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Saeed Ahmad, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Dr. Ahmad specializes in the development of using small molecules, peptides and proteins
Research and development using small molecules peptides and proteins Process development of new and existing active pharmaceutical ingredients Development of efficient and cost effective processes using continuous synthesis and flow chemistry.
Tomasz Arodz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director
Dr. Arodz's research focuses on machine learning and bioinformatics
Machine Learning: Nonlinear Classification Methods That Incorporate Existing Knowledge Into Training Systems Biology: Integration of Prior Biological Knowledge and Multiple Sources of Data for Pathway Discovery Computational Biology: Analysis of Role of Protein Mutations in Evolution and Disease Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning in Biomedicine Protein Evolution Complex Biological Networks Bioinformatics
Gary M. Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Atkinson specializes in microelectromechanical systems
Microelectromechanical Systems Biochip Smart materials Micro and Nanofabrication Energy Conversion Devices Sensors Actuators and Transducers
Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D.
Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Professor Atulasimha researches nanomagnetic/spintronic memory and neuromorphic computing devices.
Spintronics and Nanomagnetism Exploratory neuromorphic devices Straintronics: Strian mediated electric field control of magnetism Electric field (VCMA) control of skyrmions Magnetic and multiferroic materials
Vitaliy Avrutin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Avrutin specializes in the growth and characterization of oxide materials (ZnO, perovskite oxides)
III-Nitride expitaxial structures for light emitters and high-power devices including semipolar and nonpolar material on silicon and sapphire substrates
Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.
Commonwealth Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Bandyopadhyay has authored and co-authored over 400 research publications
Self-assembly of Regimented Nanostructure Arrays Spintronics Quantum Devices Hot Carrier Transport in Nanostructures Nanoelectronics Quantum Computing Nanomagnetism Computing Paradigms Optical Properties of Nanostructures Coherent spin transport in Nanowires for Sensing and Information Processing Nanowire-based Room Temperature Infrared Detectors
Lewis Franklin Bost, MBA, IDSA, FAIMBE
Professor | Bachelor Product Design, NCSU l Masters of Business Administration, UNC
Professor Bost's research focuses on innovation, device design and development processes
Innovation Device Design Development Processes Entrepreneurial Business Strategy Commercialization FDA Quality System Regulations ISO Medical Device Standards
Barbara D. Boyan, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute for Engineering and Medicine | B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rice University
Dr. Boyan specializes in cell and tissue engineering
Cell and Tissue Engineering Response of Cells to Biomaterials Mechanisms of Action of Hormones and Growth Factors in Cartilage and Bone Normal and Pathological Calcification Stem Cell Delivery Technologies
Eyuphan Bulut, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Professor Bulut's research interests include wireless networks and mobile computing, cyber-physical systems, and social networks
Mobile Computing: Wireless Networks Cyber-physical Systems Mobile Social Networks Wireless Charging Security: Cyber Security Network Security Privacy and Trust Mobile (3G/4G) Systems: Mobile Packet Core Cloud Mobile Data Offloading Big Data: Internet of Things (IoT) Crowd-sensing Mobile Data Mining and Supervised Learning
Michael J. Cabral, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Cabral specializes in engineering education and nanofabrication techniques
Engineering Education Nanofabrication Techniques Molecular Electronics
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