Employees
You will receive mentorship and support from more than 100 nationally and internationally recognized UIdaho College of Engineering employees who are committed to your academic success.
Our distinguished team includes experts across diverse engineering disciplines, offering guidance in areas such as mechanical design, fluid dynamics, cybersecurity and sustainable energy systems. With a strong emphasis on student-centered learning, our faculty are actively involved in cutting-edge research and dedicated to fostering an environment where students thrive.
College administration
Suzanna Long
Gabriel Potirniche
Bobbi Hughes
Kathryn (Katie) Schiffelbein
Our departments
The faculty and staff at University of Idaho are here to help you meet your goals.
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dev Shrestha, Ph.D.
Department chair and professor
208-885-7545
devs@uidaho.edu
Wudneh "Woody" Admassu, Ph.D.
Professor
208-885-8918
wadmassu@uidaho.edu
D. Eric Aston, Ph.D.
Professor
208-885-6953
aston@uidaho.edu
Matthew Bernards, Ph.D.
Associate professor, NASA Idaho Space Grant consortium director
208-885-2150
mbernards@uidaho.edu
Steven Gardner, Ph.D.
Professor, Lou Edwards Endowed Chair, Chemical Engineering
904-463-1658
gardner@uidaho.edu
Bingjun Brian He, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-7435
bhe@uidaho.edu
James Moberly, Ph.D.
Associate professor
208-885-7705
jgmoberly@uidaho.edu
Jagdish Patel, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
jspatel@uidaho.edu
Ching-An Peng, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-7461
capeng@uidaho.edu
Russell Qualls, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor, Idaho State climatologist
208-885-6184
rqualls@uidaho.edu
Nathan R. Schiele, Ph.D.
Associate professor
208-885-9063
nrschiele@uidaho.edu
Vivek Utgikar, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-6970
vutgikar@uidaho.edu
Sarah (Xiao) Wu, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-885-1532
xwu@uidaho.edu
Haiyan Zhao, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-533-8123
haiyanz@uidaho.edu
Chemical and Biological Engineering staff
Charles Cornwall
Scientific instrument maker
208-885-7728
cornwall@uidaho.edu
Milo Flint
Research aide
208-596-6482
mflint@uidaho.edu
Judy Vandegrift
Management assistant
208-885-6182
judyv@uidaho.edu
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Fritz R. Fiedler, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-2980
fritz@uidaho.edu
Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-2957
ahmed@uidaho.edu
Erik Arnson
Clinical associate professor
208-885-2954
earnson@uidaho.edu
Kevin Chang, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor, NIATT director
208-885-4028
kchang@uidaho.edu
Erik R. Coats, P.E., Ph.D.
Sorenson Family Endowed Professor in Water Resources
208-885-7559
ecoats@uidaho.edu
Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-1328
aibrahim@uidaho.edu
S.J. Jung, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-6481
sjung@uidaho.edu
Emad Kassem, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-885-1025
ekassem@uidaho.edu
Michael (Mike) Lowry, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, interim NIATT director
208-885-0139
mlowry@uidaho.edu
Angel Monsalve, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
amonsalve@uidaho.edu
Clifford S. Swanson Ph.D.
Assistant professor
cliffords@uidaho.edu
Daniele Tonina, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and co-director of the Center for Ecohydraulics Research
208-364-6194
dtonina@uidaho.edu
Andy Tranmer, Ph.D.
Associate research professor
208-364-6165
andyt@uidaho.edu
Elowyn Yager, Ph.D., P.G.
Professor and co-director of the Center for Ecohydraulics Research
208-364-4996
eyager@uidaho.edu
Civil and Environmental Engineering Staff
Cynthia Brinkman
Research scientist
208-885-6943
cbrinkman@uidaho.edu
Linda Moser
Administrative coordinator
208-885-6782
lmoser@uidaho.edu
Department of Computer Science
Daniel Conte de Leon, Ph.D.
Associate professor, acting chair
208-885-6520
dcontedeleon@uidaho.edu
Robert Rinker, Ph.D.
Associate professor; associate chair
208-885-7378
rinker@uidaho.edu
Jim Alves-Foss, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor
208-885-5196
jimaf@uidaho.edu
Joules Beeston, Ph.D.
Clinical faculty
208-292-2671
jbeeston@uidaho.edu
Bruce Bolden, M.S.
Senior instructor
208-885-5422
bruceb@uidaho.edu
Robert Hiromoto, Ph.D.
Professor
208-533-8119
hiromoto@uidaho.edu
Hasan Jamil, Ph.D.
Associate professor
208-885-6594
jamil@uidaho.edu
Konstantinos (Kostas) Kolias, Ph.D.
Associate professor
703-606-5244
kolias@uidaho.edu
Johnny (Liujun) Li
Affiliate faculty, soil and water systems
208-885-1015
liujunl@uidaho.edu
Marshall (Xiaogang) Ma, Ph.D.
Associate professor, College of Engineering Dean's Distinguished Fellow
208-885-1547
max@uidaho.edu
Amin Mirkouei, Ph.D.
Affiliate faculty, industrial technology
208-757-5420
amirkouei@uidaho.edu
Bhaskar Rimal, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant professor
brimal@uidaho.edu
Frederick “Rick” Sheldon, Ph.D.
Professor
208-292-2545
sheldon@uidaho.edu
John Shovic, Ph.D.
Research faculty; Director of the Center for Intelligent Industrial Robotics
jshovic@uidaho.edu
Dev Shrestha, Ph.D.
Affiliate faculty, Chem & Biology engineering chair
208-885-7545
devs@uidaho.edu
Jia (Cindy) Song, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
208-885-1710
jsong@uidaho.edu
Terry Soule, Ph.D.
Professor
208-885-7789
tsoule@uidaho.edu
Alex Vakanski, Ph.D., P.E.
Affiliate professor, industrial technology
208-757-5422
vakanski@uidaho.edu
Michael Wilder, Ph.D.
Clinical faculty assistant professor
mdwilder@uidaho.edu
Min Xian, Ph.D.
Associate professor
208-757-5425
mxian@uidaho.edu
Boyu Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
208-292-7709
boyuz@uidaho.edu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yacine Chakhchoukh, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-885-1550
yacinec@uidaho.edu
Jim Frenzel, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-885-7532
jfrenzel@uidaho.edu
Karen Frenzel, Ph.D.
Associate professor
208-885-7768
kfrenzel@uidaho.edu
Herbert Hess, Ph.D., P.E
Department chair, professor
208-885-4341
hhess@uidaho.edu
Brian Johnson, Ph.D., P.E.
University Distinguished Professor, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Endowed Chair in Power Engineering, CSDS director
208-885-6902
bjohnson@uidaho.edu
Hangtian Lei, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-885-0952
hlei7@uidaho.edu
Feng Li, Ph.D., P.E.
Micron Endowed Chair in Microelectronics, NGeM director, FIB/SEM director
208-885-7571
fengli@uidaho.edu
Bhaskar Rimal, Ph.D., P.E.
Affiliate professor
brimal@uidaho.edu
Robert Rinker, Ph.D.
Associate professor; associate chair of computer science
208-885-7378
rinker@uidaho.edu
Dakota Roberson, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-533-8120
dakotar@uidaho.edu
Ting-Yen Shih, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-885-0953
tshih@uidaho.edu
Dennis Sullivan, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-5926
dsulliva@uidaho.edu
Ata Zadehgol, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-885-9000
azadehgol@uidaho.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering staff
Michael McMenamy
Electronics specialist
208-885-7307
mmcmenamy@uidaho.edu
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Management
Indrajit Charit, Ph.D., P.E.
Department chair, professor
208-757-5409
icharit@uidaho.edu
R. A. Borrelli, Ph.D.
Associate professor, graduate faculty
208-533-8122
rborrelli@uidaho.edu
Michael McKellar
Assistant research professor
mmckellar@uidaho.edu
Amin Mirkouei, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor, industrial technology
208-757-5420
amirkouei@uidaho.edu
Krishnan Raja, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-757-5406
ksraja@uidaho.edu
John Russell, Ph.D.
Associate research professor, associate director, Center for Advanced Energy Studies
208-533-8164
jtrussell@uidaho.edu
Alex Vakanski, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor, industrial technology
208-757-5422
vakanski@uidaho.edu
Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Management Staff
Alice Allen
Director, student recruitment and engagement
208-757-5452
alicew@uidaho.edu
Sarah Coombs
Student services coordinator
208-757-5455
scoombs@uidaho.edu
Madeline Sticht
Administrative specialist III
208-757-5402
sticht@uidaho.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Eric Wolbrecht, Ph.D., P.E.
Department Chair and the Dean and Cindy Haagenson Mechanical Engineering Endowed Professor
208-885-0348
ewolbrec@uidaho.edu
Gianluca Blois, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
208-364-4689
gblois@uidaho.edu
Dan Cordon, Ph.D.
Clinical associate professor
208-885-7134
dcordon@uidaho.edu
John C. Crepeau, Ph.D, P.E.
Professor, associate dean for undergraduates
208-885-5228
crepeau@uidaho.edu
Vibhav Durgesh, Ph.D.
Associate professor
208-885-5195
vdurgesh@uidaho.edu
Kamal Kumar, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor
208-885-6263
kkumar@uidaho.edu
Michael Maughan, Ph.D.
Associate professor
208-885-1041
maughan@uidaho.edu
Joel Perry, Ph.D.
Associate professor
208-885-2144
jperry@uidaho.edu
Gabriel Potirniche, P.E., Ph.D.
Associate dean, professor
208-885-4049
gabrielp@uidaho.edu
Daniel J. Robertson, Ph.D., P.E.
Grand Challenge Scholars program director, associate professor
208-885-7889
danieljr@uidaho.edu
Mark F. Roll, Ph.D., P.E.
NGeM outreach manager, clinical faculty
208-885-6196
mroll@uidaho.edu
Larry Stauffer, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-292-2509
stauffer@uidaho.edu
Robert Stephens, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-7534
bstephen@uidaho.edu
Matthew Swenson, Ph.D., P.E.
Interdisciplinary Capstone Design program director, associate professor
208-885-9029
swenson@uidaho.edu
Tao Xing, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
208-885-9032
xing@uidaho.edu
Mechanical Engineering staff
Stephanie Bontrager
Administrative assistant II
208-885-5021
sbontrager@uidaho.edu
Ankit Gupta
Principal research specialist
208-885-5581
ankitg@uidaho.edu