Department of Engineering in the College of Engineering

Faculty in the Department of Engineering
Adjunct faculty and instructors in the Department of Engineering
Staff in the Department of Engineering
Advisors for the College

Department of Engineering

David Bridges, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Department Chair

Office: RFEB 222E
Phone: (361) 825-2181
Email: david.bridges@tamucc.edu

Director of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Program

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Faculty in the Department of Engineering

Jose Baca, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: RFEB 222B
Phone: (361) 825-2144
Email: jose.baca@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/bacajose/

Stewart Behie, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor of Industrial Engineering

Office: RFEB 215
Phone: (361) 825-2382
Email: stewart.behie@tamucc.edu

Lea-Der Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research

Office: CI 371
Phone: (361) 825-3046
Email: ld.chen@tamucc.edu

Combustion and Gasification of Biomass and Alternative Fuels; Fuel Characterization; Fuel Cells; Immersive Evaluation of Vehicles; Solar Thermal Power; Wind Turbine

Celaletdin Ergun, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Office: RFEB 207C
Email: celaletdin.ergun@tamucc.edu

Hongwei Hsiao, Ph.D.

Professor and Rogelio Roger Benavides Memorial Chair

Office: RFEB 319D
Phone: (361) 825-3233
Email: hongwei.hsiao@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/hongweihsiao/home

Safety Evaluation and Research (SEAR) and Smart Technology Advancement Research (STAR): human-technology interface, human factors and industrial safety, emergency readiness research, multi-system integration evaluation (protective gear, robotics, exoskeletons, biometrics, and information processing), personal protective equipment (PPE) 3-dimensional dynamic fitting and performance assessment, and big data and artificial intelligence in protective gear sizing and design for diverse workforce.

Iltai (Isaac) Kim, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Engineering

Office: RFEB 318
Phone: (361) 825-2734
Email: ikim@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.tamucc.edu/science/research/nse/professor.php

Nano/bio chemical sensing, micro/nanoscale fluidics and heat transport, and energy conversion based on nano-biophotonics

Rajeev Kumar, Ph.D.

Professional Associate Professor

Office: RFEB 210
Phone: (361) 825-2559
Email: rajeev.kumar@tamucc.edu

Zhaorui Li, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: RFEB 316R
Phone: (361) 825-4170
Email: zhaorui.li@tamucc.edu

Aref Mazloum, Ph.D.

Professional Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Office: RFEB 216
Phone: (361) 825-2593
Email: aref.mazloum@tamucc.edu

Ruby Mehrubeoglu, Ph.D.

Professor of Engineering

Office: RFEB 222D
Phone: (361) 825-3378
Email: ruby.mehrubeoglu@tamucc.edu

Hyperspectral imaging and image analysis of a variety of materials, material characterization through spectral signatures and spatial distributions, and thermal imaging and visible-range digital image classification

Thang Tien Nguyen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: RFEB 319B
Phone: (361) 825-5532
Email: thang.nguyen@tamucc.edu

Pablo Rangel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: RFEB 308
Phone: (361) 825-3712
Email: pablo.rangel@tamucc.edu

Lichuan Ren, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering

Phone: (361) 825-7709
Email: lichuan.ren@tamucc.edu

Jian Sheng, Ph.D.

Professor of Engineering

Office: RFEB 313
Phone: (361) 825-3731
Email: jian.sheng@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/laebi/home

Nancy Soliman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Office: RFEB 316H
Phone: (361) 825-3236
Email: nancy.soliman@tamucc.edu

Dugan Um, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: RFEB 207A
Phone: (361) 825-3381
Email: dugan.um@tamucc.edu
Website: https://faculty.tamucc.edu/duganum

Jian Yu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Phone: (361) 825-6038
Email: jian.yu@tamucc.edu

Hua Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor of Civil Engineering

Office: RFEB 319C
Phone: (361) 825-2467
Email: hua.zhang@tamucc.edu
Website: https://wesa.tamucc.edu

Hydrology, water resources management, geospatial analysis, infrastructure resilience, environmental systems analysis

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