Faculty Profiles

Politz, Joseph
Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Computer science education, programmingÌýlanguages, compiler design, web programming, and web security.

Porter, George
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Computer networks, data-intensive computing, and computer systems, data center networking.

Porter, Leo
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Multithreading, transactional memory, thread-level parallelism, branch-prediction, cache-design, chip-multiprocessors, simultaneous multithreading, process scheduling, architecture-aware scheduling, and cache coherence, CS1, media computation, clickers, active learning, flipped classroom, program evaluation, concept inventories, and peer instruction.

Poulikakos, Lisa
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nanophotonics, optical materials, nanomaterials, electromagnetism, biophotonics, biomaterials, diagnostics

Poveda, Jorge
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Poveda analyzes and designs high-performance and adaptive feedback control algorithms for complex non-smooth and hybrid dynamical systems.

Proakis, John
Faculty-Affiliate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty-Affiliate, Calit2
Faculty-Affiliate, Calit2
Digital communications and digital signal processing, as well as communication systems modeling and simulation.

Qi, Huihui
Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Engineering Education: pedagogy to promote students’ conceptual mastery and motivation; assessment design that promotes learning; grow students as effective self-regulated learners; Inclusive pedagogy to advance engineering education equity.Ìý

Qiao, Yu
Professor, Structural Engineering
Thermodynamics, advanced energy-related materials, high-performance infrastructure materials, in-situ resource utilization, smart materials and structures, failure analysis for engineering materials and structures.

Qin, Lianhui
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Natural language processing, machine reasoning and generation, LLMs , AI/LLMs for science, engineering, healthÌý