Faculty

Research Interests: Data-Intensive Analytics and Simulation. Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing and Supply Chain System. Industry 4.0 and Digital Twins. Design of Experiments

Research Interests: Rapid Prototyping, CAD/CAM, Rapid Product Development

Research Interests: Computer Architecture, DSP and Digital Image Processing, Embedded System Design, Hardware Design with FPGAs and VLSI, Hardware Performance Optimization

Research Interests: Epitaxial thin film materials for next generation high speed optoelectronic devices, Heterointegration of dissimilar materials, High mobility compound semiconductor channels CMOS devices, Functional oxides integrated onto semiconductors

Research Interests: Energy efficient building and construction, Sustainable concrete, Aliphatic Polyketones, Lightweight composites, Recruitment and retention of women and minorities in STEM, Cooperative education

Research Interests: Operations Research and Supply Chain Engineering, Dynamic and stochastic programming, Integer (Linear and Non-linear) programming, Heuristics and simulation techniques, Sampling techniques: bootstrapping, stratification, Parallel and distributed computing for large-scale optimization

Research Interests: Transportation Engineering, Pavement Management Systems, Emergency Evacuation

Research Interests: Wireless Communication Systems, Multiple Access Techniques, Adaptive Signal Processing, Device Characterization, Pedagogy and Student Learning Styles

Research Interests: Traffic-handling protocols, Error control coding, Engineering education

Research Interests: Industrial robotics:  intelligent robotics, “smart” robotics and human-like robotics, Autonomous industrial robots on a mobile platform, Embedded control system for advanced robot control, Nano-robotics: nanomanipulation and automatic nanomanufacturing of nanosensors, Sensor fusion in industrial applications

Research Interests: Nano-electronics: nano-FET, nano-antenna, carbon-nanotube, Microwave photonics, Photonic true-time delay beamformer for phased array antenna, Silicon nanophotonics: modulators, switches, light emitting devices, beamsteering devices, integration and packaging, Polymer photonics devices: optical switches, E-O modulators, Photonic crystals: photonic crystal fibers, slow-light photonic crystal waveguides and devices

Research Interest: Engineering Education

Research Interests: Smart infrastructure, Connected and Automated Vehicles, Foundation Models, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Causal AI, Traffic Safety and Operations, Natural Language Processing, Advanced Language Models, Digital Twin, GIS, & Systems Engienering

Research Interests: Integration of artificial intelligence in additive manufacturing, Design optimization of structured materials, Contact mechanics, friction, and wear of viscoelastic materials, Process optimization in advanced manufacturing

Research Interests: Walter Sustainability, Green Infrastructure, Nature-Inspired Engineering

Research Interests: Sustainable water resources management, Advanced water and wastewater treatment, Environmental chemistry and toxicology

Research Interests: Sustainable supply chain operations, Renewable energy policy and market, Product and service integration, Reliability and resilience of engineering and financial systems

Research Interests: Micro/nano-systems for bio-medical/analytical applications, Experimental microfluidics and optical measurements, Transport phenomena as related to micro/nano-fluidic systems, Advanced multi-scale manufacturing and surface modification

Research Interests: Semiconductor Manufacturing Processes, Semiconductor Metrology, Scuba Diving Physics and Physiology

Research Interests: Digital Signal/Image/Speech Processing & Data Compression, Analog/Digital Communications and Information Theory, Distributed Systems Optimization, with emphasis on Quality of Service, High-Speed Computer/Network Architectures and Protocols

Research Interests: Use of advanced composite materials in design, repair, and strengthening of structures to enhance resilience and sustainability of civil infrastructure, Development of resilient and sustainable composite structural systems incorporating bio- and waste-based materials, Development of sustainable waste-based structural concretes using recycled materials.

Research Interests: Optimal decision policies for system configuration and resource allocation, Health care systems engineering and analysis of patient flow, Reliability analysis and maintenance decisions for wind energy systems, Discrete event modeling and simulation. Stochastic Programming

Research Interests: Supply Chain Management , Forecasting, International Logistics, Lean Manufacturing

Research Interests: Cementitious Materials Containing Recycled Aggregates, Multifunctional Construction Materials for Smart Infrastructure, Sustainable, High Performance Fiber Reinforced Construction Materials, Concrete Durability

Research Interests: Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Sensors and Sensor Networks, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Digital Image Processing

Research Interest: Microwave devices and systems, Engineering ethics, Atmospheric physics and plasmas, History of engineering and technology

Research Interests: Finite-Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Mechanical Design Optimization

Research Interest: Makerspace: Inclusivity, Retention, & Student Learning, Senior Design: Mentorship, Impacts, & Senior Design Day, STEM Project Based Learning, STEM Active Learning

Development, manufacturing, and characterization of high-performance thermoset and thermoplastics polymeric matrix composites for industrial, aerospace, sports, biomedical, and energy applications.

Research Interests: High Performance Computing (HPC) ,Computer Architecture & Digital Designing, Embedded Systems, Machine Learning, Visualization

Research interests: Human Factors, User Experience, Healthcare Systems.