First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Shawna,Thomas,Instructional Assistant Professor,"Randomized motion planning algorithms can be applied to any type of robot, from simple rigid bodies to complex articulated linkages. We abstract the particular motion planning problem into configuration space (C-space) where each point in C-space represents a particular configuration/placement of the robot. Invalid configurations (e.g., in-collision, high energy) become C-obstacles in this higher dimensional space. We then use randomized sampling to construct a graph or tree in C-space and use this data structure to extract feasible trajectories. We explore different general purpose techniques to improve planner performance as well as applications to computational biology.",Instructional Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Computer Science and Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n02d5b614
Natarajan,Gautam,Professor and Associate Department Head,,Professor and Associate Department Head||Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n139ea9b9
Arun,Srinivasa,Professor,"My research focuses on plasticity of metals and polymers; thermomechanics of dissipative processes, dislocation dynamics, Cosserat continua, design and dynamics of compliant mechanisms.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3b0f1d01
Rosana,Moreira,Professor,"My research topics include engineering aspects of foods and food processes; fundamental modeling: dehydration, frying, extrusion, food irradiation; process control techniques as applied to food processing systems: food extrusion processes, continuous fryers, and continuous flow grains dyers; deep-fat frying: modeling, oil absorption mechanisms, vacuum frying, acrylamide; impingement drying; food safety: food irradiation and biosensor technology.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate,Biological and Agricultural Engineering||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n53d8a153
David,Ford,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Civil Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5667d1e1
Mark,Lawley,Professor and Head,"Mark Lawley is TEES Research Professor, and he holds appointments in the Departments Biomedical Engineering and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Texas A&M University. He serves as Deputy Director of the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, which focuses on developing breakthrough health care devices, technologies, and systems for disease prevention, diagnosis, and management in the global health setting.",Deputy Director||Professor||Department Head and Professor||Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Research Professor,Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)||Epidemiology and Biostatistics||Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems||Biomedical Engineering||Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n60eae9fb
Ali,Mostafavi,Associate Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Civil Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6ccae625
Stavros,Kalafatis,Professor of the Practice,"NLP (natural language processing) integration into AR (augmented) and VR (virtual) reality environments.
VR and AR research in training optimization and safety improvement for HRI (Human Robot interface)
Robotic application to manufacturing environments. Ex sanding, loading/unloading, human-robot interaction, swarming to enable complex task completion
Biomedical robotic application for limb replacement and control.
Datacenter system optimization especially with respect to CPU performance, IO latency and memory subsystem optimization under NVM, switching, SDI, SDN, SDS
Sensor system development as applied to agriculture ex soil analysis, AI for farm management in climatically hostile environments, herding of cattle as well as daily task optimizations ex. human movement tracking of heavy loads, applications of drones to security",Member||Faculty Affiliate||Professor of the Practice,Engineering Education Research Taskforce||Electrical and Computer Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n866f7c39
Daniel,Alge,Associate Professor,"My research is in biomaterials, with an emphasis on biocompatibility and applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.",Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Biomedical Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n99feb009
John,Keyser,Professor,"My research interests are broadly in the area of graphics, with specific emphasis on geometric modeling and simulation.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor - Term Appointment,Computer Science and Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nadf303d5
Jacques,Richard,"Instructional Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineer","Dr. Richard got his Ph. D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989 & a B. S. at Boston University, 1984. He was at NASA Glenn, 1989-1995, worked at Argonne National Lab, 1996-1997, taught at Chicago State University, 1997-2002. Dr. Richard is a Instructional Associate Professor @ Texas A&M since 1/03. His research is focused on computational plasma modeling using particle, spectral Maxwell/Boltzmann, and lattice Boltzmann methods for studying plasma turbulence and plasma jets. His research has also included fluid physics and electric propulsion using Lattice-Boltzmann methods, spectral element methods, Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory (WENO), etc. He also studies engineering enculturation to better quantify and understand what in a classroom develops the engineering student into an engineer, building critical, computational and algorithmic thinking, with respect to cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, sexual, nationality, socioeconomic diversity.
Past research includes modeling single and multi-species plasma flows through ion thruster optics and the discharge cathode assembly; computer simulations of blood flow interacting with blood vessels; modeling ocean-air interaction; reacting flow systems; modeling jet engine turbomachinery going unstable at NASA for 6 years (received NASA Performance Cash awards). Dr. Richard is involved in many outreach activities: e.g., tutoring, mentoring, directing related grants (e.g., a grant for an NSF REU site, engineering education). Dr, Richard is active in professional societies (American Physical Society (APS), American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), etc.), ASEE, ASME. Dr. Richard has authored or co-authored about 35 technical articles (about 30 of which are refereed publications). Dr. Richard teaches courses ranging from first-year introductory engineering design, fluid mechanics, to space plasma propulsion.",NSF REU Program Director||Aerospace Engineer||Member||Faculty affiliate||Instructional Associate Professor,Engineering Education Research Taskforce||Aerospace Engineering||Aerospace Engineering||College of Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb46813e7
Roozbeh,Jafari,Professor,My research interest lies in the area of wearable computer design and signal processing.,Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Biomedical Engineering||Electrical and Computer Engineering||Computer Science and Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne3f10fe3
Jean-Francois,Chamberland-Tremblay,Professor,"Dr. Jean-Francois Chamberland conducts research in information theory, statistical signal processing, probability, and in their applications to communication and control systems. His current research focuses on statistical problems in the context of wireless communications, networks, autonomous vehicles, and learning. He is also interested in the topics of vector space methods and optimization with possible applications to classification, biological systems, and societal challenges. Furthermore, he seeks to develop algorithms, techniques, and paradigms that permit the analysis and the design of complex systems.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Electrical and Computer Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf1b8671d
Thomas,Ferris,Associate Professor,"Dr. Ferris' research interests are in Human Factors and Cognitive Ergonomics, and can be described as the study of cognition in human-machine engineered systems. His primary focus involves human information processing and design to support attention and interruption management. In particular, he investigates novel interface design techniques, employing alternative display modalities such as the sense of touch. Other research interests include human error, decision making under time pressure, and human-automation interaction. He has interest and experience in applying his research to the domains of medicine (anesthesiology), military operations (command and control, UV control and operations), aviation (cockpit automation, air traffic control), and ground transportation.",Faculty affiliate||Courtesy Assoc Prof||Director||Faculty Fellow||Associate Professor||Faculty affiliate,Center for Health Systems and Design||Center for Health Organization Transformation||Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems||Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation||Environmental and Occupational Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfbc434c2