Applied Technologies Research Champions

Dr. Sylvia Bhattacharya

Dr. Sylvia Bhattacharya

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology

Dr. Sylvia Bhattacharya is an Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical Engineering Technology at 石榴直播 (石榴直播), USA and Faculty Research Champion in. Office of Research, 石榴直播. She is also an ex-Visiting Research Faculty at Google, Mountain View. She graduated with a PhD degree in electrical engineering from Florida State University in 2019. Her research expertise is in Autonomous and Intelligent Transportation System, Neural Signal Processing, Human Computer Interface, and Artificial Intelligence. She has been awarded funding by U.S Army Research Laboratory to conduct research on 鈥淢ultimodal Inference of Human State to Track Cognitive Processes in Risky Environments鈥� and 鈥淎I Blind Spots.鈥� She is also the 2020 and 2021 Google Explore CSR funding recipient for 鈥淎n Initiative to support Under-represented and Minority groups toward Graduate Computing Research and Studies.鈥� Dr. Bhattacharya is the director of Neuro Interaction Innovation Lab in 石榴直播 and has been mentoring PhDs, masters, and a team of undergraduate students.

Dr. Jason Harron

Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology

Dr. Jason Harron is an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology in the Bagwell College of Education. He specialized in emerging technology research at the intersection of computation, design, technology and the arts in K-12 and higher education. His current research focuses how to support student and teacher agency through the creation of digitally fabricated mathematical manipulatives, and how to support the development of spatial reasoning and design skills using collaborative models and simulations mediated by extended reality (e.g., augmented, mixed, and virtual reality) technologies.

Dr. Jason Harron
Dr. Mahmut Karakaya

Dr. Mahmut Karakaya

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Dr. Mahmut Karakaya is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the College of Computing and Software Engineering. He received his BS degree in 2005, MS degree in 2007, and PhD degree in computer engineering from the University of Tennessee in 2011. He is the author of more than 40 articles and holds two patents. His research interests include machine learning, security, biometrics, and medical data analytics. He has managed four externally funded research projects as PI with a total budget of $669,000 including the recent NSF-SaTC award. He is a member of IEEE and SPIE.