Faculty & Staff
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
Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2044
Research or Teaching Interest:
Attack surface analysis, mobile security, wireless security, mobile payment systems Secure programming, intrusion detection, industrial cybersecurity Security architecture for IoT 
Ahmet F Aydogan
Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2046
Research or Teaching Interest:
Digital forensics, Brain-computer interfaces / EEG signal analysis Biometric Cryptography, Biometric Cryptography, Maritime Cybersecurity Digital Forensics, Applied Cybersecurity, Ethical Hacking AI Based Cyber Security, Behavior Analysis 
Gulustan Dogan
Associate Professor
R22 Modular Unit Rm 2217
Research or Teaching Interest:
Trustworthy AI, Health+AI, Education+AI BlueAI, Human Activity Recognition Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning 
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
Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2021
Research or Teaching Interest:
Time Series Data Predictions using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Additional collaborative work in Computer Vision, Embedded Systems Cyber-Physical Systems 
Clayton S. Ferner
Professor
Modular Unit Rm 2215A
Research or Teaching Interest:
Quantum Computing Computer Architecture Operating Systems 
Marni J. Ferner
Senior Lecturer
Congdon Hall 2032
Research or Teaching Interest:
Client-Side and Server-Side Web Databases 
Jason Jennette
Lecturer
Congdon Hall 2048
Research or Teaching Interest:
Discrete Math Software Engineering Logic Programming 
Tahereh (Sima) Jafarikhah
Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2041
Research or Teaching Interest:
Cybersecurity Cryptography Blockchain Technologies 
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
Associate Professor
Congdon Hall 2045
Research or Teaching Interest:
Software Engineering Human Factors 
Yi Liu
Associate Professor
Congdon Hall 2023
Research or Teaching Interest:
Generative AI for Software Security Software Development IoT Sensor Network Security 
John M Lynden
Lecturer
Congdon Hall 2007
Research or Teaching Interest:
Computer Architecture Data Structures Computer Programming 
Ajay K Makanahalli Annaiah
Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2033
Research or Teaching Interest:
AI-driven Malware Analysis Reverse Engineering Vulnerability Detection 
Brittany Morago
Associate Professor
Congdon Hall 2040
Research or Teaching Interest:
Computer Vision, Graphics, Digital Arts Edu. Computer Graphics & Vision Image Processing, Animation Animation 
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) 
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
Department Chair
Congdon Hall 2015
Research or Teaching Interest:
Extended Reality, HCI, UI/UX Programming Data Structures Virtual Reality 
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
Assistant Professor
Modular Unit Rm 2215
Research or Teaching Interest:
CPS, IoT, AgTech, SHC, IoMT, Maritime, Edge AI, ML Embedded Systems, IoT, Wireless Communications and Networks Cyber Physical Systems, Programming 
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
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
Lecturer
Friday Annex 165
Research or Teaching Interest:
Computer Animation and Graphics Immersive and Interactive Media Game Theory and Design 
Hamed Saeidi
Assistant Professor
Congdon Hall 2038
Research or Teaching Interest:
Autonomous and Human-in-the-Loop Control of Robotic Systems 
Devon Simmonds
Assoc Professor
R22 Modular Rm 2203A
Research or Teaching Interest:
Software Engineering 
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
Dean, College of Science and Engineering
Friday Hall 2001A
Research or Teaching Interest:
Computer and Network Security Digital Forensics Cyber-Physical Systems 
Shauna White
Lecturer
Congdon Hall 2025
Research or Teaching Interest:
Object Oriented Programming Human Computer Interaction Web Design 
Meet Our Team
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.