Seven engineering faculty join UC
Engineering faculty from a variety of disciplines joined UC in August 2023
The University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science welcomed seven new faculty members at the start of the fall semester.
Meet the new faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Research/Teaching Interests: Software engineering, software testing, software requirement, secure software engineering, machine learning, natural language processing, computer networks and the Internet of Things.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Research/Teaching Interests: Cybersecurity; artificial intelligence and machine learning with a broad range of applications including data analytics, edge-based AI, and the Internet of Things.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Research/Teaching Interests: machine learning, eep learning, medical image analysis, AI cancer and disease diagnostics and AI drug discovery.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Research/Teaching Interests: Natural language processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, information extraction, semantics, commonsense knowledge and multimodality.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Research/Teaching Interests: Biomechanics, rehabilitation engineering, assistive robotics and prosthetics.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Joint Co-op Institute
Research/Teaching Interests: thermal energy storage, phase change materials and optimization of thermal energy storage systems layout.
Associate Professor Educator, Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management
Research/Teaching Interests: virtual design construction, building information modeling, machine learning; life cycle analysis, sustainability, green design, building energy auditing, smart built environment and virtual reality.
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