Sumit Agarwal
Sumit Agarwal
Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering

Solar power, silicon photovoltaics, microelectronics, semiconductors, plasma processing, atomic layer deposition, atomic layer etching

George Kontoudis
George Kontoudis
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Robotics, multi-agent systems, distributed learning, prosthetic hands.

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George Sturgis
Professor of Practice
Mining Engineering

Deep mining, shaft design and construction, underground construction, project management

Jay Straker
Jay Straker
Associate Professor
Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

The Republic of Guinea, Francophone West Africa

Own Hildreth
Owen Hildreth, PhD
Associate Professor

Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, printed electronics, reactive inks, solar cell metallization.

Victoria Borish
Victoria Borish, PhD
Teaching Assistant Professor

Physics education research

Salman Mohagheghi
Mr. Salman Mohagheghi, PhD
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering

Electrical power grid, grid reliance, energy justice

Eric J. Anderson
Eric Anderson
Associate Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Lakes, limnology, hydrodynamic-ice forecasting

Ben M. Frieman
Ben Frieman
Assistant Research Professor
Geology & Geological Engineering

Mineral deposits, techtonics, geochronology

The seabead is now a battlefield

Morgan Bazilian, director, Payne Institute for Public Policy, and Alex Gilbert, fellow with Payne, co-authored this analysis. They write that "the rules-based global order is under siege at sea."
June 4, 2025