Faculty Research Highlights
Explore Our Research
The Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science Virtual Research Forum highlights our exciting research breakthroughs in six pillar areas. Each forum features highly accomplished faculty speakers from multiple departments within the Schaefer School.
Research Topics
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Topics and Speakers
Intelligent Autonomous Navigation for Mobile Robots Operating in Complex Environments
Dr. Brendan Englot, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Socially Assistive Mobile Robots for Seamless Human-Robot Interaction
Dr. Yi Guo, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Artificial Intelligence to Improve Doctor–Patient Collaborations
Dr. Samantha Kleinberg, Department of Computer Science
Transparency, Interpretability, and Fairness in AI for Decision Making, Social Science, and Healthcare
Dr. Yue Ning, Department of Computer Science
Explainable AI and NLP For Healthcare and CyberSafety Applications
Dr. K.P. Subbalakshmi, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Dr. Hui Wang, Department of Computer Science
Radio Spectrum Awareness Using AI for Reliable, Efficient, and Secure Wireless Networks
Dr. Yu-Dong Yao, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Life Sciences
Topics and Speakers
Tissue Engineering of Ovarian Cancer for Early Detection and New Treatment Discovery
Dr. Marcin Iwanicki, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Novel Functionally Graded Nonwoven Meshes and Manufacturing Method for Air-Filtering Anti-Viral Membrane Layer of the Next-Generation Respirators
Dr. Dilhan Kalyon, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Repairing Damaged Lung Tissue via Site-Specific Cell Replacement
Dr. Jinho Kim, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Self-Defensive Biomaterials to Combat Implant Infection
Dr. Matthew Libera, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Reducing Ventilation Injury of Lungs by Reducing Alveolar Surface Tension
Dr. Carrie Perlman, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Developing Novel Therapeutic Agents for Breast Cancer and Privileged Molecular Building Blocks
Dr. Abishek Sharma, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Tissue Engineering and Nanomedicine for Replacement and Treatment of Diseased Tissues/Organs
Dr. Hongjun Wang, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Developing Optical Imaging Techniques to Advance Biomedicine
Dr. Shang Wang, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Musculoskeletal Control and Dynamics
Dr. Antonia Zaferiou, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Computational Chemistry for High Accuracy Predictions of Biological and Catalytic Properties
Dr. Yong Zhang, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Biomechatronics and Wearable Robotics for Rehabilitation Engineering and Human Motion Analysis
Dr. Damiano Zanotto, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cybersecurity
Topics and Speakers
Improving Software Security and Reliability
Dr. Georgios Portokalidis, Department of Computer Science
Resilient and Secure Control Design for Intelligent Autonomous Systems Under Cyber-Physical Attacks
Dr. Hamid Jafarnejad Sani, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cybersecurity in Complex Systems: Facilitating Secure and Efficient Applications
Dr. Susanne Wetzel, Department of Computer Science
Cross-Layer Cybersecurity Research from Wireless PHY Layer to Machine Learning and Distributed Trust
Dr. Shucheng Yu, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Data Science and Information Systems
Topics and Speakers
Stochastic Optimization and Risk Control: Theory, Methods, and Applications
Dr. Darinka Dentcheva, Department of Mathematical Sciences
High Performance Spectral Methods for Truly Scalable Chip Design and Graph Learning Applications
Dr. Zhuo Feng, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Safe, Concurrent Programming Languages to Reliably Exploit Multicore Architectures
Dr. Eric Koskinen, Department of Computer Science
Green RF Sensing Communications on Shared Radio Spectrum
Dr. Hongbin Li, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Optimization Under Uncertainty
Dr. Michael Zabarankin, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Quantum Science and Engineering
Topics and Speakers
Innovative Quantum Engineering for Value-Creation Quantum Systems and Technology
Dr. Yuping Huang, Department of Physics
Quantum-Enabled Detection and Imaging Using Modern Laser Technology for Homeland Security, Non-Destructive Evaluation, and Medical Diagnostics
Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya, Department of Physics
Quantum Technology Meets Gravity
Dr. Igor Pikovski , Department of Physics
Quantum Information with Entangled Optics – Emerging New Links between Quantum and Classical
Dr. Xiaofeng Qian, Department of Physics
Engineering Novel Quantum Materials for Quantum Computing and Quantum Devices
Dr. Chunlei Qu, Department of Physics
Atomically Thin Magnetic Crystals: Toward Emerging Spintronics and Quantum Information Science
Dr. E.H. Yang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Entanglement and Quantum Decoherence
Dr. Ting Yu, Department of Physics
Resilience and Sustainability