Faculty Spotlight

Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Growing up, Ana. G. Hernandez Reynoso wanted to be a medical doctor, but after spending some time with one of her cousins, who is an engineer, she realized that it was the convergence between medicine and engineering that she really enjoyed. That realizat...

Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering It started in high school when Neamul Khansur learned about the working principle of quartz watches—a watch powered by a battery with timekeeping regulated by a quartz crystal that vibrates at a certain frequency. Then he learned the term ‘piezo...

Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Luke Osborn grew up dreaming of a career in baseball. While unsuccessful in chasing that dream at the University of Arkansas, he chose to study engineering as an undergraduate student because he liked building things and wanted to learn how they worked. T...

Associate Professor Computer and Data Sciences Andrew Watkins’s path to a career in computer and data sciences was nontraditional, studying English at Mississippi State University for his bachelor’s and master’s degree and spending his first few professional years teaching English in the United Sta...

Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering For Peng Wang, the engineering process is a journey of discovery and innovation, beginning with the critical step of identifying a problem. The problem he is addressing? Improving operational safety, process stability, efficiency, quality a...

Assistant Professor Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering From a young age, M. Hassan Najafi wanted to know how things worked, especially when it came to technology. That curiosity naturally led him to explore the inner workings of computers—a fascination that only grew stronger as the conc...

Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Chengyu Li’s journey into engineering began with curiosity about the natural world and a desire to apply mathematical and physical principles to solve real-world problems. Now, as an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and A...

Assistant Professor Computer and Data Sciences His love for computers started when his family purchased their very first computer. “I just really loved tinkering with it,” Brian Krupp, assistant professor of computer and data sciences, said. He was in middle school when he created his own web pa...

Assistant Professor Division of Engineering Leadership and Professional Practice With a passion for teaching and a knack for science, Cemantha Morgan Lane Johnson knew early on that her dream career would encompass both. Inspired by family members who made careers in education, she took the first s...

Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering While traveling to the United State as an exchange student, Hyeji Im discovered a passion that would guide her life. “The engineering mechanisms enabling airplanes to transport hundreds of people through the sky fascinated me, sparking a desir...