Department of Computing Sciences Directory
- Faculty in the Department of Computing Sciences
- Adjunct faculty and instructors in the Department of Computing Sciences
- Computer Science Undergraduate Program
- Geographic Information Science Program
- Geospatial Computer Science Program
- Staff in the Department of Computing Sciences
- Advisors for the College
Department of Computing Sciences

Chandra N Sekharan, Ph.D.
Department Chair and ProfessorOffice: CI 341
Email: chandra.sekharan@tamucc.edu

Juanita Pena
Administrative AssociateOffice: CI 340
Phone: (361) 825-6068
Email: juanita.pena@tamucc.edu

Tianxing Chu, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorOffice: RFEB 314F
Phone: (361) 825-2685
Email: tianxing.chu@tamucc.edu

Saman DeSilva, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant ProfessorOffice: CI 331
Phone: (361) 825-3831
Email: saman.desilva@tamucc.edu

Davey Edwards, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant ProfessorOffice: RFEB 314D
Phone: (361) 825-3419
Email: davey.edwards@tamucc.edu

Marwa Hassan
Computer Science InstructorOffice: RFEB 316M
Phone: (361) 825-3187
Email: marwa.hassan@tamucc.edu

Lucy Huang, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorOffice: RFEB 310B
Phone: (361) 825-2646
Email: lucy.huang@tamucc.edu
•Geospatial Semantic Web development: Ontology construction & mapping, semantic interoperability
Internet GIS: Web Map service development
GIS in public health: agent-based modelling and simulation

Minhua Huang, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant ProfessorOffice: RFEB 316L
Phone: (361) 825-3265
Email: minhua.huang@tamucc.edu

Dulal Kar, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer ScienceOffice: CI 321
Phone: (361) 825-5878
Email: dulal.kar@tamucc.edu
Website: https://faculty.tamucc.edu/dkar
Signal and image processing algorithms, network architecture and performance measurement, network and information security, information retrieval, and educational technology

Scott King, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer ScienceOffice: CI 341
Phone: (361) 825-5877
Email: scott.king@tamucc.edu
Website: https://faculty.tamucc.edu/sking
Computer Graphics: Facial Animation and Modeling, Real-Time Graphics, Rendering, Scientific Visualization; Face-to-Face Human Computer Interaction

Ahmed Mahdy, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and InnovationInterim Dean COSE, Professor of Computer Science
Phone: (361) 825-2349
Email: ahmed.mahdy@tamucc.edu
Broadband Wireless Networks, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Sensor Networks, Optical Wireless Networks, Peer-to-Peer Networks, Software Stability, Software Architecture, Software Patterns

Antonio Medrano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geospatial EngineeringOffice: RFEB 314E
Phone: (361) 825-2548
Email: antonio.medrano@tamucc.edu
Website: http://antoniomedrano.github.io
Spatial Optimization; High-performance Computing; Geospatial Algorithm Engineering

Chen Pan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer ScienceOffice: CI 332
Phone: (361) 825-2448
Email: chen.pan@tamucc.edu

Carlos Rubio Medrano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer ScienceOffice: CI 339
Phone: (361) 825-3436
Email: carlos.rubiomedrano@tamucc.edu

Maha Shamseddine, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant ProfessorOffice: RFEB 316P
Email: maha.shamseddine@tamucc.edu

Hongzhi Song, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant ProfessorOffice: RFEB 314C
Phone: (361) 825-3198
Email: hongzhi.song@tamucc.edu

Mehdi Sookhak, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorOffice: CI 327
Phone: (361) 825-3622
Email: mehdi.sookhak@tamucc.edu
Cloud Computing, Edge and Fog computing, Distributed systems, Network security, WSN, VANET, UAV, SDN, Deep learning and distributed learning applications in cybersecurity, GIS, and remote sensing.

Michael Starek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil and Geospatial EngineeringOffice: RFEB 310A
Phone: (361) 825-3978
Email: michael.starek@tamucc.edu
My research explores the merging of geomatics, remote sensing, and geospatial computing for science and engineering problems. Expertise includes LiDAR, autonomous sensing & UAS, photogrammetry, machine learning, and GIS.

Stanislav Ustymenko, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant ProfessorOffice: CI 317
Phone: (361) 825-3625
Email: stanislav.ustymenko@tamucc.edu

Wenlu Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer ScienceOffice: Ci 342
Phone: (361) 825-3711
Email: wenlu.wang@tamucc.edu

Mamta Yadav, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant ProfessorOffice: CI 320
Phone: (361) 825-2688
Email: mamta.yadav@tamucc.edu

Veronica Munoz
Administrative AssociateOffice: RFEB 310
Phone: (361) 825-3224
Email: veronica.munoz2@tamucc.edu