The Batten College of Engineering and Technology welcomes eight new faculty members for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(Pictured above:听Top row, left to right: Ronnie Wang, Lisa Wang, Qing Tang and Lobat Tayebi
Bottom row, left to right: Ambrosio Valencia-Romero, Charles Lowe, Shelly Mann and Kristin Eden)
Their research expertise and industry experience span a diverse range of fields, including cyber-physical systems, smart transportation, hazard mitigation, multidisciplinary community resilience, traffic flow analysis, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, modeling and simulation of collective systems and the fluid dynamics of Martian dust devils.
Two faculty members, promoted from within the college, bring extensive industry experience and a focus on student success initiatives.
Qianlong 鈥淩onnie鈥 Wang, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, joins us from Towson 91短视频 in Maryland.
His research interests include robust and secure deep learning networks, security and privacy in distributed and decentralized systems (e.g., Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things) and related applications such as smart transportation, smart cities and smart healthcare.
Wang, a 2023 recipient of the NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative Award, holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve 91短视频, a master鈥檚 degree in electrical and computer engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in automation engineering from Wuhan 91短视频 in China.
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Wanting (Lisa) Wang, an assistant professor in structural engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, joins us from a postdoctoral fellowship at Colorado 91短视频 91短视频's NIST-funded Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning.
Her research expertise includes multi-disciplinary community resilience, hazard mitigation functionality and recovery, and post-disaster reconnaissance studies.
Wang is a licensed California Professional Engineer with previous industry design experience and a broad range of teaching experience.
She earned her Ph.D. in structural engineering from Colorado 91短视频 91短视频, a master鈥檚 in structural engineering from both Jilin 91短视频 and the 91短视频 of Colorado Denver and a bachelor鈥檚 in civil engineering from Jilin 91短视频 in China.
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Qing Tang, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, joins us from a postdoctoral associate position at Georgia Tech.
Her research focuses on connected and automated vehicle modeling and control as well as traffic flow analysis and system modeling.
Tang earned her Ph.D. in transportation engineering from Penn 91短视频, a master's degree in insurance from the Central 91短视频 of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China, and a bachelor's in information and computing science from Hubei 91短视频 of Education in China.
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Lobat Tayebi, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, holds the Batten Endowed Professorship and serves as the inaugural director of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine, Health, and Human Performance (EnMed).
Tayebi joins Old Dominion after nearly a decade at Marquette 91短视频 School of Dentistry, where she served as professor and director of research. She previously held a joint appointment as a professor in the School of Dentistry and the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Her research expertise lies in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Tayebi earned her Ph.D. in applied science from UC Davis, a DPhil in engineering science from the Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering, a master鈥檚 degree in engineering physics from McMaster 91短视频 in Canada and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in physics from Sharif 91短视频 of Technology in Iran.
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Ambrosio Valencia-Romero, an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, joins us from the Roux Institute at Northeastern 91短视频 where he worked as a postdoctoral researcher. Valencia-Romero brings expertise in engineering design, modeling and simulation of collective systems, and game theory. He strives to advance research in augmenting strategic decision-making and developing incentive mechanisms for collaborative systems development.
Valencia-Romero earned his Ph.D. in systems engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology and holds bachelor's and M.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering, respectively, from the Universidad del Atl谩ntico in Colombia and the Recinto Universitario de Mayag眉ez in Puerto Rico.
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Charles Lowe has been promoted to a full-time lecturer from a temporary lecturer position in the Department of Engineering Technology.
He spent many years as an industry consultant, project manager and mechanical technician, as well as an adjunct at ODU for nearly 10 years.
He earned his master鈥檚 and bachelor鈥檚 degrees from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
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Shelly Mann, a new lecturer in the Department of Engineering Technology, is pursuing her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering at Old Dominion.
Her research includes fluid dynamics of Martian dust devils and developing a new method for estimating their strength and physical properties. Her interests include hypersonic flow control, electrohydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, aerothermodynamics and space flight mechanics.
She earned her master鈥檚 degree in aerospace engineering and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in mechanical engineering at ODU.
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Kristin Eden, former director of Engineering Student Success at the Batten College, has transitioned to a lecturer role in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals. She also serves as director of the new MAP2E program.
Eden听has been at Old Dominion for over 10 years and has worked in several departments including ODU Athletics where, as听director of student-athlete academic services, she听oversaw听all tutoring efforts for the Monarchs, advised听the men's wrestling team and听men's and women's swimming and diving teams.
She holds an Ed.S. from ODU, a master鈥檚 degree in sport and recreation from Western Kentucky 91短视频 and a bachelor鈥檚 in mass communication and public relations from Pittsburg 91短视频 91短视频.