UCF Experts Guide

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13 results found for “aerospace”

Emmanuel Urquieta

Vice Chair of Aerospace Medicine

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
aerospace medicine

medicine

space
Alain Kassab

Trustee Chair, Pegasus Professor, Biomedical Engineering Program Coordinator

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Health , Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
bioengineering

cardiovascular disease

computational modeling

heart disease
Kareem Ahmed

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , National Security , Space

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
air travel

aircraft

hypersonic

propulsion

rocket

space travel
Tarek Elgohary

Associate Professor, Director of Astrodynamics and Space Robotics Laboratory.

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
asteroid

robotics

space models

spacecraft
Samik Bhattacharya

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
aerodynamic

fluid dynamics

mechanical

mechanics

turbulence
Phil Metzger

Associate Scientist, Director of Stephen W. Hawking Center

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
asteroid

gravity

Hawking

lunar

mars

moon

nasa

regolith

rocket

soil simulant

solar system

zero-g space
Necati Catbas

Professor, Founding Director of Civil Infrastructure Technologies for Resilience and Safety (CITRS)

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

bridge

infrastructure

road

safety

structural engineering

structural health

transportation
Dazhong Wu

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
additive manufacturing

health

intelligent systems

product

reliability engineering

risk management
Ranajay Ghosh

Associate Professor, Director of the COSMOS Lab

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
3D printing

biology

materials

mechanical
Andrea Blanco-Redondo

FPEC Endowed Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Optics & Lasers

College(s)

Optics and Photonics
Research Keywords
laser

nanomaterial

nanoscience

optics

photonics

quantum information
Shad Abdel

Associate Lecturer

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Zaheer Ali

Program Director, Space Commercialization & Strategy

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Miller Business
Research Keywords
AI

quantum

semiconductor

space commercialization
Seongmi Song

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Brain imaging

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
brain imaging

brain stimulation

motor neuroscience

signal processing

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