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Rajesh Vuddandam (Raj), PhD, P.E.

Department Head and Associate Professor – Civil Engineering

Email: vuddandam@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 216

Phone: 254-968-9720

More Info: Ph.D., Civil Engineering/Structural Engineering, University of Alabama – Huntsville

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Hoe-Gil Lee, PhD

Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator/Graduate Program Coordinator

Associate Professor – Mechanical Engineering

Email: hlee@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 215

Phone: 254-968-9520

More Info: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami

Mechanical Engineering Faculty – Stephenville Campus

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Jun Xu, PhD, P.E.

Associate Dean and Associate Professor – Mechanical Engineering

Email: junxu@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 291

Phone: 254-968-9779

More Info: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York, Stony Brook

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Hoe-Gil Lee, PhD

Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator – Mechanical Engineering

Email: hlee@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 215

Phone: 254-968-9520

More Info: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami

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Abolghassem Zabihollah (Zabi), PhD, P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Email: azabihollah@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 221

Phone: 254-459-5576

More info: PhD Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Faculty Website

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Hongbo Du (Bob), PhD

Assistant Professor – Mechanical Engineering

Email: hdu@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 218

Phone: 254-459-5337

More Info: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University

Mechanical Engineering Faculty – Texas A&M-RELLIS Campus

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Alexandru Herescu, PhD

Assistant Professor – Mechanical Engineering

Email: herescu@tarleton.edu

Office: Texas A&M-RELLIS ACB2-303

Phone: 979-317-3443

More info Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Environmental Engineering Faculty – Stephenville Campus

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Kartik Venkataraman, PhD, P.E.

Professor – Environmental Engineering

Email: venkataraman@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 222

Phone: 254-968-9164

More Info: Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University

Faculty Website

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Lynal Albert, PhD

Associate Professor – Environmental Engineering

Email: albert@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 214

Phone: 254-968-9727

More Info: Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University

Civil Engineering Faculty – Stephenville Campus

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Rajesh Vuddandam (Raj), PhD, P.E.

Department Head and Associate Professor – Civil Engineering

Email: vuddandam@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 216

Phone: 254-968-9720

More Info: Ph.D., Civil Engineering/Structural Engineering, University of Alabama – Huntsville

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Hyedi Nivens

Lecturer

Email: hviehmann@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 213

Phone: 254-459-5572

Adjunct Faculty

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Carlos Silva, PhD

Adjunct Instructor (Stephenville Campus)

Email: csilva-hernandez@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 220

More info: PhD Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

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Michael Weeks, PhD

Adjunct Instructor (Stephenville Campus)

Email: mweeks@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 220

Phone: 832-651-7409

More info: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University

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Brett Rice, MS

Adjunct Instructor (Stephenville Campus)

Email: brice@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 217

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Anne Nichols, PhD

Adjunct Instructor (Texas A&M-RELLIS campus)

Email: anichols@tarleton.edu

More Info: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Ruth Abegaz, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: rabegaz@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 219

More Info: Ph.D., Civil and Structural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.

Graduate Assistants

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Elisha Sam Acquah

Graduate Laboratory Assistant

Email: elishasam.acquah@go.tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 217

Academic Advisors – Stephenville Campus

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Mondrae Ingram

Academic Advisor II

Mayfield College of Engineering

Email: mingram@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 286

Phone: 254-968-1917

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Olivia Amaro

Academic Advisor II

Mayfield College of Engineering

Email: oamaro@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 286

Phone: 254-968-1609

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Brandon Newton

Academic Advisor II

Mayfield College of Engineering

Email: bnewton@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 286

Phone: 254-968-7072

Academic/Faculty Advisors – Texas A&M-RELLIS Campus

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Jacob McCoy

Academic Advisor I

Texas A&M-RELLIS campus

Email: jmccoy@rellis.tamu.edu

Office: ACB1 117B

Phone: 979-317-3422

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Alexandru Herescu, PhD

Assistant Professor – Mechanical Engineering

Email: herescu@tarleton.edu

Office: Texas A&M-RELLIS ACB2-303

Phone: 979-317-3443

More info Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Support Staff

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Richard Clarke

Instrumentation Coordinator

Mayfield College of Engineering

Email: rclarke@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 150B

Phone: 254-968-0518

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Robert Lewis

End User Support Specialist II – IT Services – Classroom and Lab Support

Mayfield College of Engineering

Email: rdlewis@tarleton.edu

Office: ENGR 324

Phone: 254-968-1741