2017-2018 - College Of Engineering & Computer Science · College of Engineering & Computer Science FACULTY & STAFF ... MANAGEMENT Mikael Anderson . . . . . . .56 ... the value of

Sacramento State

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6000 J Street, MS 6023

Sacramento, CA

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College of Engineering and Computer Science

Faculty / Staff

Vision We strive to be a valued community of

scholars in which students are engaged in

diverse learning experiences with faculty who

are devoted to student success and technical

achievement.

Mission Through contemporary curricula, engaging

pedagogy, scholarship and applied research,

we produce career-ready graduates prepared

for a lifetime of professional achievement and

intellectual growth.

Atousa Yazdani . . . . . . . .76

Mahyar Zarghami . . . . . .77

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Estelle M . Eke . . . . . . . . . .80

Jose J . Granda . . . . . . . .81

Sue L . Holl . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Patrick Homen . . . . . . . . .83

Akihiko Kumagai . . . . . . .84

Farzan Kazemifar . . . . . . .85

Tim Marbach . . . . . . . . . .86

Marcus Romani . . . . . . . .87

Kenneth Sprott . . . . . . . .88

Yong S . Suh . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Troy D . Topping . . . . . . . .90

Ilhan Tuzcu . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Rustin Vogt . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Farshid Zabihian . . . . . . .93

Dongmei Zhou . . . . . . . .94

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Jointly offered by the CSC and EEE Departments

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Mikael Anderson . . . . . . .56

Keith A . Bisharat . . . . . . .57

Gareth Figgess . . . . . . . . .58

Karen Lee Hansen . . . . . .59

ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Fethi Belkhouche . . . . . .62

Dennis Dahlquist . . . . . .63

Mohammed Eltayeb . . .64

Perry L . Heedley . . . . . . .65

Preetham B . Kumar . . . .66

Milica Markovic . . . . . . . .67

Thomas W . Matthews . .68

Praveen Meduri . . . . . . . .69

Jing Pang . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Warren D . Smith . . . . . . .71

Russell Tatro . . . . . . . . . . .72

Tracy Toups . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Suresh Vadhva . . . . . . . . . 74

Mohammad Vaziri . . . . .75

DEAN’S OFFICE

Lorenzo M . Smith . . . . . . . 6

Kevan Shafizadeh . . . . . . . 6

E . Antoinette Vojtech . . . . 6

Denise Anderson . . . . . . . 7

Fausta Romo . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Suzanne Abshire . . . . . . . . 7

ADMIN SUPPORT. . . . . .8

SUPPORT SERVICES. . .10

TECHNICAL SUPPORT 15

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Richard Armstrong . . . . .18

Cyrus Aryani . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Ed Dammel . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Benjamin Fell . . . . . . . . . .21

Julie Fogarty . . . . . . . . . . .22

Karen Lee Hansen . . . . . .23

John Johnston . . . . . . . . .24

Ghazan Khan . . . . . . . . . .25

Ramzi J . Mahmood . . . .26

Eric E . Matsumoto . . . . . .27

Saad M . Merayyan . . . . .28

Amir M . Motlagh . . . . . . .29

Cristina M . Poindexter . .30

Kimberly Scott-Hallet . .31

Kevan Shafizadeh . . . . . .32

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Behnam S . Arad . . . . . . . .36

Anna Baynes . . . . . . . . . .37

Weide Chang . . . . . . . . . .38

Haiquan (Victor) Chen .39

Yuan Cheng . . . . . . . . . . .40

Jun Dai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Nikrouz Faroughi . . . . . .42

V . Scott Gordon . . . . . . . .43

Ying Jin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Ted Krovetz . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Meiliu Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Pinar Muyan-Ozcelik . . .47

Jinsong Ouyang . . . . . . .48

Ahmed M . Salem . . . . . .49

Ghassan Shobaki . . . . . .50

Xiaoyan Sun . . . . . . . . . . .51

Chung-E Wang . . . . . . . .52

Cui Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

DEAN’S OFFICE

WELCOME

Our College of Engineering and Computer

Science is the region’s pipeline for work-

ready engineering, computer science,

and construction management leaders.

The force behind our delivery of such

leaders is generated by our faculty, who are

among the most talented, dedicated and

caring people in academia. Through their

outstanding teaching and creative applied

research solutions, they are here to serve our

students and community. With this booklet,

I invite you to connect with our College of

Engineering and Computer Science.

Lorenzo M. Smith,Dean

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DEAN’S OFFICE

Fausta RomoCollege Resource Analyst

Email [email protected] Office RVR 2014D Phone (916) 278-6367

Denise AndersonDean’s Administrative Assistant

Email [email protected] Office RVR 2014E Phone (916) 278-6127

DEAN’S OFFICE ASSISTANTS

Lorenzo M. SmithDean, College of Engineering and Computer Science

Email [email protected] Office RVR 2014F Phone (916) 278-6127

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Kevan Shafizadeh Associate Dean Email [email protected] Office RVR 2014C Phone (916) 278-6862

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E. Antoinette Vojtech Director of Development Email [email protected] Office Sac Hall 118 Phone (916) 278-4912

Suzanne AbshireCollege Resource Analyst

& Associate Dean's Assistant Email [email protected] Office RVR 2014 Phone (916) 278-6830

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ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Anyssa Lumbert Administrative Support Coordinator I Email [email protected] Office RVR 4026 Phone (916) 278-6616


Andrew Haff Administrative Support Coordinator II Email [email protected] Office RVR 3018E Phone (916) 278-6320


Ryan Gorsiski Administrative Support Coordinator II Email [email protected] Office RVR 4024F Phone (916) 278-6624

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Ashley Mihok Administrative Support Coordinator II Email [email protected] Office RVR 4024C Phone (916) 278-6982

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Veronica Pruitt Administrative Support Coordinator II Email [email protected] Office RVR 3018H Phone (916) 278-5843

COMPUTER SCIENCE & ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Administrative Support Assistant II Vacant

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SUPPORT SERVICES

John Jones Web Developer/Ext. Media Email [email protected] Office RVR 2030 Phone (916) 278-1519

Michael Keenan OS Analyst Email [email protected] Office RVR 2032 Phone (916) 278-6186

Derek Cuffe OS Analyst Email [email protected] Office RVR 2024 Phone (916) 278-2856

SUPPORT SERVICES

COMPUTING & COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Lynne Koropp Director Email [email protected] Office RVR 2028 Phone (916) 278-3547

Patrick Brannan IT Consultant Email [email protected] Office RVR 2022 Phone (916) 278-7279

Ray Frazier OS Analyst Email [email protected] Office RVR 2026 Phone (916) 278-5413

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SUPPORT SERVICES SUPPORT SERVICES

COMPUTING & COMMUNICATION SERVICES CONT.

System Support Center Help Desk, Info & Problem Reporting Email [email protected] Office RVR 2016 Phone (916) 278-2858 Email [email protected] Lab RVR 2011 Phone (916) 278-6690

CONSULTING & PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

Richard Zamora, Ph.D. Counselor Email [email protected] Office SCL 1213 Phone (916) 278-7294

INTERNSHIP & CAREER SERVICES

Neysa Bush Director Email [email protected] Office SCL 1204A Phone (916) 278-7091

Aimee Ring Administrative Support Assistant II Email [email protected] Office SCL 1204 Phone (916) 278-6756

TECHNICAL SERVICES

James Ster Lead Equipment Tech III, Specialist Email [email protected] Office SCL 1245A Phone (916) 278-5624


Mike Newton Equipment Tech III Email [email protected] Office SCL 1327 Phone (916) 278-6253


R. K. Ravuri Equipment Tech III Email [email protected] Office RVR 3016A Phone (916) 278-7955

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TECHNICAL SUPPORTSUPPORT SERVICES

MESA ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Jaime White Director Email [email protected] Office SCL 1213 Phone (916) 278-5468

Rachel Garcia Student Services Professional III Email [email protected] Office SCL 1213 Phone (916) 278-7879

Reyna Angeles Administrative Support Assistant II Email [email protected] Office SCL 1213 Phone (916) 278-7969

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Civil engineers design and maintain public

works such as roads, bridges, water and

sewage systems as well as public facilities

like ports, railways, and airports. Civil

engineers are instrumental in planning,

analyzing, and designing the facilities

that touch many aspects of our everyday

lives—from the water we drink to the roads

we use to get to work or school to the

buildings where we live and work.

CIVILENGINEERING

Ben Fell,Department Chair

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Teaching Interests Earthquake Engineering; Computational Mechanics; and Dam Engineering.

Areas of Scholarship Soil and Structural Dynamics; Soil-structure Interaction; Ground Motion Development; Computational Mechanics; and Dam Engineering.

Scholarship Statement Developing and implementing analytical techniques that improve the ability to predict the response of civil infrastructure to earthquake loads means a more realistic assessment of performance and resilience can be made and lead to more targeted and calculated enhancements to civil-engineer-ing systems.

Selected PublicationArmstrong, et al. (2014). Equivalent-static

analysis of piled bridge abutments affected by earthquake-induced liquefaction. J. of Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng., ASCE, 140(8).

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University of California, Davis ‘10Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests Soil Mechanics; Foundation Engineering;

Slope Stability Analysis and Landslide Stabilization; Soil Improvement; Retaining Structures; and Geosynthetics.

Areas of Scholarship Shallow and Deep Foundations. Slope

Stabilization; Ground Modification. Retaining Structures; Geosynthetics.

Scholarship Statement Designing safe foundation systems for

support of buildings and bridges; analysis and design of earth dams for reservoirs; design and improvement of levees for flood protection; stabilizing slopes and sites for construction purposes.

Selected PublicationA four-volume book series (Applied Soil Mechanics

and Foundation Engineering 2014) Analysis and design in geotechnical engineering with new developments and applications.

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Cyrus AryaniPh.D. Civil EngineeringUtah State University ‘84Professor

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Teaching Interests Environmental Engineering and Computational Methods.

Areas of Scholarship Bioremediation and Stormwater Quality.

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Ed DammelPh.D. Environmental EngineeringUniversity of California, Davis ‘97Associate Professor

Teaching Interests Structural analysis; Steel design; Structural dynamics; earthquake engineering.

Areas of Scholarship Large-scale experimental techniques; Earthquake engineering, and Resilient light-framed structures.

Scholarship Statement Earthquake loads typically govern the lateral load cases for structural design in large regions of the Western U.S. My research focuses on improving our understanding of structural behavior during earthquakes so that we can reduce the risk to society.

Selected PublicationFell, B. V. and O’Rourke, M. J. (2014). “Loss of

Pressure Boundary through Buckling-Induced Fracture in the Ciudad Nezahualc—yotl Pipeline.” Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, ASCE.

Benjamin FellPh.D. Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of California, Davis ‘08Associate ProfessorChair, Department of Civil Engineering

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Teaching Interests Structural analysis; Steel design; and Solid mechanics.

Areas of Scholarship Design of Steel Structures; Earthquake Engineering; and Educational Tools.

Scholarship Statement Understanding steel column behavior under extreme events is necessary for the safe and efficient design of steel structures. To improve this understanding, my research focuses on steel columns that have experi-enced local flange damage as well as those subjected to seismic loading.

Selected PublicationFogarty, J. and El-Tawil, S. (2015) “Collapse

Resistance of Steel Columns under Combined Axial and Lateral Loading” J. of Structural Engineering.

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Ph.D. Civil EngineeringUniversity of Michigan ‘15Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests CE Professional Practice; Sustainable Design and Construction; Project Management and Innovative Project Delivery.

Areas of Scholarship Civil Engineering Professional Practice; Sustainability and Infrastructure Resilience; Design Build and Integrated Project Delivery.

Scholarship Statement I am highly motivated to communicate the value of C. E. and C. M. to those outside the profession as a way of elevat-ing the public discussion regarding our decaying infrastructure and of attracting potential students.

Selected PublicationHansen, Karen L. & Zenobia, Kent E. (2011).

Civil Engineer’s Handbook of Professional Practice. ASCE and John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.

Karen Lee HansenPh.D. Civil Engineering Stanford University ‘93M .S . Construction Management Stanford University ‘85Professor

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Teaching Interests Transportation Engineering: Planning, Operations, Design, and Safety; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Statistics.

Areas of Scholarship Roundabouts, Design and Safety of Horizontal Curves; Crash Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling in Transportation; Applications of GIS in Transportation Engineering.

Scholarship Statement Approximately 35,000 people died in road crashes last year which is 96 fatalities every-day of the year. My research helps find the causes of these crashes and develop strate-gies to make our roads safe and efficient for all users.

Selected PublicationG. Khan, A. R. Bill, M. Chitturi, D. A. Noyce.

“Horizontal Curves, Signs, and Safety.” Transportation Research Record. TRB Washington D.C. 2012, Issue 2279, pp. 124-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2279-15.

Ghazan KhanPh.D. Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison ‘12Assistant Professor

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Teaching Interests Environmental Engineering: Water Quality, and Treatment Processes; Water Resources Engineering.

Areas of Scholarship Stormwater Quality and Treatment Best Management Practices (BMPs).

Scholarship Statement Stormwater pollutants contribute to the impairment of many water bodies. We need efficient and affordable treatment processes that can fit into existing dispersed infrastruc-ture and operate under a variety of hydrologic conditions.

Selected PublicationPatel, D., Johnston, J., Lucas, B., and McCamman, K.

‘15. Field-Scale Column Testing of Engineered Soils and Bioretention Configurations for the Removal of Nutrients and Lesser-Studied Constituents. Presented at the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) 11th Annual Conference, October.

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Teaching Interests Geo-Environmental Engineering; Engineering Statistics and Data Analysis; Transport Modeling.

Areas of Scholarship Environmental Data Analysis; Decision Making; Highly Variable Data; Spatial Analysis; Numerical Methods and Solutions; Contaminated Site Characterization.

Scholarship Statement My research group provides technical advice on water policy issues; assists in watershed planning; and performs modeling, data anal-ysis, and cost assessments to help both the public and private sectors make informed decisions. My training group provides train-ing for operators and managers of water and wastewater treatment plants.

Selected PublicationQuality Improvement Plans, Amman, Jordan,

UNESCO’a Rehabilitation of Iraq’s Higher Education System Project, October 27-29, ‘13.

Ramzi J. MahmoodPh.D. Civil EngineeringUtah State University ‘88ProfessorDirector of Office of Water Programs

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Teaching Interests Structural Concrete; Precast, Prestressed Concrete; Earthquake Engineering.

Areas of Scholarship Accelerated Bridge Construction using Precast Bridge Elements and Systems; Seismic Connections for Precast Systems; Anchorage to Concrete.

Scholarship Statement Accelerated Bridge Construction technol-ogies are critical to rehabilitate, repair, or replace ~250,000 deficient bridges, many in seismic regions. My research develops seismic precast elements and systems as a prime solution to this problem.

Selected PublicationRestrepo, J. I., Tobolski, M. J., and Matsumoto,

E. E., “Development of a Precast Bent Cap System for Seismic Regions,” NCHRP Report 681, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Washington, D.C., April ‘11, 116 pp.

Eric E. MatsumotoPh.D. Structural EngineeringUniversity of Texas, Austin ‘00Professor

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Teaching Interests Environmental Engineering; Wastewater Treatment; Water Reuse; Environmental Microbiology.

Areas of Scholarship Interface of environmental process engi-neering and environmental microbiology; Understand the microbial communities involved in environmental processes, Optimization of nutrient removal processes in wastewater treatment.

Scholarship Statement Wastewater is the black gold in a new era of sustainability. My research focuses on biological wastewater treatment and resource recovery. It is so interesting to study what amazing jobs bacteria can accomplish in a very sustainable way!

Selected PublicationMotlagh, A. M., et al. (2017). Insights of phage-

host interaction in hypersaline ecosystem through metagenomics analyses. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8: 352.

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Amir M. MotlaghPh.D. Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Utah ‘16Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests Water Resources Infrastructure; Watershed Modeling and Management; Water Resources Planning.

Areas of Scholarship Modeling of Water Resources Infrastructure; Watershed Modeling; Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation.

Scholarship Statement My research is applied in nature and focuses on the design, analysis and modeling of water resources infrastructure. I am studying the impacts of climate change on hydrology, water supply and management, and devel-oping adaptation strategies.

Selected PublicationMerayyan, S. and Safi, S. (2014) “Feasibility

of Groundwater Banking under Various Hydrologic Conditions in California, USA,” Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering, 3, 79-92. doi: 10.4236/cweee.2014.33009.

Saad M. MerayyanPh.D. Civil and Environmental EngineeringWayne State University ‘01Professor

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Teaching Interests Fluid Mechanics; Hydrology; and Transport and Mixing in the Environment.

Areas of Scholarship Wetland restoration and Wetland Accretion; Air-water and Land-atmosphere Gas Fluxes; and Water Flow Measurement Technology.

Scholarship Statement Rising sea levels threaten low lying areas and infrastructure; wetlands can help mitigate these threats by accreting sediment and organic matter, and damping waves. My research identifies how wetland restoration projects can maximize these benefits.

Selected PublicationPoindexter, C. M. & Variano, E. A. (2013). Gas

exchange in wetlands with emergent vegetation: The effects of wind and thermal convection at the air‐water interface. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 118(3), 1297-1306.

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Teaching Interests Statics; Mechanics of Materials; Structural Design Electives

Areas of Scholarship Structural Analysis; Building Design; Construction Administration; Forensic Engineering and Building Collapse Analysis.

, P. E., S.E. Kimberly Scott-HalletM.S. Structural Engineering and MechanicsUniversity of Washington ‘98Full-time Lecturer

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Teaching Interests Transportation Engineering and Planning; Applied Engineering Statistics; Computer Applications in Civil Engineering.

Areas of Scholarship Transportation Management and Facility Operations; Traffic Safety; Travel Behavior and Demand; Non-Motorized and Sustainable Transportation Planning.

Scholarship Statement My research involves applying quantitative and statistical methods to analyze and evalu-ate various issues in transportation engineer-ing and planning. I help to better understand how and why we travel from point A to point B.

Selected PublicationSchneider, R., Shafizadeh, K. and Handy, S. (2015).

“Method to Adjust Institute of Transportation Engineers Vehicle Trip Generation Estimates in Smart-Growth Areas,” J. of Transport and Land Use, 8(1).

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Ph.D. Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Washington ‘02ProfessorAssociate Dean

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COMPUTER SCIENCECui Zhang,

Department Chair

Computer Science is a systematic study of

computing and its applications, ranging from

its theoretical and algorithmic foundations

to the cutting-edge technologies in many

areas including computer architecture and

engineering, computer graphics and games,

computer networks and data communication,

database systems, information assurance

and security, intelligent systems, mobile and

ubiquitous computing, system software, and

software engineering.

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Teaching Interests Information Visualization, Algorithms,

Software Engineering, Information AnalyticsAreas of Scholarship Information Visualization, Visual Analytics Scholarship Statement My research focuses on new techniques to

improve analytics and visualization tech-niques for large data sets.

Selected Publication A. Shaverdian, H. Zhou, H. V. Jagadish and

G. Michailidis. A Graph Algebra for Visual Analytics, Visualization and Data Analysis, 2012.

Anna BaynesPh.D. Computer ScienceUniversity of Michigan ‘12Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests Hardware Design and Validation using EDA tools;

Computer architecture; Parallel computing .Areas of Scholarship Design of Power-efficient Hardware; Validation of

Complex Embedded Systems; Hardware Security .Scholarship Statement My research focuses on the design of secure and

power-efficient hardware . Energy efficiency and security are important design considerations for mobile devices . My findings contribute to the design of more energy-efficient and secure mobile devices .

Selected Publication “A Pipelined Implementation of Hash Stream

1-Synthetic Initialization Vector Encryption Algorithm,” M . Durai, B . S . Arad, International Journal of Computers and their Applications, Vol 24, CATA Special Issue, 2016 .

Behnam S. AradPh.D. Electrical EngineeringLouisiana State University ‘97Professor

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Teaching Interests Operating Systems; Compiler Construction;

Computer Architecture.Areas of Scholarship Hidden Markov Modeling; Social

Network Analysis .Scholarship Statement Developing accurate and predictive computer

models through simulation on data collected from complex and dynamic systems . Monitoring and weighing on group and individual signifi-cances in socially-connected activities .

Selected Publication ”Study of Scientific Collaborations in the

Intelligence and Security Informatics Research Community by Social Network Analysis,” Social Network Analysis and Management of the 34th of the Brazilian Computer Society (CSBC 2014 - BrasNAM), July 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (invited paper, with Cheng, Day, and Shih).

Weide ChangPh.D. Computer Science

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ‘96

Associate Professor

Teaching Interests (No)SQL Databases; Data Analytics and

Mining; Dynamic Webs, Data Science Education.

Areas of Scholarship Machine Learning; Security on Location-

based Social Networks; Cyber-Physical Systems.

Scholarship Statement My goal is to develop scalable machine learn-

ing/secure algorithms for big data in urban spaces, including data sensing, management, analytics, and visualization, to tackle the issues that cities face.

Selected Publication “Scaling up Markov Logic Probabilistic Inference

for Social Graphs”, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), ‘16

“Leveraging Spatio-Temporal Redundancy for RFID Data Cleansing”, ACM International Conference on Mgmt. of Data (SIGMOD), ‘10

Haiquan (Victor) Chen Ph.D. Computer Science Auburn University ‘11 Assistant Professor

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Teaching Interests Algorithms; Security; Cloud Computing.Areas of Scholarship Security; Privacy; Social Computing;

Cloud Computing.Scholarship Statement My research focuess on developing tech-

niques and strategies that help users enjoy sharing while keeping their data away from inappropriate access. I’m currently inter-ested in applying these techniques in social computing, cloud computing, and Internet of Things, which all share one common characteristic: relationships.

Selected Publication Yuan Cheng, Jaehong Park and Ravi Sandhu,

“An Access Control Model for Online Social Networks Using User-to-User Relationships”. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 13(4): 424-436, July/August 2016.

Yuan Cheng Ph.D. Computer Science

University of Texas, San Antonio ‘14Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests Network Security; Computer Networking;

Computer ForensicsAreas of Scholarship Network and Distributed System Security;

Big Data in Enterprise Cyber Security Space; Cloud Security; Mobile Security.

Scholarship Statement Standing on the defense side of the cyber

warfare, my research addresses emerging security concerns in large-scale networks or mobile systems. My work delivers macro-scopic perspectives, and helps people iden-tify new problems or get better solutions.

Selected PublicationBen White, Jun Dai and Cui Zhang, “Secure

Coding Assistant: Enforcing Secure Coding Practices Using the Eclipse Development Environment,” National Cyber Summit 2016, Huntsville, AL, Jun 8-9, 2016.

Jun DaiPh.D. Information Sciences

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Teaching Interests Digital Logic; Computer Architecture. Areas of Scholarship Single and Multiprocessor Systems Architecture;

Computer Security through Hardware .Scholarship Statement As more data are created, processed, and

transmitted, both demand for more powerful computers and the possibility of unauthorized access to data increase . Hardware—better than software—can play a role in keeping digital systems secure .

Selected Publications Textbook: “Digital Logic Design & Computer

Organization, with computer architecture for security,” McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.

“A Pipelined Salsal20 Encryption Hardware Accelerator,” 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, Monte Carlo Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2010. With student Dayah Iman.

Nikrouz FaroughiPh.D. Electrical EngineeringMichigan State University ‘87ProfessorCoordinator, Computer

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Graphics Programming; Video Game Architecture; Artificial Intelligence; Computing Theory and Languages.

Areas of Scholarship Artificial Intelligence; 3D Graphics/

GPU Shader Programming; Neural and Evolutionary Computation.

Scholarship Statement My artificial intelligence research has focused

on neural networks, genetic algorithms, and game tree search. I am also interested in GPU shader programming and its application to 3D graphics, game engine architecture, and virtual reality.

Selected Publications Textbook: “Computer Graphics Programming in

OpenGL with Java”, Mercury Learning, 2017. Ray, Gordon, and Vaucher. “Evolving QWOP

Gaits”, 2014 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Vancouver, BC.

V. Scott GordonPh.D. Computer ScienceColorado State University ‘94Professor

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Teaching Interests Database Design, Database System

Implementation, Data structures; Algorithm Analysis.

Areas of Scholarship Database Systems and Applications; Event

and Rule Processing in Centralized and Distributed Environments; Data Security and Privacy.

Scholarship Statement My research focuses on various aspects

related to data management such as database system structuring and applica-tion design, and data security. It facilitates data-centric application design in an efficient, secure way.

Selected Publication M. Nithyanandam, Y. Jin, “An Active Rule-Based

System for XACML 3.0”, in the proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, March, 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Ying JinPh.D. Computer Science and EngineeringArizona State University ‘04Professor

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Teaching Interests Computer programming; Discrete mathematics;

Design and Analysis of Algorithms; Compilers; Cryptography .

Areas of Scholarship High-speed Provable Symmetric Cryptography,

Authenticated Encryption, Universal Hashing, Specification and Implementation of Cryptographic Algorithms .

Scholarship Statement My work focuses on making it harder to make

mistakes when using cryptography and at the same time, making cryptography computation-ally less expensive . These two goals make good cryptography more attractive to use .

Selected Publications Krovetz & Rogaway, The OCB authenticated-en-

cryption algorithm, RFC 7253, IETF, 2014. Krovetz & Rogaway, The software performance

of authenticated-encryption modes, in Fast Software Encryption (FSE 2011), Springer, ‘11.

Ted KrovetzPh.D. Computer ScienceUniversity of California, Davis ‘00Professor

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Teaching Interests Data Warehousing and Data Mining;

Machine Learning; Algorithms; Computing Theory.

Areas of Scholarship Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD);

Big-data Applications; Machine Learning Algorithms Design and Applications; Education Capacity Building through User-paced Learning Tools.

Scholarship Statement My research is about automated, actionable

knowledge creation and predictive models for use by humans and computers. A set of Internet delivered KDD courseware/tools has been developed to help students learn necessary computing skills more efficiently.

Selected Publication N. Vijayendra and M. Lu, “A Web-based ETL tool

for Data Integration Process,” the Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Human System Interaction, 2013.

Meiliu LuPh .D . Computer ScienceUniversity of Illinois ‘87Professor

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Teaching Interests Computer Games and Graphics; Mobile

Computing; GPU Computing.Areas of Scholarship GPU Computing; Mobile Computing;

Artificial Intelligence.Scholarship Statement I research GPU computing in various

domains including mobile and embedded systems (multitasking among real-time tasks), automotive computing (recognizing speed-limit signs), and medical imaging (performing image registration). Also, research in artificial intelligence (building robotic controllers) and machine learning (implementing sampling methods).

Selected Publication “Multitasking Real-time Embedded GPU

Computing Tasks, “ Pinar Muyan-Ozcelik and John D. Owens, 7th International Workshop on Programming Models and Applications for Multicores and Manycores (PMAM work-shop at PPoPP), March 12-16 2016, Barcelona, Spain.

Pinar Muyan-OzcelikPh.D. Computer ScienceUniversity of California, Davis ‘14Assistant Professor

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Teaching Interests Distributed Systems; Data Structures and

Algorithm Analysis; Operating Systems.Areas of Scholarship Distributed Systems Including Cloud

Computing, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, and Computer Networks.

Scholarship Statement My research has been in the areas of distributed

systems and computer networks, especially focusing on manageability, dependability, and adaptability of distributed systems.

Selected Publication T.J. Distler and J. Ouyang. Clock Synchronization

for Distributed Media Applications. Software: Practice and Experience, 37(14): 1489-1514, 2007.

Jinsong OuyangPh.D. Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of New South Wales ‘97Professor

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Teaching Interests Software Engineering, Software Testing and

Quality Assurance, System Requirements Engineering.

Areas of Scholarship Requirements Specification and Design

Modeling; Verification and Validation Methodology and Techniques; Information Assurance.

Scholarship Statement Research is an essential component in

advancing our university and commu-nity. With research, new ideas, theories, and techniques are discovered which will enable us to explore greater heights and to achieve further goals in teaching and learning.

Selected Publication Ahmed M. Salem, Abrar A. Qureshi “Analysis

of Inconsistencies in Object Oriented Metrics” Journal of Software Engineering and Applications (JSEA) - published 2011.

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Teaching Interests Compilers; Algorithms and Theory of

Computation; Operating Systems.Areas of Scholarship Compiler Optimizations; Combinatorial

Optimization Algorithms; Computer Architecture and System Performance.

Scholarship Statement A compiler translates a program written in a

high-level language into machine language and applies a number of optimizations to the generated code; therefore, compilers play an important role in improving the performance of application programs.

Selected Publication G. Shobaki and J. Jamal. “An Exact Algorithm

for the Sequential Ordering Problem and its Application to Switching Energy Minimization in Compilers.” Journal of Computational Optimization and Applications, vol. 61, issue 2, June 2015.

Ghassan Shobaki Ph.D. Computer Science University of California, Davis ‘06 Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests Computer networks; Network Security;

System Security.Areas of Scholarship Enterprise-level Network/Distributed

System Security; Cloud Security; Cyber Situational Awareness; Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET); Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).

Scholarship Statement Cyber security intelligence is a major moti-

vation of my research; it requires support from both advanced security techniques and cyber situation knowledge integration. I develop practical approaches or systems to address real-world cyber security problems.

Selected Publication Sun, et al., “Inferring the Stealthy Bridges

between Enterprise Network Islands in Cloud Using Cross-Layer Bayesian Networks”, 10th Intl. Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm), Beijing, China, ‘14. (Best Paper Award Nomination.)

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Xiaoyan SunPh.D. Information Sciences and TechnologyPennsylvania State University ‘16Assistant Professor


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Teaching Interests Design and Analysis of Algorithms; Systems

Programming; Computer Networking; Introductory Programming.

Areas of Scholarship Algorithms; Parallel Computation; Computer

Networking; Compression; Encryption; Computational Biology.

Scholarship Statement Most of my research efforts are related to

algorithms. One goal is to bring out the impor-tance of algorithms in the field of computer science. My most recent interest is in computa-tional biology.

Selected Publication “A Theoretical Study of Extreme Parallelism in

Sequence Alignments”, Journal of Information and Computing Science (World Academic Press, World Academic Union) Vol. 8, No. 4, 2013, pp. 264-274.

Chung-E WangPh.D. Computer ScienceUniversity of Iowa ‘83Professor

Teaching Interests Programming Language Theories and

Paradigms; Formal Methods for Secure Software Engineering; Software Architecture.

Areas of Scholarship Formal Methods for Secure Software

Engineering; Software Architecture; Programming Language Theories and Paradigms.

Scholarship Statement Most of my recent research is related to

secure software engineering, important to information assurance and security.

Selected Publications Lai, Zhang, & Busovaca, “2-SQUARE: A

Web-Based Enhancement of SQUARE Privacy and Security Requirements Engineering,” International Journal of Software Innovation, 1(1), 41-53, Jan-March 2013.

Darville & Zhang, “A Semi-Automation of a Cost Benefit Analysis Method,” Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 5, No. 6, ‘12.

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Cui ZhangPh.D. Computer Science Nanjing University, China ‘86ProfessorChair, Department of Computer Science

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTMikael Anderson,

Department Chair

Construction Management is the

organization and direction of building

projects. Construction Managers

oversee the building of roads, bridges,

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Teaching Interests Engineering: Analysis and Design, Building/Transportation; Construction Management: Labor and Equipment Productivity Analysis; Construction Safety: Federal & California OSHA Authorized Training Instructor.

Areas of Scholarship Solar Decathlon Project: Design, Build and Test Full-scale Home to be Net Zero, Affordable, Sustainable, Aesthetic, and Water Conservation; Service Learning Projects: Hands-on Learning Projects for the Community .

Scholarship Statement With a responsibility to prepare students for the work force, my scholarly work is focused on applied research and service learning projects to provide hands-on practical experience .

Selected PublicationDepartment of Energy 2015 Solar Decathlon

Project Competition: co-principle investiga-tor with Gareth Figgess Presentation; paper pending for Feb 2015.

Mikael AndersonM.S. Structural EngineeringUniversity of California, Davis ‘98ProfessorChair, Department of Construction

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Teaching Interests Graphics; Construction Documents; Scheduling; Project Management; Construction Materials and Processes; Construction Operations and Methods Analysis.

Areas of Scholarship Graphic Communication in Construction and the Development, Presentation, and Management of Information Generally; Functional Art.

Scholarship Statement My construction graphics text is unique among technical graphics books in that it focuses on how drawings produced by design professionals are translated into discrete processes from which costs can be forecast and a schedule developed .

Selected PublicationConstruction Graphics A Practical Guide to

Interpreting Working Drawings, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (second edition) ISBN #978-0-470-13750-5

Keith A. BisharatM.S. Engineering ScienceUniversity of California, Berkeley ‘83Professor

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Teaching Interests Heavy—Civil and General—Engineering Construction Cost-estimating and Management; Construction Surveying and Layout; Engineering Properties of Soils; Engineering Properties of Construction Materials.

Areas of Scholarship Net-Zero Residential Construction - U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon; Case-based Learning at the Undergraduate Level.

Scholarship StatementMy work has brought students together from

several disciplines across campus to build a home that produces more energy than it consumes. Our work will advance the current methods of residential construction to a more energy-efficient standard.

Gareth FiggessMBA Business Administration California State University, Sacramento ‘11B.S. Civil Engineering,

Construction ManagementCalifornia State University, Sacramento ‘06Assistant Professor

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C . E . Professional Practice; Sustainable Design and Construction; Project Management; Innovative Project Delivery.

Areas of Scholarship Civil Engineering Professional Practice; Sustainability and Infrastructure Resilience; Design Build and Integrated Project Delivery.

Scholarship Statement I am highly motivated to communicate the value of C. E. and C. M. to those outside the profession as a way of elevating the public discussion regard-ing our decaying infrastructure and of attracting potential students.

Selected PublicationHansen, Karen L. & Zenobia, Kent E. (2011).

Civil Engineer’s Handbook of Professional Practice. ASCE and John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.

Karen Lee HansenPh.D. Civil Engineering Stanford University ‘93M.S. Construction Management Stanford University ‘85Professor

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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERINGThomas W. Matthews,

Department Chair

ELECTRICAL& ELECTRONICENGINEERING

Electrical and Electronic Engineers design

electrical systems that generate and distrib-

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well as electronic systems such as comput-

ers, sensors and controls for robots, cell

phones, and other communication devices.

Electrical and Electronic Engineers build the

technology—very large to very small—on

which modern civilization depends.

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Teaching Interests Control systems; Robotics and machine vision; Intelligent Systems.

Areas of Scholarship Motion planning; Multi-agent Systems .

Scholarship Statement My primary research area includes safe motion planning and multi-agent systems. Applications include robotics and intelligent transportation. The goal is to create intelli-gent systems for transportation with high levels of reliability and safety.

Selected PublicationsF. Belkhouche, “Reactive Path Planning in a

Dynamic Environment,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2009. pp 902-911.

F. Belkhouche, “Modeling and Calculating the Collision Risk for Air Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 62, No. 5, 2013, pp. 2031-2042.

Fethi BelkhouchePh.D. Electrical EngineeringTulane University ‘05Associate Professor

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Teaching Interests Systems Design; Hardware and Software Systems; Circuits; Programmable Logic; Microprocessors and Micro-controllers; Incorporating Technology into Teaching Techniques.

Areas of Scholarship Proven and Promising Course Redesign; Professional Engineering; Licensing and Review Courses; Center for Teaching and Learning Mentor to Help Faculty Incorporate Techniques and Technology into Teaching .

Scholarship Statement I am looking for systems engineering solutions to today’s problems and ways to help the commu-nity and industry provide better solutions to the challenging situations faced in today’s world .

Selected PublicationChancellor’s Office proposal and grant for

Proven Course Redesign for Engineering Electric Circuits using MIT’s edX MOOC 6002.x course materials, 2013 to 2014.

Dennis DahlquistM.S. Biomedical EngineeringCalifornia State University, Sacramento ‘81Full-time Lecturer

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Teaching Interests Communication Systems; Wireless Systems; Digital Signal Processing; Computer Networks.

Areas of Scholarship Analysis of Millimeter Wave Systems for 5G; Hybrid Precoding and Channel Estimation; Millimeter Wave Connected Vehicles.

Scholarship Statement The abundance of bandwidth in the milli-meter wave (mmWave) spectrum enables gigabit-per-second data rates for cellular and local area networks. My work revolves in the analysis and design of mmWave systems and their applications in cellular and vehicular networks.

Selected Publication M. Eltayeb, J. Choi, T. Al-Naffouri, and R. Heath,

`̀ Enhancing Secrecy with Multi-Antenna Transmission in Millimeter Wave Vehicular Communication Systems,’’ IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, no.99, pp.1-1, 2017.

Mohammed EltayebPh.D. Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Akron ‘14Assistant Professor

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Teaching Interests Analog & Mixed-signal Integrated Circuit Design; Graduate and Undergraduate Electronics Education; Pedagogy for On-line and Hybrid Education.

Areas of Scholarship High-speed Data Converters; Low-jitter Clock Generation and Distribution; Switched-capacitor Circuits for Analog Signal-processing; Low-voltage Analog Design in Nanometer CMOS Processes .

Scholarship Statement Most of my research focuses on improving high performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for use in computers, communications, and medical equipment. My work has been used to make faster computer networks and better medical instruments.

Selected PublicationLittle, Heedley, Vieira & Maoyou Sun, “Low Spur

Phase-Locked Loop Architecture,” U.S. Patent 7,936,223, May 3, 2011.

Perry L. HeedleyPh.D. Electrical EngineeringAuburn University ‘90Professor

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Teaching Interests Electric Circuits; Electro-magnetics; Communication Systems; Wireless Systems; Digital Signal Processing (DSP); Microwave Engineering.

Areas of Scholarship Design of RF and Microwave Systems for Wireless Applications; Broadband Antenna Array Design; Microwave Hyperthermia Systems for Adjuvant Cancer Treatment .

Scholarship Statement The design of high frequency circuits and anten-nas for wireless systems, and the application of microwave and Radio frequency (RF) energy for cancer therapy by hyperthermia or heat treatment .

Selected PublicationsB.P. Kumar, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory,

CRC Press, 2nd Edition, January 2005.U.S. Patent 6998930: Tabatchnick, Johnson,

Kumar & Thakkar, ‘Miniaturized Planar Microstrip Balun’, issued February 2006.

Preetham B. KumarPh.D. Electrical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Madras, India ‘93Professor

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Teaching Interests Electromagnetics; Microwave Engineering; Antennas.

Areas of Scholarship Modeling of High-efficiency Communication Circuits; Quasi-optical Circuits and Metamaterials .

Scholarship Statement Microwave circuits and antennas enable communication devices to move around unobstructed by cables. My scholarship revolves around understanding how to make devices more efficient so that the batteries in devices last longer.

Selected PublicationM. Markovic. “Computer Aided Teaching

and Learning in an Undergraduate Electromagnetics Class “, in Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Section, pp. 591-611, April 2013.

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Thomas W. MatthewsPh.D. Electrical EngineeringUniversity of California, Davis ‘93ProfessorChair, Department of Electrical and

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Teaching Interests Analog and Mixed-signal Integrated Circuit (IC) Design; Electronic Circuits; Basic Circuit Analysis.

Areas of Scholarship Analog and Mixed-signal Integrated Circuit (IC) Design

Scholarship Statement New design techniques for integrated circuit design that are of interest to the professional community.

Selected PublicationsOn the effective sampling time of regenerative

comparators, 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2008.

A simulation method for accurately determining DC and dynamic offsets in comparators 48th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2005.

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Teaching Interests Electronics, Circuit Design, Embedded Systems, Digital VLSI Design and Analog Integrated Circuits.

Areas of Scholarship Analog and Digital VLSI Design, Ultra Low-power Subthreshold Logic Design, MEMS Design, Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits.

Scholarship Statement My main research agenda is to apply rigorous mathematical techniques like global optimi-zation algorithms to automate the design of Analog Subsystems. These analog subsys-tems find applications in fields ranging from MEMS inertial sensors to hearing-aid devices and other embedded systems.

Selected PublicationsPraveen K. Meduri & Shirshak K. Dhali, A

Methodology For Automatic Transistor-Level Sizing Of CMOS OpAmps, proceedings of IEEE 24th Int. Conference on VLSI Design, January 2011.

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Teaching Interests Digital Design and Analysis; Micro- computers; Static Timing Analysis.

Areas of Scholarship Digital Design; Microcomputers; Digital System Analysis .

Scholarship Statement Most of my research revolves around trying to understand how digital design can be optimized for performance and cost. My discoveries help make digital design more affordable.

Selected PublicationsJ. Pang, “Variance Window Based Car License

Plate Localization”, Journal of Computer and Communications, 2014

J. Pang, “Remote Hand Motion Detection and Monitoring with Noise Reduction”, Chapter 12, IAENG Transactions on Engineering Technologies Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 170, Springer Publication, ‘13.

Jing PangPh.D. Electrical EngineeringOhio University ‘03Professor

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Teaching Interests Biomedical Engineering; Digital Signal Processing; Communication Systems.

Areas of Scholarship Wearable Monitors; Biomedical Device Development; Biomedical Signal Processing .

Scholarship Statement I want to help people get and stay healthy and lower medical costs through interdisciplinary, collaborative development of biomedical devices .

Selected PublicationStefanidis, Dimitrios, Scerbo, Mark W., Montero,

Paul N., Acker, Christina E., and Smith, Warren D., “Simulator training to automaticity leads to improved skill transfer compared with traditional proficiency-based training: A randomized controlled trial,” Annals of Surgery, Vol. 255, pp. 30-37, 2012.

Warren D. SmithPh.D. Electrical Engineering

University of Oklahoma ‘71Post doctorate Physiology

University of New Mexico Medical School ‘73

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Teaching Interests Electronic Instrumentation; Power Electronics; Control and Embedded Systems; Electro-Optical Communication.

Areas of Scholarship Consumer Impacts of Renewable Energy Adoption; Renewable Energy Generation; Local (Consumer Based) Energy Storage; the Visibility of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in K-12 Education.

Scholarship Statement The world is facing a global climate challenge as a result of centuries of the expanding use of fossil fuels. Engineering is needed to discover and implement practical energy alternatives that seek to minimize the climate impacts.

Selected PublicationTudor, Sprung, Meyer, Tatro, Low Power-

Energy Storage System for Energy Harvesting Applications, IEEE 14th International Conference, 2013.

Russell TatroM.S. Electric and Electronic EngineeringCalifornia State University, Sacramento ‘00Full-time Lecturer

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Teaching Interests Power: Quality, Theory, Systems, Protection, and Electronics.

Areas of Scholarship Power quality of power systems and micro-grids in the presence of non-sinusoidal and/or unbalanced voltages and currents; Advanced metering infrastructure’s adop-tion of power quality identification and metering; Power quality issues with power electronics and protection devices.

Scholarship Statement Power quality is an issue with the traditional power system’s adoption of new technol-ogy. Investigating century-old power theo-ries and standards will help us understand and create a more efficient and durable power system .

Selected PublicationCzarnecki, Toups, “Working and reflected

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Tracy ToupsPh.D. Electrical EngineeringLouisiana State University ‘15Assistant Professor


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Teaching Interests Computer System Design; Computer Architecture and Organization; Digital Systems.

Areas of Scholarship Smart Grid; Computer System Design and Architecture .

Scholarship Statement My research focuses on Smart Grid, Computer Architection and System Design .

Selected PublicationTatro, R., Vadhva, S., Kaur, Puneet, Shahpatel,

Niral, Dixon, Jeremy, Alzanoon, & Karim. (August 2010). Building to Grid (B2G) at the California Smart Grid Center. Presented at IEEE IRI International conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Suresh VadhvaPh.D. Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of New Mexico ‘82Professor

Teaching Interests Power Systems: Analysis, Planning, Operations and Protection.

Areas of Scholarship Research related to interconnection of Distributed Generation (DG) to Distribu-tion Networks; Voltage Profile and System Protection issues; Design and Operation of Distribution Grids including Secondary Network Systems.

Scholarship Statement Electrical energy is an essential commod-ity in the safety, proper functioning, and advancement of our society. Discoveries from research in my areas of interest will make its production and delivery safer and more reliable.

Selected PublicationMohammad Vaziri, & David R. Smith, “Ground-

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Teaching Interests Power system analysis; FACTS and HVDC; Power system dynamics and stability; Renewable energy systems.

Areas of Scholarship Power system dynamics and stability, Applications of FACTS and HVDC in the opera-tion and control of power systems; Integration of renewables in power systems; Modeling and simulation of transmission and distribution systems; Applications of synchronized measure-ments in wide-area control and protection of power systems .

Scholarship Statement I am interested in improving the operation, control, and reliability of electric power systems through implementation of new technologies .

Selected Publication“A Wide-Area Loss-Index based method for

voltage instability protection”, selected as one of the best conference papers in IEEE PES General Meeting, 2014.

Mahyar ZarghamiPh.D. Electrical EngineeringMissouri University of Science

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Teaching Interests Electromechanics; Power Electronics; Power System.

Areas of Scholarship Power Electronics and their Application in Power System; Power System Dynamic Analysis; Power Quality .

Scholarship Statement I am interested in researching new methods for control and maintenance of the power grid, challenged by intermittent generation. Also, I am willing to work on implementa-tion and optimization of possible solutions to enhance system reliability and quality of energy delivery.

Selected PublicationYazdani, A.; Sepahvand, H.; Crow, M.L.;

Ferdowsi, M.,”Fault Detection and Mitigation in Multilevel Converter STATCOMs”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2011, vol. 58, no. 4. pp. 1307 - 1315.

Atousa YazdaniPh.D. Electrical EngineeringMissouri University of Science

and Technology ‘09Assistant Professor


MECHANICALENGINEERING

Akihiko Kumagai,Department Chair

Mechanical engineers design complex

systems of machinery and equipment used

in transportation, manufacturing and energy

production such as aircraft, earthbound

vehicles, power generation plants,

manufacturing equipment, food production,

robotics, biomedical devices, computer

systems and components. Mechanical

engineers create the devices used in our

everyday lives and design the technology

that will define the future.

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Teaching Interests Controls; Dynamics; Programming with Matlab and Simulink.

Areas of Scholarship Controls; Dynamics; Modeling of Mechatronics Systems.

Scholarship Statement Use of computer simulations and hands-on approaches to design control systems that satisfy some desired outcome are essential skills for engineers. For example, robots apply principles of controls in performing tasks that are hazardous to humans.

Selected Publication Eniko T. Enikov and Estelle Eke, “Teaching

a Classical Control System Course with Portable Student-owned Mechatronics Kits,” ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Volume 5: Education and Globalization, 2012.

Estelle M. Eke Ph.D. Aeronautics and Astronautics Rice University ‘85 Professor

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Teaching Interests Modeling and Simulation of Mechatronics and Control Systems; Dynamic Finite Elements Analysis of Rigid and Flexible Multi-body Systems; Vehicle Dynamics and Design (Ground and Space Vehicles).

Areas of Scholarship Computer Simulation Methods to assist Engineers and Scientists; Dynamic Systems Design and Research; 3D Computer Models using Solid Modeling and Finite Elements; Bond Graph Modeling Technique as applied to Mechatronics and Control Systems.

Scholarship Statement Computer models and simulations provide engineers and scientists with tools to under-stand complex systems before anything is built.

Selected Publication Borutzky, & Granda “Bond Graph Modelling of

Engineering Systems: Automating the Process for Modeling and Simulation of Mechatronics Systems” ISBN 978-1-4419-9367-0 July, 2011.

Jose J. Granda Ph.D. Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of California, Davis ‘82Professor

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Teaching Interests Materials Science and Engineering; Electronic Materials.

Areas of Scholarship Wafer Bonding of Semiconductor Materials.

Scholarship Statement Wafer bonding allows production of smaller, faster integrated circuit devices for use in many consumer applications.

Selected Publication Nick Bennett, Isabelle Pauline Ferain, Patrick

McNally, Susan Holl, Cindy Colinge, “Strain Characterization of Directly Bonded Germanium-to-Silicon Substrates Bonded Interface Properties,” Electrochemical Society Trans. 2013 50(7): 77-83.

Sue L. Holl Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering University of California, Berkeley ‘81 Professor

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Teaching Interests Material Science; Engineering Mechanics; Composite Materials.

Named outstanding teacher by the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2012 for his role advising Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society; Named their National Outstanding Advisor in 2009. www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/facultyexcellence/homen.html

Areas of Scholarship Biomedical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Composite Materials.

Selected Publication My scholarship curricula and research are

focused on sustainability issues in society.

Patrick Homen M.S. M.E. Candidate California State

University, Sacramento ‘16 B.S. Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis ‘79 Full-time Lecturer

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Teaching Interests Thermodynamics; Fluid Dynamics; Heat Transfer; Gas Dynamics.

Areas of Scholarship Experimental fluid dynamics and thermal sciences; Environmental fluid mechanics; flow in porous media.

Scholarship Statement My research is in the area of fluids and ther-mal sciences with applications focused on energy and the environment for to promote energy sustainability.

Selected Publication Kazemifar, F., G. Blois, D. Kyritsis & K.

Christensen, “A methodology for velocity field measurement in multiphase high-pres-sure flow of CO2 and water in micromod-els” Water Resources Research 51 (2015) 3017-3029.

Farzan KazemifarPh.D. Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ‘14Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests Manufacturing Processes; Product Development; Industrial Controls and Automation.

Areas of Scholarship Manufacturing; Robotics; Automation; Mechatrnoics; Medical devices.

Scholarship Statement My scholarly work focuses on designing and developing mechanical systems for applications such as manufacturing, medical devices, miniature mechanisms, and space exploration.

Selected Publication Mojica, J., Kumagai, A., and Marsh, S.,

“Vibration Suppression Drafting Arm for Tremor Patients,” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, November, 2013, Paper No. IMECE2013-65217.

Akihiko KumagaiPh.D. Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee ‘93ProfessorChair, Department of Mechanical

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Teaching Interests Thermodynamics and Thermal-Fluid Systems; Sustainable Energy Systems (Bioenergy, Solar Thermal, Geothermal, Energy Storage, etc.).

Areas of Scholarship Food and Brewery Process Technology and Packaging; Sustainable Energy and Energy Efficiency; Heat and Fluid Flow.

Scholarship Statement Current externally-funded research projects include appliance energy efficiency testing for the California Energy Commission and computational analysis of sprinter aerodynamics.

Selected Publication Marbach, T.L., “Significant Learning in

Renewable Energy,” Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Paper No. 8622, 2014.

Tim MarbachPh.D. Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Oklahoma ‘05Professor

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Marcus RomaniM.S. Mechanical EngineeringCalifornia State University,

Sacramento ‘05Full-time Lecturer

Teaching Interests HVAC Analaysis and Design; Heat Transfer; Solar Thermal Systems.

Areas of Scholarship Passive Solar Design for Buildings; Night Sky Radiative Cooling.

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Teaching Interests Mechanical and Machine Design; Dynamics; Mechatronics; Tolerance Analysis; Computer Aided Design.

Areas of Scholarship Manufacturing Technology.

Scholarship Statement My research is in the area of generating new methods for converting CAD geometry into five-axis CNC tool paths. My research should make it easier to connect a desired surface geometry to the actual kinematics of the machine tool that will create the surface. I am also interested in finding new ways to interpret/teach tolerance analysis for product design.

Selected Publication K. Sprott and B. Ravani, Cylindrical milling

of ruled surfaces, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2008; 38:649-56.

Kenneth SprottPh.D. Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of California, Davis ‘00Associate Professor

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Teaching Interests Computer-Aided Design; Computer-Aided Manufacturing; Engineering Graphics; Machine Design; Design Theory and Methodology; Product Design.

Areas of Scholarship CAD/CAM Product Design; Computer-aided Design Automation, Shape and Geometric Modeling; Simulations; Computer graphics applications.

Scholarship Statement Computer integrated design and manu-facturing enhances the creativity of quality products, decreasing the costs of the product life-cycle and impact on the environment.

Selected Publication Suh, “Development of educational software for

beam loading analysis using pen-based user interfaces”, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, Vol 1, No 1, January 2014.

Yong S. SuhPh.D. Mechanical EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute ‘95Professor

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Teaching Interests Engineering Materials; Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Synthesis, Processing, and Characterization of Advanced Materials.

Areas of Scholarship Nanostructured Aluminum Alloys and their Composites; Thermomechanical Processing of Ultra-fine Grained Materials, and Ultra-high Performance Materials for Extreme Environments.

Scholarship Statement My research is focused on developing ultra-high performance materials to be implemented for extreme applications such as vehicle armor, aerospace, and oil and gas exploration. These materials can save lives and conserve energy in the long term.

Selected Publication Topping, Ahn, Li, Nutt, and Lavernia:, “Influence

of Process Parameters on the Mechanical Behavior of an Ultrafine-Grained Al Alloy,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, ‘12.

Troy D. ToppingPh.D. Materials Science and Engineering

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Teaching Interests Dynamics, Vibrations, Controls, Advanced Dynamics, Flight Dynamics, Aircraft Structures, Advanced Engineering Mathematics.

Areas of Scholarship Dynamics and control of flexible aircraft and spacecraft, Thermoelasticity and its control, Stability and control theory.

Scholarship Statement My research in the area of dynamics and control of flexible aircraft can help design more flexible, and hence, lighter aircraft, consuming less fuel. This results in more cost-efficient and environment-friendly flight.

Selected Publication Tuzcu, I. and Nguyen, N, “Flutter of

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Ilhan TuzcuPh.D. Mechanical EngineeringVirginia Polytechnic Institute

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Teaching Interests Product Design and Manufacturing; Manu-facturing Processes; Dynamics; Materials Science; Materials Selection in Design.

Areas of Scholarship Experimental Characterization of Engineer-ing Materials; Mechanical Behavior, Strain Rate and Fatigue; Composite Materials; Design for Manufacturability.

Scholarship Statement My research focus is on characterization of composite materials for use in structural and high temperature applications, and design for manufacturability in the context of mate-rial selection in design.

Selected Publication A. Wion, R. Vogt., 2013. “Acoustic Properties

of Carbon Fiber in Percussive Instruments. American Society of Acoustics.” Presenta-tion at the 166th Meeting of the Acoustics Society of America. Accepted.

Rustin VogtPh.D. Material Science EngineeringUniversity of California, Davis ‘10Assistant Professor

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Teaching Interests Thermodynamics; Power Plant Engineering; Renewable Energy Systems; Fluid Mechanics; System Design (Capstone).

Areas of Scholarship Fuel Cells; Renewable Energy Systems (Ocean, Geothermal, Wind, etc.); Engineering Pedagogy.

Scholarship Statement My research focus is on more sustainable electricity generation including renewable energy resources and advanced/improved fossil fuel power plants through experimen-tal and numerical approaches.

Selected Publication Zabihian, Farshid; Fung, Alan S.,

“Thermodynamic Sensitivity Analysis of Hybrid System Based on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell,” Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2014.

Farshid ZabihianPh.D. Mechanical Engineering Ryerson University ‘11Assistant Professor

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Teaching Interests Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbomachinery, Heat transfer, HVAC, Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluid Systems: Hydro, Wind, Ocean Energy.

Areas of Scholarship Computational fluid dynamics, Turbulent flow, Drag reduction control, Turbomachinery, Renewable energy (wind, ocean, solar, and fuel cell), Heat transfer, Electronic cooling, HVAC.

Scholarship Statement My research promotes renewable energy for clean electricity generation; drag-controlled vehicles, that burn less gasoline; and effective cooling of electronics so computers can run faster.

Selected Publication Pleis & Zhou, "Numerical and Experimental

Study of A Multi-generation Desalination Power Plant", Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, Accepted ‘17

Dongmei ZhouPh.D. Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Texas, Austin ‘05Associate Professor

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LLumbert, Anyssa 9Lu, Meiliu 46MMahmood, Ramzi J . 26Marbach, Tim 86Markovic, Milica 67Matsumoto, Eric E . 27Matthews, Thomas W . 68Meduri, Praveen 69Merayyan, Saad M . 28Mihok, Ashley 8Motlagh, Amir M . 29Muyan-Ozcelik, Pinar 47NNewton, Mike 15OOuyang, Jinsong 48PPang, Jing 70Poindexter, Cristina 30Pruitt, Veronica 8RRavuri, R . K . 15Ring, Aimee 13Romani, Marcus 87Romo, Fausta 7SSalem, Ahmed M . 49

Scott-Hallet, Kimberly 31Shafizadeh, Kevan 6, 32Shobaki, Ghassan 50Smith, Lorenzo M . 6Smith, Warren D . 71Sprott, Kenneth 88Ster, James 15Suh, Yong S . 89TTatro, Russell 72Topping, Troy D . 90Toups, Tracy 73Tuzcu, Ilhan 91VVadhva, Suresh 74Vaziri, Mohammad 75Vogt, Rustin 92Vojtech, Antoinette 6WWang, Chung-E 52White, Jaime 14YYazdani, Atousa 76ZZabihian, Farshid 93Zamora, Richard 12Zarghami, Mahyar 77Zhang, Cui 53Zhou, Dongmei 94

Index

AAbshire, Suzanne 7Anderson, Denise 7Anderson, Mikael 56Angeles, Reyna 14Arad, Behnam S . 36Armstrong, Richard 18Aryani, Cyrus 19BBaynes, Anna 37Belkhouche, Fethi 62Bisharat, Keith A . 57Brannan, Patrick 10Bush, Neysa 11, 13CChang, Weide 38Cheng, Yuan 40Chen, Haiquan (Victor) 39Cuffe, Derek 11DDahlquist, Dennis 63Dai, Jun 41Dammel, Ed 20EEke, Estelle M . 80Eltayeb, Mohammed 64

FFaroughi, Nikrouz 42Fell, Benjamin 21Figgess, Gareth 58Fogarty, Julie 22Frazier, Ray 10GGarcia, Rachel 14Ghansah, Isaac 43Gordon, V . Scott 43, 44Gorsiski, Ryan 9Granda, Jose J . 81HHaff, Andrew 9Hansen, Karen Lee 23, 59Heedley, Perry L . 65Holl, Sue L . 82Homen, Patrick 83JJohnston, John 24Jones, John 11KKazemifar, Farzan 85Keenan, Michael 11Khan, Ghazan 25Koropp, Lynne 10Krovetz, Ted 45Kumagai, Akihiko 84Kumar, Preetham B . 66

Our hope is that this book will help students

guide their educational careers, that it

will promote interdisciplinary discussions

among the faculty, and that it will help

foster productive connections among

research, workforce, and industry.

This book has come about through the efforts

of the College of Engineering and Computer

Science’s faculty—for the content; of Dean

Lorenzo M. Smith—for the inspiration and his

aspiration for a strong engineering community;

of Denise Anderson—for the project

management; of Deborah Frost—for the graphic

design; of James Ster—for the photographs.