Jorg Peters
Ph.D.– U Wisconsin
Dr. Peters’ research interests include modeling and computing with geometry: computer graphics, geometric design, numerical computations, surgery simulation.
Kurt Schulze
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Schulze’s research interests include HVAC Systems and energy management.
Laura Cruz-Castro
Ph.D.– Purdue University
Laura Melissa Cruz Castro’s research interests focus on computational thinking at scale and data science education. She looks at K-12, higher education, professional, and community settings for both research interests.
Sanethia Thomas
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Thomas is chartering research in computer science and athlete development. She sends a strong message of the importance of education and success regardless of gender and race.
Rui Guo
Ph.D.– University of South Florida
Dr. Guo’s research interests include multimodal traffic safety, sustainable transportation, air transportation, and engineering education. She has conducted 10+ funded research projects from state DOT as well as national agencies, presented her studies in core conferences, and published research papers in the major peer-reviewed journals.
Eban Bean
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Bean’s integrated research and extension program focuses on urban water resources engineering, with special emphasis on stormwater management, irrigation conservation, and low-cost sensors.
Catia Silva
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Silva’s research interests include machine learning, signal processing, pattern recognition, computational neuroscience, and cognitive science.
Jason Butler
Ph.D.– The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Butler’s research group generates insights and solutions to problems regarding the transport of complex fluids using experimental, computational, and theoretical methods.
Philip Jackson
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Jackson’s research interests include numerical applications to heat transfer, fluid mechanics, magnetohydrodynamics, and facilitating undergraduate students to engage in similar projects. He is also interested in game-based learning systems and adaptive learning systems and their effect on student motivation.
Rong Zhang
Ph.D.– Rutgers University
Dr. Zhang’s research areas include image and signal analysis and machine learning.
VJ Tocco
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Vincent Tocco, Jr., is a recent graduate of the UF Chemical Engineering Ph.D. program. His passion for teaching and mentoring led him to excel as a teaching assistant, and mentor to undergraduates, high school students, and teachers in research, and to develop a one-semester weekly seminar aimed at new Ph.D. students.
Baoyun Ge
Ph.D.– University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Ge’s research interests include Electromechanical energy conversion and power electronics, with a special focus on their topologies and multiphysics design to promote long-term sustainability.
Cheryl Resch
M.S.– University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University
Resch teaches core Computer Science courses and is performing computing education research. Before joining UF as a lecturer, Resch spent 29 years at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. There she performed research in secure computing and cybersecurity architecture.
Kim Stubbs
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Kimberly’s research interests are primarily focused on human-robot interaction and rehabilitative robotics.