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) 963-5392 (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 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
	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 Interim Associate Dean and 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. 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 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 of Electrical Engineering 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. 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
	Dr. Caleb Vatral Assistant Professor of Computer Science Research Interests: Interactive Media and Gaming; Human-Computer Interaction; Human-Centered Design; Virtual, Augmented, and eXtended Reality; Simulation-Based Training and Serious Games; AI in Education; Applied AI Contact Info: (615) 963- 5852; cvatral@tnstate.edu; http://mimiclab.io
	Dr. Koorosh Azizi Assistant Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering Research Interests: Urban Water Systems, Urban Flooding, Socio-Hydrology, Coupled Human–Water–Infrastructure Systems, Human–Environment Interactions, and Urban Sustainability Contact Info: (615) 963-1867; kazizi@tnstate.edu
	Dr. Aung Myat Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Research Interests: AI-Driven Thermal-Fluid Sciences, Multiphase Heat Transfer, Infrastructure Resilience, HVAC&R and District Scale Energy System Digital Twins, AI/ML Optimization, Hybrid Thermal Energy Storage, Battery and High Heat Flux Thermal Management Contact Info: (615) 963-5496; amyat@tnstate.edu

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