Meet our Named Professors

Research Topics: Cardiopulmonary physiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Research Lab; Signal Transduction; Vascular Medicine

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: Waste Management; Recycling; Plastics and Polymers; Environmental Engineering; Sustainability; Porous Materials; Carbon, Aerosol Science and Technology; Hazardous Materials

Research Topics: Seismic protective systems for buildings, bridges and the infrastructure

Research Interests: Spacecraft attitude determination & control; formation flying guidance & navigation; robust nonlinear control; vehicle attitude dynamics

Research Topics: Document image understanding, video analysis, pattern recognition, computer vision, media forensics, artificial intelligence

Research Topics: Clean energy technologies

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: Mathematical programming, applied operations research, multiple-criteria decision making

Research Interests: Large-Scale Systems Design, Design Analytics, Collaborative Design Methods, Decentralized Design, Decision Theory, Decision Networks, Additive Manufacturing

Research Topics: Nanomedicine; phototherapy

Research Topics: digital media forensics; computer vision; machine learning

Research Topics: Materials informatics; Quantitative high resolution imaging; Atom probe tomography

Research Topics: Cell growth, differentiation and development; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Stem Cells

Research Topics: Synthesis and application of nanoparticles; Detailed chemical kinetic modeling in reacting flows

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: Cognitive computing, big data analytics, deep learning, smarter energy, application of cognitive computing for industrial solutions

Specialty/Research Focus: Compressed sensing; magnetic resonance imaging; image reconstruction

Research Topics: nanostructures; zeolites; membranes; separations

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

Research Topics: Operations research, game theory, hazard response

Specialty/Research Focus: Insulation coordination; energy systems; mobility platforms; nano-dielectrics