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CONTENTS

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Geng Bai

Wei Bao

Philip Barutha

Hau Chan

Heidi Diefes-Dux

Kelli Herstein

Iason Konstantzos

Eric Markvicka

Keegan Moore

Bonita Sharif

Curtis Tomasevicz

Robert Wilhelm

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Motassem Al-Tarazi

Mona Bavarian

Christopher Bohn

Tami Brown-Brandl

Shruti Daggumati

Lucia Fernandez-Ballester

Mohammad Ghashami

Nirnimesh Ghose

Piyush Grover

Congrui “Grace” Jin

Kyungki Kim

Abdelghani Laraoui

Jennifer Lather

Marc Maguire

Kurt Palik

Sorab Panday

Grace Panther

Benjamin Riggan

Tirthankar Roy

Hyun-Seob Song

Marilyn Wolf

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Robert Dyer

Peixun Fan

Hamzeh Haghshenas Fatmehsari

Justin Firestone

Neal Lewis

Fanben Meng

Mojdeh Pajouh

Tony Roebuck

Arman Roohi

Hoang-Dung Tran

Jun Wang

Matthew Williamson

Qiuming Yao

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Peixun FanResearch Assistant ProfessorElectrical and Computer Engineering City Campus

B.Eng., Materials Processing & Control Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, ChinaJoint Ph.D., University of Manchester, United KingdomPh.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Previous ExperiencePost-doctoral research associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

ResearchLaser micro-nano fabrication and laser precise machining techniques for both fundamental research and industrial applications; laser materials processing; ultrafast laser manufacturing

Robert DyerAssistant ProfessorComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S., Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Iowa State University M.S., Ph.D., Computer Science, Iowa State University

Previous ExperienceAssistant professor of Computer Science, Bowling Green State University; post-doctoral researcher, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University

ResearchSoftware engineering and programming languages. Developing new programming models to maintain the benefits of software engineering practices such as separation of concerns, agile software development, etc.

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGHamzeh Haghshenas Fatmehsari

Mojdeh Pajouh Matthew Williamson

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGRobert Dyer

Justin Firestone Arman Roohi

Hoang-Dung Tran Qiuming Yao

THE DURHAM SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

Tony Roebuck

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Peixun FanJun Wang

MASTER OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENTNeal Lewis

MECHANICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Fanben Meng

2020 – 2021

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HAMZEH HAGHSHENAS FATMEHSARIResearch Assistant ProfessorCivil and Environmental Engineering City Campus

B.Sc., M.Sc., Civil Engineering, Tehran, IranM.Sc., Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Nebraska-LincolnPh.D., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska- Lincoln

Previous ExperiencePost-doctoral research associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Highway Quality Assurance Manager, Nebraska Department of Transportation

ResearchChemo-physical and multi-scale characterization of infrastructure materials; recycling and engineered use of construction materials; mechanistic analysis and design of roadways and pavements; bituminous/cementitious materials and mixtures

JUSTIN FIRESTONEAssistant Professor of PracticeJeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management l Computer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S., M.S.,Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Nebraska-LincolnB.A., Latin and Economics, University of Nebraska- LincolnM.A., Classics, University of Nebraska-LincolnJ.D., Nebraska College of Law

Previous ExperienceAdjunct instructor, Nebraska Wesleyan University; Technology and Intellectual Property Associate, Baird Holm, LLP, Omaha

NEAL LEWIS Assistant Professor of PracticeMaster of Engineering Management Program City Campus

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri- RollaM.B.A., University of New Haven Ph.D., Engineering Management, University of Missouri-Rolla

Industry Experience30+ years of engineering management industry experience at Proctor & Gamble and Bayer, serving in such roles as technology manager, plant engineer and quality control manager.

Academic Experience(After receiving Ph.D.) 2004 - 2016: Marshall University and then University of Bridgeport, where he received tenure in 2013. Since 2016, he has been teaching mostly in web-based asynchronous environments. He has co-authored two best-selling undergraduate and graduate textbooks in engineering economy and is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management.

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FANBEN MENGAssistant ProfessorMechanical and Materials Engineering City Campus

B.S., Biotechnology, Nanjing University, ChinaM.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing, ChinaPh.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Previous ExperiencePost-doctoral research associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota; post-doctoral research associate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

ResearchBiomedical Engineering: 3D bioprinting, in vitro preclinical models, organ-on-a-chip, implantable devices, tissue engineering, medical diagnostics, translational medicine, drug screening, drug delivery; Materials and Mechanical Engineering: biocompatible polymers and hydrogels, functional nanomaterials, nanofabrication, microfabrication, additive manufacturing, flexible electronic devices; Chemical Engineering: (bio)electrochemistry, surface chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, molecular self-assembly, (bio)molecular recognition, biosensors, bioelectronics

MOJDEH PAJOUHResearch Assistant ProfessorCivil and Environmental Engineering City Campus

B.Sc., Civil Engineering, K.N.T. University of TechnologyM.Sc., Civil Engineering – Structural Earthquake Engineering, Tehran PolytechnicPh.D., Civil Engineering – Geotechnical Engineering, Texas A&M University

Previous ExperienceAssistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; post-doctoral research associate, Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

ResearchCrashworthiness analysis, large-scale testing, and numerical simulation; transportation safety, design, analysis, and evaluation of roadside safety hardware; geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics; educational engineering and culturally responsive teaching

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ARMAN ROOHI Assistant ProfessorComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.Sc., Computer Engineering, Hardware, Shiraz University, IranM.Sc., Computer Architecture, Azad University, IranPh.D., Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida

Previous ExperiencePost-doctoral fellow, UT Design Automation Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin

ResearchEnergy efficient and high performance processing in-memory circuit, architecture and algorithm; brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing and Boolean Logic based on emerging post-CMOS nano-devices; hardware aware deep in-memory accelerator circuit and architecture; design and implementation of scalable, energy-efficient and reliable architectures for resource-limited IoT devices; secure computation including hardware security of artificial intelligence and adversarial learning; reconfigurable and adaptive computer architectures

TONY ROEBUCKAssistant Professor of PracticeDurham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction City Campus

B.S., Engineering Technology, Illinois State UniversityB.S., Business Administration, Colorado Technical UniversityM.S., Real Estate and Construction Management, University of Denver

Previous ExperienceInstructor in mechanical systems, introduction to construction management and project management for mechanical systems, Colorado State University; project manager, RK Mechanical, Denver, CO; project manager, Trautman & Schreve, Denver, CO

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QIUMING YAOAssistant ProfessorComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S., M.S., Computer Science, Tongji University, ChinaM.A., Statistics, University of MissouriPh.D., Computer Science, University of Missouri

Previous ExperienceResearch fellow, Department of Hematology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; post-doctoral research associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ResearchGWAS and functional genomics in human disease; gene editing in therapeutics and functional analysis; meta-proteo-genomics in microbiology; high performance bio-computing; database and big data visualization; artificial intelligence and pattern recognition

MATTHEW WILLIAMSONAssistant Professor of PracticeCivil and Environmental Engineering City Campus

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Kansas State University

Previous ExperienceInstructor and Program Coordinator, Construction Engineering Technology, Kansas State University; Senior Project Engineer & Office Manager, GeoSource, LLC

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JUN WANGAssistant ProfessorElectrical and Computer Engineering City Campus

B.Sc., M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, ChinaPh.D., Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Previous ExperienceResearch assistant professor, Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

ResearchWide-bandgap-device-based medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) distribution and microgrid for sustainable energy: topology, modeling, optimization, control, protection, stability, and electromagnetic compatibility; advanced control, communication, and sensing techniques for power electronics synergistic with data science, artificial intelligence, and 5G network technology; medical power electronics; fault prognostics and diagnostics, reliability, and resiliency of power electronic components and systems; high-voltage high-density high-performance power electronic packaging and integration

HOANG-DUNG TRANAssistant ProfessorComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S., Automation, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, VietnamM.S., Control Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, ChinaPh.D., Computer Science, Vanderbilt University

ResearchSafe artificial intelligences; cyber-physical systems; formal methods; control theory; parallel computing

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BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGTami Brown-Brandl

Sorab Panday Hyun-Seob Song

CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERINGMona Bavarian

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGCongrui “Grace” Jin

Grace Panther Tirthankar Roy

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGMotassem Al-Tarazi Christopher Bohn Shruti Daggumati Nirnimesh Ghose

Marilyn Wolf

THE DURHAM SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

Kyungki Kim Jennifer Lather Marc Maguire

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Benjamin Riggan

MECHANICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Lucia Fernandez-Ballester Mohammad Ghashami

Piyush GroverAbdelghani Laraoui

Kurt Palik

2019 – 2020

CHRISTOPHER BOHNAssistant Professor of PracticeComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, Purdue UniversityM.S.C.E., Computer Engineering, Air Force Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Computer & Information Science, The Ohio State University

Previous Experience24 years as a U.S. Air Force officer, principally as a developmental engineer

ResearchParallel & distributed computing, software engineering, computer science education

MOTASSEM AL-TARAZI Assistant Professor of PracticeComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S.c., Computer Information Systems, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyM.S.c., Computer Science, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyPh.D., Computer Science, Iowa State University

Previous ExperienceInstructor at Jerash University, Jordan; Graduate teaching assistant at Iowa State University

ResearchCloud computing, data centers, optimization, energy saving, and big data

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MONA BAVARIANAssistant ProfessorChemical and Biomolecular EngineeringCity Campus

B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of TechnologyPh.D., Chemical Engineering Drexel University

Previous ExperienceSenior technical specialist at Pall Corp., Port Washington, New York; adjunct faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; principal process engineer at Brewer Science Inc., Rolla, Missouri

ResearchExperimental and theoretical study of the reaction kinetics of organosiloxane polycondensation; integration of first-principles modeling and experimental work for the polymerization reaction of the specialty polymers and design of electrochemical systems

TAMI BROWN-BRANDLProfessor and Dr. William E. and Eleanor L. Splinter ChairBiological Systems Engineering East Campus

A.S. Math, Chemistry and Biology, McCook Community CollegeB.S., Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnM.S., Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering and Animal Science, University of Nebraska–LincolnPh.D., Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky

Previous ExperienceSince 1998, served as an agricultural engineer for the USDA Meat Animal Research Center

ResearchImproved animal well-being and production efficiency: precision animal management, prediction of individual animal susceptibility to heat stress, calorimetry and animal energetics, development of sensors and control systems

SHRUTI DAGGUMATI Assistant Professor of PracticeComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S., Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska–LincolnM.S., Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Previous ExperienceLead researcher as a systems engineer at Verizon for OCR of government contracting

ResearchIntersection of machine learning, data visualization, and computational linguistics. Research integrates non-linear stochastic models applied to the identification of ancient scripts using machine learning methodologies

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LUCIA FERNANDEZ- BALLESTER Assistant ProfessorMechanical and Materials Engineering City Campus

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of AlicanteM.S., Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

ResearchPhysics and engineering of polymers to enable rational design of materials and processing with optimal properties. Specific areas of interest: interplay between molecular structure, processing, and final properties; conducting polymers; additive manufacturing; polymers for biomedical applications; flow-induced crystallization

CONGRUI “Grace” JINAssistant ProfessorCivil and Environmental Engineering City Campus

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, ChinaM.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, CanadaPh.D., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University

Previous ExperienceAssistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at State University of New York at Binghamton; postdoctoral research associate in the Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; postdoctoral research associate in Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University

ResearchConstruction materials, structural mechanics, porous structures, concrete structures, contact mechanics, fracture mechanics, wave propagation, computational mechanics

NIRNIMESH GHOSEAsssistant Professor Computer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.Tech., Electronics and Communications Engineering, Uttar Pradesh Technical UniversityM.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona

Previous ExperienceResearch assistant in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Arizona and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago; application developer for Fidelity Investments, Covington, Kentucky

ResearchWireless network security, physical layer security, cyber-physical system security, Internet-of-Things security, aviation security, and interaction between cyber security and social networks

PIYUSH GROVERAssistant ProfessorMechanical and Materials Engineering City Campus

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech

Previous ExperienceSenior research scientist at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts

ResearchCombining geometric and statistical methods in dynamics with optimization and control theory to enable optimal design and control; large-scale multi-agent/swarm robotics; fluid mechanics

MOHAMMAD GHASHAMIAssistant ProfessorMechanical and Materials Engineering City Campus

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran M.S., Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah

ResearchMicro/nanoscale heat transfer, near-field thermal radiation, energy conversion, experimental study of nanoscale thermal transport, thermionics and thermoelectric power generation, near-field thermophotovoltaics, radiation manipulation

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KYUNGKI KIMAssistant ProfessorDurham School of Architectural Engineering and ConstructionScott Campus

B.S., Architectural Engineering, Dongguk University M.S., Civil/Construction Engineering and Management, Texas A&M UniversityPh.D., Civil/Construction Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

ResearchBuilding Information Modeling (BIM); Immersive Augmented Reality (AR) for construction education and training; construction safety and health; real-time sensing for construction operation monitoring

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ABDELGHANI LARAOUIAssistant ProfessorMechanical and Materials Engineering City Campus

M.S., Condensed and Soft Matter Physics, University of Upper Alsace Ph.D., Physics, University of Strasbourg (Louis Pasteur)

Previous ExperienceResearch assistant professor, Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico; research scientist, City College of New York-CUNY; Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow, Technical University of Kaiserslautern

ResearchQuantum sensing and nanoscale probing of condensed matter phenomena; defect discovery and spectroscopy in two dimensional materials and wide bandgap semiconductors; exploring magnetic, optical, and mechanical cavities and waveguides for coupling distant spin-qubits for scalable quantum networks; hybrid photonics

JENNIFER LATHERAssistant ProfessorDurham School of Architectural Engineering and ConstructionScott Campus

B.A., Architecture, University of California, BerkeleyB.S., Conservation and Resource Studies, Regenerative Design, University of California, BerkeleyM.S., Ph.D., Architectural Engineering, Construction Option, Pennsylvania State University

ResearchInteractive workspaces to support integrative project delivery and collaborative teams; quantitative layout planning and optimization; stochastic simulation for healthcare operations and design to support data-driven decision making

MARC MAGUIREAssistant ProfessorDurham School of Architectural Engineering and ConstructionScott Campus

B.S., M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech

Previous ExperienceAssistant professor of Civil Engineering, Utah State University; research engineer, Virginia Tech

ResearchAccelerated bridge construction; integrating sustainability, energy efficiency and structural performance; non-destructive testing, computer vision, and machine learning in structural engineering

GRACE PANTHERAssistant ProfessorCivil and Environmental Engineering City Campus

B.S., Environmental Sciences, Oregon State UniversityM.S., Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University

Previous ExperiencePost-Doctoral fellow at the University of Cincinnati

ResearchEngineering education with a focus on spatial visualization, teamwork and gender, and authentic engineering practice

BENJAMIN RIGGANAssistant ProfessorElectrical and Computer Engineering City Campus

B.S., Computer Engineering, North Carolina State UniversityM.S., Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University

Previous ExperiencePostdoctoral fellowship in U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s Image Processing Branch; Electronics engineer with U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s Networked Sensing and Fusion Branch

ResearchComputer vision; image and signal processing; biometrics and forensics; machine learning; domain adaptation

KURT PALIKAssistant Professor of PracticeMechanical and Materials Engineering City Campus

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Previous ExperienceFive years in manufacturing engineering and process design; 15 years in design engineering and project management; 18 years in engineering management

SORAB PANDAYResearch ProfessorBiological Systems Engineering East Campus

B.S.E.E., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, MumbaiM.S., Civil Engineering, University of Delaware Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University

Previous ExperienceThirty years in hydrogeologic consulting (and continuing). Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017.

ResearchModeling and development of model codes of water resources and subsurface systems: groundwater flow, unsaturated zone, surface water/groundwater interactions, solute fate and transport, reactive transport, heat transport and resource management

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TIRTHANKAR ROYAssistant ProfessorCivil and Environmental Engineering Scott Campus

B.Tech., Agricultural Engineering, BCKV, IndiaM.Tech., Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India and TU Dresden, GermanyPh.D., Hydrology, University of Arizona

Previous ExperienceDoctoral research associate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University; DAAD research scholar, TU Dresden, Germany; project associate, Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur

ResearchHydrologic process understanding, modeling, and forecasting across scales; remote sensing applications in hydrology; risk assessment of hydrologic extremes; land-atmosphere interactions; integrated water resources management

HYUN-SEOB SONGAssociate ProfessorBiological Systems Engineering East Campus

Food Science and Technology Innovation Campus

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Korea University

Previous ExperienceSenior research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington

ResearchMetabolic modeling, microbial interaction modeling, omics data-model integration, model-driven metabolic and microbiome engineering

MARILYN WOLFProfessor and Department ChairComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Previous ExperienceFarmer Distinguished Chair in Embedded Computing Systems and GRA Eminent Scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology; faculty at Princeton University; AT&T Bell Laboratories

ResearchCyber-physical systems, Internet-of-Things, embedded computing, embedded computer vision, and VLSI systems

WEI BAOAssistant ProfessorElectrical and Computer EngineeringCity Campus

B.A., Physics (minor in Chemistry), Peking UniversityM.S., Mechanical Engineering (minor in Electrical

Engineering), UCLAPh.D., Materials Science and Engineering (minor in

Electrical Engineering), University of California, Berkeley

Previous ExperienceWorked in nanoscale spectroscopic investigations. Received several awards: MRS Graduate Student Gold Award, Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarships, Ross N. Tucker Memorial Award and a R&D 100 Award.

ResearchFocuses on polaritonics lasing devices

GENG BAIResearch Assistant ProfessorBiological Systems EngineeringEast Campus

B.E., Hydraulic and Hydro-power Engineering, China Agricultural University

M.E., Agricultural Soil & Water Engineering, China Agricultural University

Ph.D., Environmental Science, Niigata University

Previous ExperienceSoil-Plant-Environment monitoring; Center pivot irrigation; Pesticide spraying; High-throughput plant phenotyping

ResearchDaily management and development of UNL Field Plant Phenotyping Facility (Spidercam); High throughput plant phenotyping in field and greenhouse environment

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGGeng Bai

Heidi Diefes-DuxCurtis Tomasevicz

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGHau Chan

Bonita Sharif

THE DURHAM SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION

Philip BaruthaKelli Herstein

Iason Konstantzos

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Wei Bao

MECHANICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERINGEric MarkvickaKeegan MooreRobert Wilhelm

2018 – 2019

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HEIDI DIEFES-DUXProfessorBiological Systems EngineeringEast Campus

B.S., M.S., Food Science, Cornell UniversityPh.D., Agricultural & Biological Engineering - Food

Processing Engineering, Purdue University

Previous ExperienceProfessor of Engineering Education and First-Year Engineering course instructor and curator at Purdue University; Fulbright-Colombia Specialist Grant; co-author of Models and Modeling in Engineering Education

ResearchEngineering education, specifically development, implementation and assessment of authentic engineering activities (e.g. mathematical modeling, design) in undergraduate settings, translation of current technical research outputs to K-16 classroom settings, and learning objective based assessment strategies

PHILIP BARUTHA Assistant ProfessorDurham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction City Campus

B.S., Civil/Construction Engineering, Montana State University M.S./Ph.D., Civil/Construction Engineering and

Management, Iowa State University

Previous Experience12 years in project management and engineering.Project Manager for Mortenson Construction in the Renewable Energy Group.

ResearchAlternative project delivery to include integrated project delivery and public private partnerships, renewable and sustainable energy and transportation asset management

HAU CHANAssistant ProfessorComputer Science and Engineering City Campus

B.S., Computer Science and Mathematics, College of Charleston, S.C.

Ph.D., Computer Science, Stony Brook University, New York

Previous ExperiencePostdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (a joint lab with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Business School, and Medical School) - will continue to be an affiliated member of the lab; Postdoctoral summer fellow at the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society; Postdoctoral research associate (postdoc) at Trinity University.

ResearchComputational Game Theory, mechanism design, algorithms, data/graph mining, machine learning, discrete mathematics

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IASON KONSTANTZOSAssistant ProfessorDurham School of Architectural Engineering and ConstructionScott Campus

Diploma, Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens Greece

M.S., Design and Construction of Underground Structures, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Purdue University

ResearchHuman comfort in the built environment, building systems and controls, lighting and daylighting, building envelope, building energy modeling and simulation

ERIC MARKVICKAAssistant ProfessorMechanical and Materials EngineeringCity Campus

B.S., M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnM.S., Ph.D., Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University

Previous ExperienceResearcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, and Honeybee Robotics.

ResearchThe intersection of computer and material science to transform how materials interact with the human body and the world around us

KEEGAN MOOREAssistant ProfessorMechanical and Materials EngineeringCity Campus

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of AkronPh.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign

ResearchNonlinear dynamics, theoretical and experimental vibrations, system identification, non-reciprocal acoustics, data-driven modeling and identification, advanced signal processing, experimental mechanics

KELLI HERSTEINAsssistant Professor of Practice Durham School of Architectural Engineering and ConstructionScott Campus

B.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnM.S., Industrial and Management Systems

Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnPh.D., Engineering (Construction Engineering and

Management), University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Previous ExperiencePost Doctorate Research Associate, The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction

ResearchOccupational safety and health, occupational ergonomics, human fatigue and performance, lean construction, transportation and logistics, radio frequency identification

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CURTIS TOMASEVICZAssistant Professor of PracticeBiological Systems EngineeringEast Campus

B.S., M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Ph.D., Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Previous ExperienceLecturer, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; USA Bobsled and Skeleton (2004-14)

ResearchPower output of jumping and other human movement; biomechanic modeling techniques for injury analysis; power systems equipment replacement scheduling

ROBERT WILHELMKate Foster ProfessorMechanical and Materials EngineeringVice Chancellor for Research and Economic DevelopmentCity Campus

B.S., Industrial Engineering, Wichita State University

M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue UniversityPh.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois

Previous ExperienceVice Chancellor for Research and Development, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Executive Director, Charlotte Research Institute

ResearchPrecision engineering, virtual manufacturing and software frameworks for integrated measurement processes

BONITA SHARIFAssociate ProfessorComputer Science and EngineeringCity Campus

B.S., Computer Science, Cyrus College, Nicosia, CyprusM.S., Computer Science, Kent State UniversityPh.D., Computer Science (specializing in Software

Engineering), Kent State University

Previous ExperienceTen years of experience conducting empirical studies including the use of eye tracking equipment. Received the NSF Career award and the NSF CRI award related to empowering software engineering with eye tracking. Received the NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring award for mentoring female students.

ResearchSoftware engineering, eye tracking and biometrics, empirical studies, program comprehension, human computer interaction, software traceability, software visualization

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