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Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, data mining, pattern recognition, bioinformatics.

Development during early and middle childhood. Children's memories. Children's testimony.

Poetry and creative writing. Vietnam War. Vietnamese Literature. Winner of the Lamont Prize, the William Carlos Williams Award, and twice nominated for the National Book Award in Poetry. "His Spring Essence: The Poetry of Ho Xuan Huong" introduces the Western world to the work of an important 19th century Vietnamese poet, providing a view of Vietnam's literary past.

Member of the Natioanl Academy of Engineering and director of Power Semiconductor Research Center. Research interests include power semiconductor devices and power integrated circuits. Has earned more than 100 patents.

Polymer science.

International economics, economic history, price theory

Applied mathematics and control theory.  Mathematical biology including modeling of toxins and drugs, HIV and related cellular processes modeling. Directs the Center for Research in Scientific Computation.

Educating family forest owners on marketing and management; minimizing conflict between local land use policy and family forest operations.

Thermal protective performance of textile fabrics and clothing; fabric and clothing flammability; comfort properties of textile clothing and materials; directs NC State University Textile Protection and Comfort Center, home of Pyroman and Coppelius, computer-assisted mannequins used to test fire-retardant and comfort qualities of apparel in high-tech burn and environmental chambers.

Solid waste management.

Pathologist. Avian diseases, flock health and management, respiratory diseases, enteric diseases and ovarian cancer. Helping growers identify causes of disease and methods to control them.

Genomics; cell biology; anatomy; stress protein expression; cell growth and cytoprotection; breast cancer. The role of stress proteins in cytoprotection and carcinogenesis.

Signal processing and information theory with specific expertise in compressed sensing and data compression.

Enterprise risk management, financial reporting, XBRL, business valuation, prediction of corporate financial distress and corporate takeover targets.

Technology and the law, privacy and security law, comparisons of U.S. and EU privacy laws

Laboratory is focused on probing physiochemical interactions that modulate skin penetration of toxic chemicals and various drugs. Chromatographic methods are developed to assay for these various chemicals in biological matrices.

Teaching and research addresses issues related to audits of financial statements and other assurance services offered by CPAs. Specifically, financial statement fraud and the role of audit committees and boards of directors in monitoring and governing the actions of senior management. Financial reporting process. Enterprise risk management.

General plant biology. Uses of plants in folk and herbal medicine.

Decision making in complex social-ecological systems; complexity-based approaches to policy design and management planning; the science-policy interface; science facilitation for complex collaborative planning and problem-solving efforts; practical approaches for improving the outcomes of efforts to address complex environmental and sustainability challenges.

Managerial and engineering economic analysis. Mathematical models for decision making.

Islam; Islam in South Asia; inter-religious relations; religion and conflict; South Asian religions, especially Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic traditions

Analog circuits, electron devices, high frequency transistors, global optimization, random computer algorithms, machine vision

Research and extension programs focus on environmentally conscious cultural practices for growing nursery crops with emphasis on container substrates, plant and substrate nutrient levels and water management. Interim director of J.C. Raulston Arboretum.

The mechanism of parasitism in nematodes using genetic, genomic, molecular and cell biology approaches. Genomics of malaria-like infections of domestic animals.

The process and politics of public policy (politics and process), including the politics and policy making processes involved in aviation safety; natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, volcanoes, etc.); industrial accidents (airplane crashes, oil spills, nuclear power, etc.); American politics; science, technology and public policy; environmental policy; policy analysis; politics of Alaska and the Western United States.

Religion and American culture, religion and politics, American religious history, religion and music; sociology of religion; religious studies. Author of "Religion of Fear: The Politics of Horror in Conservative Evangelicalism" and "The Fracture of Good Order: Christian Antiliberalism and the Challenge to American Politics." Co-author of "Introduction to Christianity."

Director of Home Environments Design Initiative. Architectural design; natural systematic site design; place and placemaking. Her teaching and research interests include architectural design, site and sustainability issues, user involvement in design, theories of placemaking, and principles of architectural design. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

General surgery in the horse and other domestic large animal species such as cattle. Specific areas of surgical expertise include gastrointestinal surgery and respiratory surgery (e.g., throat and sinuses). Research on the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract, with particular reference to the effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (i.e. aspirin-like drugs).

Youth development, sport, and physical activity; outdoor environments and their influence on children’s levels of physical activity; the role of youth programs in promoting positive youth and adolescent development; relationship development between youth and adults in community-based youth programs; the influence of parents in youth programs and settings

U.S. foreign policy, international relations, U.S. national security policy, political psychology. Specializes in presidential decision-making regarding military interventions.

Product innovation, new product development and marketing, team decision-making, marketing strategy, pricing.

Plate tectonics, earthquakes and tsunamis.

Cellular and molecular mechanisms through which toxic environmental agents such as particles, nanoparticles and metals cause fibroblast growth or matrix production resulting in fibrosis.

Groundwater contamination and remediation, stormwater quality management

Soil and site improvement strategies.

Fundamental mechanisms regulating plant responses to environmental stress. Plant signal transduction, specifically lipid-mediated transduction of external or environmental signals to growth responses.

Plasma-matter interaction, plasma diagnostics, plasma-driven launch technology, fusion engineering and technology, plasma dynamics, plasma propulsion and space thrusters, industrial and atmospheric plasmas, physics of low temperature and non-ideal plasmas, physics of beams, particle accelerators and electron beam irradiation systems, atmospheric and industrial plasmas, x-ray sources for medical and screening imaging.

Thermochemical conversion of biomass to energy, fuels and chemicals; post-harvest handling of produce crops: crop harvest mechanization.

Textile Engineering, Material Science, Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Fiber, 3d Weaving

Broiler breeder reproductive physiology and nutrition. Incubation and hatchery management.

Textile design; fiber art; design fundamentals.

Canine and human brain cancer research; genome mapping, using relationship between canine and human genome to pinpoint genetic causes of tumors.

Infectious diseases and immunology; specifically tick-borne diseases such as bartonella, lyme and rocky mountain spotted fever.

Atomistic simulations of the structure, growth and properties of thin films; simulated engineering of nanometer-scale structures and devices; solid-state chemical dynamics.

Colonial and Revolutionary history, legal history of 16th-18th centuries (including British history),
origins of the Constitution, pirates, the legal status of children, early modern political economy.

Public Schools. School Culture. Principals, superintendents and personnel.

Value-added and alternative agriculture and policy.

Epidemiology and control of forest tree diseases; abiotic diseases of forest trees including air quality and global change effects.

Criminal justice, police administration, corrections, crime policy

Ecotoxicology; toxicity of metals and ions; environmental and evolutionary physiology, especially of aquatic insects; insects as ecological indicators; mercury.

Marine and estuarine fisheries.

Audits of financial statements, statistical sampling for audits and financial statement reporting and analysis.

Surgical robotics; intelligent control; modeling, analysis and control of dynamic systems; electromechanical systems; mechatronics.

Coordinates statewide training for pesticide use and certification and develops information network for pesticide-related issues.

• Restoration techniques for prior converted wetlands and tidal marshes
• Effects of grassed/forested riparian buffers on reducing nutrient/sediment loads to streams
• Design and monitoring of stormwater constructed wetlands and bioretention areas
• Innovative stormwater best management practices (BMPs) in coastal areas
• Stability of restored coastal streams
• Golf course BMPs

Co-discoverer of the toxic marine organism Pfiesteria piscicida, which has been linked to massive fish kills and mysterious human health ailments in coastal waters. Studies the chronic effects of nutrient overenrichment and other chemical environmental contaminants on aquatic plants; the ecology and impacts of harmful algae; and Influences of long-term changes in watershed land use and pollution sources on surface water quality. Directs the Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology.

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