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Three new department chairs\u2014in Applied Mathematics and Statistics; Electrical and\u00a0Computer Engineering; and Materials Science and Engineering\u2014started their tenures
\nat the Whiting School on July 1.<\/p>\n

\"FULL<\/a>Laurent Younes, the new chair in Applied Math and Statistics, is an expert in the\u00a0statistical properties of Markov random fields, image analysis, shape recognition, and\u00a0deformation analysis.<\/p>\n

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\"FULL<\/a>Ralph Etienne-Cummings, the new chair in Electrical and Computer\u00a0Engineering, studies computational sensors, neuromorphic engineering, mobile robotics,\u00a0legged locomotion and neuroprosthetic devices.<\/p>\n

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Jonah Erlebacher, who took the helm in\u00a0Materials Science and Engineering, has a secondary appointment as a professor in Chemical\u00a0and Biomolecular Engineering, and studies non-equilibrium materials and processing,\u00a0mesoporous metals and composites, and the manufacture and characterization\u00a0of nanostructured materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three new department chairs\u2014in Applied Mathematics and Statistics; Electrical and\u00a0Computer Engineering; and Materials Science and Engineering\u2014started their tenures at the Whiting School on July 1. 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