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Redwan Alqasemi

Redwan Alqasemi

Research Professor and Lead Researcher, CARRT

Email | Office: ENG 007 | 813-974-2115 | Website | Lab Website Youtube

Research & Awards

Research:  Robotics, Assistive Technology, Virtual/Augmented Reality, Prosthetics, Controls

Nicholas Baksh

Nicholas Baksh

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Email |Office: ENC 1205 

Research & Awards

Research: Biomaterials, Polymers Synthesis

Stephanie Carey

Stephanie Carey

Associate Research Professor

Email | Office: ENG 008 | 813-974-5765 | Lab Website  

Research & Awards

Research Area: Applied Biomechanics, Rehabilitation Engineering, Prosthetics

Rajivv Dubey

Rajiv Dubey

Professor & Department Chair; Director, CARRT

Email | Office: ENC 2303 | 813-974-5619 | Lab Website

Research & Awards

Rehabilitation Robotics; Prosthetics and Orthotics, Dynamic Systems and Controls

Nancy Diaz-Elsayed

Nancy Diaz-Elsayed

Assistant Professor

Email | Office: ENB 334 | Website

Research & Awards

Research Area: Manufacturing; Smart and Sustainable Systems; Data-Driven Modeling

Brett Freidkes

Brett Freidkes

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Email | Office: ENC 1200

Research & Awards

Research: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

Nathan Gallant

Nathan Gallant

Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director

Email | Office: ENC 2504 | 813-974-5840 | Website

Research & Awards

Research Area: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Rasim Guldiken

Rasim Guldiken

Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Email | 813-974-5628 | Lab Website |Youtube

Research & Awards

Research Area: Microfluidics, Acoustics, Engineering Education Research

Daniel Hess

Daniel Hess

Professor

Email | Office: ENC 2205 | 813-974-5643

Research & Awards

Research Area: Vibrations, Friction, Fasteners

Autar Kaw

Autar Kaw

Professor

Email | Office: ENC 2215 | 813-974-5626 | Website | YouTube | Blog

Research & Awards

Research Area: Engineering Education Research, Mechanics

Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar

Professor

Email | Office: ENB 252 | 813-974-3942 | Website | Google Scholar

Research & Awards

Research Area:

Nanomaterials, Microelectronics, Thin Film Technology

Awards:

Advisory Board Member, NSF Center for Nanotechnology Research and Education (CNRE), University of District of Columbia, DC (2019-2024)

Advisory Board Member, NSF EPSCoR, Connecting the Plasma Universe to Plasma Technology in Alabama (CPU2AL), (2018-2023)

Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (2022)

Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) (2016)

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) (2015)

Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2015)

Outstanding Faculty Award, University of South Florida (2013)

Outstanding Research Achievement Award, College of Engineering, University of South Florida (2011)

Fellow, American Association of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)

Professor Honoraria, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia (2009)

Charter Class of Academy of Inventors, University of South Florida (2009)

Fellow, American Society of Metals, ASM (2007)

ASM-IIM Visiting Lecture Award, ASM International (2007)

CAREER “NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award” (2000-2006)

Theodore and Venette Askounes Ashford Distinguished Scholar Award, University of South Florida (2006)

Certificate of Appreciation (Lead Symposium Organizer), Materials Research Society (2005)

Sigma XI Tampa Bay Chapter Outstanding Dissertation Award – Major Professor for P. Zantye, A Study of Integration Issues in Cu-Low k Dielectric Materials in Damascene Structure (2005)

Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida (2004)

USF President Faculty Excellence Award (2003)

NSF Fellowship Award to attend NSF Summer Institute on Nanomechanics Workshop, Chicago (2003)

USF Graduate Council Outstanding Thesis Award – Major Professor, for Swetha Thagella, Study of Tribological Properties and Modeling of Removal Rate of Low-K and Copper in Chemical Mechanical Planarization Process (2002)

Research and Creative Scholarship Award, University of South Florida (2001)

Alabama DOE EPSCoR Young Investigator Award (1996-1997)

Alabama NSF EPSCoR Young Investigator Award (1996-1997)

National Research Council Twining Fellowship Award (1997-1998)

Outstanding Research Award, Univ. of South Alabama (1995-96)

Graduate Research Fellowship, North Carolina State University (1989-1992)

National Merit Scholarship from the Government of India (1981-1985)

Craig Lusk

Craig Lusk

Associate Professor

Email | Office: ENC 2507 | 813-974-1394  

Research & Awards

Research Area: Compliant Mechanisms and Biomechanics

Wenbin Mao

Wenbin Mao

Assistant Professor

Email | Office: ENB 372A | 813-974-6636 | Lab Website  

Research & Awards

Research Area: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Cardiovascular Biomechanics

Ajit Mujumdar

Ajit Mujumdar

Professor of Instruction & Undergraduate Program Director

Email | Office: ENC 1201 | 813-974-9677 | Website 

Research & Awards

Research Area: Powder Technology, Discrete Element Simulations

David Murphy

David Murphy

Assistant Professor

Email | Office: ENC 2204 | Phone: 813-974-5625 | Website  

Research & Awards

Research Area: Fluid Mechanics, Animal Biomechanics, Oil Spills

Frank Pyrtle

Frank Pyrtle, III

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Email | Office: ENC 3507 | 813-974-9015 | Website  

Research & Awards

Research Area: Thermal Management, Heat Transfer

Kyle Reed

Kyle Reed

Associate Professor

Email |Office: ENC 2503 | 813-974-2385 | Website | Lab Website

Research & Awards

Research Area: Rehabilitation Engineering and Haptics

Miguel Goni Rodrigo

Miguel Goni Rodrigo

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Email | Office: ENC 1203 | 813-974-7364 

Research & Awards

Research Area: Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Solid Mechanics

Avik Samanta

Avik Samanta

Assistant Professor

Email

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Sonya Tiomkin

Assistant Professor

Email | Office: ENC 2117 | Website

Vasel-Be-Hagh

Ahmad Vasel-Be-Hagh

Associate Professor

Email |813-974-7664 |Office: ENC 3505

Lab Website

Alex Volinsky

Alex Volinsky

Associate Professor

Email|Office: ENC 2214 | 813-974-5658 | Website  

Research & Awards

Research Area: Thin Films Processing, Mechanical Properties and Characterization

Michael Cai Wang

Michael Cai Wang

Assistant Professor

Email | Office: ENC 2206 | 813-974-8586 | Lab Website 

Research & Awards

Research Area: Nano-science/nano-manufacturing, Interfacial/surface phenomena

Stuart Wilkinson

Stuart Wilkinson

Associate Professor

Email | Office: ENG 131 | 813-974-5645

Research & Awards

Research Area: Energy Systems Design, Bionomic Engineering

Ipek Yucelen

 Ipek Yucelen

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Email | Office: ENG 118C | 813-396-9353

Research & Awards

Research Area: Nanoscale Materials

Tansel Yucelen

Tansel Yucelen

Associate Professor

Email | Office: ENC 2209 | 813-974-5656 | Website

Research & Awards

Research Area: Systems and Control 

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 Arman Sargolzaei

Assistant Professor

Email | Office: ENC 2508 | 813-974-5578 | Lab Website 

Research & Awards

Research Area: Linear and Non-linear Control Theory, Security of Networked Control Systems, Safety and Security of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle Control and Optimization, Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Shut Jing Ying

Shuh Jing Ying

Professor Emeritus

Email | Office: ENG 146 | 813-974-5627

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Delcie Durham

Professor Emerita

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Research & Awards

Research Area: Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing