COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

FACULTY AREAS OF EXPERTISE BY DEPARTMENT

Academic Year 2020-2021
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
NAME CONTACT INFORMATION RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE
Arce, Pedro [email protected] Nanostructured materials-With Functional Performance
Professor (931) 372-3267 (Health Care Engineering Applications: Hydrogels for clinical
diagnostics, wound healing, math-assisted medicine, tissue
scaffolds and assisted drug delivery) • Micro- and Nano-flows
in Biophysical Systems (Microcirculatory and renal system
pathologies, arterial stenosis, kidney failure, etc.) •
Environmental catalysis (Advanced oxidation in water, soil and
air; photocatalytic clean energy production, electrokinetics-
based remediation; battery and fuel cell materials) •
Engineering education: (collaborative-, creative- and
innovation-driven learning; constructionistic approaches)
Arias Chavez, Laura H. [email protected] Improving sustainability at the water - energy nexus, especially
Assistant Professor (931) 372-3678 through the use of membrane technologies. • Fabrication and
characterization of polymeric membranes for reverse osmosis,
forward osmosis, and filtration processes. • New fabrication
strategies for improving membrane fouling resistance and
selectivity. • Development and evaluation of applications in
desalination and the recovery of materials and energy from
'waste' water and other non-traditional resources. •
Experimental (wet chemistry) work and process-level
modelling.
Biernacki, Joseph J. [email protected] Modeling of multi-scale materials systems composite concrete
Professor (931) 372 3667 systems
Ghorashi, Bahman [email protected] Agile Manufacturing • Rheology and non-Newtonian fluid flow
Professor (931)372-6921 • Blockchain Technology and its applications in chemical
industry • M2M communication and logistics • Leadership in
Higher Education
Jorgensen, Stephanie [email protected] WOUND HEALING: Development of modified early-phase
Instructor (931)-372-3666 wound environments • Experimental and analytical modeling of
drug delivery and transport through early-phase wound
environments • Skin-on-a-Chip
Padmanabhan, Venkat [email protected] Polymer membranes for gas separation • Thermo-mechanical
Assistant Professor (931) 372-3606 and flow properties of polymer nanocomposites • Materials for
energy storage and transfer
Rice, Cynthia A. [email protected] Electrocatalysis • Electrochemistry • Membrane electrode
Associate Professor (931) 372-6059 assembly design • Fuel cell material diagnostics – performance,
durability, kinetics, and mass transport • Fuel cell automotive –
cold-starts using a prototype quasi-adiabatic fuel cell fixture
and cathode catalyst layer durability • Direct formic acid fuel
cells for portable power – anode catalyst layer design and
efficient CO2 byproduct removal
Sanders, Robby [email protected] Bio-assay development • Drug delivery • Wound healing
Associate Professor (931) 372-3494
 Stretz, Holly [email protected] Research program in interfaces in 3-D printing • High-
Interim Chair and (931)372-3495 throughput on demand manufacturing of pharmaceuticals •
Professor Nanomaterials as sensors • Nanocomposite water treatment
membranes • Expertise in polymer nanocomposites • Polymer
dynamics at 4K • Nanoparticle fluorescent sensing
Zhang, Liqun (Laura) [email protected] Molecular simulation on biomass modified asphalt, warm mix
Assistant Professor (931) 372-3604 asphalt • Simulations and modeling on structure and dynamics
of human beta defensin type 3 • Interaction with lipid
membranes and receptors

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

NAME CONTACT INFORMATION RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE
Avera, Julie B. [email protected] Water resources management • Waste water treatment plant
Instructor (931) 372-3490 operations • Fate and transport of pollutants in the
environment • Water quality of impoundments • Non-point
source pollution
Badoe, Daniel A. [email protected] Urban travel demand modeling • Transportation data collection
Professor (931) 372-3490 • Travel behavior analysis

Click, Steven [email protected] Traffic signal design, timing, operations, and analysis • Traffic
Associate Professor (931) 372-6464 signal system design, timing, operations, and analysis • Non-
traditional intersection design, operations, and analysis • Non-
traditional interchange design, operations, and analysis •
Highway traffic simulation modeling
Crouch, L. K. [email protected] Construction materials • Aggregates • Portland cement
Professor (931) 372-3196 concrete • flowable fill • Bituminous materials.

Datta, Tania [email protected] Biological Wastewater Treatment Process and Design • Applied
Associate Professor (931) 372-3446 Environmental Microbiology • Water Quality/Watershed
Management • Bioenergy Production through Anaerobic
Processes • Low-Cost Technologies for Water and Sanitation in
Developing Countries.
Henderson, Craig [email protected] Masonry, concrete and steel testing and design • Structural
Professor (931)372-3062 dynamics and earthquake engineering • Computational
structural modeling

Huff, Tim [email protected] Earthquake engineering • Seismic design of structures • Ground

Assistant Professor (931) 372-3605 motion selection and modification for structural analysis •
Nonlinear analysis of structures in practice • Seismic isolation •
Bridge design

Huo, Sharon [email protected] Structural analysis • Reinforced concrete design • Prestressed

Associate Provost and (931) 372-3463 concrete design • Structural steel design • Bridge design
Professor
Kalyanapu, Alfred [email protected] Climate impacts • Computational hydraulics and
Associate Professor (931) 337-3561 Hydrology • Hydraulic/hydrologic modeling
urban water management • Regional scale flood modeling and
simulation

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 Liu, Jane [email protected] Solid mechanics • Computational mechanics • Composite
Professor (931) 372-3256 materials • Plates and shells • Vibration analysis •
Computational algebraic geometry • Symbolic computer
system in engineering applications
Mohr, Benjamin [email protected] Durability, microstructure, and chemistry of cement-based
Chair and Associate (931) 372-3454 materials • Early-age behavior of cement and concrete • Fiber-
Professor reinforced concrete • Supplementary cementitious materials

Oswalt, Jessica [email protected] Engineering management including engineering economics •

Associate Dean of (931) 372-3782 Project management • Process improvement • Systems
Academic Affairs for the modeling
College of Engineering
and Professor
Otuonye, Francis [email protected] Geotechnical engineering • Mining engineering • Health and
Associate VP of (931) 372-3374 safety impacts
Research and Professor
Ramirez, Guillermo [email protected] Theoretical and computational mechanics • Mathematical
Associate Professor (931) 372-3261 formulation and corresponding computer implementation to
describe the electro-mechanical behavior of solids under
different types of environments
VandenBerge, Daniel [email protected] Rapid drawdown analysis • Behavior of compacted clays • Fully
Assistant Professor (931) 372-3257 softened shear strength • Levee seepage • Dam failures •
Geotechnical reliability analyses • Sustainable earth structures
• Foamed glass aggregate • Distributed fiber optic sensing
• Engineering education
Weathers, Lenly [email protected] Transport of pollutants in the environment • Transformation
Associate Professor (931) 372-3539 of chlorinated compounds • Oxidized metals and other
pollutants in anaerobic environments in the presence of
metallic iron
COMPUTER SCIENCE

NAME CONTACT INFORMATION RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Alam, Mohammod [email protected] Algorithms • Computer Communications (Networks)

Instructor (931)-372-3379
Boshart, Mark [email protected] Computer Science Education • Computer Graphics • Computer
Instructor (931)-372-3428 Animation

Brown, Eric [email protected] Agile / Scrum Project Management • Computer Science /

Adjunct Professor and (931)-372-3602 Cybersecurity Education • Cybersecurity risk assessment •
Assistant Director of Information Technology
Cybersecurity
Education, Research and
Outreach Center
Crockett, April [email protected] Computer Science Education • Human-Computer Interaction
Lecturer (931)-372-6435
Eberle, William (Bill) [email protected] Data Mining • Graph-based Anomaly Detection • Fraud
Professor (931) 372-3278 Detection

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 Elizandro, David [email protected] Institutional leadership • Strategic planning • Systems
Professor (931) 372-3386 integration and effectiveness
Gannod, Gerald [email protected] Software reverse engineering • Web and mobile development
Chair and Professor (931) 372-3691 (specifically web services in enterprise computing) • Predictive
analytics • Visualization • Agile approaches for
computing education

Ghafoor, Sheikh [email protected] Parallel and Distributed Computing • High Performance

Professor (931) 372-3687 Computing • Autonomic Resource Management for High
Performance Computing Environment • Programming Model
for Heterogeneous High Performance Computing Environment
Gupta, Manaak [email protected] Foundational Cyber and Computer Security • Access Control
Assistant Professor (931)-372-3525 Models and Architectures • Secure Cyber Physical Systems
and Internet of Things • Intelligent Transportation, Connected
Cars and Smart Farming • AI and Machine Learning assisted
Security • Deep Learning based Malware Analysis • Cloud and
Big Data Security
Ismail, Muhammad [email protected] Cyber-physical security • Networking • Smart grids • Blockchain
Assistant Professor (931)-372-6287 • Resource allocation • Machine learning • Optimization •
Stochastic modeling
Kosa, Martha [email protected] Theoretical problems in distributed computing
Associate Professor (931) 372-3579
Rahman, Akond [email protected] DevOps • Software Analytics, and Software Security • Static
Assistant Professor analysis • Qualitative analysis • statistical methods •
Supervised and unsupervised learning techniques.
Rogers, Michael [email protected] Control Systems Security • Systems Software Security •
Professor (931)-372-6304 Distributed and High Performance Computing • Network
Protocols
Scott, Stephen [email protected] Cloud, cluster, and grid computing • Resilient high performance
Professor (931) 372-6484 distributed, heterogeneous, and parallel computing

Shannigrahi, Susmit [email protected] Computer Networks, Future Internet Architectures •

Assistant Professor Networking IoT Devices • Future Mobile Communications
Siraj, Ambareen [email protected] Cyber security in smart grid • Network intrusion detection •
Professor and Director (931) 372-3448 Situational awareness in security • Security education
of Cybersecurity
Education, Research and
Outreach Center
Talbert, Doug [email protected] Machine learning • Artificial intelligence • Biomedical
Assistant Chair and (931) 372-6178 informatics
Associate Professor

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 Ulybyshev, Denis [email protected] Data Privacy • Database / Cloud / OS / Web Security •
Assistant Professor (931)-372-6127 Language-based Security • Information Retrieval (Search
Engines, Search Engine Optimization) • Cyber-Physical /
Industrial Control Systems • Blockchain-based Technologies •
Machine Learning (Recommendation Systems, Anomaly
Detection) • Cryptography • Vehicle-to-Everything
Communication Systems
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
NAME CONTACT INFORMATION RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Alouani, Ali T. [email protected] Sensor fusion • Fuzzy logic control • Mechatronics systems
Professor (931) 372-3383

Austen, Jeffrey R. [email protected] Signal processing • Communication systems

Associate Professor (931) 372-3485

Baswell, Mike [email protected] Programmable Logic Controller • Control Systems • Battery

Lecturer (931)-372-6156 Voltage Regulation

Belkacemi, Rabie [email protected] Smart grid (power and energy systems)

Associate Professor (931) 372-3626
Bhattacharya, Indranil [email protected] High-Efficiency Solar Cells • High-Energy-Density Sodium and
Associate Professor (931) 372-3352 Lithium-ion Batteries • Wireless Power Transfer •
Semiconductor Electronics • Photonics and Optics •
Electromagnetics.
Bruce, J.W. [email protected] Data converter architectures • Embedded and cyber-physical
Associate Professor (931)372-3453 systems design • Quantum computing logic systems •
Integration of unmanned aerial vehicles in the national airspace
• Engineering education
Bruce, Lori [email protected] Remote sensing • Image analysis • Artificial intelligence • Data
Professor, Provost, and (931) 372-3224 analytics • Hyperspectral imaging and precision agriculture
VP of Academic Affairs
Dean, Tim [email protected] Electromagnetics • Industrial Automation (PLCs, Machine
Adjunct Professor Vision, and Robotics)
Elfouly, Tarek [email protected] Wireless Networks • Wireless sensor networks • Structure
Associate Professor (931)-372-3847 health monitoring •Machine learning and its applications •
Ehealth and mHealth • Assistive technologies
Fouda, Mostafa [email protected] Cyber Security • Wireless Networks • Deep Learning,
Post-Doctoral Research (931)-372-3450 Blockchain • IoT • Smart Grid
Associate
Hasan, Syed [email protected] Artificial Intelligence for Edge Computing • Edge Intelligence •
Associate Professor (931) 372-3462 Security Threats in Deep Learning Architectures • Internet of
Things' • Vulnerabilities against Hardware Based Attacks •
Machine Learning Algorithms on Hardware
Johnson, Wayne [email protected] Electronics Manufacturing • Extreme Environment Electronics
Research (931)-372-3460

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 MacKenzie, Allen [email protected] Wireless Communications and Networking • Dynamic Spectrum
Chair and Professor (931) 372-3397 Access Systems and Spectrum Policy • Cognitive Radio and
Cognitive Networks • Applications of Game Theory and Auction
Theory • Error Control Coding
Mahajan, Satish [email protected] Optoelectronics (Lasers; Solar Cells; Optical Fibers) •
Professor and Director (931) 372-3875 Electromagnetics • Wireless Charging of EVs • Sensors •
of Center for Energy Renewable Energy
Systems Research
Mahmoud, Mohamed [email protected] Security & Privacy in Smart Grid, Vehicular Ad Hoc Network
Associate Professor (931) 372-3677 (VANET), and Cloud Applications. • Secure/privacy-preserving
Machine learning Models. • Blockchain • Cryptography and
machine learning.
Ojo, Joseph O. [email protected] Electric machine analysis and design • Adjustable • Speed
Professor (931) 372-3869 motor drives • Power electronic convertors • Control theory
applied to power electronics and power systems, power
systems economics and deregulation issues
Radman, Ghadir [email protected] Smart grid • Integration of renewable energy sources • Power
Professor (931) 372-3520 system operation/control

Van Neste, Charles [email protected] Alternative forms of energy generation and transmission with
Research Assistant (931) 372-3682 a major focus in wireless and quasi-wireless power transfer •
Professor High frequency inverter design • Electronic instrumentation •
GENERAL AND BASIC ENGINEERING

NAME CONTACT INFORMATION RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Craven, Kristine [email protected] Teaching and Learning Strategies • Student Success and
Associate Professor (931)372-6027 Retention • First Year Engineering Programs
Tester, John [email protected] Engineering Education • Engineering Management • Additive
Associate Professor (931)-372-6796 Manufacturing • Design for Manufacturing •Systems
Engineering • Human Biomechanics • Engineering Systems Test
and Evaluation
Wells, S. Michael [email protected] Website development • Global engineering communication •
Assistant Professor (931) 372-3829 Assisting international students in acclimating to American
culture
Wilson, Christopher [email protected] Composite materials testing • Materials properties • Simulation
Chair and Associate (931) 372-3216
Professor of Mechanical
Engineering
MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

NAME CONTACT INFORMATION RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Fidan, Ismail [email protected] Additive Manufacturing • Smart Manufacturing • Electronics

Professor (931) 372-6298 Manufacturing • STEM Education and Distance
Learning/Remote Laboratories
Flatt, Larry [email protected] Fluid Power • Robotics
Adjunct Professor

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 Kim, Duckbong [email protected] Advanced manufacturing, wire + arc additive manufacturing
Assistant Professor (931) 372-3327 (WAAM), metal big area additive manufacturing (mBAAM),
data analytics, machine vision, high temperature alloys, and
high entropy alloys (HEAs)”
Vondra, Fred L. [email protected] Metal casting processes • Foundry tooling materials • Industrial
Professor (931) 372-3527 maintenance

Wilson, Dale [email protected] Fracture mechanics • Failure analysis • Machine design •

Interim Chair and (931) 372-6162 Mechanical properties of materials
Professor of Mechanical
Engineering
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

NAME CONTACT INFORMATION RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Abounassif, Ahmed [email protected] Computational Fluid Dynamics • Eulerian Multiphase Flow

Adjunct Professor (931)-372-6028 Simulations • Thermodynamics • Fluids Mechanics and Heat
Transfer
Albakri, Mohammad [email protected] Computational Mechanics • Structural Dynamics • Meta-
Assistant Professor (931)-372-3737 Structures • Structural Health Monitoring • Advanced
Manufacturing • Experimental Modal Testing
Anton, Steve [email protected] Smart materials • Piezoelectric sensing • Structural health
Associate Professor (931) 372-3287 monitoring • Biomedical sensing • Energy harvesting • 3D
printing • Robotics-based STEM education
Brookshear, Daniel [email protected] Thermodynamics • Fluid Mechanics • Heat transfer •
Instructor (931)-372-3272 Automotive Catalysis for Gasoline and Diesel Vehicles

Canfield, Stephen [email protected] Mobile Robots for Inspection • Maintenance and

Professor (931) 372-6359 Manufacturing of Mobile Manipulators • Cobot (Collaborative
robot) design and applications • Climbing robots •
Mechatronics applications in robotics and manufacturing •
Robotics for manufacturing • Design of Autonomous and semi-
autonomous systems • Vehicle system mobility.
Chen, Pingen [email protected] Modeling, diagnostics, controls, and optimizations of
Assistant Professor (931) 372-3310 automotive systems including conventional/hybrid/electric
powertrains, internal combustion engines, emissions control
systems, sensors, autonomous vehicles, and advanced engine
combustion with alternative/renewable fuels.
Cui, Jie [email protected] Computational Fluid Dynamics • Turbulence Modeling • Large
Assistant Chair and (931)-372-3357 Eddy Simulation • Numerical Heat Transfer • Thermal Fluids
Professor
Cunningham, Glenn T. [email protected] Energy efficiency • Balance of plant energy systems • Thermal
Associate Professor (931) 372-3826 systems

Hill, Tristan [email protected] Robotics • Programming • Numerical Modeling Analysis •

Lecturer (931)-372-3774 Mechatronics • Dynamics of Machinery
Idem, Stephen [email protected] Scale model testing • Fluid flow measurement • Thermal
Professor (931) 372-3607 modeling • Fluid mechanics • Heat transfer

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 Languri, Ethan [email protected] Thermal energy storage systems • Heat transfer fluid
Assistant Professor (931) 372-6790 enhancement • Evaporation in porous media • Industrial
energy efficiency • Combined heat and power systems •
Numerical modeling
Motevalli, Vahid [email protected] Hybrid-electric vehicle systems and power- train • Combustion
Professor and Associate (931) 372-3172 and fire safety • Aviation and transportation safety and security
Dean of Research and
Innovation
Pardue, Sally [email protected] • Signal processing for system diagnostics and materials
Associate Professor (931) 372-6169 characterization • Random vibrations • Modal analysis •
Cavitation modeling

Rao, Mohan [email protected] Vibrations • Acoustics • Noise control • Damping design •

Chair and Professor (931) 372-3254 Sound quality • Auditory engineering

Sargolzaei, Arman [email protected] Linear and Nonlinear Control Theory • Security of Networked
Associate Professor (931) 372-6403 Control Systems • Safety and Security of Connected and
Autonomous Vehicles • Control of Multi-Agent Systems •
Cyber-Physical Systems
Roberts, Rory [email protected] Air breathing propulsion • Aircraft Thermal management •
Associate Professor (931) 372-3260 Power systems for aerospace and spaced-based systems • Fuel
cells • Electric Propulsion • Hypersonic power and thermal
management • Dynamic modeling of multidisciplinary systems
• Design and optimization of dynamic systems and control
Slater, Joseph [email protected] Vibration of structures and machines • Aeroelasticity • Linear
Dean and Professor of (931)-372-3832 and Nonlinear System identification • Experimental Modal
Mechanical Engineering Analysis • Nonlinear Dynamics • Cyber Physical Systems •
Morphing Wing Control • Turbomachinery Blade Vibration
Sundaram, [email protected] Product design and development • Production • Systems
Meenakshi R. (931) 372-3790 design and operations management • Lean manufacturing and
Professor process improvements • Economic analysis and cost
justification
Ting, Kwun-Lon [email protected] Mechanism design • Kinematics • Machine design • Gearing •
Professor (931) 372-3230 Robotics • Dynamics of machines
Vaselbehagh, Ahmad [email protected] Wind Power • Water Power • Aerodynamics • Fluid-Structure
Assistant Professor (931) 372-6468 Interactions • Turbulence • Heat Transfer • Computational
Fluid Dynamics
Wilson, Christopher [email protected] Composite materials testing • Materials properties • Simulation
Associate Professor and (931) 372-3216
Chair of General and
Basic Engineering
Wilson, Dale [email protected] Fracture mechanics • Failure analysis • Machine design •
Interim Chair of (931) 372-6162 Mechanical properties of materials
Manufacturing and
Engineering Technology,
and Professor

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 Zhang, Ying [email protected] High-temperature protective coatings for gas turbine engine
Professor and Director (931) 372-3969 applications • Materials synthesis via chemical vapor
of Center for deposition/pack cementation/electrodeposition • High-
Manufacturing Research temperature oxidation and corrosion
Zhu, Jiahong (John) [email protected] Solid oxide fuel cell • Zn-air batteries • High-temperature alloys
Professor (931) 372-3186 • Processing of ceramic • Intermetallic and metallic coatings
CENTER FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS RESEARCH
NAME CONTACT INFORMATION RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Noei, Shirin [email protected] Connected Autonomous Vehicles • Intelligent Transportation

Research Assistant (931) 372-6546 Systems • Networked Control Systems •Cyber-Physical Systems
Professor • Traffic Operation

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