Faculty Highlights
Integrating AI into 6G technology
Gayan Aruma Baduge, associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, is leading an international team of researchers working with a total of $1.13 million in grant money. The three-year project is aimed at investigating AI-assisted integrated sensing and communications for 6G technology. Read more about Baduge’s research.
Studying the mechanisms of inflammation
Chilman Bae, assistant professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering at SIU Carbondale, recently received a $200,000 Engineering Research Initiative grant from the National Science Foundation to look into mechanobiological ion channels, a subset of proteins that translate mechanical signals into biochemical responses in the body. Read more about Bae’s research.
Using nanoparticles and light to treat toxic algae, remove ‘forever chemicals’
Jia Liu, associate professor in the School of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, is leading two grant-funded projects using light and nanoparticles to solve environmental issues.
She and a crew of professors and students working on ways to eliminate toxic algae blooms by using solar power combined with iron-based nanomaterials to destroy its harmful effects. Her team’s research, funded by a new two-year $100,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, is focused on Campus Lake at SIU and Carbondale Reservoir, but the problem exists everywhere. Read more about treating toxic algae blooms.
Liu and another team are also working with a three-year grant of nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to treat groundwater contaminated with PFAS, also called “forever chemicals,” using a similar process. Read more about removing PFAS here.
Stabilizing complex, uncertain water supply systems
Sangmin Shin, an assistant professor in the School of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, received a $200,000 Engineering Research Initiation grant from the National Science Foundation to create a new design focusing on establishing a water microgrid system — a network of networks melding centralized and decentralized water supply systems. Read more about Shin’s work.
Enhancing AI crime analysis
Ahmed Imteaj, assistant professor in the School of Computing, received a $167,500 grant from the National Science Foundation. The program, known as CRII, is aimed at providing essential resources for early-career researchers. Read more about Imteaj’s work.
Early career grant from NSF
Mathew Gluck, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, has received an NSF Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) award. His project will introduce undergraduates to research opportunities early in their education, provide mentoring and increase diversity in the STEM field, among other goals.
Honors for Our Faculty
Outstanding Teaching Awards
- School of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering: Debarshi Sen
- School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering: Iraklis Anagnostopoulos
- School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering: Sabrina Nilufar
- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences: Vina Castelli
- School of Applied Engineering and Technology: Tomas Velasco
- School of Computing: Ahmed Imteaj
Dean Juh Wah Chen Outstanding Faculty Award
Gayan Baduge, School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Rising Star Faculty Award
Irakilis Anagnostopoulos, School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Dean Thomas B. Jefferson Outstanding Staff Award
Marilyn Updike and Carolyn Smith, School of Applied Engineering and Technology
New Faculty and Staff
- Ansuman Bhattacharya, School of Computing
- Mehdi Ghasemirahaghi, School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering