Researchers

The work we conduct at Case School of Engineering’s Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension (SDLE) Research Center wouldn’t be possible without the efforts of our dedicated research team. On this page, you can see which faculty members are involved with our work at Case Western Reserve University. We also encourage you to get to know our post doc and student researchers.

Materials Data Science for Stockpile Stewardship (MDS) Affiliated Faculty

Alp Sehirlioglu

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Develops new materials through exploitation of interfaces to control functionality and exploration of multi-functionality for energy-related applications

John Lewandowski

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Nitinol Commercialization Accelerator
Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Reliability Center (AMMRC)
Researches material reliability for biomedical and structural applications, advanced materials manufacturing and processing/microstructure/property relationships. Hybrid Autonomous Manufacturing.

Vipin Chaudhary

Department Chair, Computer and Data Sciences Department
Professor, Computer and Data Sciences Department
High Performance Computing and Applications to Science, Engineering, Biology, and Medicine; Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Data Science; Computer Assisted Diagnosis and Interventions; Medical Image Processing; Computer Architecture; Quantum Computing.

Frank Ernst

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Studies and engineers microstructures, interfaces and surfaces of metallic materials by novel methods of processing and microcharacterization

Matthew Willard

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Investigates phase transformations and materials processing, especially their impact on structure and properties of materials

An Wang

Assistant Professor, Computer and Data Sciences Department
Leverage advanced network technologies to enhance data center system performance and security; optimize distributed machine learning system performance and investigate deep learning model security and privacy concerns.

Erman Ayday

Assistant Professor, Computer and Data Sciences Department
Privacy enhancing technologies, data security and applied cryptographyy

Research Faculty

Pawan K. Tripathi

Mathematics Department

Anirban Mondal

University of Florida Faculty

Kris Davis

Mengjie Li

Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER) Affiliated Faculty

Julie Renner

Dean's Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Develops biomolecular platforms to control solid-liquid interfaces and enable a new generation of advanced technologies

Chris Yingchun Yuan

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Researches design, manufacturing and sustainability science of lithium ion batteries, solar cells and nanotechnologies.

Huichun (Judy) Zhang

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Examines fate and transformation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered environments and develops advanced water/wastewater treatment technologies
Center on Materials Data Science for Reliability and Degradation (MDS-Rely) Affiliated Faculty