School of Engineering

Faculty in School of Engineering

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Ahmed Al-Ostaz

BREVARD FAMILY CHAIR IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR GRAPHENE RESEARCH & INNOVATION
207 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
alostaz@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5364

Hunain Alkhateb

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
210 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
hsalkhat@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5368

Mustafa Siddik Altinakar

RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL HYDROSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
BREVARD HALL RM 327, P.O. BOX 1848
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
altinakar@ncche.olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7788

Alireza Asiaee

INSTRUCTOR IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
134 Anderson
University, MS 38677
aasiaee@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7023

C

Lei Cao

PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
314 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
lcao@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5389

Joey Carlisle

INSTRUCTOR IN COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE
238 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
jcarlis1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

David Carroll

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
135 ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
dmcarro1@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7023

David Carroll

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
135 ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
dmcarro1@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7023

Xiaobo Chao

SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST
South Oxford Center
Oxford, MS 38655
chao@ncche.olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3783

Yixin Chen

PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE
203 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
yixin@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7309

Ron Counts

RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR-MMRI
111 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
rcounts@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7320

D

Gregg Davidson

CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY & GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
davidson@olemiss.edu — UM Profile

Kristin Davidson

LECTURER IN COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE
212 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
kdavidso@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5846

Troy Drewry

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
333 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
tddrewry@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7407

F

Fazlay Smr Faruque

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
2500 N STATE ST
JACKSON, MS 39216
ffaruque@umc.edu
1 (601) 815-9027

Farhad Farzbod

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
203 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
farzbod@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5698

Charles Fleming

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
303 BREVARD HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
fleming@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7396

G

Jennifer Gifford

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY & GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
118G Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
jngiffor@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-2079

Mike Gill

INSTRUCTOR IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
215 Haley Barbour Ctr for Manufacturing Excellence
University, MS 38677
mwgill@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7023

H

Yiwei Han

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
201D Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
yhan2@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3032

Timothy Holston

Instructional Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
216 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
tlholsto@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

Robert Holt

PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
120B Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
rmholt@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-6687

J

Byunghyun Jang

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE
215 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
bjang@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5355

Shan Jiang

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - EMPHASIS IN COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS
201E Carrier
University, MS 38677
jiang@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

James Adam Jones

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
213 WEIR HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
jajone13@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-1456

K

Amrit Kharel

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
akharel@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7231

Pavani Konagala

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
201 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
pkonagal@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7396

L

Bethany Walker Lucas

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
201 Weir Hall
University, MS 38663
bwlucas1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

M

Mustafa Matalgah

PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
12 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
mustafa@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5381

Amrita Mishra

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
201C CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
amishra2@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-3491

Ned Mitchell

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
106 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
knmitche@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7191

Corey Mize

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
201 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
chmize@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7396

N

Jacob Najjar

CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
203B Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
ymnajjar@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5363

Sasan Nouranian

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
18 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
sasan@olemiss.edu — UM Profile

O

Elsie Ekene Okoye

INSTRUCTOR IN GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
120-A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
eeokoye@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

Yavuz Ozeren

RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NATIONAL CENTER COMPUTATIONAL HYDROSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
NCCHE, 344 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
yozeren@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-8781

P

Tejas Pandya

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
201G Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
tspandya@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-6931

Brian Platt

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY & GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
118E Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
bfplatt@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

Brenda Prager

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
140 Anderson
University, MS 38677
bhprager@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7023

Dave Puleo

DEAN OF SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
229 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
dpuleo@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7407

R

Nikki Reinemann

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND AFFILIATE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
A305 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
dnreinem@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3126

Philip J Rhodes

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE
205 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
rhodes@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7082

Grace Rushing

INSTRUCTOR IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
235D Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
gemcmahe@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5791

S

Baharak Sajjadi

RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
134 ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
bsajjadi@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7023

Jagdish Sharma

INSTRUCTIONAL PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
203 CARRIER HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
jsharma@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-5698

Adam Eugene Smith

CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND ACADEMIC DIRECTOR OF GENERAL ENGINEERING AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
136 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
aes@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7023

Damian Stoddard

INSTRUCTOR IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
201C Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
dlstodda@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3491

U

Waheed Uddin

PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY
203 B CARRIER HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
cvuddin@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-5363

Esteban Urena Benavides

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
138 ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
eurenab@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7023

W

Dwight Waddell

CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND AFFILIATE PROFESSOR OF ELECTRIC ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HEALTH, EXERCISE SCIECNE AND RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT
C302 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
waddell@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-2623

Glenn Walker

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
A306 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
gmw@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5902

Charles Walter

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
211 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
cwwalter@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

Feng Wang

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE
219 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
fwang@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5359

Thomas Werfel

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND AFFILIATE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND JOINT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES
A301 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
tawerfel@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3126

Inoka Widanagamage

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
120A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
ihwidana@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

X

Hui Xiong

INSTRUCTOR IN COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE
217 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
hxiong@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-1456

Y

Alexander Borisovitch Yakovlev

PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
306 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
yakovlev@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7196

Lance Yarbrough

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY & GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
120-A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
ldyarbro@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

Hakan Yasarer

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
208 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
hy@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7191

Taiho Yeom

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - THERMO FLUIDS ENERGY
229 Carrier
University, MS 38677
tyeom@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

Z

Yaoxin Zhang

SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST
South Oxford Center
Oxford, MS 38655
yaoxin@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3783


Emeritus Faculty

B

Robin C Buchannon

ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR EMERITA AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF GEOLOGY & GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
129 Lyceum
University, MS 38677
rcb@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-6551

C

Conrad Cunningham

CHAIR EMERITUS AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
201 Weir Hall
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
hcc@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

E

ATEF Z ELSHERBENI

Associate Dean Emeritus for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor of Electrical Engineering
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
atef@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

G

ALLEN W GLISSON

Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
aglisson@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

K P George

Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
207-A CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
cvkpg@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5365

H

DONALD F HANSON

Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
eehanson@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

JAMES E HENDRIX

Research Scientist Emeritus
302-B ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
jehendr1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile

K

AHMED KISHK

Dir of Antenna Sytms Lab & Prof Emeritus of Electrical Engin
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
ahmed@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

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PAMELA B LAWHEAD

Associate Professor Emerita of Computer and Information Science
201 WEIR HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
lawhead@cs.olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

KAI FONG LEE

Dean Emeritus,School of Engineering, and Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
leek@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

Ellen Lackey

Emerita Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Composite Materials Research Group Test Facilities
308 CMA
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
melackey@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5379

M

RICHARD P MAJOR

Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
120A CARRIER HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
rpm@olemiss.edu — UM Profile

P

TERRY L PANHORST

Assistant Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
36 BREVARD HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
panhorst@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5825

S

AJIT SADANA

Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
230 ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
cmsadana@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5349

ALLIE M SMITH

Dean Emer, School of Eng and Professor Emer of Mech Eng
205 CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
enas@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5842

Peter C Sukanek

Chair Emeritus & Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
232 ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
cmpcs@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7023

V

Jim Vaughan

DIRECTOR EMERITUS OF THE HALEY BARBOUR CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE; F.A.P. BARNARD DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; ASSOCIATE DEAN EMERITUS OF THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
212 CME
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
mejgv@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-2631

W

SAM SHU-YI WANG

Director Emeritus, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering and F.A.P.Barnard Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
NCCHE/ OLD CHEMISTRY
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
wang@ncche.olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7788

CLINT W WILLIFORD

Chair and Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
134 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
drwill@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5348

Y

KWANG SIK YUN

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
229 CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
ksyun@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

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