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
Website:  https://www.tnstate.edu/cae/li.aspx

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), rmu@tnstate.edu 

Dr. Charles McCurry
Interim Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Coordinator of the Robotics, AI, Visualization, and Simulation (RAIVS) Lab

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), cmccurry@tnstate.edu

Dr. Anthony Hmelo
Research Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Coordinator of the Photonics & Quantum Information Lab

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), ahmelo@tnstate.edu
Website: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/AnthonyHmelo/CurriculumVitae

Dr. Caleb Vatral
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Coordinator of the CAVE Lab

Research Interests: 
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Educational Technologies, Learning Analytics, Human-Computer Interactions.

Contact Info: 
(615) 963- 5852, cvatral@tnstate.edu
Website: https://www.tnstate.edu/computer_science/Dr_CalebVatral.aspx

Dr. Liang Hong
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Coordinator of the Cybersecurity Lab

Research Interests:
Wireless Communications, AI/Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, and Signal Processing

Contact Info:
(615) 963-5364 (Office), lhong@tnstate.edu
Website: https://www.tnstate.edu/ece/faculty/lhong.aspx

Dr. Benjamin Wilhite
Laboratory Safety Coordinator

Contact Info:
(615) 963- 7646 (Office), bwilhit2@tnstate.edu

Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy
Associate Professor of Civil 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), rparthas@tnstate.edu
Website: https://www.tnstate.edu/cae/parthasarathy.aspx

Dr. Kamrul Hasan
Associate 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
Website: https://www.tnstate.edu/ece/faculty/Hasan.aspx

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), sliu1@tnstate.edu
Website: https://www.tnstate.edu/cae/liu.aspx

Dr. Bin Shui
Research Professor of Sustainability

Research Interests:
Sustainability, Energy Policy, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Sustainable Urban Development, Community Resilience, Clean Energy, ESG, Gentrification, and Underserved Communities

Contact Info:
(615) 963- 5527 (Office), bshui@tnstate.edu
Website: https://www.tnstate.edu/engineering/binshui.aspx

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), sghosh1@tnstate.edu

Dr. Erdem Erdemir
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Coordinator of the Renewable Energy and Mechatronic Systems Lab

Research Interests: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Machine Learning for Robotics

Contact Info: (615) 963-5872 (Office), eerdemir@tnstate.edu
Website: https://www.tnstate.edu/computer_science/Dr_Erdemir.aspx