ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS (LE²AP PARTICIPANTS)
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2025

Sarah Haig
Research Interests: Combining environmental microbiology, environmental chemistry and public health with a focus on assessing and reducing health risks from pathogens transmitted from the built environment, with an emphasis on drinking water systems

Nathan Youngblood
Research Interests: 2D Materials and Devices, In-Memory Computing, Machine Learning, Phase-Change Photonics, Silicone Photonics

Ioannis Zervantonakis
Research Interests: Microfabricated and microfluidic technologies to study cancer progression, Metastasis and response to therapies, Systems biology modeling of cell-cell interactions, cell signaling and localized drug release technologies in cancer

Xiayun Zhao
Research Interests: Advanced Manufacturing Methods, Measurement Science and Metrology Systems, Advanced Control Strategies, High-Fidelity Process Modeling and Simulation

Natasa Miskov-Zivanov
Research Interests: Automated Information Retrieval, Complex System Modeling, Knowledge Representation, Biological Design Automation, Systems and Synthetic Biology
2024

Amir Alavi
Research Interests: Intelligent Structures, Architected Materials, Self-Powered Sensors, Engineering Informatics

Katherine Hornbostel
Research Interests: Carbon Capture Modeling, Membrane Modeling, Direct Air Capture Solid Sorbent Modeling, Novel Hybrid Direct Air Capture Process Modeling
2023

Hessam Babaee
Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Flow Instability, High Performance Computing, Multi-Fidelity Modeling, Multi-Physics Modeling, Stochastic Modeling, Reduced-Order Modeling, Uncertainty Quantification, Physics-Informed Machine Learning, Combustion

Mostafa Bedewy
Research Interests: Advanced Manufacturing, Nano- & Micro-Fabrication, Flexible Electronics, Cybermanufacturing and Data Analytics, In Situ Measurements, Laser Processes, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials, Biology-Assisted Manufacturing, Origami And Kirigami Engineering, Patterning/Processing of Biomolecules and Biointerfaces, Surface Engineering and Coating Technology, Bottom-Up Synthesis and Self-Assembly, Design and Mechanics of Surgical Tools, Medical Devices and Healthcare Materials

Tagbo Niepa
Research Interests: Infection Control Strategies, Biointerface, Microbiome Engineering
2022

James McKone
Research Interests: Electrochemistry, Catalysis, Energy, Sustainability, Materials

Carla Ng (Baumel)
Research Interests: Bioaccumulation, Ecosystem Modeling, Environmental Fate and Exposure Modeling, Chemical Hazard and Risk Assessment, Biological Fate and Toxicity of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS), Modeling and Evaluation of Green Infrastructure Networks in Urban Environments

Jason Shoemaker
Research Interests: Disease Modeling, Therapy Optimization, AI-Guided Drug Discovery, Computational Modeling, Systems Immunology, Machine Learning, Systems Biology

Feng Xiong
Research Interests: Energy-Efficient Electronics, Flexible/Wearable Electronics, Next-Generation Memory Devices (RRAM and PCM), Neuromorphic Computing, 1D And 2D Materials, Nanoscale Thermal Transport and Renewable Energy Harvesting

WEI XIONG
Research Interests: Physical Metallurgy, Advanced Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Computational Materials Design, High-Throughput Experiments, Machine Learning

LIANG ZHAN
Research Interests: Computational Neuroimaging, Mathematic Modeling, Brain MRI, Connectome and Brain Diseases
2021

Leanne Gilbertson
Research Interests: Sustainable Material Design, Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Technologies, Nanotechnology, Green Engineering, Sustainable Agriculture, Mechanisms of Interactions at the Material-Bio Interface

Takashi TK Kozai
Research Interests: Neurostimulation, Neuromodulation, Neurocomputation, Elucidating how biological structures and biochemical pathways influence neurophysiology following injury and disease, as well as bidirectional communication between the nervous system and neural interface technology

Sangyeop Lee
Research Interests: Heat Transfer in Small Scales, Solid State Energy Conversion- Thermoelectrics, Electrochemistry, Electrocalorics, Ab Initio Simulations Of Materials, Transport Phenomena of Heat, Charge and Mass- Simulation and Experimental Characterization of Nanoscale Transport, Thermal Transport in Novel Materials Including 2D Layered Materials, Phase Change Materials, Ferroelectric Materials and Soft Matters, Transport Phenomena at Interface, Multi-Scale Simulation from Nano to Macroscale, Thermal Management of Electronics.
2020

Murat Akcakaya
Research Interests: EEG-Based Brain Computer Interfaces, Physiological Signal Analysis, Machine Learning, Radar Signal Processing, Statistical Signal Processing

Susan Fullerton
Research Interests: Nanoelectronics, Transition Metal, Dichalcogenide, Graphene, Memory, 2D Materials, Ion Gating and Transport, Nanoionics, Polymer Electrolytes, Polymers

Jingtong Hu
Research Interests: Hardware/Software Co-design, Embedded Systems, On-Device AI, Mobile Health

Tevis Jacobs
Research Interests: Surfaces and Interfaces, Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Advanced and In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

Gelsy Torres-Oviedo
Research Interests: Sensorimotor Learning, Generalization and Dynamics of Motor Learning, Neurorehabilitation, Posture and Gait

Christopher Wilmer
Research Interests: Computational Materials Discovery, Energy, Hypothetical Materials, Molecular Modeling, Electronic Noses
2019

Bryan Brown
Research Interests: Host Response to Biomaterials, Macrophage Biology, Nerve Regeneration, Pelvic Floor, Scaffold Based Regenerative Medicine, Surgical Mesh, Temporomandibular Joint, Tissue Engineering, Women’s Health, Host Innate Immune Interactions in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Markus Chmielus
Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, especially Binder Jet 3D Printing and Sintering, Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys (MSMA), Magnetocaloric Materials, Porous 3D Printed Structures, Metallic Thin Films

John Keith
Research Interests: Catalysis, Computational Chemistry, Materials, Renewable Energy

Spandan Maiti
Research Interests: Advanced Numerical Techniques and Massively Parallel Simulations,Computational Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Deformation and Failure Response of Biological Materials, Hierarchical Materials and Systems, Design and Development of Multifunctional Materials and Systems, Multiscale and Multiphysics, Computational Mechanics and Materials Science, Multiscale and Multiphysics Techniques Applied to Physical and Biological Systems

Giannis Mpourmpakis
Research Interests: Catalytic Processes on Metals and Metal Oxides, Computational Materials Discovery, Nanoparticle Growth, Multiscale Modeling, Catalysis, Nanoscience, Electrochemistry, Materials Growth, Machine Learning

Warren Ruder
Research Interests: 2nd-Messenger Signaling, Biomaterials, Microbiome and the Gut-Brain-Axis, Synthetic Biology, Synthetic Mammalian Signaling Networks

Nitin Sharma
2018

Andrew Bunger
Research Interests: Geological Engineering, Core Discing, Emplacement Mechanics of Magma Intrusions, Fracture Mechanics, Hydraulic Fracturing, Interaction Between Shale Formations and Drilling Fluids, Poroelasticity

Bo Zeng
Research Interests: Cutting Plane Methods, Mixed Integer Programming, Multilevel Optimization, Robust Optimization, High Performance Computing Applications and Practice
2017

Youngjae Chun
Research Interests: Novel Thromboresistant Thin Film Nickel Titanium (NITI) covered stent to treat peripheral arterial disease, Novel wireless flow sensor to monitor cerebral aneurysm hemodynamic quiescence, Smart angioplasty balloon catheter system both for accurate detection of balloon-vessel wall contact and versatile treatment, Smart growing percutaneous pediatric heart valve, Film lapping machining with diamond abrasives for vehicle’s piston pin, Manufacturing and evaluation of multi-use grinding of CBN wheel for vehicle’s engine valve, Multifunctional surface engineering using severe plastic deformation in machining-based processes

Ervin SejdiĆ
2016

Paul Leu
Research Interests: Micro/Nanomanufacturing, Nanophotonics, Nanoelectronics, Nanostructure Synthesis/Self-Assembly, Antibacterial and Medical Surfaces, Solar Cells, Ab Initio Modeling of Nanomaterials and Surfaces, Combining Physical Simulations with Optimization Methods