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Graduate Faculty

List of Graduate Faculty by program and their areas of expertise. Also included is a link to a list of the Master's theses they have guided. Graduate faculty teach EGR 5xx and EGR 6xx classes, serve on or chair thesis and project committees, and guide students in their culminating experiences that include EGR 695 Master’s Thesis, EGR 693 Master’s Project, or EGR 686 Capstone Design Project. All graduate faculty teach EGR 699 Independent Study sections as needed.

Graduate Program Committee

This committee consists of graduate faculty who review and approve MSE curriculum and policies, review thesis and project committees, and support graduate students and faculty. The current committee consist of:

  • Dr Abishek Balsamy-Kamaraj (PDM)
  • Dr Nabeeh Kandalaft (CE)
  • Dr Brian Krug (EE) 
  • Dr Farid Jafari (ME)
  • Dr Samhita Rhodes (BME, GPD)
Engineering faculty and staff headshots taken on 08/25/2011 and 10/05/2001
Photo of professor or biomechanics, Dr Blake Ashby
Product design professor, Dr John Farris
Biomechanics professor, Dr Yunju Lee
Professor Aziz Rahman
Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, Dr. Samhita Rhodes

Dr. Princewill Anyalebechi

KEN 347,  (616) 331-6405

Dr. Blake Ashby

KEN 325,  (616) 331-6753

Dr. John Farris

IDC 213,  (616) 331-7267

Dr Yunju Lee

KEN 345, (616)331-6043

Dr. MM Azizur Rahman

KEN 349,  (616) 331-6664

Dr. Samhita Rhodes

KEN 253,  (616) 331-6267

Professor Bogdan Adamczyk
Professor Nicholas Baine
Professor Karl Brakora
Studio portrait of Atilla Cakmak.
Professor Nabeeh Kandalaft
Professor Brian Krug

Dr. Bogdan Adamczyk

IDC136  (616) 331-7286

Dr. Nicholas Baine

KEN 227  (616) 331-6756

Dr. Karl Brakora

KEN 255  (616) 331-6824

Dr. Atilla Ozgur Cakmak

KEN 259  (616) 331-6017

Dr. Nabeeh Kandalaft

KEN 231  (616) 331-6018

Dr. Brian Krug

KEN 233  (616) 331-6830

Professor Heidi Jiao
Engineering faculty and staff headshots taken on 08/25/2011 and 10/05/2001
Professor Aziz Rahman
Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, Dr. Samhita Rhodes
Professor Jeff Ward

Dr. Heidi Jiao

KEN 355  (616) 331-6844

Dr. Chirag Parikh

KEN 351  (616) 331-7318

Dr. MM Azizur Rahman

KEN 349,  (616) 331-6664

Dr. Samhita Rhodes

KEN 253,  (616) 331-6267

Dr. Jeff Ward

KEN 353  (616) 331-6268

Engineering faculty and staff headshots taken on 08/25/2011 and 10/05/2001
Professor Abishek Balsamy Kamaraj
Engineering faculty and staff headshots taken on 08/25/2011 and 10/05/2001
Lindsay Corneal on July 23.
Product design professor, Dr John Farris
Professor Ryan Krauss

Dr. Princewill Anyalebechi

KEN 347,  (616) 331-6405

Dr. Abishek Balsamy-Kamaraj

KEN 245  (616) 331-6129

Dr. Shabbir Choudhuri

IDC 215  (616) 331-6845

Dr. Lindsay Corneal

KEN 136  (616) 331-6502

Dr. John Farris

IDC 213,  (616) 331-7267

Dr. Ryan Krauss

KEN 343  (616) 331-6825

Studio portrait of Catherine Molloseau.

Dr. Catherine Molloseau

KEN 247, (616)331-6757

[email protected]
Sustainability in waste management
 

Professor Arjumand Ali
Photo of professor or biomechanics, Dr Blake Ashby
Professor Shirley Fleischmann
Farid Jafari Headshot
Professor Sunghwan Joo
Biomechanics professor, Dr Yunju Lee

Dr. Arjumand Ali

KEN 327  (616) 331-6755

Dr. Blake Ashby

KEN 325,  (616) 331-6753

Dr. Shirley Fleischmann

KEN 331  (616) 331-6761

Dr. Farid Jafari

KEN 339  (616) 331-6046

Dr. Sunghwan Joo

KEN 357  (616) 331-6763

Dr Yunju Lee

KEN 345, (616)331-6043

Sanjivan Manoharan
Professor Mahdi Norouzi
Dr Ali Olcay
Professor Janice Pawloski
Wendy Reffeor
Professor Mehmet Sozen

Dr. Sanjivan Manoharan

KEN 249 (616) 331-6024

Dr. Mahdi Norouzi

KEN 329 (616) 331-6044

Dr. Ali Olcay

KEN 223 (616) 331-6015

Dr. Janice Pawloski

KEN 323 (616) 331-6618

Dr. Wendy Reffeor

KEN 332 (616) 331-6010

Dr. Mehmet Sozen

KEN 333 (616) 331-6517

Dr Jenna Stolzman

Dr. Jenna Stolzman

KEN 229 (616) 331-6142

[email protected]
CFD, pollution mitigation

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