The Ph.D. in Engineering Program is a collaborative effort in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Program faculty at Wright State reside in the Departments of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering; Electrical Engineering; and Mechanical and Materials Engineering.
Here is an alphabetical list of the Program Faculty and their Research Focus Areas. For additional information about each faculty member's research interests, follow the Research Focus Area links below. You can get more detailed information about the faculty, including specific research interests and contact information, by following the faculty links within each Research Focus Area.
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Maher Amer Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita  84k |
Office: 132 Russ Phone: 937-775-5095 Email: |
Raman spectroscopy, polymer composites, micromechanics of multiphase materials, phase transitions in nanostructured material systems PhD Focus Areas Materials and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Misty Blue Assistant Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 34k |
Office: 260 Russ Phone: 937-775-5116 Email: |
PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Henry Chen Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 358k |
Office: 325 Russ Phone: 937-775-5056 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: |
Computer-aided design, verification and testing of VLSI circuits and
systems, specifically in digital, analog, mixed-signal IC,
system-on-a-chip (SoC); VLSI and FPGA Instrumentation and measurement
for communications,
global positioning systems, and digital wideband microwave receivers PhD Focus Areas Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Frank Ciarallo Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 89k |
Office: 231 Russ Phone: 937-775-5024 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~fciarall/ |
Management and control of systems with uncertainty, inventory and supply chain system optimization, vehicle traffic system modeling, perturbation analysis of traffic intersections, simulation PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Haibo Dong Assistant Professor  Short Biography |
Office: 126 Russ Phone: 937-775-5143 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~haibo.dong/ |
PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Marty Emmert Associate Professor  Short Biography |
Office: 415 Russ Phone: 937-775-5023 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~emmert/ |
Integrated circuit design with electronic warfare and radar receiver applications, built-in-self-test (BIST) for adaptive computer systems and mixed signal systems, and CAD tool development PhD Focus Areas Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Amir Farajian Assistant Professor  Short Biography |
Office: 258 Russ Phone: 937-775-2619 Fax: 937-775-5082 Email: |
PhD Focus Areas Materials and Nanotechnology Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Medical and Biological Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Jennie Gallimore Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 63k |
Office: 246 Russ Phone: 937-775-5072 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~jgalli/ |
Humans in complex systems, aviation human factors, visualization, decision support, virtual environments, medical systems PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Fred Garber Associate Professor  Short Biography |
Office: 311 Russ Phone: 937-775-5033 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~fdgarber/ |
Decision theory and pattern recognition, communication theory PhD Focus Areas Sensor Signal and Image Processing Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Arthur Goshtasby Professor  Current Research Curriculum Vita NSF Curriculum Vita 29k |
Office: 495 Joshi Phone: 937-775-5170 Email: http://www.cs.wright.edu/~agoshtas/ardy.html |
Image and video understanding, medical image analysis, geometric modeling, curves and surfaces, multimodal image capture and fusion PhD Focus Areas Materials and Nanotechnology Sensor Signal and Image Processing Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Tarun Goswami Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 96k |
Office: 257 Russ Phone: 937-775-5120 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: |
PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Materials and Nanotechnology Medical and Biological Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Ramana Grandhi Distinguished Professor of Research  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 782k |
Office: 210 Russ Phone: 937-775-5090 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~rgrandhi/ |
Structural optimization, mechanical vibrations, finite-element methods, metal-forming processes design PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Thomas Hangartner Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 152k |
Office: 244 Russ Phone: 937-775-5070 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: |
Biomedical engineering, medical imaging, CT scanning, instrumentation, computers, quantitative bone measurements PhD Focus Areas Sensor Signal and Image Processing Medical and Biological Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Ping He Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 100k |
Office: 205 Russ Phone: 937-775-5069 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: |
Biomedical engineering, medical imaging, ultrasonics, instrumentation, computers PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Sensor Signal and Image Processing Medical and Biological Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Lang Hong Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 62k |
Office: 329 Russ Phone: 937-775-5053 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: |
Stochastic control systems, computer vision, image processing and pattern recognition, robotics, multiple sensor integration and target tracking PhD Focus Areas Sensor Signal and Image Processing Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Hong Huang Assistant Professor  Short Biography |
Office: 259 Russ Fax: 937-775-5082 Email: |
PhD Focus Areas Materials and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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George P. G. Huang Chair  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 81k |
Office: 209B Russ Phone: 937-775-5043 Email: |
Flow Physics Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Bor Jang Dean  |
Office: 405 Russ Phone: 937-775-5001 Fax: 937-775-5009 Email: |
PhD Focus Areas Materials and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Marian Kazimierczuk Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 300k |
Office: 418 Russ Phone: 937-775-5059 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: |
Electronic circuit analysis, high-frequency tuned power amplifiers, power electronics PhD Focus Areas Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Nathan Klingbeil Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 97k |
Office: 228 Russ Phone: 937-775-5088 Email: |
Solid mechanics, fracture mechanics and fatigue crack growth, mechanics and materials issues in layered manufacturing processes PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
Lok Lew Yan Voon |
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PhD Focus Areas Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Junghsen Lieh Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 19k |
Office: 236 Russ Phone: 937-775-5086 Email: |
Dynamics and control of mechanical systems, manufacturing, impact mechanics, biomechanics, vehicle systems, instrumentation PhD Focus Areas Controls and Robotics Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Yan Liu Assistant Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 119k |
Office: 230 Russ Phone: 937-775-5161 Email: http://www.wright.edu/~yan.liu/ |
Human-computer interaction, information visualization, data mining, and decision making/aiding PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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James Menart Assistant Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 145k |
Office: 125 Russ Phone: 937-775-5145 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~jmenart/ |
Thermal sciences, heat transfer, plasma science, magnetoaerodynamics PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Sharmila Mukhopadhyay Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 98k |
Office: 129 Russ Phone: 937-775-5092 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~smukhopa/ |
nanoscale phenomena, surfaces and interfaces in solids, spectroscopic and microscopic techniques, interdisciplinary science and engineering education PhD Focus Areas Materials and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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S. Narayanan Professor Chair  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 322k |
Office: 207 Russ Phone: 937-775-5045 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~snarayan/ |
Modeling and simulation of complex technological systems, cognition, computational representation, interactive systems PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Ravi Penmetsa Assistant Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 91k |
Office: 227 Russ Phone: 937-775-5089 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~pravi/ |
Robust design, multidisciplinary design optimization, uncertainty quantification PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Chandler Phillips Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 187k |
Office: 204 Russ Phone: 937-775-5067 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: |
Mathematical modeling of biomechanics, fuzzy decision making in rehabilitation, functional electrical stimulation PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Sensor Signal and Image Processing Medical and Biological Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Kuldip Rattan Professor  Short Biography |
Office: 108 Russ Phone: 937-775-5052 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~krattan/ |
Computer-aided design, digital signal processing and control, bioengineering, robotics, fuzzy control, prosthetic/orthotics and microprocessor applications PhD Focus Areas Controls and Robotics Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Saiyu Ren Assistant Professor Curriculum Vita 37k |
Office: 328 Russ Phone: 937-775-5051 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: |
RF and mixed signal integrated circuit design with applications to wireless transceivers, communications and signal processing PhD Focus Areas Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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David Reynolds Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 176k |
Office: 206 Russ Phone: 937-775-5068 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: |
Biomedical engineering, biofluid mechanics, engineering approaches to respiratory/pulmonary physiology and to orthopedics and prosthetics PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Materials and Nanotechnology Medical and Biological Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Brian Rigling Assistant Professor  Curriculum Vita 12k |
Office: 313 Russ Phone: 937-775-5100 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~brigling/ |
Sensor signal processing including
synthetic aperture processing, autofocus, array processing, imaging,
parametric modeling, and target detection/classification. Radar systems
engineering. PhD Focus Areas Sensor Signal and Image Processing Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Joseph Shang Research Professor  |
Office: 127 Russ Phone: 937-775-5094 Email: |
computational physics, computational fluid dynamics PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Secondary Advisor |
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Arnab Shaw Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 65k |
Office: 427 Russ Phone: 937-775-5064 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~ashaw/ |
Communication theory and stochastic processes, estimation and detection, signal modeling and signal processing, simulation of communication systems PhD Focus Areas Sensor Signal and Image Processing Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Raymond Siferd Professor Emeritus  |
Office: 324 Russ Phone: 937-775-5058 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~rsiferd/ |
integrated circuits, signal processing, microelectromechanical systems PhD Focus Areas Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Julie Skipper Assistant Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 41k |
Office: 242 Russ Phone: 937-775-5097 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: http://www.wright.edu/~julie.skipper/ |
Medical imaging, computed tomography, radiation detector systems, hyperspectral imaging, image processing PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Sensor Signal and Image Processing Medical and Biological Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Joseph Slater Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita |
Office: 238 Russ Phone: 937-775-5085 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~jslater/ |
Structure dynamics and control PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Controls and Robotics Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Raghavan Srinivasan Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 122k |
Office: 128 Russ Phone: 937-775-5145 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~rsrin/RSrinivasan_Home.htm |
High-temperature deformation, materials behavior modeling, materials engineering PhD Focus Areas Materials and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Scott Thomas Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 104k |
Office: 124 Russ Phone: 937-775-5142 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~sthomas/ |
Heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, two-phase flow PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Mitch Wolff Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 94k |
Office: 123 Russ Phone: 937-775-5141 Email: |
Fluid mechanics, turbomachinery, unsteady aerodynamics, CFD, aeroelasticity, instrumentation, power systems, fuel cells, high altitude airships, two-phase flow PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
Yanhua (Felix) Wu Short Biography Curriculum Vita 58k |
Office: 131 Russ Phone: 937-775-5091 Email: |
Wall-bounded turbulence, wavelet applications in rough-wall turbulence, turbulence control, unsteady aerodynamics of flapping wing flight, bio-mimic flows, bio-fluids, micro/nano fluidics, multiphase reactive flows, renewable energy PhD Focus Areas Computational Design and Optimization Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Zhiqiang (John) Wu Assistant Professor  |
Office: 481 Joshi Phone: 937-775-5060 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: |
PhD Focus Areas Sensor Signal and Image Processing Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Kefu Xue Chair Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 77k |
Office: 311 Russ Phone: 937-775-5037 Fax: 937-775-3936 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~kxue/ |
Image processing and computer vision, stochastic processes and filtering, computer and communication systems, control and estimation theory PhD Focus Areas Sensor Signal and Image Processing Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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H. Daniel Young Assistant Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 77k |
Office: 130 Russ Phone: 937-775-5027 Email: |
Nanochannel materials, multimaterial fiberous materials, laser micromachining and forward transfer techniques PhD Focus Areas Materials and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Xinhui Zhang Associate Professor  Short Biography Curriculum Vita 165k |
Office: 234 Russ Phone: 937-775-5151 Fax: 937-775-7364 Email: http://www.wright.edu/~xinhui.zhang/ |
Mathematical programming/optimization, manufacturing/production and inventory control, logistics/transportation, and decision science PhD Focus Areas Industrial and Human Systems Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Frank Zhang Assistant Professor  |
Office: 335 Russ Fax: 937-775-4463 Email: http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~xiaodong.zhang/ |
Intelligent Control Systems, Integrated Health Management Systems, Distributed & Cooperative Control Systems, Smart Adaptive Systems PhD Focus Areas Controls and Robotics Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
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Yan Zhuang |
Office: 421 Russ Phone: 937-775-4556 Email: http://www.wright.edu/~yan.zhuang |
PhD Focus Areas Electronics, Microwave, VLSI, and Nanotechnology Materials and Nanotechnology Can serve as a Primary Advisor |
