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FADI ALSALEEMAssistant Professor, The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Hashemite University, Jordan / M.S., Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton

Previous Experience:l Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State Universityl Senior lead algorithm engineer, Emerson Climate Technology l MEMS control engineer, MicrostaQ Inc. (Austin, Texas)

Research:l Nonlinear dynamics of MEMS, Smart MEMS, IoT, smart building, online monitoring and diagnostics, Big Data analysis

ASHRAF ALY HASSANResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.Sc., Civil Engineering, Cairo University / M.Sc., Urban Environmental Management, Wageningen University / Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Previous Experience:l R&D team leader, BioAir Solutionsl Nebraska Department of Environmental Qualityl ORISE postdoctoral fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) National Risk Management Research Laboratory

Research:l Emission control technologies; biological treatment of recalcitrant air toxics; atmospheric and indoor air pollution control; treatment, fate, transport of emerging contaminants; advanced water/wastewater

treatment processes development

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Biological Systems Engineering Forrest Kievit Theo Lioutas Tiffany Messer Aaron Mittelstet Yeyin Shi Rebecca Wachs Mark Wilkins

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Shudipto Konika Dishari Siamak Nejati Rajib Saha

Civil Engineering Jongwan Eun Ashraf Aly Hassan George Hunt Seunghee Kim Christine Wittich

Computer Science & Engineering Hamid Bagheri Brady Garvin Thanhvu Nguyen

The Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction Fadi Alsaleem

Electrical & Computer Engineering Andrew Harms

Mechanical & Materials Engineering Jae Sung Park Prahalada Rao Ruiguo Yang

DEPARTMENTS

SHUDIPTO KONIKA DISHARI Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology / Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral researcher, Chemical Engineering Department/Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Research:l Research spans biotechnology to energy applications, including polymers and nanomaterials, thin films and membranes, energy, chemobiorecognition and biomedical applications

JONGWAN EUNAssistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., Yonsei University, South Korea / M.S., University of Texas at Austin / Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering (Geoenvironmental Engineering emphasis), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Previous Experience:l Lecturer and research associate, New York University Abu Dhabil Postdoctoral work, UW-Madisonl Field engineer, Dongmyung E&C Co.

Research:l Analysis and design optimization of geotechnical and geoenvironmental systems, energy geotechnics, radioactive material disposal facility

BRADY GARVINAssistant Professor of Practice, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Computer Science, Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management) / M.S., Software Engineering, University of Nebraska / Ph.D., Software Engineering, University of Nebraska

Previous Experience:l Lecturer, Nebraska Wesleyan University l Projects with Mutual of Omaha, Design Data, IBM, and NASA

Research:l Software engineering focusing on feature-interaction faults, faults that are only detectable when certain combinations of features appear in a system’s configuration

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HAMID BAGHERIAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.Sc., Computer Engineering, University of Tehran / M.Sc., Software Engineering, Sharif University of Technology / Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Virginia

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral researcher, School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine l Postdoctoral research fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research:l Software engineering, particularly in practical software analysis and synthesis l Compositional analysis of Android inter-app vulnerabilities, synthesis of application-specific frameworks, synthesis of tradeoff spaces for object-relational databases


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GEORGE HUNTAssistant Professor of Practice, Department of Civil Engineering SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., Physics, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) / M.E., Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering), University of Virginia

Previous Experience:l Senior civil engineer, Burns and McDonnelll 13 years of professional experience in civil engineering, including North Carolina Division of Water Quality and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Research:l Surface water hydrology, hydrodynamic and water quality modeling, watershed management

SEUNGHEE KIMAssistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., M.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / Ph.D., Georgia Tech

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austinl Assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western New England University

Research:l Energy geotechnology: modeling and experiment for hydro-chemo-thermo-mechanically coupled processesl Reactive and/or multiphase fluid flow in porous medial Induced seismicity/earthquakes

FORREST KIEVITAssistant Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering EAST CAMPUSB.S., Bioengineering; Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral and research faculty, Neurological Surgery Department, University of Washington

Research:l Developing nanoparticle-based delivery vehicles for transport into the brain for more effective brain cancer and brain injury treatmentsl Nanoparticle-mediated delivery of nucleic acids into brain tumors


ANDREW HARMSAssistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame / Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral researcher, Duke University l Air Force Research Labs

Research:l Statistical signal processing, efficient sampling and processing of signals, information theory, signal processing for radar systems

AARON MITTELSTETAssistant Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering EAST CAMPUSB.S., Zoology, Oklahoma State University / M.S., Environmental Science / Ph.D., Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department, Oklahoma State University

Previous Experience:l Peace Corps in Guatemala, focus on animal husbandryl Taught English in Spain; Spanish and English as a Second Language, Enid Public Schools in Oklahoma

Research:l Basic and applied research in hydrologic processes and water resources management at multiple scales: emphasis on understanding water resources within watersheds, specifically the water balance

SIAMAK NEJATIAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., M.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology / Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Drexel University

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University

Research:l Polymeric materials, nanostructures and coatings - developing economically viable and advanced methods for addressing the current challenges to water and energy supplies and security

THANHVU NGUYENAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., M.S., Computer Science, Pennsylvania State University / Ph.D., Computer Science, University of New Mexico

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral work, University of Maryland

Research:l Intersection of software engineering and programming languages, with a particular focus on using static

and dynamic analyses for automatic invariant generation and program repair

THEO LIOUTASResearch Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering EAST CAMPUSB.S., Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece / M.S., Agricultural Engineering; Ph.D., Food Chemistry and Food Science, University of Illinois

Previous Experience:l Chief Science and Technology officer, McCain Foods Limited l Senior vice president of Global Research and Development, Brown-Formanl Positions with General Mills, Campbell Soup, Kraft Foods, Jacobs-Suchard, Tropicana/Pepsico

Research:l Integrating R&D and innovation into global functions to fuel new business growthl Managing and utilizing agricultural science and technology to produce proprietary crop innovations

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RAJIB SAHAAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology / M.S., Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Costas Maranas Lab, Pennsylvania State University

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral research associate, Himadri Pakrasi Lab (Biology Department), Washington University in St. Louis

Research:l Reconstruction and analysis of genome-scale and community models, systems-level analysis of ‘omics’ data, development of genetic toolkit and engineering metabolic pathways, redesign of photosynthetic apparatus and carbon fixing mechanism

MARK WILKINSProfessor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering EAST CAMPUSDirector, Industrial Agricultural Products Center, Department of Food Science and Technology B.S., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University / M.S., Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Previous Experience:l Faculty, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department, Oklahoma State Universityl Postdoctoral engineer, USDA-Agricultural Research Service’s Citrus and Subtropical Products Laboratory, Winter Haven, Florida

Research:l Bioprocessing and food processing


PRAHALADA RAOAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.Engg., Production Engineering, Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, Bombay University, India / M.S., Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Oklahoma State University

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral research associate, Virginia Tech l Assistant professor, System Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University

Research:l Sensor-based monitoring and diagnosis of complex bio-physical and manufacturing processes (e.g., additive manufacturing, ultraprecision machining, semiconductor planarization, and neurophysiology)

JAE SUNG PARKAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea / M.S., Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin- Madison

Research:l Wide range of fluid mechanics, covering from low Reynolds number flows (Ph.D. research) to high Reynolds number flows (postdoctoral research), focusing on complex fluids, colloidal suspensions, electrokinetics, and turbulent flow

The following faculty begin in January 2017.

TIFFANY MESSERAssistant Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering / School of Natural Resources EAST CAMPUSB.S., Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky / M.S., Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University

Previous Experience:l Completing her postdoctoral appointment, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, December 2016

Research:l Emerging technologies such as nutrient recovery from animal manures; arising issues in water quality associated with the fate, transport and remediation of emerging contaminants in stream, wetland, and agricultural ecosystems; assessing risk management and/or mitigation of water-borne contaminants

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RUIGUO YANGAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Mechanical Engineering; M.S., Mechatronics Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics / Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University l Research scientist, iNfinitesimal llc (nanotechnology startup)

Research:l Nanorobotics, bioMEMS and mechanobiologyl Micro/nanosytems for cellular engineering to manipulate cells through delivery of biomolecules, to study cell-cell interactions and to understand mechanotransduction under physio/pathological conditions, all at the single cell level


REBECCA WACHSAssistant Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering EAST CAMPUSB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute / Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Previous Experience:l Senior engineer in research and development, RTI Surgical, Inc. l Postdoctoral studies in neural engineering, University of Florida

Research:l Novel interventions for the treatment of low back pain using three major arms of research: engineered biomaterials to prevent and reverse nerve growth, targeted delivery of antioxidants to modulate inflammation, and development of in vitro test beds to mimic disease progression

CHRISTINE WITTICHAssistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Civil Engineering, Lafayette College / M.S., Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Research:l Structural dynamics, engineering mechanics, and full-scale experimentation of structures l Recent projects include shake table tests of multi-body rocking systems, experimental modal analysis of cultural heritage structures, and probabilistic assessments of precariously balanced rocks


YEYIN SHIAssistant Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering EAST CAMPUSB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, China / M.S., Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral experience, University of Florida and Texas A&M University

Research:l Agricultural information systems, including developing and transforming state-of-the-art technologies to record, transmit, manage, analyze and utilize digital information to address the nexus of health, productivity and sustainability in agricultural production systems l UAV applications in agronomic research and high-throughput field-based phenotyping

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Biological Systems Engineering Nicole Iverson

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Vitaly Alexandrov Wei Niu Civil Engineering Jiong Hu Randy Peters John Sangster Chungwook Sim Chung Song

Computer Science & Engineering Justin Bradley Brittany Duncan Suzette Person Sheng Wei Qiben Yan

The Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction Jay Puckett

Electrical & Computer Engineering Qing Hui Peter Sutter Craig Zuhlke

Mechanical & Materials Engineering William Charlton Wen Qian Michael Sealy Eli Sutter Jian Wang Jinglin Zheng Qin Zhou

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VITALY ALEXANDROVAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Electrochemistry; M.S., Quantum Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University / M.S., Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology (ongoing) / Ph.D., Computational Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research and University of Stuttgart

Previous Experience:l Research associate, Pacific Northwest Laboratoryl Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Davis / University of California, Berkeley

Research:l Modeling of coupled electron/ion transport dynamics through poly crystalline oxide networks, absorption phenomena and interfacial electron transfer and selecting oxidation of Ni-based alloys

JUSTIN BRADLEYAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University / M.S., Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University / M.S., Ph.D., aerospace engineering, University of Michigan

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral research fellow in aerospace engineering, University of Michigan

Research:l Co-director of the NIMBUS Lab; design of robotic systems with emphasis on aerospace systems and unmanned aircraft systems

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RANDY PETERSAssociate Professor of Practice, Department of Civil Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Previous Experience:l Deputy director - engineering, planning and project development engineer, state traffic engineer, assistant roadway design engineer, Nebraska Department of Roadsl Chief executive officer, Nebraska Department of Roadsl Adjunct professor of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

WEI NIUAssociate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., Chemistry; M.S., Biophysics, Tsinghua University / Ph.D., Bioorganic Chemistry, Michigan State University

Previous Experience:l Cargilll Genomatica Inc.l Assistant professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Research:l Apply metabolic engineering principles and synthetic biology tools to the microbial synthesis of industrial or other value-added chemicals from renewable feedstocksl Develop new enzyme catalysts and auxiliary functional proteins for efficient and green synthesis of

pharmaceutical precursors and energy molecules.JIONG HUAssociate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University / M.S., Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University / M.S., Ph.D., aerospace engineering, University of Michigan

Previous Experience:l Assistant and associate professor, Texas State University

Research:l Eco-efficient concrete, self-consolidation concrete (SCC), fresh concrete properties and rheology of concrete, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), concrete with recycled materialsl Sustainable civil engineering materials and construction

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QING HUIAssociate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Aerospace Engineering, National University of Defense Technology in China / M.S., Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University / M.S., Applied Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology / Ph.D., aerospace engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Previous Experience:l Associate professor of mechanical engineering, Texas Tech University

Research:l Thermostabilization analysis and design for robustness and resilience in complex systems engineeringl Human-interactive neuromorphic supercomputing networks via mobile autonomous and semiautonomous systemsl Model-based and data-driven fault detection and diagnosis methods for large-scale distributed hybrid networksl Nature-inspired swarm intelligence algorithms and methods

NICOLE IVERSONAssistant Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering EAST CAMPUSB.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota / M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers University

Previous Experience:l NIH postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research:l Delivery, monitoring and analysis of in vivo nanoparticles that act as biological sensorsl DNA-wrapped single wall carbon nanotubes in alginate microparticlesl Modifying chemical structures of nanoparticles for use in non-invasive intravenous delivery

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BRITTANY DUNCANAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Georgia Institute of Technology / Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral study, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, UC Berkeley

Research:l Focused at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Human-Robot Interaction, and Unmanned Systems. Il Research the ethical ramifications of warfare robots and the interactions between humans and robots in rescue environments, with a specific focus on small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

WILLIAM CHARLTONAssociate Vice Chancellor for Research / Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., M.S., Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University

Research:l Nuclear nonproliferation and counter proliferationl Nuclear detection and nuclear forensicsl Nuclear security and reducing nuclear threats

SUZETTE PERSONAssociate Professor of Practice, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CITY CAMPUSDirector, Software Engineering ProgramB.S., Computer Science, Iowa State University / M.S., Software Engineering, National Technological University / Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Nebraska

Previous Experience:l Research Computer Scientist, Formal Methods Group, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

Research:l Software testing and program analysis techniques, especially in the context of evolving software

JOHN SANGSTERAssistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology / M.S., Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Previous Experience:l Graduate research assistant, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Research:l Traffic analysis, roadway geometric design, alternative intersections and interchanges, driver behavior

MICHAEL SEALYAssociate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral scholar in the Consortium for Surface Integrity and Functionality, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Research:l Medical device manufacturing, additive manufacturing, laser-based manufacturing, process sustainability and energy consumption, surface integrity, fatigue and corrosion, biodegradable metals, finite element analysis of manufacturing processes


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WEN QIANResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSManager, Nano-Engineering Research Core Facility (NERCF) B.S., Structural Engineering, Anhui University of Architecture / M.S., Materials Engineering, Southeast University / Ph.D., Materials Physics and Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China

Previous Experience:l Research Scientist, Ocean Nanotech LLC (San Diego, CA)l Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University

Research:l Materials science, focus on production, hybridization, characterization and structural analysis of novel graphene related to two dimensional materials, as well as renewable energy applications

CHUNGWOOK SIMAssistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., M.S., Civil Engineering, Yonsei University / M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas, Austin / Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Purdue University

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral research assistant, Purdue University Center for Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Data

Research:l Modeling and testing of structural concrete, structural members under extreme loads, advanced instrumentation and testing of structures, disaster reconnaissance and data management, infrastructure health monitoring (Big Data)

CHUNG SONGAssociate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Civil Engineering, Yonsei University / M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin / Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Lousiana State University

Previous Experience:l Professional in residence/postdoctoral research associate in Civil Engineering, Louisiana State Universityl Associate professor of Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi

Research:l Evaluation of physical and mechanical behavior of soilsl Combining noble theories to solve real field problems such as bridging nano-particulate-continuum mechanics, implementation of acoustic techniques in subsoil exploration, soft soil improvement, constitutive relations of geo- materials, simulation of saturated/unsaturated soils using coupled theory of mixtures, calibration chamber testing, soil dynamics, soil-structure interaction, pavement-related geotechnical engineering

ELI SUTTERProfessor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSM.S., Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, Sofia University in Bulgaria

Previous Experience:l Scientist, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Research:l In-situ, variable temperature transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies of properties of nanoscale objects – alloy phase diagrams, solute solubility, phase transformations: melting and crystallization, oxidation, solid state reactions such as silicidationl Real-time TEM observations of processes in liquid environments: assembly of nanoparticles in colloids and solutions, growth processes - formation of core-shell nanoparticles & complex nanostructures, galvanic replacement reactions, protein self-assemblies, etc.


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JAY PUCKETTDirector/Professor, The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction SCOTT CAMPUS/CITY CAMPUSB.S., Civil Engineering, University of Missouri / M.S., Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University

Previous Experience:l V.O. Smith Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering; Professor, department head and associate dean, University of Wyoming

Research:l Building information systems, software engineering, bridge engineeringl Big data related to asset management, seismic engineeringl Structural dynamics including aeroelastic phenomena, multiphysics simulations

QIN ZHOUAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., M.S., Precision Instruments, Tshinghua University / Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral researcher in physics, University of California, Berkeley

Research:l Everyday life applications such as making better earbuds with nanomaterials, as well as fundamental sciences such as the lattice vibration and electronic band structure of nanomaterials. The technique of micro/nano fabrication is used to integrate novel low-dimensional materials into micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and play with them.

QIBEN YANAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., M.S., Electrical Engineering, Fudan University / Ph.D., Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Previous Experience:l Shape Security: a cyber-security startup company in Silicon Valley

Research:l Wireless communications, mobile security and privacy, botnet and malware detectionl Building a data-driven secure network infrastructure - such as anomaly detection system, traffic monitoring and analysis system, attack resilient communication system - to provide security add-ons for modern networks under cyber threat

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JINGLIN ZHENGResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China / M.S., Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Previous Experience:l Senior hardware engineer, HGST, A Western Digital Companyl Tribology engineer, SAE Magnetics, TDK Corporation

Research:l Data storage systems, tribology, mechanics, numerical methods

SHENG WEIAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Computer Science, Yanshan University / M.S., Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California

Previous Experience:l Researcher, Adobe Systems Inc.

Research:l Hardware security and trust, multimedia security and streaming, mobile computing, low power system design and large-scale networked systems

JIAN WANGAssociate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Engineering Mechanics, Jiaotong University / M.S., Solid Mechanics, Jiaotong University / Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Previous Experience:l Scientist/Postdoctoral researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Research:l Interface Engineering: improve mechanical properties and irradiation tolerance of materials by tailoring interfaces in solids. This is a multiscale effort involving synthesis, characterization, measurement, theory and modeling at different scales to design materials with desired properties


PETER SUTTERProfessor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering CITY CAMPUSM.S., Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland / Ph.D., Solid-State Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland

Previous Experience:l Staff scientist, research group leader and facility leader, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratoryl Associate and assistant professor in physics, Colorado School of Mines Research:l 2D Materials: Graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, metal dichalcogenides, heterostructures: fundamental growth mechanisms, scalable synthesis; physical and chemical properties, defect chemistry & functionalization; electronic structure, optoelectronic properties, charge transport; devices for electronics, energy applications, sensing

l Nanomaterials: Semiconductor nanowires and nanowire heterostructures; nanoscale heterostructures (in-plane structures & vertical stacks) of 2D materials; hierarchical metamaterials architectures l Energy conversion and energy efficiency

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CRAIG ZUHLKEResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln / M.S., Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral research associate, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Research:l Applications of femtosecond pulse interaction with materials including, functionalizing surfaces, producing self- organized micro/nanoscale surface structures, modifying surface chemistry and crystal structure, and pump- probe/spectroscopic analysis of surfaces


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CHRISTOS ARGYROPOULOSAssistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / M.Sc., University of Manchester / Ph.D., Queen Mary-University of London

Research:l Linear and nonlinear plasmonics and nanophotonics, metamaterials and their applications, antenna design, transformation electromagnetics, photonics, active, tunable and reconfigurable metadevices, acoustic/thermal metamaterials, microwave/mm-wave/THz engineering, novel optical interconnects, thermal emission from plasmonic structures, graphene nanophotonics, novel energy harvesting devices and computational electromagnetics

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Yuguo Lei

Civil Engineering Jennifer Schmidt Jinying Zhu

The Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction Erica Ryherd Asregedew Woldesenbet David Yuill

Electrical & Computer Engineering Christos Argyropoulos

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BAI CUIAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.Eng., M.Eng., Materials, Tsinghua University, China / Ph.D., Materials, Imperial College, London, UK

Research:l Materials for extreme environments: oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) alloys, MAX phases, metal/ceramic compositesl Corrosion: stress corrosion cracking, high-temperature corrosion; Irradiation damage: irradiation defects, irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking

ERICA RYHERDAssociate Professor, The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction SCOTT CAMPUSB.S. Kansas State University / Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Research:l Engineering healthcare environments conducive to healthy occupant outcomes; effects of sound on human perception, performance, and health; multi-source, time-variant sound environments; quantifying environmental noise and impacts; acoustic venues, such as drama theatres and worship spaces

ASREGEDEW WOLDESENBETAssistant Professor, The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction SCOTT CAMPUSB.Sc., Bahir Dar University / M.Sc., Oklahoma State University / Ph.D., Iowa State University

Research:l Construction cost estimating, Infrastructure asset management, construction data and information integration, data analytic (data mining), project management information systems, construction quality control and quality assurance, advanced construction management

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JENNIFER SCHMIDTResearch Assistant Professor, Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, Department of Civil Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln / M.S., Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska

Research:l Design, analysis, and evaluation of roadside safety devicesl Design and evaluation of bridge rail and deck systemsl Non-linear finite element analysis

CODY STOLLEResearch Assistant Professor, Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, Department of Mechanical and CITY CAMPUSMaterials Engineering B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln / M.S., Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral research associate, Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Research:l Vehicle dynamics and controls, vehicle crashworthiness, impact engineering, crash reconstruction, roadside safety design, non-linear FEA, materials and fracture characterization, wire rope design, testing, vibrations, and analysis

YUGUO LEIAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering CITY CAMPUSB.S., Chemistry, Peking University / M.S., Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine / MPhil, Polymer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Previous Experience:l Postdoctoral study, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, UC Berkeley

Research:l Use engineering expertise and human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) biology to resolve unsolved human health problems.l Develop new concepts and technologies for addressing the significant challenges in the process from benchtop to bedside for hPSC-derived cells.

Mechanical & Materials Engineering Bai Cui Cody Stolle


JINYING ZHUAssistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering SCOTT CAMPUSB.Eng., Zhejiang University / Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Research:l Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT/NDE), wave propagation, sensor development and sensing technologies, material and damge characterization using ultrasonic waves

DAVID YUILLAssistant Professor, The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction SCOTT CAMPUSB.S., University of Nebraska Omaha / M.A., University of Nebraska / Ph.D., Purdue University

Research:l High performance buildings, energy conservation through smart buildingsl Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) in HVAC systems, performance of FDD, HVAC controls, ventilation and indoor air qualityl Building energy modeling

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