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.

From the race to return humankind to the moon to how advances in engineering and computer science will enhance our quality of life – and from the race to cure deadly diseases to emerging trends in the hospitality industry – UCF experts are available to speak with the media.

84 results found for “mechanical engineering”

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
Yue Wang

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Technology
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

electrical engineering

machine learning
Liping Yu

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Energy , Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
electronics

materials engineering

physics

semiconductor

sustainability

sustainable
Amy Foster

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Arts and Humanities
Research Keywords
aviation

engineering

history

medicine

science

space

technology
Kaitlyn Crawford

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
chemical

chemistry

electronics

materials

polymer

sensor
Yeonwoong “Eric” Jung

Assistant professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Energy

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
electronics

materials engineering

nanomaterials

nanoscience

technology
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
Kathleen A. Richardson

Trustee Chair, Pegasus Profesor

Area(s) of Expertise

Optics & Lasers

College(s)

Optics and Photonics
Research Keywords
ceramic

engineering

glass

nanomaterial

nanoscience

optical

optics

photonics

technology
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
Amrit Singh Bedi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

algorithms

language models

machine learning
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
Shahana Ibrahim

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

machine learning
Bradley Willenberg

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
mosquito-borne disease
Hwan Choi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
assistive device

prosthetic

rehabilitate

rehabilitation

robot

robotics
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
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
Mehdi Razavi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Health

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
advanced materials

bone

cancer

drug

implant

nanomaterial

nanomedicine

nanoscience

nanotechnology

orthopedic

stem cell

ultrasound
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
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
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

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