Northern Illinois University
College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Northern Illinois University

Leadership

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Donald R. Peterson, Ph.D., M.S., FAIMBE	Dean	815-753-2256	drpeterson@niu.edu	EB 321B
Abul K. M. Azad, Ph.D.	Associate Dean	815-753-6950	aazad@niu.edu	EB 331B
Mansour Tahernezhadi, Ph.D.	Senior Associate Dean and Professor	815-753-1279	mtaherne@niu.edu	EB 321E

Dean's Office

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Donald R. Peterson, Ph.D., M.S., FAIMBE	Dean	815-753-2256	drpeterson@niu.edu	EB 321B
Karen Campbell	Administrative Assistant	815-753-2256	kcampbell5@niu.edu	EB 321
Cheryl Gardner	Business Manager	815-753-1228	clubbers1@niu.edu	EB 312
Greg Kleinprinz	Lab Mechanic	815-753-5079	gkleinprinz@niu.edu	EB 278
Sandy Manisco	Director of Marketing and Communications	815-752-8211	smanisco@niu.edu	EB 308
Josh Muller	Director of Major Gifts	815-753-1910	jmuller1@niu.edu	EB 346
Jeremy Peters	Lab Mechanic	815-753-5078	jpeters@niu.edu	EB 278
Jeannie Peterson	Office Support Specialist	815-753-9976	jpeterson17@niu.edu	EB 226
Mike Reynolds	Lab Manager	815-753-2278	mreynolds@niu.edu	EB 252
Trevor Rogneby	Office Support Specialist	815-753-1349	trogneby@niu.edu	SG 203

Computer Operations Team

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Mei Chen	Computer Systems Manager	815-753-9978	mchen@niu.edu	EB 110
Rana Sanyal	IT Support Associate	815-753-1267	rsanyal2@niu.edu	EB 114
Curt Steele	Technical Services Coordinator	815-753-0747	csteele@niu.edu	EB 112

Office of the Associate Dean - Undergraduate Academic Affairs, Outreach and Diversity

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Abul K. M. Azad, Ph.D.	Associate Dean	815-753-6950	aazad@niu.edu	EB 331B
Carolyn Canon	Office Manager	815-753-8024	mcanon@niu.edu	EB 138
Stephen Samuels	Coordinator, Recruitment and Retention	815-753-9961	ssamuels@niu.edu	EB 304
Gary Smith	Director, Outreach and Diversity	815-753-1690	gsmith8@niu.edu	EB 306

Office of the Associate Dean - Research and Graduate Programs

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Mansour Tahernezhadi, Ph.D.	Senior Associate Dean and Professor	815-753-1279	mtaherne@niu.edu	EB 321E
Qiang Mei	Development Specialist, Office of Sponsored Projects	815-753-6911	qmei@niu.edu	EB 108

Central Advising Office

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Carolyn Canon	Office Manager	815-753-8024	mcanon@niu.edu	EB 138
Laura Lagreid	Academic Advisor (last names H-P)	815-753-8071	llagreid@niu.edu	EB 138
Rachel Lower	Academic Advisor (last names Q-Z)	815-753-2905	rlower@niu.edu	EB 140
Mark Pietrowski	Director/Advisor for CEET undecided students	815-753-2903	pietrowski@niu.edu	EB 126
Erica McFarland	Academic Advisor (last names A-G)	815-753-3130	emcfarland@niu.edu	EB 136

Electrical Engineering

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Mansoor Alam, Ph.D.	Professor and Chair	815-753-8010	malam1@niu.edu	EB 332
Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, Ph.D., P.E.	Professor	815-753-8570	ibrahim@niu.edu	EB 200
Veysel Demir, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-8039	vdemir@niu.edu	EB 352
Hasan Ferdowsi, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-3963	hferdowsi@niu.edu	EB 348
Benedito Fonseca, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-0557	bfonseca@niu.edu	EB 344
Venumadhav Korampally, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-9247	vkorampally@niu.edu	EB 340
Lichuan Liu, Ph.D.	Professor	815-753-9937	liu@niu.edu	EB 342
Edward Miguel	Instructor	815-753-9940	emiguel1@niu.edu	EB 337
Mohammad Moghimi, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-4201	moghimi@niu.edu	EB 346
Mansour Tahernezhadi, Ph.D.	Senior Associate Dean and Professor	815-753-1279	mtaherne@niu.edu	EB 321E
Donald S. Zinger, Ph.D.	Professor	815-753-0540	dzinger@niu.edu	EB 336

Engineering Technology

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Abul K. M. Azad, Ph.D.	Associate Dean and Professor	815-753-6950	aazad@niu.edu	EB 331B
Liping Guo, Ph.D.	Professor	815-753-1350	lguo@niu.edu	SH 203C
Theodore J. Hogan, Ph.D., CIH	Associate Professor	815-753-9912	thogan2@niu.edu	SG 211C
Rao Kilaparti, Ph.D.	Interim Chair of Department of Engineering Technology and Associate Professor	815-753-9932	skilaparti@niu.edu	SG 301C
Kevin B. Martin, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-1345	kbmartin@niu.edu	SH 101
Jonathon Merritt	Instructor	815-753-5004	jmerritt@niu.edu	SH 203E
William J. Mills, Ph.D., CIH	Associate Professor	815-753-5366	wmills11@niu.edu	SG 211C
Shanthi Muthuswamy, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-4155	smuthuswamy@niu.edu	SH 206
Said Oucheriah, Ph.D.	Professor	815-753-1356	soucheria@niu.edu	SH 203B
Alice Pileski	Office Manager	815-753-9928	apileski@niu.edu	SG 203
Charles Ruetsche	Instructor	815-753-5363	cruetsche@niu.edu	SH B05C
Shun Takai, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-0185	stakai@niu.edu	SG 300
Robert A. Tatara, Ph.D.	Professor	815-753-1130	rtatara@niu.edu	SG 212
Mahdi Vaezi, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9941	mvaezi@niu.edu	SH 103B

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Ehsan Asoudegi, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9973	easoudegi@niu.edu	EB 238
Shi-Jie (Gary) Chen, Ph.D.	Professor	815-753-1221	garychen@niu.edu	EB 234
Purushothaman (Purush) Damodaran, Ph.D.	Professor and Chair	815-753-5660	pdamodaran@niu.edu	EB 230A
Omar A. Ghrayeb, Ph.D.	Professor	815-753-6922	oghrayeb@niu.edu	EB 321B
Jaejin Hwang, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9980	jhwang3@niu.edu	EB 242
Tracy Mereness	Office Support Specialist	815-753-1282	tmereness@niu.edu	EB 230
Reinaldo J. Moraga, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-8048	rmoraga@niu.edu	EB 232
Christine Nguyen, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-6748	cnguyen@niu.edu	EB 236
Ziteng Wang, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9971	zwang3@niu.edu	EB 240
Niechen Chen, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-7144	nchen@niu.edu	EB 250

Mechanical Engineering

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Sachit Butail, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9987	sbutail@niu.edu	EB 148
Kyu Taek Cho, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-3346	kcho@niu.edu	EB 202
Brianno D. Coller, Ph.D.	Professor and Undergraduate Director	815-753-9944	bcoller@niu.edu	EB 214
Jenn-Terng Gau, Ph.D.	Professor and Graduate Director	815-753-1261	jgau@niu.edu	EB 218
Beatrice Kooken	Office Manager	815-753-9979	bkooken1@niu.edu	EB 226
Yueh-Jaw (YJ) Lin, Ph.D.	Professor and Director of Mechatronics Engineering	815-753-9970	ylin1@niu.edu	EB 318
Donald R. Peterson, Ph.D., M.S., FAIMBE	Dean and Professor	815-753-2256	drpeterson@niu.edu	EB 321B
Nicholas A. Pohlman, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-9913	npohlman@niu.edu	EB 216
Ji-Chul Ryu, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	815-753-9035	jryu@niu.edu	EB 210
Iman Salehinia, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9965	isalehinia@niu.edu	EB 212
Tariq Shamim, Ph.D.	Professor and Department Chair	815-753-9964	tshamim@niu.edu	EB 226A
John Shelton, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9963	jshelton4@niu.edu	EB 204
Bobby Sinko, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9975	rsinko@niu.edu	EB 208
Jifu Tan, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-7250	jifutan@niu.edu	EB 116
Sahar Vahabzadeh, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-9379	svahabzadeh@niu.edu	EB 120
Ting Xia, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	815-753-1298	txia@niu.edu	EB 314