Faculty Profiles

Porter, Leo

Multithreading, transactional memory, thread-level parallelism, branch-prediction, cache-design, chip-multiprocessors, simultaneous multithreading, process scheduling, architecture-aware scheduling, and cache coherence, CS1, media computation, clickers, active learning, flipped classroom, program evaluation, concept inventories, and peer instruction.

Poulikakos, Lisa

Nanophotonics, optical materials, nanomaterials, electromagnetism, biophotonics, biomaterials, diagnostics

Poveda, Jorge

Poveda analyzes and designs high-performance and adaptive feedback control algorithms for complex non-smooth and hybrid dynamical systems.

Powell, Alyssa

Proakis, John

Digital communications and digital signal processing, as well as communication systems modeling and simulation.

Qi, Huihui

Engineering Education: pedagogy to promote students’ conceptual mastery and motivation; assessment design that promotes learning; grow students as effective self-regulated learners; Inclusive pedagogy to advance engineering education equity. 

Qiao, Yu

Thermodynamics, advanced energy-related materials, high-performance infrastructure materials, in-situ resource utilization, smart materials and structures, failure analysis for engineering materials and structures.

Qin, Lianhui

Natural language processing, machine reasoning and generation, LLMs , AI/LLMs for science, engineering, health 

Quest, Kevin

Collisionless shock structure, magnetic reconnection, and plasma waves and instabilities

Radic, Stojan

Optical communications, information network infrastructure, optics and photonics