Research Topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Command and control
- Computational mechanics
- Computer vision
- Data analytics
- Earth system modeling
- Energy generation and storage
- Mechanical design
- Sensors
- Signal processing
- Wireless communication
Environment and Energy News
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Iowa engineer's NASA instrument probes atmospheric pollutants
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UI professor’s work now in space, monitoring air quality on Earth
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Wildfires have erased two decades’ worth of air quality gains in western US
Research Labs
Director: Jun Wang, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, James E. Ashton Professor in Engineering
Phone: (319) 353-4483
Email: jun-wang-1@uiowa.edu
Website: Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Autonomous systems
- Data analytics
- Earth system modeling
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Satellite remote sensing
- Sensors
- UAV research
- Wireless communication
![Jun Wang adjusting an atmospheric sensor](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2021-11/2021_06_07-Wang%2C%20Jun%20jatorner%20-0205.jpg)
Director: Matthew McGill, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering
Email: matthew-mcgill@uiowa.edu
Website: Iowa Atmospheric Sensor Development Laboratory
Director: Al Ratner, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: albert-ratner@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-0883
Website: Ratner Research Group
Research topic: Energy generation and storage
Director: Syed Mubeen, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering
Email: syed-mubeen@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5813
Lab: Syed Mubeen Research Group
Research topics:
- Energy generation and storage
- Sensors
![Mubeen group photo](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Mubeen-group-photo.jpg)
Director: Fatima Toor, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
Email: fatima-toor@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6071
Website: Toor Lab
Research topics:
- Energy generation and storage
- Sensors
![Fatima Toor with student researchers](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Toor-lab-research-smiling.jpeg)
Director: Weimin Han, professor of mathematics
Email: weimin-han@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-0784
Website: Weimin Han Research Group
Research topics:
- Numerical analysis
- Computational mechanics
- Numerical solution of variational inequality
- Numerical solution of hemivariational inequalities