I am interested in energy systems in general and renewable energy systems specifically.  I am working on a project involving a solar thermal ventilation system.

E-mail: dra29cornell.edu

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I study generalized whole-cell models of single bacteria cells.
Specifically, I am constructing a model of a minimal cell, which is a cell
with the minimum number of genes necessary to support life.

E-mail: jca33 cornell.edu

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I study how the human hand is able to grasp and manipulate objects.  I am interested in the control strategies used by our fingers and applying them to improve robotic hands.

E-mail: db328 cornell.edu

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I am interested in using social networks and agent based modeling approaches to understand social phenomena. I am particularly interested in economic sociology and how social interaction between individual agents translates into large scale phenomena such as markets. I am currently investigating the emergence of sharing and turn taking norms among drivers traveling on one way bridges.

E-mail: cjc73 cornell.edu

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I am interested in understanding and manipulating biological complex systems. In particular, my research focuses in studying the structural and functional interactions that take place between the rRNA and protein components of the ribosome, the synthetic machinery of the cell. One of the ultimate goals of my project is to be able to re-program some of these interactions, by means of genetic manipulations, in order to improve ribosome functionality.

E-mail: lmc67 cornell.edu

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I am interested in synchronization in networks of coupled oscillators and pattern emergence in complex systems.

E-mail: bcd27 cornell.edu

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Research Interests: Not yet available.

E-mail: haf22 cornell.edu

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One of my primary interests is the dynamics of jammed, frustrated systems. My current research focuses on colloidal glasses, systems which mimic the behavior of atomic glasses in many ways, but are experimentally accessible because of the micron-scale size of their constituent particles. I shear glassy colloidal suspensions and use confocal microscopy to directly image the 3D structure of the suspension, particle-by-particle, in time. This technique enables me to study the dynamics of the particles as the glass is perturbed.

E-mail: sjg53 cornell.edu

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My general interest is in stochastic modeling. I have collaborated with Clyde Martin (Texas Tech) and Yishao Zhou (Royal Institute of Technology) to model information flow in networks. We applied these models to disease spread and genetic diversity. I would like to study stochastic modeling in neuroscience.

E-mail: bmh35 cornell.edu

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My past research has looked at basic questions on the progression of instability in free shear flows.  These flows arise in natural systems like the ocean and atmosphere, and are also industrially important.  By bypassing linear instability theory and instead using optimization methods to find the fastest growing instabilities of the system, I was able to identify interesting nonlinear behaviors.  In the future I hope to continue doing numerical work, focusing on nonlinear systems that have applications in engineering and the physical sciences.

E-mail: smi1 cornell.edu

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My work is focused on the patterning of neurons by transmitter phenotype in the hindbrain.  Our lab has a transgenic line of zebrafish in which all glycinergic (fast inhibitory) neurons are labeled with GFP (green fluorescent protein).  During development, these neurons are patterned in horizontal bands and later coalesce into vertical columns.  Using anatomical, physiological, and imaging tools, I am investigating whether this pattern reflects a wiring template that is established during development.  In particular, a subset of these neurons are part of the network involved in eliciting an escape response.  The escape network features a large neuron on either side of the brain that can singlehandedly elicit an escape movement.  These large neurons are framed by both excitatory and inhibitory interneurons which are neatly oriented and play crucial roles in honing the escape network such that only appropriate escape maneuvers are made.  I am looking at the morphology, connectivity, and activity of these inhibitory interneurons to determine their roles in either feedforward, recurrent, or reciprocal inhibition within the escape network.


E-mail: aak34cornell.edu

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I am interested a number of problems regarding how humans make behavioral decisions based on their environments.  For example, I want to understand how experimentalists should determine causal and correlational relationships, how information would be best organized on the Internet, and how vehicular traffic flow should be maximized.  I am also involved in physics-based research involving dielectrophoretic separation of nanoparticles, dielectric measurement theory, and chromatographic techniques.  An understanding of electrical engineering and computer science is critical for the design of realistic, scalable solutions to many of these problems.

E-mail: sam255cornell.edu

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My broad research interests include wireless ad hoc networks, game theory, social networks and public policy on privacy. My current focus is on the mitigation of misbehavior in wireless sensor networks using trust and reputation mechanisms. I am also interested in the impacts of security and public policy decisions on privacy issues in these networks.

E-mail: skp27 cornell.edu

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My past research has been on fluid dynamic instabilities in fluid/fluid interfaces, a phenomenon called viscous fingering. It is a beautiful paradigm of complex pattern formation in a relatively simple experimental set-up. I am interested in joining a lab that works with
experimental complex systems, perhaps involving fluids, granular media, or colloidal suspensions. I am also interested in pattern formation in general, how simple "rules" can lead to complex patterns.

E-mail: lgr24 cornell.edu

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My main interests are in the field of spacecraft dynamics. I am currently working on a project trying to gain a useful force out the interaction between an electrostatically charged spacecraft and the Earth's magnetic field.

E-mail: bjs52cornell.edu

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My research interest involves relating the breaking of surfaces to the
movement of a fluid/fluid/solid contact line. When a liquid bridge is
stretched too far it becomes unstable and very rapidly switches its
equilibrium state to two droplets. The topological change from one to two surfaces results in a singularity. It is my objective to relate this
singularity with the tangential stress singularity that occurs at a moving contact line; where fluid/fluid interface is continuously being destroyed.

E-mail: hbv3 cornell.edu

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