Cammy R. Abernathy received her S.B. degree in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials science and engineering from Stanford University in 1982 and 1985 respectively. She joined the University of Florida’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering as a professor in 1993.…
Dr. Bob Aghdashi is an executive and expert dedicated to leveraging technology and artificial intelligence to shape the future. With over 15 years of experience in data analysis for problem-solving and championing inclusive leadership, he currently leads the McTrans Center at the University of Florida. In this role, Dr. Aghdashi guides a multidisciplinary team of computer science and engineering experts, driving innovation in the transportation sector.…
Specializes in mathematical modeling, state-of-the-art network optimization techniques, and solving large-scale scheduling problems arising in logistics and transportation.
Katerina E. Aifantis focuses on using solid mechanics for understanding materials behavior at the nanoscale. Through funding from the Basic Energy Sciences Office of the Department of Energy she tries to understand the effect that grain boundary structure and chemistry have on the strength of sub-micron scale materials. In addition to basic science questions, she uses her theoretical and experimental insight into the materials mechanical behavior to predict the most promising materials systems that can be used in various applications, ranging from next generation electrodes for Li-ion batteries, to bone regeneration scaffolds and biocompatible electrodes for deep brain stimulation.
Establishing and maintaining productive research program, teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Nuclear Engineering Program, mentor and graduate Ph.D. students, participate in activities related to the profession.
Research and teaching interests are inventory and supply chain systems, lean production systems, sustainability, and creativity.
Biomaterials; cell material interactions; stem cell differentiation; stem cell niche
Dr. Kyle Allen is an Associate Professor, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies and the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow.
Electronic materials processing, inorganic thermodynamics and
phase
equilibria, chemical vapor deposition, crystal growth,
photovoltaics.
Community Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, Coastal Ecosystems, Ecosystem Resilience
Professor Angelini received his Ph.D. in 2005 from the University of Illinois. His research interests include collective cell motion, mechanical instabilities in tissue cell assemblies, bacterial biofilm physics, soft matter physics, biomolecular self-assembly, and tribology of soft matter interfaces.
Professor Arakere received his Ph.D. in 1988 from Arizona State University. His research interests include Damage mechanics of structural materials subjected to monotonic and fatigue loading, Fatigue life evaluation, Rolling contact fatigue, Spall propagation, Superalloys, Foams, Related constitutive and finite element model development, and Dynamics of rotor-bearing systems.
Design, fabrication, and characterization of magnetic and electromechanical microsensors/microactuators and miniaturized power and energy systems.
Teaching Interests: Computational fluid science (aka CFD), Large scale simulation of complex flows, transition and turbulence, multiphase flows, environmental flows
Computational Neuroscience, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Mathematics, Foundational AI
