Faculty Members, Tuning Committees for Engineering 1 Alamo Colleges Northwest Vista College Thomas Pressly, Ph.D., Engineering Faculty and Discipline Coordinator tpressly@alamo.edu Alamo Colleges San Antonio College Klaus Bartels, Engineering Instructor kbartels@alamo.edu Dan Dimitriu, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Engineering Program Coordinator ddimitriu@alamo.edu Amarillo College Kathryn Wetzel, Ph.D., Chair of the Mathematics and Engineering Department kcwetzel@actx.edu (Mechanical Engineering Tuning Committee Co-Chair) Austin Community College Saad Eways, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering and Physics seways@austincc.edu Arif Karim, Ph.D., Associate Professor akarim@austincc.edu Blinn College Steve Rathbone, Professor of Chemistry srathbone@blinn.edu (Chemical Engineering Tuning Committee Co-Chair) Collin College David Galley, Ph.D., Director of Engineering and Technology dgalley@collin.edu 1 Titles, institutions, and email addresses reflect those of faculty members at the time they served on one of the six Tuning Committees for Engineering (2010-2013) Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, or Mechanical. Page 1 of 8
Dallas County Community College District Richland College Roderick R. Crowder, Professor; Engineering Curriculum Chair rcrowder@dcccd.edu (Electrical Engineering Tuning Committee Chair) Grayson Community College Patrice Parsons, Ph.D., Professor parsonsp@grayson.edu El Paso Community College District Mariano Olmos, Engineering Professor molmos4@epcc.edu Houston Community College Chandeshwar Sharma, Ph.D., Instructor, Coleman College for Health Sciences chandeshwar.sharma@hccs.edu Bartlett M. Sheinberg, Instructor, Physics; Center Director, West Houston Center for Sciences & Engineering bart.sheinberg@hccs.edu Kilgore College Alan Morris, Ed.D., Instructor of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics amorris@kilgore.edu Lamar University Peyton C. Richmond, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor peyton.richmond@lamar.edu Robert L. Yuan, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering robert.yuan@lamar.edu Victor A. Zaloom, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Dean, College of Engineering victor.zaloom@lamar.edu Page 2 of 8
Lone Star College Montgomery Linda W. Crow, Ed.D., Professor and Chair of Biology lcrow@lonestar.edu (Tuning Oversight Council Co-Chair 2011-2012; Biology Tuning Committee) McLennan Community College April Andreas, Ph.D., Instructor of Math and Engineering aandreas@mclennan.edu Bernard Smith, Ph.D., Instructor of Physics bsmith@mclennan.edu Midwestern State University Sheldon Wang, Ph.D., Chair of the McCoy School of Engineering Sheldon.Wang@mwsu.edu (Mechanical Engineering Tuning Committee Chair) Northeast Texas Community College Jess T. Dowdy, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Chemistry jdowdy@ntcc.edu (Civil Engineering Tuning Committee Co-Chair) Prairie View A&M University Michael Gyamerah, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering migyamerah@pvamu.edu Pamela Obiomon, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering phobiomon@pvamu.edu (Electrical Engineering Tuning Committee Co-Chair) Judy A. Perkins, Ph.D., Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering juperkins@pvamu.edu San Jacinto College James C. Sells, Department Chair, Mathematics James.Sells@sjcd.edu (Tuning Oversight Council Co-Chair 2012-2013; Mechanical Engineering Tuning Committee; Mathematics Tuning Committee) Page 3 of 8
South Texas College Lennine Bashiri, Instructor of Biology lsbashiri@southtexascollege.edu (Biomedical Engineering Tuning Committee Co-Chair) Martin W. Knecht, Instructor of Physics and Engineering mknecht@southtexascollege.edu Tarrant County College Charlene Cole, Chair of the Department of Life Sciences charlene.cole@tccd.edu Sheryl O. Harris, Divisional Dean, Business & Technology sheryl.harris@tccd.edu (Tuning Oversight Council Co-Chair 2010-2011) Texarkana College Catherine E. Hagen Howard, Ed.D., Assistant Chair STEM; Professor of Chemistry and Biology catherine.howard@texarkanacollege.edu Texas A&M University Robin L. Autenrieth, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in Civil Engineering r-autenrieth@tamu.edu Amarnath Banerjee, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering banjeree@tamu.edu (Industrial Engineering Tuning Committee Co-Chair) John C. Criscione, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering JCCriscione@tamu.edu (Biomedical Engineering Tuning Committee Chair) James C. Holste, Ph.D., P.E., Professor j-holste@tamu.edu (Chemical Engineering Tuning Committee Chair) Page 4 of 8
Texas A&M University-Kingsville John L. Chisholm, Ph.D., Assistant Dean/Associate Professor chisholm@tamuk.edu Texas State Technical College-Harlingen Frank Lewis, Academic Division Director frank.lewis@harlingen.tstc.edu Texas State University Michael L. Casey, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer mlcasey@txstate.edu Tongdan Jin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering tj17@txstate.edu Texas Tech University Kenneth A. Rainwater, Ph.D., Professor, Civil Engineering; Director, Texas Tech University Water Resources Center ken.rainwater@ttu.edu (Civil Engineering Tuning Committee Chair) Harvinder Singh Gill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Harvinder.gill@ttu.edu Mark Vaughn, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering mark.vaughn@ttu.edu David A. Wyrick, Ph.D., P.E., Professor and Bryan Pearce Bagley Regents Chair of Engineering dave.wyrick@ttu.edu (Industrial Engineering Tuning Committee Chair) Tyler Junior College Homer "Butch" Hayes, Ph.D., Provost Bhay2@tjc.edu Page 5 of 8
University of Houston Ting Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Academic Advising Coordinator tchen23@central.uh.edu Michael Nikolaou, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering michael.nikolaou@mail.uh.edu University of North Texas Vijay Vaidyanathan, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies vijay.vaidyanathan@unt.edu The University of Texas at Arlington Cheng-Jen "Charles" Chuong, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Bioengineering chuong@uta.edu Lynn Peterson, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs peterson@uta.edu K. Jamie Rogers, Ph.D., P.E., Distinguished Teaching Professor; Associate Department Chair of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering jrogers@uta.edu The University of Texas at Austin John A. Pearce, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering jpearce@mail.utexas.edu Michael Poehl, MBA, Lecturer hornzup@sbcglobal.net Eric Taleff, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Taleff@mail.utexas.edu James Tunnell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Undergrad. Advisor Biomedical Engineering jtunnell@mail.utexas.edu Page 6 of 8
The University of Texas at Dallas Leonidas Bleris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering Bleris@utdallas.edu The University of Texas at El Paso Rafael S. Gutierrez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering rsgutier@utep.edu Tandon Vivek, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering vivek@utep.edu The University of Texas - Pan American Miguel A. Gonzalez, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Science and Engineering; Director, School of Engineering and Computer Science gonzalezma@panam.edu The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Forrest W. Flocker, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering Flocker_f@utpb.edu The University of Texas at San Antonio Efstathios E. Michaelides, Ph.D., Chairman, Mechanical Engineering Stathis.Michaelides@utsa.edu Joo L. Ong, Ph.D. UTSA Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering anson.ong@utsa.edu Tom Papagiannakis, Ph.D., R.F. McDermott Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at.papagiannakis@utsa.edu Page 7 of 8
The University of Texas at Tyler James K. Nelson, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Dean, College of Engineering; Brazzel Professor of Engineering jknelson@uttyler.edu (Tuning Oversight Council Chair 2010-2013) Mukul V. Shirvaikar, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering mshirvaikar@uttyler.edu West Texas A&M University Emily M. Hunt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering ehunt@wtamu.edu Page 8 of 8