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Civil & Architectural Engineering Faculty

	Name	Phone	Office	Email Address
	Deo Chimba , Ph.D., P.E., PTOE, ASCE, Professor & Interim Department Chair (Transportation Engineering)	615-963-5430	ET108F	dchimba@tnstate.edu
	Catherine Armwood-Gordon , Ph.D., A.M. ASCE, Associate Professor & Associate Dean (Structural Engineering)	615-963-5416	ET230D	carmwood@tnstate.edu
	Lijian Ma, Ph.D., Assoc. AIA, Assistant Professor (Architectural Engineering)	615-963-6910	ET242F	lma@tnstate.edu
	Kang Du, E.I.T., Full-Time Instructor (Construction Management)	615-963-5418	ET242E	kdu@tnstate.edu
	Andrea Resch Gardiner, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, Assistant Professor (Environmental Engineering)	615-963-5428	ET108E	agardine@tnstate.edu
	Lin Li , Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, Professor & Interim Dean (Geotechnical Engineering)	615-963-5401	ET230	lli1@tnstate.edu
	Shihui Liu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)	615-963-5429	ET108B	sliu1@tnstate.edu
	Amber Spears, Ph.D.,P.E., Research Assistant Professor (Geoenvironmental Engineering)	615-963-5432	ET108G	aspears7@tnstate.edu
	Roger Painter , Ph.D., P.E., Professor (Environmental Engineering)	615-963-5388	ET108A	rpainter@tnstate.edu
	Ranganathan Parthasarathy, Ph.D., P.E., A.M. ASCE, Assistant Professor (Structural Engineering)	615-963-5427	ET108C	rparthas@tnstate.edu
	Zufen Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Mechanical Systems Engineering)	615-963-5416	ET242D	zwang@tnstate.edu
	Liqiang Yin, Ph.D., Research Associate	615-507-5639	ET108H	lyin1@tnstate.edu
	Youngjae Choi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Structural Engineering)	615-963-2262	ET242G	ychoi1@tnstate.edu
	William Lou, Computer Lab Coordinator	615-963-5433	ET101	wlou@tnstate.edu
	Ashley Robinson, Senior Office Assistant	615-963-2978	ET108I	Arobin96@tnstate.edu

Faculty Emeriti & Retired
Dr. Omar Al-Khatib (CE) Dr. Gouranga Banik (CE, Deceased) Dr. Feng Chen (CE) Dr. Edward Isibor (CE, Deceased) Dr. Ida McClain (CE) Dr. Farouk Mishu (CE) Dr. Paily Paily (CE) Dr. Juda Rozenberg (CE, Deceased)		Dr. Hinton Jones (AE, Deceased) Dr. Nipha Kumar (AE) Dr. Michael Samuchin (AE/CE) Prof. Walter Vincent (AE, Deceased) Mr. Dwight Martin (AE)

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