CSEE FACULTY & STAFF
CSEE Faculty
Appie van de Liefvoort, Professor and Department Chair of CSEE Department (Ph.D. 1982, University of Nebraska-Lincoln).
Research Interests: Linear Algebraic Queueing theory, Algorithms, Network Performance Modeling. Email: appieumkc.edu.
Ghulam Chaudhry, Professor and Associate Chair of CSEE Department (Ph.D. 1989, Wayne Sate University).
Research Interests: Computer Engineering, Chip Design, Computer Architecture, VLSI. Email: chaudhryg
Cory Beard, Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1999, University of Kansas).
Research Interests: Network Resource Management, Queueing Theory, Application of Telecommunications to Disaster Recovery Operations. Email: beardc
Eddie Burris, Assistant Teaching Professor (M.S., Michigan State University). Email: burrise
Deb Chatterjee, Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1998, University of Kansas).
Research Interests: Computational Electromagnetics, Antenna Theory and R.F. Propagation Modeling. Email: chatd
Baek-Young Choi, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2003, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities).
Research Interests: Network Security/Traffic/Performance, Quality of Service, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Real-Time Systems, Sensor/Wireless Networks. Email: choiby
Robert Cotter, Assistant Teaching Professor (Ph.D. 1999, University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Research Interests: Internet Networking, Distributed Processing, Operating Systems. Email: cotterr
Reza Derakhshani, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2004, West Virginia University).
Research Interests: Computational Intelligence with applications in Biomedical Signal Processing, Biometrics, and Bioinformatics. Email: reza
Deendayal "Dinakar" Dinakarpandian, M.D., Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 1999, Case Western Reserve University),
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Biological Data Mining, Intelligent Software Agents in Biology, Modeling Biological Systems. Email: dinakard
Oleg Gusak, Research Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2001, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey).
Research Interests: Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Wired and Wireless Networks, Optical Networks. Email: gusako
Yijie Han, Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1987, Duke University).
Research Interests: Parallel Computation, Algorithms, Computational Geometry. Email: hanyij
Brian Hare, Assistant Teaching Professor (M.S., University of Houston and University of Missouri-Kansas City). Email: hareb
Lein Harn, Professor (Ph.D. 1984, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities).
Research Interests: Cryptosystem Design, Computer Security, Network Security. Email: harnl
Mark Hieber, Assistant Teaching Professor (M.S., University of Missouri-Kansas City). Email: HieberM
Kevin Kirkpatrick, Assistant Teaching Professor (M.S.). Email: KirkpatrickK
Jerome Knopp, Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1976, University of Texas at Austin).
Research Interests: Digital Signal Processing, Optical Systems. Email: knoppj
Vijay Kumar, Professor (Ph.D. 1983, Southampton University, UK).
Research Interests: Main Memory Databases, Mobile Computing, Mobile Database Security, Sensor and Web Technology, Bioinformatics. Email: kumarv
Yugyung Lee, Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1997, New Jersey Institute of Technology).
Research Interests: Semantic Web, Data mining, Intelligent Agents, Peer-to-Peer Computing, Medical Informatics. Email: leeyu
W. Daniel Leon-Salas, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2007, University of Nebraska-Lincoln).
Research Interests: Low-power Mixed-Signal Circuits; On-Sensor Processing; Ultra-Wideband RF Circuits; Sensor Networks; Data Compression; CMOS Focal Plane Arrays. Email: leonsalasw
Deep Medhi, Professor & UMKC Trustees' Faculty Fellow (Ph.D. 1987, University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Research Interests: Survivable Network Design and Architecture, Dynamic Routing, Network Management, Network Security, Wireless/Sensor Networks, Bio-Medical Informatics. Email: dmedhi
Ken Mitchell, Associate Professor (Ph.D. 1997, University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Research Interests: Teletraffic modeling, Linear Algebraic Queueing Theory, Congestion control and traffic management in Wireless networks. Email: mitchellke
Judy Mullins, Associate Teaching Professor (M.S., University of Missouri-Kansas City). Email: MullinsJ
EK Park, Professor (Ph.D. 1988, Northwestern University).
Research Interests: Software engineering, Object-Oriented Design, Formal Methods, Optical Networking. Email: ekpark
Jerry Place, Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (Ph.D. 1984, University of Kansas).
Research Interests: Communications Network Design and Analysis, Telecommunications Architecture and Networks, Optical Networks, Simulation. Email: place
Praveen Rao, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2007, University of Arizona).
Research Interests: Large-scale Data Management & Information Systems: Indexing, Query processing, Filtering; XML Data Processing; Data Management in Scientific Disciplines. Email: raopr
Xiaojun Shen, Professor (Ph.D. 1989, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
Research Interests: Distributed Algorithms, Parallel Processing, Interconnection Networks. Email: shenx
Khosrow Sohraby, Curators' Professor of CSEE and Associate Dean for Research (Ph.D. 1985, University of Toronto).
Research Interests: Design and Analysis of High Speed Computer and Communications Networks, Traffic Management and Analysis, Wireless and Mobile Communications. Email: sohrabyk
Yu-Ping Wang, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 1996, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China).
Research Interests: Bio-Medical Imaging, Genomic Signal Processing, Bioinformatics. Email: wangyup
Chuanjun "Chris" Zhang, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2004, University of California-Riverside).
Research Interests: Embedded Computer System Architecture, VLSI Chip and System Design, Low Power Circuits and Architecture, Hardware/Software Codesign, Computer Aided Design (CAD). Email: zhangchu
FACULTY WITH JOINT APPOINTMENT
Jeff Rydberg-Cox, Associate Professor, Department of English/College of Arts and Sciences (Ph.D. 1998, University of Chicago).
Research Interests: Computational tools for the study of Ancient Greek, Early Modern Latin, and Old Norse texts in a network of digital libraries. Email: rydbergcoxj
EMERITUS FACULTY
Richard Hetherington, Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of Computer Science Telecommunications Program (Ph.D. 1961, University of Wisconsin-Madison).
David Skitek, Assistant Professor Emeritus, (Ph.D., Arizona State University).
ADJUNCT AFFILIATED FACULTY
Chengpeng "Charlie" Bi, Children's Mercy Hospital; Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, UMKC (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University).
Mark Hoffman, Cerner Corporation, Adjunct Assistant Professor, (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison).
HONORARY FACULTY
Wen Gao, Honorary Professor; Primary Affiliation: Deputy President and Professor, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. (Ph.D., Harbin Institute of Technology, China and University of Tokyo).
PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS
Reza Jafari, (Ph.D., UMKC) Email: jafarir
Mark Lehnhoff, (M.S., UMKC) Email: lehnhoffm
Mike Kelly, Email: kellymw
Kelly Kerns, (M.S., UMKC) Email: kernsk
Naresh Mathur, (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana), Email: mathurn
Edward "Bob" Ronan, Ph.D. , P.E. Email: err426
Saul Spatz, Email: spatzs
CSEE DEPARTMENTAL STAFF
Coretta Carter-Jackson, Email: carterlc
Debby Dilks, Email: dilksd
Sharon Griffith, Email: sharon
Nan Lorenz, Email: lorenzn
Anna Simmons, Email: simmonsal
