Who we are?

Shenghua Wu, Ph.D., P.E., LEED AP

Area of Expertise: 

Waste materials management and recycling, repurposing plastic waste into other uses, sustainability, quantification and qualification of sustainability, advanced characterization of civil engineering materials, pavement design and evaluation, STEM education, interdisciplinary  approach to address complex issues

Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Ph.D.

Area of Expertise: 

Chemical and biological processes for sustainable water and wastewater treatment; Novel bio-adsorbent development for nutrient recovery and emerging contaminant removal; Modelling microbial interactions; novel microbial cultures for bio-energy production;  Advanced oxidation targeting organic contaminant destruction and pathogen disinfection

Alexandra C. Stenson, Ph.D.

Area of Expertise: 

Modern analytical chemistry using chromatography and mass spectrometry to characterize plastics and substances on the molecular level, chemical characterization

Melike Dizbay-Onat, Ph.D.

Area of Expertise: 

Absorbent materials and activated carbon, precursor for activated carbon production, green composites, and polymer characterization, recycling and sustainable materials, green composites, engineering education,

STEM outreach

Jinhui Wang, Ph.D.

Area of Expertise: 

Wireless sensor networks and internet of thing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, very-large-scale integration (VLSI) circuits and systems, neuromorphic computing hardware, emerging memory design, and cooling techniques for electronic devices, electronic subsystems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

Min-Wook Kang, Ph.D., P.E.

Area of Expertise: 

Artificial intelligence-based optimization techniques, traffic engineering with respect to mathematical modeling and optimization, data mining and system design, accident analysis and modeling

John Cleary, Ph.D., P.E.

Area of Expertise: 

Structural testing of materials and components, instrumentation and testing of in-service structures, wave loads on bridges and other structures, forensic analysis and investigations, failure case studies, concrete properties, and concrete condition assessment

Yi Bao, Ph.D.

Area of Expertise: 

Advanced smart sensors, materials, and machine intelligence algorithms for intelligent, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure

Tina Miller-Way, Ph.D.

Area of Expertise: 

Education Director for Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and serves on the Sea Grant Education Network Board, has more than 20 years’ experience marine science education and outreach, K-12 outreach