Research Topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Automated vehicles
- Autonomous systems
- Cognitive
- Command and control
- Computational mechanics
- Computer vision
- Data analytics
- Engines and fuels
- Flight research, avionics
- Flight testing
- Human factors/ergonomics
- Human simulation
- Mechanical design
- Motion capture
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Robotics
- Satellite remote sensing
- Sensors
- UAV research
- Wireless communication
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Research Labs
Director: Jun Wang, professor of chemical and biomedical engineering
Email: jun-wang-1@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 353-4483
Website: AER Lab
Research topics:
- Satellite remote sensing
- Sensors
Director: Shaoping Xiao, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: shaoping-xiao@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6009
Website: Multiscale Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory
Director: Tom Schnell, Captain Jim "Max" Gross Chair in Engineering, professor of industrial and systems engineering, professor of occupational and environmental health, professor of electrical and computer engineering, professor of neurology
Phone: (319) 384-0811
Email: thomas-schnell@uiowa.edu
Website: Operator Performance Laboratory
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Automated vehicles
- Autonomous systems
- Cognitive
- Command and control
- Data analytics
- Flight research - avionics
- Flight testing
- Human factors/ergonomics
- Human simulation
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Sensors
- UAV research
- Wireless communication
Director: Al Ratner, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: albert-ratner@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-0883
Website: Ratner Research Group
