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You will receive mentorship and support from more than 100 nationally and internationally recognized UIdaho College of Engineering employees who are committed to your academic success.

Our distinguished team includes experts across diverse engineering disciplines, offering guidance in areas such as mechanical design, fluid dynamics, cybersecurity and sustainable energy systems. With a strong emphasis on student-centered learning, our faculty are actively involved in cutting-edge research and dedicated to fostering an environment where students thrive.

Our people

College administration

Suzanna Long

Dean of the College of Engineering

Gabriel Potirniche

Associate dean, professor

Bobbi Hughes

Chief strategic partnerships officer

Kathryn (Katie) Schiffelbein

Director of strategic programs and student success
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Dev Shrestha

Department chair and professor

Wudneh "Woody" Admassu

Professor

Eric Aston

Professor

Matthew Bernards

Associate professor, NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium director

Steven Gardner

Professor, Lou Edwards Endowed Chair

James Moberly

Associate professor

Jagdish Patel

Assistant professor

Ching-An Peng

Professor

Batric Pesic

Professor

Russell Qualls

Associate professor, Idaho State climatologist

Nathan Schiele

Associate professor

Vivek Utgikar

Professor

Sarah (Xiao) Wu

Associate professor

Haiyan Zhao

Associate professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fritz Fiedler

Professor

Ahmed Abdel-Rahim

Professor

Erik Arnson

Clinical associate professor

Kevin Chang

Associate professor, NIATT director

Erik R. Coats

Sorenson Family Endowed Professor in Water Resources

Bayomy Fouad

Professor

Ruimin Feng

Assistant Professor

Ahmed A. Ibrahim

Professor

S.J. Jung

Professor

Emad Kassem

Associate professor

Chyr Liou

Professor

Michael (Mike) Lowry

Professor, interim NIATT director

Angel Monsalve

Assistant professor

Clifford S. Swanson

Assistant professor

Daniele Tonina

Professor, co-director, Center for Ecohydraulics Research

Andrew W. Tranmer

Associate research professor

Elowyn Yager

Professor, co-director, Center for Ecohydraulics Research

Yuntian Wu

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science

Steve (Yong) Wang

Department chair, Computer Science

Daniel Conte de Leon

Associate professor, acting chair

Robert Rinker

Associate professor, associate chair

Jim Alves-Foss

University distinguished professor

Joules Beeston

Clinical faculty

Bruce Bolden

Senior instructor

Robert Hiromoto

Professor

Hasan Jamil

Associate professor

Constantinos (Costas) Kolias

Associate professor

Johnny (Liujun) Li

Assistant professor

Marshall (Xiaogang) Ma

Associate professor, dean's distinguished fellow

Bhaskar Rimal

Assistant professor

Frederick “Rick” Sheldon

Professor

John Shovic

Research faculty; director of the Center for Intelligent Industrial Robotics

Jia (Cindy) Song

Assistant professor

Terry Soule

Professor

Alex Vakanski

Associate professor, industrial technology

Michael Wilder

Clinical faculty assistant professor

Min Xian

Associate professor

Boyu Zhang

Assistant professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yacine Chakhchoukh

Associate professor

Zain Abideen

Assistant Professor

Herbert Hess

Department chair, professor

Brian Johnson

University Distinguished Professor Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Endowed Chair in Power Engineering CSDS Director

Marc Jean

Clinical Associate Professor

Hangtian Lei

Associate professor

Feng Li

Micron Endowed Chair in Microelectronics, NGeM director, FIB/SEM director

Rakin Muhammad Shadab

Assistant Professor

Balakumar Muniandi

Assistant Professor

Robert Rinker

Associate professor, associate chair

Rowdy Sanford

Clinical Associate Professor

Ting-Yen Shih

Associate professor

Dennis Sullivan

Professor

Giselle Veach

Clinical Associate Professor

Ata Zadehgol

Professor 
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Eric Wolbrecht

Department chair, dean, and Cindy Haagenson Mechanical Engineering Endowed Professor

Christopher Bitikofer

Professor

Gianluca Blois

Assistant professor

Dan Cordon

Clinical associate professor

John C. Crepeau

Professor, associate dean for undergraduates

Vibhav Durgesh

Associate professor

Kamal Kumar

Associate professor

Michael Maughan

Associate professor

Joel Perry

Associate professor

Gabriel Potirniche

Associate dean, professor

Daniel J. Robertson

Grand Challenge Scholars Program director, associate professor

Mark F. Roll

NGeM outreach manager, clinical faculty

Larry Stauffer

Professor of mechanical engineering and engineering management

Robert Stephen

Professor

Matthew Swenson

Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Program director, associate professor       

Tao Xing

Professor
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Management

Indrajit Charit

Department chair, professor

R. A. Borrelli

Associate professor, nuclear engineering, graduate faculty

Javier Calvo-Amodio

Associate professor

Amin Mirkouei

Associate professor, industrial technology

Ean Ng

Clinical associate professor

Krishnan Raja

Professor

John Russell

Associate research professor, Special Assistant to the Dean of Engineering 

Alex Vakanski

Associate professor, industrial technology

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