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Research Profiles for Engineering

Pamela Mack, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Department Chairperson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, has research interests in communication theory, and cascade form adaptive filtering for sinusoidal retrieval. In recent years, Dr. Mack has concentrated her efforts on designing innovative pedagogic approaches to engineering education for minorities at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
pmack@grizzly.morgan.edu
443-885-3073

Craig J. Scott, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, has extensive experience in the development of advanced engineering visualization tools and courseware, materials characterization studies, and the simulation of semiconductor devices. Dr. Scott is currently directing research in developing engineering visualization tools for knowledge fusion and tactical electronic system environments. He is also involved in researching geo-spatial reasoning methods for aircraft synthetic vision systems. Additionally, he is conducting pedagogical studies on the use of mobile and immersive visualization learning technologies and the impact of these technologies on student’s learning.
cjscott@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-3298

Kemi Ladeji-Osias, Ph.D., Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, has research interests that include three-dimensional data visualization, virtual reality and biomedical instrumentation. Her current projects include developing analysis and tactile feedback systems for atomic force microscopes, a collaboration with Dr. Jan Hoh of Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Craig Scott, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Morgan State University. Dr. Ladeji-Osias seeks funding through various sources, including DoD, other government agencies and industry to sustain her research efforts.
kladeji@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-1456

Arcadio P. Sincero, D.Sc., Professor, conducts research on renovation of secondary effluent to drinking water quality, application of artificial neural and network to modeling.
aps@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-4733

Carl White, Ph.D. Professor, research interests include, but are not limited to the following: all aspects of circuit CAD with emphasis on large-signal modeling, simulation and optimization, statistical modeling, design, parameter extraction, sensitivity analysis and optimization of microwave circuits and high-speed VLSI interconnections. He is the director of the Center of Advanced Microwave Research and Applications (CAMRA) currently supported by NASA. CAMRA identified two primary areas for research in its original proposal: 1. Low-power radiometry technology , and 2. Ka-band receiver technology. This research engages in research on three technology levels: material/components, circuit, and system levels, respectively.
white@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-3913

Donald C. Helm, Ph.D., Professor and Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence in Environmental Disciplines, Engineering, is a world-class expert in the mechanics of sedimentary material. His areas of expertise include theoretical research (conceptual/mathematical development from first principles) for which he has formulated advanced quantitative theories for both elastic and viscous sedimentary behavior, and applications to field conditions such as interpreting remote sensing measurements. His NASA-related project, “The Mechanics of Sedimentary Material,” pertains to the Natural Hazards and Solid Earth Program within the Earth Science Enterprise at Goddard Space Flight Center. The work on this project is an outgrowth of an earlier NASA-sponsored project, “Laboratory Study of the Behavior of Saturated Sedimentary Material” conducted in collaboration with a scientist at Goddard.
helm@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-3183

S. Keith Hargrove, PhD, Associate Professor and Chairman, Industrial Engineering, is interested in research activities in manufacturing systems, statistical applications in manufacturing, and engineering education. He is currently involved in NSF research with Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems - the ability to rapidly respond to market changes in product variety and production volume using machines, equipment, and information systems. He is examining the impact of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma concepts on this methodology, and is creating a web-enabled manufacturing laboratory to support new techniques for remote-controlled manufacturing. He is also developing multimedia-based instructional modules to support the industrial engineering curriculum, and is involved in research with the Army Research Laboratory in simulation and ergonomics/human factors. He has published articles in engineering education, and is involved in several summer pre-college programs for engineering.
skharg@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-4226

Iheanyi Eronini, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, is involved in analytical and experimental studies of adaptive retrofits to bridge girders to control induced stresses and thereby extend the useful life of these structures. To date, he has demonstrated the theoretical feasibility of a type of adaptive retrofit using deformation (inserting stiffeners) and an experimental investigation on a model bridge girder is in progress. Additionally, he has interests in the development of counter-rotating fly-wheel actuators for use in integrated power and attitude control of orbiting spacecraft subject to bi-directional coupling between spacecraft dynamics and flywheel active magnetic bearing vibrations. Two areas of future research relevant to ARL and his current research focus include 1) smart structures and active structural control for vibration suppression, noise reduction, damage detection or integrity and performance enhancement and 2) dynamic response and design of relevant adaptive armament systems and shelters, including the embedded sensors and actuators.
eronini@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-3868

Jiang Li, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, is conducting a new “Study of Subsidence of Sedimentary Material” supported by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, in which he examines the deformation of sedimentary basins, including the establishment of conceptual and mechanical models to analyze vertical subsidence. His study involves analytical and numerical modeling of land subsidence associated with pumping and injecting water from aquifers and oil and gas from underground reservoirs. It is important for precise predictions of the behavior of sedimentary material in coastal zones where seventy percent of the people of the world live and where thirty percent are in immediate danger because of subsidence and rising sea levels due to groundwater withdrawal and global warming.
jli@eng.morgan.edu
43-885-4202

Seong W. Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, conducts research on spray parameters that influence the spray drop size and velocity fields of vortex coaxial injectors for space shuttle engine application. His project addresses the important need for research on this subject as viewed by scientists at the Combustion Branch of the Turbomachinery/Propulsion System Division of NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center. His future research will involve the continued use of laser-based diagnostic instrumentation to analyze the spray characteristics of the injection nozzle.
slee@eng.morga>n.edu
443-885-3106

Jeyasingh Nithianandam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, conducts research in micromechanical systems (MEMS), PLD excimer laser processing, and finite element electromagnetic calculations. He has conducted finite element electromagnetic simulations on MEMS RF switches and a MEMS impedance transformer using Ansoft’s Maxwell Eminence software package and has extracted lumped circuit models of MEMS RF switches to improve and simplify the design of microwave impedance transformers. The MEMS impedance transformer designs will be submitted to a Multi-User MEMS Processor System (MUMPS) foundry for fabrication. Dr. Nithianandam’s future plans include research on MEMS-based microwave electrothermal micropropulsion systems, which may be of significance to the Army in the development of new types of weapons. His work currently received support from BMDO (Ballistic Missile Defense Organization) and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Jason@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-4206

Guangming Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, has research interests in Quality Engineering and Robust Design, Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing, Tolerance Design, Optimization Design, Reliability Engineering and Risk Assessment. His recent NASA related project includes the integration of robustness into multiple production runs of nano-satelites to reduce recurring costs. Dr. Chen has worked on the pioneering Space Technology 5 (ST-5) nano-satellite constellation theme at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). To date, he has made a ½-scale Rapid Prototype model of the nanosat for GSFC’s ST-5 design team, using equipment at MSU. Dr. Chen’s future focus is on enhancing the collaborations with NASA’s engineers and scientists at GSFC, a significant partnership of Morgan’s engineering research and educational programs.
gchen@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-4243

Gbekeloluwa Babatunde Oguntimein, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Engineering, conducts research in the area of application of biological science and engineering in the development of biochemical processes and solution of environmental engineering problems. He currently is collaborating with researchers at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA on biochemical analysis of stress-induced enzymes in rat tissues exposed  to hyper gravity conditions and also studying the application of chitosan and laccase in the purification of wastewater. He has a considerable international research experience in bioprocessing, fermentation and biosensors having worked at the Laboratorie de Biotechnoloie, Institute National e Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France; at the Industrial Biotechnology Center, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and at the Gesellschaft fur Biotechnolgishes Forschung mbH Branuschweig, Germany. He has also worked on an IPA with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Methl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) remediation Technologies and Response and Remedication of Biological Warfare Agency (BWA) in the environment. He has published over 30 papers in professional journals.
gbtunde@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-4223

Arlene Cole-Rhodes, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, collaborates with researchers in the Applied Information Sciences Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. This collaboration, under an award from the NSF and more recently from NASA, is in the area of image registration and fusion for remote-sensing images. It comprises of an image registration group with researchers from various universities in the area, together with the involvement of both graduate and undergraduate students. The problem being studied is that of registering images produced by remote sensing satellite missions. We are focused on the development of methods to perform the automatic registration and fusion of multi-sensor data, which may represent multiple spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions. Our goal is to define fast, accurate methods for the automatic registration of multisensor remotely sensed data, in order to provide a better understanding of earth and space phenomena. Some results of this work were presented at the SPIE Aerosense (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers) Conference in April 2000. Dr. Cole-Rhodes is also involved in the Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) sponsored by the Army Research Labs (ARL) where she works with a number of graduate students on robust detection for secure jam-resistant communications using frequency hopping. Previous work under the (ATIRP) program, which was also funded by ARL, produced results that we represented at the Conference on Information Sciences & Systems in the two prior years.
acrhodes@eng.morgan.edu
443-885-4207