Meet the Team
Muhammad Ismail, Ph.D.
Director, CEROC
Associate Professor
Computer Science
mismail@tntech.edu
Eric Brown
Associate Director for Workforce Development, CEROC
Senior Lecturer
Computer Science
elbrown@tntech.edu
Stacy Prowell, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Research, CEROC/ORNL
Joint Faculty
Computer Science / ORNL
sprowell@tntech.edu
Mohamed Shaban, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, CEROC
mshaban@tntech.edu
Travis Lee
Cyber Range Engineer 2, CEROC
tlee@tntech.edu
Megan Cooper
Office and Events Coordinator, CEROC
mlcooper@tntech.edu
Jeremy Potts
Cyber Innovation Lab Manager, CEROC
jpotts@tntech.edu
Sara Howard
Project Manager, CEROC
smhoward@tntech.edu
CEROC Faculty Affiliates
William Eberle, Ph.D.
Professor
Computer Science
weberle@tntech.edu
Tarek Elfouly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
telfouly@tntech.edu
Gerald C. Gannod, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Computer Science
jgannod@tntech.edu
Sheikh Ghafoor, Ph.D.
Professor
Computer Science
ghafoor@tntech.edu
Maanak Gupta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Computer Science
mgupta@tntech.edu
Syed Rafay Hasan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
shasan@tntech.edu
Muhammad Mahmoud, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
mmahmoud@tntech.edu
Susmit Shannigrahi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
sshannigrahi@tntech.edu
Doug Talbert, Ph.D.
Professor
Computer Science
dtalbert@tntech.edu
Cory Gleasman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Instruction
cgleasman@tntech.edu
Ambareen Siraj, Ph.D.
CEROC
Director Emeritus
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Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center
Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 8AM–4:30PM CDT
(931) 372-3519 | ceroc@tntech.edu
Street Address:
Cybersecurity Education, Research and
Outreach Center (CEROC)
Ashraf Islam Engineering Building (AIEB) 238
1021 Stadium Dr.
Cookeville, TN 38501
Mailing Address:
Tennessee Tech University
Cybersecurity Education, Research and
Outreach Center (CEROC)
Campus Box 5134
Cookeville, TN 38505
