Faculty

M. Edwin Sawan, Ph.D.

School of Computing Department Director and Professor in ECE

edwin.sawan@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3156

John S. Tomblin Ph.D.

Executive Vice President, Research and Industry and Defense Programs; Executive Director, NIAR; and Research Officer

john.tomblin@idp.wichita.edu

(316) 978-5234

Mohamed Anis Aguida

Assistant Educator

mohamedanis.aguida@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5271

Dr. Ikram Ahmed

Associate Professor

ikram.ahmed@wichita.edu

316-978-6292

Jennifer Akers

Assistant Professor of Practice

jennifer.akers@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3169

Visvakumar Aravinthan, Ph.D.

Department Chair & Professor, Evergy Ward-Jewell Faculty Fellow, Ph.D. Graduate Coordinator

visvakumar.aravinthan@wichita.edu

(316)-978-6324

Abu Asaduzzaman, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Chair

abu.asaduzzaman@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5261

Dr. Davood Askari Ph.D

Associate Professor

davood.askari@wichita.edu

316-978-6455

Dr. Eylem Asmatulu Ph.D.

Associate Professor

e.asmatulu@wichita.edu

316-978-6727

Dr. Ramazan Asmatulu Ph.D

Boeing Global Engineering Professor

ramazan.asmatulu@wichita.edu

316-978-6368

Rajiv Bagai

Professor & PhD Graduate Coordinator

rajiv.bagai@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3915

Janelle Birkner

Assistant Educator

janelle.birkner@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7637

Sourabh Bose

Assistant Teaching Professor and MS Computer Science Graduate Coordinator

sourabh.bose@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6074

Dr. Gary Brooking

Applied Engineering Department Chair

gary.brooking@wichita.edu

316-978-7637

Dr. Jielong 'Jacky' Cai Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

jielong.cai@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7315

Dr. Kim Cluff Ph.D.

Professor and IACUC Chair

kim.cluff@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5905

Samantha Corcoran

Associate Educator

samantha.corcoran@wichita.edu

316-978-6301

Dr. Laila Cure Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Laila.Cure@wichita.edu

316-978-7626

Lokesh Das

Assistant Professor

lokesh.das@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3921

Yanwu Ding, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

yanwu.ding@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3052

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Assistant Educator and Data Center Director

ryan.doll@wichita.edu

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Associate Professor

brian.driessen@wichita.edu

316-978-5475

Atri Dutta Ph.D.

Associate Professor

atri.dutta@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5208

Thomas Ensz

Assistant Educator

thomas.ensz@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7427

Ali Eslami, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

ali.eslami@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3925

Ahmad Esmaeili

Assistant Professor

ahmad.esmaeili@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6390

Cody Farlow

Assistant Educator

cody.farlow@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3918

Dr. Shuang Gu Ph.D.

Associate Professor

shuang.gu@wichita.edu

316-978-6213

Dr. Deepak Gupta Ph.D.

Professor, Department Chair, and Graduate Coordinator

deepak.gupta@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7758

Dr. Klaus Hoffmann Ph.D.

Marvin J. Gordon Distinguished Professorship in Aerospace Engineering

klaus.hoffmann@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6327

Dr. Gisuk Hwang PhD.

Associate Professor

gisuk.hwang@wichita.edu

316-978-6022

Joe Jabara

Director, Cybersecurity Education

joe.jabara@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7409

Dr. Suresh Keshavanarayana Ph.D.

Aerospace Engineering Department Chair and Professor

suresh.keshavanarayana@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5939

Dr. Nadia Kianvashrad Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(316) 978-3410

Dr. Yang-Seon Kim

Assistant Professor

yang-seon.kim@wichita.edu

316-978-6383

Dr. Linda Kliment Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Director of NASA in Kansas

linda.kliment@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6354

Shruti Kshirsagar

Assistant Professor and MS Data Science Graduate Coordinator

shruti.kshirsagar@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3053

Hyuck M. Kwon, Ph.D.

Professor

hyuck.kwon@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6308

Dr. Yongkuk Lee Ph.D.

Department Chair and Associate Professor

yongkuk.lee@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7670

Kyoungnae Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

kyoungnae.lee@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3984

Dr. Bin Li

Associate Professor

bin.li@wichita.edu

316-978-6337

Rong Li

Assistant Educator and CS Undergraduate Program Coordinator

rong.li@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6070

Dr. David Long Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator

david.long@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5016

Huabo Lu

Associate Teaching Professor and MS Computing Graduate Coordinator

huabo.lu@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5265

Adam Lynch PhD, MBA

Associate Teaching Professor

adam.lynch@wichita.edu

316-978-5943

Dr. Vis Madhavan Ph.D.

Professor, Sam Bloomfield Chair in Engineering Innovation

vis.madhavan@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5913

Christin Manning

Assistant Educator

christin.manning@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7637

Arun-Kaarthick Manoharan, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

arun.manoharan@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7391

Dr. Cindi Mason

Associate Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator

cindi.mason@wichita.edu

316-978-5915

Dr. Vijay Matheswaran Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

vijay.matheswaran@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3410

Kara McCluskey PE

Senior Educator

kara.mcclusky@wichita.edu

316-978-6531

Dr. Alok Menon Ph.D.

Assistant Educator

alok.menon@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3410

Dr. Tamás Molnár Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

tamas.molnar@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6381

Dr. Roy Myose Ph.D.

Professor of Aerospace Engineering

roy.myose@wichita.edu

Dr. Rajeev Nair

Associate Professor

rajeev.nair@wichita.edu

316-978-6316

Dr. Lindsey Ott Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator

lindsey.ott@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6587

Chengzong Pang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and MSECE Graduate Coordinator

chengzong.pang@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7325

Prakash Ramanan

Professor

prakash.ramanan@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3920

Manira Rani

Associate Educator

manira.rani@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6992

Dr. T.S. Ravi

Mechanical Engineering Department Chair and Professor

ts.ravi@wichita.edu

316-978-6370

A.V.M. Raza MS

Associate Educator

avm.raza@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5938

Christopher Rees

Assistant Educator

christopher.rees@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5908

Dr. Ehsan Salari

Associate Professor

ehsan.salari@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6382

Sergio Salinas Monroy

Associate Professor

sergio.salinasmonroy@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6528

Souvika Sarkar

Assistant Professor

souvika.sarkar@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3924

Zhiyong Shan

Associate Professor, Coordinator of Graduate Software Engineering Certificate

zhiyong.shan@wichita.edu

(316) 978 3929

Dr. Wujun Si Ph.D.

Associate Professor

wujun.si@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5962

Kaushik Sinha

Associate Professor

kaushik.sinha@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3143

Nathan Smith

Assistant Educator and Applied Learning Facilities Manager

nathan.smith@wichita.edu

316-978-7461

Davi Soares, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

davi.soares@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3984

Wei Sun

Assistant Professor

wei.sun@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6377

Mehnaz Tabassum, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

mehnaz.tabassum@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3259

Dr. Gamal Weheba Ph.D.

Professor and ASQ Fellow

gamal.weheba@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5777

Nathan Wells

Assistant Educator

nathan.wells@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7582

Fujian Yan

Assistant Teaching Professor

fujian.yan@wichita.edu

(316) 978 6012

Chihdar (Charles) Yang, Ph.D.

Professor and Graduate Coordinator

charles.yang@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6312

Staff

Shelby Berry

Academic Advisor

shelby.berry@wichita.edu

316-978-6263

Katherine Brewster

Academic Advisor

katherine.brewster@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3156

Wendy Brooking

Office Manager

wendy.brooking@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3156

Stephen Copeland

Laboratory Manager & Tech Support

stephen.copeland@wichita.edu

316-978-6360

Demi Lester

Administrative Specialist

demi.lester@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7594

Barbara Myers

Administrative Specialist

barbara.myers@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6098

Margaret Rees

Administrative Specialist

margaret.rees@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3156

Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Ramazan Asmatulu Ph.D

Boeing Global Engineering Professor

ramazan.asmatulu@wichita.edu

316-978-6368

Jeremy Patterson Ph.D.

Dean, Executive Director of Innovation & New Ventures

jeremy.patterson@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3786

Heidi VanRavenhorst-Bell PhD

Department Chair, Associate Professor & Undergraduate Coordinator

heidi.bell@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5150

Emeritus

M. Edwin Sawan, Ph.D.

School of Computing Department Director and Professor in ECE

edwin.sawan@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3156

Ward T. Jewell, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

ward.jewell@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6340

Faculty In Professional Practice

Andy Stallard

Lecturer and Director of the Senior Design Experience

caskel.stallard@wichita.edu

 No photo available of Dr. Al Tamimi

Affiliate Faculty

Temporary Instructor Pool

 No photo available of Chinmay Kulkarni

Ph.D. Candidate

 No photo available of Anusha Krishna Murthy

Ph.D. Candidate

 No photo available of Nabil Reza

Ph.D. Candidate

 No photo available of Sangar Santhanam

Ph.D. Candidate

 No photo available of Koushik Sarkar

Ph.D. Candidate

Staff

Kayla Cunningham

Administrative Specialist

kayla.cunningham@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3914

Harold Hostetter

Lab Manager

harold.hostetter@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6047

EECS

Preethika Kumar

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator (Electrical Engineering)

preethika.kumar@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6850

Dr. Teddy Zewde

Associate Teaching Professor

tewodros.zewde@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7391

Faculty Emeriti

 No photo available of Abu Masud

Faculty Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty

Randall Allenbach

Adjunct Faculty (Technical Fellow, Spirit AeroSystems)

randall.l.allenbach@spiritaero.com

Dr. John Huffman Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty (Senior Technical Fellow, Spirit AeroSystems)

john.e.huffman@spiritaero.com

(316) 371-5380

Staff

Nikki Ross

Administrative Specialist

nikki.ross@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5902

SESEL

Office Of The Dean

Anthony Muscat Ph.D.

Dean, College of Engineering

anthony.muscat@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6513

Kristin Arnold

Assistant Dean for Finance

kristin.arnold@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6511

Lizzie Butler M.S.

Director of Scholarships and Scholar Programs

elizabeth.penton@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6314

Leah Lamunyon

Director of Marketing and Communications

leah.lamunyon@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6520

Dr. Anil Mahapatro Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Undergraduate & Graduate Programs, Professor & Certificate Coordinator for BME

anil.mahapatro@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5912

Richard Sack

Project Innovation Hub Lab Manager

richard.sack@wichita.edu

(316) 204-1341

Larissa Tessendorf, MA

Project and Office Coordinator

larissa.tessendorf@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6288

Development

Magnus Assarsson MA

Senior Director of Development (Engineering)

magnus.assarsson@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6842

Angela Dudley MBA

Associate Vice President of Corporate and Foundation Relations

angela.dudley@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3837

Additional Staff

Cameron Head

Desktop Technology Specialist

cameron.head@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7358

Thatcher Luginbill-Ruder

Laboratory Coordinator

thatcher.luginbill-ruder@wichita.edu

(316) 532-7400

Casey Spinder

Assistant Educator

casey.spinder@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7558

Emeriti And In Memoriam

Walter J. Horn

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Scott Miller Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus (Former Emylou Keith & Betty Dutcher Endowed Professor and Director of NASA in Kansas)

Michael Papadakis

Professor Emeritus, H. Russell Bomhoff Professorship in Engineering

Dr. Kamran Rokhsaz Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

In Memory of Bert Smith

Professor Emeritus

In Memory of Melvin Snyder

Professor Emeritus

In Memory of Glen Zumwalt

Professor Emeritus

Staff

Angela Blackerby

Academic Advisor

angela.blackerby@wichita.edu

316-978-6363

Laura Cook

Administrative Specialist

laura.cook@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5911

Kerry Majher

Program Coordinator, NASA in Kansas

kerry.majher@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5916

Randall Reust

Engineering Facility Technology Manager

randall.reust@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6858

Former Staff

Linda Cory

Emeritus Coordinator, NASA in Kansas

Rick DeMoss

Emeritus AE/CoE Technical Staff

Cybersecurity

Sara Anstey

Director, Data Analytics and Integrations

sanstey@novacoast.com

Caleb Carey

IT Manager - Cybersecurity

ccarey@txtav.com

Justin Eichorn

Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

Shon Gerber

Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity

shon.gerber@wichita.edu

Mathew Hulse

Adjunct Professor, Cybersecurity

mathew.hulse@wichita.edu

Sean Larson

Chief Information Security Officer

slarson@txtav.com

Jeff Maxon MSIAC, CISSP, CISM

Chief Information Technology Officer, Chief Information Security Officer

Michael Mayta

Chief Information Officer

mmayta@wichita.gov

Alex Roberts

Security Architect

Jonathan Schoelwer

Cyber Security Analyst

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Dave Weishaar

Kansas Air National Guard

Engineering Advising

Shelby Berry

Academic Advisor

shelby.berry@wichita.edu

316-978-6263

Angela Blackerby

Academic Advisor

angela.blackerby@wichita.edu

316-978-6363

Katherine Brewster

Academic Advisor

katherine.brewster@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3156

Jake Frazee

Academic Advisor

jacob.frazee@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3513

Andrea Gartman

Director of Advising

andrea.gartman@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7691

Engineering Student Success Center

Katie Brady-Wark

Director of Student Engagement

katie.brady-wark@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6512

Stefanie Coronado

Success Coach

stefanie.coronado@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3223

Ana Lazarin

Director of Inclusive Excellence

ana.lazarin@wichita.edu

(316) 978-7689

Dr. Jacob Mendez

Assistant Dean for Student Success

jacob.mendez@wichita.edu

(316) 978-6460

Erin Perila

Engineering Regional Recruiter, Kansas City

erin.perila@wichita.edu

Roger Petrin

Recruitment Coordinator

roger.petrin@wichita.edu

(316) 978-5914

Terrance Williams

Director of Recruitment

terrance.williams@wichita.edu

(316) 978-3159

Graduate Ambassadors

FormulaSAE Team

Baja Sae Team

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Team Captain

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Public Relations Lead

Daniel Kinser

Suspension Lead

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Treasurer, Business Lead

Cole McDaniel

Chief Engineer

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Electronics Lead

Summer Schkolovyi

Drivetrain Lead

Alexander Spear

Shop Director/ Chassis Lead

Carter Stahly

Cockpit and Controls/ Composites Lead