Potential Advisors for Doctor of Engineering Students

Developing intelligent robotic vehicles that can perceive, navigate, and accomplish challenging tasks in uncertain, dynamic, and highly constrained environments Performing research in analytical and computational methods for mechanics, control, motion planning, and reasoning under uncertainty, and in the design and integration of novel mechanisms and embedded systems Application areas include mobile robots, aerial vehicles, and nanosatellites.

Artificial intelligence Causal inference Information theory Machine learning

Machine translation Natural language processing Machine learning Artificial intelligence

Targeted drug and gene delivery DNA nanotechnology Biopolymers and responsive hydrogels Tissue engineering

Cell Migration Cell Mechanics Cancer Biomarkers Personalized Diagnostic Tools Mathematical Modeling

Research and development of surgical robotic systems, robotic tools, and laparoscopic devices. Projects include autonomous robotic surgery systems, 3D printed patient-specific implants, and magnetically controlled microsurgery.

Probability Statistics Mathematical data science Convex optimization Discrete mathematics

Mechanism of biological force generation, laser-induced optical forces