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37 results found for “modeling”

Vishnu Prabhu

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health , Modeling and Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
biosensors

digital health tools

internet of things

modeling and simulation
Sunny Gupta

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Computer Science , Modeling and Simulation , NanoScience and Physics

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
computational materials science

quantum materials

transport modeling
Soheil Sabri

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Modeling and Simulation
Research Keywords
digital twin

geosimulation

urban analytics
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
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
Shashank Sonkar

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science , Education
Research Keywords
AI

AI-powered education

natural language processing

personalized education
Niels da Vitoria Lobo

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Modeling and Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

robotics
Yadi Cao

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

modeling
Bulent Soykan

Associate Research Scientist

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Modeling and Simulation

College(s)

Graduate Studies
Research Keywords
AI

computational modeling

digital twin

machine learning

modeling and simulation
Reza Abdolvand

Chair and Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Engineering: Energy , Modeling & Simulation , Modeling and Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
biofluid

data processing

digital twin

energy

infrared

mechanical

nanomaterial

nanoscience

semiconductor

sensor
Gita Sukthankar

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science , Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial

computer

games

machine learning

modeling

robot

simulation

social interaction

technology
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
Hwan Choi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
assistive device

prosthetic

rehabilitate

rehabilitation

robot

robotics
Samiul Hasan

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
infrastructure

mobile

mobility

pedestrian

social media

traffic

transportation
Olusegun Ilegbusi

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
3D printing

fluid dynamics

heart

lung

manufacturing

mechanical

organs

throat
Yaser Fallah

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
autonomous vehicles

electric vehicles

electrical

energy

smart cities

transportation

wireless
Qun Zhou “Q.Z.” Sun

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Energy , Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
batteries

data analytics

energy

HVAC

infrastructure

solar
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
Joseph Harrington

Pegasus Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
atmosphere

exoplanet

planet

solar system
Bari Hoffman

Professor; Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Health Professions and Sciences
Research Keywords
airway

biomechanical

cancer

health

hologram

Parkinson

voice

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