Our talented faculty members excel in many areas, including automation, robotics, optoelectronics, lasers, computer graphics, telecommunications, and product development. They have an average of seven years of industry experience each in addition to an in-depth knowledge of their fields--a rarity in academia.
Funding for their research efforts comes from sources such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Small Business Administration, the Golden Leaf Foundation, and Verizon.
Through the Center for Rapid Product Realization, our faculty become innovative, can-do partners for technical assistance and technology transfer for government, business and industry officials to enable economic growth and job creation.
Browse the links below and meet our team!
| Ken Burbank | Department Head, EE Program Director |
| Bob Adams | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, ECET Program Director |
| Robert Anderson | Ed.D.; Assistant Professor; ET Program Director |
| Aaron Ball | Ed.D.; Associate Professor |
| Ronald Bumgarner |
M.S.; Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Michael Clare | M.S.; Instructor |
| Jerry Denton | Electronics Applications Engineer |
|
Ed. D.; Associate Professor | |
| Patrick Gardner | Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Center for Rapid Product Realization Principle Scientist |
| Scott Heggen | M.S.; Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Brian Howell | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor |
| Yeqin Huang | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor |
| Bill McDaniel | Ed.D.; Assistant Professor; Distance Learning Program Coordinator |
| Phil Sanger | Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Center for Rapid Product Realization Director |
| Wes Stone | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor |
| Peter Tay | Ph.D.; Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Brandy Venable | M.S.; Visiting Professor |
| Paul Yanik | M.S.; Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Weiguo Yang | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor |
| James Zhang | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor; Graduate Program Director |