UC welcomes new engineering faculty

Daewoo Han, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research/Teaching Interests: Multi-functional nanomaterials, point-of-care diagnostic devices, nanomaterial-based biosensors, biomedical applications

Ahmed Khasawneh, PhD

Assistant Professor Educator, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Research/Teaching Interests: Operations/optimization research, simulation modeling, data analytics, machine learning, production and manufacturing systems analysis, quality engineering and management, probability and statistics, dynamics, statics, and strength of materials

Ankit Mittal, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research/Teaching Interests: Microelectronics, integrated and analog circuit design, ASIC design, low-power electronics, energy harvesting, wireless security and communication, system modeling, Internet of Things (IoT)

Melinda Simon, PhD

Associate Professor Educator, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Research/Teaching Interests: Polymeric biomaterials, droplet microfluidics, composite bioinks, accessibility of microfabrication and microfluidic technology, development of labs

Alexander Struck Jannini, PhD

Assistant Professor Educator, Department of Engineering and Computing Education

Research/Teaching Interests: Motivation, identity, sense of belonging, engineering culture, person-centered approaches, mixed methodologies, first-year engineering, mass and energy balances, materials science, thermodynamics, learning theories, assessment, and pedagogy

Ebenezer Tackey-Otoo, PhD

Assistant Professor Educator, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management

Research/Teaching Interests: Construction estimating, planning, and scheduling, building information modeling, sustainable and heavy civil construction, temporary structures

Karl Zimmer

Associate Professor Practice, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Research/Teaching Interests: Linking academia and industry, engineering problem-solving, supply chain management and optimization, production planning, engineering in agriculture