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Faculty & Staff

Pedro Acevedo

Pedro Acevedo

Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2036
Research or Teaching Interest:
Virtual Reality, HCI, Immersive Learning, AI Agents
Computer Graphics, Game Development, Virtual Reality
Hosam Alamleh

Hosam Alamleh

Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2044
Ahmet F Aydogan

Ahmet F Aydogan

Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2046
Holly S Busick

Holly S Busick

Administrative Assistant
Congdon Hall 2010
Gulustan Dogan

Gulustan Dogan

Associate Professor
R22 Modular Unit Rm 2217
Research or Teaching Interest:
Generative AI, Virtual Humans In Healthcare, Human Activity Recognition
Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning
Ellie Ebrahimi

Ellie Ebrahimi

Associate Professor
Congdon Hall 2037
Research or Teaching Interest:
STEM & Cyber Education, Simulation-Based Learning (SBL)
Adolescent Health & Digital Behavior
Game Development, Introduction to Programming, Human-Centered Design
Ahmed ElSaid

Ahmed ElSaid

Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2021
Clayton S. Ferner

Clayton S. Ferner

Professor
Modular Unit Rm 2215A
Marni J. Ferner

Marni J. Ferner

Senior Lecturer
Congdon Hall 2032
Jason Jennette

Jason Jennette

Lecturer
Congdon Hall 2048
Research or Teaching Interest:
Discrete Math, Software Engineering, Logic, Programming
Tahereh (Sima) Jafarikhah

Tahereh (Sima) Jafarikhah

Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2041
Emna Ksontini

Emna Ksontini

Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2031
Research or Teaching Interest:
Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering ( AI4SE )
Software Engineering for Artificial Intelligence Systems ( SE4AI ),
Software Containerization and Orchestration
Infrastructure as Code and Cloud Automation
Software Engineering, Coud Systems
Lucas M. Layman

Lucas M. Layman

Associate Professor
Congdon Hall 2045
Yi Liu

Yi Liu

Associate Professor
Congdon Hall 2023
John M Lynden

John M Lynden

Lecturer
Congdon Hall 2007
Kenneth R. McMillan

Kenneth R. McMillan

Application and System Administrator
Friday Annex 105
Brittany Morago

Brittany Morago

Associate Professor
Congdon Hall 2040
Research or Teaching Interest:
Computer Vision, Graphics, Digital Arts Edu.
Computer Graphics & Vision, Image Processing, Animation
Makayla Moster

Makayla Moster

Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2022
Research or Teaching Interest:
Computing Education, Computing Education + AI, Teamwork
HCI, Software Engineering Education
UI/UX Design (HCI)
Sridhar Narayan

Sridhar Narayan

Professor
Congdon Hall 2039
Laurie Patterson

Laurie Patterson

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Curriculum
Friday Hall 1002B
Research or Teaching Interest:
Information Technology, Gender and Computing, Computing Education
Toni B. Pence

Toni B. Pence

Department Chair
Congdon Hall 2015
Research or Teaching Interest:
Extended Reality, HCI, UI/UX
Programming, Data Structures, Virtual Reality
Damir Pulatov

Damir Pulatov

Assistant Professor
Modular Unit RM 2201
Research or Teaching Interest:
Artificial Intelligence
Automated Machine Learning
Applied Machine Learning
Data Structures, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence
Laavanya Rachakonda

Laavanya Rachakonda

Assistant Professor
Modular Unit Rm 2215
Research or Teaching Interest:
CPS, IoT, AgTech, SHC, IoMT, Maritime, Edge AI, ML
Embedded Systems, IoT, Wireless Communications & Networks
Cyber Physical Systems, Programming
Amy C. Reamer

Amy C. Reamer

Associate Professor of Practice & Coordinator of Engineering Programs
Hoggard Hall 123
Research or Teaching Interest:
Engineering education, industry relationships, workforce development
Karl Jr. Ricanek

Karl Jr. Ricanek

Professor
Congdon Hall 2042
Research or Teaching Interest:
AI Frontier models, computer vision, edge AI
AI ethics & compliance, biometrics, facial analytics
AI/ML, Transformers, Foundation/World Models, Entrepreneurship, DSP
Jeremiah D. Roberts

Jeremiah D. Roberts

Lecturer
Friday Annex 165
Research or Teaching Interest:
Computer Animation and Graphics
Immersive and Interactive Media
Game Theory and Design
Hamed Saeidi

Hamed Saeidi

Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2038
Devon Simmonds

Devon Simmonds

Assoc Professor
R22 Modular Rm 2203A
Yang Song

Yang Song

Associate Professor
Congdon Hall 2034
Research or Teaching Interest:
CyberInfrastructure, AI, AI Ethics, AI Pedagogy
Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision
Ron Vetter

Ron Vetter

Dean, College of Science and Engineering
Friday Hall 2001A
Research or Teaching Interest:
Computer and network security, Digital forensics, and Cyber-physical systems.
Shauna White

Shauna White

Lecturer
Congdon Hall 2025
Nicholas A Wujcik

Nicholas A Wujcik

Administrative Associate
Congdon Hall 2010

Meet Our Team

Gur Adhar

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Xavier Belanger

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Ralph Bradley II

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Jeanna Brazel

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Aaron Culler

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Mary Furino

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Emory Harshman

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Terrance Hernandez

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Trisa Russell

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Amrutha Sethuram

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Beverly Vagnerini

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William Vandergriff

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Dr. Gur Saran Adhar

Professor Emeritus


Dr. David Berman

Professor Emeritus


Ralph Bradley

Senior Lecturer Emeritus


Dr. Robert Herbst

Professor Emeritus


Dr. Gene Tagliarini

Professor Emeritus


Jack Tompkins

Lecturer Emeritus

Dr. Barbara A. Greim

In memoriam of a friend, colleague, and our first department chair.


Dr. James H. Nelson

In memoriam of a friend and colleague.


Dr. Fletcher Norris

Professor Emeritus

In memoriam of a friend and colleague.


Dr. Harry Smith

Associate Professor Emeritus

In memoriam of a friend and colleague.