Each Jointly Appointed Faculty Member performs research in one or more of the following emphasis areas. The abbreviation in paretheses before their names indicate those areas.
Emphasis Area Abbreviations
AB - Applied Bioscience
ACh - Applied Chemistry
ACom - Applied Computing
AP - Applied Physics Faculty
ComS - Computational Science
ESS - Engineering Science and Systems
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(AB) Ali, Nawab, Ph.D., Aligarh University, India
G-protein coupled receptor mediated signal transduction mechanisms, including molecular identification and characterization of receptors, G-Proteins, and the second messengers such as inositol phosphates, cAMP, cGMP, intracellular calcium and protein kinases. Subcellular compartmentation and the endocytosis, protein sorting and targeting. The role of a Rab group of small G-proteins, particularly Rab2 protein, in directing the vesicular membrane transport in Dictyostelium discoideum. Visit the Graduate Institute of Technology.
(ESS) Al-Rizzo, Hussain, Ph.D., University of New Brunswick, Frederickton, NB, Canada
Electromagnetic/Microwave Communications and the Global Positioning System. Visit the Systems Engineering Department.
(AB) Baeyens, Dennis A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Physiological/molecular biology. Gene regulation of adrenergic receptors. Control of beta2-adrenergic receptor gene expression during hepatic development at both the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Visit Dr. Baeyens’ Home Page.
(AB) Baltosser, William H., Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Avian Ecology/Molecular Systematics. Visit Dr. Baltosser’s Home Page.
(ACom, ComS) Bayrak, Coskun, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
Software Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, Cellular Automata, and Formal Methods. Visit Dr. Bayrak’s Home Page.
(AB) Bush, John M., Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Molecular biology. Visit Dr. Bush’s Home Page.
(ESS) Chan, Yupo, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Telecommunications, transportation systems, networks and combinatorial optimization, multicriteria decision-making, spatial-temporal information. Visit Dr. Chan’s Home Page.
(Acom, ComS) Chiang, Chia-Chu, Ph.D., Arizona State University
Software Engineering, Reengineering, Program Analysis, and Component-Based Software Development. Visit the Computer Science Department.
(ACh) Darsey, Jerome A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Physical chemistry and computational chemistry; theoretical calculations to determine molecular structures of electroactive polymers and biopolymers; applications of artificial intelligence to chemical systems. Visit the Chemistry Department.
(AB) Grace, Stephen, Ph.D., Duke University
Biochemistry and Plant Physiology. Visit Dr. Grace’s Home Page.
(AP) Grauer, Albert D., Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Infrared imaging of galaxies, scientific computing and image processing. Visit the Physics Department.
(AP) Hall, Tony, Ph.D., Purdue University
High-energy astrophysics, x-ray and gamma ray emission from pulsars, binary systems, supernova remnants, and active galactic nuclei. Visit the Physics Department.
(AB) Heidt, Gary, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Mammology, Behaviorial Ecology.
(ESS) Iqbal, Kamran, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Biomechanics and human movement, systems engineering, robotics, computer-controlled systems. Visit the Systems Engineering Department.
(ACom) Kaufmann, Eric R., Ph.D., Auburn University
Boundary Value Problems, Green’s Functions for ordinary Differential and Difference Equations, Finite Difference Equations, Integral Transforms, and Measure Chains. Visit Dr. Kaufmann’s Home Page.
(ESS) Kim, Jung, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Artificial Neural Networks, Wireless Communication (CDMA), VLSI Design, Applying Neural Networks to Telecommunications. Visit the Systems Engineering Department.
(ComS) Kosmotov, Nickolai, Ph.D., Auburn University
Ordinary Differential Equations .
(AB) Leslie, Stephen, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Paleobiology, biostratigraphy, sedimentology, Stratigraphy.
(ACh) Lindquist, David A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Organic chemistry and materials science; characterization of high surface area solids; chemistry of coal macerals and minerals; coal cleaning technology. Visit the Chemistry Department.
(ESS) Liu, Xian, Ph.D., University of British Columbia Communications networks; applied optimization; kernal of operating systems; spatial ordering.
(ACh) Luba, James P., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical Center Mechanism and structure of proteins that protect. Staphylococcus aureus from oxidative damage.
(ACh) Ma, Xiaodong, Ph.D. Michigan Technological University. KITES (Keweenaw Iterdisplinary Transport Experiment in Superior) (NSF and NOAA); Optial Properties, photchemical processes and fate of dissolved orgainc carbons (DOC) in water of Lake Superior and related estuaries. Modern analytical methodology research and development(NMR, HPLC, GC GC/MS, UV-vis, Fluorescence, FTIR, Raman, TOC). Design, fabrication, characterization and applications of supermolecular assembled systems, nanocluster, and/or Langmuir-Blodgett films. New type optical storage media; Spectrochemistry, modern automatic instrumentation design, development and trouble shooting, solid state chemistry and special organic synthesis.
(ACom, ComS) Milanova, Mariofanna, Ph.D., Technical University Bulgaria. Computer graphics; digital image processing and computer vision; AI; neural networks, bioengineering; data mining; computational biology.
(ESS) Mohan, Seshadri, Ph.D., McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Voice, data, and multimedia over packets and wireless including 3G, next generation networking and VoIP, and PCS.
(ComS, ESS) Pidugu, Srikanth, Ph.D., Old Dominion University. Combustion; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); emissions; smart fluids.
(ComS) Powell, Lawrence, Ph.D., University of Georgia. Economics of insurance, insurance regulation, insurance fraud, internal capital markets, insurance marketing, technology.
(AB) Sikes, Robert, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Behavioral and evolutionary ecology. Visit Dr. Sikes’ Home Page.
(ACom, ComS) Tudoreanu, Mihail, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis Program and algorithm visualization; human-computer interaction.
(ESS) Urbina, Julio, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Digital systems and instrumentation; data acquisition systems; signal processing; sensor/microsensors for biological systems; space communication/electromagnetic wave propagation; remote sensing and imaging using radars; universal predictions and universal methods.
(ACh) Viswanathan, Tito, Ph.D., Tulane University
Organic and polymer chemistry; synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers for use as coatings to prevent corrosion of metals and as antistatic agents on fabrics. Visit the Chemistry Department.
(AB) Wang, Hong Li, Ph.D., University of Newcastle, Australia
Plant Molecular Biology. Visit Dr. Wang’s Home Page.
(ACom, ComS) Wigand, Rolf T., Ph.D., Michigan State University Electronic commerce and markets; organizational impact of information and communication technologies (ICT); policy and ICT; strategic use of ICT.
(ESS) Wu, Ningning, Ph.D., George Mason University
Audit Data Analysis for Anomaly Detection and Data Mining. Visit the Systems Engineering Department.
(ACom, ComS, AB) Xu, Xiaowei, Ph.D., University of Munich Data mining; knowledge discovery in databases; bioinformatics.
(ComS) Yao, Vincent W., Ph.D., University of Albany-SUNY
Transportation Economics.
(ACom) Ye, Xiu, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, PA
Numerical Analysis. Visit Dr. Ye’s Home Page.
(ACom) Yoshigoe, Kenji, Ph.D., University of South Florida
Operating Systems, Networking.
(ACh) Zhao, Wei, Ph.D., Peking University
Analytical and physical chemistry, materials science; application of nonlinear laser spectroscopy multi-resonant four wave mixing for structure and interaction studies on complex systems; two-dimensional infrared correlation spectroscopy. Visit the Chemistry Department.
