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Nearly 70 Â鶹ŮÀÉ Faculty Named Among World’s Top 2% Scientists

Â鶹ŮÀÉ faculty members have been recognized among the world’s top 2% of scientists, according to the annual Stanford–Elsevier ranking. This distinction highlights Â鶹ŮÀÉ’s growing global impact across disciplines, with honorees representing fields spanning engineering, science, medicine, business, neuroscience, nursing, the humanities, marine science, and criminology and criminal justice. Here’s a closer look:

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
  • Valentine A. Aalo, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Mohsen Ahmadi, Ph.D., graduate research assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Waseem Asghar, Ph.D., associate chair and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceÌý
  • Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a Sensing Institute (I-SENSE) fellow
  • Mihaela Cardei, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Leif A. Carlsson, Ph.D., J.M. Rubin Foundation Professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
  • Manhar R. Dhanak, Ph.D., professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
  • Isaac E. Elishakoff, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
  • Eduardo B. Fernandez, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Borko Furht, Ph.D., professor and director of the NSF Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Hari Kalva, Ph.D., chair and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Stewart A.L. Glegg, Ph.D., professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
  • Kevin Yunqing Kang, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Ph.D., Motorola Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Oge Marques, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Arslan Munir, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Zhen Ni, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Dimitris Pados, Ph.D., professor, director of the Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (CA-AI) and a fellow of the Â鶹ŮÀÉ Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE) in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Yufei Tang, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Sensing Institute (I-SENSE) fellow
  • Ramesh S. V. Teegavarapu, Ph.D., professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics EngineeringÌý
  • Hanqi Zhuang, Ph.D., associate dean and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Xingquan (Hill) Zhu, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
CHARLES E. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF SCIENCE