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Dr. Subgranon’s research involves the general area of structural engineering with emphasis on performance-based design, structural optimization, natural-hazard mitigation, and multicriteria decision analysis. She aims to expand her research efforts to areas that contribute to the resilience and sustainability of the built environment, such as life-cycle engineering, post-hazard recovery, and data-informed optimal design and maintenance of infrastructure systems.
Applied AI and data analytics,Energy,Materials Under Extreme Environments,Soft matter/biomaterials/tissue engineering,Lifelong workforce development,Building a culture of inclusion and innovation
Primary Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Systems
Research Areas: Edge AI Systems, Efficient AI, Trustworthy AI
Research Interests: Efficient Edge AI Systems, Collaborative Intelligence Systems, Reliable AI, and Personalized AI.
Publications: Publications can be found on my website or Google Scholar.…
Foundational AI,Soft matter/biomaterials/tissue engineering,Immunological engineering,Neuroengineering,Personalized medicine,Health care operations and manufacturing,Regenerative Medicine,Personalized learning,Lifelong workforce development,Experiential learning
Dr. Curtis R. Taylor, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Engineering Education and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida (UF). Dr. Taylor seeks to train and inspire the next generation of engineers. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in solid mechanics and design. Dr. Taylor’s areas of research encompass two distinct domains: advanced manufacturing, with a focus on elucidating the mechanical properties of novel technological materials such as nanomaterials and smart materials, and engineering education, where he designs educational technologies to implement innovative instructional methods and create and evaluate programs to enhance student outcomes..…
Wave mechanics, coastal hydrodynamics, surf zone processes.
Foundational AI,Applied AI and data analytics,Cybersecurity,Internet of Things,Humans and technology,Personalized learning,Invention faculty track
Geotechnical centrifugal testing, construction, construction
management, public works, civil engineering materials.
Concrete and asphalt materials, concrete and asphalt pavements,
instrumentation.
Applied AI and data analytics,Semiconductor,Energy,Space,Materials Under Extreme Environments,Lifelong workforce development,Building a culture of inclusion and innovation,Experiential learning
Laboratory testing, centrifugal modeling, soil mechanics and
foundations.
Professor Trainham’s research interests are in renewable energy. Before joining UF, Trainham spent most of his professional career in industry: four years as chief technology officer JDC Phosphate, four years as vice president, distinguished fellow and director of the Research Triangle Solar Fuels Institute at RTI International, senior vice president of Sundrop Fuels (a solar fuel company), served as global vice president of Science and Technology at PPG Industries, and had a 25-year career at the DuPont Company.…
Primary Research Area: Formal Methods, AI Safety, Cyber-Physical Systems, Robotics
Research Areas: Verification and Validation for Learning-enabled Autonomy
Research Interests: Formal Verification, Specification and Modeling Languages, AI Safety
Publications: See my Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_RzS3uMAAAAJ&hl=en
Websites: (links to personal and professional websites): https://sites.google.com/view/v2a2/about
Awards & Distinctions:
- NSF CAREER (2025)
- SIU PRIZE Golden Medal (2025) for Young Vietnamese Scientist in Computer Science Worldwide
- NSF EPSCoR Early Career First Award, 2022
- IEEE TCCPS Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award (2021)
Dr. Khiem Tran is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. His primary areas of research are geophysical and nondestructive testing, and foundation design and capacity assessment. He mostly focuses on seismic and ultrasonic techniques for nondestructive evaluation of transportation and civil infrastructure, as well as foundation dynamics and monitoring for integrity and capacity assessment.…
I am a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the University of Florida. My research focuses on the security of mobile systems, with a concentration on telecommunications infrastructure and mobile devices. My research has uncovered critical vulnerabilities in cellular networks, made the first characterization of mobile malware in provider networks and offers a robust approach to detecting and combatting Caller-ID scams.…
Nuclear fuel cycle, radioactive wastes, reactor analysis, engineering application of radioisotopes, robotics, intelligent databases, system analysis.
Fluid dynamics, turbulence, low-order modeling and aeroacoustics.
Applied AI and data analytics,Transportation,National Security,Diverse talent pipeline
Algorithms, computational geometry, mesh generation, scientific computing, and computational biology.
His research and teaching interests are in the areas of stochastic optimization, risk management, financial engineering and military operations research.
Physical oceanography, observations and numerical modeling of estuarine and coastal hydrodynamic processes, estuary-ocean exchange, competition between buoyancy and mixing.
Foundational AI,Internet of Things,Personalized learning,Lifelong workforce development,Experiential learning
Influence of microdomains on diffusion in biomembranes, transport in porous materials with hierarchy of pore sizes, transport-optimized catalysis and separations.
Medical imaging, computer vision & image processing, computer graphics and visualization, statistical learning and applied mathematics.
Foundational AI
