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Research Alliance Cohort 1 Directory
| Name | University | Department | Disciplinary Area | Areas of Reseasrch Interest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mostafa Abdelrehim | mabdelrehim@csub.edu | California State University, Bakersfield | Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Multicore processors, machine learning, high performance computing |
| Luis Cabrales | lcabrales@csub.edu | California State University, Bakersfield | Physics and Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Materials and Environmental Engineering |
| Kanwal Kaur | kgagnej@csub.edu | California State University, Bakersfield | Computer Science | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Cybersecurity |
| Maria Calahorra- Jimenez | mcalahorrajimenez@mail.fresnostate.edu | California State University, Fresno | Construction Management | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering | Alternative project delivery methods, Sustainability in Infrastructure Projects, Data Analytics for Decision-Making |
| Hovannes Kulhandjian | hkulhandjian@csufresno.edu | California State University, Fresno | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Communications, Signal Processing, STEM |
| Woonki Na | wkna@csufresno.edu | California State University, Fresno | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Power and Energy |
| Kimberly Stillmaker | kstillmaker@mail.fresnostate.edu | California State University, Fresno | Civil and Geomatics Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering/ Engineering Education | Structural engineering, Equity in engineering |
| Sampson Akwafuo | sakwafuo@fullerton.edu | California State University, Fullerton | Computer Science | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Algorithms, Computational Epidemiology |
| Rakesh Mahto | ramahto@fullerton.edu | California State University, Fullerton | Computer Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Renewable energy and low power circuits |
| Huda Munjy | hmunjy@fullerton.edu | California State University, Fullerton | Civil Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Engineering Education | Engineering education, team based learning, earthquake engineering |
| Nina Robson | nrobson@fullerton.edu | California State University, Fullerton | Mechanical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education | Robotics and Bio-robotics |
| Hope Weiss | hweiss@fullerton.edu | California State University, Fullerton | Mechanical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education | Controls, Modeling, Nonlinear systems, Engineering education |
| John Bachman | john.bachman@calstatela.edu | California State University, Los Angeles | Mechanical Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education | Energy storage and Sustainable technologies |
| Yilin Feng | yfeng22@calstatela.edu | California State University, Los Angeles | Technology | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Aviation operation and management, Sustainability, Aviation technology |
| Sonya Lopez | slope188@calstatela.edu | California State University, Los Angeles | Civil Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Engineering Education | Hydrology, Water resources, Climate change, Hydrologic modeling, Urban impacts, Remote sensing |
| Mehran Mazari | mmazari2@calstatela.edu | California State University, Los Angeles | Civil Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering | Transportation Infrastructure, Resilience, Sustainability, Applied Data Science, Additive Manufacturing of Infrastrucrue Materials, Pavements and Concrete Materials |
| Mario Medina | mmedin114@calstatela.edu | California State University, Los Angeles | Mechanical Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education | Sprays, Jets, Particle transport and emission, Optical diagnostics, Heat transfer, Combustion |
| Saeideh Fallah | sfallahfini@cpp.edu | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Industrial and Manufacturing | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Civil infrastructure management, Public health |
| Mehrad Kamalzare | mkamalzare@cpp.edu | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Civil Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering | Embankment Dams |
| Tamer Omar | tromar@cpp.edu | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | 5G, IoT |
| Maryam Shafahi | mshafahi@cpp.edu | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Mechanical Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Water Conservation, Water treatment, Sustainability, Recycling, Heat Pipe |
| Zahra Sotoudeh | zsotoudeh@cpp.edu | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Computational structural dynamics, Machine Learning |
| Yan Zhang | Yan.Zhang@csusb.edu | California State University, San Bernardino | School of Computer Science and Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Machine learning, Data analysis |
| Mojtaba Azadi | azadi@sfsu.edu | California State University, San Francisco | School of Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Biomechanics, Hands on Education |
| Cheng Chen | chcsfsu@sfsu.edu | California State University, San Francisco | Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering | Structural Engineering |
| Zhaoshuo Jiang | zsjiang@sfsu.edu | California State University, San Francisco | Civil Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Engineering Education | Structural Dynamics, Smart Structures, Smart Connected Health, Innovative Engineering Education |
| David Quintero | qdavid@sfsu.edu | California State University, San Francisco | Mechanical Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education | Wearable Robotics and Sensors, Powered Prosthetics and Exoskeleton design and control |
| Jenna Wong | jewong@sfsu.edu | California State University, San Francisco | Civil Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering | Structural Engineering,Earthquake, Engineering, Engineering Education |
| Maria Chierichetti | maria.chierichetti@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education | Safety of transportation and aerospace systems, Engineering education |
| Magdalini Eirinaki | magdalini.eirinaki@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Computer Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Machine learning, Recommender systems, Data mining, Social networks |
| Egbe-Etu Etu | egbe-etu.etu@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Marketing and Business Analytics | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education | Transportation, Public Health, Health Informatics, Automated Vehicles, Business Analytics |
| Crystal Han | crystal.m.han@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Mechanical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Microfluidics, Nucleic acid purification and analysis, Lab-on-a-chip |
| Gaojian Huang | gaojian.huang@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Industrial and Systems Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Human Factors |
| Lin Jiang | lin.jiang@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Mechanical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Robotics, Medical Devices |
| Patrick Jurney | patrick.jurney@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Biomedical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Biomaterials, Endothelial cell biology, Thrombosis and hemostasis, Nanoparticle drug delivery |
| Farzan Kazemifar | farzan.kazemifar@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Mechanical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Fluids and thermal sciences, Energy and environment |
| Santosh KC | santosh.kc@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Chemical and Materials Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Computational modeling and simulation of materials |
| Fariah Mahzabeen | fariah.mahzabeen@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Aviation and Technology | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Digital Health, Sensors |
| Melinda Simon | melinda.simon@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Biomedical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Microfluidics, Bioprinting/3D printing, Tissue engineering |
| Mahima Agumbe Suresh | mahima.agumbesuresh@sjsu.edu | California State University, San Jose | Computer Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Edge Computing, Machine Learning |
| Hani Alzraiee | halzraie@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering | LiDAR, Assesst Managamnet and Maintenance, Data Sensing, Construction Safety, Scan to BIM |
| Mohamed Awwad | mawwad@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Logistics and Supply Chain, Transportation, Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Blockchain, Applied Operations Research |
| Amro El Badawy | aelbadaw@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Engineering Education | Environmental Nanotechnology, Water Reuse, and Carbon Dioxide Capture |
| Mohsen B Kivy | mbeyrama@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Materials Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Alloy Design and Development |
| Hans Mayer | hmayer@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Mechanical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education | Fluid dynamics, Microscale systems (microfluidics, MEMS), Engineering education |
| Dan Waldorf | dwaldorf@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Manufacturing Proces ses |
| Long Wang | lwang38@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Architectural/Civil/Construction/Environmental/Geomatics Engineering, Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Nanotechnology, Sensors, Structural Health Monitoring, Wearable Technologies |
| Xuan Wang | xwang12@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing |
| Siyuan Xing | sixing@calpoly.edu | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Mechanical Engineering | Aerospace/Biomedical/Chemical/ Industrial/Materials/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering | Nonlinear Vibrations, Time-delay systems |
| Ali Ahmadinia | aahmadinia@csusm.edu | California State University, San Marcos | Computer Science | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems |
| Hamed Nademi | hnademi@csusm.edu | California State University, San Marcos | Electrical Engineering | Electrical/Computer Engineering/Computer Science | Renewable Energy Systems, Electrified Transportations |