PURE - Purdue University Research Expertise

Welcome to Purdue University Research Expertise (PURE) Database

Version 3.1 November 2nd, 2007

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Research Areas (1835 faculty)
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES (251 faculty)
  - African Amerian Studies (12 faculty)
  - American Studies (24 faculty)
    - American Film Studies (3 faculty)
    - American Material Culture (0 faculty)
    - American Popular Culture (5 faculty)
    - Ethnic Studies (10 faculty)
  - Art and Design (29 faculty)
    - Art Education (4 faculty)
    - Art History (5 faculty)
    - Fine Arts (8 faculty)
      - Ceramics (0 faculty)
      - Electronic Time-Based Media (0 faculty)
      - Jewelry & Metalsmithing (1 faculty)
      - Painting & Drawing (2 faculty)
      - Printmaking (1 faculty)
      - Sculpture (1 faculty)
      - Textiles (2 faculty)
    - Industrial Design (2 faculty)
    - Interior Design (5 faculty)
    - Photography (2 faculty)
    - Visual Communications Design (6 faculty)
  - Asian Studies (21 faculty)
  - Chinese Language and Literature (3 faculty)
    - Chinese Linguistics (1 faculty)
    - Chinese Literature (2 faculty)
  - Classics (14 faculty)
    - Ancient History Greek and Roman through Late Anti (1 faculty)
    - Ancient Philosophy (4 faculty)
    - Classical Archaeology and Art History (3 faculty)
    - Classical Literature and Philology (3 faculty)
    - Indo-European Linguistics and Philology (0 faculty)
  - Comparative Literature (44 faculty)
  - English Language and Literature (58 faculty)
    - Creative Writing (7 faculty)
    - Critical and Cultural Studies (6 faculty)
    - Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (9 faculty)
    - Literature in English, Anglophone other than Brit (3 faculty)
    - Literature in English, British Isles (18 faculty)
      - Renaissance Studies (1 faculty)
    - Literature in English, North America other than e (14 faculty)
    - Literature in English, North America, ethnic and m (6 faculty)
    - Rhetoric and Composition (10 faculty)
      - Information architecture and design (1 faculty)
      - Professional Writing (5 faculty)
    - Theory (4 faculty)
  - Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (7 faculty)
  - Film Studies (19 faculty)
  - French and Francophone Language and Literature (6 faculty)
    - French and Francophone Literature (5 faculty)
    - French Linguistics (0 faculty)
  - German Language and Literature (5 faculty)
    - German Linguistics (1 faculty)
    - German Literature (3 faculty)
  - History (48 faculty)
    - African (4 faculty)
    - African American History (1 faculty)
    - Agricultural History (1 faculty)
    - Asian (4 faculty)
    - Cultural History (27 faculty)
    - Diplomatic History (9 faculty)
    - Economic History (5 faculty)
    - Environmental History (1 faculty)
    - European (15 faculty)
    - Gender (10 faculty)
    - History of Religion (11 faculty)
    - History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (9 faculty)
    - History of Sport (2 faculty)
    - Intellectual History (9 faculty)
    - Islamic World/Near East (4 faculty)
    - Labor History (1 faculty)
    - Latin American (4 faculty)
    - Legal (8 faculty)
    - Medieval History (3 faculty)
    - Military History (5 faculty)
    - Native American History (2 faculty)
    - Political History (19 faculty)
    - Social History (20 faculty)
    - United States (14 faculty)
    - Women’s History (7 faculty)
  - History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology (2 faculty)
    - American Art and Architecture (0 faculty)
    - Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and (0 faculty)
    - Asian Art and Architecture (0 faculty)
    - Contemporary Art (0 faculty)
    - Modern Art and Architecture (1 faculty)
    - Theory and Criticism (1 faculty)
  - Italian Language and Literature (2 faculty)
    - Italian Linguistics (0 faculty)
    - Italian Literature (2 faculty)
  - Japanese Language and Literature (4 faculty)
    - Japanese Linguistics (3 faculty)
    - Japanese Literature (1 faculty)
  - Languages, Cultures and Societies (11 faculty)
    - African Languages and Societies (0 faculty)
    - East Asian Languages and Societies (6 faculty)
    - European Languages and Societies not elsewhere cl (0 faculty)
    - Latin American Languages and Societies not elsewh (1 faculty)
    - Near Eastern Languages and Societies (1 faculty)
    - Slavic Languages and Societies (3 faculty)
  - Medieval Studies (29 faculty)
  - Music except performance (6 faculty)
    - Ethnomusicology (2 faculty)
    - Music Composition (1 faculty)
    - Music Education (2 faculty)
    - Music History (1 faculty)
    - Music Theory (5 faculty)
    - Musicology (0 faculty)
  - Philosophy (31 faculty)
    - African American philosophy (1 faculty)
    - American philosophy (3 faculty)
    - Asian and comparative philosophy (1 faculty)
      - Buddhism (1 faculty)
      - Buddhist-Christian Studies (1 faculty)
    - Asian and comparative philosophy and religion (1 faculty)
    - Continental Philosophy (0 faculty)
    - Epistemology (4 faculty)
    - Esthetics (2 faculty)
    - Ethics and Political Philosophy (17 faculty)
      - Applied ethics (6 faculty)
      - Critical Theory (3 faculty)
      - ethics (8 faculty)
      - ethics and animals (1 faculty)
      - social and political philosophy (4 faculty)
    - Feminist Philosophy (1 faculty)
    - French philosophy (2 faculty)
    - History of Philosophy (11 faculty)
      - 17th and 18th Century philosophy (1 faculty)
      - 18th and 19th Century philosophy of religion (1 faculty)
      - 19th and 20th Century Continental philosophy (2 faculty)
      - ancient philosophy (2 faculty)
      - Early analytic philosophy (1 faculty)
      - early modern philosophy (2 faculty)
      - Kant (2 faculty)
      - medieval philosophy (2 faculty)
        
        Jewish and Islamic Philosophy medieval period (1 faculty)
      - Schleiermacher (1 faculty)
      - Schleuernacher (0 faculty)
    - Logic and foundations of mathematics (2 faculty)
      - logic (1 faculty)
      - philosophy of logic (1 faculty)
      - philosophy of mathematics (2 faculty)
    - Metaphysics (4 faculty)
    - Philosophy of Language (2 faculty)
    - philosophy of law (2 faculty)
    - Philosophy of Mind (1 faculty)
    - Philosophy of religion (5 faculty)
    - Philosophy of Science (6 faculty)
    - Philosophy of social science (1 faculty)
    - pragmatism (2 faculty)
  - Philosophy & Literature (15 faculty)
  - Race, Ethnicity and post-Colonial Studies (8 faculty)
  - Religion (18 faculty)
    - Jewish Studies (18 faculty)
  - Religious Studies (18 faculty)
  - Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Writing (1 faculty)
  - Russian Language and Literature (3 faculty)
    - Russian Linguistics (1 faculty)
    - Russian Literature (2 faculty)
  - Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature (18 faculty)
    - Latin American Literature (8 faculty)
    - Portuguese Literature (1 faculty)
    - Spanish Linguistics (2 faculty)
    - Spanish Literature (7 faculty)
  - Theatre and Performance Studies (18 faculty)
    - Acting (4 faculty)
    - Costume Design (1 faculty)
    - Dance (5 faculty)
      - Ballet (1 faculty)
      - Choreography (4 faculty)
      - Contact Improvisation (1 faculty)
      - Dance History (1 faculty)
      - Improvisation (2 faculty)
      - Interactive Media Performance (1 faculty)
      - Jazz (1 faculty)
      - Modern Dance (4 faculty)
      - Pilates (1 faculty)
    - Design and Technical (3 faculty)
    - Directing (1 faculty)
    - Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory (2 faculty)
    - Light Design (1 faculty)
    - Movement (1 faculty)
    - Performance Studies (5 faculty)
    - Playwriting (1 faculty)
    - Set Design (2 faculty)
    - Sound Design (1 faculty)
    - Theatre (10 faculty)
    - Theatre History (1 faculty)
    - Voice (1 faculty)
- Library and Archival Sciences (39 faculty)
  - Library and Archival Sciences (0 faculty)
- LIFE SCIENCES (556 faculty)
  - Aerosol Science (2 faculty)
  - Animal Sciences (42 faculty)
    - Animal Sciences (2 faculty)
    - Aquaculture and Fisheries (4 faculty)
    - Dairy Science (1 faculty)
    - Poultry or Avian Science (1 faculty)
    - Zoology (1 faculty)
  - Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology (104 faculty)
    - Biochemistry (49 faculty)
    - Biogeochemistry (2 faculty)
    - Biophysics (18 faculty)
    - Molecular Biology (58 faculty)
      - Molecular Systematist (1 faculty)
    - Structural Biology (15 faculty)
  - Bioinformatics (23 faculty)
  - Biotechnology (18 faculty)
  - Cell and Developmental Biology (107 faculty)
    - Anatomy (9 faculty)
    - Cancer Biology (46 faculty)
    - Cell Biology (44 faculty)
    - Developmental Biology (13 faculty)
  - Comparative Pathobiology (22 faculty)
  - Computational Life Science (21 faculty)
    - Systems Biology (1 faculty)
  - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (65 faculty)
    - Behavior and Ethology (7 faculty)
    - Biogeochemistry (1 faculty)
    - Botany (13 faculty)
    - Evolution (10 faculty)
    - Population Biology (29 faculty)
    - Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology (24 faculty)
  - Entomology (26 faculty)
  - Environmental Health (15 faculty)
    - Public Health (14 faculty)
      - Health Physics (2 faculty)
  - Epidemiology (4 faculty)
  - Ergonoimcs (9 faculty)
  - Exposure Assessment and Control (2 faculty)
  - Food Science (26 faculty)
    - Food and Health (5 faculty)
    - Food Biotechnology (2 faculty)
    - Food Chemistry (14 faculty)
    - Food Microbiology (6 faculty)
    - Food Processing (8 faculty)
  - Forestry and Forest Sciences (15 faculty)
    - Forest Biology (6 faculty)
    - Forest Management (5 faculty)
    - Wood Science and Pulp/Paper Technology (5 faculty)
  - Genetics and Genomics (53 faculty)
    - Computational Biology (12 faculty)
    - Genetics (25 faculty)
    - Genomics (16 faculty)
    - Molecular genetics (14 faculty)
  - Human-Animal Bond (5 faculty)
  - Immunology and Infectious Disease (27 faculty)
    - Immunity (2 faculty)
    - Immunology of Infectious Disease (4 faculty)
    - Immunopathology (5 faculty)
    - Immunoprophylaxis and Therapy (5 faculty)
    - Parasitology (3 faculty)
    - Pathology (8 faculty)
  - Integrated Biology/Integrated Biomedical Sciences/ (2 faculty)
  - Kinesiology (21 faculty)
    - Athletic Training (1 faculty)
    - Biomechanics (1 faculty)
    - Exercise Physiology (3 faculty)
    - Motor Control and Development (2 faculty)
    - Psychology of Movement (2 faculty)
    - Sport Psychology (3 faculty)
  - Laboratory Animal Medicine (2 faculty)
  - Microbiology (24 faculty)
    - Bacteriology (3 faculty)
    - Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology (6 faculty)
    - Microbial Physiology (3 faculty)
    - Pathogenic Microbiology (6 faculty)
    - Virology (7 faculty)
  - Molecular Cancer Biology (6 faculty)
  - Molecular Imaging (2 faculty)
  - Nanomedicine (9 faculty)
  - Neuroscience and Neurobiology (38 faculty)
    - Behavioral Neurobiology (4 faculty)
    - Cognitive Neuroscience (5 faculty)
    - Computational Neuroscience (2 faculty)
    - Developmental Neuroscience (4 faculty)
    - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (16 faculty)
    - Systems Neuroscience (6 faculty)
  - Neurotoxicity (2 faculty)
  - Nursing (29 faculty)
    - Access to care (2 faculty)
    - Acute Care (1 faculty)
    - Cancer care (3 faculty)
    - Chronic Illness (4 faculty)
    - Cultural Competence (3 faculty)
    - Gerontology (5 faculty)
    - Health Promotion/Public Health (8 faculty)
    - Mental Health (1 faculty)
    - Nursing Education (8 faculty)
    - Patient Safety (3 faculty)
    - Pediatrics (2 faculty)
    - Primary Care (0 faculty)
  - Nutrition (34 faculty)
    - Comparative Nutrition (3 faculty)
    - Human and Clinical Nutrition (10 faculty)
    - International and Community Nutrition (3 faculty)
    - Molecular, Genetic, and Biochemical Nutrition (13 faculty)
    - Nutrition Education (1 faculty)
    - Nutritional Epidemiology (1 faculty)
  - Occupational Health (4 faculty)
  - Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health (64 faculty)
    - Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy (5 faculty)
    - Drug Information (1 faculty)
    - Environmental Health (4 faculty)
    - Medication Safety (3 faculty)
    - Medicinal Chemistry (13 faculty)
    - Nuclear Pharmacy (2 faculty)
    - Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy (1 faculty)
    - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (2 faculty)
    - Pharmaceutical Material Science (1 faculty)
    - Pharmaceutics (12 faculty)
    - Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics (6 faculty)
    - Pharmacology (32 faculty)
    - Psychopharmacology (5 faculty)
    - Toxicology (9 faculty)
  - Physiology (31 faculty)
    - Cellular and Molecular Physiology (5 faculty)
    - Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology (1 faculty)
    - Endocrinology (5 faculty)
    - Exercise Physiology (2 faculty)
    - Systems and Integrative Physiology (4 faculty)
  - Plant Sciences (88 faculty)
    - Agronomy and Crop Sciences (23 faculty)
    - Botany (0 faculty)
    - Horticulture (17 faculty)
    - Plant Biology (26 faculty)
    - Plant Breeding and Genetics (4 faculty)
    - Plant Pathology (15 faculty)
    - Weed Science (5 faculty)
  - Public Health (39 faculty)
    - Biostatistics (2 faculty)
    - Environmental Health (1 faculty)
    - Epidemiology (11 faculty)
    - Health Behavior (7 faculty)
    - Health Policy and Administration (5 faculty)
    - Health Promotion (12 faculty)
    - Infectious Disease Control (4 faculty)
    - Minority Health (3 faculty)
    - Pedagogy (4 faculty)
    - Philosophy of Sport (1 faculty)
    - Sport Management and Administration (2 faculty)
    - Sport Pedagogy (1 faculty)
  - Radiation Biology (1 faculty)
  - Radiopharmaceuticals (1 faculty)
  - Respiratory Physiology (2 faculty)
  - Science Education (26 faculty)
    - Biology Education (2 faculty)
    - Chemistry Education (2 faculty)
    - Earth Space Science Education (3 faculty)
    - Geoenvironmental Science Education (3 faculty)
    - Physics Education (2 faculty)
  - Systems Biology (7 faculty)
- MANAGEMENT (93 faculty)
  - Accounting (10 faculty)
  - Business Law (4 faculty)
  - E-business (3 faculty)
  - Finance (12 faculty)
  - Management Education (10 faculty)
  - Management Information Systems (5 faculty)
  - Marketing (7 faculty)
  - Operations management (15 faculty)
  - Organizational Behavior/Human Resources (24 faculty)
  - Quantitative Methods (9 faculty)
  - Strategic Management (13 faculty)
  - Teaching Faculty from Other Schools (1 faculty)
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND T (814 faculty)
  - Aerospace Engineering (40 faculty)
    - Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics (12 faculty)
    - Aeronautical Engineering (24 faculty)
    - Aeronautical Vehicles (10 faculty)
    - Astrodynamics (3 faculty)
    - Hypersonics (1 faculty)
    - Micro UAV’s (3 faculty)
    - Multi-Vehicle Systems and Air Traffic Control (1 faculty)
    - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (8 faculty)
    - Navigation, Guidance, Control and Dynamics (10 faculty)
    - Propulsion and Power (5 faculty)
    - Smart Structures (4 faculty)
    - Space Systems (5 faculty)
    - Structures and Materials (8 faculty)
    - Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design (4 faculty)
    - Vertical Flight (3 faculty)
  - Agriculture and Biological Engineering (2 faculty)
  - Applied Mathematics (46 faculty)
    - Control Theory (7 faculty)
    - Dynamic Systems (6 faculty)
    - Non-linear Dynamics (2 faculty)
    - Numerical Analysis and Computation (15 faculty)
    - Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied Dynami (6 faculty)
    - Partial Differential Equations (23 faculty)
  - Astrophysics and Astronomy (4 faculty)
    - Cosmology (1 faculty)
    - External Galaxies (1 faculty)
    - Instrumentation (1 faculty)
    - Physical Processes (0 faculty)
    - Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy (1 faculty)
    - The Sun and the Solar System (0 faculty)
  - Aviation Technology (3 faculty)
  - Biomedical and Biomedical Optics (1 faculty)
  - Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering (36 faculty)
    - Bioelectrical and neuroengineering (9 faculty)
    - Bioimaging (5 faculty)
    - Bioimaging and biomedical optics (6 faculty)
    - Biological Engineering (2 faculty)
    - Biomaterials (9 faculty)
    - Biomechanics and biotransport (3 faculty)
    - Biomedical devices and instrumentation (16 faculty)
    - Molecular, cellular, and tissue engineering (7 faculty)
    - Systems and integrative engineering (2 faculty)
  - Building and Construction Management (7 faculty)
  - Chemical Engineering (49 faculty)
    - Biochemical and Biomolecular Engineering (5 faculty)
    - Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (6 faculty)
    - Complex Fluids (5 faculty)
    - Interfacial phenomena (10 faculty)
    - Membrane Science (1 faculty)
    - MEMS (6 faculty)
    - Molecular and nanoscale modeling (4 faculty)
    - Nanoscience and nanotechnology (17 faculty)
    - Petroleum Engineering (0 faculty)
    - Polymer Science (6 faculty)
    - Process Control and Systems (5 faculty)
    - Separations (5 faculty)
    - Thermodynamics (6 faculty)
    - Transport Phenomena (10 faculty)
  - Chemistry (89 faculty)