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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College of Technology and Computer Science Faculty


David M. White, Professor and Dean
(BS, Concord College; MS, Radford College; EdD, University of Tennessee)
Leslie R. Pagliari, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
(BS, MS, East Carolina University; PhD, Walden University)
Evelyn C. Brown, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
(BS, Furman University; MS, North Carolina State University; PhD, University of Virginia)

Department of Computer Science

Karl R. Abrahamson, Associate Professor and Interim Chair
(BS, PhD, University of Washington)
Junhua Ding, Assistant Professor
(MS, PhD, Florida International University)
Qin Ding, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Nanjing University; PhD, North Dakota State University)
K. Gopalakrishnan, Associate Professor
(BE, University of Madras; MTech, Indian Statistical Institute; PhD, University of Nebraska)
Robert D. Hoggard, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS, East Carolina University)
Masao Kishore, Associate Professor
(BA, University of California, Berkeley; MS, University of Toledo; MA, PhD, Princeton University)
Lakshmi Narasimhan, Professor
(BE, Indian Institute of Science; ME, Madras Institute of Technology; PhD, University of Queensland)
Ronnie W. Smith, Associate Professor
(BS, Vanderbilt University; MS, PhD, Duke University)
Mohammad H. Tabrizi, Professor and Graduate Director
(BSc, University of Manchester; MS, PhD, University of Sheffield)
Sergiy Vilkomir, Associate Professor
(College of Gifted Students Moscow State University; MS, Kharkov State University; PhD, Kharkov Polytechnic University)
James Frederick Wirth, Associate Professor
(BS, PhD, University of Notre Dame)

Department of Construction Management

Syed Ahmed, Professor and Chair
(BSCE, University of Engineering and Technology; MSCE, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology)
David L. Batie, Associate Professor
(BS, MA, University of Nebraska; PhD, Texas A&M University)
Gazan A. Bozai, Assistant Professor
(BS, NEDUET; MS, Auburn University; PhD, Auburn University)
Grady Eric Connell, Associate Professor
(BA, City University of New York; MA, University of Texas; PhD, Texas A&M University)
Donna A. Hollar, Assistant Professor
(BS, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; MSCE, University of Washington, PhD, NC State University)
Namhun Lee, Assistant Professor
(BE, Kyung-Hee University; MS, University of Washington; PhD, University of Washington)
Rebecca Norwood MacDonald, Instructor
(BA, Georgia Institute of Technology; MS, University of Alabama)
Kamalesh Panthi, Assistant Professor
(BA, Karnataka Regional Engineering College; MS, Asian Institute of Technology; PhD, Florida International University)
Ronald H. Sessoms, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MA, East Carolina University)
George C. Wang, Assistant Professor
(BE, ME, Tongji University; PhD, University of Wollongong)
Bryan E. Wheeler, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS East Carolina University)

Department of Engineering

O. Hayden Griffin, Professor and Chair
(BS, MS, Texas Tech; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Tarek M. Abdel-Salam, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Cairo University; PhD, Old Dominion University)
Eban Z. Bean, Assistant Professor
(BS,MS,PhD, University of Florida
Evelyn C. Brown, Professor
(BS, Furman University; MS, North Carolina State University; PhD, University of Virginia)
Ricky Castles, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BS,MS, PhD, Virginia Tech)
Karen De Urquidi, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS, University of Michigan)
Eugene Dixon, Associate Professor
(BS, Auburn University; MBA, Nova Southeastern University; PhD, University of Alabama in Huntsville)
Stephanie George, Assistant Professor
(BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; PhD Georgia Institute of Technology)
William Howard, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; PhD, Marquette University)
Paul J. Kauffmann, Professor
(BS, MENG, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; PhD, Pennsylvania State University)
Byungjoon Kim, Associate Professor
(BS, Hanyang University; MS, PhD, University of Nebraska)
Loren Limberis, Associate Professor
(BS, PhD University of Utah)
Barbara Muller-Borer, Associate Professor
(BS, Tufts University; MS, PhD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Gerald Micklow, Professor
(BS MS, Pennsylvania University; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
John C. Reis, Professor
(BS, Oregon State University; MS, PhD, Stanford University)
Richard R. Williams, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Georgia Institute of Technology; PhD, Auburn University)
Jianchu Yao, Associate Professor
(BS, ME, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology; PhD, Kansas State University)

Department of Technology Systems

Tijjani Mohammed, Associate Professor and Interim Chair
(BS, Central Missouri State University; MS, Indiana State University; PhD, Texas A&M University)
Ranjeet Agarwala, Teaching Instructor
(BS, Bangalore University; MS, Texas A&M)
Mark G. Angolia, Teaching Instructor
(BS, ME, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
David L. Batts, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, EdD, East Carolina University)
Michael Behm, Associate Professor
(BS, Millersville University; MS, Temple University; PhD, Oregon State University)
Robert A. Chin, Professor
(BA, University of Northern Colorado; MAE, Ball State University; PhD, University of Maryland)
Te-Shun Chou, Assistant Professor
(BS, Feng Chia University; MS, PhD, Florida International University)
Charles E. Coddington, Professor
(BS, California University of Pennsylvania; MED, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, University of Maryland)
Kanchan K. Das, Assistant Professor
(BA, MS, Indian Institutes of Technology; PhD, University of Windsor)
Melinda T. Doty, Teaching Instructor
(BA, MS, East Carolina University)
Carolyn K. Dunn, Assistant Professor
(BA, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, East Carolina University)
J. Barry Duvall, Professor
(BS, MS, Indiana State University; PhD, University of Maryland
Hamid Fonooni, Associate Professor
(BS Indiana State University; MS, PhD, University of Cincinnati)
Amy R. Frank, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS, Eastern Illinois University)
Sandra L. Friend, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS, Murray State University)
Clyde Hicks, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS, East Carolina University)
Andrew E. Jackson, Professor
(BA, University of Louisville; MA, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; PhD University of Central Florida)
Samir Y. Khoury, Assistant Professor
(BAS, Mount Olive College; MSA, Central Michigan University; PhD, Capella University)
Jeanne M. Lawrence, Teaching Instructor
(BS, University of Florida; MBA, Hofstra University)
Charles J. Lesko, Assistant Professor
(BA, United States Naval Academy; MS, Boston University; PhD, Walden University)
ChengCheng Li, Associate Professor
(BS, Bejing Polytechnic University; MS, PhD Texas Tech University)
Peng Li, Associate Professor
(MS, PhD, University of Connecticut)
Jimmy B. Linn, Teaching Instructor
(BS, Rose Institute of Technology; MS, Purdue University)
Philip J. Lunsford, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Georgia Institute of Technology; PhD, North Carolina State University)
Merwan Mehta, Associate Professor
(BE, University of Bombay; MS, PhD, University of Missouri, Rolla)
Gonzague Erol Ozan, Associate Professor
(BS, Middle East Technical University; MS, Istanbul University; PhD, Old Dominion University)
Leslie R. Pagliari, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, East Carolina University; PhD, Walden University)
Leonard E. Palmer, Teaching Instructor
(United States Military Academy; MBA, Florida Institute of Technology; MS, Air Force Institute of Technology)
John L. Pickard, Teaching Instructor
(BS, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; MBA, Wayland Baptist University)
Janet H. Sanders, Assistant Professor
(MS, Clemson University; PhD, North Carolina A&T State University)
Lee W. Toderick, Teaching Instructor
(BS, East Carolina University; MS, Boston University)