Dr. Hussein's research interests lie in the areas of structural and solid dynamics, vibrations, acoustics, wave propagation, nonlinear waves, and computational physics, with particular emphasis on periodic materials and structures. His program aims at developing and establishing novel concepts, theories and methods as well as the discovery of new physical phenomenon pertaining to phononic wave propagation in periodic materials and structures across different length scales (a.k.a. phononics). His recent contributions have been in developing fundamental theories and techniques in nanoscale thermal transport, flow control, and nonlinear waves, among other areas. He recently began exploring novel phonon mechanisms for enhancing superconductivity.
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Theoretical, computational, and experimental dynamics of materials and structures; dispersive, resonant, dissipative, and nonlinear wave propagation; periodic and disordered materials/structures; phononics including phononic crystals and metamaterials; vibrations, acoustics, and elastodynamics; nanoscale thermal transport, thermoelectricity, superconductivity, and nanophononic metamaterials (NPMs); fluid-structure interaction, flow control, and phononic subsurfaces (PSubs); piezoelectric phononi
