Wayne State welcomes new engineering and computer science faculty members
The Wayne State University College of Engineering is pleased to announce the addition of six outstanding researchers, scholars and assistant professors to its faculty. They are Mohammad R.N. Avanaki, biomedical engineering; Pai-Yen Chen, electrical and computer engineering; Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, biomedical engineering; Korosh Torabi, chemical engineering and materials science; Chung-Tse Wu, electrical and computer engineering; and Yongli Zhang, civil and environmental engineering.
"We are excited to welcome this group of remarkable faculty members to our college," said Wayne State College of Engineering Dean Farshad Fotouhi. "These faculty members will complement our existing research and academic programs in the areas of biomedical research and sustainability. Our students will benefit greatly from their expertise."
Avanaki's research interests are in photoacoustic imaging, optical coherence tomography, confocal microscopy, medical signal/image processing, system specification improvement, adaptive optics and aberration compensation, focusing light within and through turbid media, resting-state functional connectivity in small animal and human brains, optimization, speckle noise reduction, in-vivo/ex-vivo imaging, and medical image compression. Avanaki recently served as a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. He has authored more than 25 peer-reviewed articles. Avanaki received a Ph.D. in medical image computing from the University of Kent, United Kingdom, in 2011.
Chen's research interests are in high-frequency electronic and photonic materials and devices, applied electromagnetics, spanning RF, millimeter-wave, terahertz and optical spectral ranges. He most recently served as a research scientist/metamaterial specialist at Intellectual Ventures Laboratories. Chen has authored more than 40 published papers and four book chapters. He received a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013.
Mehrmohammadi's research interests include medical devices, medical diagnostic and therapy (with an emphasis on ultrasound and ultrasound-based modalities), nanobiotechnology, and applications of nanotechnology in medicine. He previously worked as a senior research fellow at the Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering in the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. He has authored a book chapter and several published papers. Mehrmohammadi received a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012.
Torabi's research interests are in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, specifically theory of energy transduction in molecular machines, mechanical properties of proteins and theory of nucleation in metastable fluids. He previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Torabi has authored several published papers. He received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Purdue University in 2011.
Wu's research interests include applied electromagnetics, antennae, passive/active components, microwave systems and metamaterials. He most recently served as a graduate student researcher in the University of California, Los Angeles' Microwave Electronic Lab. Wu has authored several published papers. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2014.
Zhang's research interests are in sustainability of the water-energy nexus, including water remediation and water quality management; nutrient management in aqueous environment; characterizing occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in natural, industrial, and engineered systems; climate change mitigation; low-carbon energy sources; greenhouse gas emission modeling; waste-to-energy and renewable energy; energy system analysis; integration of bio-energy generation and water remediation; system modeling and optimization; life cycle assessment; life cycle costing analysis; financial and economic modeling, policy analysis; and system analysis. She previously worked as a postdoctoral research associate at University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Zhang has authored several published papers. She received a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from University of Virginia in 2013.
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