People
The team building CoastSight
16
Total team members
3
Faculty experts
3
Graduate researchers
1
Senior
2
Juniors
7
Freshmen & sophomores
Faculty leads
Dr. Ahmed Imteaj
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Director, SPEED Lab (Secure Prediction, Edge AI & Multimodal LLM Lab) ·
I-SENSE Faculty Fellow
Artificial Intelligence
Edge AI
Multimodal LLMs
Generative AI
Dr. Stephanie Wakefield
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Director, Visual Planning Technology (VPT) Lab · Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
Planning Technologies
Spatial Analytics
Coastal Resilience
Dr. Jason Hallstrom
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Executive Director, I-SENSE (The Institute for Smarter Cities, Spaces, and Health)
Smart Cities
Infrastructure Resilience
Disaster Monitoring
Edge AI
Student team composition
13 students across four class levels, working under the three faculty leads above.
13 students total — sized to the VIP program's target team of ~12–20, with underclass
slots reserved for long-term continuity across multiple semesters.
Graduate 23%3
Seniors 8%1
Juniors 15%2
Freshmen & sophomores 54%7
Student research team
Graduate
3
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Seniors
1
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Juniors
2
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Freshmen & sophomores
7
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See how the team is being assembled
Recruitment, onboarding, and the Spring 2027 launch are tracked live on the action-plan dashboard.