Engineering Faculty and Staff Directory
Faculty and Staff by department:
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All Engineering Faculty and Staff
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Waseem Al Aqqad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
waseem.alaqqad@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300I
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Susan M. Barton, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics Department
Susan.Barton@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323L
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Bernhard Bettig, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department
Bernhard.Bettig@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 305E
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Deborah K Beutler, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Biology Department
Deborah.Beutler@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Life Sciences Building, Room 307B
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Courtney Campbell
Program Assistant II, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Department of Mathematics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Computer Engineering
cmcampbell@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323
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Somenath Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Information Systems
Somenath.chakraborty@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323P
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Deborah Chun, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Mathematics Department
Deborah.Chun@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323J
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William Church, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
William.Church@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 305C
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Asadollah Davari, Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Asad.Davari@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300M
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Brian Dickman, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department
Brian.Dickman@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300
Dr. Dickman has over 27 years of private consulting and academic experience in water resources engineering and ecology. Before accepting a position with WVU Tech, he worked for several consulting firms in Kentucky and Georgia performing field surveys for jurisdictional wetlands, protected species and habitat studies. He also performed floodplain analysis using HEC-RAS and hydraulic analyses for wastewater treatment plants in Kentucky and bridge replacement projects in Georgia.
During his tenure at WVU Tech, Dr. Dickman has taught several classes including Hydraulic Engineering, Engineering Hydrology and sessions for FE review. Dr. Dickman is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in Georgia and West Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008.
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Hasan El-Rifai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Physical Sciences Department
Hasan.El-Rifai@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Physical Sciences Building, Room 302A
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Tarek Farhat, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Tarek.Farhat@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Physical Sciences Building, Room 210C
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L. J. Fox, III, M. S.
Visiting Instructor, Mathematics Department
LJFox@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323I
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Winnie Fu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Winnie.Fu@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 319L
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Nathan Galinsky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department
ngalinsk@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 305A
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Kimberlyn Gray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Chemical Engineering Department
Kimberlyn.Gray@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 305B
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Guillermo D. Hahn, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Chair, Civil Engineering and Construction Management
Guillermo.Hahn@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300T
Dr. Hahn's engineering interests center on the analysis and design of structural systems against various phenomena including static loads and dynamic actions due to seismic ground motions, moving forces, water waves, and vortex induced excitations.
Before joining West Virginia University Institute of Technology, he had experience in academia and professional practice, having been a tenured faculty member in civil engineering at Vanderbilt University, and performed various roles in industry including engineering design, consulting and project management for building structures and deep-water offshore platforms and associated pipelines and risers for oil and gas production and transport.
Dr. Hahn can teach engineering courses in statics, mechanics of materials, mechanics of fluids, reinforced concrete design, steel design, structural analysis, and structural dynamics. With much interest in education and research, he received a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Rice University in 1986.
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Kenan Hatipoglu, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer Engineering, Interim Chair of Computer Science and Information Systems
Kenan.Hatipoglu@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300J
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J. T. Hird, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics Department
John.Hird@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323B
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James Hoffman
Academic Lab Manager I
JAHoffman@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300F
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Caleb Holloway, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department
Caleb.Holloway1@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323C
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Deb Jackson
Administrative Secretary - Senior - Department of Chemical Engineering and Department Mechanical Engineering
Debbie.Jackson@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 305
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Aida E Jimenez-Esquilin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology/Microbiology
aida.jimenezesquilin@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Life Sciences Building, Office 119-B
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Rana M. Jisr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physical Sciences Department
Rana.Jisr@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Physical Sciences Building, Room 409
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Donia Khaddaj
Program Assistant II, Biology and Physical Sciences Departments
donia.khaddaj@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Life Sciences Building, Room 119 | Physical Sciences Building, Room 302
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Shafique Khan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Shafique.Khan@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 305F
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Taejin Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physical Sciences Department
Taejin.Kim@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Physical Sciences Building, Room 210B
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Brian Leary, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics Department
Brian.Leary1@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323K
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Dr. Steven Leftwich, Ph.D., P.E., P.S.
Professor, Civil Engineering
steve.leftwich@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300N
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Charan Litchfield, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
charan.litchfield@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300L
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Mingyu Lu, Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Mingyu.Lu@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300K
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Chris McClain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department
Christopher.McClain@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323G
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John Tyler Moss, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics Department
JTMoss@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323E
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Ranjith A. Munasinghe, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science & Information Systems Department
Ranjith.Munasinghe@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323N
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Afrin Naz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Computer Science & Information Systems Department
Afrin.Naz@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323S
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Kase Poling
Assistant Professor of Construction Management
kase.poling@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300V
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Gifty Osei-Prempeh, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical Engineering Department
Gifty.OseiPrempeh@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 305G
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Yogendra "Yogen" Panta, Ph.D., PE, PMP, CPEM
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Yogendra.Panta@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 319M
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Muzibur Rahman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Construction Management
muzibur.rahman@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, 300W
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Naresh Ramesh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
naresh.ramesh@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Life Sciences Building, Room 119B
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Jay Raymond, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology Department
jay.raymond@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Life Science Building, 119B
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A F M Saifuddin Saif, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Information Systems
afmsaifuddin.saif@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 323O
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Aboubakr Salem, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aboubakr.salem@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300G
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Karen Skaggs
Administrative Associate, Office of the Dean
karen.skaggs@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Room 306D, Learning Resource Center
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Tamara Smith, Ph.D., P.E.
Dean, Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering and Sciences
tamara.smith1@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 306E
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Ebenezer Tackey-Otoo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Construction Management
Ebenezer.tackeyotoo@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300C
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Horng-Jyh (Tigra) Yang, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, Civil Engineering Department
Horng-Jyh.Yang@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 300R
Dr. Horng-Jyh (Tigra)Yang joined the Department of Civil Engineering at WVU Tech in 2011. Dr. Yang received his undergraduate civil engineering degree from Chung Yung University and his M.S. from National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) in Independent Taiwan. Before leaving his homeland, Dr. Yang practiced as a manager of the Civil Engineering Service Center at NPUST and served as a lieutenant in the Taiwan Army Corps of Engineers. Dr. Yang later earned his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) in 2005. After obtaining his Ph.D., Dr. Yang served as a Lecturer and Manager of the Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory at UNR. While there, he taught geotechnical engineering courses both at the undergraduate and graduate levels and participated in soil liquefaction research. Dr. Yang also performed research on large scale soil-structure interaction under simulated earthquake motions.
Dr. Yang’s other research interests in geotechnical engineering include soil property characterizations, large scale soil-structure interaction, in-situ soil testing and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Dr. Yang is a registered professional engineer in the State of Nevada and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).
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Sihe Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department
Sihe.Zhang@mail.wvu.edu
Office: Learning Resource Center, Room 305H
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Govindappa "Pat" Puttaiah, Ph.D. [Emeritus]
PROFESSOR EMERITUS, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Govindappa.Puttaiah@mail.wvu.edu
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