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Michael W. Plesniak
Professor & Director
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1990.
Experimental fluid dynamics, Turbulence and complex flows, Mixing phenomena, Biological flows: cardiovascular and phonation

plesniakgwu [dot] edu (plesniak[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Professor
Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1995
Computational mechanics, fluid structure interactions, parallel computing, turbulent and transitional flows, biological fluid dynamics

balarasgwu [dot] edu (balaras[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2004
Computational science, fluid mechanics, biophysics, biological flight, numerical algorithms, fast multipole method, high-performance computing, GPU computing.

labarbagwu [dot] edu (labarba[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Associate Research Professor
D.Sc., The George Washington University, 2010
bulusugwu [dot] edu (bulusu[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Professor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1989
Medical Simulation; Image-guided Surgery; Medical Informatics; Visualization; Motion Control

hahngwu [dot] edu (hahn[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Associate Professor  
Ph.D. in Biology, Harvard University
Functional morphology of feeding mechanisms in fishes, fluid mechanics of feeding in fishes, flow patterns in larval fish feeding at incredibly low Reynolds numbers, biomechanics of building crushing surfaces out of bone, mineralized cartilage, and other biological materials.

dollinggwu [dot] edu (phernand[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Professor
Ph.D Pennsylvania State University, 1976
Nanomaterials, nanometrology, ceramics, tribology, biomaterials, and engine technology.

stevehsugwu [dot] edu (stevehsu[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Professor
Ph.D., Tel Aviv University, 1997
Advanced spacecraft propulsion, plasma-based nanotechnology, plasma processing, electrical discharge.

keidargwu [dot] edu (keidar[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2010
Experimental fluid dynamics, biological flows: swimming and flying, the aerodynamics of groups, wind farm designs, high-energy fluid instabilities, shock-driven turbulence and mixing. 

mleftwichgwu [dot] edu (mleftwich[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 1999
Molecular modeling of nanometer confined fluids and self assembly at organo-metallic interfaces; nanotribology; mechanical properties of metal nanowires and nanomechanics in atomic force microscope (AFM); contact mechanics.

lenggwu [dot] edu (leng[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Associate Professor 
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2007
Integration of nanophotonics and microfluidics (or optofluidics) for biological and biosensing applications, biomimetic photonics, biomimetics of compound eyes, biophotonic crystals and adaptive micro-lenses.

zhenyugwu [dot] edu (zhenyu[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1990
Bioinformatics and biomedical computing; Computer science; Computer security and information assurance; Networking and mobile computing; Pervasive computing.

chlianggwu [dot] edu (chliang[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Brown University, 2009
Nanomedicine, biomaterials, bone, cartilage and vascular tissue engineering, drug delivery, stem cell, self-assembly tissue engineered constructs and biomechanics

lgzhanggwu [dot] edu (lgzhang[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Affiliated Member
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1995
Computational fluid dynamics, turbomachinery flows, biofluid mechanics, microflow, fluid-structure interaction, flow control.

mittaljhu [dot] edu (mittal[at]jhu[dot]edu)

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Affiliated Member
Chief Technology Officer, Nano Precision Products, Camarillo, CA.