Reseach Faculty

	Dr. Lin Li Professor, Dean of College of Engineering Research Interests: Bio-inspired Soil Improvement, Sustainable Infrastructure Materials Geoenvironmental Engineering, and STEM Education Contact Info: (615)963-5401 (Office), (615) 963-5397 (Fax), lli1@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Mohammad Akbar Professor and Interim Departmental Chair of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, HVAC Design for Buildings, Thermal Fluid Systems Design, Hurricane Storm Surge Model, Micro/Mini Channel Flow, Gas Turbine Film Cooling, Particulate Flow, Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation Turbulence Modeling, Solar Energy, and MPI-based Parallel Model Development Contact Info: (615) 963-xxxx (Office), (615) 963-5496 (Fax), makbar@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Kamal Al Nasr Associate Professor of Computer Science Research Interests: Structural Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Algorithms for Biological Problems, Image Processing and Feature Extraction, and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Contact Info: (615) 963-5848 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), kalnasr@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Carlos Beane Associate Professor of Industrial Technology Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Physical Systems, Digital Twice Technologies, Mechatronics, Data Science, Robotics, Networked Control Systems, and STEM Education. Contact Info: (615) 963-5368 (Office), (615) 963-5376 (Fax), cbeane@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Mohammad Bodruzzaman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Interests: Signal/Image Processing, and Neural Network Applications Contact Info: (615) 963-5367 (Office), (615) 963-2165 (Fax), mbodruzzaman@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Deo Chimba Professor and Departmental Chair of Civil Engineering Research Interests: Highway Safety Analysis and Modeling, Traffic Operations & Management, Simulations, Planning, Incident Management, Freight Logistics, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Application of Statistics, Public/Mass Transportation, and Non-Motorized Studies Contact Info: (615) 963-5430 (Office), (615) 963-5902 (Fax), dchimba@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Erdem Erdemir Associate Professor of Computer Science Research Interests: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Machine Learning for Robotics Contact Info: (615) 963-5872 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), eerdemir@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Abiodun Fasoro Associate Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Research Interests: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), MEMS Packing, Materials Characterization, Fatigue and Creep Studies of Specialty Metal Alloys, Fractography, and STEM Education Contact Info: (615) 963-5429 (Office), (615) 963-5496 (Fax), afasoro@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Mohammad Habibi Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Research Interests: Automation, Control and Intelligent Manufacturing, Cyber Physical Systems, Regenerative Energy, and Multifunctional Materials Contact Info: (615) 963- 5248 (Office), (615) 963-5496 (Fax), mhabibi@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Kamrul Hasan Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Interests: Cyber-Physical and Computer Network Systems and Security, Software Enabled Network Security, Machine Learning, and Applied Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity Contact Info: (615) 963- 7539 (Office), (615) 963-2165 (Fax), mhasan1@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Hamid Hamidzadeh Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Research Interests: Multi-Body Dynamics, Vibration Engineering, Structural Dynamics, System Identifications, Wave Propagation, Nonlinear Dynamics, Passive and Active Damping Treatments, Modal Analysis of High-speed Rotating Discs, Computational Mechanics, Vibrations of Composite Cylinders, Soil Dynamics, Soil-Foundation Structural Interaction, and Biomechanics Contact Info: (615) 963- 5387 (Office), (615) 963-5496 (Fax), hhamidzadeh@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Liang Hong Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Interests: Wireless Communications, AI/Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, and Signal Processing Contact Info: (615) 963-5364 (Office), (615) 963-2165 (Fax), lhong@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Sagnika Ghosh Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Interests: Smart/Micro Grid Systems Cyber Security Control, Electric Vehicle Charging Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Renewable Energy Storage Systems, Hybrid Power Systems Quality Control, Power Electronics and System Stability, and Engineering Economics Contact Info: (615) 963-5362 (Office), (615) 963-2165 (Fax), sghosh1@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Lee-Hyun Keel Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Interests: Control Systems, Cyber-physical Systems, and Uncertainties and Robustness of Dynamic Systems Contact Info: (615) 963-1611 (Office), (615) 963-2165 (Fax), lkeel@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Charles McCurry Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Interests: Human and Machine Teaming, Cyber-Human Systems, Human and System Integration, Data Fusion, Decision-Making Architectures, Control, and Intelligent Control Systems Contact Info: (615) 963-2160 (Office), (615) 963-2165(Fax), cmccurry@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Heh Miao Assistant Professor of Computer Science Research Interests: Wireless Sensor Network Modeling, Bioinformatics Computing, Computer Simulation, and Data Visualization Contact Info: (615) 963-1521 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), hmiao@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Richard Mu Research Professor and Associate Director of Advanced Materials Research Interests: Nano and meso-structure fabrication of metals, semiconductors, ferroelectric polymers, materials synthesis by functional design, multifunctional materials for sensing, energy conversion, transport and storage. Contact Info: (615) 963-5527 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), rmu@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Landon Onyebueke Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Research Interests: Design Methodologies (Probabilistic, Deterministic, and Axiomatic), Optimization, and Simulation-based Design Contact Info: (615) 963-5425 (Office), (615) 963-5496 (Fax), lonyebueke@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Roger Painter Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Interests: Process Control, and Bioremediation Contact Info: (615) 963-5388 (Office), (615) 963-5902 (Fax), rpainter@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy Associate Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering Research Interests: Chemo-mechanical Modeling of Polymers, Chemical and Mechanical Characterization of Polymers, Multi-stability in Tensegrity Structures, Optimization of Lattice Structures, and Molecular Dynamics to Continuum Bridging Contact Info: (615) 963-6910 (Office), (615) 963-5902 (Fax), , rparthas@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Tamara Rogers Associate Professor and Chair of Computer Science Research Interests: Human-Robot Interaction, Social Robotics, and Signal Processing Hardware Contact Info: (615) 963-1520 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), trogers3@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Manar Samad Associate Professor of Computer Science Research Interests: Machine Learning, Deep Neural Networks, Computer Vision, and Biomedical Engineering Contact Info: (615) 963-5877 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), msamad@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Ali Sekmen Professor, Chair of Computer Science Research Interests: Machine Learning, Approximation Theory, and High-Dimensional Data Analysis Contact Info: (615) 963-5712 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), asekmen@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Guifeng Shao Associate Professor of Computer Science Research Interests: Web-based Application Development, Relational Databases, Natural Language Processing, Image Processing, and Pattern Recognition Contact Info: (615) 963-5874 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), gshao@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Amir Shirkhodaie Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Research Interests: Multi-modality EO/IR Sensing/Imaging, Machine Learning/AI, Deep and Reinforcement Learning, Sensor Data/Information Fusion, Intelligent Manufacturing Control, Flexible Robotics, Autonomous Cooperative Robotic Systems, Visual Inspection and Quality Control, Machinery Diagnostics and Prognostics, and Augmented and Virtual Reality Environments Contact Info: (615) 963-4924 (Office), (615) 963-5496 (Fax), ashirkhodaie@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Fenghui Yao professor of Computer Science Research Interests: Machine Learning and Data Science, Intelligent robots, Computer Architecture, Computer Vision, and Image Processing Contact Info: (615) 963-5875 (Office), (615) 963-5847 (Fax), fyao@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Saleh Zein-Sabatto Professor, Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Cybersecurity, Intelligent Control Systems, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Sensors, and Information Fusion Contact Info: (615) 963-5369 (Office), (615) 963-2165 (Fax), mzein@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Cindy (Shihui) Liu Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Research Interests: Soil Improvement through Innovative Technology, Bio-inspired Material Development, Construction Materials, Soft Soil, smart constructures. Contact Info: (615) 963-5419 (Office), (615) 963-5902 (Fax), sliu1@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Zufeng Wang Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering Research Interests: Advanced controls for HVAC optimal operation, Grid-interactive efficient buildings, Virtual fan/pump flow meter at AHUs, Energy model of VFD-motor-fan/pump systems Contact Info: (615) 963-5416 (Office), (615) 963-5902 (Fax), zwang@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Youngjae Choi Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering Research Interests: Earthquake and Structural Engineering, Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete (RC) Structures, Integrated Material and Structural Design, 3D Concrete Printing, Infrastructure Materials, and Prestressed Concrete Contact Infor: (615)-963-2262 (Phone), (615)-963-5413 (Fax), ychoi1@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Lijian Ma Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering Research Interests: Sustainable/Net-zero Architectural Design, Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings, Embodied Carbon and Energy of Buildings, Prefabricated and Advanced Building Construction Technology, AI-Generated Architectural Design, AR/VR Immersive Architectural Design and Education Contact Infor: (615) 963-6910 (Office), (224) 209-4399 (Cell), lma@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Jing Yan Research Associate Professor of STEM education Research Interests: Engineering education, Artificial intelligence in education, Learning analytics, Student performance prediction, Intelligent tutoring systems, Educational data analysis, Critical thinking development, Learning behavior modeling, Technology-enhanced instruction, Human-computer interaction Contact Info: (615) 963-5400 (Office), (615) 963-5397 (Fax), jyan@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Shazzad Rassel Assistant Professor Research Interests: Biosensing, non-invasive glucose detection, photoacoustic spectroscopy, mid-infrared lasers, semiconductor devices, III–V materials, optoelectronics, nanofabrication. Contact Info: srassel@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Kate Brown Requist Assistant Professor of Mining Engineering (Civil and Architectural Engineering) Research Interests: Industrial hygiene; theoretical geostatistics; mine ventilation monitoring; digital twins; environmental, occupational and community exposure assessment; applied mathematics and (geo)statistics; corporate governance and mining policy; mining social license; air quality monitoring Contact Info: (615) 963-5428 (office), krequist@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Amber Spears Research Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Mining Engineering Program Research Interests: Dr. Spears' research uses remote sensing, instrumentation, computational land and hydrological modeling, and geospatial analyses to understand the geoenvironmental impacts on earthen infrastructure. This research has applications in transportation, hydrology, geotechnical engineering, and mining engineering. She is also interested in STEM education, AI/machine learning, and life cycle analyses of earthen infrastructure Contact Info: (615) 963-5432; aspears7@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Abram Musinguzi Assistant Professor of Applied & Industrial Technologies Research Interests: Aviation operations, safety and planning, Traffic Operations, Safety and Risk Analysis, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Drone Applications, Weather Data Integration and Advanced Weather Forecasting. Contact Info: (615) 963- 6124 (Office), (615) 963-5376 (Fax), amusingu@tnstate.edu

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