Oct 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate 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


Director of Research:
Daniel N. Aloi

Business manager:
Keith Harvey

Department chairs:
Shailesh Lal, Bioengineering
Guangzhi Qu, Computer Science and Engineering
Vijitashwa Pandey, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Osamah Rawashdeh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Xia Wang, Mechanical 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
Janusz W. Laski, Ph.D., Technical University of Gdansk
Robert P. Van Til, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Sarma R. Vishnubhotla, Sc.D., Washington University in
St. Louis
Gilbert L. Wedekind, Ph.D., University of Illinois

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,Ph.D., Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Edward Y. L. Gu, Ph.D., Purdue University
Randy Gu, Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
Laila Guessous, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Oakland University
Dae-Kyoo Kim, Ph.D., Colorado State University
Shailesh Lal, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jia Li, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Lunjin Lu, Ph.D., University of Birmingham (England)
Gerard Madlambayan, Ph.D., University of Toronto (Canada)
Zissimos P. Mourelatos, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Nasser Nasrabadi, Ph.D., Imperial College of Science and
Technology (United Kingdom)
Sayed A. Nassar, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., Oakland University
Richard Olawoyin, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Vijitashwa Pandey, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 
Urbana-Champaign
Guangzhi Qu, Ph.D., University of Arizona
Hongwei Qu, Ph.D., University of Florida
Osamah Rawashdeh, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Clemson University
Ishwar Sethi, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology
    (Kharagpur)
Gautam B. Singh, Ph.D., Wayne State 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:
Shadi G. Alawneh, Ph.D., Memorial University (Canada)
Mehdi Bagherzadhi, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Yin-Ping Chang, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Jun Chen, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Christopher Cooley, Ph.D., the Ohio State University
Brian Dean, Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Debatosh Debnath, Ph.D., Kyushu Institute of Technology
    (Japan)
Dan DelVescovo: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
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
Wing-Yue Louie, Ph.D., University of Toronto (Canada)
Jonathan Maisonneuve, Ph.D., Concordia University
Julian Rrushi, Ph.D., University of Milan (Italy)
Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Ph.D., Wayne State University

 

Assistant professors:  
Mst Shapna Akter, Ph.D., University of West Florida
Amine Barrak, Ph.D., University of Québec (Canada)
Sarah Beetham, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Marco Gerini-Romagnoli, Ph.D., Oakland University
Amanpreet Kaur, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Tianle Ma, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Ali Ahmad Malik, Ph.D., University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
Ryan Monroe, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Nasim Nezamoddin, Ph.D., State University of New York - Binghamton
Yao Qiang, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Sunny Raj, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Amartya Sen, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science & Technology
Mohammad S. Toulabi, University of Alberta (Canada)
Mohammad Wardat, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Alycen Wiacek, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Lanyu Xu, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Ankun Yang, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Sai Deepthi Yeddula, Auburn University
Yongsoon Yoon, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Kaiqi Zhao, Ph.D., Arizona State University


Special instructors:
Stephen Bazinski, Ph.D., Oakland University
Katherine Bowers, Ph.D., Oakland University
Angel Bravo, Ph.D., University of North Texas
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
Solmaz Salehian, Ph.D., Oakland University
Zhijun Wu, Ph.D., Oakland University


Visiting assistant professors:
Makram Soui, Visiting Assistant Professor, University Lille (France)


Adjunct professors:
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
Jerry Ku, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Yung-Li Lee, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abbas Nazri, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Patrick Phlips, Ph.D., Oxford University
Mutasim Salman, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Champaign
Kwo Young, Ph.D., Princeton University

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
Mark Lefsrud, Ph.D., University of Tennesee, Knoxville
Simon Chin-Yu Tung, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Xin Xie, Oakland University

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, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, 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:

Ph.D Programs:

M.S. Programs:

 Combined B.S./M.S. Programs: 

Graduate Certificates:

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.