Engineering Experts

Giorgio Rizzoni

Director, Center for Automotive Research| Department of Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringThe Ohio State University

Professor Rizzoni is Director of the Center for Automotive Research and the Ford Motor Company Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Bora Karayaka

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Bora Karayak leads the efforts to establish electric power engineering as a discipline within the School of Engineering + Technology.

Derek Riley, Ph.D.

Professor, Program Director of Computer ScienceMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Derek Riley is an expert in Large Language Models (LLMs), deep learning, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing.

Jacob Elmer, PhD

Dicciani Endowed Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering | College of EngineeringVillanova University

Jacob Elmer, PhD, is an expert in genetic engineering, GMOs and gene therapy.

Emin Issakhanian

Associate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Shaowen Xu

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Southern University

Shaowen Xu is an expert in Friction Stir Welding Processing, Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanofracture and Nanofailure.

Kevin Folta

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Kevin Folta is an expert in biotechnology. He also farms and has a background in communication.

JennieV. Sorrells

Project DirectorWestern Carolina University

Kostadin Damevski, Ph.D.

Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Computer Science; Co-Director, Software Engineering CenterVCU College of Engineering

Builds machine learning and AI systems that study and support how software developers communicate, reason about code, and handle security.

Icaro dos Santos, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Icaro dos Santos is an expert in embedded systems, medical devices and finite element modeling.