Caroline Budwell, Ph.D.

College Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator | Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director, Department of Computer Science

Dr. Caroline Budwell is a computer scientist focused on learning and engagement strategies.

Software Engineering Computer Science Education Learning and Engagement Strategies Problem Based Learning Collaborative Learning

Lane Carasik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

Dr. Carasik researches computational and experimental thermal hydraulics for fusion & nuclear energy and medical isotope production.

Energy Independence Additive Manufacturing Computational Fluid Dynamics Verification and Validation Thermal-Fluids Design Experimental Thermal-Fluids

Carlos Castano, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

Professor Castano specializes in tailoring surface properties of materials for applications in energy, transportation, and manufacturing.

Surface Engineering Functional Coatings Nanomaterials Engineering Corrosion Engineering Thin film deposition and characterization Lightweight Alloys Plasma Physics Advanced Materials Characterization Tribology

Shawn (Sheng-Chieh) Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

Shawn's research interests include airborne and liquid-borne nanoparticle filtration, NanoEHS, and indoor and urban air pollution control.

Nanofiltration and ultrafiltration Air pollution control Aerosol sampling and instrumentation Indoor Air Quality CFD simulation

D. Joshua Cohen, M.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Applications to solve orthopedic and dental challenges involving the musculoskeletal system; focusing on in vivo studies using rodent models

MicroCT imaging Orthopedic and dental implantology Breast cancer metastasis to bone Small animal model surgery

Sandro R. P. da Rocha, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Sciences Engineering

Dr. da Rocha specializes in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and nanotechnology.

Nanomedicine Nonivasive Drug & Gene Delivery Biomaterials Cancer nanotechnology Aerosol formulation

Kostadin Damevski, Ph.D.

Professor, Graduate Program Director

Interested in software engineering and in the use of natural language processing techniques to improve software maintenance and evolution.

Software Engineering Software Maintenance Recommendation Systems Natural Language Processing

Nibir K. Dhar, Ph.D.

Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Chair in Engineering |CCI Eminent Scholar, SPIE Fellow, OPTICA (OSA) Fellow

Professor Dhar researches semiconductor heterostructures, devices and systems applications in Electro-Optic and Infrared (EOIR)

Thang Dinh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Computer scientist focusing on security and optimization challenges in complex systems including social networks.

Network vulnerability assessment Security and privacy in social networks and wireless networks Combinatorial Optimization Approximation algorithm

Alen Docef, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor Docef's research interests lie in medical image processing

Medical Image Processing Signal Processor Architectures Document Compression for Archiving Efficient Error-Resilient Network-Optimized Image and Video Coding