VCU College of Engineering

VCU College of Engineering

601 W. Main St., Richmond, 23284, VA, US

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The VCU College of Engineering, an innovation front-runner in academics and research, brings real-world education to Central Virginia. Our collaborative and multidisciplinary partnerships prepare undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students for leadership. Part of a premier research university, the VCU College of Engineering enhances regional and global prosperity through cutting-edge developments in tissue engineering, drug delivery, bioinformatics, cybersecurity, mechanical systems and particle science. We make it real by turning great ideas into breakthrough technologies. Our facilities are hubs of discovery, powered by an expanding student body and faculty committed to excellence.

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

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

Robert Dahlberg, Ph.D.

Robert Dahlberg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Computer Science Capstone Coordinator and Computer Science teaching faculty

Cybersecurity – Information and System Security emphasis on Access Control Blockchain – Blockchain management and utilities. Application of blockchain technology. Software Engineering – Architecture & Design Methodologies. Software Development Lifecycle.

Kostadin Damevski, Ph.D.

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.

Nibir K. Dhar, Ph.D.

Professor and 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.

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.

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

Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D.

Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D.

Alice T. and William H. Goodwin, Jr. Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; BS, San Diego State University; Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara

Bone, mechanobiology, regenerative medicine, effects of space travel on bone and muscle, gap junctions, osteoblast, osteocyte, osteoclast

Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering Musculoskeletal Mechanobiology Space Biology and Bioengineering

Kai Donsbach, Ph.D.

Kai Donsbach, Ph.D.

Chief Operations Officer

Chief Operating Officer of the Medicines for All Institute. Oversee the day-to-day activities of the Institute.

Debra Duke

Debra Duke

Professor of the Practice and Director of Fundamentals of Computing, Department of Computer Science

Professor Duke is a computer scientist focused on learning and engagement strategies

Computer Science Education

Carl Elks, Ph.D.

Carl Elks, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor Elks' career focuses on maturing and advancing the state of the art in the areas of safety assessment and fault tolerance.

Runtime Verification and Monitoring Fault Injection for Cyber Physical Systems Complexity Aware Design for Critical Systems Assessment Methods for Dependable and High Integrity Systems Cyber Physical Systems Human System Interactions in Autonomous Systems Biologically Inspired Self-Healing Systems

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