A study from Elsevier BV, based at Stanford University, finds that 17 VCU College of Engineering professors are in the world’s top 2% of most-cited researchers in 2022.

Citation metrics —  how often a scholar’s published work is cited by other researchers — are widely acknowledged as important measures of research impact.

All five of VCU Engineering’s departments are represented on Stanford’s list of highest-impact researchers within their respective fields for 2022.

“Every student benefits when they learn from faculty who are leaders in their respective fields,” said Gary Tepper, Ph.D., interim dean of VCU Engineering. “That’s what uncommon engineering represents; the combination of excellence, diversity, research and creativity that make our faculty truly exceptional and driven to prepare the next generation of engineers.”

VCU Engineering faculty in top 2% of world’s most-cited researchers:

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.

Commonwealth Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fields: Applied physics, nanoscience and nanotechnology, physics and astronomy

Barbara D. Boyan, Ph.D.

Executive Director
Institute for Engineering and Medicine 
Fields: Biomedical engineering, endocrinology and metabolism, clinical medicine

Alberto Cano, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Computer Science
Fields: Artificial intelligence and image processing, networking and telecommunications, information and communication technologies

Krzysztof “Krys” Cios, Ph.D., D.Sc., M.B.A.

Professor
Computer Science
Fields: Artificial intelligence and image processing, biomedical engineering, information & communication technologies

Thang Dinh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Computer Science
Fields: Networking and telecommunications, artificial intelligence and image processing, information and communication technologies

Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Fields: Mechanical engineering and transports, fluids and plasmas, engineering

Ram B. Gupta, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs and Professor
Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Fields: Chemical engineering, energy, engineering

Nathaniel Kinsey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fields: Optics, optoelectronics and photonics, physics and astronomy

Bartosz Krawczyk, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Fields: Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing, Information Systems, Information & Communication Technologies

Dean Krusienski, Ph.D.

Professor and Graduate Program Director
Biomedical Engineering
Fields: Biomedical engineering, neurology and neurosurgery, engineering

Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D.

Robert J. Mattauch Endowed Professor and Vice Chair
Computer Science
Fields: Bioinformatics, biochemistry and molecular biology, biomedical research

Worth Longest, Ph.D.

Louis S. and Ruth S. Harris Exceptional Scholar Professor
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Fields: Pharmacology and pharmacy, biomedical engineering, clinical medicine

Milos Manic, Ph.D.

Professor
Computer Science
Fields: Artificial intelligence and image processing, Electrical and electronic engineering, engineering

Hadis Morkoç, Ph.D.

Founders Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fields: Applied physics, materials, physics and astronomy

Ümit Özgür, Ph.D.

Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fields: Applied physics, optoelectronics and photonics, physics and astronomy

Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D.

VCU Provost and Professor
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Fields: Fluids and plasmas, environmental engineering, engineering

Wei-Ning Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor 
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Fields: Chemical engineering, materials, enabling and strategic technologies