Our College is proud to welcome the newest additions to our roster. Due to our collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, each new faculty member brings with them a world of possibilities.
Chair, Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Professor Wu’s teaching and research interests range from air pollution control, aerosol science, environmental nanotechnology, dust control to engineering education. As of 03/2019, he has published 150+ refereed journal articles, given 300+ conference presentations and 70+ invited lectures, 6 US patents and 3 pending applications. An active member of A&WMA, AAAR and AEESP, he has received several awards recognizing his accomplishments in education, research and services. (Source: https://www.essie.ufl.edu/people/name/chang-yu-wu/)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Dr. Wang's research focuses on the gas-phase aerosol synthesis, the health effects of engineered nanoparticles, and aerosol instrumentation. He will be a member of the Center of Aerosol Science and Technology (CAST) jointly created with faculty from Engineering, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), and the Miller School of Medicine. Yang obtained his Ph.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017 and B.S. degree from Tsinghua University in 2012. Between 2017 and 2019, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory. From 2019 to 2022, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Yang is the recipient of the GAeF Ph.D. Award during the 2019 European Aerosol Conference, and the Outstanding Reviewer of the Journal of Aerosol Science. He is a member of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), the Combustion Institute (CI), the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), and the Society of Toxicology (SOT).
Professor of Practice, Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Dr. Amin was previously the Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Manhattan College. At Manhattan College Chemical Engineering Department, he led the Consumer Products and Cosmetic Engineering and Biopharmaceutical Concentration area.
Prior to joining academia, Dr. Amin worked for 17 years across R&D, Innovation/Open Innovation Management, Product Development and Design and Engineering in global multinationals such as ExxonMobil, Unilever, Yet2, L’Oreal and Malvern Instruments in Asia, Europe and the US. Prof. Amin’s technical expertise is in SoftMatter, colloids & complex fluids, rheology, tribology, advanced characterization and formulation design of consumer, personal care, homecare and biopharmaceutical products.
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Dr. Meyers' research interests include fault-tolerant systems, computational modeling, and stochastic networks. He is currently a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He will join the Energy and Environment strategic thrust at Miami Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University in 2021. He obtained his M.S. degree in Mathematics from Miami University in 2013. He received an NSF Intern Scholarship in 2019 and was named a PA Manufacturing Fellow by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development in 2020.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Chen's research interests include machine learning, virtual reality, unmanned aerial vehicles, game theory, wireless networks, and caching. He adds expertise in the area of AI/ML, and will be part of the Computing@Engineering group. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Electrical Engineering Department of Princeton University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2019. He obtained his Master of Engineering degree in Information and Communication Engineering at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2015.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Li’s expertise is in Aerosol Science and Technology, and she will be part of the Center of Aerosol Science and Technology (CAST). She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering and Aerosols at Washington University in St. Louis in 2019. She worked as a Postdoc in Air Quality at Carnegie in 2019 and an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota in 2020.