| Program Director |
Dr. John M. Flach
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Chair And Professor, Department of Psychology
College Of Science & Mathematics
Department: Psychology
Address: 335 Fawcett Hall
Phone: 937/775-2391
Email: john.flach@wright.edu
Web:
http://www.psych.wright.edu/faculty/Flach/index.htm |
Research Interests: Perceptual-motor skill, manual control, decision-making, cognitive systems engineering, human-machine interface design (particularly in the domains of aviation, medicine, and virtual reality), and ecological psychology. |
| Affiliated Faculty |
Dr. Gerald M. Alter  |
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director, Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.Program
Coordinator, Initiative for Biological Computation
School of Medicine and College of Science &
Mathematics
Address: 238 Biological Sciences Building
Phone: 937/775-2200
Email: gerald.alter@wright.edu
Web: http://www.med.wright.edu/bmb/ga/ga.htm |
Research Interests: The research interests of the Alter laboratory are focused on protein/enzyme three dimensional structures, protein structural dynamics, and protein/enzyme activities, all under in vivo conditions. Our laboratory predicts protein structures using computational methods and tests these methods by matching predicted with observed chemical and physical properties of the proteins. |
Dr. Francisco Alvarez
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Associate Professor, Anatomy & Physiology,
School of Medicine
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Neuroscience
Address: 009 Math/Microbiology Bldg.
Phone: 937/775-2513
Email: francisco.alvarez@wright.edu
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Research Interests: postnatal maturation of structure, molecular composition and synaptic function of key inhibitory circuits in the spinal cord. |
Dr. Mary Ellen Bargerhuff
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Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher
Education, Intervention Specialist
Department: Teacher Education
Address: 347 Allyn Hall
Phone: 937/775-2022
Email: mary.bargerhuff@wright.edu
Url: http://www.wright.edu/~mary.bargerhuff
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Research interests: equitable
educational opportunities for
all students, including those with disabilities through inclusive learning environments and collaboration between special and general educators and the community. |
Dr. Kevin B. Bennett
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Professor, Psychology
Department: Psychology
Address: 319e Fawcett Hall
Phone: 937/775-2444
Email: kevin.bennett@wright.edu |
Research Interests: human-computer interaction, decision support, virtual environments, and cognitive psychology. Dr. Bennett's primary research interest is in display design. Advances in computer science (e.g., graphics display technology, virtual environments, force-feedback joysticks) provide powerful new tools that greatly expand the potential to improve decision support in human-machine systems. |
Dr. Nikolaos G. Bourbakis
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OBR Distinguished Professor of Informatics
Director of the Information Technology Research
Institute (ITRI)
Departments: Computer Science and Engineering
and Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors
Engineering
Address: 351 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5138
Email: nikolaos.bourbakis@wright.edu
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Information security (encryption, information hiding, compression), computer systems (distributed, formal languages, processors, modeling), applied artificial intelligence (knowledge representation, planning, learning, autonomous agents, natural language processing), machine vision and image processing (architectures, languages, algorithms), Robotics (navigation, grasping, 3-D space maps, walking), assistive technology for people with disabilities |
Dr. Herbert A. Colle
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Professor , Department of Psychology; College
of Science & Mathematics
Department: Psychology
Address: 335 Fawcett Hall
Phone: 937/775-2391
Email: herbert.colle@wright.edu |
Research Interests:
Spatial Displays/Knowledge Representation, Working
Memory, Mental Workload/Attention, Keyboard Design. |
Dr. Timothy Cope
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Professor & Chair, Department of Neuroscience,
Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine and College of Science and Mathematics
Address: 235-C Biological Sciences Building
Phone: 937/775-3067
Email: timothy.cope@wright.edu
Web:
http://www.med.wright.edu/anatphys/cope.html |
Research Interests: Center on motor control and sensorimotor integration in the mammalian spinal cord. Using predominantly electrophysiological methods we study spinal motoneurons, muscle stretch afferents, and their central synapses. We are actively examining how these neurons and synapses respond soon and long after peripheral nerve injury and after manipulations in the functional relations between nerve and muscle. |
Dr. Herbert E. Dregalla
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Chair And Professor of Music
Department: Music
Address: M153d Creative Arts Center
Phone: 937/775-3785
Email: herbert.dregalla@wright.edu |
Interests: Instrumental music and music education. |
Dr. Robert Fyffe
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Professor, Director of The Center For Brain Research,Professor Of Neuroscience, Cell Biology
and Physiology
Associate Dean For Research Affairs, School
of Medicine
Department: Research Affairs – School of
Medicine
Department: Neuroscience
Address: 002a Math/Microbiology Bldg.
Phone: 937/775-3018
Email: robert.fyffe@wright.edu |
Research Interests: synaptic mechanisms and integrative properties of mammalian spinal cord and brainstem neurons and neural circuits. Current studies are focused on the patterns of expression, and sub cellular localization, of ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors in several functional classes of central neurons, using various immunohistochemical, microscopic and ultra structural analytical methods. |
Dr. John C. Gallagher
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science and
Engineering
Type: Faculty
Department: Computer Science
Address: 259 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-3929
Email: john.gallagher@wright.edu
Url: http://www.wright.edu/~john.gallagher |
Neural networks, computational neuroscience, machine intelligence, genetic algorithms, evolvable hardware, autonomous robotics |
Dr. Jennie J. Gallimore  |
Professor of Biomedical, Industrial and Human
Factors Engineering
Department: BIE
Address: 207 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5072
Email: jennie.gallimore@wright.edu
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Research Interests: human performance in complex systems such as aerospace systems and health care systems, human computer interaction, decision support systems, informatics, human performance in virtual environments. |
Dr. Robert H. Gilkey
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
College of Science & Mathematics
Department: Psychology
Address: 335 Fawcett Hall
Phone: 937/775-3337
Email: robert.gilkey@wright.edu
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Research Interests: to specify the mechanisms underlying sound localization and masking. Understanding sound localization is an important step in the development of efficient 3-dimensional auditory displays and compelling virtual environments. |
Dr. Forouzan Golshani
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NCR Distinguished Professor
Dean, College of Engineering
CSU Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, California 90840-8306
Phone: 562/985-5123
Email: golshani@csulb.edu
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Research Interests: Digital video processing, image analysis, indexing and classification, correlated media synthesis, multimedia information systems, information security |
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Associate Professor
Office: 257 Russ
Phone: 937-775-5048
Fax: 937-775-7364
Email: tarun.goswami@wright.edu
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His research include developing wear prediction models to develop longer lasting total joint replacements and developing materials for such applications. |
Dr. Ramana Grandhi
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Distinguished Professor of Research
Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering
Office: 210 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5090
Email: ramanda@wright.edu
Web:
http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~rgrandhi/ |
Research Interests: Structural optimization, mechanical vibrations, finite-element methods, metal-forming processes design.
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Dr. Douglas S. Lehrer
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Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Medical Director, Boonshoft Schizophrenia Center,
Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute
3533 Southern Blvd, Suite 5200
Kettering, Ohio 45429
Phone: (937) 395-8251
Fax: (937) 395-8229
E-mail: doug.lehrer@kmcnetwork.org |
Research Interests: Neuroimaging of major mental disorders, Innovative treatment for psychotic disorders,
forensic psychiatry |
Dr. S. Narayanan
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Professor And Chair, Biomedical, Industrial and
Human Factors Engineering Department:Bio Med
Address: 207 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5044
Email: s.narayanan@wright.edu |
Research Interests: Designing interactive systems to aid humans in performing cognitively complex tasks such as planning, information retrieval and synthesis, and troubleshooting. His research has an interdisciplinary thrust with the following themes: cognition, computational representation, interactivity, and application. |
Dr. Daniel T. Organisciak
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Professor, Chair & Professor of Biochemistry &
Molecular Biology
Department: Biochemistry And MolecularBiology
Address: 203 Biological Sciences Building
Phone: 937/775-3041
Email: dto@wright.edu
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Research Interests: effects of environmental light and aging on retinal membranes and the effects of circadian rhythms on retinal degeneration. Our long-term goal is to understand the mechanism of intense light mediated destruction of visual cells and the role that antioxidants play in preventing or reducing cell death. |
Dr. Chandler A. Phillips
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Industrial
Engineering And Human Factors Engineering
Department: Bio Med
Address: 204 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5067
Email: chandler.phillips@wright.edu |
Research Interests: the bio mechanics and energetics of skeletal and cardiac muscle, and also neuromuscular and sensory feedback control in ergonomics and rehabilitation. |
Dr. Michael L. Raymer  |
Assistant Professor, Computer Science &
Engineering
Department: Computer Science
Address: 338 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5110
Email: michael.raymer@wright.edu
Url: http://www.wright.edu/~michael.raymer |
Evolutionary computation, machine learning, pattern recognition, computational biology, protein structure and function, protein-water interactions, bioinformatics |
Dr. David B. Reynolds  |
Associate Professor Of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering; Assistant Chair
Biomedical Engineering Program Director
Department: Bio Med
Address: 206 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5068
Email: david.reynolds@wright.edu |
Research Interests: include fuzzy control of systems to restore movement of paralyzed persons or amputees with prosthetic limbs and joints, pneumatic muscles and MEMS for biomedical applications. |
Dr. Blair A. Rowley
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Professor of Biomedial, Industrial, And Human
Factors Engineering; Director
E&CS Freshman Engineering Program
Department: Biomedical, Industrial, & Human Factors Engineering
Address: 247 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5073
Email: blair.rowley@wright.edu
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Research Interests: The education of biomedical engineers, and the research and development of medical devices, computers in medicine, and rehabilitation engineering. |
Dr. Wayne L. Shebilske  |
Professor, Department of Psychology
Department: Psychology
Address: 335 Fawcett Hall
Phone: 937/775-2399
Email: wayne.shebilske@wright.edu
http://www.psych.wright.edu/faculty/Shebilske/index.htm
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Research Interests: Instruction for Complex Skills. |
Dr. Clark Shingledecker  |
Research Professor, PI Starting Wright Program; Learning with Disability Program Office
Address: 358 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5121
Email: clark.shingledecker@wright.edu |
Research Interests: Sensory disabilities, human machine interaction, cognitive psychology |
Dr. Julie A. Skipper  |
Assistant Professor, Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering
Department: Bio Med
Address: 207 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5097
Email: julie.skipper@wright.edu
Url: http://www.wright.edu/~julie.skipper
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Research Interests: diagnostic medical imaging, image processing, hyperspectral imaging, data fusion |
Dr. Debra Steele-
Johnson
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Associate Professor, Psychology
Department: Psychology
Address: 319b Fawcett Hall
Phone: 937/775-3527
Email: debra.steele-johnson@wright.edu
Url: http://www.wright.edu/~debra.steele-johnson |
Research Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Motivation Training |
Dr. Thomas Sudkamp
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Chair, Computer Science and Engineering Dept.
Professor
Office: 431 Russ
Phone: 937-775-5118
Email: thomas.sudkamp@wright.edu
http://www.cs.wright.edu/~tsudkamp/ |
Fuzzy set theory, soft computing, approximate reasoning |
Dr. Scott Watamaniuk
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Associate Professor, Psychology
Department: Psychology
Address: 313e Fawcett Hall
Phone: 937/775-3563
Email: scott.watamaniuk@wright.edu |
Research Interests: 2D & 3D visual motion processing, smooth pursuit eye movements, video-based navigation, brain activation to visual motion. |
Dr. Michele Wheatly
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Dean of Science and Mathematics
Professor of Biological Sciences
Department: Science & Mathematics
Address: 134 Oelman Hall
Phone: 937/775-2611
Email: michele.wheatly@wright.edu
http://www.wright.edu/biology/department/
directory/faculty/wheatly/
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Research Interests: Temporal and spatial regulation of genes coding for Ca2+ pumps, exchangers and channels. Molecular evolution of Ca2+ transporting proteins. Physiological complexity. Biologically inspired adaptive interfaces. Access of underrepresented groups to STEM discipline |
Supporting Staff and Scholar |
Mrs. Cindy Boone
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Program Coordinator
Learning with Disability Program Office
Address: 354 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5123
Fax: 937/775-5133
Email: cynthia.boone@wright.edu |
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Dr. P. Ruby Mawasha  |
Assistant Dean, College of Engineering
and Computer Science
Department: Egr & Comp Science-Admin
Address: 405 Russ Engineering Center
Phone: 937/775-5001
Email: ruby.mawasha@wright.edu
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Research Interests: the areas of specialization include two-phase flow and boiling heat transfer, thermo-fluids science, bioengineering, and applied mathematics; engineering education. |
Mrs. Katherine L. Myers
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Associate Director, Office of Disability Services
Department: Office of Disability Services
Address: 023 Student Union
Phone: 937/775-5680
Email: katherine.myers@wright.edu |
Research Interests: assistive technology for people with disabilities. |
Mr. Michael C. Reynolds  |
Assistant Dean, College of Science And Math
Department: Science & Mathematics- Admin
Address: 134 Oelman Hall
Phone: 937/775-3203
Email: michael.reynolds@wright.edu
Web: http://www.wright.edu/~michael.reynolds |
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Ms. Heidi Cowan
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Support Staff, Biological Sciences
Department: Biological Sciences
Address: 023 Student Union (SU)
Phone: 937/775-3914
Email: heidi.cowan@wright.edu |
Research interests include how students who are blind or visually impaired learn mathematics.
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Mr. Jeffrey Vernooy
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Director, Office of Disability Services
Department: Office of Disability Services
Address: 023 Student Union
Phone: 937/775-5680
Email: jeffrey.vernooy@wright.edu |
Research Interests: Academic Support programs for students with disabilities in post secondary education. Technology that assists students in the process of learning.
Student with disabilities transitioning from school to work |
