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The School of Engineering is delighted to introduce four new tenure track faculty members joining our community of scholars this year. Their dedication to teaching and their extensive research expertise promise to inspire our students and enrich our programs.

The School of Engineering is delighted to introduce four new tenure track faculty members joining our community of scholars this year. Their dedication to teaching and their extensive research expertise promise to inspire our students and enrich our programs.


Hamed Akbari

Hamed Akbari, Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering

Doctor of Medicine, 2000  Tehran University of Medical Sciences Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Akbari’s research centers on advancing patient care through the synergy of medical expertise and technological innovation. His extensive research portfolio encompasses various domains, including AI in medicine, clinical data science, image processing, pattern recognition, and machine learning.


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Younghyun Cho, Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, 2020 Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

Dr. Cho’s research focuses on computer systems and tools for high-performance computing. He has been working on compiler/runtime-level performance optimizations for parallel applications and performance tools to help improve performance of parallel codes.


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Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki, Associate Professor
Department of General Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, 2018 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Dr. Davoudi’s research interests lie in prognostics and health management of industrial systems for quality improvement, applied machine learning, and safety analytics for improving outcomes of occupational incidents, and occupational ergonomics.


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Junho Park, Assistant Professor
Department of General Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, 2023 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Dr. Park’s primary research interests are in computational and quantitative modeling using advanced mathematical and statistical approaches for human-AI system optimization.

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