio Page
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Nanomaterial synthesis and self-assembling, biofuel and biomass materials, colloid and interface science and engineering, polymer synthesis, papermaking and paper recycling
Chris Downing
President, Enterprise Innovation Institute
chris.downing@innovate.gatech.edu
(404) 894-7700
Centergy Building, Suite 300, 75 5th Street, N.W.
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): GaMEP
Karen Fite
Director, State Regional Network, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP)
karen.fite@innovate.gatech.edu
404-385-4292
Centergy Building, Suite 300, 75 5th Street, N.W.
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): GaMEP
Dr. Craig Forest
Associate Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
craig.forest@me.gatech.edu
(404) 385-7645
IBB Building, Room 1310
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Precision Biosystems Laboratory
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Manufacturing and Bioengineering: Ultra-high throughput genomics instrumentation; detection, separation, amplification of DNA; 3-D microfabrication technologies for genomics applications; and micro-lenslet arrays
Dr. Steve French
Associate Dean of Research and McKenney Family Professor of Sustainability, Energy and Environment
College of Architecture
steve.french@coa.gatech.edu
(404) 894-3880
245 Fourth Street, N.W.
Website(s): Bio Page
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Sustainable urban development, land use planning, Geographic Information System(GIS) applications, and natural hazard risk assessment, Earthquake and Flood Hazard Analysis and Mitigation, Development Impacts
Dr. Richard Fujimoto
Regents' Professor and Chair
School of Computational Science and Engineering
richard.fuijmoto@cc.gatech.edu
(404) 894-5615
Klaus Advanced Computing Building, Room 1320A
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Personal Website
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The execution of discrete-event simulation programs on parallel and distributed computing platforms
Dr. Nagi Gebraeel
Associate Professor
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
nagi@gatech.edu
(404) 894-0054
Groseclose Building, Room 327
Website(s): Bio Page
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Sensor-based prognostics and degradation modeling, reliability engineering, and maintenance operations and logistics
Dr. Ari Glezer
George W. Woodruff Chair in Thermal Systems and Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
ari.glezer@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-3266
Love Building, Room 239
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory
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Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Combustion, and Energy Systems; Fluid mechanics, turbulent shear flows, flow control, and diagnostics
Dr. Marc Goetschalckx
Associate Professor
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
marc.goetschalckx@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 894-2317
Groseclose Building, Room 325
Website(s): Bio Page
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Supply chain design and analysis, configuration of global logistics systems, material flow systems, manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution facilities design
Dr. Tequila Harris
Associate Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
tequila.harris@me.gatech.edu
(404) 385-6335
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 436
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Personal Website
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Manufacturing and Fluid Mechanics; Polymer processing, mechanical system design, fluid flow, and mechanical and physical property characterization of thin film
Dr. Asegun Henry
Assistant Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
ase@gatech.edu
404.894.7514
CNES Building
Website(s): Bio Page
Joy Hymel
Strategic Partners Officer, Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2)
joy.hymel@innovate.gatech.edu
(404) 385-3629
Website(s): Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2)
Greg King
Strategic Partners Officer, Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), Macon Office
greg.king@gatech.edu
(478) 471-5398
Website(s): Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2)
Dr. Steven Liang
Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
steven.liang@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-8164
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 458
Website(s): Bio Page
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Manufacturing and Automation and Mechatronics; Modeling, monitoring, and control of advanced manufacturing processes and equipment.
Dr. Tim Lieuwen
Professor
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
tim.lieuwen@aerospace.gatech.edu
(404) 894-3041
Guggenheim Building, Room 363
Website(s): Bio Page
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Acoustics, fluid mechanics, Combustion, signal processing
Dr. Zhiqun Lin
Associate Professor
School of Materials and Science Engineering
zhiqun.lin@mse.gatech.edu
(404) 385-4404
Molecular Science & Engineering Building, Room 3100K
Website(s): Bio Page
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Solar cells, conjugated polymers, semiconductor organic/inorganic nanocomposites, multifunctional nanocrystals, block copolymers, multi-arm star-like functional block copolymers, polymer blends, hierarchical structure formation and assembly, surface and interfacial properties, phase equilibrium and phase separation kinetics
Dr. Jye-Chyi Lu
Professor
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
jclu@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 894-2301
Groseclose Building, Room 312
Website(s): Bio Page
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Active in promoting research, education and extension-service programs with focus on information systems engineering, e-business, e-logistics, e-design and industrial statistics areas
Dr. Seth Marder
Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE)
School of Chemistry & Biochemistry
seth.marder@chemistry.gatech.edu
(404) 385-6048
MSE, Room 1100M
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE)
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Organic, materials, organometallic, and optical science; Two photon chemistry; Materials for photonics and displays
Dr. J. Rhett Mayor
Associate Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
rhett.mayor@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-0301
Callaway Manufacturing Research Building, Room 435
Website(s): Bio Page
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Manufacturing and Heat Transfer, Combustion and Energy Systems; Micro-factories, micro/meso-scale manufacturing processes, integrated micro-mechatronics, micro-engines, and micro-power generation
Dr. David McDowell
Carter N. Paden Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing and Regents' Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
david.mcdowell@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-5128
MRDC, Room 4105
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Mechanical Properties Research Laboratory
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Mechanics of Materials and Computer-Aided Engineering and Design; Material deformation and damage, constitutive laws, and metals processing
Dr. Leon McGinnis
Professor Emeritus
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
leon.mcginnis@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 894-2312
ISyE Main Building, Room 108
Website(s): Bio Page
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Focuses on fundamental representation issues in discrete event logistics systems, on performance assessment models, and on the development of integrated computational tools
Dr. Shreyes Melkote
Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
shreyes.melkote@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-8499
Callaway Manufacturing Research Building, Room 381
Website(s): Bio Page
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Manufacturing and Tribology; Precision machining, fixturing/handling, and hybrid micromachining processes
Dr. Dima Nazzal
Executive Director of Academic Administration and Student Experience
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
dima.nazzal@gatech.edu
404.385.0272
Groseclose, 210
Website(s): Bio
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modeling and analysis of discrete manufacturing flow systems using stochastic OR methods
Dr. Chris Paredis
Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
chris.paredis@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-5613
Callaway Manufacturing Research Building, Room 256
Website(s): Bio Page
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Computer-Aided Engineering and Design and Automation and Mechatronics; Product life-cycle management, simulation-based design, systems engineering, and mechatronics.
Dr. Kamran Paynabar
Assistant Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
kamran.paynabar@isye.gatech.edu
404-385-3141
Groseclose Building, Room 436
Website(s): Personal Website, Website(s): Bio Page
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System informatics and control, Big Data analytics in manufacturing, Statistical learning in systems monitoring, diagnosis, and prognosis.
Dr. Raghuram V. Pucha
Senior Research Engineer
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
raghuram.pucha@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-7409
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 451
Website(s): Bio Page
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Computer-Aided Engineering & Design and Manufacturing: Analysis of composite materials for structural and electronics applications, Manufacturing Process Mechanics and Design-for-Reliability.
Dr. Spiridon Reveliotis
Professor
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
spiridon.reveliotis@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 894-6608
Groseclose Building, Room 316
Website(s): Bio Page
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Discrete event systems theory and its applications, especially in the control of flexibly automated production and workflow management systems
Dr. Julian Rimoli
Assistant Professor
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
rimoli@gatech.edu
(404) 894-8386
Weber Building, Room 208
Website(s): Bio Page
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computational solid mechanics, multiphysics, multiscale modeling of solids
Dr. David Rosen
Professor and Associate Chair for Administration
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
david.rosen@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-9668
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 252
Website(s): Bio Page
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Computer-Aided Engineering and Design and Manufacturing; Virtual and rapid prototyping and intelligent CAD/CAM/CAE
Dr. Jarek Rossignac
Professor
School of Interactive Computing
rossignac@gatech.edu
(404) 894-0671
TSRB, Room 229A
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Personal Website
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Design, Representation, Simplification, Compression, Analysis and visualization of highly complex 3D shapes, Structures, Animations
Dr. Kenneth Sandhage
B. Mifflin Hood Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
School of Materials and Science Engineering
School of Chemistry & Biochemistry
ken.sandhage@mse.gatech.edu
404.894.6882
MoSE 3100M
Website(s): http://www.mse.gatech.edu/faculty/sandhage
Dr. Jianjun Shi
Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and Professor
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
jshi33@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 385-3488
ISyE Main Building, Room 109
Website(s): Bio Page
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System informatics and control for the design and operational improvements of manufacturing and service systems
Jianfeng (Paul) Shi
Research Associate
jshi90@gatech.edu
(404) 385-4058
222 Callaway Manufacturing Research Building
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Composite joining and repair, nondestructive inspection, finite element analysis, safety of composite structures, steel reinforced thermoplastic composite, carbon fiber reinforced polymer, advanced sensing and structure health monitoring
Dr. Meisha Shofner
Associate Professor
School of Materials and Science Engineering
meisha.shofner@mse.gatech.edu
(404) 385-7216
MRDC, Room 4409
Website(s): Bio Page
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Structure-property relationships in polymer nanocomposite materials, producing structural hierarchy in these materials for structural and functional applications
Dr. William Singhose
Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
william.singhose@me.gatech.edu
(404) 385-0668
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 432
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Personal Website
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Automation and Mechatronics; Vibration and oscillation conrol, flexible dynamics, command generation, active seating, crane control, human-machine interfaces, and spacecraft control
Dr. Beril Toktay
Professor of Operations Management and Brady Family Chair
Earnest Scheller Jr. College of Business
beril.toktay@scheller.gatech.edu
(404) 385-0104
800 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Room 4426
Website(s): Bio Page
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Sustainable operations, closed-loop supply chains, supply chain management
Dr. Charles Ume
Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
charles.ume@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-7411
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 453
Website(s): Bio Page
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Manufacturing and Automation and Mechatronics, Laser moire, laser ultrasonics, mechatronics, and thermo-mechanical reliability in microelectronic and electronic packaging
Dr. Ben Wang
Executive Director, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute; Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems; Professor in Materials Science & Engineering; and Georgia Tech Chief Manufacturing Officer
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
School of Materials and Science Engineering
ben.wang@gatech.edu
(404) 385-2068
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 312
Website(s): Bio Page
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Applying emerging technologies to improve manufacturing competitiveness, process development for affordable composite materials, nanotechnology and nanomaterials science
Dr. Yan Wang
Assistant Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
yan.wang@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-4714
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center, Room 472
Website(s): Bio Page
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Computer-Aided Engineering and Design and Manufacturing; Modeling and simulation, nanoscale CAD/CAM/CAE, and product lifecycle management
Dr. Roger Webb
Professor Emeritus, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Interim Director, Strategic Energy Institute
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
roger.webb@ece.gatech.edu
(404) 385-4954
CNES Building, 495 Techway
Website(s): Strategic Energy Institute
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Increasing Efficiency/Mitigating Environmental Impact, Power Distribution/Grid Control
Dr. William Wepfer
Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair and Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
bill.wepfer@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-3200
MRDC Building, Room 3214
Website(s): Bio Page
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Heat Transfer, Combustion, and Energy Systems; Heat transfer, energy systems, and fuel cells
Dr. Chelsea White
Schneider National Chair in Transportation and Logistics
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
cwhite@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 894-2303
Groseclose Building, Room 430
Website(s): Bio Page
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Analyzing the role of real-time information and enabling information technology for improved logistics and, more generally, supply chain productivity and risk mitigation, with special focus on the U.S. trucking industry
Jeff Wu, Ph.D.
Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and Professor
jeff.wu@isye.gatech.edu
404-894-2301
ISyE Main Building, Room 233
Website(s): Personal Website
Dr. Donggang Yao
Associate Professor
School of Materials and Science Engineering
yao@gatech.edu
(404) 894-9076
MRDC, Room 4407
Website(s): Bio Page
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Polymer microfabrication, sustainable composites processing, fiber processing, viscoelastic constitutive modeling, and polymer processing modeling
Dr. Chuck Zhang
Harold E. Smalley Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
chuck.zhang@isye.gatech.edu
(404) 894-4321
Groseclose Building, Room 334
Website(s): Bio Page
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Scalable nanomanufacturing, modeling, simulation, and optimal design of advanced composite and nanomaterials manufacturing processes, multifunctional materials development, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and metrology
Dr. Min Zhou
Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
min.zhou@me.gatech.edu
(404) 894-3294
MRDC, Room 4108
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Dynamic Properties Research Laboratory
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Mechanics of Materials and Manufacturing; Micro- and nanoscale behavior, continuum and molecular dynamics modeling, experimental/computational mechanics, dynamic behavior, and fracture
Dr. Craig Zimring
Professor
College of Architecture
craig.zimring@coa.gatech.edu
(404) 894-3915
247 4th Street, Room 265
Website(s): Bio Page, Website(s): Healthy Environments Research Group
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Environmental psychology, active living, evidence-based design, healthcare safety and effectiveness, patient-centered care