Manufacturing Engineering

materials engineering, materials science, manufacturing processes, quality control

navigation, safety-critical transportation systems, state estimation, human-robot interaction

sustainable energy, superconducting materials, materials science

biophysics and soft matter, microscale fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, microfluidic devices

human factors, airspace systems

heat transfer, apparent slip, thermal management of electronics, mass transfer in supercritical fluids and thermoelectricity, material science

human factors, human motor learning, human motor control, neuro-rehabilitation, robotics, virtual reality, surgery skill training

Human Factors Engineering, Innovation, Design Thinking, Human Machine System Design, Robotics, Machine Learning, Perception, Psychology

Mechanics of materials; effective properties of heterogeneous materials; microstructure-property relationships; applications to material science

Fluid mechanics, flow in the human body, hemodynamics, aneurysms, heart development, flow in tumors, cardiac assist devices

biomechanics, applied mechanics, materials characterization, engineering education

machine design, nondestructive testing

solidification processes, thermal manufacturing, machine design, materials science

GPS, emerging satellite navigation systems

Engineering Education, Human Robot Interaction, Mechanical Engineering, Music Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing

Engineering for Health, Mechanics of biomaterials at the nanoscale, Synthesis and study of functionals nanomaterials for biomedical imaging and drug delivery, Advanced imaging for medical diagnostics, Novel processes and materials for dentistry: nano-polishing and self-healing materials

learning sciences, engineering education, design practices, design discourse, project-based learning

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) fabrication, modeling, and testing. Particularly acoustic MEMS (microphones, ultrasound), and aerodynamic measurement technologies (skin friction sensors, aeroacoustic sensors). Acoustics, vibrations, dynamics and controls. Electromechanical systems including robotics. Finite element methods and system modeling. Electronics for measurement. Mechanical measurements.

human factors

Animals, as a consequence of evolution, employ multiple, complex, highly interconnected, locomotion modes to overcome obstacles and move through unstructured environments; the individual contributions of which are not well understood. While roboticists have made great strides in enhancing robot performance, the focus has been on the control system (brain, sensors), and yet a significant gap still exists between robots and their biological counterparts. The Robot Locomotion & Biomechanics Laboratory at Tufts University focuses on enhancing robot mobility through a deeper understanding of the fundamental design methodologies employed by animals to combine locomotion modes (integrated multimodal locomotion), interact deterministically yet passively with the environment (morphological intelligence), and actuate their physical systems (advance actuation). Current projects include, adapting the complex, passive, multifunctional feet of desert locusts to enhance the dynamic surface interactions of terrestrial robots and support highly dynamic behaviors, studying how flying animals may use their physical systems (bodies) to transform relatively simple inputs into complex non-linear outputs through an understanding of the unsteady aerodynamics, and understand how swarms communicate and create complex structures.

novel polymer electrolytes for batteries, liquid crystal polymers, composite materials, materials science