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Advanced Manufacturing Processes encompasses nano-electronics including nano-electronic fabrication systems with applications in computing electronics, wireless communications, sensing and biomedical devices; nano-circuit design tools, and nano-optoelectronics; and industrial ecology including environmentally sustainable advanced manufacturing processes and systems – including innovative energy technologies and energy storage systems, source reduction and material substitution studies, waste stream utilization, and material and energy flow analysis. |
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Architecture Design and Construction focuses on sustainable building design including architecture design, sustainable design and materials selection, energy efficient design and construction, green building design and operation, simulation technologies that model societal interaction with infrastructure systems, linkage of material/structural state data with life-cycle models and inclusion of social science and economic models in infrastructure design and construction processes, innovative construction, environmental control systems, parametric design and systems integration. |
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Big Data encompasses large data set analytics including pattern recognition, natural language processing, web analytics, or information mining, cloud computing architecture, storage networks and systems, network and server virtualization, networking support, self-monitoring, autonomic computing, datacenter management, reliability, security and privacy, high performance computing, large scale storage, cyber security, and healthcare analytics including biostatistics, genomics and the analysis of data from health and medical disciplines, electronic medical records (emrs) and their applications. |
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Biochemistry emphasizes genomics, including genomics and proteonics, molecular biology, and cellular biology genomics, as well as work at the interface of molecular biology and computer science in bioinformatics and computational biology, and cellular neuroengineering including tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. |
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Business Systems and Processes includes business systems reengineering, entrepreneurship, technology management, supply chain management, international business, marketing, accounting, and finance as relates to digital media business systems, healthcare business systems, and energy industry business systems. |
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Materials Science and Engineering encompasses biomaterials, nano-materials, ceramics, composites, durability, electronic and optical materials, materials characterization, magnetic materials, metals and alloys, polymers and semiconductors. |
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Sensing and Control includes mechatronics covering mechanics, electronics, computing, control engineering, molecular engineering, and optical engineering, as well as bio-cellular systems including sensors and actuators with application to healthcare, life sciences, and engineering. |
