Faculty Expertise & Staff| School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Hossain Azam, Ph.D., P.E.–Experimental and Modeling Based Water and Wastewater (Water Resources Engineering, Urban Water Systems, Storm Water Management, Non-Point Source Pollution, Climate Change. Municipal & Industrial) Treatment, Solid Waste Management with Leachate Treatment, Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus, Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, Groundwater/Sediment Remediation, Resources Recovery, Environmental Engineering Education. 202.274.6293, hossain.azam@udc.edu

Pradeep K. Behera, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE (Department Chair)–Water Resources Engineering, Urban Water Systems, Storm Water Management, Non-Point Source Pollution, Climate Change. 202.274.6186, pbehera@udc.edu

Bryan Higgs, Ph.D.–Psychophysiological Driver Behavior, Transportation Network Vulnerability and Optimization, Travel Demand Modeling, Multi-level Multi-Objective Game Theory. 202.274.6600, bryan.higgs@udc.edu

Gulen Ozkula , Ph.D. – Seismic design, evaluation, and rehabilitation of steel structures, Cyclic stability, modeling, and design of steel columns, Experimental methods in earthquake engineering, Structural performance under extreme loading, High-performance steel materials, Seismic Risk and Loss Assessment, Performance-based design. 202.274.6291, gulen.ozkula@udc.edu

Ujwalkumar Patil, Ph.D., P.E. – Geotechnical Engineering, Foundation Engineering, Unsaturated soil mechanics, Constitutive modeling of saturated and unsaturated soils, Biogeotechnics, Computational Geomechanics, Expansive soils. 202-274-6327, ujwalkumar.patil@udc.edu

Amir Alipour-Fanid, Ph.D. – Cybersecurity, Cyber-Physical Systems Security, 5G and IoT Security, Network Security, Machine Learning, Data Science. 202.274.6548, amir.alipourfanid@udc.edu

Uzma Amir -Area Robotics, STEM Programs. 202.274.6550, uzma.amir@udc.edu

Li Chen, Ph.D.–Image Processing, Object-oriented Programming and Design, Algorithm Design and Complexity, Discrete Geometry and Digital Geometry, Data Science: Theory and Applications. 202.274.6301, lchen@udc.edu

Anteneh Girma, Ph.D., Information Security and Assurance, CyberSecurity, CyberSecurity Intelligence, CyberSecurity Governance, Risk Management, and Security Auditing, Cloud Computing and Security, Internet of Things and Security, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cryptography, and Data Science. 202.274.6548, anteneh.girma@udc.edu

Dong Hyun Jeong, Ph.D.(Department Chair)–Human-Computer Interaction, Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, Cloud Computing. 202.274.6292, djeong@udc.edu

Thabet Kacem, Ph.D.-Cybersecurity, Smart Transportation Systems, Software-defined Radios/Radars, Cyber Physical Systems, Sea Level Rise. 202.274.5809, thabet.kacem@udc.edu

Justin Kim, Ph.D.–Data Science and Engineering, Machine Learning, and Transactional Memory in Distributed Systems. 202.274.7455, junwhan.kim@udc.edu

Lily Liang, Ph.D.–Digital Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Data Mining. 202.274.5086, lliang@udc.edu

Hanney Shaban, Ph.D.–Programming Languages, Cryptography, Data Structures, Data Mining, hanney.shaban@udc.edu

Raven Sims, Ph.D. - Cyber Operations, Penetration Testing, Network Security, IoT Security, Identity and Access Management, Audit and Compliance, Risk management, and Security Auditing, Cloud Computing and Security, Computer Forensics. 202.274-7280, raven.sims@udc.edu

Briana Wellman, Ph.D.–Multi-robot System, Educational Robotics, Autonomous Systems. 202.274.6695, briana.wellman@udc.edu

Byunggu Yu, Ph.D.–Database, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Bigtable, MapReduce, Sensor-Network DB, Information Storage and Retrieval, Spatial Database, Spatio-temporal Database, High-dimensional Database, Indexing, Data Modeling, Operating Systems, Mobile Database, Informatics. 202.274.6289, byu@udc.edu

Temechu Zewdie, Ph.D. – Cybersecurity, Information Security & Assurance, Cyber-Physical Systems Security, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Data Science, Computer Science, Cloud Computing , Web/Application Security. 202.274.7250 | temechu.zewdie@udc.edu

(left-right) Drs. Behjat Forouzandeh, Amir Shahirinia, Esther Ososanya, Paul Cotae, Hongmei Dang, Wagdy Mahmoud, Nian Zhang

Paul Cotae, Ph.D.–Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Information Theory, Wireless Communication 202.274.6290, pcotae@udc.edu

Hongmei Dang, Ph.D.–Nanoscale Device Fabrication & Modelling, Defect Analysis, Nanoscale Electronic & Solar Cells, 2D Materials. 202.274.5836, hongmei.dang@udc.edu

Wagdy Mahmoud, Ph.D., P.E.–System-level Hardware/software Co-design, Digital Signal Processing, Embedded & Cyber-Physical Systems. 202.274.5239, wmahmoud@udc.edu

Esther Ososanya, Ph.D. (Department Chair)–Microcomputer Architecture, VLSI & ASIC Designs, Embedded Systems, Nanotechnology, Renewable Energy. 202.274.5837, eososanya@udc.edu

Amir Shahirinia, Ph.D.–Power Systems Optimal Planning and Control, Power Electronics and Motor Drives, Renewable Energy; Smart Grids; V2G and G2V; Plug-in Electric Vehicle, Artificial Intelligence, Bayesian Statistics, Data Analysis, Algorithm Development. 202.274.6917, amir.shahirinia@udc.edu

Nian Zhang, Ph.D.–Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Big data, Time Series Prediction. 202.274.6615, nzhang@udc.edu

Ji Chen, Ph.D.-Wearable Robotics and Control, Biomechanics Analysis and modelling, Assistive technology and techniques, Movement enhancement protocol design. 202.274.5039, ji.chen@udc.edu

Max Denis, Ph.D.–Diagnostic ultrasound & tissue elasticity imaging, Breast and thyroid cancer detection, Acoustic remote sensing. 202.274.5045, max.denis@udc.edu

Kate Klein, Ph.D. (Department Chair)–Nanomaterials synthesis & characterization, Microscopy, Electron and ion beam applications, In-situ experimentation, Mechanical properties of materials. 202.274.7131, kate.klein@udc.edu

Ludwig C. Nitsche, Ph.D.–Microhydrodynamics, multiphase flow and diffusion, computer simulations with particle methods, applied mathematics, applications in drug delivery. 202.274.5082, ludwig.nitsche@udc.edu

Alexander Peebles, Ph.D. – Human Movement Biomechanics, Orthopedic Biomechanics, Dynamic Postural Control and Fall Risk, Rehabilitation Engineering, Device Design. 202.274.5139, alexander.peebles@udc.edu

Devdas Shetty, Ph.D., P.E.–Smart manufacturing, Design for mechatronics, Rehabilitation products, Robotics, Surface roughness. 202.274.5033, devdas.shetty@udc.edu

Lara Thompson, Ph.D.–Postural control and mobility, Non-invasive and invasive prostheses, Sensory substitutes, Rehabilitative devices. 202.274.5046, lara.thompson@udc.edu

Pawan Tyagi, Ph.D.–Molecular spintronics, Additive manufacturing and postprocessing, Spin photovoltaic cells and solar thermal air heaters, Nano biosensors and brain imaging, Student presentation based effective Teaching (SPET). 202.274.6601, ptyagi@udc.edu

Jiajun Xu, Ph.D., P.E.–Multiscale thermal transport and energy conversion, Multiscale modeling and simulation, Thermal-fluid science, Nanotechnology, Renewable energy and water treatment, Additive manufacturing. 202.274.5048, jiajun.xu@udc.edu

Rong Zhao, Ph.D.,- Nanotechnology, Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Energy Storage and Conversion, Metal Additive Manufacturing. 202.274.7266 rong.zhao@udc.edu

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Faculty Active in Professional Societies