TENURE STREAM ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
BIOENGINEERING

BISTRA IORDANOVA
Research Interests: Adult Neurogenesis, Bioimaging and Signaling Processing Brain Imaging, Brain Metabolism Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurovascular Coupling

Katrina Knight
Research Interests: Improving the lives of women with pelvic floor disorders through development of novel and innovative devices and treatments, Understanding pathogenesis of synthetic mesh complications, Developing novel devices and treatments for urogynecological applications, Understanding combined role of collagen, elastin and smooth muscle in maintaining structure and function of the vagina, Defining impact of mechanics on vaginal cellular function, Regenerative medicine techniques for muscle injury repairs following vaginal delivery

HELEN SCHWERDT
Research Interests: Building and applying implantable tools to probe multi-modal, electrical and chemical forms of neural activity to understand brain function and to create translatable micro-invasive interfaces to treat neurological disease in humans, Dopamine and neural plasticity in motor and mood disorders

Daniel Shiwarski
The Shiwarski Tissue Engineering Lab conducts research that integrates vascular hematology, developmental and mechanobiology, with cell biology, biomechanics, and tissue engineering. Using a combination of microfluidic systems, 3D bioprinting, biomechanical analyses, fluorescence microscopy, and next-Gen omics our goal is to determine how extra cellular matrix (ECM) composition and 3D structure elicit biomechanical cues that alter receptor signaling to drive tissue maturation and disease progression. Current projects have translational implications for the fields of cardiology, pulmonology, vascular medicine, hematology, cancer invasion, renal disease, and regenerative medicine.
CHEMICAL & PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Mohammad Masnadi
Research Interests: Applied Catalysis, Reaction Engineering, Biomass and Biofuels, Life-Cycle Assessment, System-Level Analysis
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Lei Fang
Research Interests: Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Active Particles, Crowd Dynamics, Turbulent Flows, Advanced Flow Measurement


Ramin Shabanpour
Research Interests: smart and sustainable transportation, travel behavior, disaster preparedness, traffic safety, AI in transportation, urban planning, multimodal transportation, social science, decision behavior.
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Masoud Barati
Research Interests: Power System Computational Problems, AC Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF), Convex and Non-Convex Optimization, Power System Control and Dynamics, Prediction and Forecasting with AI, Deep Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision in Power System Applications, Learning with Bayesian Optimization and Kernels, Community Engagement in Energy Sector, Algebraic Topology, Geometry and Mathematical Structuralism, Applied Graph Theory

Rajkumar Kubendran
Research Interests: Biomedical Instrumentation, Compute-In-Memory Architectures, Bio-Inspired Computer Vision, Dynamic Vision Sensors

In Hee Lee
Research Interests: Application-Specific Integrated Analog, Mixed-Signal & Digital Circuit Design, Energy-Efficient & Low-Power Circuit Design, Miniature Wireless Sensing & Computing System Design

YuAnn Li
Research Interests: Renewable energy integration to power grid, power converter modeling and control, and data-driven method applied to power electronics and electric power grid

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

TAPOSH BANERJEE
Research Interests: Developing Theory and Algorithms for Sequential Analysis, Quickest Change Detection, Stochastic Optimal Control, Machine Learning

Oliver Hinder
Research Interests: Continuous Optimization, Machine Learning, Network Optimization

Amin Rahimian
Research Interests: Social and Economic Networks, Distributed Inference, Decentralized Interventions, Statistical Decision Theory, Estimation and Interference, Team Decision Making, Social Learning and Collective Intelligence, Optimal and Adaptive Experimentation, Active Learning
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Nikhil Bajaj
Research Interests: Nonlinear Dynamics and Nonlinear Oscillations, Cyberphysical Systems and Mechatronics, Machine Learning in Dynamic Systems and Controls, Resonant Sensor Design, Control and Instrumentation for Nuclear and High-Reliability Applications, Control of Manufacturing Systems

ZACHARY HARRIS
Research Interests: Stress Corrosion Cracking, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Fatigue and Fracture of Structural Metals, High Temperature Mechanical Behavior, Advanced Materials Characterization

Qihan Liu
Research Interests: Mechanics of Soft Materials, Additive Manufacture of Soft Materials, Functional Soft Devices

Juan Jose Mendoza Arenas
Research Interests: Quantum Computation, Quantum Materials, Heat, Electric and Magnetic Transport, Quantum Phase Transitions, Quantum-Inspired Computational Simulations (Tensor Networks), Turbulence

Tatsuya Sakurahara
Research Interests: Risk analysis, Reliability engineering, Human reliability analysis, Uncertainty quantification, AI and machine learning for risk analysis, Decision analysis, Nuclear safety, Integrated energy systems