Faculty

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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING




Courtney M Dumont

Asst. Professor

Courtney Dumont received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer in 2014 under the mentorship of Deanna Thompson while studying the effects of endothelial hemodynamics on neural stem cell fate, and her BS at Rensselaer in 2009. Dr. Dumont performed her postdoctoral research under the mentorship of Lonnie Shea at the Univeristy of...

Patrick Ganzer

Asst. Professor

(305) 243-7112
Patrick D. Ganzer, Ph.D. is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami (jointly appointed at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and the Department of Biomedical Engineering). He received his undergraduate degree in 2008 from King’s College (Pennsylvania; Summa Cum Laude). In 2013, he received his Ph.D. from Drexel...

C.-Y. Charles Huang

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-1320
Dr. Huang is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami (UM) College of Engineering, USA. His current research focuses on the mechanobiology of orthopedic soft tissues and stem cells, especially impact injury of articular cartilage, and energy metabolism of intervertebral disc. Dr. Huang has received several...

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CHEMICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING


Samiul Amin

Professor Prof. Practice

Samiul Amin,is currently Professor of Practice at the University of Miami, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering Department.  He is also the Director of the Engineering Corporate Affiliates Program (E-CAP) for the College of Engineering. Prior to this he was Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Manhattan College....

Pratim Biswas

Dean, College of Engineering

(305) 284-5986
Professor Biswas is the Dean of the University of Miami College of Engineering. He is a faculty member in the Dept of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, with an affiliated appointment in the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Dean Biswas is a pioneer in his field recognized for applying aerosol science...

David A. Chin

Professor

(305) 284-3508
Water-quality control in natural systems, terrestrial fate and transport of bacteria, environmental fluid mechanics, stochastic hydrology, design of stormwater control measures, design of hydraulic structures, agrohydrology, geohydrology, and TMDLs.



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CIVIL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING


Esber Andiroglu

Professor Prof. Practice

(305) 284-3391
Dr. Andiroglu has BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Civil / Architectural Engineering. He is a Professor of Practice with primary appointment in Dept. of Civil & Architectural Engineering and secondary appointments in the Dept. of Chemical, Environmental & Materials Engineering and at School of Architecture. He is...

Jean Pierre Bardet

Vice Provost for Strategic Projects

(305) 284-8625
Jean-Pierre Bardet joined the Office of the Provost in June 2019. As the Vice Provost for Strategic Projects he led key industry collaborations with the University of Miami; these partnerships encourage the advancing of innovation and interdisciplinary projects across departments. He previously served as dean of the College of Engineering at UM....

Minghui Cheng

Asst. Professor

Dr. Minghui Cheng is an assistant professor jointly appointed by the Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering and the School of Architecture, with an affiliation with Climate Resilience Academy. Previously, he was a postdoctoral associate at Systems Engineering, Cornell University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from...

Ali Ghahremaninezhad

Associate Professor

(305) 284-3465
Advanced Materials Research Lab

James W Giancaspro

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-1006
James Giancaspro is an Associate Professor and the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAE) at the University of Miami’s College of Engineering.  His expertise is in the areas of civil engineering materials and mechanics, while his research aims to improve STEM...

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ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING


Hammam Alsafrjalani

Assoc. Professor Prof Practice

Research interests include heterogeneous-and-configurable systems, cybersecurity through configurable-systems, embedded systems, runtime optimization, and consumer electronics designs

Xiaodong Cai

Professor

(305) 284-1941
Develop machine learning algorithms and computer programs to analyze (big) data in cancer genomics, particularly those related to DNA sequences, gene expression, alternative splicing, and DNA methylation; Design and analyze mathematical models for gene regulatory networks for identifying cancer driver; Develop computational method for chemical...


Nigel M John

Lecturer

(305) 284-5564
Computer/Network Security, Cloud Systems, Medical Informatics, Medical Imaging and Image Processing

Mansur R. Kabuka, Ph.D.

Professor

(305) 284-2212
Dr. Mansur R. Kabuka is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Miami. He received the PhD degree in computer engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 1983. He also is the founder and president of INFOTECH Soft, Inc.

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INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING



Jaime H Buitrago

Capstone Lecturer

(305) 284-2831
Jaime Buitrago, P.E., Ph.D., is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in engineering, technology, and business development. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami, where his research focused on Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning for energy forecasting. With over two decades of experience,...

Nurcin Celik

Professor

(305) 284-2391
Energy systems for smart cities Decision making under uncertainty Dynamic-data-driven modeling and simulation Distributed and hybrid modeling paradigms Computationally feasible analysis of massive datasets Machine learning and clustering Bayesian inferencing and particle filtering methodologies Epigenetic modeling for pathway...

Cheng-Bang Chen

Asst. Professor

(305) 284-2367
Dr. Cheng-Bang Chen is an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Miami, USA. He earned his dual-title Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at Pennsylvania State University and received his master's degrees in Statistics from Columbia University and Industrial Engineering...

Murat Erkoc

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-4477
Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, Production Systems, Logistics, Simulation

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MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING


Ines Basalo

Associate Professor of Professional Practice

(305) 284-3332
Dr. Ines Basalo is an assistant professor in practice in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Basalo received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University on 2006. Following a brief career on Wall Street, she returned to Columbia in 2008 as an adjunct professor in Mechanical Engineering, a...

Emrah Celik

Associate Professor

(305) 284-9364
Thermoelectricity, Additive Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Microfluidics, Solid Mechanics and Numerical Simulation.

Weiyong Gu

Professor
Undergraduate Director

(305) 284-8553
Dr. Weiyong Gu is a professor and the undergraduate director of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Previously, he served for 13 years as a professor in the University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. Gu is an internationally recognized researcher in biomedical engineering, in particular in the field of soft...

Hongtan Liu

Professor

(305) 284-2019
PEM Fuel Cells, Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, Solar Energy, Hydrogen Energy, Storage Energy, Clean Energy

Ram Narasimhan, Ph.D.

Asst. Professor Prof. Practice

(305) 284-3100
Dr. Ram Narasimhan is Assistant Dean for Engineering Advising and Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering. He also holds the position of Assistant Professor in Professional Practice in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Narasimhan received his Bachelors degree from the University of Madras, in India, and his...

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