Dec 02, 2024  
2021-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

School of Engineering and Computer Science


 

301 Engineering Center • (248) 370-2217 • Fax (248) 370-4261  (map)
www.secs.oakland.edu

 

Dean:
Louay M. Chamra

Associate dean:
Qian Zou

Business manager:
Keith Harvey

Department chairs:
Osamah Rawashdeh,, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lunjin Lu, Computer Science and Engineering
Brian P. Sangeorzan, Mechanical Engineering
Robert P. Van Til, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Professors emeriti:
David Boddy, Ph.D., Purdue University
Bhushan L. Bhatt, Ph.D., Oakland University
Robert H. Edgerton, Ph.D., Cornell University
Richard E. Haskell, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic
    Institute
Michael Y. Y. Hung, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Glenn A. Jackson, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Naim A. Kheir, Ph.D., The Hungarian Academy of
    Sciences (Budapest)
Keith R. Kleckner, Ph.D., Cornell University
Janusz W. Laski, Ph.D., Technical University of Gdansk
Nan K. Loh, Ph.D., University of Waterloo (Canada)
Michael P. Polis, Ph.D., Purdue University
Sarma R. Vishnubhotla, Sc.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Gilbert L. Wedekind, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Tung H. Weng, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia
Thomas G. Windeknecht, Ph.D., Case Institute of
    Technology

Professors:
Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Ph.D., University of Waterloo
    (Canada)
Daniel N. Aloi, Ph.D., Ohio University
Gary C. Barber, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Louay M. Chamra, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Ka Chai Cheok, Ph.D., Oakland University
Manohar Das, Ph.D., Colorado State University
Huirong Fu, Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Subramaniam Ganesan, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science
    (Bangalore)
Sergey Golovashchenko, D.Sc., Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Edward Y. L. Gu, Ph.D., Purdue University
Laila Guessous, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Randy Gu, Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Oakland University
Dae-Kyoo Kim, Ph.D., Colorado State University
Jia Li, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Lunjin Lu, Ph.D., University of Birmingham (England)
Zissimos P. Mourelatos, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Sayed A. Nassar, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., Oakland University
Guangzhi Qu, Ph.D., University of Arizona
Hongwei Qu, Ph.D., University of Florida
Osamah Rawashdeh, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Brian P. Sangeorzan, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,
    Madison
Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Clemson University
Ishwar Sethi, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology
    (Kharagpur)
Gautam B. Singh, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Robert P. Van Til, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Xia Wang, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Lianxiang Yang, Ph.D., University of Kassel (Germany)
Mohamed A. Zohdy, Ph.D., University of Waterloo
    (Canada)
Qian Zou, Ph.D., Tsinghua University (China)

Associate professors:
Yin-Ping Chang, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Brian Dean, Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Debatosh Debnath, Ph.D., Kyushu Institute of Technology
    (Japan)
Ching Long Ko, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Krzystof Kobus, Ph.D., Oakland University
Michael A. Latcha, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Anyi Liu, Ph.D., George Mason University
Daniel Llamocca, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Khalid Malik, Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hua Ming, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Richard Olawoyin, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Vijitashwa Pandey, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Nilesh Patel, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Ph.D., Wayne State University

 

Assistant professors:  
Seyed Ali Arefifar, University of Alberta (Canada)
Shadi G. Alawneh, Memorial University (Canada)
Mehdi Bagherzadhi, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Sarah Beetham, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Jingshu Chen, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Jun Chen, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Christopher Cooley, Ph.D., the Ohio State University
Dan DelVescovo: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Amanpreet Kaur, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Hyungil Kim, Ph.D., Virginia Tech University
Wing-Yue Louie, Ph.D., University of Toronto (Canada)
Tianle Ma, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Jonathan Maisonneuve, Ph.D., Concordia University
Ali Ahmad Malik, Ph.D., University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
Md Atiqul Mollah, Ph.D., Florida State University
Ryan Monroe, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Nasim Nezamoddin, Ph.D., State University of New York - Binghamton
Sunny Raj, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Julian Rrushi, Ph.D., University of Milan (Italy)
Amartya Sen, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science & Technology
Steve Wilson, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Lanyu Xu, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Ankun Yang, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Yongsoon Yoon, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Douglas Zytko, Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology

Special instructors:
Stephen Bazinski, Ph.D., Oakland University
Turgay Bengisu, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Katherine Bowers, Ph.D., Oakland University
Angel Bravo, Ph.D., University of North Texas
Laura Dinsmoor, M.S., Oakland University
William Edwards, Ph.D., Oakland University
Hadeel M. Jawad, Ph.D., Eastern Michigan University 
Steven Louis, Ph.D., Oakland University
Khalid Mirza, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Michel Sultan, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zhijun Wu, Ph.D., Oakland University

Visiting assistant professors:
Mohammed Mahmoud, Ph.D., University of North Dakota
Solmaz Salehian, Visiting Assistant Professor, Oakland University

Adjunct professors:
Ismat Abu-Isa, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Alex Alkidas, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert F. Bordley, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Dennis A. Corrigan, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Edward Groff, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Yung-Li Lee, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mutasim Salman, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Champaign

Adjunct associate professors:
Preston L. Brooks, M.S.E.E., Stanford University, M.B.A.,
     University of San Diego
Bruce K. Geist, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Shuxin Gu, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Gerard R. Jozwiak, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Anson Lee, Ph.D., Oakland University
Simon Chin-Yu Tung, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Adjunct assistant professor:
Patrick Hillberg, Ph.D., Oakland University

General information

The heart of the School of Engineering and Computer Science is the Engineering Center, which houses most of the undergraduate laboratories and faculty offices.  Additionally, the new SECS Research and Innovation Center, Dodge Hall, and the Math and Science Center house the extensive laboratories for research. Laboratories cover automotive mechatronic systems, robotics, machine vision, experimental stress analysis, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, system simulation, circuits, and communications, controls, mechanical and electrical properties of materials, tribology, solid-state devices and microelectronics, microprocessors, computer integrated manufacturing, computer graphics and computer-aided design, internal combustion engines, lean, product lifecycle management(PLM), ergonomics and human factors, and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL). Students have access to the various computing facilities of the school and the university’s computer services. Fully equipped and staffed electronics, computers, and machine shops complement these facilities. Listed below are the SECS programs of study.

Programs:

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

     

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board for the School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS) is composed of leaders in industry. They assist the school in developing educational and research programs to meet the rapidly expanding requirements in the technical world. The board is available as a body or individually for consultation on such matters as curriculum, research, facilities, equipment requirements, special subjects and long-range planning.

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Centers and Institutes

The School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS) has centers for product development and manufacturing and laboratories for systems design, real time computer systems, robotics, controls research, artificial intelligence, tribology, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics.

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Graduate assistantships and fellowships

A number of graduate assistantships and a limited number of fellowships are awarded each year on a competitive basis. They carry both stipend and tuition remuneration. Graduate assistants render 20 hours per week of teaching and/or research service to the university. No such service is required of graduate fellows. Graduate assistants or fellows at the master’s level who plan to enter either the area of research and development in industry or a doctoral program are strongly encouraged to include a master’s project or thesis as part of their program.