Interdisciplinary Faculty

Realizing the Digital Enterprise

Interdisciplinary Faculty

As applied problem solvers, we work toward a common goal: leveraging the digital enterprise to make the world better, faster and sustainable. We collaborate on common goals, leveraging our strengths and developing joint solutions to difficult problems. Our multidisciplinary faculty understand the computational, manufacturing and human factors needed to define a problem, develop a project scope and work to find a workable solution.

Each faculty member on our research team brings unique industry experience and far-reaching academic collaborations from a wide range of disciplines, including:

Byung-Cheol Min

Associate Professor, CIT
Co-Lead

 

Multi-robot systems,  Human-robot interaction, Robot learning, Field robotics, Assistive robotics

Walter Daniel Leon-Salas

Associate Professor, SOET
Co-Lead

 

CMOS image sensors, Solar energy harvesting, Optical communications and optical devices

Milton Aguirre

Assistant Professor,  SOET

 

Compliant Mechanisms, Wearables and exoskeletons, Use-inspired design

Ragu Athinarayanan

Professor,  SOET

 

Modeling and control of under-actuated robotic manipulators, Signal processing, and Machine vision

Deniz Besiktepe

Assistant Professor, SCMT

 

Building Maintenance, Condition Assessment, Decision-making Models, Fuzzy Applications, Digital twins, and Implementing Data-driven Techniques in the Facilities Management Area

Lisa Bosman

Associate Professor, TLI

 

STEM Education -> entrepreneurial mindset, competency-based learning, self-regulated learning, transdisciplinary education, Solar Energy System Predictive Maintenance (Customer Discovery + Prototyping + Commercialization)

Farid Breidi

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Extended reality, Digital fluid power systems, Physics-based simulations, Engineering Pedagogy

Vetria Byrd

Associate Professor, CGT

 

Data visualization

Soowon Chang

Assistant Professor, SCMT

 

Urban Systems Design, Smart and Connected Communities, Virtual Design and Construction, Digital Twin

Victor Chen

Professor, CGT

 

Information visualization, Visual analytics, and Human Computer Interaction.

Yunfeng Chen

Associate Professor, SCMT

 

Human factors, Robotics in construction

Adel El-Shahat

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Optimization of renewable energy; Smart grids; Electric drives and Electric mobility systems

Miad Faezipour

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Healthcare technology with embedded intelligence, Digital/biomedical embedded hardware/software co-designs, AI based bio-data augmentation

Dongming Gan

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Compliant Robotics Design and Modeling, Human-Robot Interaction

Yi Gao

Associate Professor, SATT

 

Customer behaviors, Safety culture analysis, and Pilot selection and education

Jose Garcia Bravo

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Embedded sensing, Flexible structures through additive manufacturing, Fluid power systems

Nandhini Giri

Assistant Professor, CGT

 

Human-centered experience design, Design expertise development, Computer graphics entertainment research

Thomas Hacker

Professor and Head, CIT

 

High Performance Computing, Grid Computing, Operating Systems

Nate Hartman

Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing, SOET

 

CAD, PLM, Industry 4.0, Model-based definition, Data standards, Data interoperability, Digital enterprise

Liang He

Assistant Professor, CGT

 

Fabrication, Robotics, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Accessibility (A11y), eXtended Reality (XR)

Joseph Hupy

Associate Professor, SATT

 

Geospatial data collection and analysis, Unmanned aerial systems

Kyubyung "Kyu" Kang

Assistant Professor, SCMT

 

Digital Twin of Built Environment, 3D Reconstruction using Computer Vision, Scan-to-BIM

Gozdem Kilaz

Associate Professor, SOET/SATT
 

 

Liquid transportation fuel development, testing, and approval of biofuels

Garam Kim

Assistant Professor, SATT

 

Composite manufacturing technologies, Composite structure manufacturing, Material characterization, Material testing

Noori Kim

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Electroacoustics, Acoustics, Hearing-aids transducers, Sensors, Monitoring systems

Tho Le

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Logistics, Freight Transport, Supply Chain, Emerging Transportation Services, Network Modeling, Transportation Systems, CAVs & EVs, Human Factors, Travel Behavior, Traffic Safety

Sarah Leach

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Systems monitoring and control, Computational modeling, and Effective learning strategies for education

Sunghwan Lee

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Multi-functional thin film processing and (opto-)electronic applications

Tianyi Li

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

Human-AI Interaction, Crowdsourcing, Intelligent User Interface

Qingchun Li

Assistant Professor, SCMT

 

Urban science, Urban resilience and sustainability, Social equity, Urban informatics

Xiaonan Lu

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Power Electronics, Power Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Distributed Control

John Mott

Professor, SATT

 

Acquisition, modeling, and analysis of distributed transportation data

Christos Mousas

Associate Professor, CGT

 

Virtual reality, Computer graphics, Games, Human-computer interaction

Gaurav Nanda

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Text Mining, Applied Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Safety, Healthcare Analytics, Business Intelligence, Education Technology

Robert Nawrocki

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Organic and flexible electronics, Bioelectronics, Neuromorphic, Functional materials

Brittany Newell

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Adaptive structures, energy transduction, manufacturing techniques for material sensors and actuators

Jason Ostanek

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Li-ion Battery Safety, Heat Transfer, Fluids Mechanics, CFD Modeling

Suranjan Panigrahi

Professor, SOET

 

Smart sensing systems for automation, quality control, detection and diagnosis; intelligent decision support systems 

Romila Pradhan

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

Data Management, Responsible Data Science, Algorithmic Fairness, Explainable AI

Tim Ropp

Clinical Professor, SATT

 

Technology innovations for advanced aerospace manufacturing and lifecycle management, safety risk

Abdul Salam

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

Underground sensing and antennas, Wireless communications, Internet-of-Things

Winston Sealy

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Design, Automation, Digital Manufacturing

Wenhai Sun

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

Data security and privacy, Decentralized trust and infrastructure design, Cryptography, Trusted hardware, AI/ML, Software engineering

James Tanoos

Clinical Associate professor, SOET

 

Sustainable manufacturing, Student travel pedagogy, Study abroad, Automobile industry

Sudip Vhaduri

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

Smart Sensing, Mobile & Wearable Computing, Machine Learning & AI, IoT, Smart Health & Well-being, CPS, Audio Analytics

Richard Voyles

Daniel C. Lewis Professor, SOET

 

Robotics and AI for manufacturing, agriculture, inspection and emergency response

Xiaoming Wang

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Materials characterization, processing, and chemistry, advanced manufacturing

Rua Williams

Assistant Professor, CGT

 

User Experience Design, Human-Centered Computing, Science and Technology Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Technology Policy, Research Ethics

Baijian Yang

Professor and Associate Dean for Research, CIT

 

Applied Machine Learning, Big Data, Cybersecurity

Willow (Liu) Yang

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Supply chain and operations optimization: distribution network design, purchasing optimization 

Jiansong Zhang

Associate Professor, SCMT

 

Construction engineering & management, Construction automation, Sustainable & resilient built environment