UCF Experts Guide

The University of Central Florida’s experts guide helps news reporters connect with faculty members who are leading experts in topics important to our region, state and nation.

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16 results found for “environment”

Thomas Wahl

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
coastal

engineering

modeling

risk

storm

surge

tide
Paria Gharavi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
electron

energy

environment

materials

semiconductor
Sergio Alvarez

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainabiilty , Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
conservation

environment

natural disasters

sustainable tourism

tourism economics and management
Carolina Cruz-Neira

Agere Chair Professor, Director of the VARlab

Area(s) of Expertise

Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AR

augmented reality

computer science

digital twin

interactive visualization

virtual reality

VR
Jayanta Kapat

Trustee Chair, Pegasus Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
aviation

emission

energy

power

renewable

space

turbine

turbomachinery
Peng “Patrick” Sun

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
computer vision

earthquake

infrastructure

nanomaterial

nanoscience

nanotechnology

sensor

smart cities
Kelly Kibler

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
coast

ecology

estuaries

estuary

oyster

reef

river

water
Christopher Emrich

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability , Technology

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
coastal

disaster

emergency management

FEMA

flood

hazard

hurricane

recovery

resilience
Richard Hartshorne

Professor and Department Chair

Area(s) of Expertise

Artifical Intelligence , Education

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

instructional design

online learning

technology
Shazia Bég

Associate Professor of Rheumatology; Associate Program Director, Rheumatology Fellowship

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
arthritis

auto-immune disease

diet

lupus

osteoporosis

patient care

rheumatology
Yang Yang

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Energy

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
advanced materials

batteries

battery

electric vehicle

environment

lithium

nanomaterials

nanoscience

smart electronics
Ni-Bin Chang

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Computer Science , Energy , Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
environment

filtration

hazard analysis

hazard mitigation

infrastructure

stormwater

sustainability

sustainable engineering

wastewater

water treatment
Kate Mansfield

Professor, Davis-Shine Endowed Professor of Conservation Biology

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
biology

conservation

ecology

Indian River Lagoon

marine

turtle
Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge

Associate professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
community partnership

disaster

emergency management

humanitarian logistics

planner

planning

resilience

safety

smart cities

urban
WeiWei Zhan

Assistnt Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
landslide mitigation and earthquake response

machine learning
Debashis Chanda

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Technology

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
energy

environment

infrared

light

nanomaterials

nanoscience

nanotechnology

paint

solar

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