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Faculty – Lexington Campus

Nelson Akafuah, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor

Fazleena Badurdeen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor


Sean Bailey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Alexander Chapman, Ph.D.

Part-Time Assistant Professor


Mark Hanson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor


David Herrin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Donna Hewett

Lecturer


Jesse Hoagg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Patrick Hu, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor


I. S. Jawahir, Ph.D.

James F. Hardymon Chair in Manufacturing Systems Professor
Director of Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing SME Fellow

Haluk Karaca, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Thomas Lester, Ph.D.

Dean of the College of Engineering
Professor

Tianxiang Li, Ph.D.

Associate Research Professor


Alexandre Martin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


James McDonough, Ph.D.

Director of Graduate Studies
Professor

Johné M. Parker Ph.D.

Associate Professor


Patrick Poole, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Keith Rouch, Ph.D.

Professor


Kozo Saito, Ph.D.

Tennessee Valley Authority Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Director, Institute of Research for Technology Development (IR4TD)

Abraham J. Salazar, Ph.D.

Associate Research Professor


T. Michael Seigler, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Suzanne Weaver Smith, Ph.D.

Donald and Gertrude Lester Professor of Mechanical Engineering


L. Scott Stephens, Ph.D.

Chair
Engineering Alumni Association Professor

Gerry Swan , Ph.D.

Assistant Professor – College of Education
Joint Appointment in Mechanical Engineering


Kaveh A. Tagavi, Ph.D.

Professor
Associate Dean for Assessment

Christine Trinkle , Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Jonathan Wenk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Tingwen Wu, Ph.D.

Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Bill Young

Lecturer


Faculty – Paducah Campus

John Baker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

James Benson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Electromechanical Engineering Technology
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering


Vincent R. Capece, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
H.E. Katterjohn Professor

Sarah Shen Liu , Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Y. Charles Lu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

William E. Murphy, Ph.D.

Professor
Director of Engineering Extended Campus Programs – Paducah


Art Pallone, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

James W. Rogers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


Ted Thiede, Ph.D.

Professor


Emeritus Faculty

Millard F. Beatty, Jr.
Roy D. Burberry
Oscar Dillon
Bob Drake
James Funk
O.J. Hahn
Alan Male
M. Keith Marshall
Harry Mason
M. Pinar Mengüç, Ph.D.
Shiva Singh
Orville W. Stewart
Theodore R. Tauchert

Staff

Heather-Michele Adkins
Charles Arvin
Ann Becker
Nick Cprek
Josh Duruttya
Peter Hayman
Amy Luchsinger
Herb Mefford
Thomas Suggs
Carol White
Cathy Wolford