Faculty Research Interests

Holly Ault, ME
Mechanical design
Computer-aided geometric design
Computer graphics design
CAD; Kinematics
Biomechanics
Rehabilitation engineering; Mechanical design

Christopher A. Brown, ME
Axiomatic design
Mechanics of skiing
Surface Metrology 

David Brown, CS
The Application of AI to Design
Human-Computer Interaction & Interface Design
Design Theory & Methodology
Artificial Intelligence

Sonia Chernova, CS
Human-Robot Interaction
Robot Learning

Michael J. Ciaraldi, CS
Robotics Education
Software Engineering
Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Eben C. Cobb, ME
Computer Aided Design and Kinematics
Smart Structures
Vibration Control
Design of High-Speed Precision Equipment

David Cyganski, ECE
Machine Vision
Automatic Target Recognition
Image Fusion
Network Computing
Multimedia
Computers In Education

Michael A. Demetriou, ME
Control of Mobile Sensor and Actuator Networks
Intelligent Control of Robotic Manipulators
Model-Based Intrusion and Biochemical Source Detection Using Mobile Sensors

R. James Duckworth, ECE
Multiprocessing
Parallel computation
Logic synthesis
Real-time systems
Rapid prototyping of computer systems

Alex Emanuel, ECE
Power electronics
High-voltage technology
Electromechanical devices
Power systems
Electromagnetic design

Gregory Fischer, ME 
Medical Robotics
Computer Assisted Interventional Systems
MRI-Compatible Mechatronics
Modeling And Control Of Robotic Systems
Kinematics And Mechanism Design

Mustapha Fofana, ME
Nonlinear Machine-Tool Chatter
Manufacturing Time Delay Dynamics and Control
Manufacturing Health Monitoring
Delay Differential Equations and Degenerate Hopf bifurcations
Stochastic Nonlinear Time Delay Dynamics

Cosme Furlong, ME
Fiber-optic based opto-electronic holography (OEH)
High resolution absolute shape measurements
Computer vision and camera calibration techniques
Spatial and temporal interferometric fringe analysis
Wavelet analysis of interferometric images
Opto-electro-thermo-mechanical characterization of photonic and electronic packages

Michael A. Gennert, CS & IMGD
Robotics Education
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Programming Languages

Domnhull Granquist-Fraser, BE
Biomorphically inspired vision
Motion tracking
Sensors
Robotic control

Allen H. Hoffman, ME
Biomechanics
Biomaterials
Biomedical engineering
Rehabilitation engineering
Biofluids
Continuum mechanics

Susan Jarvis, ECE
Real-time computing
Embedded systems
Signal processing
Classification

Robert W. Lindeman, CS & IMGD
Computer Graphics
Human-Computer Interaction
Human-Robot Interaction for Teleoperation
Virutal Reality
Wearable Computers 

Fred J. Looft III, ECE
Instrumentation
Digital and Analog systems
Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Microprocessor Systems and Architectures
Space-Flight Systems

William Michalson, ECE & CS
Communications and Navigation Systems
Embedded Computing / Real-Time Systems
Networking and IT Infrastructure

Stephen Nestinger, ME
Intelligent Mechatronic and Embedded Systems
Systems Integration
Mobile Agent Technology
Distributed, Evolutionary, and Adaptive Control Systems
Multi-Robot Systems
Mobile and Industrial Robotics
Robotic Coordination and Cooperation

Robert L. Norton, ME
Mechanical Design and Analysis
Dynamic Signal Analysis
Computer Aided Engineering and Design
Vibration Analysis

Taskin Padir, ECE
Modeling and Control of Robotic Systems
Kinematics and Dynamics of Robot Manipulators
Redundancy Resolution and Trajectory Planning
Automated System Design
Machine Vision

Gary Pollice, CS
Software Engineering
Quality and Testing
Programming Languages
Collaborative Development and Processes

Charles Rich, CS & IMGD
Artificial intelligence
Interactive media and game development
Intelligent user interfaces
Human-Robot Interaction

Yiming (Kevin) Rong, ME
Manufacturing Systems and Processes
CAD/CAM
Computer-aided Fixture Design and Flexible Fixturing

Lance Schachterle, HUA
Science, technology and society
Literature and science, especially in the works of Thomas Pynchon
Textual editing

Candice L. Sidner, CS
Artificial intelligence
Intelligent user interfaces
Human-robot interaction
Natural language processing

Eduardo Torres-Jara, CS
Manipulation
Touch Sensing

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