Ashish Aggarwal
M.S.– University of Florida
Aggarwal specializes in computer science educational research and human centered computing. As a faculty member he focuses on research and improvement of computer science education in engineering students.
Saira Anwar
Ph.D.– Purdue University
Dr. Anwar is passionate about research and teaching. For her research, she is particularly interested in designing interventions that help develop students’ understanding of conceptually hard concepts in STEM courses.
Andrea Goncher
Ph.D.– Virginia Tech
Dr. Goncher’s teaching areas are in human-centered design and systems engineering. Her research interests include engineering education and text analytics.
Karl Gugel
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Gugel’s expertise is in signals and systems. His research interests include low power microcontrollers and DSPs.
Philip Jackson
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Jackson’s research interests include numerical applications to heat transfer, fluid mechanics, magnetohydrodynamics, and facilitating undergraduate students to engage in similar projects. He is also interested in game-based learning systems and adaptive learning systems and their effect on student motivation.
Edward Latorre-Navarro
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Latorre-Navarro is the Director of IPPD. During his doctoral studies, he was a member of the Computational NeuroEngineering Lab Hybrid Group under Dr. John G. Harris, where he worked on speech and natural language processing.
Richard Newman
Ph.D.– University of Rochester
Dr. Newman’s research concerns cloud computing, information security and networks. His interests include modeling, simulation, congestion control, multipath routing, error control and powerline communications.
Jorg Peters
Ph.D.– University of Wisconsin
Dr. Peters’ research interests include modeling and computing with geometry: computer graphics, geometric design, numerical computations and surgery simulation.
Ann Ramirez
Ph.D.– University of California- Riverside
Dr. Ramirez’s area of expertise is in computer engineering. Her research interests include low-power design, reconfigurable computing, platform design, dynamic optimizations, hardware design, and real-time systems.
Kurt Schulze
Ph.D.– University of Florida
Dr. Schulze’s teaching interests include HVAC systems and energy management.
Allen Turner
Ph.D.– Purdue University
Dr. Turner’s area of expertise is in electromagnetic and energy systems. His research interests include lightning, atmospheric electricity, and lightning protection.
Hans van Oostrom
Ph.D.– Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. van Oostrom created the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education which formed the basis of the Department of Engineering Education. He is passionate about teaching and students. His research interests are digital literacy education and precision learning.