New Fulton Engineering faculty, 2010-2011
Fulton Engineering continues to expand depth and breadth of expertise in our thematic foci: energy, security, sustainability, education and health. We have added a number of faculty members whose backgrounds and interests are aligned with our themes, and are passionate about educating the next generation of engineers.
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
Karmella Haynes, assistant professor
Ph.D., molecular genetics, Washington University
Previous position: Postdoctoral scholar, Harvard Medical School
Research expertise: Synthetic biology
Vikram Kodibagkar, assistant professor
Ph.D., physics, Washington University
Previous position: Research faculty, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Research expertise: Radiology, MRI; cellular and molecular imaging of cancer
Sarah Stabenfeldt, assistant professor
Ph.D., bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Previous position: Postdoctoral scholar, Emory University
Research expertise: Novel biomaterials to repair and regenerate injured neural tissue
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
Ross Maciejewski, assistant professor
Ph.D., electrical and computer engineering, Purdue University
Previous position: visiting assistant professor, Purdue University
Research expertise: Visualization; interactive visual interfaces
Yoshihiro Kobayashi, lecturer
Ph.D., architecture and computer science, University of California, Los Angeles
Previous position: faculty research associate, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University
Research expertise: 3-D city modeling using soft computing and photogrammetry technologies
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Pavan Kumar Turaga, assistant professor
Ph.D., electrical and computer engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Previous position: research associate, Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland
Research expertise: Automatic interpretation of multimedia signals; computer vision; image processing
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Panagiotis Artemiadis, assistant professor
Ph.D., mechanical engineering, National Technical University of Athens
Previous position: Postdoctoral scholar, MIT
Research expertise: Robotics; brain-machine interfaces
Candace Chan, assistant professor
Ph.D., physical chemistry, Stanford University
Previous position: Postdoctoral scholar, UC Berkeley
Research expertise: Battery and supercapacitor measurements; characterization of nanomaterials
Jay Oswald, assistant professor
Ph.D., mechanical engineering, Northwestern University
Previous position: Postdoctoral scholar, Northwestern University
Research expertise: Smart materials for aerospace and energy; multiscale modeling of novel materials
Jagannathan Rajagopalan, assistant professor
Ph.D., mechanical engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Previous position: Postdoctoral scholar, University of Illinois
Research expertise: Mechanics of nanoscale materials and interactions with biological systems (mechanical stress-neurotransmission)
Kiran Solanki, assistant professor
Ph.D., mechanical engineering, Mississippi State University
Previous position: associate director, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University
Research expertise: multiscale modeling; fatigue
Robert Wang, assistant professor
Ph.D., mechanical engineering, UC Berkeley
Previous position: Postdoctoral scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Research expertise: Energy transport, conversion and storage in nanostructured materials; thermoelectric devices
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Mikhail Chester, assistant professor
Ph.D., civil and environmental engineering, UC Berkeley
Previous position: Postdoctoral scholar, UC Berkeley
Research expertise: Life cycle analysis; environmental impacting pollutants in transportation
Zhihua Wang, assistant professor
Ph.D, environmental engineering and water research, Princeton University
Previous position: Ph.D. candidate, Princeton University
Research expertise: Environmental fluid mechanics; climate
Undergraduate Education
Benjamin Mertz, lecturer
Ph.D., aerospace engineering, University of Notre Dame
Previous position: research associate, University of Notre Dame
Chao Wang, lecturer
Ph.D., electrical engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Previous position: research associate, University of Notre Dame
Expertise: Wireless sensor networks; signal processing; distributed computing
Haolin Zhu, lecturer
Ph.D. theoretical and applied mechanics, Cornell University
Previous position: Ph.D. candidate, Cornell University
