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
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
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
Pawan Tyagi, Ph.D.–Molecular spintronics, Additive manufacturing and post-processing, 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
