Faculty

Interim Director

The center depends upon the faculty of Tennessee Technological University and its resouces to conduct research. The list presented here, which may not be complete, shows the multidisiplinary group of researchers conducting projects through the center.

Periasamy Rajan, Interim Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Interim Director of Center for Energy Systems Research
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(931) 372-3831
Clement Hall (CLEM) 201 Webpage

Associated Faculty

Ali Alouani, Professor
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(931) 372-3383
Brown Hall (BRWN) 333

Rabie Belkacemi, Assistant Professor
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(931) 372-3626
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 440B

Omar Elkeelany, Associate Professor
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(931) 372-3677
Brown Hall (BRWN) 331 Webpage

Satish Mahajan, Professor
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(931) 372-3397
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 431

Joseph Ojo, TVA Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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(931) 372-3869
Brown Hall (BRWN) 323 Webpage

Ghadir Radman, Professor
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(931) 372-3520
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 433

Research Interests

Smart grid (modeling, operation, optimization, protection, control etc.)
Integration of renewable sources (wind, PV, storage, etc.) to power grid
Flexible AC Power Transmission Systems (FACTS)
Optimal Power Flow (OPF)
Power system voltage stability and reactive power compensation

Ambareen Siraj, Associate Professor
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(931) 372-3448
Bruner Hall (BRUN) 309 Webpage
Resume/CV

Information Assurance and Security, Software Engineering

Ahmed Elsawy, Chair
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(931) 372-3238
Lewis Hall (LEWS) 107

Benjamin Mohr, Interim Chair and Associate Professor
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(931) 372-3454
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 216 Webpage
Resume/CV

Durability, microstructure, and chemistry of cement-based materials; early-age behavior of cement and concrete; fiber-reinforced concrete; supplementary cementitious materials.

Corinne Darvennes, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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(931) 372-3253
Brown Hall (BRWN) 126

Acoustics, Noise Control, Ultrasonics, Nondestructive Evaluation

R Henderson, P.E., Professor
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(931) 372-3062
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 417

Masonry design, concrete design, structural dynamics, earthquake engineering

Daniel Badoe, Professor
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(931) 372-3490
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 434

Modeling of urban travel demand, transferability of travel demand models, travel behavior analysis, transport-land use interaction, and transportation data collection.

David Huddleston, P.E., Professor
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(931) 372-3486
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 422

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), computational design coupling CFD with nonlinear optimization, water resources engineering, open-channel flows, fluid mechanics, applied aerodynamics

Ismail Fidan, Professor
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(931) 372-6298
Lewis Hall (LEWS) 103 Webpage

Joseph Biernacki, University Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor
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(931) 372-3667
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 312 Webpage

Cementious Systems • Biofuels Production • Engineering Education

Web Links

International Summit on Cement Hydration Kinetics
Web tools for research and education…
                Cement Hydration Kinetics and Modeling
                Computer Aided Molecular Design
                Access the TTU X-ray Diffraction Laboratory

Jie Cui, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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(931) 372-3357
Brown Hall (BRWN) 121

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence Modeling, Large Eddy Simulation, Numerical Heat Transfer, Thermal Fluids

Y. Jane Liu, Professor of Structural Mechanics
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(931) 372-3256
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 432

Primary research interests include composite materials, vibration analysis, plates and shells, computational mechanics, symbolic computer systems in engineering applications, and computational algebraic geometry in nonlinear structural analysis.

John Peddieson, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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(931) 372-3274
Brown Hall (BRWN) 110

Multiphase Flow, Friction Stir Welding, Tether Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics

L. Crouch, P.E., Professor
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(931) 372-3196
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 316

Construction materials, aggregates, Portland cement concrete, flowable fill, and bituminous materials.

Stephen Canfield, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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(931) 372-6359
Brown Hall (BRWN) 329 Webpage

Robotics, Dynamic Modeling, Compliant Mechanisms, Smart Actuators, Mechatronics

Steven Click, P.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(931) 372-6464
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 439Resume/CV

Traffic signal operations, traffic signal system operations, urban arterial operations, traffic signal controller functions, traffic signal master controller functions, non-traditional intersection and arterial designs.

Stephen Idem, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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(931) 372-3607
Brown Hall (BRWN) 111

Scale Model Testing, Fluid Flow Measurement, Thermal Modeling, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer

Sabine Le Borne, Associate Professor
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(931) 372-3690
Bruner Hall (BRUN) 319 Webpage

Sharon Huo, P.E., Interim Associate Provost
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(931) 372-3224
Derryberry Hall (DBRY) 202

Dr. Sharon Huo serves as Interim Associate Provost and assists the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs in a variety of academic activities. She is the TTU Coordinator for the THEC Performance Funding Program, the TBR-Mandated Program Reviews and Academic Audits, and the University International Education programs. Dr. Huo oversees the operation of TTU Appalachian Center for Crafts, International Education Office, Career Services Office, Honors Program, and Technology Institute. She serves as the University's administrator with regard to space utilization, faculty development, and international cooperation. Dr. Huo also assists the Provost in the process of tenure and promotion evaluations.

Dr. Sharon Huo is a Professor of Civil Engineering. Her areas of specialty include: Structural analysis, reinforced concrete design, prestressed concrete design, structural steel design, bridge design, and seismic analysis.