New faculty join College of Engineering and Applied Science
CEAS welcomes ten new faculty members
University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science welcomed ten new faculty members in 2020, including Tom Talavage, as head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Gautam Pillay as associate dean of research.
Meet the faculty:
Riccardo Barrile
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research/Teaching Interests: personalized bioengineering; organ-on-chip; in vitro cell biology; tissue engineering; host-pathogen interaction
Joseph Corcoran
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Research/Teaching Interests: non-destructive evaluation; structural health monitoring; digital twins; structural integrity; harsh environment degradation mechanisms; probabilistic engineering
John Dryden
Assistant Professor-Educator, Construction Management
Research/Teaching Interests: financial risk management; permeable pavements; construction estimating; construction finance; site layout
John Gallagher
Professor, Computer Science
Research/Teaching Interests: machine learning and meta-heuristic search; verification, validation, and security of adaptive cyber-physical systems; neuromorphic computation; adaptive autonomous robots; promoting diversity, persistence, and success in engineering and computer science education
Xiaodong Jia
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering,
Research/Teaching Interests: smart manufacturing and maintenance prognostics and health management; data-driven modeling and intelligent systems; advanced process control; machine learning and data mining
Seokki Lee
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Research/Teaching Interests: databases; data provenance; big data; data exchange; data security
John Martin
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research/Teaching Interests: biomaterials; regenerative medicine; drug delivery; orthopedic regeneration; immune engineering; craniofacial development; cellular oxidation; tissue engineering
Gautam Pillay
Associate Dean of Research, Professor, Engineering Education
Research/Teaching Interests: environmental remediation; battery and fuel cell technologies; defense applications of materials science and engineering; societal impacts of science and engineering; intellectual property management; higher education administration and policy
Thomas Talavage
Department Head and Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research/Teaching Interests: functional MRI; cochlear implants; neural systems; statistical signal processing; prospective injury prevention in sports
Moncef Tayahi
Assistant Professor-Educator, Electrical Engineering | Joint Co-op Institute
Research/Teaching Interests: AI accelerators; photonics devices and systems; optical communication systems and networks; high-speed electronic systems; diamond and carbon nanotube power electronics devices; sensors devices, systems and networks
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