Dec 04, 2024  
2019-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Faculty


Architectural Engineering

Catherine Armwood, Assistant Professor 
B.S., 2007, Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2014, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

Civil Engineering

Deo Chimba, Assistant Professor; B. Sc., 2002, University of Dar es
Salaam; M.S. 2004 Florida State University; Ph.D. 2008, University of Miami.

Farouk Mishu, Professor and Interim Chair
B.S., 1964, Al-Hakima University; Ph.D., 1974, Strathclyde University 

Roger Painter, Associate Professor
B.S., 1986, University of Tennessee; M.S., 1989, University of Tennessee Space Institute; Ph.D., 1992, Tennessee Technological University

Computer Science

Swastik Brahma, Assistant Professor
B.S., 2005, West Bengal University of Technology ; M.S., 2008, University of Central Florida; Ph.D., 2011, University of Central Florida.

Wei Chen, Professor
B.S., 1982, Shanghai Marine Institute; M.S., 1991, Osaka University; Ph.D., 1994, Osaka University

Erdem Erdemir, Assistant Professor
B.S., Bogazici University (Turkey); M.S., Bogazici University (Turkey); Ph.D., 2012, Vanderbilt University

Kamal Al Nasr, Assistant Professor
B.S., 2003, Yarmouk University (Jordan); M.S., 2009, New Mexico University; Ph.D., 2012, Old Dominion University

Tamara Rogers, Associate Professor
B.S., 1993, Vanderbilt University, M.S., 1995, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 2003, Vanderbilt University

Manar Samad, Assistant Professor
B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; M.S., University of Calgary; Ph.D., 2016, Old Dominion University.

Ali Sekmen, Professor and Chair
B.S., 1995, M.S., 1997, Bilkent University (Turkey); Ph.D., 2000,Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 2012, Vanderbilt University.

Fenghui Yao, Professor
B.A., 1984, Dalian Maritime University (China); M.E., 1988, Ph.D., 1992, Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan).

Electrical Engineering

Mohammad Bodruzzaman, Professor
B.S., 1977, M.S., 1979, Jahangrinager University; M.S., 1984, Ph.D., 1990, Vanderbilt University

Liang Hong, Professor
B.S., 1994, M.S., 1997 Southeast University, Ph.D., 2002,University of Missouri-Columbia

Lee Keel, Professor
B.S., 1978, Korea University (Korea); M.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1986,Texas A & M University

Charles D. McCurry, Assistant Professor
B.S., 1995, M.E., 2005, Ph.D. 2011, Tennessee State University

Frances R. Williams, Professor and Associate Dean
B.S., 1994, M.S., 1996, North Carolina A&T State Univ., Ph.D., 2003, Georgia Institute of Technology 

Mohamed Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Professor
B.S., 1979, University of Aleppo; M.S., 1986, Ph.D., 1991,Vanderbilt University

Mechanical Engineering

Muhammad Akbar, Assistant Professor,
B.Sc., 1995, Bangladesh University of Eng. & Tech.; M.Sc., 2001, University of Alabama; Ph.D., 2004, Georgia Inst. of Tech

Hamid R. Hamidzadeh, Professor and Chair
B.Sc., 1974, Arya Meher University of Tehran; M.Sc., D.I.C.,1975, Ph.D., 1978, University of London Imperial College of Science and Technology

Woong Yeol Joe, Assistant Professor
B.Sc., 2000, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, M.Sc., 2003,Korea University, Seoul, Korea, M.Sc., 2006 Polytechnic University, Ph.D., 2010 Columbia University.

Landon C. Onyebueke, Professor
B.S. 1982, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, M.S. 1986, Ph.D. 1989, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine

Amir Shirkhodaie, Professor 
B.S., 1983, M.S., 1985, Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., 1989, University of Cincinnati