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Faculty

Nicholas Baksh
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Research: Biomaterials, Polymers Synthesis
Email |Office: ENC 1205

Glen Besterfield
Associate Professor; Dean, Admissions;
Associate Vice President, Student Success.
Research: Finite Element Analysis, Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Design, Bascule
bridges
Email | Phone: 813-905-4681

Redwan Alqasemi
Research Professor and Lead Researcher, CARRT
Research: Robotics, Assistive Technology, Virtual/Augmented Reality, Prosthetics,
Controls
Email |Office: ENG 007 | Phone: 813-974-2115 | Website | Lab Website | Youtube

Stephanie Carey
Associate Research Professor
Research Area: Applied Biomechanics, Rehabilitation Engineering, Prosthetics
Email |Office: ENG 008 | Phone: 813-974-5765 | Lab Website

Rajiv Dubey
Professor & Department Chair
Director, CARRT
Research Area: Rehabilitation Robotics; Prosthetics and Orthotics, Dynamic Systems
and Controls
Email |Office: ENC 2303 | Phone: 813-974-5619 | Lab Website


Nancy Diaz-Elsayed
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Manufacturing; Smart and Sustainable Systems; Data-Driven Modeling
Email | Office: ENB 334 | Website

Delcie Durham
Professor Emerita
Research Area: Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing
Email
Nathan Gallant
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director
Research Area: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Email |Office: ENC 2504 | Phone: 813-974-5840 | Website

Miguel Goni Rodrigo
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Research Area: Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Solid Mechanics
Email |Office: ENC 1203 | Phone: 813-974-7364

Rasim Guldiken
Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Research Area: Microfluidics, Acoustics, MEMS, Engineering Education Research
Email |Phone: 813-974-5628
Lab Website |Youtube |Open Courseware and FE Review

Daniel Hess
Professor
Research Area: Vibrations, Friction, Fasteners
Email |Office: ENC 2205 | Phone: 813-974-5643

Autar Kaw
Professor
Research Area: Engineering Education Research, Mechanics
Email |Office: ENC 2215 | Phone: 813-974-5626
Website YouTube Blog

Ashok Kumar
Professor
Research Area: Nanomaterials, Microelectronics, Thin Film Technology
Email |Office: ENB 252 | Phone: 813-974-3942 | Website | Lab Website

Craig Lusk
Associate Professor
Research Area: Compliant Mechanisms and Biomechanics
Email |Office: ENC 2507 | Phone: 813-974-1394
Wenbin Mao
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Cardiovascular Biomechanics
Email |Office: ENB 372A | Phone: 813-974-6636 | Lab Website

Ajit Mujumdar
Professor of Instruction & Undergraduate Program Director
Research Area: Powder Technology, Discrete Element Simulations
Email |Office: ENC 1201 | Phone: 813-974-9677 | Website

David Murphy
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Fluid Mechanics, Animal Biomechanics, Oil Spills
Email|Office: ENC 2204 | Phone: 813-974-5625 | Website

Frank Pyrtle, III
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Research Area: Thermal Management, Heat Transfer
Email|Office: ENC 3507 | Phone: 813-974-9015 | Website

Kyle Reed
Associate Professor
Research Area: Rehabilitation Engineering and Haptics
Email|Office: ENC 2503 | Phone: 813-974-2385 | Website | Lab Website

Arman Sargolzaei
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Linear and Non-linear Control Theory, Security of Networked Control Systems, Safety
and Security of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle Control and Optimization,
Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Email | Office: ENC 2508 | Phone: 813-974-5578 | Lab Website

Alex Volinsky
Associate Professor
Research Area: Thin Films Processing, Mechanical Properties and Characterization
Email|Office: ENC 2214 Phone: 813-974-5658 | Website

Michael Cai Wang
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Nano-science/nano-manufacturing, Interfacial/surface phenomena
Email|Office: ENC 2206 | Phone: 813-974-8586 | Lab Website

Stuart Wilkinson
Associate Professor
Research Area: Energy Systems Design, Bionomic Engineering
Email|Office: ENG 131 | Phone: 813-974-5645

Shuh Jing Ying
Professor Emeritus
Email|Office: ENG 146 | Phone: 813-974-5627

Ipek Yucelen
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Research Area: Nanoscale Materials
Email|Office: ENG 118C | Phone: 813-396-9353

Tansel Yucelen
Associate Professor
Research Area: Systems and Control
Email|Office: ENC 2209 | Phone: 813-974-5656 | Website