{"id":321,"date":"2018-07-11T12:13:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/rome\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2024-02-15T17:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T22:30:41","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"321\" class=\"elementor elementor-321\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bde913b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bde913b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c696f7c\" data-id=\"c696f7c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf34937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf34937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;\"><b><u>La<\/u><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;\"><b><u>b Director<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45f022a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45f022a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-244a45b\" data-id=\"244a45b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1adfd20 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"1adfd20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isurug.info\/home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/isuru-Godage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isurug.info\/home\">Isuru Godage, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-441d36f\" data-id=\"441d36f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fce2bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fce2bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Dr. Godage is an <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdm.depaul.edu\/about\/pages\/people\/facultyinfo.aspx?fid=1369\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> in the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdm.depaul.edu\/about\/Pages\/School-of-Computing.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">School of Computing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.depaul.edu\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">DePaul University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, Chicago, USA. His research interests are soft modular robotics, surgical robotics, modeling and analysis of continuum structures, and underactuated system control\/ coordination through energy-based methods.Prior to his current appointment, he held an Adjoint Assistant Professorship at <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Vanderbilt University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, Postdoctoral Research Scholarships under Prof. <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/me\/faculty-staff\/robert-webster.php\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Robert J. Webster III<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> at Vanderbilt University and <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~iwalker\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Prof. Ian D. Walker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> at <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Clemson University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h6><h6 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Dr. Godage graduated from the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mrt.ac.lk\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;\">University of Moratuwa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> [B.Sc Eng (Hons) First Class] in <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Sri Lanka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> in <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ent.mrt.ac.lk\/web3\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Electronic and Telecommunication engineering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> in 2007 and <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iit.it\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Italian Institute of Technology<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8211;<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unige.it\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;\">University of Genova<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> [Ph.D.] in 2013.<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c20834 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c20834\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31cc86c\" data-id=\"31cc86c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c190d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c190d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;\">Af<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;\">filiated Faculty<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-330fe07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"330fe07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc676b8\" data-id=\"cc676b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd68134 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"bd68134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdm.depaul.edu\/about\/pages\/people\/facultyinfo.aspx?fid=272\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Iyad-Kanj-resized-nszb4n11t2fdljmygcjgfxdagkbn57w4vtj2s0gtlc.jpg\" title=\"Iyad Kanj\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdm.depaul.edu\/about\/pages\/people\/facultyinfo.aspx?fid=272\">Iyad Kanj, Ph.D.\u200b<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Professor<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62efd71\" data-id=\"62efd71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c540f47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c540f47\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4734758\" data-id=\"4734758\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c674b28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c674b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;\">Collaborators<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3181d7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3181d7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-071864d\" data-id=\"071864d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c546e elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"85c546e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/cecas\/departments\/ece\/faculty_staff\/faculty\/ianw.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Walker-Ian_004-nszavh3p67vsg2omehsnhg7hzpc881pgvt3fj6pi5w.jpg\" title=\"Ian Walker\" alt=\"Ian Walker\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/cecas\/departments\/ece\/faculty_staff\/faculty\/ianw.html\">Ian Walker, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Professor, <br>Clemson University<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88d0d5e\" data-id=\"88d0d5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a6e4dd elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"4a6e4dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/me\/faculty-staff\/robert-webster.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/bob-webster-nszavqi32k8no6ayvlux6du3xk1wd0qs93mabybkfo.jpg\" title=\"Robert Webster\" alt=\"Robert Webster\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/me\/faculty-staff\/robert-webster.php\">Robert Webster, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Professor, <br>Vanderbilt University<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-978d22f\" data-id=\"978d22f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3321868 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"3321868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.vuse.vanderbilt.edu\/MEDLab\/users\/yue-chen\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Yue_chen-ntlqy6i3lev44z2roi5pssukh33yaale830f42z5qo.jpg\" title=\"Yue Chen\" alt=\"Yue Chen\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.vuse.vanderbilt.edu\/MEDLab\/users\/yue-chen\">Yue Chen, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Assistant Professor, <br>Georgia Institute of Technology<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb1553d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb1553d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-690937a\" data-id=\"690937a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82537fd elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"82537fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuiis.vanderbilt.edu\/bio\/saikat.sengupta\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/SENGUPTAsaikat1-nszawgtkmp012ilwxb9ye4jot74x7hhj4fcp79zhi8.jpg\" title=\"Saigat Sengupta\" alt=\"Saigat Sengupta\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuiis.vanderbilt.edu\/bio\/saikat.sengupta\">Saikat Sengupta, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Research Assistant Professor, <br>Vanderbilt University<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63e2be4\" data-id=\"63e2be4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f914e2b elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"f914e2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/bio\/kevin-galloway\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Kevin-Galloway-nszavyyms2kepn5yt14auyg9e6fgo29q2b509bxilc.jpg\" title=\"Kevin Galloway\" alt=\"Kevin Galloway\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/bio\/kevin-galloway\">Kevin Galloway, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a45734\" data-id=\"6a45734\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-id=\"b722a63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;\">Graduate Students<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58920bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58920bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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K. Arachchige, M.Sc.<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Ph.D. Computer and Information Sciences<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0a31e8 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b0a31e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/male-placeholder-image-nylv9mjtu4e38v2fmrd4iogxizidcq4sa9lcorwwy8.jpeg\" title=\"PlaceHolder\" alt=\"PlaceHolder\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Sanjaya Mallikarachchi<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Ph.D. Computer and Information Sciences<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf35aeb elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"bf35aeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/male-placeholder-image-nylv9mjtu4e38v2fmrd4iogxizidcq4sa9lcorwwy8.jpeg\" title=\"PlaceHolder\" alt=\"PlaceHolder\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Can Dai<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">M.S. Computer Science<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64cee79\" data-id=\"64cee79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81cc9cb elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"81cc9cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/bhmeng-pgroquddyd9rv53lldlkbt4nm1ljkuvseu9vzrebps.png\" title=\"bhmeng\" alt=\"bhmeng\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Brandon Meng, M.Sc.<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Ph.D. Computer and Information Sciences (Co-advised)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12b8ff3 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"12b8ff3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/male-placeholder-image-nylv9mjtu4e38v2fmrd4iogxizidcq4sa9lcorwwy8.jpeg\" title=\"PlaceHolder\" alt=\"PlaceHolder\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Paul Ponda<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">M.Sc. Computer Science<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0c053a\" data-id=\"e0c053a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed105f0 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"ed105f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/male-placeholder-image-nylv9mjtu4e38v2fmrd4iogxizidcq4sa9lcorwwy8.jpeg\" title=\"PlaceHolder\" alt=\"PlaceHolder\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Dulanjana M. Perera, M.Sc.<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Ph.D. Computer and Information Sciences<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c21f129 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c21f129\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/male-placeholder-image-nylv9mjtu4e38v2fmrd4iogxizidcq4sa9lcorwwy8.jpeg\" title=\"PlaceHolder\" alt=\"PlaceHolder\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Arturo Amaya<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">M.S. Human Computer Interactions<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4aec5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4aec5a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cf3214\" data-id=\"1cf3214\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4a565f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4a565f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;\">Undergraduate Students<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80ad5d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80ad5d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f9db04\" data-id=\"6f9db04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f937b elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"86f937b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/rome.cdm.depaul.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/male-placeholder-image.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Talal Ghafoor<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">B.S. 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