Cal Poly Experts Directory - Engineering
Aerospace Engineering • Agricultural Engineering • Computer Engineering •Earthquake Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Environmental Engineering •Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering • Materials Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Structural Engineering • Transportation Engineering • Women in Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Daniel J. Biezad, Ph.D.
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
(805) 756-5126/2562 e-mail: dbiezad@calpoly.edu
Author of Integrated Navigation and Guidance Systems.
Member of four professional societies.
Author of more than 50 technical publications.
Areas of expertise:
* aircraft piloting and flight testing
* satellite navigation
* military aircraft
Russell Cummings, Ph.D.
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
(805) 756-1359/2562 e-mail: rcumming@calpoly.edu
Author of more than 20 scientific and technical journal articles and more than 40 technical meeting papers.
Associate fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, and member, Royal Aeronautical Society.
Current NASA research: multidisciplinary aircraft design, high-speed civil transport, high life aircraft systems, high angle of attack aerodynamics.
Conducting joint research project on drag computation at Oxford University Computing Lab.
Areas of expertise:
* history of aviation
* applied aerodynamics
* computational fluid dynamics
* experimental aerodynamics
* aircraft design
* aeronautical factors in aircraft crashes
Faysal Kolkailah, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
(805) 756-2393/2562 e-mail: fkolkail@calpoly.edu
Recipient, Excellence in Academic & Research Achievement award from the Egyptian government.
Co-author, Numerical Analysis and Modeling of Composite Materials.
Recipient, Litton Excellence in Research Award.
Panelist, Graduate Research Fellowship Program NSF-OPAU.
External member, Foundation for Research Development, Pretoria, South Africa.
Member, society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Academic Advisory Council and the Composite Curriculum Committee.
Areas of expertise:
* theory of failure, fatigue and fracture mechanics of aircraft and aerospace structures (static and dynamic)
* SMART structures
* composite structures
* experimental and numerical analysis
* optimum design of aircraft components
* vibration analysis and control
* Islam and Muslim issues in the U.S. and Middle East
Jin Tso, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Aerospace Engineering
(805) 756-1391/2562 e-mail: jtso@calpoly.edu
Author of numerous articles on turbulence and applied aerodynamics.
Associate fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Research on aircraft cavity-induced problems and aerodynamics of short-take-off and vertical-landing aircraft.
Areas of expertise:
* aircraft aerodynamics
* vehicle aerodynamics
* wind-tunnel testing
* turbulent flow
* flow-induced vibrations
* aerodynamics of short-take-off and vertical-landing
(V-STOL) aircraft
Agricultural Engineering
James Bermann, Ed.D.
Professor of Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
(805) 756-2388/2378 e-mail: jbermann@calpoly.edu
Special interest in firearms safety in relation to agricultural operations.
Areas of expertise:
* industrial hydraulics
* engines
* firearms safety
Charles M. Burt, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
Chairman, Irrigation Training and Research Center
(805) 756-2379 / (805) 756-2378 e-mail: cburt@calpoly.edu
Registered civil and agricultural engineer.
Irrigation Person of the Year (2000) of the California Irrigation Institute; 1997 Person of the Year, The Irrigation Association.
Author of more than 100 papers and the books such as The Surface Irrigation Manual; Drip and Micro Irrigation for Trees, Vines, and Row Crops; Fertigation; and Modern Water Control in Irrigation.
Chairman, Friends of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
Work experience in 24 countries.
Areas of expertise:
* drip irrigation
* sprinkler irrigation
* surface irrigation
* canal modernization
* drainage
* salinity
* irrigation in Vietnam and other developing countries
Richard Cavaletto, Ph.D.
Professor, Bioresource & Agricultural Engineering Dept.
Director, Ag Safety Institute
(805) 756-2383/2378 e-mail: rcavalet@calpoly.edu
Professional engineer in mechanical engineering. Member, American Society of Agricultural Engineers and National Institute for Farm Safety.
Areas of expertise:
* ag safety
* safety training
* safety compliance
* machine design
Kenneth Solomon, Ph.D., PE
Professor and Head of Bioresource & Agricultural Engineering
(805) 756-2378 e-mail: ksolomon@calpoly.edu
Authored and co-authored more than 150 articles on water management.
Co-editor of Management of Farm Irrigation Systems.
Past president, California Irrigation Institute.
Named 1990 Person of the Year by the Irrigation Association.
International consultant with experience in more than 24 countries.
Nominated 10 times as U.S. delegate to International Organization for Standardization on standards for irrigation and drainage.
Member, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, The Irrigation Association.
Areas of expertise:
* irrigation
* drainage
* water management issues
* alternative irrigation systems and practices
Douglas W. Williams, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Engineering
(805) 756-6153/2378 e-mail: dwwillia@calpoly.edu
Recent grants totaling $160,000 to demonstrate technology for methane recovery and conversion into electricity.
Member, American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Professional mechanical engineer.
Author of articles on anaerobic digestion of agricultural wastes, including "Construction and Operation of a Covered Lagoon Methane Recovery System for a Flush Dairy," "Design of a Municipal Solid Waste Anaerobic Digester System at Folsom Prison" and "Anaerobic Treatment of Flushed Dairy Manure for Pollution Control and Energy Recovery."
Expert witness in farm machinery accidents.
Areas of expertise:
* renewable energy and sustainable agricultural concepts
* biomass energy from agricultural and other organic wastes
* anaerobic digestion technology
* treatment of agricultural wastewater
* composting of organic wastes
* ozonation of hazardous wastes
* farm machinery accidents
* energy use in agriculture
* precision farming
Computer Engineering
Joe Grimes, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science
(805) 756-2088/1229/2824 e-mail: jgrimes@calpoly.edu
Author of "Minicomputers" in Encyclopedia of Science & Engineering (1992).
Author of "Microprocessor Simulation," laboratory manual (1997).
Consultant to NASA Ames Research on Tilt Rotion Project and to Navy on Aegis Cruisers.
Areas of expertise:
* computer design and architecture
* microprocessors
* data and computer communication / networks
Earthquake Engineering
Paul Fratessa, M.S.
Professor and Head of Architectural Engineering
(805) 756-1314 e-mail: pfratess@calpoly.edu
Fellow, Structural Engineers Association of California.
Registered professional structural engineer.
National president, National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (1995).
Past chair, California Seismic Safety Commission.
Member, past state president, and past Seismology Committee chair of Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC).
Member, American Concrete Institute, International Conference of Building Officials, American Consulting Engineers Council.
Contributor to the development of modern seismic codes.
Author of numerous articles on seismic design.
Areas of expertise:
* seismic design and analysis of structures
* earthquake damage assessment
* use of masonry, concrete, timber and steel in construction
* structural engineering profession - the responsibilities of a licensed engineer
* continuing education of structural engineers
* retrofit design
* seismic performance evaluation of existing buildings
* risk analysis for seismic performance
* seismic code development
* concrete structures
Rakesh Goel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
(805) 756-2052/2947 e-mail: rgoel@calpoly.edu
Author of numerous articles on earthquake analysis and design of buildings and bridges.
Developed a new procedure for code analysis of asymmetric buildings.
Research on seismic protection of asymmetric buildings and on new materials for seismic applications.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers and Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
Recipient of the 2000 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
Registered civil engineer (PE) in California.
Areas of expertise:
* earthquake analysis and design of buildings and bridges
* seismic retrofit of buildings and bridges
* new technologies for seismic retrofit
Clayton Pharaoh, M.S.
Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering
(805) 756-2151/1314 e-mail: cpharaoh@calpoly.edu
Member, Structural Engineers Association of California, Emergency Response Team for California Department of Emergency Services.
Consultant for building reinforcement studies and the repair of a five-story steel-frame building damaged in 1994 Northridge earthquake.
Registered professional civil and structural engineer.
Areas of expertise:
* structural system design
* design of steel and timber buildings for earthquakes
* retrofit of unreinforced masonry buildings
Satwant S. Rihal, Ph.D.
Professor of Architectural Engineering
(805) 756-1352/1314 e-mail: srihal@calpoly.edu
Registered professional civil engineer.
Co-author of Guidelines for Design of Low-Rise Buildings Subjected to Lateral Forces (1993).
Contributor to reports issued by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (1983-94).
Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Team.
Author of reports on earthquake hazard reduction.
Areas of expertise:
* earthquake-resistant building systems
* post-earthquake reconstruction
* seismic strengthening and retrofit
* seismic-prone areas of the world
* earthquake hazard mitigation of building systems, including non-structural systems
* innovative technologies and emerging developments in earthquake-resistant design and construction
Electrical Engineering
David Braun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-1464/2781 e-mail: dbraun@calpoly.edu
Web: http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/~dbraun/ and
http://www.chipcenter.com/eexpert/dbraun/main.html
Researcher in polymer electronics, including work at Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (1992-1996).
Areas of expertise:
* semi-conducting polymers -- plastics that conduct electricity
* polymer light-emitting diodes -- plastics that emit light
* polymer photodiodes and solar cells -- plastics that detect light and produce electricity
* future products that could use electricity-conducting plastics, including flat, lightweight and flexible computer monitors and television screens, flexible electronic circuits, image sensors and plastic solar cells
Jerome R. Breitenbach, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-5710/2781 e-mail: jbreiten@calpoly.edu
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Audio Engineering Society.
Areas of expertise:
* information theory
* applied mathematics
Mostafa Chinichian, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-2149/2781 e-mail: mchinich@calpoly.edu
Author of numerous research articles.
Member, Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers.
Special research interest in error control coding on linear and convolutional codes
Areas of expertise:
* error control coding on linear codes and non-linear codes
* communications
* digital communication
* signal processing
* digital signal processing
Michael M. Cirovic, M.S.
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-2316/2781 e-mail: mcirovic@calpoly.edu
Author of five textbooks, co-author of one textbook.
Recipient, Most Inspirational Professor Award (1970, 1976, 1988, 1993, 1995).
Recipient, Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Engineering (1995).
Recipient, Choice Magazine Award for "Properties of Organic ompounds" product developed for CRC version of Microsoft Windows.
Designer of high-tech electronic consumer products.
Areas of expertise:
* circuit and system design
* design and development of custom Microsoft Windows software applications with scientific aspects
* information technology--presentation, storage, retrieval and usage of scientific data and information
John M. Corcoran, M.S.
Lecturer in Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-1463/2781 e-mail: jcorcora@calpoly.edu
Areas of expertise:
* control systems
* circuit analysis
Saul Goldberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-2441/2781 e-mail: sgoldber@calpoly.edu
Co-author of Power Frequency Magnetic Fields and Public Health (1985).
Consultant and expert witness for U.S. Justice Dept. and U.S. Attorney Office.
Consultant for Lawrence Livermore National Labs on electric power projects.
Consultant for Pacific Gas and Electric on reliability and modeling of electric distribution systems.
Consultant for California Public Utility Commission.
Consultant for Sea World in San Diego to analyze design for new electric distribution system.
Published more than 35 technical articles and professional papers.
Served as director of the Cal Poly Electric Power Institute for 15 years.
Areas of expertise:
* electric power transmission and distribution
* modeling and simulation of power systems
* power-frequency magnetic fields / electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and public health
* analysis of power systems using electromagnetic transients program
William F. Horton, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-1426/2781 e-mail: whorton@calpoly.edu
Senior member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Author of articles on reliability of electrical distribution systems.
Co-author of Power Frequency Magnetic Fields and Public Health (1995).
Areas of expertise:
* magnetic fields
* reliability of electrical distribution systems
* characterizations of magnetic fields from transmission and distribution lines, transformers, sub-stations, and electrical appliances
Martin Kaliski, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-5707/2781 e-mail: mkaliski@calpoly.edu
Author of numerous technical publications and three textbooks: Optimal DAC Design in Finite-State Controller Architectures (1992), Algorithms for Finite State Control (1991), and The Software Sleuth (1991).
Provides expert consulting to attorneys in the area of intellectual property litigation, focusing on design recovery for both software and hardware.
Areas of expertise:
* industrial systems
* control systems
* computer engineering
* systems engineering
* software engineering
* embedded systems
* design recovery
C. Arthur MacCarley, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering
(805) 756-2317/2781 e-mail: amaccarl@calpoly.edu
Current funded research in electric vehicles, advanced electronics for transportation applications, infrared imaging, computer vision, and biomedical electronics.
Author of numerous published articles.
Licensed professional engineer.
Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers.
Areas of expertise:
* electrical engineering
* control systems
* electric vehicles
* thermal imaging
* automotive electronics
* alternative energy and vehicle fuels
John A. Saghri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Comparer Engineering
Work:(805)756-1462 ; Fax (805)756-1458
e-mail: jsaghri@calpoly.edu ; Web: http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/~jsaghri/
Fellow of the Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE), senior member of IEEE.
Author of more than 50 technical publications. Current ONR and Raytheon research projects in: Viable bandwidth compression for multispectral/hyperspectral satellite imagery data, automatic target recognition in synthetic aperture radar imagery
Areas of expertise:
* Computer Vision
* Pattern recognition
* Communications and coding
* Signal/image processing
Cheng Sun, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-2004/2781 e-mail: csun@calpoly.edu
Author of more than 30 research articles.
Member, editorial board, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters.
Consultant to Peregrine Co., TRW, JPL, and National Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Contributor to a chapter in Handbook of Microwave and Optical Components.
Areas of expertise:
* microwave solid-state devices
* microwave, millimeter-wave engineering and systems
* radio-frequency cordless telephones and wireless systems
* antennas
Shyama C. Tandon, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-5709/2781 e-mail: standon@calpoly.edu
Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers.
Consultant to U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, Calif. (1989, 1992-95).
Developed and tested adaptive Kalman filter for tracking high-speed maneuvering targets.
Project director & principal investigator on two research projects sponsored by Los Angeles Water & Power Department (1992-95).
Areas of expertise:
* control systems
* adaptive Kalman filtering for tracking high-speed maneuvering targets
* computational electromagnetics
* power systems
* use of finite-element method in computing magnetic fields for design of devices and low-frequency magnetic fields generated by power lines and devices
* shielding techniques
Michael T. Wollman, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(805) 756-2007/2781 e-mail: mwollman@calpoly.edu
Member, International Society for Optical Engineering.
Consultant to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (since 1987), worked on streak cameras, high-speed processing of optical signals, and very-wide-bandwidth optical fiber networks.
Developed state-of-the-art photonics laboratory.
Currently writing a book incorporating LabVIEW into photonics laboratories.
Areas of expertise:
* photonics
* fiber optics
* fiber-optic sensors
* high-speed digital fiber systems
Environmental Engineering
Harold Cota, Ph.D.
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
(805) 756-2559/2947 e-mail: hcota@calpoly.edu
Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency West Coast Training Center.
Member, California Air Resources Board Research Screening Committee.
Fellow, Air & Waste Management Association.
Diplomate, American Academy of Environmental Engineering.
Registered professional engineer.
Contributor to four books on various environmental engineering subjects.
Areas of expertise:
* air pollution control
* hazardous waste management
* noise control: measurement, acceptable levels, and modeling
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Sema Alptekin, Ph.D.
Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
(805) 756-5992/2341 e-mail: salpteki@calpoly.edu
Consultant to General Motors, 1990-92.
Designed and implemented computer integrated manufacturing systems.
Author of several papers on scheduling, mechatronics education, computer integrated manufacturing.
Designed and developed test-beds for intelligent manufacturing.
Developed multi-media and laboratory-based course modules in mechatronics and manufacturing engineering education.
Areas of expertise:
* manufacturing automation
* manufacturing system design
* simulation of production systems
* finite scheduling applications in manufacturing
Mark Cooper, M.S.
Professor of Manufacturing Engineering
(805) 756-2571 e-mail: mcooper@calpoly.edu
Developed Surface Mount Technology (SMT) assembly facility at Cal Poly.
Developed and implemented advanced colder paste process control system.
Area of expertise:
* electronic product automation, especially circuit board-level assembly
Anthony Mason, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
(805) 756-2183/2341 e-mail: amason@calpoly.edu
Member, Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering, chair of manufacturing committee; Institute of Industrial Engineers; The Institute for Management Science.
Author of numerous articles on parametric cost estimating methods.
Consultant to numerous private and governmental entities for benefit-cost analysis.
Areas of expertise:
* cost estimating
* advanced parametric methods, including neural nets and fuzzy logic
* risk assessment
* "expert systems"
Unny Menon, Ph.D.
Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
(805) 756-1180/2341 e-mail: umenon@calpoly.edu
Chartered professional engineer, United Kingdom.
Fellow, Institution of Mechanical ngineers, London, and senior member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
Author of Concurrent Engineering and several papers in journals including International Journal of Product Research, International Journal of Automation & Integrated Manufacturing, and Engineering Optimization.
Consultant on system design and expert witness on business productivity and performance audits.
Areas of expertise:
* rapid prototyping
* integrated product development
* concurrent engineering
* cycle time reduction
* business re-engineering to improve performance
* enabling manufacturing companies to compete
* training for managers and technical staff
* facilitating executive decision making
Donald E. Morgan, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
(805) 756-2341 e-mail: dmorgan@calpoly.edu
Consultant to Pertamina Oil Co., Indonesia, in continuing education.
Developed conceptual design of space habitation for 10,000 for NASA.
Member, American Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Human Factors Society.
Areas of expertise:
* industrial and municipal wastes disposal
* grey water purification and utilization
* salt water desalination
* waste treatment and renewable energy
* management
* space habitations
* maintenance management
* business re-engineering
* product quality management
* mathematical modallins
* desalination and wastewater reclamation
* human factors and ergonomics
Tao Yang, Ph.D.
Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
(805) 756-2810/2341 e-mail: tyang@calpoly.edu
Web: http://xavier.ceng.calpoly.edu/
Current research on Internet client-server applications.
Areas of expertise:
* relational database (Access 2000) and Internet database interface (HTML/ASP/CGI/ODBC/JDBC)
* object-oriented programming interface with supply chain management implementations (Java/Logistics)
* engineering economic analysis and decision making
Materials Engineering
Linda S. Vanasupa, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Materials Engineering
(805) 756-1537/2568 e-mail: lvanasup@calpoly.edu
Secretary-treasurer, Materials Division, American Society for Engineering Education.
Member, Minerals, Materials, and Metals Society and Materials Research Society.
Recipient, TRW Excellence in Teaching Award (1993).
Areas of expertise:
* microelectronics
* semiconductor processing
* atomic-force microscopy
* thin-films processing
Daniel W. Walsh, Ph.D.
Professor of Materials Engineering and Associate Dean, College of Engineering
(805) 756-6400/213 e-mail: dwalsh@calpoly.edu
Author of more than 80 technical articles treating physical metallurgy, corrosion, joining, microbiologically influenced corrosion, weldability, and educational techniques.
Consultant.
Recipient, Adams Memorial Award, The American Welding Society; Teetor Award, Society of Automotive Engineers; AT&T Foundation Award; Dow Outstanding Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education.
Technical reviewer for the National Science Foundation, American Welding Society, American Society for Metals, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineering, and American Society of Electrical Engineers.
Areas of expertise:
* biomaterials
* joining and solidification processes for advanced materials
* metallurgy
* material failure analysis
* corrosion
* microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) and bioengineering
* lightweight, high-strength materials
* advanced techniques for technical education
* technology transfer
* space shuttle main tank
Mechanical Engineering
Saeed B. Niku, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
(805) 756-1376/1334 e-mail: sniku@calpoly.edu
Author of 18 papers on robotics, design, education and biomechanics.
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Registered professional engineer in State of California.
Areas of expertise:
* design
* creative problem solving
* robotics
* vision systems
* biomechanics -- mechanics of the human body and its systems; devices and systems made for the body
* education
Frank Owen, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering
(805) 756-1346 e-mail: fowen@calpoly.edu
Mechanical engineering for offshore oil platforms. CAD software designer. Steam turbine design engineer. Power plant systems analysis and simulation. Control of hydraulically-powered, large-scal robot. Design and analysis of orthoses for human joints.
Areas of expertise:
* Dynamic systems analysis and design
* Control theory
* Hydraulic and pneumatic motion control systems
* Aviation and aircraft systems
* Mechanical and hybrid systems design
* Product design
* Generalist
Peter J. Schuster, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
(805) 756-2976 e-mail: pschuste@calpoly.edu
Author of 11 papers on vehicle active and passive safety, biomechanics, and human modeling.
Member of Society of Automotive Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and American Society of Biomechanics.
Areas of expertise:
* Design and Analysis
* Vehicle crashworthiness and biomechanics
* Vehicle active and passive safety systems
* Intelligent vehicle systems
* Stress analysis and Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Kim A. Shollenberger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
(805) 756-1379/1334 e-mail: kshollen@calpoly.edu
Bentley Endowed Professor, 2005-2006.
Author of more than 20 papers on multi-phase flows, MEMS, diagnostic development, heat transfer simulations and engineering education.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Member Society of Women Engineers
Member American Society of Engineering Education.
Areas of expertise:
* Thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics
* Multi-phase flows
* Advanced diagnostic development
* Computational heat transfer
* Engineering education
Structural Engineering
Mark Berrio, Ph.D.
Professor of Architectural Engineering
(805) 756-1343/1316 e-mail: mmberrio@calpoly.edu
Areas of expertise:
* reinforced concrete structures
* framed domes
Shan Somayaji, Ph.D.
Professor of Civil Engineering
(805) 756-2135/2947 e-mail: ssomayaj@calpoly.edu
Author of Civil Engineering Materials (1995, 2000) and Structural Wood Design (1990) and numerous articles on concrete technology, fly ash and cyclone disaster mitigation.
Professional leave project: Work at the Indian Institute of Technology in India on the use of appropriate technology, disaster mitigation, risk analysis, use of fly ash and concrete technology.
Areas of expertise:
* cyclone disaster mitigation
* civil engineering materials
* appropriate technology
* use of industrial byproducts (e.g., fly ash) in construction
* structural design
* concrete technology
Transportation
Alypios Chatziioanou, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering
(805) 756-1119/2947 e-mail: achatzii@calpoly.edu
Professional engineer in Europe.
Recipient, Dwight Eisenhower Award, awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (1994).
Principal investigator for several research projects on the application of new technologies in transportation, funded at state and federal levels.
Author of numerous published articles.
Areas of expertise:
* transportation system automation
* video image processing for traffic detection
* transportation planning
* air transportation
* automated highway systems
* "intelligent" transportation systems
Eugene H. Jud, MS CE and MS ENVE
Faculty CEEN
(805) 756-1729 or 545-5919 e-mail: ejud@calpoly.edu
www.judcons.com
Fellow Institute of Transportation Engineers FITE, licensed Civil
Engineer in all European Countries.
Areas of expertise:
* Sustainable Mobility (Public Transportation, pedestrians, bicycles, ADA)
* Transportation and City Planning
* Transportation design
* Traffic calming
* Tourist transportation
* Downtown and neighborhood access planning
* Campus mobility planning (e.g. 200-page report for Cal Poly, December 2003)
* Public facilitation
* Other countries, mostly through United Nations Development Programme
* Research, consulting and publishing for over 100 projects for 40 years.
Kimberley Mastako, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Transportation engineer with Cal Poly's Applied Research & Development Facilities and Activities
(805) 756-1162 e-mail: kimberley@mastako.net
Investigator, Caltrans-sponsored Transportation Management Center training program, State Route 91 toll road evaluation, and Federal Highway Administration-sponsored freeway surveillance and control systems training program.
Author of 13 articles and papers.
Areas of expertise:
* transportation engineering
* traffic operations
* "intelligent" transportation systems
* advanced travel management
* freeway surveillance and control
* transportation management centers
* incident detection and response
* traveler information systems
* variable-toll roads and other facilities
* automated highway systems
* simulation training
* human factors analysis
* graphic user-interface design
Edward Sullivan, Ph.D., MBA
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
(805) 756-1166/2947 e-mail: esulliva@calpoly.edu
Principal researcher in test of variable-toll lanes on Los Angeles area freeways.
Former researcher at Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Trains California Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol officers in traffic management.
Areas of expertise:
* transportation and traffic engineering
* transport planning
* public transit
* computer applications
* variable-toll highways
* highway congestion and safety
Women in Engineering
Sema Alptekin, Ph.D.
Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
(805) 756-5992/2341 e-mail: salpteki@calpoly.edu
Consultant to General Motors, 1990-92.
Designed and implemented computer integrated manufacturing systems.
Author of several papers on scheduling, mechatronics education, computer integrated manufacturing.
Designed and developed test-beds for intelligent manufacturing.
Developed multi-media and laboratory-based course modules in mechatronics and manufacturing engineering education.
Areas of expertise:
* manufacturing automation
* manufacturing system design
* simulation of production systems
* finite scheduling applications in manufacturing
* mentoring women in engineering
* women in engineering
Helene Finger, M.S., P.E.
Director, Cal Poly Women's Engineering Program
Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering
(805) 756-2350 e-mail: hfinger@calpoly.edu
Recipient, California National Organization for Women Educational Equity Award. Advisor, Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers, 2001 National Champions. Board Member, Society of Women Engineers National Program Conference Board. Chartering Member, Society of Women Engineers Central Coast Section.
Areas of Expertise:
*Statistics on women in engineering (students, faculty, professional)
*Distinguished women in engineering and science (past and present)
*Issues affecting attraction and persistence of women in engineering
Lizabeth Schlemer, MSICE, MBA, P.E.
Lecturer in Industrial Engineering
(805) 756-2183/2131 e-mail: lschleme@calpoly.edu
Former director, Cal Poly Women's Engineering Program.
Research in the area of retention of women students in engineering.
Building a database of successful women in science and engineering, including current biographies, contacts, and access to data on the percentage of women in the engineering work force and the percentage of women students in engineering.
Areas of expertise:
* Society of Women Engineers
* statistics on under-represented groups
* biographies of exceptional women engineers
* issues facing women in engineering
* issues facing female students in engineering education