2007-08 SMU Catalogs -

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

ADMINISTRATION

Geoffrey C. Orsak, Ph.D., Dean
James G. Dunham, P.E., Ph.D., Associate Dean
Tammy L. Richards, P.E., M.B.A., Associate Dean
Richard S. Barr, Ph.D., Chair, Engineering Management, Information, and Systems
Marc P. Christensen, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering
Hesham El-Rewini, P.E., Ph.D., Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Yildirim Hürmüzlü, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Laura J. Steinberg, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering
Andy Winstel, B.B.A., Financial and Information Officer
Misti Compton, Executive Assistant to the Dean

RESIDENT FACULTY

Khaled Abdelghany, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Alfredo Armendariz, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., North Carolina
H. Charles Baker, P.E., Senior Lecturer of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Richard S. Barr, Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Elena Borzova, Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU
Jerome K. Butler, P.E., University Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Kansas
Thomas Chen, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Frank Coyle, Senior Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., SMU
Marc P. Christensen, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., George Mason
Carlos E. Davila, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Roger O. Dickey, P.E., Senior Lecturer of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., SMU
Scott C. Douglas, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Stanford
James G. Dunham, P.E., Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Stanford
Margaret H. Dunham, P.E., Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., SMU
Hesham El-Rewini, P.E., Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Oregon State
Usama El Shamy, P.E, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Judy Etchison, Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, M.S., Texas A&M, Commerce
Donald E. Evans, Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, D.M.A., North Texas
Gary Evans, P.E., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Mark Fontenot, Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, M.S., SMU
Regina Gaiotti, P.E., Lecturer of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., McGill, Canada
W. Milton Gosney, P.E., Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Ping Gui, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Delaware
Gemunu S. Happawana, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Purdue
Abdelsalam (Sumi) Helal, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Purdue
Richard V. Helgason, Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems and Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., SMU
LiGuo Huang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Yildirim Hürmüzlü, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Drexel
Jeffery L. Kennington, P.E., Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Alireza Khotanzad, P.E., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Purdue
Fatih Kocan, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Radovan Kovacevic, Herman Brown Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., University of Montenegro
Paul Krueger, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering,, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
José Lage, P.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D., Duke
Choon S. Lee, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana)
Mary Alys Lillard, Lecturer of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.S., SMU
Charles M. Lovas, P.E., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Notre Dame
David W. Matula, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Gretchen Miller, Lecturer of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.B.A., Texas (Arlington)
Bijan Mohraz, P.E., Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana)
Dona Mularkey, Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Sukumaran Nair, P.E., Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana)
Eli V. Olinick, Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Geoffrey C. Orsak, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Rice
Panos Papamichalis, P.E., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Behrouz Peikari, P.E., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Donald C. Price, Lecturer and Industry Liaison of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Oklahoma State
Peter E. Raad, P.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Tennessee (Knoxville)
Dinesh Rajan, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Rice
Thomas Siems, Senior Lecturer of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., SMU
Mandyam D. Srinath, P.E., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana)
Laura J. Steinberg, Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Duke
Jerrell R. Stracener, Scholar in Residence of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., SMU
Stephen A. Szygenda, P.E., Cecil H. Green Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Cecil H. Green Chair Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., Northwestern
Mitchell A. Thornton, P.E., Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU
Jeff Tian, P.E., Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Maryland
Wei Tong, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. Brown
Yuhang Wang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Dartmouth College
David A. Willis, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Purdue
Tsungyeh (Jim) Yu, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Junfang Yu, Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., LSU

EMERITUS FACULTY

Kenneth L. Ashley, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon
Charles E. Balleisen, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, M.S.M.E., MIT
Robert R. Fossum, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Oregon State
Someshwar C. Gupta, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Jack P. Holman, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Oklahoma State
Lorn L. Howard, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Michigan State
David B. Johnson, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Stanford
Paul F. Packman, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Syracuse
John A. Savage, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, M.S.E.E., Texas (Austin)
Cecil H. Smith, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Hal Watson Jr., P.E, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Jeffrey Alcantara, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, B.F.D., Texas A&M (Reel FX Creative Studios)
Feridoon Amini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, M.S., SMU (Southwest Airlines)
Bogdan Antohe, Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (MicroFab)
Karl Arunski, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.S.E.E., Washington University (Raytheon)
Leslie-Ann Asmus, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., George Mason University
John D. Baschab, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.B.A., University of Chicago (Technisource)
Arthur Beck, P.E., Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.S., SMU (B.S.M. Engineers
Robert L. Bell, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.E.E.E., Brigham Young University (Lockheed Martin)
William David Bell, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, D.E., SMU (U.S. Defense Department)
Eric Bird, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, M.S., SMU (Ericsson)
Mark K. Boyd, P.E., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (LCA Environmental)
William A. Bralick Jr., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State (Texas Instruments)
Ann E. Broihier, Adjunct Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, M.S., Northern Illinois (Raytheon)
Madhukar Budagavi, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Texas A & M (Texas Instruments)
Hakki Candan Cankaya, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (Alcatel)
Gerald R. Carney, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., North Texas (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Robert Casagrande, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.B.A., SMU
Jean Chastain, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.B.A., University of Dallas (WorldCom)
Cheng Chung Chen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Florida
George W. Chollar, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D. Texas Tech University (The Statistical Design Institute)
Eric B. Cluff, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, M.S. SMU (Abbott Labs)
Kevin D. Cluff, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, P.E., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Parks (Abbott Labs)
Luis E. Contreras, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Howard Cowin, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.S.E., California State University at Northridge (Lockheed Martin)
Weiping Dai, P.E., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University (Trinity Consultants)
Gunter H. Daley, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.S., Southern Methodist University (UGS)
Joseph H. Dean, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., Texas A&M (Lockheed Martin)
Dennis Delzer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D. Oregon State University (TI/Raytheon)
James Duke, P.E., Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Colorado State University
Ted Dumas, P.E., Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, M.S.C.E., SMU
Matthew Durchholz, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., SMU (Lockheed Martin)
Carl Edlund, P.E., Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, B.S.M.E., University of Maryland (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Fawzi Elghadamsi, P.E., Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering and Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (HDR)
Andrew Felder, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, J.D., New York Law School (The Arsenal Companies)
Edward Forest, Retired Chair of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Princeton
Dennis Frailey, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., Purdue (Raytheon)
Santos Garza, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. Texas Tech (Texas Instruments)
Ramon Goforth, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Arlington)
Dale Gutt, Adjunct Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, M.S., SMU
Ganesh L. Harpavat, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., University of Rochester (Lucent Technologies)
Rahmi Hezar, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., (Georgia Institute of Technology)
James Hinderer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., (Raytheon)
Anwar Hirany, P.E., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Cornell (ESPRI)
Ahmed H’mimy, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (Andrew Corp.)
Hossam H’mimy, Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (Ericsson)
Louis Hosek, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Oklahoma (American Electric Power)
Gerard Ibarra, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.S., SMU (Business Courier Services)
Ron Jackson, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, B.S., Northern Illinois University (KDFW-TV)
Kamran Z. Khan, Adjunct Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, M.S., UTD (MCI WorldCom)
Mohamed Khalil, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., New Mexico State
Clark Kinnaird, P.E., Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (Texas Instruments)
James E. Langford, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.Arch., Harvard (James E. Langford, Architects and Planners, L.L.C.)
Donald L. Legg, P.E., Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.S.S.M., University of Akron (Bell Helicopter)
Richard Levine, P.E., Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., MIT (Beta Scientific Laboratory)
Richmond G. Lewin, Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science and Engineering, M.C.S.E., SMU
Jan Lyons, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., University of Alabama in Huntsville
Babu V. Mani, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern (Alcatel)
F. Marco Marchetti, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. Queen’s University, Canada (Trisphere Consulting Services)
Paul Martin, P.E., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.S., Nebraska
Matthew R. McBride, Adjunct Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, M.S. SMU (Countrywide Financial)
Lee McFearin, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (Alcatel)
Freeman L. Moore, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., North Texas (Raytheon Systems Co.)
James Norton, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
David Nowacki, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Texas (Dallas)
Taw Hwan Oh, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU
Augustyn Ortynski, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., SMU (Nortel)
Robert S. Oshana, Adjunct Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering, M.S., SMU (ObjectSpace Inc.)
David Pearson, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, M.S., SMU (Alcatel)
David Peters, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, B.B.A., SMU, M.S. in Accounting and Information Management, University of Texas at Dallas
John J. Pfister, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, M.C.S., Texas A&M (Texas Instruments)
Oscar K. Pickels, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.B.A., SMU
Jon Piot, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.B.A. Harvard Business School (Technisource)
Jon D. Rauscher, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Colorado State University (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Mohamed Omar Rayes, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Kent State
Edmond Richer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU (Southwestern)
Mark Sampson, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.S., University of Southern California (EDS)
Steven Sanazaro, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.A., University of Illinois-Champaign (Tatum CIO Partners)
Jila Seraj, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, M.S, Lund Technical University-Sweden
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., University of Georgia (Computer Technology Solutions)
V. Devon Smith, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., University of North Texas (Lockheed Martin)
Gordon Sohl, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, B.S., Minnesota (Abbott Laboratories)
Gheorghe Spiride, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., SMU (Nortel Networks)
D. Blair Spitzberg, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Wendy Spring, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.B.A., Texas (Arlington)
John Stanley, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.S. (Engineering Management), SMU (FACServices Inc.)
Stephen L. Stepoway, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Dallas)
Bennett Stokes, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, J.D., Texas (Austin)
William Stripling, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, DEEM, SMU (EDS)
William Swanson, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, B.S., Texas A&M
Ken Thomas, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.S. (Human Relations and Business), Amberton University
Allen D. Tilley, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, M.S. SMU
John Via, III, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, DEEM, SMU (Alcon Laboratories)
Edward M. Walters, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Georgia
Gregory Wilson, P.E., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Arizona State (Texas A&M University, Commerce))
Dan Wittliff, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.B.A., University of Oklahoma (Dan Wittliff Consulting PLCC)
Scott Woodrow, P.E., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering, M.S. (Hazardous and Waste Materials Management), SMU (Atmel Corporation)
John Yarrow, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, M.S., University of North Texas (XO Communications)
Hossam Zaki, Adjunct Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., SMU
Yanjun Zhang, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley (Sabre)