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John Leonard, Ph.D.
Professor
Professor Leonard teaches databases, user interfaces and video game design. Research interests cover modeling, analytics and visualization.
Modeling and simulation of traffic and transportation systems Traffic flow theory and traffic engineering Intelligent transportation systems Institutional Research Studies of higher education institutions
Nastassja A. Lewinski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Dr. Lewinski's research topics include nanomaterial toxicity, nanomedicine, and nanoinformatics.
Nanomaterial toxicity Nanoinformatics Nanomedicine Advanced in vitro exposure systems Comparative in vitro – in vivo analyses
Worth Longest, Ph.D.
Alice T. and William H. Goodwin Jr. Endowed Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Professor Longest works to address significant current challenges in the field of medical aerosols
Infant Aerosol Delivery Targeting Inhaled Medications within the Lungs Inhaled Medications Respiratory Drug Delivery Particle Engineering Inhaler Design and Development Pediatric Aerosol Delivery Inhaled Antibiotics Inhaled Surfactants Inhaled Anti-inflammatories Computational Fluid Dynamics Pharmacutical Aerosol Product Development Pipeline Transport Theory Realistic In Vitro Aerosol Testing Development of Inhaled Generic Medications
Milos Manic, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Milos Manic, Ph.D., FIEEE., is director of VCU's Cybersecurity Center and an expert in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection.
Computational Intelligence Techniques (Machine Learning) with Applications in Energy Cybersecurity and Human Machine Interfaces Software Defined Networks Fuzzy Neural Data Mining Techniques Energy Security Human-machine Interfaces
Robert J. Mattauch, Ph.D.
Founding Chair & Dean Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and electronics engineering expert, with a focus on molecular spectroscopy and academic program development
Low-noise Receiver Elements for 100 GHz to 4.7 THz Application Radio Astronomy Molecular Spectroscopy
Henry A. McGee Jr., Ph.D.
Founding Dean, Dean Emeritus and Professor
Dr. McGee led the joint VCU/VA Tech project to bring quality engineering education to the metro Richmond area.
Mark A. McHugh, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Professor McHugh researches high-pressure fluid properties and phase equilibria
High-Pressure Fluid Properties and Phase Equilibria Polymer Solution Behavior at High Pressures Scattering Phenomena in Polymer Solutions at High Pressures Supercritical Fluid Solvent Technology
Bridget McInnes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. McInnes' research is in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a particular interest in semantics.
Natural Language Processing Biomedical Text Processing Information Retrieval Machine Learning
Reza Mohammadi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Professor Mohammadi researches Materials Science and Engineering, Surface Engineering, Wetting Phenomena, Metal Forming, Materials Chemistry
Ultra-incompressible superhard materials Superhydrophobic materials Thin film deposition and characterization Tearing energy of sheet metals Metal forming and shaping Machining
Hadis Morkoç, Ph.D.
Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Chair, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Morkoç researches nitride semiconductor heterostructures and devices
Group III-V Semiconductors Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Nitride Semiconductor Heterostructures
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