All advanced engineering certificate courses are taught by UConn faculty members and leading experts, renowned for their cutting-edge work in the most current areas of engineering.
STEVEN L. SUIB, PhD
Dr. Suib is Director of the Institute of Materials Science and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the university since 1980 and is renowned for his work in synthesis by molecular design of environmentally friendly catalysts, surfaces, ceramics, adhesives and other materials as well as the characterization of the structural, surface, bulk, optical, magnetic, electronic, morphologic and thermal properties of them.
Email: steven.suib@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.ims.uconn.edu/steven-l-suib/
AMY THOMPSON, PhD
Dr. Thompson joined UConn in August 2017 as an Associate Professor-In-Residence of Systems Engineering and as the Associate Director of Academic Programs with the United Technologies Corporation Institute of Advanced Systems Engineering (UTC-IASE) at the University of Connecticut. She currently teaches model-based systems engineering and coordinates the online graduate programs in Advanced Systems Engineering for the UTC-IASE.
Email: amy.2.thompson@uconn.edu
Advanced Systems Engineering webpage: https://utc-iase.uconn.edu
MARIA CHRYSOCHOOU, PhD
Dr. Maria Chrysochoou is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as Director of the Connecticut Brownfields Initiative at the University of Connecticut where she has been working since 2007. She is a 2020 Women of Innovation Award winner in the Postsecondary Academic Innovation & Leadership Category and has expertise is in environmental geochemistry, with a focus on utilizing spectroscopic techniques to investigate specification of metals on soils, mineral surfaces, industrial waste and construction materials.
Email: maria.chrysochoou@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/staff
MARINA ASTITHA, PhD
Dr. Astitha is Assistant Professor and Associate Head of Graduate Education and Research and has been working in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut since 2013. She has 12 years of experience in atmospheric and air quality modeling systems from regional to global scales and serves at the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.
Email: marina.astitha@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/staff
BRYAN HUEY, PhD
Dr. Huey is a United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Professor, Director of Graduate Studies and Department Head of the Materials Science and Engineering Department. He has been working at the University of Connecticut since 2004 and is renowned for his work in Scanning Probe Microscopy, Photovoltaics, Data Storage Dynamics, Nano-Bio-Mechanics, and Functional Ceramics.
Email:: bryan.huey@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://mse.engr.uconn.edu/faculty
GEORGE ROSSETTI, PhD
Dr. Rossetti is Associate Professor and Associate Department Head in the Materials Science and Engineering Department. He has been working at the University of Connecticut for over 14 years and has an expertise in thermodynamics, crystallography, and structure-property relations in functional ceramics and their applications in sensing, actuation, and energy transduction, harvesting, and storage.
Email: george.rossetti_jr@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://mse.engr.uconn.edu/faculty
HOREA ILIES, PhD
Dr. Ilies is Professor and Department Head in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He has been working at the University of Connecticut since 2004 and has several years of industry experience with Ford Motor Company in research, manufacturing, and product design with development activities.
Email: horea.ilies@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://me.engr.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
DAVID PIERCE, PhD
Dr. Pierce is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He has been working at the University of Connecticut since 2013 and is renowned for this recent work with several new 3-D, large strain constitutive models for articular cartilage, facilitating FE simulation of sample/patient-specific cartilage deformation, fiber network response and fluid permeation.
Email: david.pierce@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://me.engr.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
MARIA CHRYSOCHOOU, PhD
Dr. Maria Chrysochoou is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as Director of the Connecticut Brownfields Initiative at the University of Connecticut where she has been working since 2007. She is a 2020 Women of Innovation Award winner in the Postsecondary Academic Innovation & Leadership Category and has expertise is in environmental geochemistry, with a focus on utilizing spectroscopic techniques to investigate specification of metals on soils, mineral surfaces, industrial waste and construction materials.
Email: maria.chrysochoou@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/staff
MARINA ASTITHA, PhD
Dr. Astitha is Assistant Professor and Associate Head of Graduate Education and Research and has been working with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut since 2013. She has 12 years of experience in atmospheric and air quality modeling systems from regional to global scales and serves at the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.
Email: marina.astitha@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/staff
SANGUTHEVAR RAJASEKARAN, PhD
Dr. Rajasekaran is Department Head, Professor and BECAT Director in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of Connecticut. A Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and UTC Chair Professor, he has been with the university for 18 years specializing in algorithms, big data analytics, bioinformatics, materials genomics and high performance computing.
Email: sanguthevar.rajasekara@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.cse.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
Kriti Bhargava, PhD
Dr. Bhargava is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut – Stamford campus. Her teaching interests include Data Mining, Algorithms and Complexity, Computer Networks and Programming for embedded systems. Her research interests include applications of Wireless Sensor Networks and Machine Learning in Smart Agriculture, Humanitarian Engineering and Smart Health.
Email: kriti.bhargava@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.cse.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
JOHN CHANDY, PhD
Dr. Chandy is Professor and Department Head in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the University since 2002 and is renowned in storage and network systems.
Email: john.chandy@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.ee.uconn.edu/people/faculty/faculty_alphabetical
SHENGLI ZHOU, PhD
Dr. Zhou is Professor and Associate Department Head in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the University for 17 years with an expertise in communications and signal processing.
Email: shengli.zhou@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.ee.uconn.edu/people/faculty/faculty_alphabetical
JOHN CHANDY, PhD
Dr. Chandy is Professor and Department Head in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the University since 2002 and is renowned in storage and network systems.
Email: john.chandy@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.ee.uconn.edu/people/faculty/faculty_alphabetical
SHENGLI ZHOU, PhD
Dr. Zhou is Professor and Associate Department Head in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the University for 17 years with an expertise in communications and signal processing.
Email: shengli.zhou@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.ee.uconn.edu/people/faculty/faculty_alphabetical
RANJAN SRIVASTAVA, PhD
Dr. Srivastava is Professor and Department Head in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the university for 18 years and is renowned for his work in systems biology, computational material design, evolutionary algorithms and applied machine learning
Email: rs@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cbe.engr.uconn.edu/faculty/
YONGKU CHO, PhD
Dr. Cho is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the university for over 6 years with an expertise in protein engineering, optogenetics, neuroimaging and molecular neurobiology.
Email: cho@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cbe.engr.uconn.edu/faculty/