Personnel
Administration
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Jonathan R. Raush, Ph.D., PE |
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Nicole Barry LeJeune, M.S. Resource Coordinator, Institute for Materials Research & Innovation 337-482-5920 nicole.lejeune@louisiana.edu Research Interests: Sustainability, Materials, Manufacturing, Education |
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Yasmeen Qudsi, M.S. |
Biology
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Suzanne Fredericq, Ph.D. Professor, Freeport McMoran/LEQSF Regents Professorship 337-482-1291 suzanne.fredericq@louisiana.edu Seaweeds Laboratory Research Interests: Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of Marine Algae Worldwide (Special Focus on the Gulf of Mexico) |
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Sherry Krayesky-Self, Ph.D. Master Instructor, Assistant Department Head 337-482-5234 sherry.krayesky@louisiana.edu Undergraduate Research Lab Research Interests: Biomineralization, Phycology, Cell Biology |
Chemical Engineering
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William M. Chirdon, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator 337-482-6564 william.chirdon@louisiana.edu Website Research Interests: Biomass Utilization, Polymers, Heat Transfer, Modeling, Sustainable Composite Materials |
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Dilip Depan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, BORSF Bioprocessing Professorship I 337-654-0943 dilip.depan@louisiana.edu Biomedical Engineering and Advanced Materials (BEAM) Lab Research Interests: Biomaterials, Nanomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Polymers |
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Ling Fei, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chevron Endowed Professorship 337-482-1277 ling.fei@louisiana.edu Fei Lab Research Interests: Energy Storage and Conversion, Drug Delivery, Catalysis, Water Purification |
Chemistry
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Tolga Karsili, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 337-482-5678 tolga.karsili@louisiana.edu Research Interests: Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Photochemistry, Spectroscopy, Catalysis, Biomaterials |
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Radhey S. Srivastava, Ph.D. Professor, Boudreaux/BoR Distinguished Professor 337-482-5677 radhey.srivastava@louisiana.edu Website Research Interests: Organometallic, Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Biomass Energy |
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Yu Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 337-482-5682 yu.wang@louisiana.edu MacroArchiLab@ULLafayette Research Interests: Design of Polymer Architectures via Controlled/Living Polymerization Methods, Applications of Polymeric Materials with Well-Defined Structures in Energy Storage and Conversion Devices, Organic Electronics, Nanodiagnostics, Therapeutics, Stimuli-Responsive Materials |
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Wu Xu, Ph.D. Professor 337-482-5684 wu.xu@louisiana.edu Biochemistry Lab Website Research Interests: Protein Function and Structure Relation in the Context of Signal Transduction Pathway Using a Combination of Experimental and Theoretical Approaches |
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Hui Yan, Ph.D. Associate Professor 337-482-9061 hui.yan@louisiana.edu Yan’s Energy and environmental Surface lab (YEeS lab) Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis with Operando Spectroscopies, Synthesis, Fabrication, and Characterization of Hierarchical Materials for Electro-Catalysis and Energy Storage, Molecular Understanding of Interactions of Surfactants and Biomolecules, Development and Application of New Instruments in Surface Analysis |
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Barbara Marchetti, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Materials Research & Innovation barbara.marchetti1@louisiana.edu Research Interests: Computational Modelling, Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions, Photochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Spectroscopy |
Civil Engineering
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Daniel D. Gang, Ph.D., PE Professor, Phillip J. Burguieres/BORSF Endowed Professor 337-482-5184 daniel.gang@louisiana.edu Center of Environmental Engineering and Protection (CEEP) Research Interests: Novel Functional Material Development for Adsorptive Removal of Various Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants from Aqueous Solutions |
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Mohammad J. Khattak, Ph.D., PE Professor, McDermott International/BORSF Professor, M. Eloi Girard/BORSF Professor 337-482-5356 mohammad.khattak@louisiana.edu Infrastructure and Materials Laboratory (IML) Research Interests: Advanced Characterization of Infrastructure and Transportation Materials, Application of Nano-Technologies for Developing Advanced Infrastructure Materials, Pavement Design, Pavement Management, and Performance Modeling, Nondestructive Testing and Pavement Performance Evaluation, Numerical Modeling of Materials and Pavement Structures |
Engineering Technology
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Ahmed Khattab, Ph.D. Dean of Engineering Professor, Department of Engineering Technology Graduate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering BoRSF Endowed Professor of Engineering (337) 482-6166 khattab@louisiana.edu Madison Hall, Room 106E |
Geosciences
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Rui Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, John E. and Joretta A. Chance Endowed Professorship in Geophysics School of Geosciences and Department of Physics 337-482-6920 rui.zhang@louisiana.edu Exploration Geophysics Group Research Interests: Exploration Geophysics, Reflection Seismology, Inverse Theory, CO2 Sequestration |
Mathematics
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Keng Deng, Ph.D. Professor, Coca-Cola/BoRSF Endowed Professor in Mathematics 337-482-5286 keng.deng@louisiana.edu Website Research Interests: Partial Differential Equations, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology |
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Xiang-Sheng Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 337-482-5281 xiangsheng.wang@louisiana.edu Website Research Interests: Asymptotic analysis, computational mathematics, dynamical systems, mathematical biology, orthogonal polynomials, and special functions |
Mechanical Engineering
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Alan A. Barhorst, Ph.D., PE, FASME Professor, Alumni Association/LEQSF Professor, Department Head 337-482-6517 alan.barhorst@louisiana.edu Nonlinear Dynamics and Robotics Lab Research Interests: Large Format 3D Printing with Robots, Fundamental Dynamics of Nonholomic Mechanical Systems, Soft Robotics, Guidance and Control of Aero-Robots, Biomedicine Related to Retinal Hemorrhaging, Understanding ACL injuries in Humans |
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John Carroll, M.S. Instructor john.carroll@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Rm 240 Research Interests: Aviation, Aerospace, Energy System Design and Modeling, Computer Aided Engineering, Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics |
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Terrence Chambers Donald & Janice Mosing BORSF Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering (337) 482-6731 tlchambers@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 245 Research Interests: Solar energy, Renewable energy, Engineering design and optimization, Virtual reality, Artificial intelligence, Genetic algorithms and genetic programming, Engineering software development (C/C++, Visual Basic, Java, Fortran, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript), CAE, Numeric and symbolic solutions to engineering problems. |
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William J. Emblom, Ph.D., PE Instructor 337-482-5359 william.emblom@louisiana.edu Metal Forming Lab Research Interests: Sheet Metal Stamp Forming and Controls, Microscale Sheet and Tube Hydroforming and Control, Friction Stir Processing for Tubes and Cylinders |
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Tanvir Faisal, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 337-482-1342 tanvir.faisal@louisiana.edu Musculoskeletal Mechanics & Multiscale Materials (4M) Lab Research Interests: Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Architected Cellular Materials |
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Sen Liu Assistant Professor (337) 482-1207 sen.liu@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 225 Research Interests: Laser Additive Manufacturing, In-situ Monitoring and Process Control, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AI-powered Materials Design |
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Seonhee Jang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 337-482-6524 seonhee.jang@louisiana.edu Multifunctional Materials and Devices Lab Research Interests: Growth and Characterization of Functional Thin Films Using Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Organic/Inorganic Precursors, Development of Printing Technologies with Various Printing |
Petroleum Engineering
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Ning Liu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering 337-482-6555 ning.liu@louisiana.edu Research Interests: Enhanced Oil Recovery, CO2 Capture and Storage, Produced Water Treatment |
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Physics
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Michalis Charilaou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dr. &. Mrs. Sammie W. Cosper/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Physics 337-482-1052 michalis.charilaou@louisiana.edu Research Interests: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Monte Carlo Simulations, Micromagnetic Simulations, Ferromagnetic Resonance |
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Gabriela Petculescu, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate Coordinator 337-482-6698 gabriela.petculescu@louisiana.edu Acoustics Laboratory Research Profile Research Interests: Elasticity, Magnetism, New Materials Development, Fe-based and Other Magnetostrictive Alloys, Properties and Performance of AM Alloys, Sensitization of Alloys, Fundamental Physical, Thermal, and Magnetic Properties of Materials, Ultrasonic Techniques, Ultrasonic Sensors, SAW Devices, Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) |
