Mark L. Adams
Dr. Adams is assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founder of the Sensors, Transducers, Optics, RF and MEMS (STORM) Lab. He holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. His research interests include quantum systems, metamaterials, biologically inspired structures, electromagnetics, photonics, optoelectronics, wireless systems, micro/nano fabrication and propagation modeling. He has published in various journals, such as Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Digital Communications and Networks, and Journal of Vacuum Science Technology, and in the proceedings of numerous conferences. Dr. Adams is co-holder of multiple U.S. patents. He has worked in the private sector as an electronics and radio frequency engineer. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Microbiology, and senior member of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics.
David M. Bevly
Dr. Bevly is the McNair Endowed Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of the GPS and Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory (GAVLAB). He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. His research interests include control of dynamic systems, system identification, optimal estimation and control, GPS and sensor fusion, vehicle dynamics and control, and vehicle state estimation. His research focuses on the control of autonomous vehicles using GPS and Inertial Navigation System sensors. He holds four U.S. patents. Dr. Bevly serves on the editorial board of International Journal of Autonomous Vehicle Systems and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Institute of Navigation, and Society of Automotive Engineers.
Christian Brodbeck
Christian Brodbeck is a Research Engineer with the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University. Christian holds a B.S. degree in Biosystems Engineering and a M.S. degree in Civil Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in Alabama. He has worked for Auburn University for 15 years focusing his first four years of research on Precision Agriculture. Christian spent the next six years working in the area of bioenergy, particularly in thermochemical conversion technologies of woody biomass and harvesting logistics. Christian also developed an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program for the College of Agriculture and is a Part 107 licensed remote pilot with over 400 recorded flights. His UAS research areas are in applied UAS for management of natural resource systems and the utilization of thermal imagery for improved facility energy management. In recent years, Christian manages the Gavin Engineering Laboratory and the Applied Engineering Laboratory and also serves as an advisor to the Auburn University Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders.
Hunter Burch
Dr. Hunter C. Burch is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Auburn University. He received his Bachelor’s degree (2014) from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, and his Master’s (2018) and PhD (2021) degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida where he worked as a research assistant in the Ionospheric Radio Lab under Dr. Robert Moore. Dr. Burch has nearly a decade of research experience in the field of long-distance radio propagation, ionospheric physics, and remote sensing of space weather. His research is published in the IEEE journals Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and the American Geophysical Union’s Geophysical Research Letters. He has also presented research on radiowave propagation at major national and international conferences of the American Geophysical Union and the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). His research has included funded projects from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the United States Army, the United States Air Force, and the National Science Foundation to study long-distance radiowave propagation, space weather impacts on the ionosphere, and advanced signal processing techniques for positioning, navigation, and timing as well as remote sensing.
Jeremiah D. Davis, P.E.
Dr. Jeremiah Davis is an Associate Professor in Biosystems Engineering and Director of the National Poultry Technology Center. He holds an M.S. in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering form the University of Kentucky and a PhD in Agricultural Engineering from Iowa State University. His research interests include commercial poultry housing systems, environmental control for animal housing, instrumentation and sampling methods, water and energy conservation, and animal instrumentation and tracking.
Gerry Dozier
Dr. Dozier is the Charles D. McCrary Eminent Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and director of the Artificial Intelligence & Identity Research Lab. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, cyber identity, neural networks and facial recognition. Dr. Dozier earned a Ph.D. in computer science at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Prior to his arrival at Auburn in 2017, he was professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science at the North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, which was the first public HBCU in the nation to offer a Ph.D. in computer science. In addition to several prominent leadership roles, Dr. Dozier was the founding director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Identity Science and the first director of the National Intelligence Science and Technology Center of Academic Excellence in the U.S. He has been the keynote speaker for numerous national cyber security expos and colloquiums, has been featured in Evolution magazine and was named “most promising in STEM” by United States Black Engineer & Information Technology. Dr. Dozier is the co-author of five book chapters, 36 refereed journal publications and more than 100 refereed conference publications. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense, Bank of America, the Army Research Laboratory, the Department of Education, the National Reconnaissance Office and NASA.
Ujjwal Guin
Dr. Guin is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2016. He is actively involved in projects in the field of Hardware Security and Trust, Supply Chain Security, Cybersecurity, and VLSI Design and Test. He has developed several on-chip structures and techniques to improve the security, trustworthiness, and reliability of integrated circuits. He is a co-author of the book "Counterfeit Integrated Circuits: Detection and Avoidance". He has authored several journal articles and refereed conference papers. His projects are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and Auburn University. His paper "Counterfeit Integrated Circuits: A Rising Threat in the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain" is cited on the "White House 100-Day Reviews under Executive Order 14017" on "Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth," June 2021. Also, the team lead by Dr. Guin won 1stplace in Hack@CHES 2021, The Hardware Capture the Flag in Conjunction with International Conference on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems and 2nd place in Hack@SEC 2021, The Hardware Capture the Flag in Conjunction with USENIX Security Symposium in 2021.Prof. Guin serves on the organizing committees IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), VLSI Test Symposium (VTS) and the IEEE International Conference on Physical Assurance and Inspection of Electronics (PAINE). He has been serving on the technical program committees in several reputed conferences, such as DAC, HOST, VTS, PAINE, VLSID, GLSVLSI, ISVLSI and Blockchain. He is an active participant in the SAE International G-19A Test Laboratory Standards Development Committee and G-32 Cyber-Physical Systems Security Committee. He is a member of both the IEEE and ACM.
Davide Guzzetti
Dr. Davide Guzzetti is an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University. Dr. Guzzetti’s research focus is astrodynamics and space mission design in complex space environments. Dr. Guzzetti contributed to a better understanding and utilization of deep space destinations with studies about multi-body regimes, orbit motion under strong solar radiation pressure and irregular gravity field, stationkeeping of chaotic trajectories in vicinity of the Moon, and coupling effects between orbit and attitude dynamics. Dr. Guzzetti’s research is applied to solar system robotic missions, deep space manned habitats, Earth or astronomical observatories, and space propulsion technology. Currently, Dr. Guzzetti is establishing the Immersive, Interactive, Intelligent Space Dynamics lab. This laboratory is devoted to discovering new synergies between astrodynamics and the ever-evolving technology of the information age. We are integrating virtual reality, large computational capabilities, and machine learning techniques with advanced mathematical and dynamical understanding of spacecraft motion to create new options for classical space mission design and inspire new ideas to approach space exploration. Opportunities are available for students with an interest in astrodynamics, machine learning, neural networks, and computer visualization.
Michael Hamilton
Dr. Hamilton is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Alabama Micro/Nano Science and Technology Center, which is the premier micro/nano fabrication center in the state. Dr. Hamilton, who holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, is an expert in quantum computing, and his research interests include micro/nano hardware engineering and hardware vulnerability support. He is the author of more than 126 publications. In May 2019, Dr. Hamilton and student Uday Goteti were awarded a patent for their invention of new logic cells for use in next-generation computers.
Gregory Harris
Dr. Harris is an Associate Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, the Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems (ICAMS), and the Associate Director for Digital Strategy for the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME). He received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Prior to joining the ISE Faculty at Auburn, Dr. Harris was with the U.S. Army, Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, and served as the Government Program Manager for the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (formerly DMDII, now MxD), a Presidential Initiative to increase innovation and competitiveness in U.S. Manufacturing. His time in the government includes approximately two years TDY to the Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy office. His previous work includes research and application in Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Model Based Enterprise, Industry 4.0, Continuous Improvement, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, and Manufacturing Readiness initiatives. He has published in the areas of advanced manufacturing, systems engineering, transportation, simulation and modeling, supply chain management, lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, and leadership. His work has been supported by the U.S. Army, Department of Defense, Federal Transit Administration, the Alabama Technology Network, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. He serves on the Membership Council of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), he is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, a member of INCOSE, and ASME. He is a registered Professional Engineer.
Edward Huang
Dr. Edward Huang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Auburn University. Previously, he held the position of associate professor in the Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research at George Mason University. He was affiliated with the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) at George Mason University. He obtained his B.S. degree in industrial engineering and engineering management from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 2001. He further earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial systems engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, in 2008 and 2011, respectively. Dr. Huang's research interests encompass facility design, model-based systems engineering, and the disruption of illicit networks. With considerable expertise in empirical studies and modeling of both legitimate and illicit supply chains, Dr. Huang and his team have undertaken comprehensive research into illicit supply chains. They systematically gathered data on all sex trafficking civil cases, examining the factors influencing the selection of specific hotels by sex traffickers. This analysis sought to uncover whether the selection process reflects certain geographic attributes of hotels or the facilitating role of the hospitality sector, as alleged in ongoing legal cases. Furthermore, Dr. Huang's team analyzed various attributes of hotels where exploitation cases were reported in the U.S., taking into account factors such as price levels, ratings, spatial distribution within cities, and economic characteristics of the neighborhoods. Additionally, they conducted thorough cyber analysis of counterfeit supply chains for personal protective equipment (PPE) and pharmaceuticals. This involved the collection and analysis of hundreds of websites advertising counterfeit opioids on the open web, utilizing cyber and supply chain analysis techniques to identify established and emerging illicit networks and their interrelationships. Dr. Huang can be contacted via email at edwardhuang@auburn.edu. He has served as the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on several projects funded by organizations such as the NSF, AFOSR, IARPA, CICMHE, and POSTECH. He is a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS).
Farah Kandah
Dr. Farah Kandah is an IEEE Senior Member and an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) Department at Auburn University (AU). His research interests and expertise span a wide range of topics in cybersecurity and cyber–physical systems. From 2012–2022, he was on the faculty of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He led the Cybersecurity and Cyber-Physical Systems thrust at the SimCenter (UTC). He founded and is currently leading the Network Communication Laboratory (NCL), which leverages expertise in smart communications to support wired and wireless networks, threat hunting, Blockchain, and trust management with research focuses on Internet of Things, smart networking design, smart autonomous/connected vehicle networks, cybersecurity, and Software-Defined Networks. He is currently leading the Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity efforts at Auburn University.
Scott Martin
Dr. Martin is assistant research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from Auburn. Dr. Martin’s research interests include GPS software receiver design, sensor fusion for navigation and control of unmanned systems, and real-time kinematic positioning. He has presented at various conferences, including the 2020 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation and the institute’s 2019 Pacific PNT meeting.
Samuel Mulder
Samuel Mulder is an Associate Research Professor at Auburn University and PI of the Program Understanding Lab at Auburn. His research interests include reverse engineering, automated program analysis, virtual reality, scientific visualization, and cognitive modeling for human assisted engineering. Prior to coming to Auburn, Samuel spent 17 years working at Sandia National Labs doing cyber-security research. At Sandia, he created the Oxide framework, a flexible, modular, automated reverse engineering framework that is currently hosted by the Program Understanding Lab.
Eduard Muljadi
Eduard Muljadi (M’82, SM’94, F’10) received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. He was a faculty at California State University, Fresno (1988-1992). From 1992 to 2017, he worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO. In January 2018, he joined Auburn University in Auburn, AL, as the James J. Danaher distinguished professor. His research interests include electric machines, power electronics, power systems, and renewable energy. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, a fellow of the IEEE, and an editor of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. He is a member of various subcommittees within the IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS), Power Electronics Society, and Power and Energy Society (PES). He is the founding member, the past chair of the Renewable Energy Machines and Systems subcommittee, and the chair of the Advanced Pumped Storage Hydropower Modeling Task Force within the PES. He holds patents in power conversion for renewable energy.
Gregory Purdy
Dr. Gregory Purdy is an Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Auburn University. He received a B.S. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from Oregon State University as well as a M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech. Dr. Purdy works on both fundamental and applied areas of advanced manufacturing. His primary research focus is developing comprehensive solutions for cyber-physical security in manufacturing. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the National Institute for Standards and Technology. In addition to cyber security for manufacturing, his other research interests include Model-based Systems Engineering, process optimization of novel manufacturing systems, and simulation.
Xiao Qin
Xiao Qin received the BS and MS degrees in computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1992 and 1999, respectively. He received the PhD degree in computer science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2004. Currently, he is an Alumni Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Auburn University. Prior to joining Auburn University in 2007, he had been an assistant professor with New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) for three years. He won an NSF CAREER award in 2009. His research interests include parallel and distributed systems, storage systems, fault tolerance, real-time systems, and performance evaluation. His research is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Auburn University, and Intel Corporation. He has been on the program committees of various international conferences, including IEEE Cluster, IEEE MSST, IEEE IPCCC, and ICPP. He is a senior member of the IEEE.
Alice E. Smith
Dr. Smith is Joe W. Forehand/Accenture Distinguished Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She also has a joint appointment with the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. She holds a Ph.D. in engineering management and systems engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dr. Smith’s research focus is analysis, modeling, and optimization of complex systems with emphasis on computation inspired by natural systems. She holds one U.S. patent, several international patents, and has authored more than 200 publications. Dr. Smith is editor in chief of INFORMS Journal on Computing and an area editor of Computers & Operations Research. Sponsors of her research include NASA, U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency, National Security Agency, U.S. Department of Transportation, Lockheed Martin, and the National Science Foundation. She is a four-time Fulbright Scholar (in Turkey, Colombia, and Chile). Dr. Smith is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, and a senior member of the Society of Women Engineers.
Atiya Avery
Atiya Avery is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems Management (IS) out of the Harbert College of Business. Her research interests are focused on localized critical infrastructure availability, i.e., digital resiliency at the intersection of the IT artifacts, the organization, and local communities. She holds the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation, the Security+ designation, and the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation.
Casey Cegielski
Dr. Casey G. Cegielski joined the Harbert College of Business faculty in the fall of 2000. Currently, he serves as the J.W. Woodruff Sr. Professor of Information Systems Management, and he is also a former KPMG LLP Faculty Fellow. He has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles in innovation diffusion, inter-organizational information systems, information security, and the strategic use of information technology. His research has appeared in numerous international information systems journals, including the Journal of Information Technology, Decision Support Systems, and the Information Systems Journal. Additionally, Dr. Cegielski co-authors a vastly popular information systems textbook - Introduction to Management Information Systems: Supporting and Transforming Business, 5eds, John Wiley & Sons. Cegielski has more than 25 years of professional experience in information security. He has served as a senior IT executive as well as an executive IT consultant in the financial services, healthcare, governmental, and manufacturing industries. Cegielski manages a consulting practice for which he is the partner-in-charge for the firm's assurance and compliance service line. He supports clients' efforts to comply with SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, NIST, and other regulations and standards. Cegielski holds several active professional cyber certifications, including CISSP, CISA, CRISC, and CDPSE.
Clint Snider
Clint Snider graduated with the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering (magna cum laude) from The Citadel in Charleston, SC in 2017. He completed the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering in 2021 and 2023, respectively, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Dr. Snider is currently an assistant professor at Auburn University, Auburn, AL. In 2023, Dr. Snider was awarded the Young Scientist Award at the International Union of Radio Science’s General Assembly and Scientific Symposium in Sapporo, Japan for his work on “A Novel Lightning Strike Location Prediction Method,” which used electromagnetic field theory to predict the location of lightning strikes to buildings and city-scapes. His research interests broadly include computational methods in electromagnetics (static and time-domain methods) and interference control in electronics, utilizing high-performance computing methods to calculate complex electronic systems’ behavior in ordinary and adverse environments.
David Umphress
Dr. Umphress is the COLSA Corporation Professor of Cyber Security and Information in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in software engineering from Texas A&M University. His research interests include software engineering, secure software development and intrusion analysis. In addition to his position at Auburn, Dr. Umphress has held teaching and researching appointments at Seattle University, the U.S. Air Force, and US Air Force Air Research Institute, where he was senior researcher. His research has been published in numerous journals, among them IEEE Software, Journal of Cyber Security and Information Systems, ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, and Air & Space Power Journal. Dr. Umphress’s honors and awards include the Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Auburn University; Outstanding Instructor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (awarded to him five times); the William Walker Teaching Award, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering; and the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster. His research has been supported by US Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Defense, US Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and National Science Foundation.
Greg S. Weaver
Greg S. Weaver is an Associate Professor and co-director of the interdepartmental graduate program in Sociology. He is originally from Oneonta, Alabama. After graduating from Auburn in 1988 (B.S., Criminology), he worked as an insurance claims investigator and served as a probation officer with the Florida Department of Corrections. During that time, he attended the University of Central Florida, graduating in 1993 (M.A., Applied Sociology). He continued graduate study at the University of Nebraska, where he earned his Ph.D. (Sociology) in 1997. Upon returning to AU, Dr. Weaver has taught a variety of courses in Criminology and Sociology, with an emphasis on 1) crime and the criminal justice system, including violence, drug issues, and the corrections system; and 2) research methods, including the “human” side of open-source intelligence (OSINT), implicit bias, and ethical issues. His research interests include lethal violence, substance use, and domestic/international threat groups. He is a member of the Homicide Research Working Group, serving in multiple capacities including Secretary (2002-2004) and President (2014-2018). Since 2009, he has been a member of the reserve unit of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, and in 2010 he graduated from the Jefferson County (AL) Sheriff’s Office Academy. He is a member of the Alabama Sheriff’s Reserve Association, holding the positions of Vice President (2018-2020) and President (2020-2022). In June 2021 he completed the Department of Defense – Defense Security Cooperation University Ministry of Defense Advisors (MoDA) Certification Course (Class 21-06). In February 2024 he completed the CARVER Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment Training Course.
Kathleen Hale
Dr. Hale is a professor of Political Science at Auburn University, where she directs the Election Administration Initiative and Graduate Program in Election Administration. Dr. Hale, who holds a Ph.D. from Kent State University’s Department of Political Science, is highly skilled in election administration and policy design and analysis and is also an accomplished author on elections, intergovernmental relationship, and applied research. Hale teaches courses in election administration, qualitative methods, and intergovernmental relations, and her research examines how to improve capacity of government and nonprofit organizations to address public problems. Dr. Hale also directs Auburn’s partnership with the Election Center (National Association of Election Officials) to professionalize the public administration of elections through its national certification program. She has served on the advisory board of the MIT Election Data Science Lab, is the author or co-author of six books as well as three forthcoming books; four book chapters, dozens of refereed journal articles, more than 70 refereed conference presentations and 70 invited presentations, and has served as panel chair for more than a dozen conferences. She is the editor of the Science and Teaching Learning Section of the Journal of Political Science Education.
Daniel Tauritz
Daniel Tauritz is the Director for National Laboratory Relationships at Auburn University (AU) where he also is Interim Director of the Auburn Cyber Research Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. He is a Guest Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the founding director of AU's Biomimetic National Security Artificial Intelligence (BONSAI) Laboratory, AU director of the LANL/AU Cyber Security Sciences Institute, and a Cyber Consultant at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). Furthermore he has been PI on multiple R&D contracts from Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC). He holds MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on AI approaches to complex real-world problem solving with an emphasis on national security domains, most recently in network security, satellite constellation security, and additive manufacturing security. He has authored over 90 research papers and been PI/Co-PI on over $10M in contracts & grants. He is a senior member of both ACM and IEEE. For his full CV, see: https://bonsai.auburn.edu/dtauritz/cv.pdf
Mike Fogle
Dr. Michael Fogle is an Associate Professor of Physics in Auburn's College of Science and Math. He is director of the Auburn University Small Satellite Program. His research interests include experimental atomic and molecular physics.