Volgenau School of Engineering's faculty conduct cutting-edge research in a variety of high-growth areas. They are top-level mentors to graduate students who are serious about immersing themselves in the discovery of knowledge and the development of solutions to modern-day issues.
The information on this page was last updated on March 12, 2020.
Adaptive Signal Processing
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bernd-Peter Paris, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Agent-Based Systems
Larry Kerschberg, Computer Science
Air Transportation
- George Donohue, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Karla Hoffman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Lance Sherry, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- John Shortle, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Algorithms and Theory of Computation
- Fei Li, Computer Science
- Amarda Shehu, Computer Science
Analytic Modeling of Computer Systems
Daniel Menasce, Computer Science
Applied Probability
- Ilhan Izmirli, Statistics
- Brian Mark, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- William Rosenberger, Statistics
Applied Statistics
- Guoqing Diao, Statistics
- William Rosenberger, Statistics
- Clifton Sutton, Statistics
Artificial Intelligence
- Jan Allbeck, Computer Science
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Kenneth De Jong, Computer Science
- Carlotta Domeniconi, Computer Science
- Zoran Duric, Computer Science
- Larry Kerschberg, Computer Science
- Jana Kosecka, Computer Science
- Jyh-Ming Lien, Computer Science
- Sean Luke, Computer Science
- Tamara Maddox, Computer Science
- Amarda Shehu, Computer Science
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
- Harry Wechsler, Computer Science
Assistive Technology
- Zoran Duric, Computer Science
- Shyam Prakash Pandula, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
Auction Design and Testing
Karla Hoffman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Automotive Networks
John Otten, Computer Science
Autonomic Computing
Daniel Menasce, Computer Science
Big Data
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Karla Hoffman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Ioulia Rytikova, Information Sciences and Technology
- Clifton Sutton, Statistics
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Bioinformatics
- Huzefa Rangwala, Computer Science
- Amarda Shehu, Computer Science
- Harry Wechsler, Computer Science
Biomechanics
- Juan Cebral, Bioengineering
- Daniel Garrison, Information Sciences and Technology
- Vasiliki Ikonomidou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Nathalia Peixoto, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Carolina Salvador Morales, Bioengineering
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Biomedical Imaging
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Biometric Identification
- Clifton Sutton, Statistics
Biometrics
- Harry Wechsler, Computer Science
Bioremediation
- Liza Wilson Durant, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Biostatistics
- William Rosenberger, Statistics
- Anand Vidyashankar, Statistics
Blast Impact
- Girum Urgessa, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
C4I and Cyber
- Leonard Adelman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Michael Lyons, Information Sciences and Technology
- J. Mark Pullen, Computer Science
Capital Budgeting
- Andrew Loerch, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Categorical Data Analysis
- Linda Davis, Statistics
Clay Surface Science and Clay Behavior
- Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Clinical Trials
- William Rosenberger, Statistics
Cloud Computing
Daniel Menasce, Computer Science
Cognitive Assistants
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Cognitive Radio Networks
Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Command and Control
- Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Alexander Levis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- J. Mark Pullen, Computer Science
Communications
- Bijan Jabbari, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Brian Mark, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bernd-Peter Paris, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Zhi Tian, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Complex Adaptive Systems
Kenneth De Jong, Computer Science
Composite Materials
Girum Urgessa, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Computational Biophysics
Amarda Shehu, Computer Science
Computational Statistics
- Karla Hoffman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Clifton Sutton, Statistics
Computer Applications in Music
John Otten, Computer Science
Computer Assisted Learning
Charles Snow, Information Sciences and Technology
Computer Forensics
Robert Osgood, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computer Games Technology
- Jan Allbeck, Computer Science
- Jim Chen, Computer Science
- Yotam Gingold, Computer Science
Computer Graphics
- Jan Allbeck, Computer Science
- Yotam Gingold, Computer Science
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Computer Networks
- Songqing Chen, Computer Science
- Khondkar Islam, Information Sciences and Technology
- Bijan Jabbari, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Brian Mark, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- J. Mark Pullen, Computer Science
Computer Networks and Architectures
- Shih-Chun Chang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jens-Peter Kaps, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Craig Lorie, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Piotr Pachowicz, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bernd-Peter Paris, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computer Science Education
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- John Bono, Information Sciences and Technology
- John Otten, Computer Science
- J. Mark Pullen, Computer Science
- Huzefa Rangwala, Computer Science
- Charles Snow, Information Sciences and Technology
- Mark Snyder, Computer Science
Computer Simulation and Modeling
- Kenneth De Jong, Computer Science
- J. Mark Pullen, Computer Science
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Computer Systems
- Hakan Aydin, Computer Science
- Songqing Chen, Computer Science
- Houman Homayoun, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Daniel Menasce, Computer Science
- Charles Snow, Information Sciences and Technology
- Mark Snyder, Computer Science
- Yutao Zhong, Computer Science
Computer Vision
- Zoran Duric, Computer Science
- David Lattanzi, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Harry Wechsler, Computer Science
Computer and Network Security
- Songqing Chen, Computer Science
- Krzysztof Gaj, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- James Jones, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Michael Lyons, Information Sciences and Technology
- Brian Mark, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Xinyuan Wang, Computer Science
- Harry Wechsler, Computer Science
- Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contents-Based Image Retrieval
Harry Wechsler, Computer Science
Crowdsourcing
- Yotam Gingold, Computer Science
- Thomas LaToza, Computer Science
Cryptography
- Krzysztof Gaj, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Michael Lyons, Information Sciences and Technology
Cyber Intelligence Studies
Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Cyber Security Education
Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Cyber-Physical Systems
Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cybersecurity
Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Data Analytics
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- David Lattanzi, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Jessica Lin, Computer Science
- Huzefa Rangwala, Computer Science
- Ioulia Rytikova, Information Sciences and Technology
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Data Mining
- Daniel Carr, Statistics
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Paulo Costa, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jessica Lin, Computer Science
- Setareh Rafatirad, Information Sciences and Technology
- Huzefa Rangwala, Computer Science
- Clifton Sutton, Statistics
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
- Harry Wechsler, Computer Science
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Databases
- Daniel Barbara, Computer Science
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Alexander Brodsky, Computer Science
- Sushil Jajodia, Information Sciences and Technology
- Larry Kerschberg, Computer Science
- Amihai Motro, Computer Science
Decision Analysis
- Edward Huang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Andrew Loerch, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Decisionmaking Support
Y. Diana Wang, Information Sciences and Technology
Decision Support Systems
- Leonard Adelman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Larry Kerschberg, Computer Science
- Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Detection, Estimation and Tracking
- Yariv Ephraim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Zhi Tian, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Digital Forensics
- James Jones, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Digital Signal Processing
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Kathleen Wage, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distance Education
- Y. Diana Wang, Information Sciences and Technology
Distributed Systems
Sushil Jajodia, Information Sciences and Technology
E-Commerce
- John Bono, Information Sciences and Technology
- Daniel Menasce, Computer Science
- Y. Diana Wang, Information Sciences and Technology
Educational Data Mining
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Electrokinetics
Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Electronics
- Alok Berry, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Dimitrios Ioannou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Qiliang Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Rao Mulpuri, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Energy Systems
John Shortle, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Massimiliano Albanese, Information Sciences and Technology
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
Environmental Engineering
- Liza Wilson Durant, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Mark Houck, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Environmental Geotechnics
- Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Evaluation
Leonard Adelman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Evidence-Based Reasoning
Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
Evolutionary Computation
Kenneth De Jong, Computer Science
Expert Systems
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Fault Tolerance
Hakan Aydin, Computer Science
Fluid Mechanics
Colin Reagle, Mechanical Engineering
Foundations
Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Foundations of Mathematics
Ilhan Izmirli, Statistics
GSM and Cellular Technology
John Otten, Computer Science
Geotechnical Engineering
- Deborah Goodings, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Burak Tanyu, Department: Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Health Information Technologies
Ioulia Rytikova, Information Sciences and Technology
Heat Transfer
Colin Reagle, Mechanical Engineering
History of Mathematics
Ilhan Izmirli, Statistics
History of Statistics
Ilhan Izmirli, Statistics
Human-Computer Interaction
- Y. Diana Wang, Information Sciences and Technology
- Yotam Gingold, Computer Science
- Thomas LaToza, Computer Science
Human-Centered Design
- Leonard Adelman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Daniel Garrison, Information Sciences and Technology
Hydrology
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
IT Education
Y. Diana Wang, Information Sciences and Technology
Image and Video Processing
Zoran Duric, Computer Science
Information Hiding
Zoran Duric, Computer Science
Information Retrieval Evaluation
- Y. Diana Wang, Information Sciences and Technology
Information Security and Assurance
- Massimiliano Albanese, Information Sciences and Technology
- Michael Lyons, Information Sciences and Technology
- Rosana Stoica, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
- Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Information Systems
- John Bono, Information Sciences and Technology
- Larry Kerschberg, Computer Science
- Charles Snow, Information Sciences and Technology
- Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Information Theory and Error Control Coding
Yariv Ephraim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Information Warfare
Michael Lyons, Information Sciences and Technology
Infrastructure Systems
- Mark Houck, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Intelligence Analysis
Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
Intelligence Studies
Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Intelligent Agents
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
International Relations and Technology Challenges
Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Knowledge Acquisition
Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Knowledge Engineering
Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Land Data Assimilation Systems
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Land Surface Modeling
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Learning Analytics
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Ioulia Rytikova, Information Sciences and Technology
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Machine Learning
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Sharon Caraballo, Volgenau Dean's Office
- Kenneth De Jong, Computer Science
- Karla Hoffman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- David Lattanzi, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Jessica Lin, Computer Science
- Huzefa Rangwala, Computer Science
- Amarda Shehu, Computer Science
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
- Harry Wechsler, Computer Science
- Yunpeng Zhao, Statistics
Mathematics Education
Ilhan Izmirli, Statistics
Mechanical Engineering
- Kenneth Ball, Volgenau Dean's Office
- Oscar Barton, Mechanical Engineering
Military Operations Research
- Karla Hoffman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Andrew Loerch, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Mobile Computing
- Songqing Chen, Computer Science
- Larry Kerschberg, Computer Science
Molecular Modeling
Amarda Shehu, Computer Science
Musculoskeletal Modeling
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Network Forensics
Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Networked Multimedia Systems for Education and Training
J. Mark Pullen, Computer Science
Neuroengineering
Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
Neuroprosthetics
Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
Nonparametric Statistics
- William Rosenberger, Statistics
- Clifton Sutton, Statistics
Optimal Control Theory
- Andrzej Manitius, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Stephen Nash, Volgenau Dean's Office
Optimization
- Karla Hoffman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Andrew Loerch, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Stephen Nash, Volgenau Dean's Office
- Ariela Sofer, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Parallel and Distributed Systems
- Hakan Aydin, Computer Science
- Richard Carver, Computer Science
- Songqing Chen, Computer Science
- Daniel Menasce, Computer Science
- John Otten, Computer Science
- Huzefa Rangwala, Computer Science
- Dana Richards, Computer Science
- Pearl Wang, Computer Science
- Elizabeth White, Computer Science
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
- Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Personalized Learning
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- Irene Bruno, Information Sciences and Technology
- Aditya Johri, Information Sciences and Technology
- Huzefa Rangwala, Computer Science
- Ioulia Rytikova, Information Sciences and Technology
- Kamaljeet Sanghera, Information Sciences and Technology
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Petri Nets
Alexander Levis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Physical Layer Security
Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Power-Aware Computing
Hakan Aydin, Computer Science
Predictive Analytics
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Privacy
Sushil Jajodia, Information Sciences and Technology
Probabilistic Modeling
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Queuing Theory
John Shortle, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Rapid Prototyping
Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Hakan Aydin, Computer Science
Rehabilitation Engineering
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Remote Sensing
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Robotics
- Zoran Duric, Computer Science
- Daniel Lofaro, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Amarda Shehu, Computer Science
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
STEM Education
Ioulia Rytikova, Information Sciences and Technology
Science of Evidence
Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Security
Sushil Jajodia, Information Sciences and Technology
Semantic Web
Gheorghe Tecuci, Computer Science
Sensorimotor Integration
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Simulation
- Chun-Hung Chen, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Rajesh Ganesan, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- John Shortle, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Socio-Technical Systems
Thomas Winston, Information Sciences and Technology
Software Engineering
- Paul Ammann, Computer Science
- Mihai Boicu, Information Sciences and Technology
- John Bono, Information Sciences and Technology
- Larry Kerschberg, Computer Science
- Daniel Menasce, Computer Science
- Jeff Offutt, Computer Science
- Thomas LaToza, Computer Science
Software Optimization
John Otten, Computer Science
Soil-Structure Interaction
Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Sonar and Array Signal Processing
Kathleen Wage, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stability of Temporary Structures
Girum Urgessa, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Statistical Inference
William Rosenberger, Statistics
Statistical Learning
- Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Clifton Sutton, Statistics
Statistical Signal Processing
- Yariv Ephraim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Brian Mark, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bernd-Peter Paris, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Zhi Tian, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Kathleen Wage, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Statistics Education
- Ilhan Izmirli, Statistics
- Elizabeth Johnson, Statistics
- Kenneth Strazzeri, Statistics
Stochastic Processes
John Shortle, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Structural Engineering
- Anthony Battistini, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- David Lattanzi, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Girum Urgessa, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Sustainable Energy Systems
Colin Reagle, Mechanical Engineering
Systems Architecture
- Edward Huang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Larry Kerschberg, Computer Science
- Alexander Levis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Syed Abbas Zaidi, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Systems Requirements
- John Bono, Information Sciences and Technology
- Peggy Brouse, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Transportation Engineering
Mohan Venigalla, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Ultrasound
Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
Uncertainty Analysis
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Underwater Acoustics
Kathleen Wage, Electrical and Computer Engineering
VLSI and Embedded Systems
- Krzysztof Gaj, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- John Otten, Computer Science
Water Resources Engineering
- Celso Ferreira, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Mark Houck, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Web Application Development
John Bono, Information Sciences and Technology
Web Design
- John Bono, Information Sciences and Technology
- Y. Diana Wang, Information Sciences and Technology
Web Usability
John Bono, Information Sciences and Technology
Wireless and Optical Communications
- Bijan Jabbari, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bernd-Peter Paris, Electrical and Computer Engineering