Research Faculty and Staff
Dr. Bran Waldron, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Director, Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering (CAESER)
Brian Waldron is a practicing civil engineer with expertise in groundwater systems, contaminant transport, and geographic analysis. He is a native Memphian, receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Memphis. His doctorate degree from Colorado State University in 1999.
Brian is a professor in the department of civil engineering and directs the Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering Research, or CAESER. His greatest passion about CAESER is the immediate impact its outcomes have on communities by improving the quality of life of citizens and encouraging stewardship of the natural environment. During his tenure directing CAESER and two prior centers, a total of 229 projects accumulating $43.65M in awards have been acquired. This amount reflects the hard work of CAESER’s faculty, staff and most especially its student employees who serve as CAESER’s foundational workforce as well as indicates the tremendous value communities see in partnering with CAESER.
- Dr. Mariquita "Kit" Boone is the pre-award coordinator for Herff College of Engineering. In her role, Kit helps Herff researchers find and secure funding for UofM research and educational projects. She works with research teams during the pre-award phase of the sponsored project lifecycle to ensure the proposal is accurate, complete, and compliant with the sponsor requirements . Support includes proposal assistance, non-financial post-submission assistance, as well as research administration services.
- Dr. Marie-Cecile Chalbot, Post Award Coordinator
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Power forecasting, behind the meter photovoltaic (PV), PV supercapacitor energy storage, Electric Vehicle research |
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Expanded-polystyrene block geofoams, backfill, retaining walls |
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Glaucoma, convolutional neural network |
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Vest testing, RF controls |
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Cardiovascular, DNA, in vitro im plants, designing drugs, bio material for dental bone, electrospinning polymers |
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Bone graft materials, Chitosan, biomaterials |
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Bridge remediation; 3D Dynamic analysis Center for Innovative Research in Bridge Engineering (CIRBE) |
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Phantom Limb |
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VLSI Fabrication, Algorithmic Self-Assembly of Materials, Nanotechnology. |
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Multiaxial fatigue, additive manufacturing metals, wrought materials, co-extruded high density polyethylene-based multilayer materials, axial and bending fatigue |
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Drone research |
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Modeling concentrated dusty plasma; ultrasonic aerosol generators fabrication |
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Vehicle emission reduction |
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STEM, Workforce development, apprenticeship accelerator, girl/women empowerment, diversity, transformative technology, intermodal freight |
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Empathic engineer, gender equity, PALS simulation support, drone research, cybersecurity |
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Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Laboratory (GFCT Lab)...underdevelopment
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Dr. Hsiang Lin |
Dynamic vibration reasoning design optimization |
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3-star industrial assessment, magnetically induced fluid motion in reduced gravity |
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Stream restoration |
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Transport research, smart cities, asset management transit fleet, land use, work zone alert systems, freight congestion and mobility multimodal freight model |
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Manufacturing, workforce development, energy consevation, wastewater, industrial facilties storm water quality |
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Spatial analysis, attenuation model, spectrum matching-response spectrum, vertical to horizontal response spectral ratios,, ground motion prediction equations |
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3D resolution, spherical aberration cellular imaging, optical sectioning microscopy |
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Image and signal processing |
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Groundwater, storm water controlblight mapping, GIS, water portal maintenance, water use app development, increasing aggie production resilience, water resources use |
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geisinger DSA |
