Engineering Faculty
Department chair: Kara Beauchamp | Contact info
Faculty
Kara Beauchamp
W.F. Johnston Professor of Physics and Engineering
Teaches courses in physics, including Astronomy, Introductory Mechanics, Modern Physics, and Astrophysics. She currently collaborates with students on astrophysics research projects, and she has also studied high-temperature superconductors, magnetic materials, dye-sensitized solar cells, and local wind energy project feasibility. Ph.D. in Physics, University of Minnesota.
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.
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.
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.
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.