engineering Experts

Robert Hasker, Ph.D.

ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Robert Hasker is an expert in the areas of software engineering education, object oriented design and programming languages.

Jay Whitacre

Trustees ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Jay Whitacre examines the materials science of synthesizing, characterizing, and implementing promising materials for energy storage.

Michael Nowatkowski, PhD

Professor; Director, AU Cyber InstituteAugusta University

A leading cybersecurity expert available to discuss online security, ransomware, and device security topics.

Bridget Wadzuk, PhD

Edward A. Daylor Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Director of Sustainable Engineering | Director of the Villanova Center for Resilient Water Systems | Director of Strategic Initiatives | College of EngineeringVillanova University

Bridget Wadzuk, PhD, is an expert in water resources engineering, environmental fluid dynamics and stormwater wetlands.

Lorenzo Valdevit

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and Director, Institute for Design and Manufacturing InnovationUC Irvine

Lorenzo Valdevit’s research is in the general area of mechanics of materials and structures and additive manufacturing

Sina Shahbazmohamadi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut

Hardware security expert

Ibrahim Guven, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Professor Guven specializes in fracture and failure analysis using peridynamics.

Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos is an expert in the fields of ferrofluids, nanomedicine, and magnetic nanoparticles and their biomedical applications.

Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D.

Dean Robert J. Mattauch Chair | Vice Chair of Computer ScienceVCU College of Engineering

Data scientist specializing in high-throughput structural bioinformatics of proteins & small RNAs.

Theresa Mayer

Vice President for ResearchCarnegie Mellon University