Connect with Our Researchers
Directors
Mark Allen Lanoue, B.Sc./MBA
CHECCS Managing Director
University of Arkansas
479-575-7243
lanoue@uark.edu

Uche Wejinya, PhD
CHECCS Director & Site Director
University of Arkansas
(479) 575-4800
uwejinya@uark.edu
Research Faculty

Ryan Tian, PhD
Professor of inorganic chemistry Department of Chemistry & biochemistry
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville

Elias Alwan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Florida International University

Shubhendu Bhardwaj, PhD
Assistant Professor
Florida International University

Satheesh Bojja-Venkatakrishnan
Research Assistant Professor
Florida International University

Hugh Churchill, PhD
Associate Professor of Physics
University of Arkansas

Jeff Dix, PhD
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Arkansas

Magda El-Shenawee, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Arkansas

Stavros Georgakopoulos
Professor
Florida International University

Ryan S. Glasby, PhD
Research Faculty, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Tennessee Knoxville

Gregory J. Salamo, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Physics
University of Arkansas

Ozlem Kilic, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at Tickle College of Engineering
University of Tennessee Knoxville

Husheng Li, PhD
Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Tennessee Knoxville

Arjuna Madayanake, PhD
Associate Professor
Florida International University

Alan Mantooth, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and The Twenty-First Century Research Leadership Chair in Engineering
University of Arkansas

Nicole McFarlane, PhD
Associate Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Tennessee Knoxville

Osama Mohammed, PhD
Associate Dean of Research, Interim School Director / Distinguished University Professor at
Florida International University

Aboozar (Salman) Mosleh, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nanoscience Physics
University of Arkansas

Hameed A. Naseem, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering,
University of Arkansas

Nezih Pala, PhD
Associate Professor
Florida International University

Dimitris Pavlidis, PhD
Director of Emerging Research Programs Research Professor, College of Engineering and Computing
Florida International University

Gregory Peterson, PhD
Professor and Department Head of the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Tennessee Knoxville

Raj Pulugurtha, PhD
Associate Professor
Florida International University

Mst Shamim Ara Shawkat, PhD
Assistant Professor
Florida International University

John Volakis, PhD
Dean, College of Engineering and Computing & Professor
Florida International University

Uche Wejinya, PhD
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Arkansas

Jingxian Wu, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Arkansas

Fisher Yu, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Arkansas

Ahmedullah Aziz, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee Knoxville