NSF REU Site in Sensing and Smart Systems

• Infrastructure Systems: Smart, Resilient, and Green Energy Systems Led by Yufei Tang, Ph.D.
• Infrastructure Systems: Human-in-the-loop Digital Twins for Smart Cities Led by Jinwoo Jang, Ph.D.
• Infrastructure Systems: Machine Learning Techniques for Energy Forecasting and Optimization Led by Zhen Ni, Ph.D.
• Marine and Environment: The Internet of Floating Things Led by Georgios Sklivanitis, Ph.D.
• Marine and Environment: Development and Testing of a Wave Powered Offshore Sensing System Led by James VanZwieten, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Next-Gen Health Monitoring Empowered by Python Programming and Deep Learning Applications Led by Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Soft Sensors and Actuators for Wearables to Assist People with Disabilities Led by Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.
• Modern Cybersecurity in IoT Devices Led by Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D.

• Infrastructure Systems: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities Led by Jinwoo Jang, Ph.D.
• Infrastructure Systems: Smart and Resilient Energy Systems Led by Yufei Tang, Ph.D.
• Infrastructure Systems: Modern Cybersecurity in IoT Devices Led by Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Deep Learning for Biomedical Health Data Led by Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Deep Learning for Unstructured Data Analytics and Mining Led by Xingquan Zhu, Ph.D.
• Marine and Environment: Cognitive Wireless Radios for Maritime Robotics Led by Georgios Sklivanitis, Ph.D.

There are 5 research projects planned for this summer. See which projects you're interested in.

• Infrastructure Systems: Mobility Sensing and Analytics for Smart Cities Led by Jason O. Hallstrom, Ph.D. and Jiannan Zhai, Ph.D.
• Infrastructure Systems: Smart and Resilient Energy Systems Led by Yufei Tang, Ph.D.
• Marine and Environment: Cognitive Wireless Radios for Maritime Robotics Led by Georgios Sklivanitis, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Soft Sensors and Actuators for Wearables to Assist People with Disabilities Led by Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Deep Learning for Biomedical Health Data Led by Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D.

There are 5 research projects planned for this summer. See which projects you're interested in.

• Infrastructure Systems: Mobility Sensing and Analytics for Smart Cities Led by Jason O. Hallstrom, Ph.D. and Dr. Zhai
• Infrastructure Systems: Smart and Resilient Energy Systems Led by Yufei Tang, Ph.D.
• Marine and Environment: Cognitive Wireless Radios for Maritime Robotics Led by Georgios Sklivanitis, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Soft Sensors and Actuators for Wearables to Assist People with Disabilities Led by Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Wearable Sensors and Data Analytics for Therapeutic Management Led by Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D.

There are 6 research projects planned for this summer. See which projects you're interested in.

• Infrastructure Systems: Mobility Sensing and Analytics for Smart Cities Led by Jason O. Hallstrom, Ph.D. and Dr. Zhai
• 2 Infrastructure Systems: Smart and Resilient Energy Systems Led by Yufei Tang, Ph.D.
• Marine and Environment: Cognitive Wireless Radios for Maritime Robotics Led by Georgios Sklivanitis, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Soft Sensors and Actuators for Wearables to Assist People with Disabilities Led by Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Wearable Sensors and Data Analytics for Therapeutic Management Led by Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D.

There are 12 research projects planned for this summer. See which projects you're interested in.

• Infrastructure Systems: Battery-Free Leak Monitoring Led by Jason O. Hallstrom, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Detecting Emotion in Multi-Party Conversations Led by Jason O. Hallstrom, Ph.D.
• Infrastructure Systems: Adaptive Traffic Control Led by Aleksandar Stevanovic, Ph.D.
• Infrastructure Systems: Smart and Connected Cities Led by Jinwoo Jang, Ph.D.
• Network the Oceans: Cognitive Reconfigurable Radio Architectures for Connected Autonomous Maritime Vehicles Led by George Sklivanitis, Ph.D.
• Cross Cutting: Evolving Adaptive Neural Systems Led by Yufei Tang, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Identifying Stages of Lung Cancer through Image Classification using Deep Learning Techniques Led by Borivoje (Borko) Furht, Ph.D.
• Marine and Environment: Robust Co-Prime Sensing with Underwater Inflatable Passive Sonar Arrays Led by Bing Ouyang, Ph.D.
• Marine and Environment: Developing Inexpensive Sediment Oxygen Utilization Measurement Chambers Led by Jordon Beckler, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Prosthetic Hand Design and Control Led by Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Monitoring Interactions in Therapeutic Relationships Led by Paul Peluso, Ph.D.
• Health and Behavior: Characterizing Human Motor-Cognitive Performance Through Data Analysis and Machine Learning Led by Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D.

There were nine research projects completed in 2018.

• Cross-Cutting: IoT Security REU Mentor: Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D.
  REU Scholar: Nikolas Bussey
• Health and Behavior: Detecting Emotion in Multi-Party Conversations REU Mentors: Jason Hallstrom, Ph.D. and Paul Peluso, Ph.D.
  REU Scholars: Jacob Belga, Hannah Gibilisco and Serena Walker Jean
• Health and Behavior: Robotic Prosthetics REU Mentor: Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.
  REU Scholar: Wen-Yu (Marty) Cheng
• Infrastructure Systems: Adaptive Traffic Control REU Mentor: Aleks Stevanovic, Ph.D.
  REU Scholar: Forest Elliott
• Infrastructure Systems: Data Analytics for Vehicle-based Mobile Sensing Data REU Mentor: Jinwoo Jang, Ph.D.
  REU Scholar: Jordan Miller
• Infrastructure Systems: Data Embedding in Digital Media REU Mentor: Dimitris Pados, Ph.D.
  REU Scholar: Connor Weeks
• Infrastructure Systems: Smart Energy Systems REU Mentor: Yufei Tang, Ph.D.
  REU Scholar: Sean Passmore
• Marine and Environment: Robust Co-Prime Sensing with Underwater Inflatable Passive Sonar Arrays REU Mentor: Bing Ouyang, Ph.D.
  REU Scholar: Jordan Thomas
• Marine and Environment: Geochemical Sensing REU Mentor: Jordon Beckler, Ph.D.
  REU Scholar: Zachary Wilhelm

There were 11 research projects completed in 2017.

• Cross-Cutting: IoT Security Mentor: Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D.
  Student: Braxton McLean
• Health and Behavior: Monitoring Interactions in Therapeutic Relationships Mentor: Paul Peluso, Ph.D.
  Student: Kirielle Singarajah
• Health and Behavior: Analysis of Cardiac Signals Related to Atrial Arrhythmia Mentor: Behnaz Ghoraani, Ph.D.
  Student: Kelly Nguyen
• Health and Behavior: Identifying Human Emotion through Computer Analysis Mentor: Jason O. Hallstrom, Ph.D.
  Students: Jacob Belga and Emmanuel Damour
• Health and Behavior: Robotic Prosthetics Mentor: Erik Engeberg, Ph.D.
  Student: Michael Bornstein
• Infrastructure Systems: Adaptive Traffic Control Mentor: Aleksandar Stevanovic, Ph.D.
  Student: Oghenekaro Durojaiye
• Infrastructure Systems: Smart Grid Control and Optimization Mentor: Yufei Tang, Ph.D.
  Student: Michael Aiudi
• Infrastructure Systems: Violence Detection in Surveillance Scenes Mentor: Borivoje (Borko) Furht, Ph.D.
  Student: Whitney Angelica Andrews
• Marine and Environment: Comprehensive Sensing Mentor: Bing Ouyang, Ph.D.
  Student: Benjamin Maltbie
• Marine and Environment: Effective Communication and Inductive Charging for Ocean Swarm Robotic Mentor: Jason Hallstrom, Ph.D.
  Student: Paul Scarpinato
• Marine and Environment: Ocean Current Analysis Mentor: Laurent Cherubin, Ph.D.
  Student: Richard Peterson