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2002 Summary of Engineering Research

Welcome to the Summary of Engineering Research. Within these electronic files for each department, you will find program descriptions, project summaries, and publication lists that represent the research efforts of faculty during the calendar year 2000. A companion report introduces researchers who joined the faculty in 2001 and provides an overview of their research interests and activities.

The breadth, scope, and variety of research activities are enormous — more than 1,600 projects are under way and nearly 3,000 publications are reported.

The research program, a more than $160-million endeavor, involves some 650 researchers and numerous graduate and undergraduate students working on projects directed by engineering faculty. Over time, the knowledge generated from this research will be found
•  in classrooms where students are learning to be engineers and scientists;
•  in solutions to problems of industry, government, and ultimately, society;
•  in novel, new products and practices that improve the quality of life for citizens in Illinois and elsewhere;
•  and in the advancement of engineering and science research conducted around the world.

The faculty, research environment, and facilities here are among the best in the nation, and some are unique in the world. I invite you to explore these reports to find some of the reasons the College of Engineering is consistently among the top-ranked public research universities. Each department provides contact information so that you can follow up with questions concerning research. Additional information about departments, as well as activities, organizations, and services, can be found on the College of Engineering website.

The Summary of Engineering Research will continue to evolve as we find better ways to deliver information to you. Please send your suggestions for how the Summary of Engineering Research could be more serviceable to research@engr.uiuc.edu.

David E. Daniel, Dean
Office of the Dean
College of Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering   (291 kb)
• Agricultural Engineering   (233 kb)
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering   (232 kb)
• Civil and Environmental Engineering   (499 kb)
• Computer Science   (307 kb)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering   (586 kb)
• General Engineering   (219 kb)
• Materials Science and Engineering   (310 kb)
• Mechanical and Industrial Engineering   (458 kb)
• Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering   (228 kb)
• Physics   (798 kb)
• Theoretical and Applied Mechanics   (227 kb)
• Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (formerly the Microelectronics Laboratory)
• Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory
• Coordinated Science Laboratory
• Bioengineering
• 2002 Supplement - A companion to the reports listed above.

(2.9 MB)

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