Tag: new faculty

Suman Chowdhury Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), has joined the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World. Dr. Chowdhury’s research areas include computational biomechanics, traumatic brain injury, multiscale brain modeling, ergonomics, and helmets, exoskeleton and prosthetic designs. Before joining the University of Florida, he served as […]

We welcome Patricia Kio, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Architecture, Sustainability and the Built Environment, to the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World. “My research focuses on integrating digital tracking and feedback mechanisms into sustainable design and construction systems. By focusing on resource efficiency and geometry—drawing inspiration from Buckminster Fuller’s synergetics—the […]

Dr. Bianca Burini is an Assistant Professor in the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory at University of Florida and a new member of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World. Dr. Burini’s research centers around combatting vector-borne diseases, which are transferred through blood-feeding anthropods like mosquitos. The research encompasses a diverse array of pathogens, […]

Dr. Yuheng Bu is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) and a new member of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World. Dr. Bu’s research interests lie in the intersection of machine learning, information theory and signal processing. He leverages the tools from information theory and signal processing to develop theoretically justified learning […]

Dr. Zhe Jiang joined UF in August 2021 as assistant professor in the department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), also affiliated with Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World. His broad research areas are data science and artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on geospatial and spatiotemporal data in the context […]