Faculty Areas of Expertise

Professor

Research Interest: Autonomous robots, Internet of Things (IoT), driverless vehicle, intelligent control systems, mechatronics systems, health monitoring, learning systems, sensor data fusion.

931-372-3383 | aalouani@tntech.edu | Brown Hall 333 | Profile | Website

Associate Professor

Research Interest: Signal processing; communication systems.

(931)372-3485 | jausten@tntech.edu | Prescott Hall 440 | Profile

Associate Professor

Research Interest: High-efficiency solar cells; high-energy-density sodium and lithium-ion batteries; wireless power transfer; semiconductor electronics; photonics and optics; electromagnetics.

931-372-3352 |  ibhattacharya@tntech.edu | Prescott Hall 440A | Profile | Website

Associate Professor

Research Interest: Data converter architectures; embedded and cyber-physical systems design; quantum computing logic systems; integration of unmanned aerial vehicles in the national airspace; engineering education.

931-372-3453 | jwbruce@tntech.edu | Prescott Hall 450 | Profile

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs; Professor

Research Interest: Remote sensing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; data analytics; hyperspectral imaging and precision agriculture.

931-372-3224 | lbruce@tntech.edu | Derryberry Hall 204 | Profile

Assistant Professor

Research Interest: Smart grids; mobile vehicle-to-grid technique; next-generation wireless and resource management for vehicular communication.

931-372-3349 | nchen@tntech.edu | Brown Hall 334 | Profile

Associate Professor

Research Interest: Structural health monitoring (SHM) using wireless sensor networks (WSNs).

931-372-3847 | telfouly@tntech.edu | Brown Hall 210| Profile

Associate Professor

Research Interest: Artificial intelligence for edge computing; edge intelligence; security threats in deep learning architectures; Internet of Things'; vulnerabilities against hardware based attacks; machine learning algorithms on hardware.

931-372-3462 | shasan@tntech.edu | Brown Hall 319 | Profile | Website

Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor

Research Interest: Wireless communications and networking; dynamic spectrum access systems and spectrum policy; cognitive radio and cognitive networks; applications of game theory and auction theory; error control coding.

931-372-3397 | amackenzie@tntech.edu | Brown Hall (BRWN) 217 | Profile

Director of the Center for Energy Systems Research (CESR); Professor

Research Interest: Optoelectronics (lasers; solar cells; optical fibers); electromagnetics; wireless charging of EVs; sensors; renewable energy.

931-372-3875 | smahajan@tntech.edu | Prescott Hall 231 | Profile

Associate Professor

Research Interest: Security & privacy in smart grid, vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), and cloud applications.; secure/privacy-preserving machine learning models.; blockchain; cryptography and machine learning.

931-372-3677 | mmahmoud@tntech.edu | Brown Hall 331 | Profile | Website

Professor

Research Interest: Electric machine analysis and design; adjustable; speed motor drives; power electronic convertors; control theory applied to power electronics and power systems, power systems economics and deregulation issues.

931-372-3869 | jojo@tntech.edu | Brown Hall 323 | Profile

Professor

Research Interest: Smart grid; Integration of renewable energy sources; Power system operation/control.

931-372-3520 | gradman@tntech.edu | Prescott Hall 433 | Profile

Assistant Professor

Research Interest: Control theory; reinforcement learning; autonomous systems; cyber-physical systems; facilities planning and material handling; freight modeling and logistics; microalloying and mechanical behavior; modern manufacturing systems; optimization and simulation modeling; production planning and control.

931-372-3450 | srizvi@tntech.edu | Prescott Hall 440B | Profile

Assistant Professor

Research Interest: Energy generation and transmission; wireless and quasi-wireless power transfer; high frequency inverter design; electronic instrumentation; electromagnetic interactions.

931-372-3682 | cvanneste@tntech.edu | Prescott Hall 407 | Profile

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the College of Engineering; Professor

Research Interest: Hardware assisted security; vehicular ad hoc network (VANET); security & privacy in vehicle communication; federated machine learning; engineering education.

931-372-3172 | kyelamarthi@tntech.edu | Clement Hall 201 | Profile