Turbulent flows, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), building climatology, energy in buildings.

Mechanical engineering. The impact of quantum effects on thermodynamic properties, development of stochastic pump theory, relationships between information and thermodynamics, statistical mechanics.

Chemical and physical properties of diamond surfaces, interaction of molecules, low-energy ions, electrons, photons, and plasmas with diamond surfaces, electron emission from diamond surfaces, nucleation and growth of diamond films and nano-crystalline diamond films.

Communication engineering. Integrated circuits for wireless communication, high-speed imaging and sensing at high frequencies.

Superconducting devices, nanomechanics.

Semiconductor lasers, short-range optical communication, ultrafast optics, wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) optical communication, electromagnetics.

Optics. Cloud tomography, algorithms from medical CT, small satellite fleet, 3D data collection, cloud structure reconstruction, measuring water droplet size and concentration in clouds, CloudCT project, climate prediction.

Mechanical engineering. Experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics (static and dynamic), mechanical properties of materials, mechanical metallurgy, failure analysis of materials and mechanical systems, dental biomechanics, mechanical engineering and robotics, geophysics.

Mechanical engineering. Basic kinematics, synthesis and design of kinematic mechanisms, medical robotics, biomechanics, hyper-redundant robots.

Electric propulsion, small satellites, arc-electric thruster, screw-feed system (ISF-VAT), space maneuvering.

Mechanical engineering. Computational solid mechanics, finite element methods, acoustic and elastic wave computation, combining analytical and numerical methods, space structures.

High-current ion diodes, plasma switches, plasma cathodes, nanosecond electrical discharges, high-density hot plasmas, strong shock waves, high-power microwaves and their interaction with plasma.