Contacts

College Administration

Mohammad Elahinia, Professor and Interim Dean
Nitschke Hall Room 5012
Phone: 419.530.8000
Fax: 419.530.8006
mohammad.elabinia@utoledo.edu

Undergraduate Studies

Matthew Franchetti, Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Engineering Honors Director
Nitschke Hall Room 1045
Phone: 419.530.8040
Fax: 419.530.8046
matthew.franchetti@utoledo.edu

Research and Graduate Studies

Patricia Relue, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies 
Nitschke Hall Room 1014

Phone: 419.530.8098
Fax: 419.530.7392
patricia.relue@utoledo.edu

College Computing

Jonathan Rethorn, Director
Nitschke Hall Room 1010

Phone: 419.530.1818
Fax: 419.530.8026
jonathan.rethorn@utoledo.edu

Student success AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Lesley Berhan, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Student Success & Strategic Initiatives

Nitschke Hall Room 5004
Phone: 419.530.8220
Fax: 419.530.8006
lesley.berhan@utoledo.edu

Engineering Career Development Center

Nitschke Hall Room 1040
Phone: 419.530.8050
Fax: 419.530.8056

Academic Departments

Bioengineering


Brent D. Cameron, Professor, Chair and Graduate Program Director 
Nitschke Hall Room 5051
Phone: 419.530.8030
Fax: 419.530.8076
brent.cameron@utoledo.edu 

Halim Ayan, Graduate Program Director 
halim.ayan@utoledo.edu 

Eda Yildirim-Ayan, Undergraduate Program Director
eda.yildirimayan@utoledo.edu

Darlene Stevens, Assistant Director of Dept. Student Services 
darlene.stevens@utoledo.edu

Chemical Engineering

Maria Coleman, Professor and Interim Chair
Nitschke Hall Room 3048
Phone: 419.530.8080
Fax: 419.530.8086
maria.coleman@utoledo.edu

Yakov Lapitsky, Undergraduate and Graduate Program Director
yakov.lapitsky@utoledo.edu

Chanda Raine, Associate Director of Dept. Student Services
chanda.raine@utoledo.edu

Civil and Environmental Engineering


Defne Apul, Professor and Chair
Nitschke Hall Room 3006
Phone: 419.530.8115
Fax: 419.530.8116
defne.apul@utoledo.edu 

Azadeh Parvin, Graduate Program Director
alex.spivak@utoledo.edu

Alex Spivak, Undergraduate Program Director
alex.spivak@utoledo.edu

Kyle Sawyer, Assistant Director of Dept. Student Services
kyle.sawyer@utoledo.edu

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science


Liang Cheng, Professor and Chair
Nitschke Hall Room 2008
Phone: 419.530.8140
Fax: 419.530.8146
liang.cheng@utoledo.edu

Daniel Georgiev, Graduate Program Director
daniel.georgiev@utoledo.edu

Ahmed Javaid, Undergraduate Program Director
ahmed.javaid@utoledo.edu

Christie Hennen, Associate Director of Dept. Student Services
christina.hennen@utoledo.edu

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY


Jared Oluoch, Associate Professor and Interim Chair 
North Engineering Room 1600
Phone: 419.530.3159
Fax: 419.530.3068 
jared.oluoch@utoledo.edu

Scott Brahaney, CSET and IT Program Director
scott.brahaney@utoledo.edu

William (Ted) Evans, EET Program Director 
william.evans@utoledo.edu

Luis Mata, CET Program Director and Director of Assessment and Accreditation 
luis.mata@utoledo.edu

Amy Bian, MET Program Director 
hongxin.bian@utoledo.edu

Myrna Rudder, Associate Director of Dept. Student Services 
myrna.rudder@utoledo.edu

Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering


Hossein Sojoudi, Associate Professor and Interim Chair
Nitschke Hall Room 4006
Phone: 419.530.8210
Fax: 419.530.8206
hossein.sojoudi@utoledo.edu

Samir Hefzy, Professor, Associate Chair, and Graduate Program Director
mohammad.hefzy@utoledo.edu

Sorin Cioc, Clinical Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
sorin.cioc@utoledo.edu

Debbra Kraftchick, Associate Director of Dept. Student Services
debbra.kraftchick@utoledo.edu