Participating Faculty

  • Gregory J. Gerling

    Professor
    Currently Recruiting
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    Gregory J. Gerling is a Professor of Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research spans fields of haptics, computational neuroscience, UX/UI, human factors and ergonomics, biomechanics, and human–machine interaction.

  • Jonathan L. Goodall

    Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Director, UVA Engineering Link Lab
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    Jonathan Goodall is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia (UVA) and Director of the UVA Engineering Link Lab

  • Devin K. Harris

    Professor of Civil Engineering Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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    Professor Harris is chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research and teaching interests focus on large scale infrastructure systems with a primary focus on condition monitoring and system performance.

  • Seongkook Heo

    Alfred Weaver Career Enhancement Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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    Research interests include: Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Techniques, Novel Sensing Techniques, Haptics Seongkook Heo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. His research interests span across the areas of Human-Computer…
  • Arsalan Heydarian

    Associate Professor
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    Arsalan Heydarian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as the UVA Link Lab. His research broadly focuses on user-centered design, construction, and operation of intelligent infrastructure with the objective of enhancing their sustainability, adaptability, and resilience. 

  • Tariq Iqbal

    Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering, Computer Science
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    My research focuses on building robotic systems that can fluently coordinate and collaborate with people in complex human environments - for example, in a factory setting in close proximity with people. In order to successfully act within a group, a robot must be able to perceive and…
  • Barry W. Johnson

    L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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    Dr. Johnson has served on the faculty since 1984 and was promoted to Full Professor in 1994. He was a co-founder of Privaris, a biometrics security company, and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2006 while on leave from the University of Virginia. 

  • Yen-Ling Kuo

    Anita Jones Faculty Fellow Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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    ​Research interests include: Robot Learning, Human-AI/Robot Interaction, Artificial Intelligence ​​Yen-Ling Kuo is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and a member of the Link Lab at the University of Virginia. Her research interests lies in the intersection of artificial…
  • Venkataraman Lakshmi

    John L. Newcomb Professor of Engineering President-Elect Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union
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    Venkat graduated from University of Roorkee in 1987 with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and a Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1996 from Princeton.

  • James H. Lambert

    Janet Scott Hamilton and John Downman Hamilton Professor Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems Site Director, NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security & Trust Professor of Systems & Information Engineering Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Chair, Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia (2024-25)
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    Dr. Lambert is a General Co-Chair of the IEEE 11th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies CoDIT2025.org. He was the Chair of CESUN2021.org, Chair of the Fifth World Congress on Risk (Cape Town, South Africa, 2019), President (2015-2016) of the…