Dr. Samuel Frimpong
Director, MERIT Center
Professor of Mining Engineering
- Mine automation, intelligent mining systems
- Machine dynamics and fatigue modeling
- Mine safety, health and hazards
Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei
Deputy Director, MERIT Center
Chair and Professor of Mining and Explosives Engineering
- Sustainability
- Mine Reclamation
- Modeling, simulation and optimization
Dr. Guang Xu
Associate Professor, Mining and Explosives Engineering
- Mine ventilation, health and safety
- Mining-induced PM monitor and control
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Enhanced coalbed methane recovery
Dr. Sanjay Madria
Curator’s Distinguished Professor, Computer Science
- Cloud computing
- Cyber Security
- Wireless computing
- Mobile data management
Dr. Taghi Sherizadeh
Assistant Professor, Mining and Explosives Engineering
- Computational rock mechanics
- Reservoir geomechanics
- Geothermal energy recovery
- Compaction and subsidence modeling
Dr. Devin Burns
Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences
- Mathematical psychology
- Human factors
- Cognitive Psychology
Dr. Maciej Zawodniok
Research Professor, Computer Engineering
- Wireless sensor networks
- Passive FRID systems
- Embedded systems
- Prognostics & Diagnostics
Dr. Venkata (Sid) Nadendla
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- Human-system interaction
- Statistical inference and machine learning
- Communications and information theory
- Multiagent systems
Dr. Muhammad Azeem Raza
Research Manager, Assistant Research Professor, Mining Engineering
- Surface Mining
- Mine Health & Safety
- Immersive Learning & Training
- Fatigue Modeling of Heavy Mining Machinery
- Engineering Education
Dr. Kyle Perry
Associate Professor, Mining and Explosives Engineering
- Dust explosions
- Refuge alternatives
- Mine seals
- Health and safety training
Dr. Catherine Johnson
Associate Professor, Mining and Explosives Engineering
- Environmental considerations of blasting
- Fragmentation prediction
- Biological effects of shock pressure
- Explosibility of dusts
Dr. Lana Alagha
Associate Professor, Mining and Explosives Engineering
- Mineral processing
- Surface chemistry
- Rare earth minerals
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Dr. Venkat Allada
Professor, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Department
- Change Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Systems Engineering
Dr. Yun Seong Song
Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Design and Manufacturing
- Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI)
- Rehabilitation Robotics
Dr. Douglas Bristow
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Director, Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies
- Dynamic modeling and control of micro and nano-positioning systems
- Additive manufacturing systems
- Precision motion control
- Signal processing
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Saima Ghazal
Psychological Sciences
- Decision Making
- Human Factors