NanoEngineering
Nanotechnology in Engineering – Nano-engineering
| PI: | Dr. Murat Barisik |
| Co-PIs: | Dr. Reetesh Ranjan, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dr. Jin Wang, Professor, UNUM Chair of Excellence in Applied Math, Mathematics Dr. Titus Albu, Professor, Chemistry Dr. Sungwoo Yang, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Dr. Hamdy Ibrahim, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dr. Jennifer Lynberg, Assistant Professor, School of Education Dr. Rigoberto Advincula, Professor, UTK-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Advanced and Nanostructured Materials, UTK Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
Nanotechnology offers groundbreaking applications in the physical and natural sciences. Recent advances have led to the development of revolutionary smart nanomaterials and systems with customizable properties. The future of science and engineering is expected to be shaped by nanomaterials due to their unique potential to solve the most pressing current and future problems. However, several challenges exist in understanding and controlling material properties and their function for specific applications, requiring immediate attention.
Our new Convergent Research Initiative extends UTC Research Institute’s research areas to a new applied computational science and engineering focus on nanotechnology in engineering. Our multidisciplinary team from 5 different departments of UTC targets high-priority problems in three nationwide, critical areas: Energy, Bio-science, and Defense. We will leverage and apply our existing computational modeling and material design experience from ongoing externally funded research to address further research problems. Three tracks will focus on multiphysics and multiscale simulations, and machine learning guided design and development of functional nanomaterials for energy storage/efficiency, biodegradables, and hypersonic thermal protections. We will work together to achieve accurate characterizations and discoveries for nanomaterials. We have external support from DOE and NSF and collaborate with ORNL and local industry.
CEACSE Convergent Research Initiative
Nanotechnology in Engineering – Nano-Engineering
Our multidisciplinary team from 5 different departments of UTC is working together to achieve accurate characterizations and discoveries for nanomaterials targeting high-priority problems in 3 critical areas of:
- Track 1. Nanomaterials for Energy
- Track 2. Nanomaterials for Bioscience
- Track 3. Nanomaterials for Defense
Our supporters and collaborators:
| Simulations |
| Determine material properties by Multiphysics & Multiscale Simulations | |
| AI |
| Development physics-based and data-driven AI models to guide nanomaterial design | |
| Experiments |
| Tailor nanomaterial manufacturing for Energy, Bioengineering and Defense applications. |