Graduate Program Directors and Faculty | Graduate School

Graduate Program Directors are Michigan Tech faculty members appointed to serve as the primary administrator and point of contact for individual graduate programs. Program Directors serve as the initial advisor for students accepted into their program. In the case of coursework programs, the Program Director will continue to serve as a student's advisor for the duration of the program.

Potential applicants may contact a Program Director for more information about specific graduate programs. Program Directors can provide students with an overview of the program, including the courses they will take and what will be expected of them if they are accepted.

The duties of Graduate Program Assistants may vary, but generally they provide administrative support to the Program Director. This page includes a listing of current Graduate Program Directors and Program Assistants, as well as links to a listing of program faculty.

Graduate Program Directors and Assistants
Graduate Program	Director	Assistant	Faculty Listing
Accounting —MS, PhD	Joel Tuoriniemi	Laura Shawhan	See Faculty
Accounting Certificate	Joel Tuoriniemi	Laura Shawhan	See Faculty
Advanced Electric Power Engineering Certificate	Leonard Bohmann		See Faculty
Advanced Photogrammetry and Mapping with UAS Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen
Aerodynamics Certificate	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga	See Faculty
Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors —MS, PhD	Kevin Trewartha		See Faculty
Applied Ecology—MS	Molly Cavaleri	Marjorie Banovetz	See Faculty
Applied Natural Resource Economics—MS	Gary Campbell		See Faculty
Applied Physics—MS, PhD	Yoke Khin Yap	Mauricio Reyes Hurtado	See Faculty
Applied Science Education—MS	Shari Stockero		See Faculty
Applied Statistics—MS	Melissa Keranen	Kimberly Puuri	See Faculty
Applied Statistics Certificate	Melissa Keranen	Kimberly Puuri
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Certificate	Guy Hembroff	Kathryn Burns Oliver
Atmospheric Sciences—PhD	Raymond Shaw	Lucille Zelazny	See Faculty
Automotive Systems and Controls Certificate	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga	See Faculty
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology—PhD	Tarun K. Dam		See Faculty
Biological Sciences—MS, PhD	Chandrashekhar Joshi	Tori Connors	See Faculty
Biomedical Engineering—MS, PhD	Jingfeng Jiang	Coreen Dompier	See Faculty
Business Administration—MBA	Mari Buche	Laura Shawhan	See Faculty
Chemical Engineering—MS, PhD	Rebecca Ong	Taana Blom	See Faculty
Chemistry—MS, PhD	Marina Tanasova		See Faculty
Civil Engineering—MS, PhD	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen	See Faculty
Computational Fluid Dynamics Certificate	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga
Computational Materials Science Certificate	Doug Swenson	Gina Goudge
Computational Science and Engineering—PhD	Thomas Oommen		See Faculty
Computer Engineering—PhD	Michael Roggemann	Maryann Wilcox	See Faculty
Computer Science—MS, PhD	Jean Mayo	Kathryn Burns Oliver	See Faculty
Control Systems Certificate	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga
Cybersecurity—MS	Jean Mayo	Kathryn Burns Oliver	See Faculty
Data Science Foundations Certificate	Laura Brown
Data Science—MS	Laura Brown		See Faculty
Dynamic Systems Certificate	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga
Electrical and Computer Engineering—MS	Michael Roggemann	Maryann Wilcox	See Faculty
Electrical Engineering—PhD	Michael Roggemann	Maryann Wilcox	See Faculty
Electronics Materials and Processing Certificate	Michael Roggemann	Maryann Wilcox
Engineering—MEng	Mari W. Buche and Manish Srivastava	Laura Shawhan	See Faculty
Engineering Management	Mari W. Buche and Manish Srivastava	Laura Shawhan	See Faculty
Engineering Mechanics—MS	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga	See Faculty
Engineering Sustainability and Resilience Certificate	Rebecca Ong	Taana Blom
Environmental Engineering—MS, PhD	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen	See Faculty
Environmental Engineering— PhD	Veronica Webster and Shiliang Wu	Angela Keranen	See Faculty
Environmental Engineering Science—MS	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen	See Faculty
Environmental and Energy Policy—MS	Melissa Baird	Amy Spahn	See Faculty
Environmental and Energy Policy—PhD	Melissa Baird	Amy Spahn	See Faculty
Forensic Accounting Certificate	Joel Tuoriniemi	Laura Shawhan
Forest Ecology Management—MS	Molly Cavaleri	Marjorie Banovetz	See Faculty
Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology—MS, PhD	Molly Cavaleri	Marjorie Banovetz	See Faculty
Forest Science—PhD	Molly Cavaleri	Marjorie Banovetz	See Faculty
Forestry—MF	Tara Bal	Marjorie Banovetz	See Faculty
Forestry—MS	Molly Cavaleri	Marjorie Banovetz	See Faculty
Fundamentals of Materials Engineering Certificate	Doug Swenson	Gina Goudge
Geographic Information Science—MGIS	Michael Hyslop	Marjorie Banovetz	See Faculty
Geoinformatics Certificate	Michael Hyslop	Marjorie Banovetz
Geological Engineering—MS, PhD	Luke Bowman	Brittany Buschell	See Faculty
Geology—MS, PhD	Luke Bowman	Brittany Buschell	See Faculty
Geophysics—MS, PhD	Luke Bowman	Mauricio Reyes Hurtado	See Faculty
Geospatial Data Science and Technology Certificate	Veronica Webster and Shiliang Wu	Angela Keranen
Health Informatics—MS	Guy Hembroff	Kathryn Burns Oliver
Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicle Engineering Certificate	Jeffrey Naber	Marlene Lappeus	See Faculty
Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicle Engineering—MEng	Jeffrey Naber	Marlene Lappeus	See Faculty
Industrial Archaeology—MS	Melissa Baird	Amy Spahn
Industrial Heritage and Archaeology—PhD	Melissa Baird	Amy Spahn	See Faculty
Integrated Geospatial Technology—MS	Eugene Levin, CP	Angela Keranen	See Faculty
Integrated Physiology—PhD	Steven Elmer	Rachelle Gariepy	See Faculty
Kinesiology—MS	Steven Elmer	Rachelle Gariepy	See Faculty
Manufacturing Engineering Certificate	John Irwin	Pammi Washuleski
Materials Science and Engineering—MS, PhD	Doug Swenson	Gina Goudge	See Faculty
Mathematical Sciences—MS, PhD	Melissa Keranen		See Faculty
Mechanical Engineering—MS	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga	See Faculty
Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics—PhD	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga	See Faculty
Mechatronics—MS	Aleksandr Sergeyev	Kathryn Burns Oliver	See Faculty
Medical Devices and Technologies Certificate	Jingfeng Jiang	Coreen Dompier
Mining Engineering—MS, PhD	Luke Bowman	Brittany Buschell	See Faculty
Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction	Luke Bowman	Brittany Buschell	See Faculty
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics Certificate	Luke Bowman	Brittany Buschell
Network and Communication Systems Certificate	Michael Roggemann	Maryann Wilcox
Physics—MS, PhD	Ranjit Pati	Mauricio Reyes Hurtado	See Faculty
Profit-Increasing Strategies in Chemical Processing Certificate	Rebecca Ong	Taana Blom
Rhetoric Theory Culture—MS, PhD	Andy Fiss	Katy Ellenich	See Faculty
Safety and Security of Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga
Security and Privacy in Healthcare Certificate	Guy Hembroff	Kathryn Burns Oliver
Signal and Image Processing Certificate	Michael Roggemann	Maryann Wilcox
Statistics—MS, PhD	Melissa Keranen	Kimberly Puuri	See Faculty
Structural Engineering: Advanced Analysis Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen
Structural Engineering: Bridge Analysis and Design Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen
Structural Engineering: Building Design Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen
Structural Engineering: Hazard Analysis Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen
Structural Engineering: Timber Building Design Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen
Sustainable Pavement Design and Construction Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen
Sustainable Water Resources Systems Certificate	Cory McDonald	Jackie Gebhardt	See Faculty
Vehicle Dynamics Certificate	Jason Blough	Cindy Wadaga
Water Resources Modeling Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Engineering Certificate	Zhanping You	Angela Keranen