Alphabetized Faculty Listing
Yushin Ahn
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Digital photogrammetry and mapping
- Sensor modeling and calibration
- Sensory data fusion
- 3D reconstruction from remote sensing data
- Glacier dynamics/polar region monitoring
- Feature tracking (Image matching)
Teaching Interests
- Surveying/Field practice/Computation
- remote sensing data fusion
- Digital image acquisition and processing
- Adjustment computation
- Digital Mapping
A. Nasser Alaraje
Associate Professor, School of Technology
Program Chair, Electrical Engineering Technology
Research Interests
- Digital logic design and embedded systems
- Field-Programmable Logic Array (FPGA) architecture and design
- Hardware description language
- Processor architecture
- Engineering technology education
Teaching Interests
- Circuits
- Data communications
- Digital systems/microprocessor basics
- Digital electronics
- Digital design and modeling with VHDL
- Microcomputer interfacing
- FPGA design
Ted L. Anderson
Lecturer, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Strain signal conditioning design
- Transducer instrumentation design
- Rosette strain gages
- Alternative electrical energy sources (battery utilization and power-conversion circuits)
Teaching Interests
- Basic circuit analysis
- Basic and special electronic devices
- Troubleshooting (as a part of the design process)
- Electronic circuit design
- Power electronic devices and circuits (power conversion electronics)
Todd O. Arney
Lecturer, School of Technology
Faculty Advisor, Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
Research Interests
- Wireless security
- Mobile application development
- Virtual computing
Teaching Interests
- Linux administration
- Ethics and technology
- Microsoft administration
- Mobile computing and wireless
- Senior design
Lynn A. Artman
Lecturer, School of Technology
Faculty Advisor, Efficiency through Engineering and Construction (ETEC)
Research Interests
- Green building design—LEED green building process
- Lean construction
- Energy efficiency
Teaching Interests
- Construction contracts
- Construction finance and accounting
- Construction project management
- Design-build project delivery
- Enterprise (Efficiency through Engineering and Construction—ETEC)
- Planning and scheduling
Mohsen Azizi
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Cooperative control and networked estimation in multi-agent systems
- Distributed and decentralized control of large-scale systems
- Fault detection, identification, and recovery (FDIR)
- Applications: jet engines, unmanned vehicles, and aircraft
Teaching Interests
- Signals and Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Optimization Techniques
- Linear Control Systems, Industrial Control, Digital Control
- Decentralized Control, Nonlinear Control, Adaptive Control
- Detection and Estimation Theory, Probability and Stochastic Processes
Paul R. Buda
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Teaching Interests
- Introduction to Surveying
- Plane Surveying
- Route Surveying
- Construction Surveying
- Professional Practice Review Seminar
Yu Cai
Associate Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Green computing and sustainability
- Network security
Teaching Interests
- Advanced script programming
- Advanced Unix administration
- Advanced Windows administration
- Directory services/green computing
- Web server administration
- Senior design
Research Interests
- Construction management techniques
Teaching Interests
- Basic construction materials
- Construction cost estimating
- Construction quantity survey
- Statics and strengths of materials
- Structural analysis and design
Michael T. Drewyor, PE and PS
Professor of Practice, School of Technology
Faculty Advisor, Associated Schools of Construction (ASC)
Faculty Advisor, Men's Club Ice Hockey Team (Wolfpack) and Roller Hockey Team
Teaching Interests
- Estimating software and automating
- Structural steel, concrete, masonry and timber
- Project delivery systems
Research Interests
- Construction estimating
- Project delivery systems
- Building construction methods and materials
- Building utility systems
- Structural design -- steel, concrete, masonry, timber
- Senior design (capstone classes)
- Professional practice
- Boundary surveying
- Land subdivision and planning
Chunming Gao
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Health information systems
- Human computer interaction
- Distributed computing
- High performance computing
- Undergraduate and graduate education
Teaching Interests
- Database management and administration
- Advanced Unix and Linux administration
- Healthcare security management
- Programming languages
- Senior project designs
Guy C. Hembroff
Associate Professor, School of Technology
Program Chair, Computer Network and System Administration
Research Interests
- Medical/health informatics
- Internet security
- Network engineering
Teaching Interests
- Network-security engineering
- Medical/health informatics
- Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) engineering
- Undergraduate and graduate research
John L. Irwin
Associate Professor, School of Technology
Program Chair, Mechanical Engineering Technology
Adjunct Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Problem-based learning methods applied in the areas of CAD/CAM
- Dynamic model simulation
- Product and manufacturing work cell verification
Teaching Interests
- Parametric modeling
- Product design and development
- CAE and FEA methods
- Computer-aided manufacturing
Mark A. Johnson
Associate Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Design of test-stand systems to conduct research
- Lean and agile manufacturing, with emphasis on total productive maintenance
- Torque-converter noise and blade strain associated with cavitation phenomena in automotive applications
Teaching Interests
- Advanced manufacturing
- Design of experiments
- Machine design
- Statics and strength of materials
- Integrated design and manufacturing
- Product design and development
- Simulation methods
- Senior design
Eugene Levin
Associate Professor, School of Technology
Program Chair, Surveying Engineering
Faculty Advisor, Digital Mapping Enterprise
Research Interests
- Integrated geospatial technologies for sustainable development
- Mobile mapping platforms for geographical and environmental studies
- SAR- and LIDAR-based remote sensing and GIS
- Geosensorics, real-time networks of geosensors
- Human-computer symbiosis for knowledge extraction and expertise transfer
- Visual perception in remote sensing and GIS
- 3-D geospatial visualization and augmented reality
- Visual and automated feature extraction in multispectral and hyperspectral image interpretation
- Geospatial-sensor modeling and calibration
- Image processing and automated feature extraction from aerial and satellite imagery
- Automated systems for vision-based autonomous navigation and control of manned/unmanned robotic platforms
- Image fusion and analysis
- Photogrammetry of aerial and high-resolution satellite imagery
Teaching Interests
- Earth observation systems
- Geodesy
- Photogrammetry
- Geospatial technologies, data, and systems
- Global positioning systems
- Remote sensing
- LIDAR-, SAR-/InSAR-based remote sensing
- Geospatial 3-D visualization
- Geospatial imaging: perception and interpretation
- Introductory and advanced GIS
- Spatial analysis and modeling
- Spatial decision support
- Cartography and cybercartography
Robert W. Maatta
Professor of Practice, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Medical informatics
- Business process modeling
- Service oriented architectures (SOA)
- Application development frameworks
- Active learning
- Electronic business
Teaching Interests
- Medical informatics
- Business information systems application development
- Computer programming languages
- Web programming
- Enterprise program
Ronald M. Mauno
Senior Lecturer, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Modeling wastewater-treatment plants
- New building products/projects
Teaching Interests
- Construction safety management
- Introduction to construction management
- Introduction to surveying
- Site planning and development
- Professional practice seminar
Sunil S. Mehendale
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Phase change applications
- Boiling and condensing flows
- Two-phase flow distribution in heat exchangers
- Novel heat exchanger technology
- Heat exchanger modeling and optimization
- Novel thermodynamic cycles for cooling, heating, and power
- Alternative energy technology (solar, wind, biofuels, and others)
- High-efficiency HVAC and refrigeration systems
Teaching Interests
- Fluid mechanics
- Thermodynamics
- Heat transfer
- Alternative energy
- Air-conditioning and refrigeration
- Dynamics
Danny L. Miller
Lecturer, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Computer and network security
- Virtual computer servers and storage
Teaching Interests
- Microsoft system administration
- Unix system administration
- Network administration
- Storage area networking
- Senior design
Aurenice M. Oliveira
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Faculty Advisor, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Co-Advisor, Epsilon Pi Tau
Research Interests
- Application of Monte Carlo methods to communication systems
- Communications
- Digital signal processing
- Modeling of optical-fiber communication systems
- Statistical analysis of the performance of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensators
Teaching Interests
- Communications systems
- Data communications
- Special electronic devices
- Wireless communications
Research Interests
- Optics
- Signal processing
- Image reconstruction and processing
- Adaptive and atmospheric optics
- Holography and laser spectroscopy
Teaching Interests
- Optics
- Electrical machinery
- Power systems
- Electronic devices and circuits
- Real-time robotics systems
Jinshan Tang
Associate Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Image processing and pattern recognition
- Biomedical imaging and medical image analysis
- Medical informatics and intelligent medical diagnosis system
Teaching Interests
- Computer networking
- Advanced programming
- Medical information system
- Medical image analysis
Scott W. Wagner
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Micro metal forming manufacturing
- Micro scale hydroforming operations
Teaching Interests
- Applied thermodynamics and heat transfer
- Industrial safety management
- Integrated design and manufacturing
- Materials science
- Statics and strength of materials
Xinli Wang
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Distributed systems
- IT education
- Climate change
Teaching Interests
- Programming language
- System administration
- Computer and network security
David D. Wanless
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Leader development
- Electric vehicles
- Ethical theory and applications
Teaching Interests
- Applied fluid power
- Computer-cyber ethics and policy
- Internal-combustion engines
- Leadership in complex organizations
- Quality techniques
- Senior design
Linda S. Wanless
Assistant Professor, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Learning environments in higher education
- Psychosocial dimensions of emerging learning environments
Teaching Interests
- Applied fluid mechanics
- Facilities planning and layout
- Lean-manufacturing concepts
- Production planning and control
- Technical computer applications
Weican (Vincent) Xiao
Lecturer, School of Technology
Research Interests
- Diamond thin film fabrication
- Microwave power system
- Design, fabrication, characterization of semiconductor sensors and devices
Teaching Interests
- Power systems
- Digital/microprocessor basics
- Programmable controllers
- Electrical machinery
- Electronic devices and circuits
- Microelectronics
- Solar cells
