Hadis Morkoç, Ph.D.
Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Chair, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Morkoç researches nitride semiconductor heterostructures and devices
Group III-V Semiconductors Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Nitride Semiconductor Heterostructures
Gary M. Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Atkinson specializes in microelectromechanical systems
Microelectromechanical Systems Biochip Smart materials Micro and Nanofabrication Energy Conversion Devices
Luke Gusukuma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Luke teaches Computer Science (CS) and does research in CS Education. He focuses on the design and delivery of feedback and instruction.
Computer Science Education
Carrie L. Peterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S., University of Michigan | MSE and Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin | Postdoctoral Training, Northwestern University · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Peterson's expertise is in neuromusculoskeletal biomechanics of human movement and rehabilitation design.
Home-Based Rehabilitation Neuromodulation Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation of Human Movement Neuroplasticity
Erdem Topsakal, Ph.D.
Interim Senior Associate Dean, College of Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Erdem Topsakal received multiple degrees in electronics and communication engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul
Microwave Early Cancer Detection and Monitoring Microwave Hyperthermia and Ablation Wireless Medical Telemetry (Implantable and Body-centric) and E-Health Medical Applications of Microfluidics (Microfluidic Antennas and Sensors) Novel Microwave Antennas and Arrays
John E. Speich, Ph.D.
Acting Chair, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Engineering and program development expert with research focused on bladder biomechanics and robotics
Cooperative Education Engineering Education Mechanical Engineering Robotics Medical Devices
Michael Friedman, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Friedman's research investigates the role of genetic variability in the musculoskeletal response to spaceflight and disuse.
Bone Exercise Physiology Skeletal Muscle Physiology Biomechanics Nutrition
René Olivares-Navarrete, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | D.D.S, National Autonomous University of Mexico | Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico · VCU DEPT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Olivares-Navarrete’s research focuses on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine approaches for Craniofacial and Orthopaedic needs.
Tissue Engineering Stem Cell Biology and Engineering Biomaterials for Craniofacial and Musculoskeletal Tissues Immunomodulation and Immunoengineering Wnt Signaling in Morphogenesis Healing and Regeneration
Ahmet Sonmez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Computer Science teaching faculty member.
Harmony Rhoades
Research Associate Professor · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Harmony Rhoades's research centers on homelessness, housing, substance use, mental health, and other factors that influence health outcomes.
Mental Health Substance Abuse Hiv/Aids Health Homelessness
John D. Leonard II, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering
Engineering expert overseeing business and administrative operations for the School of Engineering
Modeling and simulation of traffic and transportation systems Traffic flow theory and traffic engineering Intelligent transportation systems Institutional Research Studies of higher education institutions
Yuichi Motai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Virginia Commonwealth University.
System Safety Intelligent Systems with Adaptive Tracking Online Classification Methodologies Medical Imaging Pattern Recognition
Alberto Cano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Cano specializes in machine learning, data mining, classification, big data, data streams, and high-performance computing.
Machine Learning Data Mining Classification Big Data High Performance Computing
Preetam Ghosh, Ph.D.
Interim Chair, Department of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Ghosh researches systems biology, specifically stochastic modeling and discrete event simulation
Systems Biology Stochastic modeling and discrete event simulation Reverse engineering analysis and visualization of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) Static/Dynamic modeling and control of network robustness Graph theoretic analysis of protein interaction networks to identify functionally significant modules
Cang Ye, Ph.D.
Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Ye's research interests include Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, 3D Computer Vision, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems.
Ashraf Tantawy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Conducting research on cyber physical systems, dependable and secure computing, and CPS security.
Maria Duggan
Adjunct Assistant Professor · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Adjunct Assistant Professor focused on psychiatric and mental health provision for adults, including dual diagnosis and dementia.
Social Services Social Work Education Adults and Healthy Aging Outpatient Programming Emergency Psychiatric Services
George Hess
Professor Emeritus of Management · Loyola Marymount University
Small Business Management Management Strategy Entrepreneurship
Bartosz Krawczyk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Krawczyk's areas of research are machine learning, data stream mining, and big data.
Machine learning: ensembles, imbalanced data, one-class classification, kernel methods. Data stream mining: concept drift, active learning, online classification and regression. Big data: mining massive datasets, efficient and scalable learning algorithms
Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D.
VCU Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Fotis Sotiropoulos serves as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University