Leadership
Thomas Irwin, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Thomas Irwin, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Dr. Thomas Irwin is the Executive Director of the ODU Center for Mission Engineering (CME). Dr. Irwin boasts an exceptional track record of leadership positions including deputy director for Joint Force Integration; executive director of Joint Warfighting Development; executive director of Joint Force Development and Design Integration; executive director of Joint Training; and deputy director of Joint Environment. He also has an extensive career in the Naval Sea Systemc Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers, holding various technical and management positions for Theater Warfare Systems, Battle Force Interoperability, Aegis Combat Systems, and Self Defense Missile Systems. Dr. Irwin also served as the Science and Technology lead for the Joint Staff J7 and sat on a myriad of senior leadership organizations such as the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Engineers Council and the Joint Test and Evaluation Executive Committee.
Krzysztof Rechowicz, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Krzysztof Rechowicz, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Dr. Krzysztof Rechowicz is an engineer and researcher recognizing that the world must be accessible to everyone despite sensory needs and neurological differences. Dr. Rechowicz has worked with virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, image processing, and information delivery means to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds. Dr. Rechowicz is experienced in providing successful solutions to challenges that the society face by leading multidisciplinary teams with members from academia, community, and industry.
Specializations include Modeling and Simulation, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Accessibility, Haptics, and Visualization.
Research Faculty
Lawrence Obiuwevwi
ODU Computer Science PhD student
Lawrence Obiuwevwi
ODU Computer Science PhD student
Lawrence’s research interests are in emotions, blended emotions detection, physiological signals, and trust in AI.
Lawrence is a Ph.D. student in the ODU Department of Computer Science, a graduate research assistant with the Center for Mission Engineering, and a proud student member of The Storymodelers, and The Web Science and Digital Libraries (WS-DL) Research Group, at Old Dominion University.
Empowering interdisciplinary teams with AI-driven insights—Lawrence Obiuwevwi’s research focuses on transforming human-AI collaboration through advanced models in Team Science, Emotion Detection, and Trust Automation.
