Propulsion, verification and validation of models, experimentation and uncertainty analysis – Dr. Hugh W. Coleman

Solid, liquid and hybrid propulsion, combustion instability, missile design, multi-disciplinary design – Dr. Robert Frederick

Solid and liquid rocket combustion, combustion instability, atomization of sprays, mixing, and laser diagnostics – Dr. Marlow Moser

Computational and experimental methods in thermal/fluid science and biomedical engineering with emphasis on simulation validation and virtual prototyping – Dr. Dawn Bardot

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), and high temperature equations of state, with applications to collisional plasmas and high temperature gas dynamics – Dr. Jason Cassibry

Turbulence, combustion, acoustics, radiative heat transfer, multiphase flow, relativistic astrophysical flows - Dr. T. J. Chung

Applied computational fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, chemically reacting flows, acoustics, fluid-structure-acoustic interactions, supersonic and hypersonic laminar, transitional and turbulent flows – Dr. Kader Frendi

Relativistic Hydrodynamics, Magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD), Plasma Dynamics and Numerical simulations methods for fluids – Dr. Georgia Richardson

Multiphase flows, turbulence, computational fluid dynamics, stochastic and probabilistic modeling of thermo-fluid flows, propulsion and high performance computing – Dr. Babak Shotorban

Magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD), Gasdynamics and Radiative Gasdynamics, Plasmadynamics, Solar phenomena, Numerical simulation methods for fluids, heat transfer, and plasma – Dr. S. T. Wu

Mechanical behavior of materials, fatigue crack growth, fracture mechanics, high temperature materials, corrosion and oxidation behavior, reliability and component life prediction – Dr. Jeffrey Evans

Experimental stress analysis, applied optics, solid mechanics, fiber optic sensing, holographic interferometry, speckle metrology, panoramic imaging, strategically turned absolutely resilient structures - Dr. John Gilbert

Mechanics and manufacturing science of composites, computer-aided rehabilitation, the durability of composites and polymers – Dr. Vistasp Karbhari

Smart materials systems, development of smart actuators and sensors, health monitoring of composite material systems and large civil infrastructures, experimental characterization and micro-mechanics modeling of material – Dr. Mark Lin

Design of apparatus for use in microgravity environment, heat transfer, rocketry and energy conservation – Dr. Francis Wessling

Computational solid and structural mechanics, advanced constitutive models for materials, modeling ductile and brittle failure modeling of materials (metals, ceramics, explosives, solid propellants), impact and penetration mechanics – Dr. Q.H. Ken Zuo

Space systems engineering, space policy, energy systems – Dr. Michael Griffin

Modeling dynamic behavior and developing unique control mechanisms for mechanical and aeronautical devices and optimization of control methods with application to micro air vehicles and unmanned air vehicles – Dr. Nathan Slegers

Photovoltaic system design, solar energy systems, computer-aided engineering and design (CAE and CAD) – Dr. Donald Wallace