Stephen E. Still Chair of Transportation Engineering and Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Director
Stephen Still Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Director
Engineering Statistics and Econometrics Applications (ESEA) Research Laboratory
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Statistical/Econometric modeling, methods and applications in engineering problems, traffic safety, reliability/sustainability of infrastructure systems, crisis management, public-private partnerships, transportation planning, and engineering economics.
Research Topics: Collaborative signal processing and data aggregation for sensor networks; distributed image and video coding; medical image analysis and biomedical information processing; mobile multimedia systems; reliable and secure multimedia streaming over P2P; wireless and ad hoc networks
New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI)
Research Topics: Thin film nanostructured multifunctional materials; heteroepitaxial growth and processing-structure-property relationship of thin films; synthesis, characterization, and application of nanostructured multifunctional materials; monolithic integration of thin film materials with complimentary functionalities for devices
Research Topics: Novel physical, chemical, and biological detection using micro and nano mechanical sensors and electrical power delivery using the single wire concept
Research Topics: Novel techniques for advanced MRI instrumentation; multi-modal biomedical imaging; novel MR imaging formation technology; MR imaging at high and ultrahigh fields; novel device and method development for structural, functional and metabolic imaging using proton and heteronuclear MRI; parallel imaging and compressed sensing based fast imaging methodology; new hardware technology for MR imaging, microimaging, cancer imaging, fetal and neonatal imaging; interventional MRI; PET-MRI in health and cancerous conditions; technical development of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) in small animal models and humans
Specialty/Research Focus: Energy storage/conversion materials and devices; nano-materials and devices fabrication and characterization; solid-state thin film deposition and optoelectronic devices; nonlinear optics