Neonatal hypoxia; neurodegeneration

Biomaterials, biomechanics, biochemical engineering

Human-centered design, human-computer interaction, human factors, human performance modeling , judgment and decision making, medical informatics, systems engineering

electro optics, medical device development, opthalmic digital photography, entrepreneurship

Spinal Cord Injury, Astrocytes, Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, Neuroinflammation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Neuroimmunology, Acquired Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroprotection, Neurological Diseases, Immunohistochemistry, Neuroimmunomodulation, Neurobiology, Glioma, Neuron-Glia Interaction, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Cellular Neuroscience, Brain Diseases, EAE, CNS Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, Demyelinating Diseases, Molecular Neuroscience, Neuron Culture, Molecular Neurobiology, Neurogenesis, Nervous System Autoimmune Diseases, Neurobiochemistry

Advancing healthcare; biomedical and biochemical engineering for clinical applications; biomaterials for medical devices; innovative teaching models for clinical immersion, experiential learning, and product design.

Integrate physical therapy, basic science and engineering principles through the use of experimental and computational modeling methods to better understand how changes in muscle properties following injury or disease affect physical function, with the goal of developing new technologies and interventions that significantly improve patient care and outcomes.

Self-organization, biomedical image informatics, geometric modeling, computer-aided design and visualization

Algorithms, Brain, Brain Diseases, Brain Mapping, Case-Control Studies, Classical Conditioning, Computer-Assisted Diagnosis, Electromyography, Evoked Potentials, Face, Hemoglobins, Opioid-Related Disorders, Oxygen Pattern Recognition, Automated Personality Disorders, Problem Solving, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted Spectrophotometry, Infrared Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared Sublimation Unconscious (Psychology), Vocational Guidance

Aptamers, riboswitches, allosteric ribozymes

Neuro-trauma in athletics, Technology innovation and commercialization

DNA, Gene Expression, RNA, DNA Sequencing, Genomics, Genetics, Sequencing, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Gene Regulation, Next Generation Sequencing

Software defined/cognitive radio prototyping; reconfigurable, metamaterial, and non-traditional material antennas for wireless systems; smart textiles for biomedical monitoring applications; smart antenna/MIMO systems for wireless communications; sensor networks for air quality and homeland security; free space optical and ultrasonic communication; wireless physical layer security; service learning and cybersecurity education

Contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging and applications, Signal and image algorithms and processing, Applied medical physics research including radiation dose and image quality evaluation, and radiation dose indices, DICOM metadata mining and informatics

Hierarchy and Risk-Taking in the Cockpit, Human-Robotic Performance, Neuroergonomics for Aviation, Functional Neuroimaging, fNIRS, Cognitive Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science and Artificial Thinking, Eye Tracking, Prefrontal Cortex, Cognition, Air Traffic Control

Nutrition assessment, malnutrition, inflammation, sarcopenia, frailty, technology, wound healing and interprofessional nutrition assessment competencies

Biomedical ethics and law, healthcare regulatory, and legal issues.

Virtual reality applications for cognitive and physical rehabilitation, user-centered assessment of immersive and augmented virtual environments, mathematical modeling for medical applications, visual perception, skill acquisition, naturalistic decision making, brain plasticity

Anesthesiology, fNIR brain monitoring

Bioinformatics, immunology, neural computation, system biology, somatic selection, autoimmunity, genetic stability, germline diversity, dendritic cell, transcription elements, pathogens, computational and mathematical modeling, complex systems, cognition and inflammation

Computational modeling, 3D-printing methodologies, additive manufacturing, blood modulating devices, computational fluid dynamic analysis, mechanical heart valves, fontan assist devices, fluidic circuits, flow visualization methods, and Doppler ultrasound.

Novel Infection Control Strategies, Wound Infection and Wound Healing, Surgical Infections, Biofilms, Infectious Skin Diseases, Biodefense, Translational Medicine, Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious diseases, Medical Devices and Clinical Trials, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Plasma Medicine and Infection Control.

Theoretical, experimental, and computational mechanics; nondestructive testing; material multiscale modeling, fatigue, and fracture.

Cardiac repair and regeneration, tissue engineering, cardiovascular system dynamics, systems biology, cellular networks, cardiovascular engineering, telerobotics.

Game design, serious games, game industry, technology

Brain trauma, brain disorders, electric shock injury, biomechanics associated with transportation-related injuries, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the performance of MRI compatibility testing for implantable and accessory devices.

Microfluidic devices to measure cell biochemical and mechanical responses; Auto-fluorescent mechanosensors; Flow and strain effects on endothelial cell – basement membrane interaction; Endothelial cell – smooth muscle cell interactions in diabetes; Plasma angiogenesis; advanced materials for accelerated wound healing; Nanoparticles for cardiovascular disease; sickle cell interactions with the vascular wall.

Computational modeling, neural modeling, neurorobotics, neuromimetics, neurocontrol, multiple,single neuron recording.

Biomedical signal processing, neurophysiological signals, functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), event related potentials (ERPs), somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) and electromyography (EMG)

Digital signal processing, machine learning genomics, biological modeling, and chemical source localization and tracking.

The nucleus of my academic research is in discovering injury thresholds, mechanisms, and treatment strategies for the central nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord.

Vascular Surgery, Wound Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Near Infrared Imaging of Wounds

Pediatric engineering, patient safety and optimizing care delivery, bioethics, public health and policy, science communications, medtech innovation, STEMM education, diagnosis and management of disease, identifying healthcare trends, bridging interdisciplinary knowledge gaps to prevent medical error and expedite discovery, thought integration of clinical practice and biomedical engineering approaches with an emphasis on patient-centered design, debunking medical myths and pediatrics.

Web search and mining, security informatics, knowledge management, cross-lingual information retrieval, text summarization, multimedia retrieval, information visualization, information sharing and privacy, digital library, and electronic commerce. His teaching interests include data mining, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, information systems analysis and design.

RF, Microwaves, Power Amplifiers, Circuits and Systems, Signal Processing