Judith Nkechinyere Njoku
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Position:
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, Secure Sensing & Learning (SSL) Research Lab
Research Areas:
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision for autonomous vehicles,
and digital twin development for industrial and diverse real-world applications.
Short Bio:
Dr. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku is a Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at the University
of Wyoming, working in the Secure Sensing and Learning (SSL) Research Lab within the
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Her research focuses on machine
learning, AI, computer vision for autonomous vehicles, and developing digital twins
for industrial and infrastructure-related applications.
She collaborates closely with the Center for Rural Community Resilience and Innovation
(CRCRI) on building digital twin technologies for smart rural places, part of the
University of Wyoming’s interdisciplinary initiative to advance AI-enabled solutions
for rural communities.
Her prior work includes digital twin development for battery management systems, bridge
health monitoring, and autonomous vehicle perception. Dr. Njoku earned her Ph.D. in
IT Convergence Engineering from Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea.

