Engineering Faculty

Department chair: Niloofar Kamran


Faculty

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    Danielle Grimes

    Assistant Professor of Engineering and Physics

    Since 2019 she has been the engineering coordinator, instructor, lab coordinator, and curriculum developer at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science. She has two internationally published research papers, over five years of diversity research in engineering, and over six years of completing engineering outreach efforts. She holds a doctoral degree in engineering education and a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Mississippi State University.

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    Niloofar Kamran

    Associate Professor of Engineering

    Teaches introductory physics and engineering courses, as well as upper-level courses in engineering, such as Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, and Signals and Systems. Her research focuses on controlling complex systems, with applications in control of satellites and of fluid flow of fuel in a rocket thruster. Ph.D. in engineering physics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; M.S. in aerospace engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran; B.S. in mechanical engineering, Guilan University, Iran.

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    Derin Sherman

    Professor of Physics and Engineering

    Teaches courses in physics and engineering, including Engineering Circuits, Lagrangian Mechanics, upper-level Electricity and Magnetism and the physics capstone Advanced Experimental Physics. He also teaches the nonmajors courses Science through Film and Fiction and Electronics for Everyone. Ph.D. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Emeriti Faculty

  • Lyle Lichty

    Professor Emeritus of Physics and Engineering

  • Harlan (Cot) Graber

    Professor Emeritus of Physics

    Ph.D. in Physics, University of Kansas.

  • Richard Jacob

    Professor Emeritus of Physics and Computer Science

    Ph.D. in Physics, University of Wisconsin.