Cross-Cutting: Molecular & Materials Engineering
KU Engineering faculty discover and engineer molecules and materials that power industry, smarter devices and better medicine. In catalysis, KU researchers push new structure-property relationships and nanotechnologies for energy and device applications. In addition, KU Engineering tailors biomaterials and interfaces for tissue repair and bio-integrated devices. Structural engineering teams translate these advances into safer, longer-lasting bridges and buildings through research in reinforced and prestressed concrete, structural steel and seismic performance. The result is a pipeline from molecular discovery to real-world impact.
Faculty with Research in this Area
Alan M. Allgeier
Director, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis (CEBC)Don W. Green Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Ronald M. Barrett-Gonzalez
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Caroline R. Bennett
Chair and Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural EngineeringGlenn L. Parker Faculty Fellow
Juan J Bravo-Suárez
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Kyle Vincent Camarda
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
William N. Collins
Stanley T. and Phyllis W. Rolfe Chair's Council Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Elizabeth Corson
Fred Kurata Assistant Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
David Darwin
Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering Interim Director of the Craig and Diane Martin National Center for Construction Safety
Shiguang Deng
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Prajnaparamita Dhar
Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Mark Ewing
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Shima Fardad
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Ken Fischer
Professor of Mechanical EngineeringDirector of Bioengineering Program
Stevin Henry Gehrke
Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Jie Han
Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Kevin C. Leonard
Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering School of Engineering Associate Dean for Research
Andrés Lepage
Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Rémy Lequesne
Black and Veatch Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural EngineeringEngineering Associate Dean for Faculty & Staff Affairs
Brian Lines
David A. Ross Chair’s CouncilAssociate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Lorin P. Maletsky
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Craig McLaughlin
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Yiling Nan
Assistant Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Trung Van Nguyen
Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Karen J. Nordheden
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Matt O'Reilly
Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Russell D. Ostermann
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Robert Parsons
Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Alessandro Salandrino
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Steven A. Soper
Foundation Distinguished Professor of Mechanical EngineeringDirector, Center of BioModular Multi-Scale Systems for Precision Medicine
Robert M. Sorem
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Paulette Spencer
Director, Institute for Bioengineering ResearchAckers Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Bala Subramaniam
Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Karan S. Surana
Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Candan Tamerler
KU Associate Vice Chancellor for ResearchCharles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dan Tran
Professor of Civil, Envionrmental & Architectural Engineering
Xinmai Yang
Professor of Mechanical Engineering