Research Interests Below is an alphabetical list of research interests for JB Speed School of Engineering. Click on a topic and you will find the related faculty and links to their profiles. If you have further collaboration questions or are a current Speed School researcher who want to update your interests, contact the Coordinator of Research, Jacqui Smith .
3D Printing Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Robert Cohn
Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Electrical & Computer Eng
James Lewis
Assoc (Teaching) Professor
Engr Fundamentals
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
AI Safety Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Additive Manufacturing Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Advanced Manufacturing Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
John Naber
Chairperson & Professor
Electrical & Computer Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Aerial Robotics Adrian Lauf
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Anemia Anticoagulation Artificial Intelligence Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Olfa Nasraoui
Professor, Endowed Chair for E-Commerce
Computer Science and Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Autism Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Automotive Engineering Gary Osborne
Asst (Teaching) Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Batteries Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Big Data Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Olfa Nasraoui
Professor, Endowed Chair for E-Commerce
Computer Science and Engineering
Harry Zhang
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Big Data in Medicine Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Harry Zhang
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Biocontrol Systems Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Biofluid Mechanics Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Biofuel Bioimaging Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Bioinformatics Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Juw Park
Asst Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Biomass Processing and Synthesis Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Biomaterials Biomechanics Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Biomedical Applications and Devices Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Biomedical Imaging John Naber
Chairperson & Professor
Electrical & Computer Eng
Biomedical Systems Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Biomedical and Health Informatics Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Biometrics Biomimetic Systems Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Biophysics Bioproducts Bistable Devices Bridge Engineering Young Kim
Assoc Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Cancer Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Cancer detection Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Cardiovascular Imaging Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Cell Characterization Cell and Tissue Culture Models Cellular Structure Design Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Ceramics Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Child Abuse Diagnosis Circular Economy Cloud Computing Colloid Science Computational Chemistry Computational Fluid Dynamics Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Aided Diagnosis Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Computer Engineering Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Wei Zhang
Chairperson & Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Modeling Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Gary Osborne
Asst (Teaching) Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Computer Science for All Wei Zhang
Chairperson & Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Systems James Lewis
Assoc (Teaching) Professor
Engr Fundamentals
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Wei Zhang
Chairperson & Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Vision and Image Processing Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Concrete Young Kim
Assoc Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Zhihui Sun
Chairperson & Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Construction William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
Zhihui Sun
Chairperson & Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Control Systems Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Convolutional Neural Networks Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Cyber-Physical Systems Cybersecurity Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Adrian Lauf
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Wei Zhang
Chairperson & Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Cybersecurity Education Data Mining Olfa Nasraoui
Professor, Endowed Chair for E-Commerce
Computer Science and Engineering
Juw Park
Asst Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Data Storage Systems Deep Learning Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Olfa Nasraoui
Professor, Endowed Chair for E-Commerce
Computer Science and Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Design for Additive Manufacturing Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Gary Osborne
Asst (Teaching) Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Detection of Renal Rejection Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Device Development and Testing Digital Transformation Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Distribution Erin Gerber
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
Industrial Engineering
Droplets Drug Development and Delivery Ecological Restoration Edge/Fog Computing Educational Technology James Lewis
Assoc (Teaching) Professor
Engr Fundamentals
Electric Energy Systems Electric Machinery Electrochemistry Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Electrokinetics Electronic Devices John Naber
Chairperson & Professor
Electrical & Computer Eng
Embedded Systems Adrian Lauf
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Wei Zhang
Chairperson & Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Emotion Analysis Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Energy Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
Energy Efficiency for Construction William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
Energy Geotechnics Energy Storage William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Education Erin Gerber
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
Industrial Engineering
James Lewis
Assoc (Teaching) Professor
Engr Fundamentals
Wei Zhang
Chairperson & Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ergonomics, Work Methods and Safety Filtration Flow Imaging Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Fluid Dynamics Geo-infrastructures Geomechanics Geotechnical Infrastructure Thomas Rockaway
Associate Dean of Programs and Initiatives
Civil & Environmental Eng
Geothermal Energy Green Infrastructure Thomas Rockaway
Associate Dean of Programs and Initiatives
Civil & Environmental Eng
Haptic Interfaces Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Healthcare Engineering & Operations Heat Transfer Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
High Performance Computing Harry Zhang
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Human-Machine Systems Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Olfa Nasraoui
Professor, Endowed Chair for E-Commerce
Computer Science and Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Hydraulics Hydrology Image Guided Radiation Therapy Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Image Reconstruction Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Immunotherapy Industrial Hemp Infectious Diseases Infrastructure Engineering Young Kim
Assoc Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Injury Biomechanics Inkjet/Novel Printing Techniques Instructional Methods Intelligent Automation Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Intelligent Multimedia Systems Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Harry Zhang
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Intelligent Transportation System Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Thomas Rockaway
Associate Dean of Programs and Initiatives
Civil & Environmental Eng
Lab on a Chip Systems Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Linear and Nonlinear Control Systems Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Lung Cancer Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Machine Learning Olfa Nasraoui
Professor, Endowed Chair for E-Commerce
Computer Science and Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Manufacturing, Logistics & Inventory Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Masonry William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
Material Handling Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Materials Science and Engineering Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Mathematical Modeling James Lewis
Assoc (Teaching) Professor
Engr Fundamentals
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Mathematical Visualization Harry Zhang
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Mechanical Metamaterials Mechanobiology Mechatronics Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Medical Analysis Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Medical Imaging Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Membrane Proteins Membrane Science Metabolomics Metals Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metamaterials Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Microfabrication Robert Cohn
Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Electrical & Computer Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Microfluidics Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Microscopy Robert Cohn
Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Electrical & Computer Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Microtechnology Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Zhihui Sun
Chairperson & Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Mobile and Distributed Systems Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Molecular Simulations Multiphase Flow in Porous Media Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Multiscale Manufacturing Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Musculoskeletal Modeling Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Nanomaterials Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Robert Cohn
Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Electrical & Computer Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Zhihui Sun
Chairperson & Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Natural Language and Text Analysis Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Noise and Vibration Control Non-Destructive Testing Nonlinear Systems Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Operating Systems Operations Research & Optimization Erin Gerber
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
Industrial Engineering
Optics Robert Cohn
Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Electrical & Computer Eng
Pavement Engineering Pediatric Falls Pediatric Injury Physiological Cell and Tissue Culture Models Plasma Catalysis Plastic Upcycling Polymers Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Robert Cohn
Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Electrical & Computer Eng
Powder Injection Molding Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Powder Processing Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Power Electronics Process Monitoring Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Professional Development for Teachers Quality Control Erin Gerber
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
Industrial Engineering
Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Rehabilitation Engineering Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Reliability Engineering Erin Gerber
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
Industrial Engineering
Young Kim
Assoc Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Renewable Energy Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Renewable Fuels Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Retention and Persistence of First Year Students Robotics Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
STEM Education Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Wei Zhang
Chairperson & Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Sensors Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
John Naber
Chairperson & Professor
Electrical & Computer Eng
Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Simulation Sundar Atre
Professor, Endowed Chair-Manufacturing & Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Adel Elmaghraby
Director of Industrial Research and Innovation
Computer Science and Engineering
Zhihui Sun
Chairperson & Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Li Yang
Assoc Professor
Industrial Engineering
Smart Infrastructure Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
Thomas Rockaway
Associate Dean of Programs and Initiatives
Civil & Environmental Eng
Soft Matter Robert Cohn
Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Electrical & Computer Eng
Software Systems Engineering Gary Osborne
Asst (Teaching) Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Harry Zhang
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Soil Mechanics Thomas Rockaway
Associate Dean of Programs and Initiatives
Civil & Environmental Eng
Solar Solid Mechanics Spacecraft Robotics Spinal Cord Injury Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Electrical & Computer Eng
Ayman El-Baz
Chairperson, Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Bioengineering
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Stream Restoration Structural Health Monitoring Young Kim
Assoc Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Structural and Material Behavior William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
Supply Chain Logistics Erin Gerber
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
Industrial Engineering
Sustainable Design Young Kim
Assoc Professor
Civil & Environmental Eng
William McGinley
Professor, Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Research
Civil & Environmental Eng
System Identification and Modeling Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
System Reliability Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Technology for Aging in Places Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Thermal Catalysis Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Thermal Power Systems Sam Park
Assoc Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Tissue and Molecular Engineering Transportation Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Transportation Geotechnics Transportation Safety Uncertain Systems Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Urban Infrastructure Thomas Rockaway
Associate Dean of Programs and Initiatives
Civil & Environmental Eng
Usability Engineering Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Visualization Harry Zhang
Assoc Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Water Water Conservation Wearable Technology Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
John Naber
Chairperson & Professor
Electrical & Computer Eng
Dan Popa
Professor, Endowed Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Eng
Wetland Design Wireless Communications Anup Kumar
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
John Naber
Chairperson & Professor
Electrical & Computer Eng