Faculty

DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING

Halim Ayan, 2012, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.S., Ege University; Ph.D., Drexel University

Brent D. Cameron, 2000, Professor and Chair, B.S.B.E., M.S.B.E., Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Jian-yu Lu, 1997, Professor, B.S.E.E., Fudan University; M.S., Tongji University; Ph.D., Southeast University

Kelly Marbaugh, 2017, Associate Lecturer, B.S.B.E., Ph.D., The University of Toledo

Scott C. Molitor, 2000, Professor and Vice-Provost, B.S.E., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Arunan Nadarajah, 1996, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, B.Tech.Ch.E., Indian Institute of Technology; M.S.Ch.E., Ph.D., University of Florida

Scott M. Pappada, 2016, Associate Professor, B.S.B.E. Marquette University, Ph.D., The University of Toledo

Patricia A. Relue, 1993, Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, B.S.Ch.E., The University of Toledo; M.S.ChE., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Yuan Tang, 2019, Associate Professor, B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ph.D., Florida International University

Sridhar Viamajala, 2009, Professor, B.Tech.Ch.E., Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur; Ph.D., Washington State University

Eda Yildirim-Ayan, 2010, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, B.S. Ege University; M.S., Izmir Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Drexel University

Department of Chemical Engineering

Maria R. Coleman, 1998, Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.S.Ch.E., Louisiana Tech University; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin; PE (Arkansas)

Dong-Shik Kim, 2000, Professor, B.S.Ch.E., M.S.Ch.E., Seoul National University; Ph.D., University of Michigan; PE (Michigan)

Yakov Lapitsky, 2009, Professor and Chair, B.S. Chem., B.S.Ch.E., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Delaware

Joseph Lawrence, 2008, Associate Professor, Director of the Polymer Institute, Ph.D., The University of Toledo

G. Glenn Lipscomb, 1994, Professor, B.S.Ch.E., University of Missouri - Rolla; Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley

Thehazhnan Ponnaiyan, 2015, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director, B.Tech.Ch.E., Anna University; M.B.A., Cardiff University; M.S.Ch.E., Imperial College; Ph.D., The University of Toledo

Jiale Shi, 2026, Assistant Professor, B.S., Peking University; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Abid H. AlHayani, 2014, Assistant Lecturer, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Mosul; M.S., Ph.D., University of Toledo

Defne Apul, 2004, Professor, B.S., Ch.E., Bogazici University; M.S. Env.E., Michigan Technological University; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; P.E.

Yein Juin Eddie Chou, 1989, Professor, B.S., M.S.C.E., National Taiwan University; Ph.D., Texas A & M University; PE

Serhan Guner, 2015, Associate Professor, B.S., Dokuz Eylul University; M.S., Istanbul Technical University; Ph.D., University of Toronto; PEng.

Liangbo Hu, 2011, Associate Professor, B.E., Tongji University; M.S., Ph.D., Duke University

Dae-Wook Kang, 2019, Associate Professor, B.S.C.E., M.S. C.E.E., Seoul National University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Luis A. Mata, 2015, Professor and Chair, B.S. Andrés Bello Catholic University; M.S., Ph.D. North Carolina State University; PE

Douglas K. Nims, 1991, Professor Emeritus, B.S.C.E., M.S., The Ohio State University; M.B.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley; PE

Alex Spivak, 2018, Associate Lecturer, BS, MS, PhD., The University of Toledo.

Sujan Subedi, 2024, Assistant Lecturer, B.S. Civil Engineering, Tribhuvan University; M.S., University of Toledo; Ph.D., University of Texas

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Nasser Alaraje, 2019, Professor, B.S.E.E. Jordon University of Science & Technology; M.S.E.E., Ph.D., The Ohio State University 

Scott Brahaney, 2022, Associate Lecturer and CSET/IT Program Director, B.S, The University of Toledo

William T. Evans, 1986, Professor and EET Program Director, B.S.E.E., University of Illinois; M.S.E.E., Ph.D., University of Toledo; PE (Ohio, Indiana)

Daniel Georgiev, 2006, Professor and Graduate Program Director, M.S. Physics, Sofia University, Bulgaria; Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati

Ryan Hamilton, 2026, Associate Lecturer, B.S. Physics, Allegheny College; M.S. Physics, Miami University; Ph.D. Engineering, Wright State University

Ahmad Y. Javaid, 2016, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, and Chair, B.S. Computer Eng, Aligarh Muslim University: Ph.D., University of Toledo

Devinder Kaur, 1989, Professor, M.S. Physics, Panjab University; M.S. Medical Physics, University of Aberdeen; M.S., Ph.D., Wayne State University

Raghav Khanna, 2015, Professor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering), University of Pittsburgh

Junghwan Kim, 1988, Professor, B.S., Seoul National University; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; PE (Ohio)

Robert Langenderfer, 2022, Associate Lecturer, B.S. & M.S., The University of Toledo

Richard G. Molyet, 1980, Senior Lecturer & Professor Emeritus, B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., Ph.D., University of Toledo

Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga, 2018, Associate Professor, B.S.E.E., M.S.E., Ph.D., University of Toledo; PE (Ohio)

Mohammed Y. Niamat, 1990, Professor, B.Sc. (E.E.), M.E., Aligarh Muslim University; M.Sc., University of Saskatchewan; Ph.D., The University of Toledo

Gursel Serpen, 1993, Professor, B.S.E.E., Air Force Academy - Turkey; M.S.E.E., Air Force Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Old Dominion University

Weiqing Sun, 2008, Professor and Cyber Security Program Director, B.E., M.E., Tongji University; M.S., Ph.D., Stony Brook University

Lawrence Thomas, 2010, Associate Professor, B.A., Computer Science, University of Tennessee; M.S., Ph.D., Computer Science, Vanderbilt University

Hong Wang, 2006, Professor, B.S., Lanzhou University; M.S., Ph.D., Kent State University

Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Omid Amili, 2019, Associate Professor, B.S., Tehran Polytechnic; Ph.D., Monash University 

Amy Bian, 2019, Associate Lecturer and MET Program Director, B.E. & M.E., Tianjin University, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Halim Ayan, 2012, Associate Professor, B.S., Ege University; Ph.D., Drexel University  

Lesley Berhan, 2004, Professor, B.S., University of West Indies; M.S., M.I.T.; Ph.D., University of Michigan

George Choueiri, 2019, Associate Professor, B.S., Ph.D., University of Ottawa 

Carmen Cioc, 2013, Professor, M.S.A.E, Polytechnic University of Bucharest; M.S., Ph.D., University of Toledo

Sorin Cioc, 2004, Clinical Professor, Associate Chair, and Undergraduate Program Director, M.S.A.E., D.A.E., Polytechnic University of Bucharest; Ph.D., The University of Toledo

Mohammad Elahinia, 2004, Distinguished University Professor and Dean, B.S., KN Toosi University of Technology; M.S. Tehran Polytechnic; M.S. Villanova University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic University

Nicoleta Ene, 2016, Associate Lecturer, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Ph.D., The University of Toledo

Matthew Franchetti, 2008, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, The University of Toledo; M.B.A., The University of Toledo, PE (Ohio)

Pulkit Garg, 2026, Assistant Professor, B.S., M.S. Ceramic Eng, IIT (BHU) Varanasi; Ph.D., Arizona State University

Anju Gupta, 2019, Associate Professor, B.E., University of Mumbai, M.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island 

Meysam Haghshenas, 2019, Associate Professor, B.Sc., Iran University of Science and Technology, M.Sc., University of Tehran, Iran, Ph.D., University of Waterloo

Cyrus K. Hagigat, 2002, Professor, B.S.M.E., University of Maryland; M.S.C.S., Central Michigan University; M.S.M.E., University of Akron; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University; PE (Ohio)

Duane Hixon, 2000, Professor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology

Ahalapitiya Jayatissa, 2003, Professor, B.Sc., M.Phil., University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka; Ph.D., Shizuoka University

Ala Qattawi, 2019, Associate Professor, B.S., Jordan University of Science & Technology, Industrial Engineering; PhD, Clemson University, Automotive Engineering

Chunhua Sheng, 2009, Professor, B.S., M.S., Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Hossein Sojoudi, 2016, Professor and Chair, B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E., Sharif University of Technology; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Qiuying Zhao, 2019, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.S., Northwestern Polytechnical University;  M.S., Beihang University, M.S., Mississippi State University, Ph.D., The University of Toledo