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
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
Applied Probability
- Brian Mark, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistive Technology
- Shyam Prakash Pandula, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
Big Data
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Biomechanics
- Juan Cebral, Bioengineering
- Nathalia Peixoto, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Carolina Salvador Morales, Bioengineering
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Biomedical Imaging
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Bioremediation
- Liza Wilson Durant, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Blast Impact
- Girum Urgessa, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
C4I and Cyber
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Clay Surface Science and Clay Behavior
- Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Cognitive Radio Networks
Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Command and Control
- Alexander Levis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
Composite Materials
Girum Urgessa, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Computer Forensics
Robert Osgood, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computer Graphics
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Computer Networks
- Bijan Jabbari, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Brian Mark, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computer Networks and Architectures
- 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 Simulation and Modeling
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Computer Vision
- David Lattanzi, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Computer and Network Security
- Krzysztof Gaj, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- James Jones, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Brian Mark, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
- David Lattanzi, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Data Mining
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Paulo Costa, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
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
Digital Signal Processing
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Kathleen Wage, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
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
Fluid Mechanics
- Juan Cebral, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Jeffrey Moran, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Leigh McCue, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Robert Handler, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Foundations
Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
- Deborah Goodings, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Laura Kosoglu, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Burak Tanyu, Department: Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Human-Centered Design
- Leonard Adelman, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Hydrology
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Information Theory and Error Control Coding
Yariv Ephraim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Infrastructure Systems
- Mark Houck, Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
Land Data Assimilation Systems
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Land Surface Modeling
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Machine Learning
David Lattanzi, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Musculoskeletal Modeling
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Network Forensics
Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Neuroengineering
Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
Neuroprosthetics
Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
Optimal Control Theory
- Andrzej Manitius, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Stephen Nash, Volgenau Dean's Office
Optimization
Ariela Sofer, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Petri Nets
Alexander Levis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Physical Layer Security
Kai Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Predictive Analytics
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Probabilistic Modeling
- Kuo-Chu Chang, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Queuing Theory
John Shortle, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Rehabilitation Engineering
- Siddhartha Sikdar, Bioengineering
- Qi Wei, Bioengineering
Remote Sensing
Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Robotics
Qi Wei, Bioengineering
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
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 Learning
Kathryn Laskey, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
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
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
- Sam Salem, Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
- Emma Zhang, Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
Systems Architecture
- Alexander Levis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jie Xu, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Syed Abbas Zaidi, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Systems Requirements
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
Water Resources Engineering
- Celso Ferreira, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Mark Houck, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
- Viviana Maggioni, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Wireless and Optical Communications
- Bijan Jabbari, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jill Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bernd-Peter Paris, Electrical and Computer Engineering