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FACULTY EXPERTISE dIRECToRY
June 20, 2016
Ranked among the top 10 engineering schools at public universities around the world, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is at the forefront of interdisciplinary research and education.
Established in 1945, UCLA Engineering offers 28 academic and professional degree programs, and has an enrollment in excess of 5,000 students.
Thirty-one affiliated faculty are members of the National Academy of Engineering, more than 60 have received the National Science Foundation Early Career Award, two have won the A.M. Turing Award, and one the Nobel Prize.
The school is home to nine multi-million-dollar centers of excellence in areas including nanoelectronics, nanotech-nology, wireless sensing, green energy, customized computing, and the smart grid, all funded by federal and private agencies.
UCLA ENgiNEERiNg
www.engineer.ucla.edu
OFFiCE OF THE DEAN
Jayathi Murthy, Dean7400 Boelter HallBox 951600Los Angeles, CA [email protected]
OFFiCE OF ExTERNAL AFFAiRS
Brandon Baker, Executive Director7256 Boelter HallBox 951600Los Angeles, CA [email protected]
CONTENTS
UCLA Engineering Department Faculty
Bioengineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Civil and Environmental Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Electrical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Materials Science and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
UCLA Engineering Centers of Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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Faculty by Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Faculty by Major Research Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Faculty by Major Cross-Disciplinary Research Areas . . . 133
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Bioengineering
ADDRESS:
Department of Bioengineering420 Westwood Plaza5121 Engineering V Box 951600Los Angeles, CA 90095-1600
PHONE:
310.267.4985
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu
Bioengineering
5
Denise Aberle, M.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Radiological Sciences
ExPERTiSE:
•MedicalImagingandInformatics•Imaging-BasedClinicalTrials•LungCancer•ThoracicImaging•StructuredReporting•ImagingandImagingBiomarkers
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•MedicalImagingInformatics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.8989
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/denise- aberle-m.d/
Mark Cohen, Ph.D.Professor-in-Residence
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Neurology, Psychology, Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Physics, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•RapidMRI Methods •FusionofElectrophysiologyandfMRI•AdvancedApproachestoMRData
Analysis•Ultra-LowFieldMRIUsingSqUID
Detection•LowEnergyFocusedUltrasoundfor
Neurostimulation•TheScienceofImages:
Representation,Information,Resolution
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•MedicalImagingInformatics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.980.7453
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/mark- cohen-ph.d/
Bioengineering
6
Ian A. Cook, M.D.Professor-in-Residence
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Neurology, Psychology, Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Physics
ExPERTiSE:
•NeuromodulationandBrainStimulationasTreatments
•BrainFunctioninNormalStatesandthe Presence of Mood and Cognitive Disorders
•BloodBrainBarrier•EffectsofAntidepressantsonthe
Brain•MethodsofTreatmentforMood
Disorders, Especially Depression
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•MedicalImagingInformatics Biomaterials
•BiomedicalDevices•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.0304
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/ian-a.-cook-m.d/
Linda L. Demer, M.D., Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
DavidGeffenSchoolofMedicineatUCLA,Cardiology,CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•VascularBiology•Biomineralization•VascularCalcification•MesenchymalStemCells
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2677
http://www.cardiology.med.ucla.edu/faculty/demer.htm
Bioengineering
7
Timothy J. Deming, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•PolymerSynthesisandProcessing•SupramolecularMaterials•OrganometallicCatalysis•Biomaterials•Polypeptides•DrugDelivery
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.4450
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/timothy-j-deming-ph-d/
Dino Di Carlo, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Microfluidics•BiomedicalMicrodevices•CellularDiagnostics•CellAnalysisandEngineering
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomedicalDevices•FluidMechanics•MEMSandNanotechnology•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.983.3235
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/dino-di-carlo-ph.d/
http://www.biomicrofluidics.com
Bioengineering
8
James Dunn, M.D., Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Pediatric Surgery
ExPERTiSE:
•TissueEngineering•StemCellTherapy•RegenerativeTissueMedicine
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomedicalDevices
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2429
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/james-dunn-m.d.-ph.d/
Daniel Ennis, Ph.D.Associate Professor-in-Residence
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Physics
ExPERTiSE:
•BasicScienceandClinicalApplicationsofMRIforEvaluatingCardiovascularStructure,FunctionandRemodeling
•AdvancedMRITechniquesforquantifyingTissueMotion,FluidFlow,andMicrostructuralOrganizationofSoftTissues
•FiniteElementModelingofCardiacMechanics and Electrophysiology
•AdvancedMethodsforPediatricCardiovascular Exams
•MRISafetyofBiomedicalDevices
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•ComputationalSystemsBiology•FluidMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.0713
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/daniel- ennis-phd/
Bioengineering
9
Robin Garrell, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•FundamentalsofDropletMicrofluidics•ApplicationsofDropletMicrofluidics:
Proteomics Sample Preparation for Mass Spectroscopy, Cell Diagnostics andTissueCulture,SynthesisofMillimeter-scale Polymer Particles
•SynthesisandApplicationsof Heterogeneous Catalysts Based on Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.805.2496
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/robin-l.-garrell-ph.d/
Warren S. Grundfest, M.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Electrical Engineering, Surgery
ExPERTiSE:
•Image-GuidedProcedures•MinimallyInvasiveSurgery•MedicalApplicationsofTerahertz•SurgicalRobots•BiologicSpectroscopy•ExcimerLaserApplications•PhotodynamicTherapy•UltrasoundTechnologies•FDARegulatoryAffairs•MedicalLasersandOtherEnergy
Delivery Systems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomedicalDevices
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.5550
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/warren-s.-grundfest-m.d/
Bioengineering
10
Dean Ho, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Dentistry, California NanoSystems Institute
ExPERTiSE:
•NanotechnologyforDrugDelivery,CancerTherapy,WoundHealing
•NanomedicineandImaging•TranslationalMedicine
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomedicalDevices•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7242
https://www.dentistry.ucla.edu/directory/profile/dean-ho-ms-phd
Tzung Hsiai, M.D., Ph.D.Professor-in-Residence
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Cardiology, California NanoSystems Institute
ExPERTiSE:
•MicrosensorstoStudyMetabolicallyUnstablePlaque
•HemodynamicShearStressandVascularOxidativeStress
•MicrosensorstoStudyElectricalandMechanicalCouplingofInjuredandRegenerating Myocardium
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•BiomolecularEngineeringand
Systems Biology•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.478.3711
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/tzung- hsiai-ph.d/
Bioengineering
11
Daniel T. Kamei, Ph.DProfessor
ExPERTiSE:
•Paper-basedDiagnostics•Point-of-CareDevices•Nanotechnology•DrugDelivery•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•MathematicalModelingofBiological
Processes
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.4826
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/daniel- kamei-ph.d/
Andrea Kasko, Ph.D.Associate Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Biomaterials•Cell-materialInteractions•ControlledRelease•PolymerSynthesis
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•Biomaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.6341
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/andrea- kasko-ph.d/
Bioengineering
12
Debiao Li, Ph.D.Professor-in-Residence
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
DavidGeffenSchoolofMedicine atUCLA
ExPERTiSE:
•MagneticResonanceImaging•CardiovascularImaging•CoronaryArteryDisease•Angiography•Perfusion
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•MedicalImagingInformatics•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.423.7743
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/debiao-li-ph.d/
Song Li, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•StemCellEngineering•VascularTissueEngineeringand
Vascular Remodeling•Mechanobiologyand
Mechanotransduction
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
http://ctelab.berkeley.edu/
Bioengineering
13
James C. Liao, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Department Chair
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Chair in Chemical Engineering
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, California NanoSystems Institute
ExPERTiSE:
•BiofuelsandBioenergy•MetabolicEngineering•SyntheticBiology•SystemsBiology
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•BiomolecularEngineeringandSystems Biology
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.1656
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/james- liao-phd/
Wentai Liu, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•NeuralProsthesis•Bioelectronics•ImplantableMicroelectronics•High-SpeedTransceiverDesign
(Wired and Wireless)•MicroelectronicSensors•Timing/ClockOptimization•On-chipInterconnects•ComputerVision/ImageProcessing
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•MEMSandNanotechnology•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.9129
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/wentai-liu-phd/
Bioengineering
14
Aman Mahajan, M.D., Ph.D.Professor-in-Residence
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Anesthesiology
ExPERTiSE:
•Arrhythmia,CardiacImaging•PatentForamenOvaleRepair•TransesophagealandTransthoracic
Echocardiography•Valvuloplasty
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4350
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/aman- mahajan-md/
Jacob Schmidt, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•BiomimeticMaterialsandDevices•BiophysicsatMicroandNanoscales•BiomedicalInstrumentation•Biosensors•DrugScreening•Nanopores•IonChannels
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•BiomedicalDevices
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4451
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/jacob-j.-schmidt-ph.d/
Bioengineering
15
Stephanie Seidlits, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•RegenerativeStrategiesforNervousSystem
InjuriesandDisorders•TranscriptionalSignalinginNervous
System Development and Regen-eration
•BiomimeticHydrogelMaterials
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomolecularEngineeringand
Systems Biology•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.5072
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/steph-anie-seidlits-ph.d/
Kalyanam Shivkumar, M.D., Ph.D. Professor-in-Residence
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Cardiology and Radiological Sciences
ExPERTiSE:
•CardiacElectrophysiology•Non-pharmacologicalManagement
of Cardiac Arrhythmias
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•BiomedicalDevices
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2235
http://www.cardiology.med.ucla.edu/faculty/shivkumar.htm
Bioengineering
16
Ren Sun, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•MolecularMechanismsofViralReplication
•NanotechnologiesinViralDetectionandTherapy
•DiagniosticandTherapeuticApproaches to Viruses
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310. 794.5557
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/ren-sun-phd/
Michael Teitell, M.D., Ph.D. Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Pathology, Pediatrics, Molecular BiologyInstituteInterdepartmental Program, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Broad Stem Cell Research Center, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•StemCellResearchandTherapies•Nanotools,IncludingPhotothermal
Nanoblade and Live Cell Interferometry
•MolecularMechanismsinCancerandDevelopmental Biology
•MitochondriaandCellularMetabolism
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•BiomolecularEngineeringand
Systems Biology•MEMSandNanotechnology•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected] phone: 310.206.6754
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/michael- teitell-phd/
http://www.teitell-lab.com/bio.html
Bioengineering
17
Cun Yu Wang, D.D.S., Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Dentistry
ExPERTiSE:
•MolecularSignaling(NF-kB and Wnt)•Tumor-invasiveGrowthand
Metastasis•AdultMesenchymalStemCells,
Dental Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
•InflammationandInnateImmunity
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4415
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/cun-yu-wang-d.d.s.-ph.d/
Gerard Wong, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Antimicrobials•Bacteria•Biofilms•CellMembranes•SoftMatterPhysics•LiquidCrystals•ApoptosisandCancer•AutoimmuneDiseases•Viruses•SynchrotronX-RayTechniques•CysticFibrosis•WaterPurification
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoring
and Protection•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.7684
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/gerard-wong-ph.d/
Bioengineering
18
Benjamin Wu, D.D.S., Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Materials Science and Engineering, Dentistry, California NanoSystems Institute
ExPERTiSE:
•Biomechanics•Biomaterials•Cell-MaterialInteractions•MaterialsProcessing•TissueEngineering•ProstheticandRegenerativeDentistry•BiomedicalInstrumentation
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomedicalDevices•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoring
and Protection•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.7094
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/benjamin-m.-wu-d.d.s.-ph.d/
Bioengineering
19
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
ADDRESS:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department5531 Boelter HallBox 951592 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1592
PHONE:
310.825.2046
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/
Chem
ical and Biom
olecular Engineering
21
Jane P. Chang, Ph.D.Professor
William Frederick Seyer Chair in Materials Electrochemistry
Associate Dean for Research and Physical Resources
Director, Center for Function Accelerated nanoMaterial Engineering (FAME)
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Materials Science and Engineering, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•SurfaceandInterfaceEngineering•PlasmaEnhancedSurfaceChemistries•SynthesisofMultifunctionalOxide
Materials/Nanostructures•EnergyConversionandStorage•ChemicalMEMSSystems•ComputationalSurfaceChemistry
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•Nanoengineering•SemiconductorManufacturing•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.7980
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/jane-p-chang/
Yvonne Chen, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•T-cellImmunotherapy•SyntheticBiology•Cell-BasedTherapyEngineering
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomolecularEngineeringandSystems Biology
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2816
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/yvonne-chen/
Chem
ical and Biom
olecular Engineering
22
Panagiotis D. Christofides, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Electrical Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•AdvancedMaterialsProcessing•ProcessModeling•DynamicsandControl•AppliedMathematics•DesalinationandWaterTreatment
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•HydrologyandWaterResources•Nanoengineering•ProcessSystemsEngineering•SemiconductorManufacturing•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy•Systems,DynamicsandControl•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON: email: [email protected]: 310.794.1015
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/panag-iotis-christofides/
Yoram Cohen, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
InstituteoftheEnvironmentandSustainability, California NanoSystems Institute
ExPERTiSE:
•MembraneScienceandTechnology•SeparationProcesses•DesalinationandWaterTreatment•OptimizationandControlofWater
Treatment•GraftPolymerizationandSurface
Nano-Structuring•EnvironmentalImpactAssessmentof
Nanotechnology•HighThroughputToxicityData•ModelingofNanomaterialsToxicity•PollutantTransport,ExposureandRisk
Assessment
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•HydrologyandWaterResources•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoringand Protection
•Systems,DynamicsandControl•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.8766
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/yoram-cohen/
Chem
ical and Biom
olecular Engineering
23
James F. Davis, Ph.D.Professor
Vice Provost for Information Technology
ExPERTiSE:
•SmartManufacturing•InformationTechnology•IntelligentSystemsandDecision
Support•ControlOperationsandDesign•ManagementofAbnormalSituations•DataInterpretationandKnowledge
Management•PatternRecognition
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•InformationandDataManagement•ManufacturingandDesign•ProcessSystemEngineering•SystemsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.0011
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/james-f-davis/
Robert F. Hicks, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Materials Science and Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•FabricationofIntegratedCircuits•ChemicalVaporDeposition•AtmosphericPlasmaProcessing
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoengineering•SemiconductorManufacturing•StructuralMaterials
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.6865
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/robert-hicks/
Chem
ical and Biom
olecular Engineering
24
Kendall N. Houk, Ph.D.Professor
Winstein Chair in Organic Chemistry
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•EnzymeCatalysis•StereoselectiveReactionsand
Catalysts•DesignofEnzymesandProtein
Scaffolds•ComputationalMethodsforKinetics
andThermodynamicsofPericyclicReactions
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•BiomolecularEngineeringandSystems Biology
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.0515
http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/directory/houk-kendall-n
James C. Liao, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Department Chair
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Chair in Chemical Engineering
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•BiofuelsandBioenergy•MetabolicEngineering•SyntheticBiology•SystemsBiology
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•BiomolecularEngineeringandSystems Biology
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.1656
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/james-c-liao/
Chem
ical and Biom
olecular Engineering
25
Yunfeng Lu, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•BiomimeticMaterialsandDevices•Nanotechnology•Energy
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.7238
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/yunfeng-lu/
Vasilios Manousiouthakis, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ProcessSystemsEngineering:Modeling, Simulation, Design, OptimizationandControl
•SemiconductorManufacturing•EnergyandtheEnvironment•TheHydrogenEconomy
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ProcessSystemEngineering•SemiconductorManufacturing
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•RenewableEnergy•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.0300
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/vasilios-manousiouthakis/
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Harold G. Monbouquette, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•BiochemicalEngineering•Biosensors•Nanotechnology•Neuroengineering
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomolecularEngineeringandSystems Biology
•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON: email: [email protected]: 310.825.8946
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/harold-monbouquette/
Tatiana Segura, Ph.D.Associate Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•GeneTherapy•TissueEngineering•Biomaterials•BiomimeticMaterialsandDevices•Nanomaterials•TherapeuticAngiogenesis
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomolecularEngineeringand
Systems Biology•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.3980
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/tatiana-segura/
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ical and Biom
olecular Engineering
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Selim M. Senkan, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ReactionEngineering•High-ThroughputandCombinatorial
Catalysis•CombustionandAirPollution•Energy,Environmentand
Sustainability
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•EnvironmentalEngineering•SemiconductorManufacturing
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.4106
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/selim-senkan/
Dante Simonetti, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•HeterogeneousCatalysis•AdsorptiveSeparationProcesses•AlternativeEnergy
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2046
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/dante-simonetti/
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ical and Biom
olecular Engineering
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Yi Tang, Ph.D.Chancellor’s Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute
ExPERTiSE:
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering•BiosynthesisofProteins/Polypeptides
with Non-natural Amino Acids•SynthesisofNovelAntibiotics/
Antitumor Products
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomolecularEngineeringandSystems Biology
•MolecularandCellularBioengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoring
andTechnology
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.0375
http://www.chemeng.ucla.edu/yi- tang/
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Civil and Environmental Engineering
ADDRESS:
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department5732 Boelter HallBox 951593Los Angeles, CA 90095-1593
PHONE:
310.825.2471
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/
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Mathieu Bauchy, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•AmorphousandCementitiousMaterials
•TopologicalConstraintsandRigidityTheory
•Composition/EngineeringPropertiesRelationship for Complex Materials
•MolecularDynamicsandMesoscaleSimulations
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•Nanoengineering•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2471
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-bauchy/
Scott J. Brandenberg, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•EarthquakeEngineering•Soil-StructureInteraction•Liquefaction•DataAcquisitionandProcessing•NumericalAnalysis•FoundationProblemsforBuildings
and Bridges•SeismicLeveeStability
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•GeotechnicalEngineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•SustainableInfrastructure•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.9819
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-Brandenberg/
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nmental Engineering
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Henry Burton, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•EarthquakeEngineering•StructuralDesignandModeling•EnhancedSeismicSystems•Performance-BasedEngineering•CommunityResilience
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•GeotechnicalEngineering•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2471
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-Burton/
Mekonnen Gebremichael, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•WaterSystems•WaterGovernance•UnderstandingandPredictionof
HydrologicalFluxes•SatelliteDatasetsforWaterResources
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•EnvironmentalEngineering•HydrologyandWaterResources
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoringand Protection
•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.4239
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-gebremichael/
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Eric M. V. Hoek, Ph.D.Professor
Samueli Fellow
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•WaterTreatment•WastewaterTreatment•MembraneTechnology•Desalination•Nanotechnology•Oil/WaterSeparations•Bioseparations
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•EnvironmentalEngineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.3735
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-hoek/
Jennifer A. Jay, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
InstituteoftheEnvironmentandSustainability
ExPERTiSE:
•AquaticChemistry•EnvironmentalMicrobiology•ContaminantTransportMonitoring
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•EnvironmentalEngineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoringand Protection
•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.5365
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-Jay/
Civil and Enviro
nmental Engineering
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Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputationalMechanicsandFiniteElement Simulations
•Biomechanics•MechanicsofCompositeMaterials•EarthquakeEngineering•Micro-andNanomechanics•CementandConcreteConstruction
Defects•DamageMechanicsandFracture
Mechanics•Bioengineering
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•GeotechnicalEngineering•Nanoengineering•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.1751
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-Ju/
Dennis Lettenmaier, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Geography
ExPERTiSE:
•HydrologicModelingandPrediction•Hydrology-ClimateInteractions
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•EnvironmentalEngineering•HydrologyandWaterResources
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoringand Protection
•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.4327
http://hydro.ucla.edu/
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Shaily Mahendra, Ph.D.Associate Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•EnvironmentalMicrobiology•BiodegradationofGroundwater
Contaminants•Microbial-nanomaterialInteractions•ApplicationsofMolecularBiological
andIsotopicToolsinEnvironmentalEngineering
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•EnvironmentalEngineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoringand Protection
•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.9850
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-mahendra/
Steven A. Margulis, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•SurfaceHydrology•Hydrometeorology•RemoteSensing•DataAssimilation
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•HydrologyandWaterResources
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoringand Protection
•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure•Systems,DynamicsandControl•Water•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON
email: [email protected]: 310.267.5490
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-margulis/
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Gaurav Sant, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Cement,Concrete,Ceramics•Structure-PropertyRelationsinPorous
Media•ChemicalThermodynamics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•EnvironmentalEngineering•HeatandMassTransfer•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.3084
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-sant/
Michael K. Stenstrom, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
InstituteoftheEnvironment and Sustainability
ExPERTiSE:
•WaterandWastewaterManagement•WaterReclamation•StormwaterManagement
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•EnvironmentalEngineering•HydrologyandWaterResources
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.1408
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-stenstrom/
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Jonathan P. Stewart, Ph.D.Professor
Department Chair
ExPERTiSE:
•EarthquakeEngineering•GeotechnicalEngineering•InfrastructureResilience•SeismicHazardCharacterization:
GroundMotionsandGroundFailure•EarthStructures:Dams,Levees,
CompactedFills•Soil-structureInteraction
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•GeotechnicalEngineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•SustainableInfrastructure•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2990
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-stewart/
Ertugrul Taciroglu, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputationalStructuralandSolidMechanics
•StructuralDynamics•SystemIdentificationandHealth
Monitoring•Soil-StructureInteraction•FiniteElementandMesh-free
Methods
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•GeotechnicalEngineering•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.4655
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-taciroglu/
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Mladen Vucetic, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•SoilDynamics•GroundResponsetoEarthquakes•Liquefaction•TestingandEvaluationofStaticand
Cyclic Soil Properties
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•GeotechnicalEngineering
CONTACT iNFORMATiON
email: [email protected]: 310.206.6260
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-vucetic/
John W. Wallace, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•EarthquakeEngineering•DesignMethodologies•SeismicEvaluationandRetrofit•Large-scaleTestingLaboratoryand
FieldTesting
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.7124
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-wallace/
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William W-G. Yeh, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Richard G. Newman AECOM Chair in Civil Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•OptimizationofWaterResourcesSystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•HydrologyandWaterResources
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2300
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-yeh/
Jian Zhang, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•EarthquakeEngineering•StructuralDynamicsandMechanics•SeismicProtectiveDevicesand
Strategies•Soil-structureInteraction•BridgeEngineering
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2222
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/profile-zhang/
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Computer Science
ADDRESS:
Computer Science Department4732 Boelter HallBox 1596Los Angeles, CA 90095-1596
PHONE:
310.825.3886
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/
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Junghoo (John) Cho, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•DatabasesandSearchEngines•WebTechnologies•InformationDiscoveryandIntegration
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•InformationandDataManagement
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.571.8240
http://oak.cs.ucla.edu/~cho/
Tyson Condie, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Symantec Term Chair in Computer Science
ExPERTiSE:
•Large-ScaleDistributedSystems•DeclarativeLanguageDesign•SystemsforMachineLearning
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•InformationandDataManagement
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4740
http://clash.cs.ucla.edu/
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Jason (Jingsheng) Cong, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Chancellor’s Professor
Director, Center for Domain Specific Computing
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Electrical Engineering, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputerSystemArchitecture•Energy-efficientComputingand
Customized Computing•CloudingComputing•BigDataAnalytics•ComputationalGenomicsandMedical
ImageProcessing•ElectronicDesignAutomation•DesignforNanotechnologies•DesignandAnalysisofAlgorithms
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2775
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/jason-cong/
Adnan Y. Darwiche, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•AutomatedReasoning(SymbolicandProbabilistic), Machine Learning, and KnowledgeRepresentation
•ApplicationstoDiagnosisandPrediction, Reliability, Planning, Verification,DataAnalysis,MedicalInformatics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ArtificialIntelligence
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected] phone: 310.206.5201
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~darwiche/
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Joseph J. DiStefano III, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
DavidGeffenSchoolofMedicineatUCLA
Chair, Computational & Systems BiologyInterdepartmentalProgram,College of Letters and Science
ExPERTiSE:
•DynamicSystemsBiologyModelingand Simulation
•ClinicalTherapyandExperimentDesignOptimizationMethodologies
•Pharmacokinetic(PK),Pharmacody-namic (PD), and Physiologically-based PBPK,PBPKandPBTK(Toxicokinetic)Modeling
•Knowledge-basedSystemsandInternet-basedSoftwareforLifeScience Research and Patient Education
•BiocontrolSystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7482
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/joseph-distefano-iii/
www.biocyb.cs.ucla.edu
Michael G. Dyer, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•NaturalLanguageProcessing•Connectionist,Cognitiveand
Animat-based Modeling
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ArtificialIntelligence
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4033, 310.206.6674
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/michael-g-dyer/
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Paul R. Eggert, Ph.D.Senior Lecturer
ExPERTiSE:
•GridandCloudComputing•ProgrammingLanguages•Compilers
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SoftwareSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.2254
Milos D. Ercegovac, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•DigitalComputerArithmetic•DigitalDesign•Low-powerSystems•ReconfigurableSystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputerSystemArchitecture and CAD
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.2254
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~milos/
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Jason Ernst, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Biological Chemistry
ExPERTiSE:
•Bioinformatics•Epigenomics•GeneRegulation•ComputationalBiology
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.3658
http://www.biolchem.ucla.edu/labs/ernst/
Eleazar Eskin, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Human Genetics
ExPERTiSE:
•Bioinformatics•Genetics•Genomics•MachineLearning
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.594.5112 310.206.4490
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~eeskin/
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Eliezer M. Gafni, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Networks•MathematicalProgramming
Algorithms
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ComputerScienceTheory•NetworkSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.3211
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~eli/
Mario Gerla, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Department Chair
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputerNetworks:MAC,RoutingandTransportProtocols,VehicularCommunications, Peer-to-Peer Mobile Networks, Personal Area Networks (Bluetooth and ZigBee), UnderwaterSensorNetworks
•MobileCloudComputing•IntelligentTransportSystems•MobileHealth•ContentCentricNetworks•CognitiveRadiosandDynamic
Spectrum Sharing•InternetTransportProtocols•InternetPathCharacterization•CapacityandBandwidthEstimation•ModelsforNetworkandProtocol
Performance Evaluation
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•InformationandDataManagement•NetworkSystems•SoftwareSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Cybersecurity•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4367
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~gerla/
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Miryung Kim, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•SoftwareEngineering•SoftwareEvolution•SoftwareAnalysis
Algorithm and DevelopmentTools
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SoftwareSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Cybersecurity
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.3886
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~miryung/
Richard E. Korf, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ProblemSolving•HeuristicSearch
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ArtificialIntelligence
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.5383
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~korf/
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Christopher J. Lee, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Chemistry and Biochemistry
ExPERTiSE:
•AlternativeSplicingandGenomeEvolution
•ProteinEvolutionaryPathways•GraphDatabasesforBioinformatics
and Genomics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7374
http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/directory/lee-christopher-j
Songwu Lu, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•WirelessNetworking•MobileSystemsandServices•DataCenterNetworking•NetworkSecurity•CellularNetworkSecurity
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•NetworkSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Cybersecurity•SustainableInfrastructure•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.9289
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~slu/
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Raghu Meka, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•TheoreticalComputerScience•ComplexityTheory•LearningTheory•AlgorithmDesign•DataMining•MachineLearning
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7879
http://www.raghumeka.org/
Todd D. Millstein, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ProgrammingLanguages•ProgramAnalysis•Compilers
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SoftwareSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Cybersecurity•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.5942
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~todd/
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Stanley Osher, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, California NanoSystems Institute
ExPERTiSE:
•MethodsforComputingMovingFrontsInvolvingTopologicalChanges
•HyperbolicConservationLawsandHamilton-JacobiEquations
•PartialDifferentialEquations-basedImageProcessingTechniques
•OptimizationRelatedtoSparsity
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology•GraphicsandVision•InformationandDataManagement•MedicalImagingInformatics•MEMSandNanotechnology•PhysicalandWaveElectronics•SemiconductorManufacturing•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing•RenewableEnergy•Systems,DynamicsandControl•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON: email: [email protected]: 310.825.1758
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~sjo/
Rafail Ostrovsky, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Mathematics
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputerSecurity•Cryptography•ComputerNetworks•Randomization•NetworkProtocols•GeometricAlgorithms•DataMining
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputerScienceTheory
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•Cybersecurity
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.5283
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~rafail/
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Jens Palsberg, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Compilers•EmbeddedSystems•ProgrammingLanguages
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SoftwareSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.6320
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~palsberg/
D. Stott Parker, Jr., Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•DataMining•InformationModeling•DatabaseandKnowledge-based
Systems•ScientificComputing•Visualization•BiomedicalDataAnalysis•ComputationalNeuroscience
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology•InformationandDataManagement•MedicalImagingInformatics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.6871, 310.825.1322
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~stott/
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Miodrag Potkonjak, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•System,Physical,Biologicaland Social Security
•LargeDistributedSystems (e.g. Data Centers and Mobile Phone Networks)
•CoordinatedStatisticalModeling andOptimization
•EmergingTechnologiesfor Communication and Computation
•BehavioralResearchforSystemSynthesis and Management
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputerSystemArchitectureandComputer-Assisted Design (CAD)
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Cybersecurity•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.0790
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~miodrag/
Glenn D. Reinman, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•MicroprocessorDesign•ComputerSystemArchitecture•Application-Specificand
ReconfigurableComputing•ParallelandDistributedComputing•GraphicsArchitecture
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputerScienceTheory
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Cybersecurity
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.9755
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~reinman/
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Amit Sahai, Ph.D.Professor
Director, Center for Encrypted Functionalities
ExPERTiSE:
•Cryptography•Encryption•Authentication•ComputerScienceTheory•NetworkSecurity•ComputerSecurity•Biometrics•AppliedMathematics•ErrorCorrection•FaultTolerance
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputerScienceTheory
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Cybersecurity
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.4982
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~sahai/
Sriram Sankararaman, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputationalandStatisticalGenomics
•StatisticalMachineLearning (Probabilistic Graphical Models, Bayesian Statistics)
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•ComputationalSystemsBiology
http://sriramsankararaman.com/
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Majid Sarrafzadeh, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Co Director, Wireless Health Institute (WHI)
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Electrical Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•HealthcareTechnology•ComputerSystemArchitecture•EmbeddedSystems•VLSICAD•Algorithms•BiomedicalInformatics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•ComputerSystemArchitectureand
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)•MedicalImagingInformatics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.4303
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~majid/
Fei Sha, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ProbabilisticModelsandAlgorithms•RepresentationLearning•SemanticKnowledge•IntelligentandAutonomousSystems•ComputerVision•PersonalizationofComplexProbabi-
listic Models
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ArtificialIntelligence
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected] phone: 310. 825.4033
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Alexander Sherstov, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ComplexityTheory,IncludingCommunication Complexity and Circuit Complexity
•ComputationalLearningTheory•quantumComputing
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•ComputerScienceTheory
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310. 825.7578
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~sherstov/
David A. Smallberg, M.S.Senior Lecturer
ExPERTiSE:
•ProgrammingLanguages•SoftwareDevelopment•ComputerScienceEducation•SoftwareComparison
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•ComputerScienceTheory
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected] phone: 310.267.4665
http://www.computomata.com/consultants/smallberg
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Stefano Soatto, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Electrical Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputerVision•MachineLearning•Robotics•VisualRecognition,Detection•3DReconstruction•SensorFusion,InertialSensing•ShapeAnalysis,MotionAnalysis,
TextureAnalysis,Vision-basedControl•MedicalImaging•Autonomous/IntelligentVehicles•Human-ComputerInteraction•AugmentedReality,VirtualReality•Tracking,VisualRecognition,
Big Data, Machine Learning•Surveillance,VisualAnalytics•Content-basedImageRetrieval
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•GraphicsandVision•InformationandDataManagement•MedicalImagingInformatics•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4840
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~soatto/
Ameet Talwalkar, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•StatisticalMachineLearning•ComputationalGenomics•ScalableMachineLearningSystems•Bioinformatics•DataScience
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology•InformationandDataManagement
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected] phone: 310.825.3886
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~ameet/
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Yuval Tamir, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ParallelandDistributedSystems•Dependable/Fault-tolerantSystems•Multiprocessor/Multicore
Architectures•SystemSoftwareandMiddleware•System-levelVirtualization•ClusterComputing•On-chipandOff-chipInterconnection
Networks
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ComputerSystemArchitectureandComputer-Assisted Design (CAD)
•NetworkSystems•SoftwareSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2852
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~tamir/
Demetri Terzopoulos, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Chancellor’s Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputerGraphics•ComputerVision•MedicalImageAnalysis•Computer-AidedDesign•ArtificialIntelligence/Life
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•ComputerSystemArchitectureand
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)•GraphicsandVision•MedicalImagingInformatics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.6946
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~dt/
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Guy Van den Broeck, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Samueli Fellow
ExPERTiSE:
•MachineLearning(StatisticalRelational Learning)
•KnowledgeRepresentationandReasoning (Graphical Models, Lifted ProbabilisticInference)
•ApplicationsofProbabilisticReasoning and Learning (Probabilistic Programming, Probabilistic Databases)
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ArtificialIntelligence
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]
http://guyvandenbroeck.com
Wei Wang, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•DataMining•Bioinformatics•DatabaseSystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ComputationalSystemsBiology•InformationandDataManagement
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.0009
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~weiwang/
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Alan Yuille, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Statistics, Psychology
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputerVision•BayesianStatistics•PatternRecognition
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•GraphicsandVision
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310 267-5383
http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~yuille/
Carlo A. Zaniolo, Ph.D.Professor
Norman E. Friedmann Chair in Knowledge Sciences
ExPERTiSE:
•DataStreamManagementSystems•ArchivalSystemsandTemporalDBs•MiningDatabasesandDataStreams•WebInformationSystemsand
Semantic Web•InformationSystemEvolution•DeductiveDBsandKnowledgeBases•NonmonotonicReasoning
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•InformationandDataManagement
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.8137
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~zaniolo/
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Lixia Zhang, Ph.D.Professor
Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Computer Science
Lead PI, Named Data Networking Project
ExPERTiSE:
•InternetArchitectureandProtocolDesigns
•SecurityandResiliencyofLarge-ScaleSystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•InformationandDataManagement•NetworkSystems•SoftwareSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2695
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~lixia/
Song Chun Zhu, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Statistics
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputerVision•MachineLearning•Cognition•VisualArts•StatisticalModeling•MCMCComputing•RobotAutonomy
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•GraphicsandVision
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected] phone: 310-206-8693
http://web.cs.ucla.edu/~sczhu/
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Electrical Engineering
ADDRESS:
Electrical Engineering Department56-125BEngineeringIVBox 951594Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594
PHONE:
310.825.2647
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/
Electrical Engineering
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Asad A. Abidi, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Chancellor’s Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•High-performanceAnalogElectronics•DeviceModeling
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.9490
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/asad-abidi/
Abeer Alwan, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•DigitalSpeechProcessing•NoiseRobustSpeechRecognition•ModelsofSpeechProductionand
Perception
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•InformationandDataManagement•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Systems,DynamicsandControl•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2231
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/abeer-alwan/
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Katsushi Arisaka, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Physics and Astronomy, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•High-speedSinglePhotonDetectionand Digitization
•PhotonDetectionSystemsinBio-imaging and Particle Physics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4925
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/katsushi-arisaka/
Danijela Cabric, Ph.D.Associate Professor
Samueli Fellow
ExPERTiSE:
•WirelessCommunicationsSystemDesign
•CognitiveRadioNetworks•VLSIArchitecturesofSignalProcessing
and Digital Communications•PerformanceAnalysisand
Experiments on Embedded Platforms
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.8856
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/danijela-cabric/
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Robert Candler, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
California NanoSystems Institute
ExPERTiSE:
•MEMSandNanoscaleDevices•FundamentalLimitationsofSensors•MicromagneticDevicesfor
Advanced Light Sources•BiomedicalDevices
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing •Systems,DynamicsandControl•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4161
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/robert-candler/
M.C. Frank Chang, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Wintek Chair in Electrical Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•High-speedSemiconductorDevices•IntegratedCircuitsforDigital,
Analog, Microwave, MM-Wave TerahertzSystems
•RF/WirelessInterconnects
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•MedicalImagingInformatics•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.1633
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/m-c-frank-chang/
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Chi On Chui, Ph.D.Associate Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•SemiconductorDevicesand Manufacturing
•BiomedicalElectronics•HeterogeneousIntegrationand
Systems•ExploratoryNanotechnology
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•PhysicalandWaveElectronics•SemiconductorManufacturing
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.4786
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/chi-on-chui/
Samuel Coogan, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ControlTheory•Cyber-physicalSystems•FormalMethods•TransportationSystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
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Babak Daneshrad, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•MIMOEnabledWirelessNetworks•ExperimentalWireless•VLSIArchitecturesforWireless
Systems•DigitalVLSIandIntegratedCircuitsfor
Wireless Applications
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON: email: [email protected]: 310.825.7792
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/babak-daneshrad/
Suhas Diggavi, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•InformationTheory•WirelessNetworks•CooperativeInformationFlowOver
Wireless Networks•NetworkDataCompression•NetworkSecrecy•Large-scaleDataAnalysisAlgorithms
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Cybersecurity•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.5171
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/suhas-diggavi/
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Lara Dolecek, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Mathematics
ExPERTiSE:
•InformationandCodingTheory•GraphicalModelsandStatistical
Algorithms•ComputationalMethodsand
Algorithms with Applications to Large-scale and Complex Systems for Data Processing, Communications and Storage
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SignalsandSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2108
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/lara-dolecek/
Christina Fragouli, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•NetworkCoding•AlgorithmsforNetworking•WirelessNetworks•NetworkSecurity
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•NetworkSystems•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Cybersecurity•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.8795
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/christina-fragouli/
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Puneet Gupta, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Design-technologyCo-optimization•Circuits,ArchitecturesandSystem
Software for Reliability and Variability-immunity
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•ComputerSystemArchitectureand
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.1376
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/puneet-gupta/
Lei He, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•RenewableEnergyandSustainableInfrastructure
•VLSICircuitsandSystems•FieldProgrammableLogic•CloudSoftwareandEmbedded
Software•InternetofThingsforWater,HVAC,
and Electric Vehicles
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•ComputerSystemArchitectureand
CAD•EnvironmentalEngineering•HydrologyandWaterResources•InformationandDataManagement•ManufacturingandDesign•SoftwareSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Cybersecurity•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure•Water•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2037
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/lei-he/
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Diana Huffaker, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute,InstituteoftheEnvironmentandSustainability
ExPERTiSE:
•Solid-stateNanotechnology•Plasmonically-coupledProcesses•OptoelectronicDevices•SolarCell•SiPhotonics•NovelMaterials
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.9786
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/diana-huffaker/
Tatsuo Itoh, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Northrop Grumman Chair in Electrical Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•Electromagnetics•GuidedWaveStructures•Lower-powerWirelessElectronics•IntegratedPassiveComponentsand
Antennas•PhotonicBandgapStructuresand
Metamaterial Applications•ActiveIntegratedAntennas•RFTechnologiesforReconfigurable
Front-ends•SensorsandTransponders
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.4820
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/tatsuo-itoh/
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Subramanian Iyer Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Chancellor’s Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•SystemsScalingTechnology•MemoryIntegration•NeuromorphicComputing
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•SemiconductorManufacturing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.6913
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/subramanian-s-iyer/
Bahram Jalali, Ph.D.Professor
Northrop Grumman Opto-Electronic Chair in Electrical Engineering
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering, Surgery, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•SiliconPhotonicsandFiberOpticCommunication
•Real-timeStreamingDataAcquisitionand Processing
•Biophotonics,RareCellDetection,Blood Screening
•NondestructiveMaterialTestingandCharacterization
•RogueWavePhenomena
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoring
and Protection
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.9655
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/bahram-jalali/
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Mona Jarrahi, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Terahertz/Millimeter-waveElectronicsandOptoelectronics
•MicrowavePhotonics•ImagingandSpectroscopySystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.9095
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/mona-jarrahi/
Chandrashekhar J. Joshi, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•LaserFusion•LaserAccelerationofParticles•NonlinearOptics•High-powerLasers•PlasmaPhysics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Systems,DynamicsandControl•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7279
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/chandrashekhar-joshi/
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William J. Kaiser, Ph.D.Professor
Co-Director, Wireless Health Institute (WHI)
ExPERTiSE:
•WirelessHealth•WirelessNetworkedSensors•EmbeddedSystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•ComputerSystemArchitectureand
CAD•InformationandDataManagement
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.3236
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/william-kaiser/
Jia-Ming Liu, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•NonlinearOptics•UltrafastOptics•LaserDynamicsandChaos•SemiconductorLasers•Optoelectronics•Photonics•NonlinearandUltrafastProcesses
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•Nanoengineering•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2097
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/jia-ming-liu/
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Dejan Markovic, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•IntegratedCircuitsforEmerging Radio and Healthcare Systems
•Energy-efficientFlexibleDigitalIntegratedCircuits
•CircuitandArchitectureDesign withPost-CMOSDevices
•OptimizationMethodsand CADFlows
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.8656
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/dejan-markovic/
Ankur Mehta, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•PrintableRobotics•RapiddesignandFabrication•ControlSystems•WirelessSensorNetworks
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•NetworkSystems•ManufacturingandDesign•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•WirelessSensingandNetworking•Systems,DynamicsandControl
http://people.csail.mit.edu/mehtank/
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Warren Mori, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Physics and Astronomy
ExPERTiSE:
•PlasmaPhysics•HighEnergyDensityPlasmaScience•HighPerformanceComputing
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected] phone: 310.206.0372
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/warren-b-mori/
Thomas S. Otis, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Neurobiology
ExPERTiSE:
•CellularandMolecularAspectsofNeural Signaling
•Electrophysiology•OpticalImagingofSingleNeurons
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.0746
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/thomas-otis/
Electrical Engineering
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Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D.Chancellor’s Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering, Surgery, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Bioimaging•Nano-photonics•NonlinearOptics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•MedicalImagingInformatics•Nanoengineering•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoring
and Protection•SustainableInfrastructure•Water•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.0915
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/aydogan-ozcan/
Sudhakar Pamarti, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Analog,MixedSignalandRFICDesign•SignalProcessing
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2657
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/sudhakar-pamarti/
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C. Kumar Patel, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Biochemistry
ExPERTiSE:
•quantumElectronics•NonlinearOptics•Photo-acousticsinGases,Liquidsand
Solids•Ultra-lowLevelDetectionofTrace
Gases•ChemicalandToxicGasSensors•CondensedMatter
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•PhysicalandWaveElectronics•SemiconductorManufacturing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.1613
http://www.pa.ucla.edu/directory/c-kumar-patel
Gregory J. Pottie, Ph.D.Professor
Department Chair
ExPERTiSE:
•Communications/ Telecommunications
•BiomedicalInformatics•SensorNetworks
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•InformationandDataManagement•NetworkSystems•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.8150
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/gregory-pottie/
Electrical Engineering
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Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Northrop Grumman Chair in Electrical Engineering/Electromagnetics
ExPERTiSE:
•SatelliteCommunicationAntennas•PersonalCommunicationAntennas
IncludingHumanInteraction•BiotelemetryandRFIDApplications•AntennasforRemoteSensingand
Radio Astronomy Applications•AdvancedNumericalandOptimization
TechniquesinElectromagnetics•FrequencySelectiveSurfacesand
Reflectarrays•ElectromagneticBandGapstructures
and Metamaterials •NovelIntegratedandFractalAntennas•Near-fieldAntennaMeasurements
andDiagnosticTechniques•Electromagnetics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•Nanoengineering•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2275
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/yahya-rahmat-samii/
Behzad Razavi, Ph.D.Chancellor’s Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Analog,RF,Mixed-signalIntegratedCircuit Design
•Dual-standardRFTransceivers•Phase-lockedSystemsandFrequency
Synthesizers•A/DandD/AConverters•High-speedDataCommunication
Circuits
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.1633
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/behzad-razavi/
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Vwani P. Roychowdhury, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Communications/Telecommunications•quantumComputationand
InformationProcessing•EmbeddedSystems•AdaptiveandLearningAlgorithms•NonparametricMethodsand
Algorithms for Large-scale InformationProcessing
•CombinatoricsandComplexity•InformationTheory•BiomedicalInformatics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.4975
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/vwani-p-roychowdhury/
Izhak Rubin, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Communications/ Telecommunications
•ComputerNetworks•MultimediaIPNetworks•UAV/UGV-aidedNetwork•IntegratedSystemandNetwork
Management•AutonomousNetworkedVehicle
TransportationandHighwaySystems•MultimediaNetworkingand
StreamingOverCellularWirelessNetworks
•NetworkSimulationsandAnalysis
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•InformationandDataManagement•NetworkSystems•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2326
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/izhak-rubin/
Electrical Engineering
81
Henry Samueli, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•VLSIImplementationofSignalProcessing and Digital Communication Systems
•High-speedDigitalIntegratedCircuits•DigitalFilterDesign
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2647
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/henry-samueli/
Ali H. Sayed, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•AdaptationandLearningTheories•StatisticalSignalProcessing•FilteringandEstimationTheories•
Multi-Agent Networks•NetworkScience
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•NetworkSystems•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Systems,DynamicsandControl•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.2142
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/ali-h-sayed/
Electrical Engineering
82
Mani B. Srivastava, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Computer Science
ExPERTiSE:
•WirelessNetworking•EmbeddedComputing•Cyber-PhysicalSystems•SensorNetworks•MobileandUbiquitousComputing•Low-powerandPower-awareSystems•SecurityandPrivacyforIoTandCPS•MobileHealth•InternetofThings(IoT)•NetworkScience
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•NetworkSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•SustainableInfrastructure•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.2098
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/mani-srivastava/
Oscar M. Stafsudd, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•quantumElectronics•SolidStateLasersandLaserMedia•InfraredDetectors(Semiconductor
and Pyroelectric)•Optoelectronics•TerahertzDevicesandSystems•CrystalGrowth•Photovoltaics•OpticalApplicationsforMedicalUse
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•MedicalImagingInformatics•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4360
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/oscar-stafsudd/
Electrical Engineering
83
Paulo Tabuada, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Cyber-physicalSystems•Cyber-physicalSystemsSecurity•ControlSystems•SmartGrid
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.4266
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/paulo-tabuada/
Lieven Vandenberghe, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Computer Science, Mathematics
ExPERTiSE:
•EngineeringOptimization•SystemTheoryandControl•SignalProcessing•MachineLearning
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.1259
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/lieven-vandenberghe/
Electrical Engineering
84
Mihaela van der Schaar, Ph.D.Chancellor’s Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•MachineLearning•ArtificialIntelligence•HealthcareInformatics•BigDataandStreamMining•NetworkScience•GameTheory•Societal,SocialandExpertNetworks•ReputationSystems•WirelessCommunicationsand
Networking•Multimedia
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•InformationandDataManagement•NetworkSystems•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoring
and Protection•RenewableEnergy•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.5843
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/mihaela-van-der-schaar/
John D. Villasenor, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Public Policy, Anderson School of Management
ExPERTiSE:
•ElectronicsSupplyChain•DigitalMedia•TechnologyandPublicPolicy•IntellectualProperty•Communications•Networking
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Cybersecurity
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.0028, 310.206.3416
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/john-villasenor/
Electrical Engineering
85
Kang L. Wang, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Raytheon Chair in Electrical Engineering
Director, Western Institute of Nanotechnology on Green Engineering and Metrology (WIN-GEM)
Director, Center of Excellence for Green Nanotechnologies (CEGN)
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Materials Science and Engineering, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Nanoelectronics•SpintronicsandNanomagnetics•Non-volatileElectronicsandLow
Dissipation Devices•ComplexDynamicsofNanosystems•quantumPhysicsDeviceandSystems•FrontierMaterialsbyMolecular
Beam Epitaxy•PhotonicsandEnergy•NeuralTechnologies
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.1609, 310.825.7626
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/kang-wang/
Yuanxun Ethan Wang, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•SmartAntennas•RFandMicrowavePowerAmplifiers•NumericalTechniques•DSPTechniquesforMicrowave
Systems•PhasedArrays•WirelessandRadarSystems•Electromagnetics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.5670, 310.206.4304
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/yuanxun-ethan-wang/
Electrical Engineering
86
Richard D. Wesel, Ph.D.Professor
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs
ExPERTiSE:
•InformationTheory/ CommunicationTheory
•CommunicationwithFeedback•CodingandOptimizationfor
FlashMemory•OptimizationofCommunication
Systems•Low-densityParity-checkCodes
andTurboCodes•TrellisCodesandConvolutionalCodes
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SignalsandSystems
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.2150, 310.825.2941
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/richard-wesel/
Benjamin Williams, Ph.D.Associate Professor
Samueli Fellow
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•TerahertzandMid-infraredPhotonics•quantumCascadeLasers•Low-dimensionalSemiconductor•MaterialsandIntersubbandPhysics•TerahertzandInfraredPlasmonics,•Antennas,andMetamaterials
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•MEMSandNanotechnology•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.6961, 310.206.4304
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/benjamin-williams/
Electrical Engineering
87
Chee Wei Wong, D.Sc.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•NonlinearOptics•quantumOptics•UltrafastOptics•PrecisionMeasurements
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•ManufacturingandDesign•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.6115
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/chee-wei-wong/
Jason C.S. Woo, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•SolidStateElectronics•CMOSandBipolarDevice/Circuit
Optimization•NovelDeviceDesign•ModelingofIntegratedCircuits•VLSIFabrication
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.3279, 310.794.4077
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/jason-woo/
Electrical Engineering
88
C.-K. Ken Yang, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•HighPerformanceVLSIDesign•DigitalandMixed-signalCircuit
Design
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.3665; 310.825.7412
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/chih-kong-ken-yang/
Electrical Engineering
89
Materials Science and Engineering
ADDRESS:
Materials Science and Engineering Department3111 Engineering VBox 1595Los Angeles, CA 90095-1595
PHONE:
310.825.8916
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/
Materials Science and Engineering
91
Russel E. Caflisch, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
InstituteforPureandAppliedMathematics, Mathematics, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•EpitaxialGrowth•NanoscaleSystems•KineticsofNonequilibriumPlasmas•FluidDynamics•ComputationalFinance
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•FluidMechanics•StructuralMaterials
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.983.3297
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~caflisch/
Bruce S. Dunn, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Nippon Sheet Glass Company Chair in Materials Science
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•SolidElectrolytes•ElectricalPropertiesofCeramicsand
Glasses•Ceramics•ElectronicandOpticalMaterials•Batteries•ElectrochemicalMaterials
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.1519, 310.825.5534
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/faculty/dunn/
Materials Science and Engineering
92
Mark S. Goorsky, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•MaterialsIntegrationandWaferBonding
•SingleCrystalLayerTransferTechniques
•HighSpeedElectronicMaterialsandDeviceIntegration
•OptoelectronicMaterialsandDevices,IncludingSolarCellsandLightEmitters
•EpitaxialSemiconductorandDeviceStructures
•CeramicsandSingleCrystalsfor LaserOptics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.0267
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/faculty/goorsky/
Yu Huang, Ph.D.Professor
Samueli Fellow
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•NanomaterialFabrication and Development
•Bio-nanoStructures•Biosystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•Nanoengineering•SemiconductorManufacturing
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.9589
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/faculty/huang/
http://yhuang.seas.ucla.edu
Materials Science and Engineering
93
Ioanna Kakoulli, D.PhilProfessor
ExPERTiSE:
•ConservationIDPExpertise•ChemicalandPhysicalPropertiesof
InorganicArchaeologicalMaterials•AlterationProcessesinArchaeological
Vitreous Materials and Pigments•ConservationScienceand
Archaeometry•ForensicMaterialsEngineeringinArt
and Archaeology•BiomimeticInorganicMineral
TreatmentsinArchaeological Conservation
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•StructuralMaterials
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.4915
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/kakoulli/
Richard Kaner, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•SuperhardMetals•NanostructuredConductingPolymers
andOil/WaterSeparationMembranes•Graphene:Synthesis,Characterization
andUseinSupercapacitors
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•RenewableEnergy•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.5346, 310.206.8393
http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/kaner/
Materials Science and Engineering
94
Suneel Kodambaka, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•InSituMicroscopy•Nanowires,2DLayeredMaterials,
Ultra-highTemperatureCeramics•Electrodeposition•Nanomechanics•KineticsofCrystalGrowth•SurfaceCatalysis•ThinFilmPhysics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•Nanoengineering•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.8174
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/faculty/kodambaka/
Jaime Marian, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputationalModelingandSimulationofMaterialsUnderExtremeConditions
•SolidMechanics•IrradiationDamage•ThermodynamicsandKineticsofAlloy
Systems•AlgorithmsandMethodsforBridging
TimeandLengthScales
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•StructuralandSolidMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.5534
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/marian/
Materials Science and Engineering
95
Ali Mosleh, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Evalyn Knight Chair in Engineering
Director, B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences
ExPERTiSE:
•RiskAssessment•ReliabilityEngineering•DecisionAnalysis•BayesianMethodsforDataAnalysis•SpaceSystemsRiskAnalysis•InformationSystemsSecurityRisk
Management
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SystemsControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•SystemsDynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.5534
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/ali-mosleh/
Vidvuds Ozolins, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Semiconductors,Thermoelectrics and Solar Cell Materials
•EnergyStorageMaterials•NuclearMaterialsandNuclearFuels•CeramicsandMetallicAlloys
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.5538
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/faculty/ozolins/
Materials Science and Engineering
96
Qibing Pei, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•ElectroactivePolymersandCompositesThroughMolecularSynthesis and Nanoengineering
•ArtificialMuscles•FlexibleandOrganicElectronics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•MEMSandNanotechnology
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4217
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/faculty/pei/
Dwight C. Streit, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Department Chair
Director, Institute of Technology Advancement (ITA)
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Electrical Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•AdvancedSemiconductors•Microelectronics•Radar•CommunicationandSatellitePayload
Electronics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•PhysicalandWaveElectronics•SemiconductorManufacturing
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7011
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/faculty/dwight-streit/
Materials Science and Engineering
97
Sarah Tolbert, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Self-assembledMaterialsfor Electrochemical Energy Storage
•MaterialsandArchitecturesforEnergyHarvesting
•NanostructuredMagnetic/ Piezoelectric Materials
•NovelUltrahardMaterials•SynthesisandCharacterizationof
Solution Processed Nanostructured Materials
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.4767
http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/directory/tolbert-sarah-h
Paul S. Weiss, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute,Chemistry and Biochemistry
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
ExPERTiSE:
•UltimateLimitsofMiniaturization•AtomicScaleChemical,Physical,
Optical,MechanicalandElectronicProperties of Surfaces and Supramolecular Assemblies
•ScanningProbeMicroscopy;Imaging
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomedicalDevices•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.4838
http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/directory/weiss-paul-s
http://www.nano.ucla.edu/
Materials Science and Engineering
98
Ya-Hong Xie, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•PhysicalPropertiesofvanderWaalsMaterialsIncludingGraphene
•Graphene-plasmonicHybridPlatformsforUltraSensitiveBio-Sensing
•DislocationEliminationfromEpitaxialGroupIII-Nitride(GaN)forHighPerformance Device Applications
•EpitaxialSemiconductor Hetero-structures and Strained Si for quantumTransportResearch
•ElectronicandOptoelectronicMaterials and Devices
•NanofabricationandDevices•Surface-enhancedRaman
Spectroscopy (SERS)
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•HydrologyandWaterResources•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2971
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/faculty/xie/
Jenn-Ming Yang, Ph.D.Professor
Associate Dean for International Initiatives and Online Programs
ExPERTiSE:
•AerospaceStructuralMaterials•MaterialsforInfrastructure•NanostructuredMaterialsand
NanomechanicalTesting•AdditiveManufacturing
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2758
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/yangjm/
Materials Science and Engineering
99
Yang Yang, Ph.D.Professor
Carol and Lawrence E. Tannas Jr. Chair in Engineering
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•PolymerLEDs•SolarCells•ConjugatedPolymersandOrganics•Transistors•MemoryDevices•EnergyandtheEnvironment
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4052
http://www.mse.ucla.edu/yangyang/
Materials Science and Engineering
100
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
ADDRESS:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department48-121EngineeringIVBox 1597Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597
PHONE:
310.825.7793
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/
Mechanical and A
erospace Engineering
102
Mohamed A. Abdou, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•FusionEngineeringandDesign•NuclearEngineering•FluidDynamics,HeatandMass
TransferinthePresenceofMagneticFields
•Neutronics•RadiationTransport•Plasma-materialInteractions•Energy•Experiments,ModelingandAnalysis•Thermofluids:MHD,Heat,Mass
andMomentumTransfer•InnovativeDesignsforFusion
andNuclearComponentsUnderMulti-fieldEnvironment
•MaterialsInteractions
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•FluidMechanics•HeatandMassTransfer•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206-0501
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/mohamed-abdou/
Oddvar O. Bendiksen, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ClassicalandComputational Aeroelasticity
•StructuralDynamics•UnsteadyAerodynamics•AerospaceMaterialsandStructures•AircraftDesign•AircraftAccidentInvestigations
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•StructuralandSolidMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.5453
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/oddvar-bendiksen/
Mechanical and A
erospace Engineering
103
Gregory P. Carman, Ph.D.Professor
Director, Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems (TANMS)
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Materials Science and Engineering, Bioengineering, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•ElectromagnetoelasticityModels•Multiferroic/Magnetoelectric
Nanomaterials•MagnetostrictiveComposites•BiomedicalVascularDevices•Ferroelectric/Ferromagnetic/
FerroelasticMaterials
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.6030, 310.825.2591
http://www.tanms-erc.org/
Yong Chen, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Materials Science and Engineering, CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•NanoscaleScienceandEngineering•Micro-andNano-fabrication•Self-assemblyPhenomena•MicroscaleandNanoscaleElectronics•Mechanical,OpticalandBiological
Sensing Devices
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•MEMSandNanotechnology•StructuralMaterials
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2453
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/yong-chen/
Mechanical and A
erospace Engineering
104
Eric P.Y. Chiou, Ph.D.Associate Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•BiomedicalDevices•Biophotonics•Optofluidics•MicroandNanoFabrication
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•MEMSandNanotechnology
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.8620
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/pei-yu-chiou/
Vijay K. Dhir, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•Two-phaseHeatTransfer•Energy•ThermalHydraulicsandSafetyof
Nuclear Reactors•MicrogravityHeatTransfer•SoilRemediation•High-powerDensityElectronic
Cooling
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•HeatandMassTransfer
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.8507
http://boiling.seas.ucla.edu/
Mechanical and A
erospace Engineering
105
Jeff Eldredge, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•FluidMechanics•Bio-inspiredLocomotioninFluids•TransitionandTurbulenceof
High-speedFlows•AerodynamicallyGeneratedSound•Vorticity-basedNumericalMethods•SimulationsofBiomedicalFlows
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•FluidMechanics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.5094
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/jeff-eldredge/
Rajit Gadh, Ph.D.Professor
Director, Smart Energy Research Center (SMERC)
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
InstituteoftheEnvironmentandSustainability
ExPERTiSE:
•SmartGrid•ElectricVehicleIntegrationintothe
Grid - V2G and G2V•Micro-grids•DemandResponse•RenewableIntegrationintoa
Smart Grid•Wireless,MobileInterfacesand
SensorsforI.T.-basedGridIntegration•InternetofThings(IoT)andCyber-
physical integration for Smart Grids•RFIDforTrackingAssets•Web-basedDesign,Visualization
and Collaboration
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•ManufacturingandDesign
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.267.4892
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/rajit-gadh/
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Nasr M. Ghoniem, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Materials Science and Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•MechanicalBehaviorof High-TemperatureMaterials
•RadiationInteractionwithMaterial•MaterialProcessingbyPlasma
and Beam Sources•PhysicsandMechanicsof
Material Defects•Energy•AerospaceMaterialsandStructures•Fusion
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ManufacturingandDesign•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics•StructuralMaterials
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.4866
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/nasr-ghoniem/
http://matrix.seas.ucla.edu/
James S. Gibson, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ControlandIdentificationofDynamical Systems
•OptimalandAdaptiveControlofDistributed Systems
•FlexibleStructuresandFluidFlows•IdentificationandNoiseCancellation
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.9362
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/steve-gibson/
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erospace Engineering
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Vijay Gupta, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering
Materials Science and Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•ExperimentalMechanics•FractureofEngineeringSolids•MechanicsofThinFilmandInterfaces•FailureMechanismsand
Characterization of Composite Materials
•IceMechanics•AerospaceMaterialsandStructures
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•Biomaterials•BiomedicalDevices•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•ManufacturingandDesign•Nanoengineering•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•PublicHealth,ResourceMonitoring
and Protection•SustainableInfrastructure
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.0223
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/vijay-gupta/
Dennis Hong, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•HumanoidsandBipedalRobots•RobotLocomotionandManipulation•RoboticPlatforms•AutonomousVehicles•MachineDesign•Kinematics&Mechanisms
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.9471
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/dennis-hong/
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erospace Engineering
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Jonathan B. Hopkins, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Design,Analysis,andFabricationofMicroarchitectured Materials
•DesignofCompliantMechanismsandFlexibleStructures
•PrecisionEngineering•AdvancedAdditiveFabrication
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ManufacturingandDesign•MEMSandNanotechnology•StructuralMaterials•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.8091
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/jonathan-b-hopkins/
http://www.jonathanbhopkins.com/
Yongjie Hu, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Micro/NanoscaleHeatTransferandElectronTransport
•UltrafastOpticalSpectroscopy•NanomaterialsDesignandProcessing•Thermal,Electronic,Optoelectronic,
andThermoelectricDevices•Nanoelectronics,quantumDevices•EnergyConversionandStorage
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CircuitsandEmbeddedSystems•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•HeatandMassTransfer•ManufacturingandDesign•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering•PhysicalandWaveElectronics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Nanoelectronics,Nanoelectronics
Materials Processing•RenewableEnergy•SustainableInfrastructure•Water•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7793
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/yongjie-hu/
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erospace Engineering
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Tetsuya Iwasaki, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•DynamicalSystems•RobustandOptimalControls•NonlinearOscillators•ResonanceEntrainment•ModelingandAnalysisofNeuronal
Circuits for Animal Locomotion•CentralPatternGenerators•Body-fluidInteractionDuring
UndulatoryandOscillatorySwimming
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2533
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/tetsuya-iwasaki/
Yongho Sungtaek Ju, Ph.DProfessor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•HeatandMassTransfer•RenewableEnergyGeneration•EnergyEfficiency•EnergyandWaterNexus•MicroandNanoscaleThermosciences•BioMEMSandNanotechnology
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•HeatandMassTransfer•HydrologyandWaterResources•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.0985
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/y-sungtaek-ju/
Mechanical and A
erospace Engineering
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Ann R. Karagozian, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•CombustionInstabilitiesinAerospacePropulsion Systems
•AlternativeFuelsandFuelAdditives•NumericalSimulationsofIonizedGas
FlowsandChemicallyReactiveFlows
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•FluidMechanics•HeatandMassTransfer
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.5653
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/ann- karagozian/
http://www.seas.ucla.edu/combustion/
http://ccas.seas.ucla.edu/
H. Pirouz Kavehpour, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•FluidMechanics•TransportPhenomenainBiological
Systems•PhysicsofContactLinePhenomena•ComplexFluidNon-isothermalFlows•MicroandNanoHeatGuides•Biomechanics•BiomedicalInstrumentation
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•FluidMechanics•HeatandMassTransfer•MEMSandNanotechnology
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.6494
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/pirouz-kavehpour/
http://www.seas.ucla.edu/cfip/
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erospace Engineering
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Chang-Jin (CJ) Kim, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
Bioengineering, California NanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•MicroelectromechanicalSystems(MEMS)
•Micro/NanoFabricationTechnol-ogies, Structures, Actuators, Devices and Systems
•MicrofluidicsInvolvingSurfaceTension,Droplets,Electrowetting
•SuperhydrophobicSurfacesforDragReduction, Biofouling Elimination
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•MEMSandNanotechnology
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.0267
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/chang-jin-kim/
http://cjmems.seas.ucla.edu/
J. John Kim, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Rockwell Collins Chair in Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•Turbulence•NumericalSimulationofTurbulent
andTransitionalFlows•FlowControl•NumericalAnalysis•Large-scaleScientificComputations
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•FluidMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON: email: [email protected]: 310.825.4373
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/john-kim/
http://www.turbulence.ucla.edu/
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erospace Engineering
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Adrienne G. Lavine, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•SolarThermalEnergyStorage•ThermalAspectsofPlasmonic
Nanolithography•ThermalEnergyHarvesting•CoupledThermalandMechanical
Phenomena•HeatTransferinManufacturing
Processes Such as Machining and Plasma-spray
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•HeatandMassTransfer
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7468
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/adrienne-lavine/
http://www.seas.ucla.edu/lavine/
Xiaochun Li, Ph.D.Professor
Raytheon Chair in Manufacturing Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•Scifacturing(Science-driven Manufacturing)
•InnovativeManufacturingandMaterials Processing
•SolidFreeformFabrication•NanoscienceandNanotechnology•LaserMicro/NanoMaterials
Processing•IntelligentMulti-scaleProcess/
SystemIntegration
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ManufacturingandDesign•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering•StructuralMaterials
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
•WirelessSensingandNetworking
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2383
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/xiaochun-li/
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erospace Engineering
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Kuo-Nan Liou, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiONS:
AtmosphericandOceanicSciences,Electrical Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•AtmosphericRadiativeTransferandRemote Sensing
•CloudsandAerosols•ClimateChange,RegionalClimate
Modeling in Mountains and Snow•LightScatteringbyIceCrystalsand
Aerosols
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•RenewableEnergy•Water
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.794.9832
http://people.atmos.ucla.edu/liou/
Christopher Lynch, Ph.D.Professor
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
ExPERTiSE:
•Ferroelectric,Magnetic,and Multiferroic Materials
•MechanicsofMaterials•SensorandActuatorApplications•Fracture,FatigueandFailureAnalysis
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•StructuralandSolidMechanics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Nanoelectronics,NanoelectronicsMaterials Processing
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7660
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/christopher-s-lynch/
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erospace Engineering
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Ajit K. Mal, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•MechanicsofSolids,Fractures, andFailure
•WavePropagation•AircraftNondestructiveEvaluation•CompositeMaterials•AerospaceMaterialsandStructures•StructuralHealthMonitoring•Biomechanics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•StructuralandSolidMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.5481
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/ajit-mal/
Robert T. M’Closkey, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•NonlinearControlTheory•DesignwithApplicationtoMechanical
and Aerospace Systems•Real-timeImplementation
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2909
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/robert-mcloskey/
http://www.sydyc.ucla.edu/home.htm
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erospace Engineering
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Jayathi Murthy, Ph.D.Professor
Dean of the School
ExPERTiSE:
•NanoscaleHeatTransfer•ComputationalFluidDynamics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•HeatandMassTransfer•FluidMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2938
http://engineering.ucla.edu/jayathi-y-murthy-dean/
Laurent Pilon, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•RadiationTransfer•Biophotonics•NanoscaleHeatTransfer•InterfacialandTransportPhenomena•MaterialsforEnergyApplications•NanoporousMaterials•WasteHeatEnergyHarvesting•EnergyStorage,Energyandthe
Environment•Foams•BiomedicalOptics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•CeramicsandCeramicProcessing•ElectricalandOpticalMaterials•HeatandMassTransfer•MedicalImagingInformatics•MEMSandNanotechnology•Nanoengineering
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.5598
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/laurent-pilon/
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erospace Engineering
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Jacob Rosen, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•MedicalRobotics•MedicalDevices•Biorobotics•Human-CenteredRobotics•SurgicalRobotics•WearableRobotics•RehabilitationRobotics•NeuralControl•Human-MachineInterface•Biomechanics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•ManufacturingandDesign•StructuralandSolidMechanics•StructuralEngineeringandMechanics•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.7793
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/jacob-rosen/
Veronica J. Santos, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•HandBiomechanics•NeuralControlofMovement•GraspandManipulation•Human-MachineSystems•Prosthetics•Robotics•Haptics•TactileSensors•MachineLearning•StochasticModeling
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•ArtificialIntelligence•BiomedicalDevices•ManufacturingandDesign•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2125
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/veronica-santos/
http://biomechatronicslab.ucla.edu
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erospace Engineering
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R. Mitchell Spearrin, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•Spectroscopy•MolecularGasDynamics•ChemicalKinetics•StatisticalThermodynamics•AppliedOptics•Combustion•EnergySystems
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•HeatandMassTransfer•FluidMechanics
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•HealthcareTechnologies
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]
Jason L. Speyer, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor
Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair in Engineering
OTHER AFFiLiATiON:
Electrical Engineering
ExPERTiSE:
•StochasticandDeterministicOptimalControlandEstimationwithApplication to Aerospace Systems, Guidance,FlightControl,FlightMechanics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•SignalsandSystems•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.4451
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/jason-speyer/
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erospace Engineering
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Tsu-Chin Tsao, Ph.D.Professor
Department Chair
ExPERTiSE:
•ModelingandControlofDynamicsSystems with Applications in Mechanical Systems
•ManufacturingProcesses•AutomotiveSystems•EnergySystems•DigitalControl•RepetitiveandLearningControl•AdaptiveandOptimalControl•MechatronicsandRobotics
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•BiomedicalDevices•ManufacturingandDesign•SystemsandControl
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREAS:
•HealthcareTechnologies•RenewableEnergy•Systems,DynamicsandControl
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.206.2819
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/tsu-chin-tsao/
Richard Wirz, Ph.D.Associate Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•PlasmaPropulsion(ElectricPropulsion)•Partially-ionizedPlasmaDischarges
andConfinement•MiniaturePlasmaThrustersandDevices•RenewableEnergy•WindEnergy•SolarThermalEnergy
MAjOR RESEARCH AREAS:
•FluidMechanics•HeatandMassTransfer
MAjOR CROSS-DiSCiPLiNARy
RESEARCH AREA:
•RenewableEnergy
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.5489
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/richard-wirz/
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erospace Engineering
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Xiaolin Zhong, Ph.D.Professor
ExPERTiSE:
•ComputationalFluidDynamics•HypersonicFlow•High-orderMethodsforHigh-speed
FlowSimulation•NumericalSimulationofTransient
HypersonicFlowwithNonequilibriumRealGasEffects
•InstabilityandTransitionofHypersonic Boundary Layers
MAjOR RESEARCH AREA:
•FluidMechanics
CONTACT iNFORMATiON:
email: [email protected]: 310.825.2905
http://www.mae.ucla.edu/xiaolin-zhong/
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erospace Engineering
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Centers of Excellence
TheUCLAHenrySamueliSchoolofEngineeringandApplied
Science is home to 9 centers of excellence funded by
government agencies and leading industry groups to spur
researchinpromisingfieldsandaddressthemajorengineering
challenges of our times. Each of the following centers is based at
UCLAEngineeringandreceivesinexcessof$1millionayearto
pursue its research goals.
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Centers of exCellenCe
CENTER FOR DOMAiN-SPECiFiC COMPUTiNg (CDSC)
Distinguished Professor Jason Cong, Directorhttp://www.cdsc.ucla.edu/
CENTER FOR ENCRyPTED FUNCTiONALiTiES
Professor Amit Sahai, Directorhttp://www.cs.ucla.edu/cef/
CENTER FOR FUNCTiON ACCELERATED NANOMATERiAL ENgiNEERiNg (FAME)
Professor Jane P. Chang, Directorhttp://fame-nano.org/
CENTER FOR TRANSLATiONAL APPLiCATiONS OF NANOSCALE MULTiFERROiC SySTEMS (TANMS)
Professor Gregory Carman, Directorhttp://www.tanms-erc.org/
CENTER OF ExCELLENCE FOR gREEN NANOTECHNOLOgiES (CEgN)
DistinguishedProfessorKangWang,Directorhttp://www.cegn.kacst-jcep.org/
NAMED DATA NETwORkiNg (NDN)
Professor Lixia Zhang, Directorhttp://named-data.net/
SMART gRiD ENERgy RESEARCH CENTER (SMERC)
Professor Rajit Gadh, Directorhttp://smartgrid.ucla.edu/
wESTERN iNSTiTUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOgy ON gREEN ENgiNEERiNg AND METROLOgy (wiN-gEM)
DistinguishedProfessorKangWang,Directorhttp://www.win-nano.org/
wiRELESS HEALTH iNSTiTUTE (wHi)
ProfessorWilliamKaiser,DistinguishedProfessor Majid Sarrafzadeh and Dr. Bruce Dobkin, Co-directorshttp://www.wirelesshealth.ucla.edu/
Centers o
f Excellence
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Faculty by Name
Faculty
123
AMohamed Abdou, 102Denise Aberle, 5Asad Abidi, 64Abeer Alwan, 64KatsushiArisaka,65
BMathieu Bauchy, 31OddvarBendiksen,102Scott Brandenberg, 31Henry Burton, 32
CDanijela Cabric, 65RussellCaflisch,91Robert Candler, 66Gregory Carman, 103Jane P. Chang, 21M.C.FrankChang,66Yvonne Chen, 21Yong Chen, 103Eric P.Y. Chiou, 104Junghoo (John) Cho, 42PanagiotisChristofides,22ChiOnChui,67Mark Cohen, 5Yoram Cohen, 22TysonCondie,42Jason Cong, 43Samuel Coogan, 67IanCook,6
DBabak Daneshrad, 68Adnan Darwiche, 43JamesF.Davis,23TimothyDeming,7VijayK.Dhir,104Dino Di Carlo, 7Linda Demer, 6TimothyDeming,7Suhas Diggavi, 68JosephDiStefanoIII,44Lara Dolecek, 69
Bruce Dunn, 91James Dunn, 8Michael Dyer, 44
EPaul Eggert, 45JeffEldredge,105Daniel Ennis, 8Milos Ercegovac, 45Jason Ernst, 46Eleazar Eskin, 46
FChristinaFragouli,69
GRajit Gadh, 105Eliezer Gafni, 47Robin Garrell, 9Mekonnen Gebremichael, 32Mario Gerla, 47Nasr Ghoniem, 106James S. Gibson, 106Mark Goorsky, 92Warren Grundfest, 9Puneet Gupta, 70 Vijay Gupta, 107
HLei He, 70Robert Hicks, 23Dean Ho, 10Eric Hoek, 33Dennis Hong, 107Jonathan Hopkins, 108KendallHouk, 24TzungHsiai,10Yongjie Hu, 108Yu Huang, 92DianaHuffaker,71
ITatsuoItoh,71TetsuyaIwasaki,109SubramanianIyer,72
Faculty
124
JBahram Jalali, 72Mona Jarrahi, 73Jennifer Jay, 33Chandrashekhar Joshi, 73Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109
KWilliamKaiser,74IoannaKakoulli,93DanielKamei,11RichardKaner,93AnnKaragozian,110AndreaKasko,11H.PirouzKavehpour,110Chang-Jin(CJ)Kim,111J.JohnKim,111MiryungKim, 47SuneelKodambaka,94RichardKorf,48
LAdrienne Lavine, 112Christopher Lee, 49Dennis Lettenmaier, 34Debiao Li, 12XiaochunLi,112Song Li, 12James Liao, 13, 24Kuo-NanLiou,113Jia-Ming Liu, 74Wentai Liu, 13Songwu Lu, 49Yunfeng Lu, 25Christopher Lynch, 113
MAman Mahajan, 14Shaily Mahendra, 35Ajit Mal, 114Vasilios Manousiouthakis, 25Steven Margulis, 35Jaime Marian, 94Dejan Markovic, 75
Robert M’Closkey, 114Ankur Mehta, 75Raghu Meka, 50ToddMillstein,50HaroldMonbouquette,26Warren Mori, 76Ali Mosleh, 95Jayathi Murthy, 115
OStanleyOsher,51RafailOstrovsky,51ThomasOtis, 76AydoganOzcan,77VidvudsOzolins,95
PJens Palsberg, 52Sudhakar Pamarti, 77D. Stott Parker, 52C.KumarPatel,78Qibing Pei, 96Laurent Pilon, 115Miodrag Potkonjak, 53Gregory Pottie, 78
RYahya Rahmat-Samii, 79Behzad Razavi, 79Glenn Reinman, 53Jacob Rosen, 116Vwani Roychowdhury, 80IzhakRubin,80
SAmit Sahai, 54Henry Samueli, 81 Sriram Sankararaman, 54Guarav Sant, 36Veronica Santos, 116Majid Sarrafzadeh, 55Ali Sayed, 81Jacob Schmidt, 14TatianaSegura,26Stephanie Seidlits, 15Selim Senkan, 27
Faculty
125
FeiSha, 55Alexander Sherstov, 59KalyanamShivkumar,15Dante Simonetti, 27David Smallberg, 56Stefano Soatto, 57R. Mitchell Spearrin, 117Jason Speyer, 117Mani Srivastava, 82OscarStafsudd,82Michael Stenstrom, 36Jonathan P. Stewart, 37Dwight Streit, 96Ren Sun, 16
TPauloTabuada,83EtrugrulTaciroglu,37AmeetTalwalkar,57YuvalTamir,58YiTang,28MichaelTeitell,16DemetriTerzopoulos,58SarahTolbert,97Tsu-ChinTsao,118
VGuy Van den Broeck, 59Lieven Vanderberghe, 83Mihaela van der Schaar, 84John Villasenor, 84Mladen Vucetic, 38
WJohn Wallace, 38Cun Yu Wang, 17KangWang,85Wei Wang, 59Yuanxan Ethan Wang, 85Paul Weiss, 97Richard Wesel, 86Benjamin Williams, 86Richard Wirz, 118Chee Wei Wong, 87Gerard Wong, 17
Jason C.S. Woo, 87Benjamin Wu, 18
XYa-HongXie,98
YC.-K.KenYang,88Jenn-Ming Yang, 98Yang Yang, 99William W-G. Yeh, 39Alan Yuille, 60
ZCarlo Zaniolo, 60Jian Zhang, 39Lixia Zhang, 61XiaolinZhong,119Song Chun Zhu, 61
Faculty
126
Faculty by Major Research Areas
ArtificialIntelligence
Biomaterials
Biomedical Devices
Biomolecular Engineering and Systems Biology
Ceramics and Ceramic Processing
Circuits and Embedded Systems
Computational Systems Biology
ComputerScienceTheory
Computer System Architecture and CAD
ElectricalandOpticalMaterials
Environmental Engineering
FluidMechanics
Geotechnical Engineering
Graphics and Vision
HeatandMassTransfer
Hydrology and Water Resources
InformationandDataManagement
Manufacturing and Design
MedicalImagingInformatics
MEMS and Nanotechnology
Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering
Nanoengineering
Network Systems
Physical and Wave Electronics
Process System Engineering
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Signals and Systems
Software Systems
Structural and Solid Mechanics
Structural Engineering and Mechanics
Structural Materials
Systems and Control
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ARTiFiCiAL iNTELLigENCE
Abeer Alwan, 64Adnan Darwiche, 43Michael Dyer, 44RichardKorf,48Sriram Sankararaman, 54Veronica Santos, 116FeiSha, 55Alexander Sherstov, 56David Smallberg, 56Stefano Soatto, 57DemetriTerzopoulos,58Guy Van den Broeck, 59Mihaela van der Schaar, 84Song Chun Zhu, 61
BiOMATERiALS
IanCook,6TimothyDeming,7Dino Di Carlo, 7James Dunn, 8Daniel Ennis, 8Warren Grundfest, 9Vijay Gupta, 107Dean Ho, 10Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34AndreaKasko,11Guarav Sant, 36TatianaSegura,26Stephanie Seidlits, 15Paul Weiss, 97Gerard Wong, 17Benjamin Wu, 18
BiOMEDiCAL DEviCES
Robert Candler, 66Gregory Carman, 103Eric P.Y. Chiou, 104ChiOnChui,67 IanCook,6Dino Di Carlo, 7James Dunn, 8Warren Grundfest, 9Vijay Gupta, 107Dean Ho, 10
TzungHsiai,10Bahram Jalali, 72Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109WilliamKaiser,74DanielKamei,11Debiao Li, 12Wentai Liu, 13Dejan Markovic, 75AydoganOzcan,77Laurent Pilon, 115Yahya Rahmat-Samii, 79Jacob Rosen, 116Veronica Santos, 116Jacob Schmidt, 14KalyanamShivkumar,15R. Mitchell Spearrin, 117OscarStafsudd,82MichaelTeitell,16Tsu-ChinTsao,118Paul Weiss, 97Benjamin Wu, 18Ya-HongXie,98
BiOMOLECULAR ENgiNEERiNg AND
SySTEMS BiOLOgy
IanCook,6Yvonne Chen, 21TzungHsiai,10KendallHouk, 24James Liao, 24HaroldMonbouquette,26TatianaSegura,26Stephanie Seidlits, 15MichaelTeitell,16YiTang,28
CERAMiCS AND CERAMiC PROCESSiNg
Mathieu Bauchy, 31Bruce Dunn, 91Mark Goorsky, 92Vijay Gupta, 107Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34IoannaKakoulli,93RichardKaner,93SuneelKodambaka,94
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Christopher Lynch, 113VidvudsOzolins,95Laurent Pilon, 115Guarav Sant, 36Benjamin Wu, 18
CiRCUiTS AND EMBEDDED SySTEMS
Asad Abidi, 64Danijela Cabric, 65M.C.FrankChang,66Babak Daneshrad, 68Puneet Gupta, 70Lei He, 70Yongjie Hu, 108SubramanianIyer,72WilliamKaiser,74Dejan Markovic, 75Ankur M. Mehta, 75Sudhakar Pamarti, 77Behzad Razavi, 79Henry Samueli, 81Majid Sarrafzadeh, 55Mani Srivastava, 82PauloTabuada,83Yuanxan Ethan Wang, 85C.-K.KenYang,88
COMPUTATiONAL SySTEMS BiOLOgy
JosephDiStefanoIII,44Daniel Ennis, 8Jason Ernst, 46Eleazar Eskin, 46Christopher Lee, 49StanleyOsher,51D. Stott Parker, 52Sriram Sankararaman, 54Ren Sun, 16 AmeetTalwalkar,57Wei Wang, 59
COMPUTER SCiENCE THEORy
Eliezer Gafni, 47RafailOstrovsky,51Glenn Reinman, 53Amit Sahai, 54Alexander Sherstov, 56David Smallberg, 56
COMPUTER SySTEM ARCHiTECTURE
AND COMPUTER-ASSiSTED DESigN
(CAD)
Jason Cong, 43Milos Ercegovac, 45Puneet Gupta, 70Lei He, 70WilliamKaiser,74Miodrag Potkonjak, 53Majid Sarrafzadeh, 55YuvalTamir,58DemetriTerzopoulos,58
ELECTRiCAL AND OPTiCAL MATERiALS
Jane P. Chang, 21Yong Chen, 103IanCook,6Bruce Dunn, 91Mark Goorsky, 92Yongjie Hu, 108Yu Huang, 92RichardKaner,93SuneelKodambaka,94Jia-Ming Liu, 74Christopher Lynch, 113AydoganOzcan,77VidvudsOzolins,95C.KumarPatel,78Qibing Pei, 96Laurent Pilon, 115OscarStafsudd,82Dwight Streit, 96SarahTolbert,97Benjamin Williams, 86Chee Wei Wong, 87Ya-HongXie,98Yang Yang, 99
ENviRONMENTAL ENgiNEERiNg
Mekonnen Gebremichael, 32Lei He, 70Eric Hoek, 33Jennifer Jay, 33 Dennis Lettenmaier, 34Shaily Mahendra, 35Guarav Sant, 36
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Selim Senkan, 27Michael Stenstrom, 36
FLUiD MECHANiCS
Mohamed Abdou, 102RussellCaflisch,91Dino Di Carlo, 7JeffEldredge,105Daniel Ennis, 8AnnKaragozian,110H.PirouzKavehpour,110J.JohnKim,111Jayathi Murthy, 115R. Mitchell Spearrin, 117Richard Wirz, 118XiaolinZhong,119
gEOTECHNiCAL ENgiNEERiNg
Scott Brandenberg, 31Henry Burton, 32Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34Jonathan P. Stewart, 37EtrugrulTaciroglu,37Mladen Vucetic, 38
gRAPHiCS AND viSiON
StanleyOsher,51Stefano Soatto, 57DemetriTerzopoulos,58Alan Yuille, 60Song Chun Zhu, 61
HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Mohamed Abdou, 102VijayK.Dhir,104Yongjie Hu, 108Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109AnnKaragozian,110H.PirouzKavehpour,110Adrienne Lavine, 112Jayathi Murthy, 115Laurent Pilon, 115Guarav Sant, 36Richard Wirz, 118
HyDROLOgy AND wATER RESOURCES
PanagiotisChristofides,22Yoram Cohen, 22
Mekonnen Gebremichael, 32Lei He, 70Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109Dennis Lettenmaier, 34Steven Margulis, 35Michael Stenstrom, 36Ya-HongXie,98William W-G Yeh, 39
iNFORMATiON AND DATA
MANAgEMENT
Abeer Alwan, 64 Junghoo (John) Cho, 42TysonCondie,42James Davis, 23 Mario Gerla, 47Lei He, 70 WilliamKaiser,74StanleyOsher,51D. Stott Parker, 52Gregory Pottie, 78IzhakRubin,80Stefano Soatto, 57AmeetTalwalkar,57Mihaela van der Schaar, 84Wei Wang, 59Carlo Zaniolo, 60Lixia Zhang, 61
MANUFACTURiNg AND DESigN
JamesF.Davis,23Rajit Gadh, 105Nasr Ghoniem, 106Vijay Gupta, 107Lei He, 70 Jonathan Hopkins, 108Yongjie Hu, 108XiaochunLi,112Ajit Mal, 114Ankur Mehta, 75Jacob Rosen, 116Veronica Santos, 116Tsu-ChinTsao,118Chee Wei Wong, 87
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MEDiCAL iMAgiNg iNFORMATiCS
Denise Aberle, 5M.C.FrankChang,66Mark Cohen, 5IanCook,6Debiao Li, 12StanleyOsher,51AydoganOzcan,77D. Stott Parker, 52Laurent Pilon, 115Majid Sarrafzadeh, 55Stefano Soatto, 57R. Mitchell Spearrin, 117OscarStafsudd,82DemetriTerzopoulos,58
MEMS AND NANOTECHNOLOgy
Robert Candler, 66Gregory Carman, 103Yong Chen, 103Eric P.Y. Chiou, 104IanCook,6Dino Di Carlo, 7Jonathan Hopkins, 108Yongjie Hu, 108Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109H.PirouzKavehpour,110Chang-Jin(CJ)Kim,111XiaochunLi,112Wentai Liu, 13StanleyOsher,51Qibing Pei, 96Laurent Pilon, 115MichaelTeitell,16Paul Weiss, 97Benjamin Williams, 86Ya-HongXie,98
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR
BiOENgiNEERiNg
Yvonne Chen, 21Linda Demer, 6TimothyDeming,7Dino Di Carlo, 7Robin Garrell, 9Dean Ho, 10
TzungHsiai,10DanielKamei,11Song Li, 12TatianaSegura,26Stephanie Seidlits, 15YiTang,28MichaelTeitell,16Cun Yu Wang, 17Gerard Wong, 17Benjamin Wu, 18
NANOENgiNEERiNg
Mathieu Bauchy, 31Robert Candler, 66Gregory Carman, 103Jane P. Chang, 21PanagiotisChristofides,22Yoram Cohen, 22IanCook,6Dino Di Carlo, 7Vijay Gupta, 107Robert Hicks, 23Yongjie Hu, 108Yu Huang, 92Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109DanielKamei,11SuneelKodambaka,94XiaochunLi,112Jia-Ming Liu, 74Yunfeng Lu, 25HaroldMonbouquette,26AydoganOzcan,77Laurent Pilon, 115Yahya Rahmat-Samii, 79TatianaSegura,26MichaelTeitell,16Paul Weiss, 97Chee Wei Wong, 87Gerard Wong, 17Ya-HongXie,98
NETwORk SySTEMS
ChristinaFragouli,69Eliezer Gafni, 47Mario Gerla, 47
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Songwu Lu, 49Ankur M. Mehta, 75Gregory Pottie, 78IzhakRubin,80Ali Sayed, 81Mani Srivastava, 82YuvalTamir,58Mihaela van der Schaar, 84Lixia Zhang, 61
PHySiCAL AND wAvE ELECTRONiCS
KatsushiArisaka,65Robert Candler, 66M.C.FrankChang,66ChiOnChui,67Yongjie Hu, 108DianaHuffaker,71TatsuoItoh,71Bahram Jalali, 72Mona Jarrahi, 73Chandrashekhar Joshi, 73Jia-Ming Liu, 74Warren Mori, 76StanleyOsher,51ThomasOtis, 76AydoganOzcan,77C.KumarPatel,78Yahya Rahmat-Samii, 79OscarStafsudd,82Dwight Streit, 96Yuanxan Ethan Wang, 85Paul Weiss, 97Benjamin Williams, 86Jason C.S. Woo, 87Ya-HongXie,98
PROCESS SySTEM ENgiNEERiNg
PanagiotisChristofides,22JamesF.Davis,23Vasilios Manousiouthakis, 25
SEMiCONDUCTOR MANUFACTURiNg
Jane P. Chang, 20PanagiotisChristofides,21ChiOnChui,67Robert Hicks, 23
Yu Huang, 92SubramanianIyer,72Vasilios Manousiouthakis, 25StanleyOsher,51C.KumarPatel,78Selim Senkan, 27Dwight Streit, 96
SigNALS AND SySTEMS
Abeer Alwan, 64PanagiotisChristofides,22Samuel Coogan, 67IanCook,6Suhas Diggavi, 68Lara Dolecek, 69ChristinaFragouli,69TetsuyaIwasaki,109Debiao Li, 12 Wentai Liu, 13StanleyOsher,51Gregory Pottie, 78Vwani Roychowdhury, 80IzhakRubin,80Veronica Santos, 116Ali Sayed, 81Stefano Soatto, 57Jason Speyer, 117PauloTabuada,83Lieven Vanderberghe, 83Mihaela van der Schaar, 84John Villasenor, 84Richard Wesel, 86
SOFTwARE SySTEMS
Paul Eggert, 45Mario Gerla, 47Lei He, 70MiryungKim, 47ToddMillstein,50Jens Palsberg, 52David Smallberg, 56YuvalTamir,58Lixia Zhang, 61
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STRUCTURAL AND SOLiD MECHANiCS
Mathieu Bauchy, 31OddvarBendiksen,102Gregory Carman, 103Nasr Ghoniem, 106Vijay Gupta, 107Jonathan Hopkins, 108Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34Christopher Lynch, 113Ajit Mal, 114Jaime Marian, 94Jacob Rosen, 116ErtugrulTaciroglu,37Jian Zhang, 39
STRUCTURAL ENgiNEERiNg AND
MECHANiCS
Henry Burton, 32Gregory Carman, 103Nasr Ghoniem, 106Vijay Gupta, 107Jonathan Hopkins, 108Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34Jacob Rosen, 116ErtugrulTaciroglu,37John Wallace, 38Jian Zhang, 39
STRUCTURAL MATERiALS
Mohamed Abdou, 102Mathieu Bauchy, 31RussellCaflisch,91Gregory Carman, 103Jane P. Chang, 21Yong Chen, 103Nasr Ghoniem, 106Vijay Gupta, 107Robert Hicks, 23Jonathan Hopkins, 108Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34IoannaKakoulli,93RichardKaner,93SuneelKodambaka,94XiaochunLi,112VidvudsOzolins,95Guarav Sant, 36
ErtugrulTaciroglu,37SarahTolbert,97Benjamin Wu, 18Jenn-Ming Yang, 98
SySTEMS AND CONTROL
Abeer Alwan, 64Samuel Coogan, 67James Davis, 23 James S. Gibson, 106TetsuyaIwasaki,109Robert M’Closkey, 114Ankur Mehta, 75Ali Mosleh, 95StanleyOsher,51Jacob Rosen, 116IzhakRubin,80Veronica Santos, 116Ali Sayed, 81Stefano Soatto, 57Jason Speyer, 117PauloTabuada,83Tsu-ChinTsao,118Lieven Vanderberghe, 83Mihaela van der Schaar, 84
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Faculty by Major Cross-Disciplinary Research Areas
Cybersecurity
HealthcareTechnologies
Nanoelectronics, Nanoelectronics Materials Processing
Public Health, Resource Monitoring and Protection
Renewable Energy
SustainableInfrastructure
Systems, Dynamics and Control
Water
Wireless Sensing and Networking
134
CyBERSECURiTy
Suhas Diggavi, 68ChristinaFragouli,69Mario Gerla, 47Lei He, 70 MiryungKim, 47Songwu Lu, 49ToddMillstein,50RafailOstrovsky,51Miodrag Potkonjak, 53Amit Sahai, 54John Villasenor, 84
HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOgiES
Denise Aberle, 5 Abeer Alwan, 64 Robert Candler, 66 M.C.FrankChang,66 Yvonne Chen, 21Eric P.Y. Chiou, 104PanagiotisChristofides,22 ChiOnChui,67 Mark Cohen, 5 Jason (Jingsheng) Cong, 43 IanA.Cook,6 Adnan Darwiche, 43TimothyDeming,7 Dino Di Carlo, 7 JosephDiStefanoIII,44 James Dunn, 8 JeffEldredge,105Eleazar Eskin, 46 Mario Gerla, 47Warren Grundfest, 9Vijay Gupta, 107Dean Ho, 10 Eric Hoek, 33KandallHouk, 24TzungHsiai, 10 Yongjie Hu, 108Bahram Jalali, 72Mona Jarrahi, 73Chandrashekhar Joshi, 73 Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109WilliamKaiser,74 DanielKamei,11
AndreaKasko,11 Debiao Li, 12 Song Li, 12James Liao, 13, 24 Wentai Liu, 13 Yunfeng Lu, 25Aman Mahajan, 14Dejan Markovic, 75 HaroldMonbouquette,26 StanleyOsher,51ThomasOtis,76AydoganOzcan,77 D. Stott Parker, Jr., 52Laurent Pilon, 115Miodrag Potkonjak, 53Gregory Pottie, 78 Yahya Rahmat-Samii, 79Jacob Rosen, 116 Vwani Roychowdhury, 80 Veronica Santos, 116Majid Sarrafzadeh, 55Ali Sayed, 81Jacob Schmidt, 14 TatianaSegura,26 Stephanie Seidlits, 15KalyanamShivkumar,15R. Mitchell Spearrin, 117Mani Srivastava, 82 OscarStafsudd,82YiTang,28MichaelTeitell,16DemetriTerzopoulos,58Tsu-ChinTsao,118Mihaela van der Schaar, 84Gerard Wong, 17 Benjamin Wu, 18Ya-HongXie,98
NANOELECTRONiCS, NANOELECTRONiCS
MATERiALS PROCESSiNg
Mathieu Bauchy, 31Robert Candler, 66 Gregory Carman, 103Jane P. Chang, 21 ChiOnChui,67 Jason (Jingsheng) Cong, 43
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IanA.Cook,6 Bruce Dunn, 91 Puneet Gupta, 70 Yongjie Hu, 108Yu Huang, 92DianaHuffaker,71 RichardKaner,93 SuneelKodambaka,94XiaochunLi,112Christopher Lynch, 113StanleyOsher,51VidvudsOzolins,95Yahya Rahmat-Samii, 79Vwani Roychowdhury, 80Dwight Streit, 96SarahTolbert,97KangWang,85Yuanxun Ethan Wang, 85 Chee Wei Wong, 87 Benjamin Wu, 18Ya-HongXie,98
PUBLiC HEALTH, RESOURCE
MONiTORiNg AND PROTECTiON
Yoram Cohen, 22 Mekonnen Gebremichael, 32Vijay Gupta, 107Bahram Jalali, 72Jennifer Jay, 33 Dennis Lettenmaier, 34Shaily Mahendra, 35Steven Margulis, 35AydoganOzcan,77 R. Mitchell Spearrin, 117YiTang,28 Mihaela van der Schaar, 84Gerard Wong, 17Benjamin Wu, 18
RENEwABLE ENERgy
Mohamed Abdou, 102Jane P. Chang, 21 PanagiotisChristofides,22 Vijay Dhir, 104Bruce Dunn, 91 Rajit Gadh, 105
Mario Gerla, 47Lei He, 70Eric Hoek, 33 Yongjie Hu, 108Yu Huang, 92DianaHuffaker,71 Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109RichardKaner,93 AnnKaragozian,110SuneelKodambaka,94Adrienne Lavine, 112James Liao, 13, 24 Kuo-NanLiou,113Yunfeng Lu, 25 Shaily Mahendra, 35Vasilios Manousiouthakis, 25 Steven Margulis, 35 StanleyOsher,51 VidvudsOzolins,95Laurent Pilon, 115Miodrag Potkonjak, 53Dante Simonetti, 27OscarStafsudd,82 SarahTolbert,97 Tsu-ChinTsao,118Mihaela van der Schaar, 84Richard Wirz, 118Ya-HongXie,98 Yang Yang, 99
SUSTAiNABLE iNFRASTRUCTURE
Mathieu Bauchy, 31Scott Brandenberg, 31Jason (Jingsheng) Cong, 43 Rajit Gadh, 105Vijay Gupta, 107Lei He, 70Eric Hoek, 33 Yongjie Hu, 108DianaHuffaker,71 Jiann-Wen (Woody) Ju, 34Songwu Lu, 49Shaily Mahendra, 35 Steven Margulis, 35 AydoganOzcan,77Miodrag Potkonjak, 53
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Gaurav Sant, 36Selim Senkan, 27Mani Srivastava, 82 Jonathan Stewart, 37ErtugrulTaciroglu,37Ya-HongXie,98 Jenn-Ming Yang, 98Jian Zhang, 39
SySTEMS, DyNAMiCS
AND CONTROL
Abeer Alwan, 64 Robert Candler, 66 PanagiotisChristofides,22 Yoram Cohen, 22Samuel Coogan, 67 JosephDiStefanoIII,44 James S. Gibson, 106Jonathan Hopkins, 108TetsuyaIwasaki,109Chandrashekhar Joshi, 73XiaochunLi,112Vasilios Manousiouthakis, 25Steven Margulis, 35 Robert M’Closkey, 114Ankur M. Mehta, 75Ali Mosleh, 95StanleyOsher,51 Jacob Rosen, 116 IzhakRubin,80Veronica Santos, 116Ali H. Sayed, 81 Jason Speyer, 117PauloTabuada,83Tsu-ChinTsao,118Lieven Vandenberghe, 83Richard Wesel, 86
wATER
Scott Brandenberg, 31PanagiotisChristofides,22 Yoram Cohen, 22 Mekonnen Gebremichael, 32 Lei He, 70Yongjie Hu, 108Jennifer Jay, 33
Yongho Sungtaek Ju, 109RichardKaner,93Dennis Lettenmaier, 34Kuo-NanLiou,113Shaily Mahendra, 35 Steven Margulis, 35 AydoganOzcan,77 Michael Stenstrom, 36Jonathan Stewart, 37Gerard Wong, 17William W-G. Yeh, 39
wiRELESS SENSiNg AND
NETwORkiNg
Abeer Alwan, 64 Danijela Cabric, 65 Robert Candler, 66 Suhas Diggavi, 68ChristinaFragouli,69Rajit Gadh, 105 Mario Gerla, 47Lei He, 70Yongjie Hu, 108Mona Jarrahi, 73Chandrashekhar Joshi, 73WilliamKaiser,74XiaochunLi,112Wentai Liu, 13 Songwu Lu, 49Steven Margulis, 35 Dejan Markovic, 75 Ankur M. Mehta, 75ToddMillstein,50StanleyOsher,51AydoganOzcan,77 Miodrag Potkonjak, 53Gregory Pottie, 78 Yahya Rahmat-Samii, 79IzhakRubin,80Majid Sarrafzadeh, 55Ali Sayed, 81 Mani Srivastava, 82Mihaela van der Schaar, 84Yuanxun Ethan Wang, 85 Benjamin Wu, 18
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