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Herff College of Engineering

Research Staff and Faculty

 

Dr. Brian Waldron
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. Bran Waldron, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Director, Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering (CAESER)
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  • 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

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

  Lead PI Research Interest
Dr. Hasan Ali Dr. Hasan Ali Power forecasting, behind the meter photovoltaic (PV), PV supercapacitor energy storage, Electric Vehicle research
Dr. David Arellano Dr. David Arellano Expanded-polystyrene block geofoams, backfill, retaining walls
Dr. Ebrahim Asadi Dr. Ebrahim Asadi Material science, mechanical properties of Ti6AIV4, field crystal modleing using NASA-PSI coarsening solid-liquid mixtures, 3d biofabrication ndmanufacturing, tissue regeneration and implantable devices
Dr. Balasubramanian (profile photo) Dr. Madhusudhanan Balasubramanian Glaucoma, convolutional neural network
Dr. Kevin Berisso Dr. Kevin Berisso Vest testing, RF controls
Dr. Gary Bowlin Dr. Gary Bowlin Cardiovascular, DNA, in vitro im plants, designing drugs, bio material for dental bone, electrospinning polymers
Dr. Joel Bumgardner Dr. Joel Bumgardner Bone graft materials, Chitosan, biomaterials
Dr. Charles Camp Dr. Charles Camp Bridge remediation; 3D Dynamic analysis
Center for Innovative Research in Bridge Engineering (CIRBE)
Dr. Amy L. de Jongh Curry Dr. Amy Curry Phantom Limb
Dr. Russell Deaton Dr. Russell Deaton VLSI Fabrication, Algorithmic Self-Assembly of Materials, Nanotechnology.
Dr. Maryam Salehi Dr. Maryam Salehi Esfandarani Storm water quality 
Dr. Ali Fatemi Dr. Ali Fatemi Multiaxial fatigue, additive manufacturing metals, wrought materials, co-extruded high density polyethylene-based multilayer materials, axial and bending  fatigue
Herff Logo Dr. Lenwood Fields Thermoelectrics, emerging technology, STEM
Dr. Daniel Foti Dr. Daniel Foti Drone research
Mr. Mihalis Golias Dr. Michail Gkolias Freight mobility, corridor feasibility, wrong-way prevention technologies, commodity movement, truck parking needs, freight networks, integrated land use and freight movement
Dr. Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan Dr. Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan Modeling concentrated dusty plasma; ultrasonic aerosol generators fabrication 
Dr. John I. Hochstein Dr. John Hochstein Vehicle emission reduction
Dr. Stephanie Ivey Dr. Stephanie Ivey STEM, Workforce development, apprenticeship accelerator, girl/women empowerment, diversity, transformative technology, intermodal freight
Dr. Eddie Jacobs Dr. Eddie Jacobs Empathic engineer, gender equity, PALS simulation support, drone research, cybersecurity
Dr. Farhad Jazaei Dr. Farhad Jazael

Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Laboratory (GFCT Lab)...underdevelopment

  • Developing a framework to quantify Microplastic load transported by urban stormwater, Brown and Caldwell, 2021 (PI)- ~$33K
  • ITESO-Memphis Engineering Exchange, US Department of State, 2021 (co-PI)- ~$83K
  • Pre- and post-restoration assessment of Loan Oak basin, West Tennessee River Basin Authority, 2021 (Co-PI)- ~$163K
  • Toward a Water Smart Campus- Green Fee, University of Memphis, 2020 (PI)- ~$27K
  • Investigating contaminant storage and release mechanisms at low permeability zones, Herff College of Engineering Faculty
  • Research Grants- UoM, 2020 (PI)- ~$15K 
  • West TN Dept of Agriculture, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, 2019 (Co-PI) ~$430K
  • MLGW Aquitard, Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Division, 2019 (Co-PI)- ~$5M
  • Community of Research Scholars grant (CoRS), University of Memphis, 2019 (PI) -$2K
  • Allen Wellfield Evaluation, Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (MLGW) Division, 2017 (Co-PI)- $1.2M
  • Microplastics Fate and Transport in Agricultural Soil: Interrelation of Hydrodynamics, Chemistry, and Material sciences, U.S.
  • Department of Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), 2020 (Co-PI) - ~$500K
Dr. Jessica Amber Jennings Dr. Jessica Jennings Research fellowships
Dr. Daniel Larson Dr. Daniel Larsen Groundwater, bioretention pond assessment, hydrologic modeling, stream restoraion/flood control structures
Dr. Edward Lin Dr. Hsiang Lin Dynamic vibration reasoning design optimization 
Dr. Erno Linder Dr. Erno Lindner Medical Electronics
Dr. Jeffrey Marchetta Dr. Jeffrey Marchetta 3-star industrial assessment, magnetically induced fluid motion in reduced gravity
Herff Logo Dr. James Mcginnis

Cybersecurity
Center for Information Assurance (CfIA)
Dr. Claudio Meier Dr. Claudio Meier Stream restoration
Dr. Sabya Mishra Dr. Sabyasachee Mishra Transport research, smart cities, asset management transit fleet, land use, work zone alert systems, freight congestion and mobility multimodal freight model
Dr. Larry Moore Dr. Larry Moore Manufacturing, workforce development, energy consevation, wastewater, industrial facilties storm water quality
Dr. Bashier Morshed Dr. Bashir Morshed Events-of-interest, body-worn, fully passive wireless sensors
Dr. Daniel Pallme Dr. Daniel Pallme Logistic Accelerator
Dr. Shahram Pezeshk Dr. Shahram Pezeshk Spatial analysis, attenuation model, spectrum matching-response spectrum, vertical to horizontal response spectral ratios,, ground motion prediction equations
Dr. Chrysanthe Preza Dr. Chrysanthe Preza 3D resolution, spherical aberration cellular imaging, optical sectioning microscopy
Dr. Esra Roan Dr. Esra Roan Cell stiffness, lung injury
Dr. Aaron Robinson Dr. Aaron Robinson Image and signal processing
Dr. Aaryani Tipirneni-Sajja Dr. Aaryani Sajja Medical
Dr. Brian Waldron Dr. Brian Waldron Groundwater, storm water controlblight mapping, GIS, water portal maintenance, water use app development, increasing aggie production resilience, water resources use
Mohammed Yeasin Mohammed Yeasin geisinger DSA