Affiliated Researchers: Research

Brian King

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: South Africa, AIDS/HIV, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Diseases

José Duarte

Professor and Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Shape Grammar, Grammar, Design System, Urban Design, Mass Customization

Brian Black

Division Head and Distinguished Professor, History, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Energy Landscape, Petroleum, Pennsylvania, Heavy Oil, Human Living

Randy L. Vander Wal

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nanomaterial, Soot, Nanostructures, Laser-induced Incandescence, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Wasteland, Hydraulic Fracturing, India, USA

George Lesieutre

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Damping, Actuators, Actuator, Composite Materials, Helicopters

Carolee Bull

Department Head and Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Pseudomonas Syringae, Infectious Agent, Bacterial Leaf Spot, Lettuce, Leaf Spot

Frederico Fonseca

Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Ontology, Geographic Information, Information Systems, Geographic Information System, Ontology-driven

John Messner

Charles and Elinor Matts Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Information Modeling, Building Information Modeling, Case Study, Cyber-physical Systems, Construction Industry

Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor

Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Top research keywords: Utopian, Utopia, Utopian Literature, Literature, Narrative

Kusumal Ruamsook

Assistant Research Professor, Center for Supply Chain Research
Top research keywords: Supply Chain Management, Transport, USA, Low-cost Countries, Comparative Analysis

Fan-Bill Cheung

George L. Guillet Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Transients, Rod Bundle, Natural Convection, Heat Flux, Heat Transfer

Rick Bates

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen

Charles Ray

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Lumber, Kilns, Hardwoods, Wood, Drying

David Stensrud

Department Head, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Thermodynamics, Ensemble Forecast, Storm, Data Assimilation, Thunderstorm

Darrell Velegol

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Colloidal Particles, Electrophoresis, Non-uniformity, Colloidal Particle, Doublet

William F. Elmendorf

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Urban Parks, Arborists, Foresters, Arborist, Urban Forest

Arthur Motta

Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Corrosion, Oxide Compound, Zirconium Alloy, Hydrides, Zircaloy

Martha Strickland

Associate Professor, School of Behavioral Sciences & Education (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Immigrant, Teacher, Personal Narratives , Conversation, Student Learning

Natalie Boyle

Assistant Research Professor, Genomics of Social Behavior and Bee Health, Entomology
Top research keywords: Apoidea, Osmia Lignaria, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Pollinator

Paola C. Ferreri

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Brook Trout, Brown Trout Salmo Trutta, Salvelinus Fontinalis, Trout, Population Dynamics

Ashkan Negahban

Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Simulated Environment, Simulation-based Learning, Agent-based Simulation, Decision-Making, Simulation Model

Karen Fisher-Vanden

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Integrated Assessment Model, Climate Change Impacts, Energy Intensity, Carbon Tax

Douglas Wrenn

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Subdivision Development, Residential Subdivisions, Pennsylvania, Shale Gas Development, Residential Development

Kenneth Brentner

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Rotorcraft, Noise Prediction, Rotor, Acoustics

Lorraine Dowler

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, International Politics, Masculinity

Samy Madbouly

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Plastics Engineering Technology, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Polyurethanes, Dispersions, Polymers, Polymethyl Methacrylates, Shear

Guoray Cai

Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Crisis Management, Geographic Information, Decision-Making, Multimodal Interface, Spatial Data

Alyssa Collins

Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: United States, Yield Loss, Loss Measurement, Ontario Canada, Soybean Yield

Hester Blum

Professor, English
Top research keywords: Sailors, Omoo, Melville, United States, Nineteenth Century

Xiaofeng Liu

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Earth Surface Sediment Transport, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Free Surface, Suspended Sediment, Hydraulics

Jay Stauffer Jr.

Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cichlid, Cichlidae, Teleostei, Lake Malawi, Africa

Jenni L. Evans

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Cyclone, Transition, Cyclogenesis, Forecast

Yan Li

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microgrid, Networked Microgrids, Power Engineering, Transients, Distributed Energy Resource

Cynthia Brewer

Department Head, Geography
Top research keywords: National Map, Multiscale Mapping, Color Scheme, Map User, Colour Specification

Farshad Rajabipour

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali Silica Reaction, Portland Cement, Fly Ash, Alkali-silica Reaction, Phase Composition

Satadru Dey

Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lithium-Ion Batteries, Lithium-ion Battery, Fault Diagnosis, State Of Charge, Thermal Fault

Daniel Cahoy

Department Head and Robert G. and Caroline Schwartz Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Product Information, Human Rights, Business Law, Technology Transfer, Patent Law

Nanyin Zhang

Hartz Family Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional Connectivity, Resting-state Functional Connectivity (rs-FC), Awake Rat, Resting-state Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI)

Thomas Litzinger

Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation and Accreditation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Soot, Fuel, Students, Flame, Flames