{"id":23525,"date":"2018-04-11T13:10:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T18:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/newengineer\/?p=23525"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:49:51","slug":"meet-our-new-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/meet-our-new-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our New Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has welcomed 72 faculty members from 2015 through 2018.  And we are just getting started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of the largest and most dynamic engineering programs in the nation, with curriculum offered across nine\u00a0departments, 15\u00a0degree programs, and more than 20\u00a0centers and institutes, we produce leaders and problem-solvers who take a multidisciplinary approach to innovative and human-centered solutions. Students, faculty and alumni are hailed as\u00a0New Engineers<\/em>\u00a0who aim to transform the way we live, work and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet our New Engineers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Departments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Agricultural and Biological Engineering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • Jorge Barrera Alviar, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Eban Z. Bean, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gerrit Hoogenboom, Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Cheryl A. Palm, Research Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Aditya Singh, Assistant Professor\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jonathan Adam Watson, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • Maigan A. Brusko, Research Assistant Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Ruogu Fang, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Daniel P. Ferris, Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Walter L. Murfee, Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Jennifer A. Nichols, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Andrew D. Nordin, Research Assistant Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Edward A. Phelps, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Sarah C. Rowlinson, Lecturer\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Computer and Information Science and Engineering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • Tania Banerjee, Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Christina A. Boucher, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Petter Dobbins, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Jaime Ruiz, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • Joaquin J. Casanova, Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Alina Z. Glenn, Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Joel Harley, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Yier Jin, Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Michael F. Mitchell, Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Sandip Ray, Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Narayan Subramanian, Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • Andrew H. Altieri, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Alberto Canestrelli, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Lili Du, Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Katrina A. Indarawis, Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Clark Letter, Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Kyle A. Riding, Associate Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Industrial and Systems Engineering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • Michelle M. Alvarado, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • McKenzie E. Landrum, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Hongcheng Liu, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Maciej W. Rysz, Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Ehsan Salimi, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Xiang Zhong, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Materials Science and Engineering <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                \n
              • Assel Aitkaliyeva, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Kyle C. Hartig, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Monica Kapoor, Research Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Michael Tonks, Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Xianfei Wen, Research Assistant Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Agata K. Zupanska, Research Assistant Scientist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                  \n
                • Katerina E. Aifantis, Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Teresa Benitez, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Alexander Bennett, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Jonathan T. Brooks, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Cristian E. Cardenas-Lailhacar, Research Associate Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Nitin Chandola, Assistant Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Jason Hackl, Research Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Matthew Hale, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Ryan W. Houim, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Grant Huang, Research Assistant Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Amor Menezes, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Steven A. Miller, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Kyle D. Schulze, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Xin Tang, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Peter J. Wass, Research Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Nadim Zgheib, Lecturer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Institutes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                  Engineering Innovation Institute<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                    \n
                  • William J. McElroy, Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Claudio Spiguel, Professor of Practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Melda Uzbil, Assistant Director\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                    Florida Applied Research in Engineering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                      \n
                    • Richard L. Vigeant, Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                        \n
                      • Ashish Aggarwal, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Jeremiah J. Blanchard, Assistant Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • David J. Cheney, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Joshua E. Fox, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • John A. Mendoza Garcia, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Cheryl Resch, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Sindia Rivera Jimenez, Lecturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • Lillianny J. Virguez Barroso, Lecturer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                        UF Transportation Institute<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
                          \n
                        • Nithin K. Agarwal, Assistant Engineer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                          The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has welcomed 72 faculty members from 2015 through 2018.  And we are just getting started.  As one of the largest and most dynamic engineering programs in the nation, with curriculum offered across nine\u00a0departments, 15\u00a0degree programs, and more than 20\u00a0centers and institutes, we produce leaders and problem-solvers who take a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2592,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-templates\/single-sidebar-none.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"off","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43055,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23525\/revisions\/43055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}