Faculty
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Machine Learning; Systems Biology; Metabolic Engineering, computer-aided design for integrated circuits
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French language, teaching writing, instructional uses of technology, the 17th-, 18th-, and early 19th-century French literature, motherhood and female mentoring, Rousseau and the Enlightenment, women's writing, defining genre, publishing history
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computer architecture, computer systems, power-aware computing, embedded systems, mobile computing, computer systems for machine learning, workload characterization, quantum computing, learning sciences and computer systems for human subjects research
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Engineering education; Diversity, equity, and inclusion; team-based engineering pedagogies; engineering design thinking
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Adult learning; online education; mentoring; experiential learning
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Enzymology of DNA replication, mitochondrial DNA, nucleic acid biochemistry, and non-canonical DNA structures.
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Theoretical Physics: Cosmology, Particle Physics, Astrophysics
My primary research is in physics at the interface between theoretical cosmology and particle physics, including astrophysics and aspects of quantum field theory. By studying the extreme conditions of the very early universe, as well as the properties of the late universe's dark constituents, and analyzing the results of various ground based experiments, we can gain insights into the fundamental laws of nature. This acts as the driving force behind much of my research, although I sometimes investigate other interesting subjects.
A central focus has been on trying to understand the nature of dark matter, which forms the majority of matter in the universe. There are various interesting candidates for the dark matter, including so-called axions, which may organize into new interesting types of structures. Furthermore, I have worked on the understanding the large scale structure of the universe, which gives insights into the initial conditions of the early universe.
Another focus has been on understanding cosmological inflation, which is the leading idea for the earliest moments of our universe, involving an early phase of rapid expansion. I have worked on connecting inflation to the matter anti-matter asymmetry of the universe and worked on the post-inflationary era where the universe needs to transition to a hot soup of particles.
A recent interest is in pursuing a fundamental understanding of gravitation. I am interested in understanding the full set of theoretical and observational constraints that determine the structure of gravitation, including constraints from quantum mechanics. Furthermore, I sometimes investigate interesting quantum phenomena, including entanglement entropy and the Casimir effect.
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Offshore Wind Energy
Structural Design
Earthquake Engineering
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Modern Japanese Literature, fiction, poetry, criticism. Literary and Film theory. Postmodernism. Avant-garde art. Experimental film.
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Business communication, public speaking, storytelling, self-reflective learning, inclusive and anti-racist pedagogy
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Roman history, archaeology, North Africa in Antiquity, Ancient History, Balkans and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and International Relations
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heat transfer, apparent slip, thermal management of electronics, mass transfer in supercritical fluids and thermoelectricity, material science
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British Romantic poetry and prose
Feminist/Gender Theory
Visual and Material Culture
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Land use planning; urban redevelopment; urban design; big data; shrinking cities
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microwave circuit design for microplasma generation, microplasma-based environmental sensors and other microsystem applications, plasma diagnostic methods, characterization, and modeling
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Scientific computing and numerical analysis; Parallel multigrid and multilevel methods for large-scale coupled systems; Efficient numerical methods for reservoir simulation, fluid-structure interaction, and other applications.
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human factors, human motor learning, human motor control, neuro-rehabilitation, robotics, virtual reality, surgery skill training
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urban air population, transportation emissions
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Machine learning : probabilistic models, Bayesian inference, variational methods, time-series analysis, semi-supervised learning
Clinical informatics : electronic health record analysis
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Premodern and modern Japanese literature, figurality and the development of modern consciousness, gothic studies, realism, lyricism, animism, and eschatology.
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Human Factors Engineering, Innovation, Design Thinking, AI-powered Innovation and R&D, Human Machine System Design, Robotics, Machine Learning, Perception, Psychology
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Macroeconomics
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Water Diplomacy, Principled Pragmatism, Data Driven Decision Making, Climate and Health, Remote Sensing, Flood Forecasting
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stem cells, neural tissue engineering, organoids, disease modeling, spinal cord injury, biomanufacturing
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The psychology of mathematical thinking, teachers' and students' understanding and use of inscriptions, multiplicative reasoning, applications of psychometric modeling for assessment and research in mathematics education.
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human-computer interaction, new interaction modes and techniques, implicit brain-computer interfaces, user interface software
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Microeconomic topics in environmental health and human capital in lower-income countries.
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ACTFL OPI testing
Translating (English into Arabic & vise versa)
Consecutive Interpreting (English to Arabic & vise versa)
Communicative Method Approach in teaching Arabic
Online Education
Online Arabic Language and Culture curriculum designed & development
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South Asia, the Muslim World
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Music, ritual, and trance; music and underrepresented minorities; musics of North Africa, Sufism, and Islam; rhythmic theory; global jazz
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geotechnical engineering, foundation engineering, and numerical methods in geotechnical engineering
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Urban Analytics; Big Data Analytics; Urban Planning and Science; Spatial Data Science; Urban mobility;
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Adolescence and young adulthood; identity development; civic development and engagement; youth contribution; critical consciousness; quantitative methods (including mixture models such as latent class and latent profile analyses); positive youth development
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Mechanics of materials; effective properties of heterogeneous materials; microstructure-property relationships; applications to material science
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language pedagogy
second language acquisition
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Neural basis of vocal communication
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biopolymer engineering, biomaterials, material science, tissue engineering, bioengineering, cellular agriculture
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1) Transport phenomena.
2) Thermal management of electronics.
2) Numerical modeling and HPC.
3) Electronics and robotics.
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programming languages, type systems, dynamic languages
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Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Literature
History of Science
History and Theory of the Novel
Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics
Philosophy and Literature
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Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law