Engineers in Medicine

Chemical Engineering

Ya-Wen (Winnie) Chang Ph.D.

Soft and living matter
Geometry and mechanical control of cell organization and behavior
Colloid phase behavior and emulsion stabilization
Encapsulation using mixed particle-surfactant system
Microfluidics and 3D printing
Biomimetic and active materials

Harvinder Singh Gill Ph.D.

Micro− & Nano−Systems for Drug & Vaccine Delivery
Bio−Nanomaterials
Mucosal Vaccination
Immunomodulation

Carla Lacerda Ph.D.

Heart Valve Interactomes
Cell adhesion and migration in constructs
Mechanical regulation of cellular phenotype in 3D engineered tissue constructs

Wei Li Ph.D.

Responsive LbL nanofilms
Cell capture and release
Cell microenvironments, soft materials, exosomes
Biomedical microdevices

Jeremy Marston Ph.d.

Ultra-high-speed imaging of fluid dynamics phenomena
Multiphase flows; wicking in powders and porous media
Waterless cleaning technologies for solar technologies
Water and oil encapsulations using hydrophobic and oleophobic particulates

Siva A. Vanapalli Ph.D.

Microfluidics
Fluid mechanics of drops, polymer solutions and cells
Tumor cell mechanics and cancer diagnostics
Devices for drug screening
Devices for C. elegans biology

Computer Science

Tommy Dang Ph.D.

Virtual and Augmented Reality
Big Data Visualization and Visual Analytics
Human and Computer Interaction
Computer Animation
Empirical software engineering
Statistical data analysis

Rattikorn Hewett Ph.D.

Intelligent data understanding
Network research and security
Software quality assurance

Fang Jin Ph.D.

Machine Learning
Data Mining
Big Data Analytics
Graph Mining
Anomaly Detection
Spatiotemporal Data Analysis

Susan Mengel Ph.D

Information retrieval, security, and assurance
Computer science education

Abdul Serwadda Ph.D.

Cyber Security and Privacy
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Human-Computer Interaction
Mobile Computing

Yuanlin Zhang Ph.D.

Artificial intelligence
Knowledge representation and reasoning

Yu Zhuang Ph.D.

Parallel computing
High performance memory system
Large scale computing
Data intensive computing

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mary Baker Ph.D., P.E.

Biomedical Signal Processing
Neuroimaging and Cognition
Medical Image Processing

Jo Woon Chong Ph.D.

Biomedical Signal Processing
Medical Instrumentation
Identification and Modeling of Physiological Systems
Non-Invasive Physiological Monitoring
Home Monitoring of Health and Disease
Wireless Communication and Networks

Changzhi Li Ph.D.

Doppler radar for biomedical and structural health monitoring
CMOS RF and analog circuits
Microwave circuits

RANADIP PAL Ph.D.

Genomic Signal Processing
Stochastic Modeling & Control
Computational Biology
Image Processing

Sunanda Mitra, D.Sc.

Image Processing
Pattern Recognition
Medical Imaging
Compression

Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering

Weilong Cong Ph.D.

Rotary ultrasonic machining of high performance aerospace materials
Laser additive manufacturing of metal and ceramic based materials
Ultrasonic vibration-assisted manufacturing processes
Composite materials fabrication and machining

Jennifer Cross Ph.D.

Lean Manufacturing
Teams
Performance Measurement
Product Development
Design and Management of Engineering
Service and Healthcare Operations

Dongping Du Ph.D.

Personalized modeling, monitoring and control for advanced ventricular assist device therapy in end-stage heart failure.
Home based cardiac rehabilitation- sensing, remote monitoring, modeling, and control.
A-fib focus localization

Timothy Matis Ph.D.

Operations Research
Stochastic Processes
Queuing Theory
Ad-hoc Communication Networks
Conceptual Learning Theories and Virtual Learning Environments

Bryan Norman Ph.D.

Logistics and Operations
Healthcare Delivery
Facility Design
Resource and Personnel Scheduling
Inventory Control
Operations Research

George Zhuo Tan Ph.D.

Electrically-activated antimicrobial medical instruments
Conductive porous membrane with nanoparticles for disinfection
Electrospinning technologies for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering
Extrusion-based advanced manufacturing for polymers
Modeling and optimization of sustainable material reprocessing

Changxue Xu Ph.D.

Rheology of biopolymer solutions/cell suspensions
Fabrication of microspheres/nanofibers
3D bioprinting of living cells/tissues
3D printing of functional materials
Electrohydrodynamic jet printing

Mechanical Engineering

Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Ph.D.

Theoretical & Numerical Descriptions of Complex Materials Ranging From:
Colloidal Suspensions
Functional Nanocomposite Membranes
Metallic Glasses
Soft Biological Matter

Ming Chyu Ph.D.

Healthcare Engineering
Thermal Fluid Sciences
Energy Systems

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire Ph.D.

Engineering Design
Vibrations
Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Engineering Education

Zhaoming He Ph.D.

Heart−Valve Tissue Mechanics
Cardiovascular Mechano−Biology
Cardiovascular Medical Devices

Fazle Hussain Ph.D.

Vortex dynamics, turbulence, and measurement techniques
Coherent structures in fluid turbulence
Holography
Flow noise and flow control
Cardiovascular dynamics
Modeling cancer growth
Nanomedicine and nanotechnology

Jungkyu (Jay) Kim Ph.D.

High-throughput gene/protein analysis
Biosensor and Bioelectronics
Programmable microfluidic platform
Point-of-Care diagnostics
Cell and Tissue engineering and Biomechanics

Hanna Moussa Ph.D.

Radiation safety and control
Dose and risk assessment
Radiation protection and detection
Radiation transport and modeling
Radiation shielding
Space radiation
Nuclear and radiological instrumentations

Jingjing (Jenny) Qui Ph.D.

Modeling & Simulation of Micro/Nano Flow
Multiscale Composites
Biological Materials

Siva Parameswaran, Ph.D.

Designing better High frequency Oscillating Ventilators (HFOV) for critical care Pulmonary Medicine
Modeling far-wake development behind wind turbine with swirl
Developing computational models for turbine-turbine interaction in off-shore wind farms
Developing unsteady, turbulence models for accurate prediction of lift-coefficients for flow around bluff bodies
Numerical issues of a thermal model for a battery system