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. 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 

Ms. Hehua (Heidi) Ge
Administrative Assistant

Contact Info:
(615) 963- 5527 (Office), hge@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

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

Dr. Manar Samad
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Coordinator of the Bioimaging Lab

Research Interests:
Machine Learning, Deep Neural Networks, Computer Vision, and Biomedical Engineering

Contact Info:
(615) 963-5877 (Office), msamad@tnstate.edu

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

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

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. 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

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