RESEARCH FACULTY

Jiannan Zhai, PhD
Dr. Zhai is the Chief Engineer for Florida Atlantic University’s Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE) and a Research Assistant Professor within the institute. With technical expertise that spans the full system stack, Jiannan has served as the technical and management lead for a wide range of large engineering efforts supported by the NSF, DOE, NOAA, NIH, and private partners.

Janet Holt, PhD 
Dr. Holt is Professor Emeritus from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Academic Researcher and Statistician for the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at FAU. Holt’s areas of expertise include statistics, measurement and research design and she is on the research design and statistical analysis team for the In-Vehicle project.

Jo Ann Bamdas, PhD
Jo Ann M. Bamdas, PhD, is research assistant to Dr. María de los Ángeles Ortega, Director, Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center.  Dr. Bamdas handles recruitment for Dr. Ortega’s research studies and in collaboration with the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing faculty and staff and proud to be a participant of the In-Vehicle Sensor Research Study.