UCF Experts Guide

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93 results found for “systems engineering”

Ben Sawyer

Assistant Professor; Director of LabX

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Education , Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
cybersecurity

digital readability

information

machine

neuroscience

neuroscientist
Shubhra Kanti Karmaker

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

data processing

natural language processing
Shahana Ibrahim

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

machine learning
Kaitlyn Crawford

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
chemical

chemistry

electronics

materials

polymer

sensor
Hwan Choi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
assistive device

prosthetic

rehabilitate

rehabilitation

robot

robotics
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
Bradley Willenberg

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
mosquito-borne disease
Grace Bochenek

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
defense

digital engineering

digital twin

energy

health

machine learning

microelectronics

modeling and simulation
Joon-Hyuk Park

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
mechanical engineering

robot

robotics

wearable technology
David Eddins

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Health

College(s)

Health Professions and Sciences
Research Keywords
AR

audiology

auditory

augmented reality

biological engineering

cognition

dysphonia

hearing

pathology

speech

voice
Zhenyi Wang

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

computer science

continual learning

engineering
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
Soheil Sabri

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Modeling and Simulation
Research Keywords
digital twin

geosimulation

urban analytics
Yu Tian

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Accounting

College(s)

Business
Research Keywords
accounting

decision making

organizational control systems
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
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
Mubarak Shah

Trustee Chair, Pegasus Professor, Founding Diretor of the Center for Research in Computer Vision

Area(s) of Expertise

Cyber Defense & National Security , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

security

video
Wei Sun

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Cyber Defense & National Security , Energy

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
cybersecurity

digital grid

infrastructure

power

renewable energy
Damla Turgut

Professor and Chair

Area(s) of Expertise

Health , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

augmented reality

data analytics

energy

internet of things

machine learning

medical

robotics

smart cities

smart homes

wireless
Enrique Del Barco

Pegasus Professor; Associate Dean

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
molecular

nanomaterial

nanoscience

nanostructure

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