Applied Technologies Research Champions

Parth Bhavsar

Dr. Parth Bhavsar

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

  • Dr. Parth Bhavsar is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. His research interests include intelligent transportation systems (ITS), transportation data analytics, connected & automated vehicle technology (CVT), and alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs).

    Dr. Bhavsar received his Ph.D. in 2013 and his M.S. in 2006 from Clemson University, South Carolina. He also has experience in the private sector in developing transportation engineering and planning solutions, specifically traffic micro-simulation projects.

Dr. Taeyeong Choi

Assistant Professor of Information Technology

  • Dr. Taeyeong Choi is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology at Kennesaw State University. Leading the Learning and SEnsing Research (LaSER) laboratory, his research primarily focuses on designing novel machine learning and robotics methodologies for practical applications domains, such as agriculture.

    His research involves the development of data-driven approaches to construct precise environmental models, addressing challenges posed by limited available observations. Dr. Choi’s work is built upon cutting-edge advancements in computer vision, reinforcement learning, and robotics technologies.

    Prior to joining KSU, Dr. Choi gained valuable research experience as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Davis, under the guidance of Dr. Xin Liu, and at the University of Lincoln, UK, supervised by Dr. Grzegorz Cielniak. 

Taeyeong Choi

Applied Technologies Board of Advisors

Andy Boyle

Director,
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥iTeach 

Kevin McFall

Principal Instructor,
Deep Learning Institute; NVIDIA/Georgia Institute of Technology

Lucy Erickson, PhD

UX Researcher,
Amazon

Niru Anisetti

Atronous.ai

Stephanie Stephens, EdD

Account Executive,
Education; Mircrosoft

Tansil Halic

Senior Software Engineer 
Intuitive Surgical Robots