Abdallah, Abdallah – aua639@psu.edu
My research interests encompass wireless networks, embedded systems, as well as the domains of image and video processing. I specialize in the application of both conventional machine learning and advanced AI techniques to tackle challenging issues within signal processing, computer networks and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Challenges involve resource allocation and management, efficient traffic scheduling, and the processing of industrial and medical data, both one-dimensional and multi-dimensional.

Agrawal, Pulin – pja5407@psu.edu
Cognitive Science, Computational Neuroscience, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence.

Ashour, Omar – oma110@psu.edu
Data analytics, Virtual Reality, Healthcare system improvement, Decision-making, Education

Beshero-Bondar, Elisa – eeb4@psu.edu
Document data curation, Digital document management, Digitization efforts

Bennett, Jason – jab95@psu.edu
Electrochemical Sensors

Brown, Wilson – wilsonbrown@psu.edu
My current research interests include 1) the interaction between affect, trauma exposure, and PTSD, 2) the utilization of translational research methodologies to understand emotion regulation in traumatized populations, 3) the improvement of evidence-based treatments for trauma and PTSD, and 4) the effective dissemination of trauma-informed practices and trauma-focused interventions.

Carrion, Martin – mzc6244@psu.edu
Non-Profit Studies, Public Policy in relation to the Latino/a US population

Cook, Michelle – mbc5376@psu.edu
Current research is primarily focused on evidence-based learning interventions for English Language Learners who either have disabilities or may be at risk of academic difficulty in the areas of reading and writing.

de Vries, Charlotte – cud142@psu.edu
Current research involves utilizing 3D printing for assistive and universal design, engineering design and design education, manufacturing. Previous research focused on Design for Human Variability; Using Principal Component Analysis to model the effects of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis for improved outcomes in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

Dillon, Greg – dillon@psu.edu
Manufacturing optimization of polymers and composites. Interactions between human cells and engineering materials. Environmentally conscious manufacturing. Materials for Direct Air Capture of carbon dioxide. Medical products.

Eckroat, Todd – tje146@psu.edu
Medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors, Alzheimer’s disease

Hao, Qing – qfh5054@psu.edu
Cardiovascular Biomechanics, Medical Device, Cerebral Aneurysm and Flow Diverter, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Graft

Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie – mdh33@psu.edu
Clinical Psychology, trauma, domestic violence, health-related psychology.

Hussain, Shahid – sjh6561@psu.edu
Software Engineering, Healthcare Systems, Machine Learning, Text Mining, Social Network Analysis

Ibrahim, Naseem – nii1@psu.edu
Software Engineering/Secure software systems

Keyes, Jeremiah – jkeyes@psu.edu
My current research focuses on unraveling the complex signaling networks that control cell responses to stimuli. Specifically, I am interested in determining how specific signaling pathways are differentially regulated between proliferation and differentiation signals to induce the proper cellular outcome. I use a variety of molecular biology, biochemistry, and cellular biology in my research. In particular, I use genetically-encoded, fluorescent protein-based biosensors to image processes in real-time in living cells.

The primary area of my focus is on the Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway. ERK plays a central role in transducing a multiplicity of different signaling cues to induce a variety of cellular responses. Thus, I seek to elucidate how each cue regulates ERK differently in order to induce their specific response.

This is of particular importance because the upstream activators of ERK are the most commonly-mutated oncogenes found in human cancers; the ERK pathway itself may be hyperactivated in up to 90% of all human cancers. Thus, inhibition of the ERK pathway could be a breakthrough in treating cancer. However, past attempts to do so have resulted in resistant cancers and other devastating side effects due to the ubiquitous role ERK plays in many physiological processes beyond proliferation. Thus, by better understanding how ERK is regulated, we can work to develop more specific therapeutics targeting the ERK pathway.

Kim, Joongseo – jxk927@psu.edu
Behavioral Ethics, Leadership, Deviance

Kociolek, Martin – kociolek@psu.edu
Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Levy, Matthew – mll33@psu.edu
Art History

Mendis, Gamini – gmendis@psu.edu
Current research in polymer sustainability, with active research projects on life cycle analysis of plastics, plastics in food packaging, the end-of-life fate of plastics in the environment, and post-consumer recycling and upcycling. He is also investigating the implementation of smart manufacturing technologies to improve efficiency and reduce material waste.