Research Areas

Architecture and Urban Planning 

• Aging 
• Asset-based community development 
• Community and neighborhood planning 
• Equity planning and racial justice 
• Geographic information systems
• Historic preservation and urban design 
• Music cities 
• Statistical modeling 
• Traffic safety 
• Travel behavior 
• Urban transportation 

Biology  

• Biostatistics 
• DNA-protein interactions 
• Drug import, export and resistance 
• Etiology and pathogenesis of disease states 
• Extracellular matrix 
• Genomics, evolution and reproductive biology 
• Global health and population modeling 
• Mobile devices in health care 
• Neurobiology and neuroscience 
• Pathogenic fungi, yeast and molds 
• Protein x-ray crystallography  
• Regeneration 
• RNA - structural modification and RNA-DNA hybrids 
• Structural biology  
• Susceptibility testing of pathogens  
• Virology  

Biomedical Engineering 

• Biomedical device design 
• Balance and gait 
• Modeling of dental structures 
• Bioelectromagnetics 
• Bone mechanotransduction 
• Fracture mechanics and modeling 
• Human motion 
• Musculoskeletal biomechanics 
• Musculoskeletal modeling 
• Numerical analysis in orthopedics  

Chemistry 

• Asymmetry and chirality 
• Bonding theory 
• CO2 conversion into fuels 
• Electrocatalysis and electrochemical kinetics
• Electrochemical synthesis 
• Electrochemistry of mesoporous structure 
• H2 production through photocatalysis and electrocatalysis  
• Infrared and raman spectroscopy 
• Inorganic biochemistry  
• Interface of art and science 
• Microwave shielding materials tests and evaluation  
• Molecular electrochemistry  
• N2 conversion into ammonia and hydrazine 
• Nanomaterials synthesis and characterizations 
• Organic chemistry 
• Organic pollutant and metal ion removal 

Civil Engineering 

• Blast and impact behavior of structures 
• Bridge engineering 
• Engineering graphics – Autocad, Solidworks  
• Engineering resilience quantification  
• Fiber reinforced polymer applications in structures  
• Forensics and accident investigations 
• Manufacturing engineering 
• Multi-hazard infrastructure engineering 
• Prestressed concrete 
• Remote sensing  
• Soil-structure interaction 
• Structural health monitoring

Computer Science and Information Technology

• Access control 
• Augmented and virtual Reality 
• Computer forensics 
• Computer vision  
• Cybersecurity  
• Data analytics 
• Data center networking - modeling and performance 
• Ethical issues and social impact in computing  
• Image processing 
• Internet of things 
• Point cloud and light field processing and compression  
• Software Engineering  
• Video quality of experience 
• Wide area computer networking 

Earth and Environmental Sciences  

• Aqueous and hydrothermal geochemistry 
• Black shale deposits 
• Characterization of architectural stone deterioration 
• Climate change, variability and modeling 
• Climate resilience and environmental sustainability 
• Earthquake geology 
• Fluid inclusions 
• Geoarchaeology 
• Natural hydrogen gas deposits 
• Ore deposits 
• Physical volcanology 
• Remelted basaltic rock 
• Sedimentology and stratigraphy 
• Structure for motion photogrammetry 
• Tectonics and active faulting 
• X-ray diffraction methods 

Electrical and Computer Engineering  

• Applied electromagnetics 
• Bioelectromagnetics 
• Computational electromagnetics 
• Cybersecurity issues in power systems 
• Distribution system planning 
• Electric power systems 
• Electric vehicle grid integration 
• Electromagnetic compatibility and interference 
• Feedback control systems 
• Machine learning applications for power system monitoring 
• Microgrid protection 
• Microwave and THz imaging 
• Nanoelectromagnetics 
• Nanomaterials 

Mathematics and Statistics  

• Combinatorial aspects of commutative algebra 
• Computational fluid dynamics 
• Computational materials science using supercomputers 
• Computational plasma physics 
• Control problems 
• Data assimilation 
• Decoupling methods 
• Differential equations 
• Finite element methods 
• Homological methods in commutative ring theory 
• Interface problems 
• Mathematical modeling 
• Numerical methods 
• Stochastic partial differential equations

Mechanical Engineering 

• 3D modeling and printing 
• Aerospace engineering 
• Automation, robotics and controls 
• Computational fluid dynamics 
• Computer-aided design 
• Energy storage 
• Manufacturing engineering 
• Mechanical design synthesis 
• Renewable energy 
• Turbulence modeling 
• Turbulent heat transfer 
• Solar energy
• Stochastics systems 
• Unmanned aircraft 

Physics and Astronomy  

• Application of condensed matter physics to longstanding electrical engineering problems  
• Enhancing the response functions of systems by imposing physical orthogonality 
• Free field combination of radiofrequency waves to form useful wavelets  
• Radiofrequency component design and integration 
• Scattering and absorption of neutrons to extract source/environment information  
• Storage and discharge of high voltage and high current by solid-state, magnetic and semiconductor-based systems