@ Associate or Adjunct Graduate Faculty
* Members of UMKC Graduate Faculty
# Members of UMKC Doctoral Faculty
+ Located at UM-St. Louis campus
School of Computing and Engineering
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
#*Bryan R. Becker
; professor; B.S. (University of Missouri-Rolla); M.S. (University of Missouri-Columbia); Ph.D. (University of Tennessee-Knoxville); P.E.
Katherine H. Bloemker
; assistant teaching professor; B.S., M.S. (Stanford University)
C. Quinton Bowles; professor emeritus; B.S., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Ph.D. (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands);(retired).
Michael A. Carlson
; adjunct instructor; B.S. (North Dakota State University), M.S. (University of Kansas), P.E.
David Christianson
; instructor; B.S. (South Dakota State University); M.B.A (University of Missouri).
Lawrence Drbal
; adjunct professor; B.S. (University of Nebraska); M.S., Ph.D. (Kansas State University).
#*Brian A. Fricke
; assistant professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Tushar K. Ghosh; professor of nuclear engineering; B.S. (Jadavpur University, India); M.S. (University of Calgary, Canada); Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University);(primary appointment, MU College of Engineering).
#*Trent M. Guess
; assistant professor; B.S. (University of Kansas); M.S. (Colorado State University); Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
Robert Hanlin
; adjunct instructor; B.S., M.S. (Colorado School of Mines); P.E.
Steve Hague
; adjunct instructor; B.S., M.S. (Texas A&M University); P.E.
George F.W. Hauck; former executive director, coordinated engineering program, and professor emeritus; B.Arch.E., M.Arch E. (Oklahoma State University); Ph.D. (Northwestern University); P.E.;(retired).
#*Wei Ji
; associate professor of geosciences; B.S., M.S. (Peking University); Ph.D. (University of Connecticut);(primary appointment: College of Arts and Science).
Dan Justice
; adjunct professor; B.S. (University of Missouri-Rolla); M.S., Ph.D. (University of Texas-Austin).
Michael Kelly
; instructor; B.S. (University of Missouri-Rolla).
Thomas Kimes
; instructor; B.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Greg King
; assistant professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
Robert Lambrechts
; adjunct professor; B.S., M.S. (University of Missouri Columbia); J.D. (St. Louis University).
Rudolph L. Leutzinger, Sr.
; former director, general engineering program, and associate professor emeritus; B.A. (Iowa State College); M.E. (University of Michigan); Ph.D. (University of Iowa); P.E. (Retired)
Pei-Wei Lin
; assistant professor; B.S., M.S., (National Chiao-Tung University); Ph.D. (University of Maryland).
Forrest G. Lowe
; visiting associate professor; B.S. (Northwest Missouri State University); M.S. (Texas Christian University); Ed.D. (Nova Southeastern University); P.E.
James F. Mahoney, Jr.
; adjunct instructor; B.S., M.S. (University of Missouri-Columbia/Kansas City); P.E.
Mark F. McClernon
; chair, department of civil and mechanical engineering, and associate professor; B.S. (Rockhurst University); M.S., Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame); P.E.
#*Anil Misra
; professor; B.Tech. (Indian Institute of Technology, India); M.S., Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts); P.E.
#*Deborah J. O'Bannon
; associate professor; B.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); M.Eng. (Manhattan College); Ph.D. (University of Iowa); P.E.
Mark A. Prelas; professor of nuclear engineering; B.S. (Colorado State University); M.S.; Ph.D.(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne); (primary appointment: MU College of Engineering); (joint appointment).
#*Jerry E. Richardson
; associate profesor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Colorado State University); P.E.
Pete Scheuer
; instructor; M.S. (Michigan State University).
Donald R. Smith; founding director, coordinated undergraduate engineering program, and former executive director, coordinated engineering program, and associate professor emeritus; B.S. (Kansas State University); M.S. (United States Air Force Institute of Technology); M.A., Ph.D. (University of Colorado); P.E. (Retired)
William E. Stewart, Jr.; professor emeritus; B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Rolla); P.E. (Retired)
#*Ganesh Thiagarajan
; assistant professor; B.Tech., M.Tech. (Indian Institute of Technology-Madras); Ph.D. (Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge).
Scott Yerganian
; instructor; B.S. (University of Missouri-Columbia); M.S., (University of Missouri-Kansas City/Columbia).
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
#*Cory Beard
; associate professor; B.S., M.S. (University of Missouri-Columbia); Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
@Chengpeng (Charlie) Bi
; adjunct assistant professor; B.S. (Central China Agricultural University); M.S. (Beijing Agricultural University); M.E., Ph.D.(Pennsylvania State University). Primary Affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospital
Eddie Burris
; lecturer; M.S. (Michigan State University).
#*Deb Chatterjee
; associate professor; B.E.Tel.E. (Jadavpur University, India); M.Tech. (India Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, India); M.A.Sc. (Concordia University, Canada); Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
#*Ghulam M. Chaudhry
; professor; B.S. (University of Punjab, Pakistan); M.S. (B.Z. University, Pakistan); M.S., Ph.D. (Wayne State University).
#*Baek-Young Choi
; assistant professor; B.S. (Pusan National University, Korea); M.S. (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea); Ph.D. (University of Minnesota).
Robert Cotter
; visiting assistant professor; B.S. (Northwestern University); Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*Reza Derakhshani
; assistant professor; B.S. (Iran University of Science and Technology); M.S., Ph.D. (West Virginia University).
#*Deendayal "Dinakar" Dinakarpandian
; assistant professor; M.D. (Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India); Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University); M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Oleg Gusak
; visiting assistant professor; B.S., M.S. (Kharkov University of Radio and Electronics, Ukraine); Ph.D. (Bilkent University, Turkey).
#*Yijie Han
; associate professor; B.S. (University of Science and Technology of China), Ph.D. (Duke University).
Brian Hare
; instructor; M.S. (University of Houston and University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*Lein Harn
; professor; B.A. (National Taiwan University); M.S. (University of New York at Stony Brook); Ph.D. (University of Minnesota).
Richard G. Hetherington
; founding director, computer science program, and professor emeritus; B.A. (Brothers College, Drew University); M.S., Ph.D.(University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Mark Hieber
; instructor; B.S. (Purdue University); M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Mary Lou Hines Fritts
; research professor, CIO and vice provost for academic programs; B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Kansas State University).
Mark Hoffman
; adjunct assistant professor; B.A. (William Jewell); Ph.D.(University of Wisconsin - Madison). Primary Affiliation: Cerner
Jerome Knopp
; associate professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (University of Texas-Austin).
#*Vijay Kumar
; professor; B.S., M.S. (Ranchi University); Graduate Dipl. (Cambridge University); M.S. (Manchester University); Ph.D. (Southampton University).
#*Yugyung Lee
; associate professor; B.S. (University of Washington); Ph.D. (New Jersey Institute of Technology).
#*Deepankar (Deep) Medhi
; professor; B.Sc. (Cotton College, Gauhati University); M.Sc. (University of Delhi); M.S., Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
#*Ken Mitchell
; associate professor; B.M., M.M. (Indiana University); M.S., Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Judy Mullins
; lecturer; B.A., B.S. (University of North Alabama); B.S. (Missouri Western State College); M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*E.K. Park
; professor; B.S., M.S. (Western Illinois University); Ph.D. (Northwestern University).
#*Jerry P. Place
; associate professor; B.B.A., M.B.A (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.S., Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
#*Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox
; chair, department of English language and literature, and associate professor; B.A. (Colorado College); M.A., Ph.D. (University of Chicago) (primary appointment: department of English language and literature); (joint appointment).
#*Xiaojun Shen
; professor; B.S. (Quinghua University); M.S. (East China Institute of Technology); Ph.D. (University of Illinois-Urbana).
David G. Skitek; assistant professor emeritus; B.S. (University of Missouri-Rolla); M.S.E., Ph.D. (Arizona State University); P.E. (Retired)
#*Khosrow Sohraby
; dean, school of computing and engineering, and curators' professor; B.E., M.E. (McGill University); Ph.D. (University of Toronto).
#*Appie van de Liefvoort
; chair, department of computer science electrical engineering, and professor; Kandidaats; Doctorandus (Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, The Netherlands); M.S., Ph.D. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln).
#*Chuanjun Zhang
; assistant professor; B.S. (University of Science and Technology, China); M.S. (Beijing Institue of Control Engineering); Ph.D. (University of California-Riverside).