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Reza Abedi

Reza Abedi

Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering
Homogenization, upscaling, random media, statistical volume element, brittle fracture, dynamic fracture, discontinuous Galerkin, elastodynamics, electromagnetics

Rigoberto Advincula

Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Computation, simulation, theory, cell biology, immunology, intracellular transport, synthetic biology, systems biology, biomembrane, cytoskeleton, nanoparticle, biophysics, machine learning
Mohamed Akrout

Mohamed Akrout

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Communications and signal processing, control and robotics, intelligent systems

Perceval Assogba

Assistant Professor, Natural Resources
Linear regression, non-linear regression, time series, machine learning
Mehmet Aydeniz

Mehmet Aydeniz

Professor, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
STEM Education, workforce development, scientific collaborations, research leadership, graduate education, STEM, program evaluation, assessment

Ahmedullah Aziz

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
VLSI & nanoelectronics, emerging memory devices & beyond CMOS technologies, hardware security, cryogenic circuits & quantum computing hardware, AI & neuromorphic hardware
Kevin Bai.

Hua (Kevin) Bai

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Battery state of health, battery end of life, power electronics converters.

Michel Ballings

Associate Professor, Business Analytics and Statistics
Deep learning, reinforcement learning, machine learning
Sayan Banerjee

Sayan Banerjee

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Theoretical chemistry, artificial intelligence/machine learning, catalysis, electrochemistry, quantum materials

Tom Berg

Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Models based systems engineering, complex systems, systems theory, virtual health, decision support systems, simulation, modeling, machine learning, data integration

Bogdan Bichescu

Associate Professor, Business Analytics and Statistics
Applied optimization, healthcare analytics, lean operations, supply chain analytics

Klaus Blache

Director of Reliability & Maintainability Center, Reliability and Maintability Center Industrial and Systems Engineering
Industrial readiness and maturity, virtualization technologies, predictive maintenance, workforce upskilling, human factors, applied AI and machine learning, industrial internet of things (IIoT), cloud and edge computing, digital twins and simulation, Industrial cyber security

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