Department Heads Directory

Department Head of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Professor    /   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Cyclic Metal Plasticity, Multiaxial Fatigue, Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Nonlinear Notch Analysis, Structural Durability

Office: 3036 H.M. Comer   /   (205) 348-1621   /   Send email

Professor, Department Head of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering    /   Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Fracture Mechanics, Metal Fatigue, Welding

Office: 3030 H.M. Comer   /   (205) 348-2704   /   Send email

Interim Associate Dean for Research and Economic Development, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Head    /   Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Dean’s Office, Electrical and Computer Engineering

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Electromechanical Systems, Power Systems

Office: 3038 H.M. Comer   /   (205) 348-1766   /   Send email

Professor, Department Head of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Alabama IMaDE    /   Alabama IMaDE, Mechanical Engineering

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Additive Friction Stir, Automation and Mechatronic Systems, Biomechanics, Dynamic Systems and Control, Human-Machine Interfaces, Machine Learning, Mechanical Systems, Mechatronics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Power-Assist Exoskeletons and Orthoses, Robot Control, Robotics, Robotics and Human Systems, Switched and Hybrid Systems

Office: 3037 H.M. Comer   /   (205) 348-1645   /   Send email

Professor, Interim Department Head    /   Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering

Office: 3042 H.M. Comer   /   (205) 348-8422   /   Send email

Professor, Department Head    /   Chemical and Biological Engineering

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Computational Screening of CO2 Solvents, Environmental Catalysis Modeling, Interfacial Phenomena, Simulations of Nanomaterials

Office: 3448 SEC   /   (205) 348-1733   /   Send email   /   Visit Website

Interim Department Head of Computer Science, Associate Professor    /   Computer Science

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Cloud and Cluster Computing, Databases

Office: 3040 H.M. Comer   /   (205) 348-1671   /   Send email