Howard University
Technical Capability Statement
The following are types of research or interests that have been or are presently being pursued at Howard
University.
Discipline Research
Chemical Engineering Process control; mathematical methods; reactor modeling and microelectronics;
transport phenomena in environmental systems; computational fluid mechanics and
heat transfer, bioremediation; thermal process; environmental engineering; polymer
science; biomaterials; interfacial science; separation processes; energy systems;
nuclear waste management; bioengineering; protein production and purification;
bioreactor design and analysis; hemodynamics and intra-arterial drug delivery
Chemistry Polymeric materials; liquid crystalline materials; atmospheric and interstellar
chemistry; chemical dynamics; matrix-isolation; time-resolved spectroscopy; laser
spectroscopy; airborne measurements of trace gases and aerosols; surface enhanced
Raman Spectroscopy; UV-Visible spectroscopy; electrophoresis and porphyrin
synthesis
Civil Engineering Experimental soil mechanics; cyclic temperature effects on soil permeability;
structural analysis of large space structures; structural mechanics; computer-aided
structural engineering; vibration phenomena in spacecraft, naval vessels and
building structures; behavior, solid-liquid separation techniques; biodegradation of
hazardous waste; wastewater treatment; transportation planning; highway traffic
and safety control; health impacts and risk assessments; environmental engineering;
water treatment and membrane processes
Electrical Engineering Systems engineering; power systems and control; expert systems; neural networks;
controls and energy systems; solid state physics and electronics; controls and
communications; electrophysics; device fabrication; electronic structure of
semiconductor crystals; computational physics; material science; microwave;
computer graphics; multimedia; automation; video image processing; multi-
dimensional signal processing
Mechanical Engineering Wave propagation; porous media; penetration mechanics; continuum mechanics;
spacecraft attitude stability; astrodynamics dynamics and control; large space
structures; LDV velocity bias; tensorial fluid mechanics aerodynamics; heat
transfer; energy systems nuclear engineering; computation fluid dynamics; polymer
and composites tribology; optimal structural design; variational and extemum
principles; robotics; CAD/CAM; manufacturing engineering; fluid flow modeling
and simulation; boundary layer instability; engineering economics; composite
materials; fatigue and failure analysis
Physics and Astronomy X-ray diffraction; superstring theory; detailed molecular redistribution;
spectroscopy; laser spectroscopy; atomic, molecular, ionic and solid state physics;
theoretical and computational physics; quantum field; atmospheric physics;
astrophysics; biophysics; plasma physics; environmental physics; space physics;
medical physics; beamlines; analyses of remotely sensed data; neural networks;
radiation transfer and diode-pumped rare-earth lasers
Systems and Computer Fault tolerant software; systems engineering; software engineering; computer
Science graphics; combinatorial optimization; multimedia; simulation and modeling; large
scale systems design and economic models
Office of Research Administration, 525 Bryant Street, NW, Washington, DC 20059, Suite 100
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