Members

Research Interests

• Wearable sensors and electronics
• Wearable robotics
• Internet of things
• Human factors

Multiple Research Assistantships Available

Research Interests

• Modeling and control of hybrid electric vehicles
• EV-smart grid integration
• Distributed monitoring and control
• Battery control for HEV and energy storage systems
• IC engine management systems
• Sensor information fusion

Research Interests

• Multiphysical phenomena: soil freezing, cement hydration, gas hydrate dissociation, energy geotechnics, electrokinetics, electromagnetics in soils, and soil-structure-fluid interaction
• Advanced soil mechanics: stress formulation, soil wetting, adsorption, non-isothermal soil mechanics, phase change, and soil behavior under extreme conditions
• Geo-sensing with innovative sensor techniques (acoustic, electromagnetic) and geo-intelligence with machine learning (intelligent geo-systems, data-driven geotechnics)
• Numerical simulation techniques: multiphysics, molecular dynamics, multiscale-driven multiphysics, XFEM, SPH

Areas of Interest

• Computational electromagnetic analysis
• Computer-aided design and development of microwave and photonic devices
• Dielectric metamaterials and photonic crystals
• Electromagnetic cloaking
• High-contrast materials integration
• Materials and device characterization at microwaves

Teaching Interests

• Computer networking
• Advanced programming
• Medical information system
• Medical image analysis

Areas of Research Interest

Discipline: Power systems engineering

• Security protection for power substations
• Cyber-physical system of critical infrastructure systems
• Anomaly detection of synchrophasor patterns
• Future control center framework
• Distribution management and automation
• Smart home technologies
• Geographic information system

Areas of Interest

• Communications
• Signal processing
• Communication networks
• Network security
• Emphasis on underwater acoustic applications

Research Interests

• Data-driven optimization and control models for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs)
• Big traffic data analytics using machine learning
• Mobile and crowd sensing of dynamic traffic systems
• Dynamic network equilibrium and optimization
• Modeling and simulation of large-scale complex systems
• Freight logistics and supply chain systems
• Impact of plug-in electric vehicles to smart grid and transportation network systems
• Interdependency and resiliency of large-scale networked infrastructure systems
• Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs)
• Smart Cities
• Cyber-Physical Systems

Teaching Interests

• Cybersecurity
• Medical/health informatics
• Network engineering
• Health care information systems security

Area of Expertise

• Cybersecurity
• Computer Network
• Green Computing
• Computing Education

Areas of Expertise

• Mobile Device Security
• Cloud Computing Security
• Named Data Networking Security
• Big Data Security
• Blockchain

Area of Expertise

• Distributed Systems
• Operating Systems
• Security
• Computer Science Education

Research Interests

• Information security behavior
• Individual deviance
• Organizational deviance
• Organizational controls
• Small business/entrepreneurship

Areas of Interest

• Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
• Signal and Image Processing
• Sensor and Data Fusion
• Heterogeneous Data Mining
• Explosive Hazard Detection

Areas of Interest

• Atmospheric optics
• Statistical optics
• Quantum optics
• Image and Signal Processing
• Autonomous vehicles and vehicular networks
• Industrial automation and controls

Area of Expertise

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Data Mining and Data Science
• Applications of AI and ML to Energy (microgrids, power systems), Health, and other domains

Research Interests

• Impact of IS/IT change on end users
• Management of IS/IT workers
• Computer Anxiety and Computer Self-Efficacy
• Mentoring using Information Communication Technology (ICT)
• Various de facto Standards (i.e. Information Technology Infrastructure Library – ITIL)

Research Expertise

• Data-driven Modeling
• Machine Learning
• Multi-scale Solid Mechanics
• Atomistic Modeling
• Ultrasound Elastography
• Inverse Problem and Computational Science

Research Interests

• Mechanobiology
• Traction force by a living cell
• Cell adhesion and migration
• Image data modeling
• Machine learning
• BioMEMS

Area of Expertise

• Artificial Intelligence
• Automated Planning and Scheduling
• Computer Science Education
• Student Persistence in STEM

Areas of Expertise

• Scientific computing
• Numerical PDEs
• Parallel Computing
• Plasma modeling and simulation
• Dimension Reduction

Research Interests

• Liquefaction susceptibility evaluation at local and regional scales using in-situ measurements and remote sensing observations
• Estimating liquefaction induced damage such as lateral spread displacement
• Transportation Geotechniques
• Documenting earthquake induced damages, especially liquefaction using aerial/satellite images that are sensitive to surficial moisture
• Geotechnical asset monitoring
• Machine Learning

Teaching Interests

• Control Systems
• Programmable Logic Controllers
• Signal and Image Processing
• Instrumentation and Measurement
• Sensors and Actuators
• Industrial Robots
• MATLAB

Areas of Interest

• Optics
• Image reconstruction and processing
• Pattern recognition
• Adaptive and atmospheric optics

Teaching Interests

• Optics
• Electrical machinery
• Power systems
• Electronic devices and circuits
• Real-time robotics systems
• Programmable logic controllers

Areas of Expertise

• Identification of genes regulating complex traits via systems biology approaches
• Gene expression data analysis
• Gene network construction and decomposition
• Developing software for mining large-scale biological data
• Genomics of wood formation

Areas of Expertise

• Image Processing and Computer Vision
• Machine Learning
• Medical Image Analysis
• Health Informatics
• Text Mining 

Research Interests

• Decision Making
• Problem Solving
• Learning and Video Games for STEM
• CSCW
• Structured Analytic Techniques

Area of Expertise

• Computer Graphics
• Virtual Environments
• Head-mounted displays
• Human Perception

Research Interests

• Computational Modeling
• Recognitional Decision Making
• Perceptual and Memory Processes
• Representations of Cultural Knowledge

Area of Expertise

• Mobile App Design and Usability
• Software Development and Processes
• Computer Science Education

Research Interests

• Basic and applied attention
• Models of attention
• Human performance in aviation
• Display design
• Tech adoption
• Technology training

Research Interests

• Cognitive Aging
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Motor Learning
• Sensorimotor Control
• Memory
• Cognitive Control

Area of Expertise

• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Accessible computing
• Speech and Language Processing
• Mobile Interfaces
• Crowdsourcing

Areas of Expertise

• Digital technology adoption for older adults and other digital newcomers
• K-12 computing education
• Undergraduate software engineering and computer science education
• Communication in software development
• Lightweight formal methods
• Agile software development

Area of Expertise

• Computer Architecture
• Programming Languages
• Simulation

Area of Expertise

• Software Engineering
• Automated Analysis of Fault-Tolerance
• Formal Methods

Research and Teaching Interests

• Data Structures
• Algorithms

Area of Expertise

• Optimizing Compilers
• High Performance Architectures
• Cloud Computing

Areas of Expertise

• Computer Architecture
• Operating System
• System Optimization of Big Data Process