Two faculty join College of Engineering and Applied Science
CEAS adds professors in biomedical and environmental engineering
The University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science welcomed two new faculty members in January 2022 at the start of the spring semester.
Dongmei Feng
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Research/Teaching Interests: terrestrial hydrology; fluvial hydrology; hydrologic modeling; remote sensing; river discharge; surface water quality; hydrologic impacts of climate change and human activities
Eric Nauman
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research/Teaching Interests: biomechanics of injury prevention and rehabilitation; design of assistive technologies; engineered tissue development; cancer diagnosis and treatment
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