Faculty mentors

Ready to mentor

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members from multiple disciplines are looking for students to participate in undergraduate and graduate research projects. Be sure to check out their profiles for the specific subject areas they are interested in exploring.

Portrait of Aman Arora

Aman Arora

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIMOREEnergyFURISustainability
Current research focus: using machine learning for chip design, sustainable computing, machine learning acceleration, reconfigurable computing.
Portrait of Zachariah Berkson

Zachariah Berkson

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Interests:

FURIMOREEnergySustainability
The Berkson Lab at ASU focuses on cutting-edge research bridging chemical engineering, materials science, and inorganic chemistry. Current focus areas include understanding and designing functional interfaces of heterogeneous catalysts, nanostructured…
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Bharatesh Chakravarthi

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIMOREDataSustainability
Current research spans: computer vision, artificial intelligence, intelligent transportation systems, autonomous systems, motion capture systems.
Portrait of Maria Elena Chavez Echeagaray

Maria Elena Chavez Echeagaray

ENGR Academic & Student Affrs

Interests:

FURIEducation
My research includes studies where we can learn how the experience for a user/customer/learner can be improved. This goes from learning how the interaction between an user/customer/learner and graphical user…
Portrait of Ying-Chen (Daphne) Chen

Ying-Chen (Daphne) Chen

Interests:

FURIMOREFURI
In the rising of artificial intelligence (AI), the new computing configurations on the basis of non-volatile memory attracts considerable attentions to create the new computing paradigms. Among the emerging memories,…
Portrait of Zhaoyang (Frank) Fan

Zhaoyang (Frank) Fan

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Interests:

FURIMOREEnergy
Current research focus: advanced metal-air battery research; water electrolysis for hydrogen fuel production.
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Nakul Gopalan

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIMOREDataEducationHealthFURISustainability
I am a roboticist specifically interested in robot learning and planning. Along with robot learning problems, I work on some water sustainability projects, some medical machine learning-based projects, and some…
Portrait of Paul Grogan

Paul Grogan

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIMOREData
Portrait of Julianne Holloway

Julianne Holloway

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Interests:

FURIMOREHealth
Portrait of Kailong Jin

Kailong Jin

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Interests:

FURIMORESustainability
Current research focus: sustainable polymers, plastic recycling, and nanoporous covalent organic frameworks for separations and water harvesting applications.
Portrait of Deniz Karakoc

Deniz Karakoc

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIMOREDataSustainability
Current research focus: agriculture and food systems, food security, resilience, sustainability, equity.
Portrait of Saurav Kumar

Saurav Kumar

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Interests:

FURIMOREDataSustainability
Portrait of Kexin Li

Kexin Li

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Interests:

FURIMOREFURI
Current research focus: semiconductor device modeling and simulation.
Portrait of Cindy (Xiangjia) Li

Cindy (Xiangjia) Li

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Interests:

FURIMOREEnergyFURISustainability
Current research focus: solar cell fabrication, bio-inspired material design, 3D printing process development and optimization.
Portrait of Huan Liu

Huan Liu

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIData
Portrait of Ryan Meuth

Ryan Meuth

ENGR Academic & Student Affrs

Interests:

FURIDataEducation
I am interested in artificial intelligence, robotics, and computer science education-focused research topics.
Portrait of Jaron Mink

Jaron Mink

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIMOREDataEducationSecurity
In addition to his other research interest, Mink investigates how to improve scaleable cybersecurity education. See also: Lab Website and Personal Website
Portrait of Ozgur Ozmen

Ozgur Ozmen

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIMORESecurity
My research is centered around enhancing the security and privacy of emerging computing platforms and their interactions with physical surroundings through systems design, formal methods, machine learning, and applied cryptography….
Portrait of Rong Pan

Rong Pan

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Interests:

FURIMOREDataEducation
Current research focus: machine learning, graphical models, agentic AI, data visualization.
Portrait of Mike Ranjram

Mike Ranjram

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Interests:

FURIMOREEnergy
Portrait of Nicholas Rolston

Nicholas Rolston

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Interests:

FURIMOREDataEnergyFURISustainability
Our group’s research goals are to develop next-generation energy and semiconductor technologies and to ensure that they are fit for manufacturability and durability. We study the connection between material degradation…
Portrait of Emmanuel Salifu

Emmanuel Salifu

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Interests:

FURIMORESustainability
Current research focus: soil restoration post-wildfire events, erosion control using microbial- and/or fungi-mediated approaches, development and characterization of fungi mycelium-based biomaterials and composites.
Portrait of Sarah Stabenfeldt

Sarah Stabenfeldt

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

Interests:

FURIMOREHealth
Current research focus: development of diagnostics and therapeutics for neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases using biomaterials systems.
Portrait of Jiefeng Sun

Jiefeng Sun

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Interests:

FURIMOREDataHealthSecurity
Portrait of Georgios Trichopoulos

Georgios Trichopoulos

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Interests:

FURIMOREDataHealthSecurityFURI
Current areas of research: electromagnetics, antenna engineering, and microwave circuits; 5/6G wireless communication systems; remote sensing of biomarkers; radar sensing and imaging; programmable electromagnetic surfaces.
Portrait of Liping Wang

Liping Wang

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Interests:

FURIMOREEnergyFURISustainability
Dr. Wang’s research group focuses on radiative energy transfer, including, but not limited to, characterizations of optical and infrared properties (using spectrometers, monochromators, lasers, etc.), lab tests of energy conversion…
Portrait of Meng Wu

Meng Wu

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Interests:

FURIMOREDataEnergySecuritySustainability
Current research spans: 1) Energy decarbonization under climate change: reliability, resilience, stability, economics; 2) Operation, control, and modeling of carbon-neutral power systems with DERs, utility-scale renewables, and energy storage; 3)…
Portrait of Tianfang Xu

Tianfang Xu

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Interests:

FURIMOREDataSustainability
Recent projects include machine learning-based modeling of groundwater availability and quality at regional scales, heat and carbon mitigation by urban greening, deep learning modeling of snow dominated mountainous karst watersheds,…
Portrait of Ruijie Zeng

Ruijie Zeng

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Interests:

FURIMOREDataSustainability
Current research focus: water resources management, climate change, sustainability, remote sensing, renewable energy.
Portrait of Jeff Zhang

Jeff Zhang

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Interests:

FURIMOREData
Portrait of Wenlong Zhang

Wenlong Zhang

School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks

Interests:

FURIMOREDataHealthFURISustainability
We work on robotics, control systems, and artificial intelligence. In particular, we have ongoing projects on soft robotics, aerial robots, manufacturing robots, and human-robot interactions.
Portrait of Junfeng Zhao

Junfeng Zhao

Engineering, The Polytechnic School

Interests:

FURIMOREDataEnergySustainability
Portrait of Haolin Zhu

Haolin Zhu

ENGR Academic & Student Affrs

Interests:

FURIEducation

Mentors from the current expo

The fall 2024 expo features 130 projects mentored by 55 dedicated faculty mentors from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

Our faculty member profile pages each contain a list of the projects and students they have mentored over the last several years. Students seeking to understand which faculty mentor might be right for their research interests should consider browsing these lists as a part of their application preparation process.

Portrait of Aman Arora

Aman Arora

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Ajay Bansal

Ajay Bansal

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Zachariah Berkson

Zachariah Berkson

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Chris Bryan

Chris Bryan

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Umberto Celano

Umberto Celano

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Portrait of Maria Elena Chavez Echeagaray

Maria Elena Chavez Echeagaray

ENGR Academic & Student Affrs

Portrait of Xiangfan Chen

Xiangfan Chen

School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks

Portrait of Joshua Daymude

Joshua Daymude

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Anca Delgado

Anca Delgado

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Portrait of Shuguang Deng

Shuguang Deng

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Stephanie Forrest

Stephanie Forrest

Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society

Portrait of Sergio Garcia Segura

Sergio Garcia Segura

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Portrait of Nakul Gopalan

Nakul Gopalan

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Paul Grogan

Paul Grogan

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Sandeep Gupta

Sandeep Gupta

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Julianne Holloway

Julianne Holloway

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Keng Hsu

Keng Hsu

School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks

Portrait of Huei-Ping Huang

Huei-Ping Huang

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Heejin Jeong

Heejin Jeong

Human Systems Engineering, The Polytechnic School

Portrait of Kailong Jin

Kailong Jin

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Nidhin Kurian Kalarickal

Nidhin Kurian Kalarickal

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Portrait of Wonmo Kang

Wonmo Kang

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Anthony Kuhn

Anthony Kuhn

ENGR Academic & Student Affrs

Portrait of Saurav Kumar

Saurav Kumar

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Portrait of Heewook Lee

Heewook Lee

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Hyunglae Lee

Hyunglae Lee

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Kexin Li

Kexin Li

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Portrait of Cindy (Xiangjia) Li

Cindy (Xiangjia) Li

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Huan Liu

Huan Liu

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Leixin Ma

Leixin Ma

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Ryan Meuth

Ryan Meuth

ENGR Academic & Student Affrs

Portrait of Rong Pan

Rong Pan

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Portrait of Dorsa Parviz

Dorsa Parviz

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Gokul Pathikonda

Gokul Pathikonda

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Vincent Pizziconi

Vincent Pizziconi

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

Portrait of Mike Ranjram

Mike Ranjram

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Portrait of Nicholas Rolston

Nicholas Rolston

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Portrait of Konrad Rykaczewski

Konrad Rykaczewski

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Emmanuel Salifu

Emmanuel Salifu

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Portrait of Barbara Smith

Barbara Smith

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

Portrait of Sarah Stabenfeldt

Sarah Stabenfeldt

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

Portrait of Jiefeng Sun

Jiefeng Sun

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Meng Tao

Meng Tao

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Portrait of Georgios Trichopoulos

Georgios Trichopoulos

School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Portrait of Arul Mozhy Varman

Arul Mozhy Varman

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang

Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

Portrait of Liping Wang

Liping Wang

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Jessica Weaver

Jessica Weaver

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

Portrait of Feng Yan

Feng Yan

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Jordan Yaron

Jordan Yaron

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Portrait of Wenlong Zhang

Wenlong Zhang

School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks

Portrait of Junfeng Zhao

Junfeng Zhao

Engineering, The Polytechnic School

Portrait of Houlong Zhuang

Houlong Zhuang

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy