New Faculty & Staff
October 19, 2007
Please join us in welcoming our new faculty and staff, listed below noting their areas of specialization. Also included are our friends from the LSU Agricultural Center who work with the College’s (CoE) Biological & Agricultural Department (BAE). The 2007/2008 “Faculty & Staff Areas of Specialization” directory (AoS) will be published and posted on the CoE website in November 2007.
NEW FACULTY:
BAE and LSU Agricultural Center
Fred E. Baker
Professor-Extension
PhD (1992), Louisiana State University
Disaster recovery, residential structural education, housing and mitigation
Hassan S. Mashriqui, P.E.
Assistant Extension Professor - Coastal Engineering
PhD (2003), Louisiana State University
Modeling of coastal and inland flooding due to hurricanes/cyclones, GIS and LIDAR technology based environmental modeling, wastewater treatment and use, pollution control, wetland ecology
Subramaniam Sathivel
Assistant Professor
PhD (2001), Louisiana State University
Food engineering and value-added food product/process development
Chemical Engineering
Michael J. Benton
Assistant Professor, Holder of the Gordon A. and Mary Cain Professorship II
PhD (2007), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gnomics, bioengineering, metabolic engineering, biosensors
Francisco R. Hung
Jay Assistant Professor
Holder of the Gordon A. and Mary Cain Professorship I
PhD (2005), North Carolina State University
Nanoporous materials and confined systems, liquid crystals, self-and directed assembly at the nanoscale, computational modeling and molecular simulation
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michele Barbato
Instructor
MS (2005), University of California in San Diego
Modeling and analysis of structural and geotechnical systems, retrofitting and structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, random vibration theory, stochastic process modeling, computational reliability analysis, finite element response sensitivity analysis of structural and geotechnical systems
Mostafa Eleseifi
Assistant Professor
PhD (2003) Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Pavement modeling and design, field and laboratory characterization of asphalt mixtures
Heather Smith
Instructor
MS (2004), The Ohio State University
Coastal sediments
Construction Management & Industrial Engineering
Marwa Hassan
Assistant Professor
PhD (2003), Virginia Tech
Sustainable construction and construction simulation
Laura Ikuma
Assistant Professor
PhD (2007), Virginia Tech
Human factors/ergonomics, safety, musculoskeletal disorders, psychosocial factors, biomechanics, industrial engineering
Isabelina Nahmens
Assistant Professor
PhD (2007), University of Central Florida
Quality engineering and management, lean enterprise, six sigma and process improvement, lean construction, green construction
Mechanical Engineering
Mark Brennan
Research Specialist II
BS (1995), Louisiana State University
Instructional lab support
Jack E. Helms, Jr.
Engineer-in-Residence
PhD (1998), Louisiana State University
Mechanics of composite materials, pressure vessels, and computational mechanics
Petroleum Engineering
Mayank Tyagi
Assistant Professor
PhD (2003), Louisiana State University
Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, high performance computing, multiscale and multiphysics algorithms, complex and moving geometry simulations
NEW STAFF:
BAE and Agricultural Center
Denise Attaway
Extension Associate
MA (2003), Louisiana State University
Public relations, media relations, news writing/reporting, editing, photography, and web page design
Sundar Balasubramanian
Research Associate
PhD (2005), North Dakota State University
Food engineering and food safety
Jeremy R. Birch
Electronics Technician
Meteorological and hydrological sensing equipment, photovoltaic design and installation, HF,VHF, and UHF communication equipment
Yin-Lin “Jack” Chiu
Research Associate Coordinator
BS (2006), Louisiana State University
LAIS coordinator
Donna T. Elisar
Administrative Program Specialist A
Personnel, purchasing, bookkeeping, inventory, verify leave tracking, and travel
Margarita Khachaturyan
Research Associate
MS (1975), Yerevan State University
Physical and analytical chemistry
David L. Moore
Extension Associate
BA (1986) University of West Georgia
LaHouse and extension
Diane W. Scimeca
Extension Associate
BID (1994), Louisiana State University
Healthy homes educator, interior design, lighting design
Communication Across the Curriculum
Jennifer Farrell
Technical Communication Instructor
PhD (2007), Louisiana State University
CxC, technical writing and digital portfolios
Office of Development
Jessica M. Kemp
Coordinator Faculty Programs and Development
PhD (2006), Louisiana State University
Faculty recruitment and retention, developing diversity programs
Mimi LaValle
Associate Director of Communications and Alumni Relations
BA English (1992), University of Georgia
Communications, publications, event management, and alumni relations
Lee Rayner
Associate Director of Development, BAE/CM/IE
BA (1988), Louisiana State University
Donor development for LSU CoE Departments of BAE, CM, and IE
Brenda Tate
Administrative Coordinator
BGS (1987), Louisiana State University
Administrative assistance, document formatting, software support, database administrator
Women in Engineering Program
Ginger Powe
Coordinator
PhD (2003), University of Mississippi
Chemistry education, recruitment and retention of women and minority students in STEM, academic counseling and higher education administration
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Julie Mueller
Administrative Coordinator 4
Graduate programs, assistantships, recruiting
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Richard M. Capone, Jr.
Computer Manager 2
BS (2005), Louisiana State University
Embedded system design, autonomous robotics, GPS, information systems
Kerry Lee
Administrative Coordinator 3
AA in B.M. (2007), American Intercontinental University
Administration, coordination, word processing, database management
Mechanical Engineering
Dongmei Cao
Director, Materials Characterization Center
PhD (2004), Louisiana State University
Nanocomposite materials; micro-fabrication with electrical discharge machining and compression molding; material characterization with SEM, TEM, and XPS
Don Colvin
Research Specialist, ME Shop Technician
BS (1973), Northwestern State University
Nanocomposite materials, micro-fabrication, CNC machining
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