Faculty - Alphabetical Listing
 Reka Albert
Associate Professor of Physics and Biology
122 Davey Laboratory, University Park
Phone: 814-865-6123
E-mail: ralbert@phys.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Our research is driven by an ongoing dialog between experimental measurements and theoretical modeling. We build our models on the most salient features of a system, and use our results as predictions and guidance for future experiments. Our diverse, interdisciplinary projects are characterized by the common goal of identifying organizing principles of complex systems.
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 Anne Andrews
Associate Professor of Molecular Toxicology
207 Life Sciences Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8281
E-mail: ama11@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transporter-mediated regulation of neuronal homeostasis; Role of serotonin in complex behavior, and the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases); In vivo neurotransmitter sensing; Nanobiosensor design; Functional proteomics.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Anne Andrews' Research Group
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 Antonio Armaou
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
170 Fenske Laboratory, University Park
Phone: 814-863-1375
E-mail: armaou@engr.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Nonlinear model reduction and control of transport-reaction processes with focus on multiscale systems, Optimization and design of dynamic distributed chemical processes, Modeling, design and control of plasma-assisted microelectronics manufacturing and advanced materials processing, Simulation, analysis and control of fluid dynamic systems.
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 Asad Azemi
Associate Professor of Engineering
Penn State Brandywine
Phone: 610-892-1421
E-mail: azemi@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Signal modeling and estimation, Intelligent systems, Computational biology, Bioinformatics, Chaos.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Dr. Azemi is a co-founder of the bio-informatics research group at Ferdowsi University and the head of its heart subgroup. The heart subgroup currently consists of one Ph.D. and four M.S. students, working in the general area of arrhythmia detection.
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 Shweta Bansal
NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Grenfell Lab at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
510 Mueller Laboratory, University Park
Email: shweta@sbansal.com
RESEARCH INTERESTS: I study networks using tools from computer science, physics and statistics; particularly for application in epidemiology. I am interested in probabalistic models of networks, network generation and inference, methods for the analysis of dynamics on networks, and the interplay of structure and dynamics.
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 Elizabeth Boyer
Associate Professor of Water Resources
Director, Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Institute
304 Forest Resources Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8330
E-mail: ewb100@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Hydrological and ecological processes that affect water quality (e.g., nutrients, metals, and sediments) and water quantity (e.g., streamflow and water yield) issuing from watersheds. I am particularly interested in how human activities and environmental variability influence conditions and trends in streams, rivers, and estuaries. Our work aims to provide a scientific basis for design and implementation of land management programs and policies to mitigate the effects of pollution, and to protect, conserve, and restore surface waters.
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 Susan Brantley
Professor of Geosciences
Director of Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
2217 Earth & Engineering Sciences Bldg (225B), University Park
Phone: 814-865-3191
E-mail: brantley@essc.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical and physical processes associated with the circulation of aqueous fluids in shallow hydrogeologic settings. Investigations incorporate field and laboratory work, and theoretical modelling of observations. Of particular interest are questions concerning the measurement and prediction of the rates of natural processes, including chemical weathering and natural degassing. Recent work has focused on the effect of microbial life on mineral reactivity and extraction of nutrients from rocks by microorganisms.
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 Sean Brennan
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
318 Leonhard Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-2430
E-mail: sbrennan@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Simulation of vehicle dynamics, inverse problems, monte-carlo simulation, data fusion, image processing, robust control synthesis, allometric scalability of robots, atonomous vehicle development.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Special Issue on Control Applications in Automotive Engineering
Vehicle State Estimation Using Vision and Inertial Measurements
Lessons Learned from Matching Experimental Data to Low-Order Models of Vehicle Yaw, Sideslip, and Roll Behavior
Utilization of Vehicle Dynamic Simulations as Predictors of Highway Safety
The Vehicle Autopilot: Simultaneous Robust Control Through Parametric Adaptation
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 Robert Brooks
Assistant Professor of Wildlife and Wetlands
Director, Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center
323 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-1596
E-mail: rpb2@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Wetlands restoration and creation on altered and damaged landscapes, Monitoring protocols for reference wetlands and mitigation projects, Modeling cumulative impacts in wetland and riparian portions of landscapes, Developing hydrogeomorphic models for riverine, depression, and slope wetlands, Developing ecological indicator models using macroinvertebrates, amphibians and birds, Treatment of mine drainage using constructed wetlands, Habitat modeling for wetland-riparian wildlife.
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 William Brune
Department Head, Professor of Meteorology
504 Wagner Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-3286
E-mail: brune@meteo.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Atmospheric Photochemistry from Earth's Surface to the Stratosphere; Atmospheric Interactions Between Photochemistry and Dynamics; Chemical Reactions in the Gas-phase on Surfaces; Spectroscopic Detection Techniques.
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 Jeffrey Catchmark
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
109 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-0414
E-mail: jcatchmark@engr.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transporter-mediated regulation of neuronal homeostasis; Role of serotonin in complex behavior, and the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases); In vivo neurotransmitter sensing; Nanobiosensor design; Functional proteomics.
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 Long-Qing Chen
ICS Steering Committee
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
102 Steidle Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-8101
E-mail: lqc3@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Computational materials science at the mesoscale, Phase-field method for materials microstructure evolution and materials design, Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions, Domain structures and electrical/mechanical/magnetic couplings in nanoferroelectrics and multiferroics, Alloy phase transformations, including order-disorder, phase separation, and martensitic transformations, Grain growth in thin films and bulk systems, Precipitate morphologies, Ostwald ripening, Interactions between defect and phase microstructures, Multiscale modeling, Computational materials design.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Crystals Within Crystals
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 Vincent Crespi
Professor of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Director, Penn State Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
326 Davey Laboratory, University Park
Phone: 814-863-0163
E-mail: nanoprof@mac.com
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Computational Materials Theory, Adsorption onto Carbon Nanotubes, Beowulf Commodity Supercomputers: Sherwood, Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, Metastable Semiconductor Alloys, Electronic Properties, Optical Properties, Semiconductors, Optimization of Photonic Structures, Structural Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, Empirical Interatomic Potentials, Quantum Mechanics.
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 Kenneth Davis
Associate Professor of Meteorology
512 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-8601
E-mail: davis@meteo.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Boundary Layer Meteorology, Atmospheric Carbon and Hydrologic Cycles, Remote Sensing Using Lidar, Flux Measurement Methods, Interactions Among Ecosystem Processes and Boundary Layer Development, Interactions Between Atmospheric Turbulence and Chemistry.
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 Brian Dempsey
Professor of Environmental Engineering
212 Sackett Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-1226
E-mail: bad5@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Inorganic coagulants and coagulation processes, Microfiltration for potable water and wastewater, Treatment of acid mine drainage, Chemistry of iron, aluminum, and trace metals, Reactions of natural organic materials, Manipulation of solid phases to enhance purity or density, Stream monitoring and TMDLs, Removal of arsenic from potable water, Uranium mobility and reactivity.
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 John Doherty
Professor of Electrical Engineering
325 Leonhard Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-8102
E-mail: jfdoherty@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Signal processing and communications, which includes specific applications to remote sensing, electronic intelligence, and biomedical engineering; data analysis for remote sensing of the lower atmosphere; developing new electronic intelligence and surveillance technologies for homeland security in collaboration with the Applied Research Laboratory.
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 Cheng Dong
Professor of Bioengineering
233 Hallowell Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8091
E-mail: cxd23@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The major focus of our research is to elucidate biomechanical, biophysical and biochemical aspects of cellular function in the circulatory system. A dual approach is taken that involves a coordination of in vitro, in vivo, biological experiments and mathematical modeling of cellular behavior. The laboratory expertise is in the field of cellular biomechanics, leukocyte rheology, cell signaling, cancer immunology and metastases. Current research includes studies of micro-hemodynamics, cell adhesion, cell migration, intercellular and intracellular signaling, systems biology and cell signaling network modeling. In particular, we study how tumor microenvironment changes leukocyte and/or endothelial immune functions which subsequently affect tumor cell extravasation from the microcirculation and subsequent metastasis.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Cellular Biomechanics Laboratory
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 Darryl Farber
Assistant Professor of Science, Technology & Society
201G Old Botany, University Park
Phone: 814-865-3042
E-mail: dlf112@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Current research is on the environmental, societal, and ethical implications of nanotechnology. In a broader context, he is working on understanding how emerging technologies may contribute to a global sustainable energy and waste system and the societal and ethical implications of those technological systems. He has recently published on the decommissioning of nuclear facilities and is contributing to a series of articles on nuclear technology for the Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics.
Additionally, he is working on an update of an economic impact analysis of Penn State University on the Centre Region, and he has become involved recently in understanding the impacts of a proposed local landfill, waste-to-energy facility in Centre County, PA.
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 Charles Gaston
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Penn State York
Phone: 717-771-4155
E-mail: cag9@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Voting Technology, Election Systems, DRE Voting Machines.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Savioc Voting Systems
Dr. Gaston has developed a PC-based voting system that is arguably more secure, more accurate, and more trustworthy than any other voting system in existence. He is interested in having other computer experts probe it for weaknesses.
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 Russ Graham
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Director, Earth & Mineral Science Museum and Art Gallery
14 Deike Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-6336
E-mail: rgraham@ems.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biogeography, GIS, Database Development, NEOTOMA Database, Data Mining, Computational Paleoecology, Ecosystem Modeling.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Dr. Graham is one of the primary principal investigators in developing an NSF funded database known as NEOTOMA. This mutidisciplinary database is integrating data on fossil beetles, vertebrates, pollen and plant macrofossils for North America for the last five million years. This database will allow quantitative reconstructions of paleoecosystems for the first time.
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 Bryan Grenfell
Alumni Professor of Biology
510 Mueller Laboratory, University Park
Phone: 814-865-9131
E-mail: grenfell@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Investigating how the interaction of noise and non-linear density-dependent feedback drive population processes at different scales; Understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of infectious disease and how these are affected by control strategies; Phylodynamics: exploring how pathogen phylogenies are affected by host immunity, transmission bottlenecks and epidemic dynamics – at scales from individual host to population.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Bryan Grenfell's Research Page
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 Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Eberly Professor of Biotechnology and Professor of Chemistry
401 Chemistry Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-6442
E-mail: shs@chem.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Theoretical and computational investigation of chemically and biologically important processes; proton, hydride, and proton-coupled electron transfer reactions; mixed quantum/classical molecular dynamics simulations; development of theoretical and computational methods; applications to reactions in solution and proteins.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The Hammes-Schiffer Research Group
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 Sue Ellen Haupt
Senior Research Associate Applied Research Laboratory
Associate Professor of Meteorology
PO Box 30, State College, PA 16804
Phone: 814-863-7135
E-mail: seh19@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Numerical modeling, Genetic algorithms, Spectral methods, Inverse methods, Computational fluid dynamics, Dynamic meteorology, Fluid mechanics, Climate, Dynamical systems, Coherent structures, Nonlinear wave mechanics, Artificial intelligence, Empirical modeling, Galerkin methods, Time domain methods
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Sue Ellen Haupt's Personal Web Site
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 Arshad Khan
Professor of Chemistry
305 Chemistry Building, University Park
121 Swift Building, Penn State DuBois
Phone: 814-863-9295
E-mail: kub@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Theoretical Chemistry: Determining molecular cluster structure of water & Met-Cars, Polymer Chemistry: Theoretical and Experimental Studies, Biophysical Chemistry: Theoretical and Experimental Studies, Inactivation mechanism of metallo-enzymes (a-amylase), Chemometry/Computational Chemistry to Improve Signal-Noise Ratio, Unique properties of liquid water and its structure: Theoretical Studies.
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 Akhil Kumar
ICS Steering Committee
Professor of Information Systems, Supply Chain and Information Systems
420 Business Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-0034
E-mail: akhilkumar@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Workflow Systems, E-services, Various Aspects of Database Systems, Distributed Information Systems and Intelligent Systems, e.g., Replication and Concurrency Control, Data Mining, Online Analytical Processing, Data Structures for Spatial Data.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Akhil Kumar's Homepage
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 Derrick Lampkin
Assistant Professor of Geography
313 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-2493
E-mail: djl22@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Remote Sensing of Cryosphere; Radiative Transfer Modeling of Snow; Mountain Snowmelt Monitoring; Advanced Wireless Technology for Ground-based Monitoring of Snow Properties; Remote Sensing of Alpine Snow and Vegetation Interactions; Hydroclimatology; Water Resources.
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 Hangsheng Lin
Associate Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology
415 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building,
University Park
Phone: 814-865-6726
E-mail: henrylin@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Hydropedology: Fundamental studies of interactive pedologic and hydrologic processes and their properties in the Earth's Critical Zone, with a focus on pedosphere as a critical link in the hydrologic cycle and hydrology as a major driving force of soil formation and dynamic functions; Quantification of soil structure and its impacts on preferential flow across spatial and temporal scales; Quantitative soil morphology and classification for hydrologic applications; Mapping, monitoring, and modeling of landscape-soil-hydrology relationships; Enhanced instrumentation and techniques for in situ measurements and mapping of flow and transport pathways and patterns in heterogeneous landscapes; Coupling hydropedological and biogeochemical processes towards integrated studies of the Earth's Critical Zone; Extraterrestrial hydropedology including Mars and Moon explorations.
OASIS: Research and development of Online Advanced Spatial Information Systems (OASIS) for integrating geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, RS) with environmental modeling, spatial-temporal statistics, and artificial intelligence for landscape-soil-hydrology studies; Scientific visualization of heterogeneous and dynamic world underfoot; Decision support systems coupled with real-time monitoring, integrated digital databases, and uncertainty quantification.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Hydropedology Web Site
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 Darla Lindberg
Associate Professor of Architecture
421 Stuckeman Family Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-3289
E-mail: dvl2@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: My research considers General Systems Theory principles and environmental influences that contribute to resilient and sustainable ecologies. I am particularly interested in the role that biodiversity plays in helping prevent disease spread in agricultural, ecological and constructed/construed systems (social, economic and cultural). My current work falls into three main areas: architecture and building physics, characterizing sustainable natural systems and game theoretic strategies.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Darla Lindberg's CIDD Page
Darla Lindberg's Personal Web Site
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 Zi-Kui Liu
Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Director, Center for Computational Materials Design
201 Steidle Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-1934
E-mail: liu@matse.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: First-principles Calculations, Computational Thermodynamics, System Materials Design, Aluminum Alloys, Hydrogen Storage Materials, Magnesium Alloys, Nickel Alloys, Perovskites, Steels.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Phases Research Lab
Materials Computation and Simulation Environments
Calculation of Phase Diagrams
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 Patrick McDaniel
Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Co-Director, Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Laboratory
360A IST Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-3599
E-mail: mcdaniel@cse.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Systems and Network Security, Security Policy, Networking, Distributed Systems, Public Policy, Telecommunications Security, Network Management, Applied Cryptography, Privacy.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Patrick McDaniel's Web Site
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 Karl Mueller
Professor of Chemistry
002 Chemistry Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-8674
E-mail: ktm2@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Development of experimental and theoretical techniques for solid-state NMR spectroscopy; magic-angle spinning and higher-order averaging of quadrupolar spectra; coherence transfer in solid-state NMR; dipolar-dephasing dynamics and pure dipolar transforms.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Karl Mueller's Research Group
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 Wayne Myers
ICS Steering Committee
Professor of Forest Biometrics
Co-Director, Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources
116 Forest Resources Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-0002
E-mail: wlm@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Forest biometrics, remote sensing, quantitative landscape ecology, spatial analysis, geographic information systems, multivariate statistics, artificial intelligence, natural resource sustainability, international forestry.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
School of Forest Resources
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 Ram Narayanan
Professor of Electrical Engineering
202 Electrical Engineering East, University Park
Phone: 814-863-2602
E-mail: ram@ee.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: High-resolution radar system conception and development, Scattering phenomenology from volume and surface targets, Information content characterization in remotely sensed imagery, Ground penetrating radar (GPR) applications for infrastructure assessment, and Covert communications systems and concepts.
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 William Noid
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
528 Chemistry Building, University Park
Phone: 814-867-2387
E-mail: wnoid@chem.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Theoretical/computational chemistry, Theoretical/computational biophysics/biochemistry, Theoretical molecular biology, Unfolded and intrinsically disordered proteins, Bioinformatics, Knowledge-based coarse-grained modeling, Many-body structural correlations, Inverse problems in statistical mechanics, Quantum/classical correspondence in vibrational spectroscopy, Ultrafast spectroscopy, Classical nonlinear response theory.
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Eric Paterson
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Division Scientist, Computational Mechanics Division
Applied Research Lab, University Park
Phone: 814-865-7315
E-mail: egp11@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applied to ship hydrodynamics, homeland security, and bioengineering. In ship hydrodynamics, we are developing and applying numerical algorithms for: multiphase VOF and level-set simulation of seakeeping and cavitation; 6D0F RANS simulation of marine-vehicle maneuvering; and fluid-structure interaction. In homeland security, we are using CFD to model transport and deposition of trace chemicals in devices such as explosives-detection portals, artificial noses, and in biological olfactory systems. In bioengineering CFD, we are developing models to simulate both hydrodynamic performance and blood damage in a variety of artificial heart pumps, including axial-flow turbines, positive-displacement pumps, and other novel concepts (such as a Tesla friction pump).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
ARL Computational Mechanics Division
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 Daniel Perkins
Professor, Agricultural & Extension Education
Director, Penn State Cooperative Extension's Children, Youth and Families are Resilient Initiative
107 Ferguson Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-6988
E-mail: dfp102@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Adolescent and Family Development, Assets, Risk & Protective Factors, Collaboration & Community Development, Contextual Influences on Development, Evaluation of Prevention & Intervention Programs, Civic Engagement in Youth, Prevention Science, Risk Behaviors & Resiliency, Theories of Adolescence, Youth Development.
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 Virendra Puri
Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Engineering
229 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-3559
E-mail: avmpuri@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Powder Mechanics – Research focus includes: fundamental powder and powder mixture properties, multi-scale constitutive models, and computational models for powder processes; Food Processing – Research focus includes: engineering properties, and integrated multi-scale computational and predictive models.
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Tim Reluga
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Biology
109 McAllister Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-7527
E-mail: tcr2@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: My research interests concern the description, understand, and prediction of the dynamics of biological systems. This currently includes work in ecology, epidemiology, immunology, evolution, and a little economics. Applied math is the language I use to do this.
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 Frank Rusch
Professor of Education (Special Education)
212 Cedar Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-1757
E-mail: frr@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Model program development that will serve to reshape the futures of all secondary-aged youth with disabilities, redirecting resources toward the realistic goals of employment and/or post secondary education (community engagement), thereby promoting the economic, physical and psychological well being of an entire segment of our population — young adults with disabilities.
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 Anand Sivasubramaniam
Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Director of Embedded and Mobile Computing Center
Co-Director of Microsystems Design Lab and Computer Systems Lab
354A IST Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-1406
E-mail: axs53@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Designing, implementing, evaluating and tuning computer systems that span the spectrum of application domains from high performance clusters and shared memory multiprocessors, to embedded resource-constrained systems. His research methodology combines theoretical and experimental techniques to optimize performance, power consumption, and computation integrity characteristics of real-world systems. His current research focuses on scheduling and resource management for clusters, systems support for autonomic computing, power optimization in embedded/mobile and high-end servers, and high performance computer architectures.
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 Aleksandra Slavkovic
Assistant Professor of Statistics
412 Thomas Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-4918
E-mail: sesa@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Usability evaluation methods, human performance in virtual environments, statistical data mining, application of statistics to social sciences, algebraic statistics, and statistical approaches to confidentiality and data disclosure. Her Ph.D. dissertation work focuses on statistical methodologies for disclosure limitation and data confidentiality and presents new theoretical links between disclosure limitation, statistical theory and computational algebraic geometry. It is a unique and interesting integration of diverse results from conditional specification of joint distribution, graphical models, disclosure limitation and algebraic statistics.
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 Brian Smith
Associate Professor of Information Sciences & Technology
101E IST Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-4445
E-mail: bsmith@ist.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The use of computation to support and augment human performance and learning, ways ubiquitous computing technologies can be created to assist people in reflecting on prior beliefs and ways of doing. Examples of his work include video annotation systems for biology education, GPS-enabled cameras and image databases for history education, and interventions around photography and computer visualizations to promote awareness of personal health practices. Current projects are underway to explore information design for informal, everyday decision-making.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Brian Smith's Web Site
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David Stauffer
Associate Professor/Senior Research Associate of Meteorology
621 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-3932
E-mail: stauffer@meteo.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: All areas of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), including probabilistic weather and model ensembles, four-dimensional data assimilation (e.g., nudging, adjoint methods, variational methods, ensemble Kalman filters, hybrid data assimilation methods), physical parameterizations and coupled models (e.g., boundary layer, land-surface, parameterized versus explicit convection), and process studies (e.g., boundary layer and land-surface processes, land-surface and convective boundary layer heterogeneity, stable boundary layer phenomena, meteorological modeling for air-quality and transport and dispersion applications, shallow and deep convection, terrain-forced circulations, coastal-zone meteorology, cold-air damming, tropical cyclones).
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 Anne Thompson
Professor of Meteorology
510 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-0479
E-mail: anne@met.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Observational and modeling interests in: (1) air-sea exchange and biogeochemical cycling; (2) early studies of chemical-climate links, pollution, oxidizing capacity; (3) remote sensing; (4) trace gas variability from natural, anthropogenic causes (aviation, biomass burning).
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 Qian Wang
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
325 Leonhard Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8281
E-mail: quw6@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Robust control, Nonlinear Control, System Dynamics with Applications in Mechanical and Aerospace Systems; Optimization Algorithms and Soft Computing; Applications of Control Theory to Information and Computer Systems.
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 Douglas Werner
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Senior Scientist, ARL
211A Electrical Engineering East, University Park
Phone: 814-863-2946
E-mail: dhw@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Theoretical and computational electromagnetics with applications to antenna theory and design, phased array systems, conformal antennas, microwave devices, wireless and personal communication systems, electromagnetic wave interactions with novel materials, electromagnetic metamaterials, tiling theory, fractal and knot electrodynamics, neural networks, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization.
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 Heng Xu
Assistant Professor of Information Sciences & Technology
307C IST Building, University Park
Phone: 814-867-0469
E-mail: hxu@ist.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Xu leads the Privacy Assurance Lab (PAL), an inter-disciplinary research group working on a diverse set of projects related to understanding and assuring information privacy.
Currently focused on the interplay between social and technological issues associated with information privacy, Xu approaches privacy issues through a combination of empirical, theoretical and technical research efforts. Her research projects deal with the impact of novel technologies on individuals' privacy perceptions, strategic management of firms' information privacy practices, and design and empirical evaluations of privacy-enhancing technologies.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Heng Xu's Web Site
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