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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48 results found for “machine design”

Peter Hancock

Trustee Chair; Pegasus Profesor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health , Modeling and Simulation

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
autonomous

aviation

engineering

ergonomic

human factor

human-machine systems

performance

psychology

safety

stress
Yu Tian

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Machine learning , Medicine

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science , Medicine
Research Keywords
AI

biomedical

medical anomaly detection
David Luna

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Business & Economy

College(s)

Miller Business
Research Keywords
automation

chabot

communication

consumer behavior

machine

marketing

robot
Yue Wang

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Technology
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

electrical engineering

machine learning
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
Chen Chen

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

Image processing

machine learning
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
Kaitlyn Crawford

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
chemical

chemistry

electronics

materials

polymer

sensor
Paria Gharavi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
electron

energy

environment

materials

semiconductor
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
Joshua Colwell

Department Chair & Pegasus Professor, Planetary Scientist

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
asteroid

cassini

comet

lunar

microgravity

moon

planet

Saturn

solar system

spacecraft
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
Emily Johnson

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Education

College(s)

Arts and Humanities
Research Keywords
education

games

gaming

technology
Yu Tian

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Accounting

College(s)

Miller Business
Research Keywords
accounting

decision making

organizational control systems
Shad Abdel

Associate Lecturer

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
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
Helen J. Huang

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
aging

balance

biomechanics

electroencephalography

engineering

gait rehabilitation

locomotion

motor adaptation

neural technology

technology
Mubarak Shah

Trustee Chair, Pegasus Professor, Founding Director of the Center for Research in Computer Vision and Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IAI)

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Machine learning , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

security

video
Ozlem Garibay

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Health

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

big data

cybersecurity

social media

STEM

systems engineering
Mohsen Rakhshan

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Health

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

amputation

amputee

brain

cognition

cognitive

neural

neuroscience

prosthetics

robotics

senses

sensory

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