Virtual Faculty Research Talks

All are invited to Zoom-in and hear presentations by UCF’s engineering and computer science faculty, as well as faculty from other colleges and units at UCF, who explain their cutting-edge, pioneering research endeavors in quick, 10-minute snapshots. Guest speakers from industry and government are also invited to present the core business of their organization and how it relates to UCF’s interests.

These talks provide an opportunity to get to know — and collaborate with — our faculty who are advancing innovations in all areas of engineering, science and medicine. Talks by our non-UCF guests can facilitate connections with interested UCF faculty. Each presenter narrates as they share illustrative slides.

Topics include: smart city technology, aerospace, energy, modeling and simulation, medicine, advanced materials, cyber security and more.

Moderated by Subith Vasu, Ph.D., professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, viewers can submit questions in real-time and express interest in collaborating. Organizers: Michael Georgiopoulos, Ph.D., dean (michaelg@ucf.edu), Subith Vasu, Ph.D., (Subith@ucf.edu) and Jennifer Sutton (Jennifer.Sutton@ucf.edu)

Upcoming:  April 12, 2024 (PDF)

Previous Speaker Lineups:

March 29, 2024 (PDF)

• Shahana Ibrahim Ph.D. (ECE) – “Ensuring Robustness in Machine Learning by Combating Real-World Data Uncertainties”
• Cynthia Williams, Ph.D. (UCF School of Global Health Mgmt & Informatics) – “Health Information Technologies: Realities, Challenges and Opportunities”

March 8, 2024 (PDF)

• Paul Sohl (FL High Tech Corridor) – “Leveraging the Florida High Tech Corridor Matching Grants Research Program for Industry-University Collaborations”
• Cuneyt Akcora, Ph.D. (CS & Finance) – “Topological Graph Machine Learning”

March 1, 2024 (PDF)

Feb. 23, 2024 (PDF)

• Paria Gharavi, Ph.D. (MSE) – “The Wonderful World of Materials Through the Lens of Transmission Electron Microscopy”
• Hadi M. Kamali, Ph.D.  (ECE) – “Microelectronics Supply Chain Security: Building Secure Hardware by Construction”
• Kevin Mullally, Ph.D. ’05 (College of Business) – “How Do Asset Managers Respond to Their Compensation Incentives and to Disclosure Requirements?”

Feb. 9, 2024 (PDF)

• Weiwei Zhan, Ph.D. (CECE) – “Leveraging Big Earth Observation Data for Geohazards Modeling and Infrastructure Resilience”
• Guest Abigail Wilson Anderson, Ph.D. (College of Health Professions and Sciences) – “Variability in Pain and Response to Rehabilitation Treatments”

Jan. 26, 2024 (PDF)

• Joseph T. Kider, Ph.D. (SMST-CS) – “Advancing Interdisciplinary Research with Immersive Technologies in Cultural Heritage”
• Ehsan Shirzaei Sani, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Smart Bioelectronic Systems for Multiplexed Monitoring and Combination Treatment of Infected Chronic Wounds”

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2023 Series: Friday, Jan. 27 – Friday, Nov. 3

Jan. 27, 2023 (PDF)

• Amr A. Oloufa, Ph.D. (CECE) – “Truck Diversion Using Real-Time Traffic Data”
• Yongho Sohn, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Metallic Alloy Development for Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing”
• Patrick Sun, Ph.D. (CECE) – “UAV Sensing System for Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Monitoring and Water Ponding Issue Detection”

Feb. 3, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Akihiro Kushima, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Experimental and Theoretical Approaches for Development of Energy Storage Materials”
        • Swami Rajaraman, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Hybrid Mico/Nanofabrication: Accelerating Biomedical Research”
        • Subith Vasu, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Decarbonizing Power, Developing Hypersonic Vehicles and Facilitating Low-Cost Space Exploration”

Feb. 10, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Samik Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (MAE) – “The Fluid Dynamics of Natural Flyers and Swimmers”
        • Chinwendu Enyioha, Ph.D. (ECE, CS) – “Limited-Communication Control of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)”
        • Lorraine Leon, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Molecular Engineering of Biomimetic Condensates and Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles”

Feb. 17, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Jiyu Fang, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Molecular Engineering of Liquid-Crystal Droplets for Biosensing”
        • Zhaomiao “Walter” Guo, Ph.D. (CECE) –  “Towards an Electrified Transportation System: Planning, Operation and Market Design”
        • Kevin Mackie, Ph.D. (CECE) – “Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling in Support of More Resilient Bridge Infrastructure”

Feb. 24, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Tarek Elgohary, Ph.D. (MAE) – “A Cislunar Space Surveillance Network for Space Domain Awareness”
        • Ozlem Ozmen Garibay, Ph.D. (IEMS) – “Six Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenges and AI-Assisted Drug Target Interaction”
        • Hao Zheng, Ph.D. (ECE) – Efficient Computer Architectures for AI/ML Computing”

March 3, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Jay Kapat, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Decarbonization: Opportunities, True Cost and Needs for Collaboration”
        • Arvind Singh, Ph.D. (CECE) – “On Dynamics Clusters and Phase Transition in River Networks”
        • Cliff Zou, Ph.D. (CS) – “Cyber Security Educational Research and Cyber Scholarships at UCF”

March 24, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Kevin R. Coffey, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Semiconductor Interconnects”
        • Woo Hyoung Lee, Ph.D. (CECE) – “Detection and Degradation of Emerging Environmental Contaminants and Bioenergy Production from Waste”
        • Wen Shen, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Biomimetic Sensors and Applications”

March 31, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Kaitlyn Crawford, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Bulky Monomers for Biodegradable, High Tg Polyesters”
        • Aleksandar Dimitrovski, Ph.D. (ECE) – “Gyrator-Capacitor Approach to Modeling Electromagnetic Control Devices”
        • Kelly Kibler, Ph.D. (CECE) – “Natural Infrastructure Designs to Enhance Resiliency Based on Discoveries from Ecohydrolics Research”

April 7, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Yuanli Bai, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Mechanics of Biological Materials Including Soft Tissues and Viruses”
        • Yanjie Fu, Ph.D. (CS) – “Deep Disruption-Robust Machine Intelligence”
        • Luis Rabelo, Ph.D. (IEMS) – “Improving Security, Performance and Efficiency of Emerging Computer Architectures”

April 14, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Shaura Agarwal, Ph.D. (CECE) –“Synergizing Data-Driven and Model-Driven Approaches for Complex Socio-Cyber-Physical Systems”
        • Hyoung Jin “Joe” Cho, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Enhancing Student Success in Engineering Curriculum through Active e-Learning and High-Impact Teaching Practices”
        • Yaser P. Fallah, Ph.D. (ECE) – “Cooperative AI for Connected and Automated Vehicles”

April 21, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Ryan McMahan, Ph.D. (CS) – “Machine Learning Virtual Reality Tracking Data”
        • Joon-Hyuk Park, Ph.D. (MAE-ECE) – “Wearable Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies for Disabled and Aging Populations”
        • Jiann-Shiun Yuan, Ph.D. (ECE) – “GaN Power Transistor Reliability and Deep Learning for Early Drug Discovery”

Sept. 8, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Hansen A. Mansy, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Smart Stethoscopes: Non-Invasive Technologies for Medical Diagnosis and Patient Monitoring”
        • Leland Nordin, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Epitaxial Nanophotonics: A Path to Quantum-Limit Devices”
        • Gita Sukthankar, Ph.D. (CS) – “Towards Human-Machine Teaming”

Sept. 15, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Jeffrey Kauffman, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Adaptive Structures for Aerospace Engineering: Aeromechanics, Damping and Fatigue”
        • Sazadur Rahman, Ph.D. (ECE) – “End-to-End Security Assurance of Microelectronic Supply Chain”
        • Enxia Zhang, Ph.D. (ECE) – “Radiation Effects and Reliability in Microelectronics”

Sept. 22, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Hwan Choi, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Analysis of Pathologic Musculoskeletal Dynamics and Developing Smart Assistive Devices”
        • Samiul Hasan, Ph.D. (CECE) – “Data Science for Smart Cities: Rethinking Resilience in the Era of Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes”
        • Fan Yao, Ph.D. (ECE) – “Understanding and Enhancing Microarchitecture Security in the Era of AI and Emerging Hardware”

Sept. 29, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Kevin Moran, Ph.D. (CS) – “Building Practical Automation for Software Engineers”
        • Dirk Reiners, Ph.D. (CS) – “Interactive and Immersive Visualization as a Tool for Knowledge Generation and Understanding”

Oct. 6, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Mike Borowczak, Ph.D. (ECE) – “Expanding Models to Extract and Protect Assets“
        • Di Wu, Ph.D. (ECE) – “Enabling Emerging Applications via Novel Computing Paradigms“
        • Liping Yu, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Materials Theory, Informatics and Design”

Oct. 13, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Tengfei Jiang, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Materials Research for Interconnect and Packaging Reliability in Advanced Microelectronics Systems”

Oct. 20, 2023 (PDF)

Oct. 27, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Kausik Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. (MSE) – “Augmented Injectable Foams for Rapid-Action Hemostatic Treatment”
        • Yue Wen, Ph.D. (MAE) – “Toward Human-Robot Symbiosis: Intelligent Robot and Neural-Machine Interfaces”

Nov. 3, 2023 (PDF)

• • • • • Piotr Kulik, Ph.D. (ECE) – “Novel Thin-Film Materials for Spintronic Devices and Quantum Sensors“

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