Center for Environmental Research & Technology

CE-CERT Welcomes Two New Faculty Members: Dr. Eunjeong Hyeon and Dr. Abhilash Vijayan

The Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) is pleased to announce the addition of two new faculty members, Dr. Eunjeong Hyeon and Dr. Abhilash Vijayan. Their appointments reflect CE-CERT’s continued investment in research excellence, interdisciplinary collaboration, and student-centered innovation.

As CE-CERT expands its leadership in environmental research and education, we are excited to welcome Dr. Hyeon and Dr. Vijayan into our growing community of scholars, engineers, and changemakers. Their contributions will help advance CE-CERT’s mission to develop science-based solutions for air quality, transportation, and energy challenges.

Dr. Eunjeong Hyeon

Eunjeong Hyeon is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research aims to advance transportation systems, enhancing safety, sustainability, and efficiency. Before joining UCR, she worked at Argonne National Laboratory as a principal research engineer, developing energy-efficient cooperative driving automation control and communication systems, digital twin models for hardware-in-the-loop testing, and on-road testing. Her research interests mainly focus on the perception, planning, and control of connected automated vehicles. 

Dr. Abhilash Vijayan

Dr. Abhilash Vijayan is the Vice President and Air Quality Practice Area Leader at Sonoma Technology and Spheros Environmental. He oversees the Climate and Community Air Quality programs, and specializes in designing and implementing state-of-the-art air quality, air toxics, and climate change measurement and mitigation projects for regulatory, research, and community applications. Before joining the company, Dr. Vijayan worked at the California Air Resources Board for over 12 years, where he most recently served as the Manager of CARB’s Emission and Exposure Research Section, and oversaw the Agency’s air pollution exposure and greenhouse gas emissions research portfolio. He has a Doctoral degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Toledo, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering. He also serves as a Global Air Quality Fellow with the U.S. Department of State, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Riverside.