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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Lyle School of Engineering



Office of the Academic Dean

Nader Jalili, Mary and Richard Templeton Dean, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Ali Beşkök, Associate Dean for Research Innovation and George R. Brown Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Rachel Horton, Assistant Dean for Brand Marketing and Strategic Communications

Kathy Hubbard, Assistant Dean for Student Success and Inclusive Excellence

Nancy Huff, Executive Assistant to the Dean

Rebecca Lothringer, Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Strategic Enrollment

Dinesh Rajan, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Curriculum Innovation, Cecil and Ida Green Chair of Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ben Zoghi, Associate Dean for Advanced Studies and Industrial Partnerships, Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Professor of Engineering Innovation

Administration

Adel Alaeddini, Executive Director for the Research Innovation Center for Digital and Human-Augmented Manufacturing, O’Donnell Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Robert Amponsah, Strategic Initiatives Director

Jessica Burnham, Director of Human Centered Design and Innovation Program

Misti Compton, Director of Undergraduate Advising and Student Records

Eva Csaky, Executive Director of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity and Research Professor

Jim Dees, Executive Director of Student Experience and Scholarship

Natalie Hunter, Executive Assistant

Maya Jhangiani, Director of Development

Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Co-Executive Director of the Hart Institute of Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Vin and Caren Prothro Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sukumaran V.S. Nair, Vice Provost for Research and Chief Innovation Office, Director of the AT&T Center for Virtualization, University Distinguished Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Seth Orsborn, Director of Deason Innovation Gym, Professor of Research

Mitchell A. Thornton, P.E., Executive Director of Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Cecil H. Green Chair of Engineering

Todd Wright, Director of Facilities

Lyle Faculty

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Khaled F. Abdelghany, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Miju Ahn, Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Southern California

Adel Alaeddini, O’Donnell Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Executive Director for the Research Innovation Center for Digital and Human-Augmented Manufacturing, Ph.D., Wayne State University

Jennifer (Ginger) Alford, Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science Assistant Chair, Ph.D., Iowa

Richard S. Barr, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Kenneth Berry, Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Pepperdine

Ali Beşkök, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Industry Partnerships, George R. Brown Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Princeton

Digvijay Boob, Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Elena V. Borzova, Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Jessica Burnham, Assistant Professor, Director of Human Centered Design and Innovation, MFA, University of North Texas

Jerome K. Butler, P.E., University Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Kansas

Joseph D. Camp, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Rice

Yangling Chang, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Sila Çetinkaya, Professor of Operations Research and Engineering ManagementDepartment of Operations Research and Engineering Management Chair​, Cecil H. Green Professor of Engineering, Ph.D., McMaster

Jung-Chih Chiao, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mary and Richard Templeton Centennial Chair of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Justin Childress, Assistant Professor of Design and Innovation, M.F.A., Texas A&M

Corey Clark, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, J. Lindsay Embrey Chair in Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Arlington)

Frank P. Coyle, Senior Lecturer of Computer Science, Ph.D., SMU

Eva Csaky, Research Professor, Executive Director of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity, Ph.D., Duke

Carlos E. Davila, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Ali H. Dogru, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Herman Brown Chair in Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Scott C. Douglas, Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringAssociate Chair of Undergraduate Studies and Outreach in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Stanford

Richard Duschl, Executive Director of The Caruth Institute for Engineering Education and The Texas Instruments Distinguished Chair in Engineering Education, Ph.D., Maryland (College Park)

Jennifer Lynn Dworak, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Texas A&M

Diana Easton, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Department of Operations Research and Engineering Management Associate Chair, Ph.D., SMU

John H. Easton, Senior Lecturer of Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Chair, Ph.D., Alabama (Birmingham)

Maya El Dayeh, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D., SMU

Usama S. El Shamy, P.E., Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Gary A. Evans, P.E., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

John Evers, Senior Lecturer of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Eng.D., SMU

Harsha Gangammanavar, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Ohio State

Xin-Lin Gao, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)

Ira Greenberg, Professor of Creative Computation, M.F.A., Pennsylvania

Ping Gui, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies and Outreach in Electrical and Computer, Cecil and Ida Green Chair of Engineering, Ph.D., Delaware

Mehak Gupta, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D., Delaware

Michael Hahsler, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Eojin Han, Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Northwestern

LiGuo Huang, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D., Southern California

Yildirim Hürmüzlü, University Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Drexel

Labiba Jahan, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D., Florida International University

Nader Jalili, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Mary and Richard Templeton Dean, Ph. D., Connecticut

Hamidreza Karbasian, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Concordia University (Montreal)

Mohammad Khodayar, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology

MinJun Kim, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Robert C. Womack Endowed Chair in Engineering, Ph.D. Brown

M. Scott Kingsley, Senior Lecturer of Electrical and Computer Engineering, D.E., SMU

Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vin and Caren Prothro Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Co-Executive Director of the Hart Institute for Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Ph.D., Texas (Arlington)

José L. Lage, P.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Duke

Eric C. Larson, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Professor in Engineering Innovation, Ph.D., Washington

Choon S. Lee, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Steven Lerner, Professor of Practice of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Princeton

King-Ip (David) Lin, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D. Maryland (College Park)

Elizabeth G. Loboa, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ph.D., Stanford

Sanjaya Lohani, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Tulane

Zhong Lu, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Shuler-Foscue Professor of Earth Sciences, Ph.D., Alaska (Fairbanks)

Duncan L. MacFarlane, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bobby B. Lyle CentennialChair in Engineering Entrepreneurship, Ph.D., Portland

Nicos Makris, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Addy Family Centennial Professorship in Civil Engineering, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

Theodore W. Manikas, P.E., Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science Associate Chair, Ph.D., Pittsburgh

Barbara S. Minsker, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Professor of Leadership and Global Entrepreneurship, Ph.D., Cornell

Gholamreza Moghimi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Sukumaran V.S. Nair, P.E., University Distinguished Professor for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vice Provost for Research and Chief Innovation Office, Director of the AT&T Center for Virtualization, Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Xu Nie, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Purdue

Eli V. Olinick, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Seth Orsborn, Professor of Research, Director of Deason Innovation Gym, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon

M. Volkan Otugen, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, George R. Brown Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Drexel

Behrouz Peikari, P.E., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Kasilingam Periyasamy, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D., Concordia University (Montreal)

Ohad Perry, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Columbia

Andrew N. Quicksall, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Ph.D., Dartmouth

Peter E. Raad, P.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Tennessee (Knoxville)

Dinesh Rajan, Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringAssociate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Curriculum Innovation, Cecil and Ida Green Chair in Engineering, Ph.D., Rice

Prasanna Rangarajan, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Edmond Richer, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Kelyn Rola, Research Professor, Ed., SMU

Saeed Salehi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Herman Brown Chair in Engineering, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology

Amin Salehi-Khojin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, William T. Solomon Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Clemson

Klyne Smith, Associate Professor of Computer Science, D.Eng., SMU

Janille Smith-Colin, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, J. Lindsay Embrey Chair in Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Kathleen Smits, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair, William T. and Gay Solomon Endowed Professor in Engineering and Global Development, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines

Brett Story, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Texas A&M

Aurelie Thiele, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., MIT

Mitchell A. Thornton, P.E., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Executive Director of Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security, Cecil H. Green Chair of Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Jeff Tian, P.E., Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Maryland (College Park)

Wei Tong, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Brown

Halit Üster, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., McMaster

Chen Wang, Associate Professor of Computer Science, O’Donnell Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D., Rutgers

Jianhui Wang, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mary and Richard Templeton Centennial Chair of Electrical, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology

James R. Webb, Professor of Practice, Program Director of the Manufacturing Management Program, DM, University of Maryland (University College)

David A. Willis, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering Associate Chair, Ph.D., Purdue

Nurcan Yuruk, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D., Arkansas (Fayetteville)

Jessie Zarazaga, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Jia Zhang, Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Interim Chair,​ Cruse C. and Marjorie F. Calahan Centennial Chair in Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois (Chicago)

Ben Zoghi, Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Professor of Engineering Leadership, Associate Dean for Advanced Studies and Industrial Partnerships, Ph.D., Texas A&M

Lyle Emeritus Faculty

James G. Dunham, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Stanford

Margaret H. Dunham, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Ph.D., SMU

Delores M. Etter, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., New Mexico

William Milton Gosney Jr., Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)

Richard Helgason, Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

David B. Johnson, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Stanford

Radovan B. Kovacevic, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Montenegro (Yugoslavia)

Charles M. Lovas, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Notre Dame

David W. Matula, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Ph.D. California (Berkeley)

Bijan Mohraz, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Paul F. Packman, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Syracuse

Panos E. Papamichalis, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Stephen A. Szygenda, P.E., Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Ph.D., Northwestern

Adjunct Faculty

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Note: The list of faculty adjuncts provided here is advisory only. In any given term, a particular adjunct may not be able to teach because of other commitments. This is especially true because many of SMU’s adjuncts are professionals and scholars who are in high demand.

Yasser Abdelhamid, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Pelin Altintas-DeLeon, Adjunct Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Texas Tech

Batur Aluskan, Adjunct Lecturer of Operation, Research and Engineering Management, M.S., Florida (Gainesville)

Radi M. Alzoubi, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S., SMU

Phillip Andrews, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, M.B.A., Florida Institute of Technology

Bogdan V. Antohe, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Leslie-Ann Asmus, Adjunct Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., George Mason

Veepsa Bhatia, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Delhi Technological University

Samir Bougacha, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Mark K. Boyd, P.E., Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Hakki C. Cankaya, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Adjunct Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., SMU

Robert Casagrande, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.S. M.B.A, SMU

Shaibal Chakrabarty, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science; Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Sudipto Chakraborty, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Isaac Chow, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D., SMU

Eric B. Cluff, Adjunct Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, M.S., SMU

Christopher Colaw, Adjunct Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Executive Director for Industrial Partnerships Mechanical Engineering, M.S., SMU

Douglas Coldwell, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Rice

Gretchen Coleman, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.B.A., Texas (Austin)

Jennifer Cottingham, P.E., Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.B.A., University of Dallas

Eva Csaky, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Research Professor, Executive Director of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity, Ph.D., Duke

Weiping Dai, P.E., Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon

Mohamed Ezzat, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

John (Jack) Furlong, P.E., Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MSCE, Texas (Arlington)

Liliana Hickman-Riggs, Adjunct Lecturer of Operations Research and Engineering Management, M.S., Texas (Austin)

Christopher Hill, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., North Dakota State

Mark Hoffman, Adjunct Lecturer of Computer Science, M.S., SMU

Sina Iman, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.S.C.E., SMU

Qiguo Jing, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., California (Riverside)

Adreana Julander, Adjunct Lecturer of Operations, Research and Engineering Management, M.S., SMU

Levent Kaan, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Farzad Kamalzadeh, Adjunct Professor of Operations, Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., SMU

S. Nazanin Kardi, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., University of Technology (Malaysia)

Mohammed Kashki, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Patrick Kennedy, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, B.A., Penn State

Clark D. Kinnaird, P.E., Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Rama Koganti, Adjunct Lecturer of Operations Research and Engineering Management, M.S., Eastern Michigan

FanRong Kong, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Bhalaji Kumar, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S., University of Missouri-Kansas City and M.B.A., The University of Dallas

Mehedy Mashnad, P.E., Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois

Steven D. McCauley, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.S., Texas Tech

James K. McCloud, Adjunct Lecturer of Operations Research and Engineering Management, M.B.A., Rollins

Emily McIntosh, Adjunct Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., SMU

M. Wade Meaders, Adjunct Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, M.S., SMU

Theodore Moise, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph. D., Yale

Elizabeth del Monte, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.A., Rice

Jason Moore, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph. D., SMU

Nomaan Mufti, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Adjunct Professor of Datacenter Systems Engineering, Ph.D., University of Essex

David J. Nowacki, Adjunct Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, M.B.A., M.S., Louisiana State

James Oliver, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Ohio State

Steven Pelosi, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S., Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Robert Pikna, Adjunct Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, M.B.A., University of Dallas

Leonid Popokh, Adjunct Lecturer of Computer Science, M.S., Texas (Dallas)

Alex Radunsky, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Jon D. Rauscher, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Colorado State

John Rhymer, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S., Howe School of Technology Management

Gloria Ruiz, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.S., SMU

Paris Rutherford, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Southern California

Ardas Sabuncuyan, P.E., Adjunct Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University

Hosam Salman, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Brett Schulman, Adjunct Lecturer of Operations Research and Engineering Management, M.S., SMU

Nandlal M. Singh, Adjunct Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, D.E., SMU

Gheorghe Spiride, Adjunct Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., SMU

Kamakshi Sridhar, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., MIT

Nagarajan Sridhar, Adjunct Professor of Datacenter Systems Engineering, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)

Justin Steadman, Adjunct Lecturer of Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S., SMU

Kexu Sun, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Patricia A. Taylor, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Matthew Tonnemacher, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., SMU

Philip Turner, Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., University of North Texas

Laura Vu, Adjunct Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Ph.D., SMU

Andrew K. Weaver, Adjunct Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, M.A., Navy; M.P.A., Troy State

Mikel Wilkins, Adjunct Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, B.S. North Carolina State

Philip Wrage, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. UT Southwestern Medical Center