Sep 30, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Graduate Faculty: Technology Division


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Department of Construction Management

Chair

Lingguang Song. Chair and Professor, Construction Management; B.E. and M.E., Tianjin University, China; Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada.

Program Coordinators

Zheyong Bian. Program Coordinator for Supply Chain and Logistics and Assistant Professor, Construction Management; B.S. and M.S., Tianjin University; M.S. and Ph.D., The State University of New Jersey.

Lu Gao. Program Coordinator for Construction Management and Associate Professor, Construction Management; B.E., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; M.S. and Ph.D., The University of Texas.

Ron Hopkins. Program Coordinator of Technology Program Management and Instructional Professor, Construction Management; B.A., M.S., and Ph.D., University of Mississippi.

Faculty

Lila Carden. Assistant Professor, Construction Management; B.B.A. and Ph.D., Texas A&M University; M.B.A., University of Houston.

Zia Din. Assistant Professor, Construction Management; B.E., University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan; M.S. Hanyang University , South Korea; Ph.D., Arizona State University.

Sasha Zhijie Dong, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Supply Chain and Logistics Technology; B.S. Nanjing University: M.S. Columbia University; Ph.D. Cornell University

Neil Eldin. Professor, Construction Management; P.E., C.P.C., and B.S., Cairo University, Egypt; M.S., Concordia University; M.S., McGill University, Canada; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University.

Jamison V. Kovach. Professor, Construction Management; B.S.T.E., North Carolina State University; M.S.T.T., Institute of Textile Technology; Ph.D., Clemson University.

Dennis Sherman. Instructional Assistant Professor, Construction Management; B.S., California State University-Fullerton; M.S. West Coast University, California; Ph.D., Capella University.

Ahmed Senouci. Professor, Construction Management; B.S.C.E., National Polytechnic School of Algiers; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Kailai Wang. Assistant Professor, Construction Management; B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China; M.S., Arizona State University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Department of Engineering Technology

Chair

Fatima Merchant.  Chair and Associate Professor, Engineering Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering; B.E., University of Bombay; M.S. and Ph.D., The University of Texas.

Program Coordinators

Venkatesh Balan. Program Coordinator of Biotechnology and Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology; B.Sc. and M.Sc., Madras University, India; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, India.

Ricardo Lent. Program Coordinator of Network Communication and Associate Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., Ricardo Palma University; M.S., Universidad National de Ingenieria; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Central Florida.

Luca Pollonini. Program Coordinator of Computational Health Informatics and Associate Professor, Engineering Technology and Electrical and Computer Engineering; B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., University of Brescia, Italy.

Weihang Zhu. Program Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S. and M.S., Zhejiang University, China; Ph.D., North Carolina State University.

Faculty

Ahmed Abdelhadi. Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology. ; B.S. and M.S., Ain-Shams University, Egypt; Ph.D., University of Texas.

Kamran Alba. Associate Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S. and M.E., Iran University of Science and Technology; M.E., University of Western Ontario, Canada; Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada.

Enrique Barbieri. Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Burak Basaran. Instructional Associate Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., Osmangazi University, Turkey; M.S., Gazi University, Turkey; M.S. and Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Driss Benhaddou. Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., University of Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco; M.S and Ph.D., University of Montpellier, France; Ph.D., University of Missouri.

Amina Bose. Associate Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S, and M.S., Rajshahi University; M.S., Georgetown University; Ph.D., Kent State University.

Kumaraswamy Naidu Chitrala. Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S, S. G. Arts College, India; M.S., Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, India, Ph.D., Sri Venkateswara University, India.

Medhat El Nahas. Instructional Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., and M.S., Cairo University, Egypt; M.M.E., Rice University; Ph.D., University of Houston.

Zheng Fan. Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology; B.A., Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China; M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Ph.D., Michigan State University.

Lei Fan. Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., Hefei University of Technology, China; M.S., Zhejiang University, China; Ph.D., University of Florida.

Albert Flavier. Instructional Associate Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., University of the Philippines; M.S., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., University of Georgia.

Deniz Gürkan. Associate Professor, Engineering Technology and Computer Science; B.S. and M.S., Bilkent University, Turkey; Ph.D., University of Southern California.

Bin Hu. Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., Hefei University of Technology, China; M.S., Zhejiang University, China; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.

Abdul Latif Khan. Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology; B.Sc. and M.Sc., University of Peshawar, Pakistan; Ph.D., Kyungpook National University, South Korea.

Yuheng Lin. Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., China Agricultural University, M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ph.D., University of Georgia.

Heidar A. Malki. Interim Dean and Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Mequanint Moges. Instructional Professor, Engineering Technology; B.Sc., Addis Ababa University; M.Eng.Sc., University of New South Wales; Ph.D., Stony Brook University.

Francisco Robles Hernandez. Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S. and M.S., National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico; Ph.D., University of Windsor, Canada.

Jian Shi. Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., Hefei University of Technology, China; Ph.D., Mississippi State University.

Wajiha Shireen. Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S.E.E., Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology; M.S.E.E. and Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Xiaojing Yuan. Professor, Engineering Technology; B.S., Hefei University; M.S., University of Science and Technology of China; M.S. and Ph.D., Tulane University.

George Zouridakis. Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor, Engineering Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering;  B.S., University of Rome, Italy; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Houston.

Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences

Chair

Barbara L. Stewart. Chair and Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; C.F.C.S., B.A., and Ed.D., Brigham Young University; M.S., Utah State University.

Program Coordinators

Andrew Hines. Program Coordinator of Foresight and Associate Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; B.A., M.S., and Ph.D., Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.

Melika Shirmohammadi. Program Coordinator of Human Resource Development and Assistant Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; B.S. and M.A., University of Tehran; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Barbara L. Stewart. Chair and Program Coordinator of Global Retailing and Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; C.F.C.S., B.A., and Ed.D., Brigham Young University; M.S., Utah State University.

Consuelo Waight. Program Director, Human Resource Development Executive Master’s; Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; B.A., University College of Belize; M.Ed. and Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Faculty

Malaika Edwards. Assistant Professor Human Development and Consumer Sciences, B.S., University of the West Indies; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University.

Tomika Greer. Assistant Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; B.S., North Carolina State University; M.Ed., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Olivia Johnson. Assistant Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; B.S., Florida A&M University; M.S. and Ph.D., Auburn University.

Daiane Polesello. Instructional Assistant Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; B.B.A, Faculdades Decisao Borges de Mendonca, Brazil; Professional M.BA., Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil; M.B.A, University of Blumenau (FURB), Brazil, and Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Daeun  Shin. Assistant Professor, Human Development and Consumer Sciences; B.A. Northwestern University/ M.S. University of North Carolina; M.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University.

Melika Shirmohammadi. Assistant Professor Human Development and Consumer Sciences, B.A. and M.A., University of Tehran, Iran; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Department of Information Science Technology

Chair

Amaury Lendasse. Chair and Associate Professor, Information Science Technology; B.S., MS., and Ph.D., Universitè Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

Program Coordinators

Wm. Arthur Conklin. Director for the Center for Information Technology Security Research and Education (CISRE), Program Coordinator for Cybersecurity and Professor, Information Science Technology; B.A., Washington University in St. Louis; M.S.E.E. and E.E., Naval Postgraduate School; M.B.A. and Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio.

Faculty

Shun Cao. Assistant Professor, Information Science Technology; B.E., Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cina; M.S., China Academy of Space Technology, Ph.D., Binghamton University , New York.

Jerry Evans. Instructional Professor, Information Science Technology; B.A., University of Houston; M.A., University of Houston-Clear Lake; Ph.D., The Union Institute and University.

Peggy Lindner. Assistant Professor, Information Science Technology; B.S. and M.S., Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany; Ph.D., Stuttgart University, Germany.

Xuqing (Jason) Wu. Associate Professor, Information Science Technology; B.S., University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China; M.Sc., University of Alberta, Canada; Ph.D., University of Houston.

Yunpeng (Jack) Zhang. Associate Professor, Information Science Technology; B.S., M.Sc., and Ph.D., Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.