College of Science & Engineering Directory

Michael D. McCracken, Dean

Kenneth M. Morgan, Associate Dean and Director of TCU Energy Institute

J. Richard Rinewalt, Associate Dean

C. Magnus L. Rittby, Associate Dean and Director of Bachelor of General Studies Program

Armida M. Guzman, Assistant to the Dean

Biology

GIRIDHAR R. AKKARAJU, Associate Professor. B.S. (University of Bombay, India), 1985; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), 1997. Since 2002.

WAYNE J. BARCELLONA, Associate Professor. A.B. (University of Southern California), 1962; M.S. (Ibid.), 1965; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1970. Since 1973.

MATTHEW CHUMCHAL, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Southwestern University), 2001; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 2003; Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), 2007. Since 2007.

RAY W. DRENNER, Professor and Chair of the Department. B.A. (University of Kansas), 1972; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1977. Since 1977.

GINELLE GELLERT, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Emory University), 1997; Ph.D. (University of North Texas Health Science Center), 2003. Since 2007.

AMANDA HALE, Assistant Professor. B.S. and B.A. (Purdue University), 1995; M.S. (Ibid.), 1998; Ph.D. (University of Miami). 2004. Since 2007.

PHILIP S. HARTMAN, Professor and Chair of The Health Professions Advisory Committee. B.S. (Iowa State University), 1975; Ph.D. (University of Missouri), 1979. Since 1981.

JOHN D. HORNER, Professor. B.S. (Louisiana State University), 1979; M.S. (University of New Mexico), 1983; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 1990.

CLARK A. JONES, Instructor. B.S. (Texas Christian Universityy), 1989; M.S. (Ibid.), 1992; Ph.D. (Southern Methodist University), 1997. Since 2008.

GAIL I. JONES, Instructor. B.A. (Radford University), 1971; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 1979; Ph.D. (University of North Texas), 1992. Since 1997.

GLENN C. KROH, Associate Professor. Associate's Degree (Pennsylvania State University), 1962; B.S. (Ibid.), 1966; M.S. (Ibid.), 1970; Ph.D. (Michigan State University), 1975. Since 1975.

MICHAEL D. McCRACKEN, Associate Professor and Dean. B.S.E. (Texas Tech University), 1963; M.S. (Ibid.), 1965; Ph.D. (Indiana University), 1969. Since 1971.

MIKE MISAMORE Assistant Professor. B.S. (University of Wisconsin), 1989; M.S. (Charlestons, S.C.), 1993; Ph.D. (Louisiana State University), 1998. Since 2003.

LEO W. NEWLAND, Professor. B.S. (Texas A&M Univeristy), 1964; M.S. (University of Wisconsin), 1965; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1968. Since 1969.

MICHAEL SAWEY, Instructor. B.S. (Texas Wesleyan University), 1994.; M.S. (Texas Christian University), 2008. Since 2008.

DEAN WILLIAMS, Assistant Professor. B.A. (Coe College), 1988; M.S. (University of Alabama, Huntsville), 1991; Ph.D. (Purdue University), 2000. Since 2007.

Chemistry

ONOFRIO ANNUNZIATA, Assistant Professor. M.S. (University of Naples), 1997; (Texas Christian University), 2001. Since 2004.

JEFFERY L. COFFER, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry. B.S. (Wofford College), 1982; M.S. (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), 1985; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 1990.

SERGEI V. DZYUBA, Assistant Professor. Diploma in Chemistry (Odessa State University), 1998; Ph.D. (Texas Tech University), 2002. Since 2006.

TRACY A. HANNA, Associate Professor.B.A. (Brown University), 1988; Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), 1994. Since 1998.

DAVID E. MINTER, Professor. B.S. (Stephen F. Austin State University), 1968; M.S. (Ibid.), 1970; Ph.D. (University of Texas, Austin), 1974. Since 1980.

JEAN-LUC G. MONTCHAMP, Associate Professor. Diploma of Engineering in Chemistry (School of Industrial Chemistry, France), 1989; Ph.D. (Purdue University), 1992. Since 1998.

ROBERT H. NEILSON, Professor. B.S. (Carnegie-Mellon University), 1969; Ph.D. (Duke University), 1973. Since 1978.

ANNE RICHARDS, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Swansea University), 1998; Ph.D. (Cardiff University), 2001. Since 2004.

YOUGHA RYU, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Postech University, Korea), 1991; Ph.D. (Texas A&M University), 2004. Since 2007.

Computer Science

LISA J. Burnell-Ball, Associate Professor. B.A. (University of Texas, Arlington), 1980; M.S. (Ibid.) 1990; Ph.D. (Ibid), 1995, Since 2001.

JAMES R. COMER, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department. B.S. (University of Texas, Arlington), 1971; M.S. (Ibid.), 1972; Ph.D. (Texas A&M University), 1979. Since 1981.

BILLY J. FARMER, Instructor. B.S. (Howard Payne University), 1979; M.S. (East Texas State), 1995. Since 2002.

CHARLES J. HANNON, Assistant Professor. B.A. (Texas A&M University), 1979; M.S. (University of Texas, Arlington), 1994; Ph.D. (Ibid), 2000. Since 2001.

BONNIE E. MELHART, Associate Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. B.A. (Wright State University), 1972; M.S. (Southern Illinois University), 1974; M.S. (University of California-Irvine), 1988; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1990. Since 1990.

C. THOMAS NUTE, Associate Professor. B.A. (University of California-San Diego), 1968; M.S. (Texas A&M University), 1970; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1977. Since 1981.

L. DONNELL PAYNE, Associate Professor. B.S. (Sam Houston State University), 1973; M.S. (Ibid.), 1976; Ph.D. (University of Texas, Arlington), 1988. Since 1988.

J. RICHARD RINEWALT, Associate Professor and Associate Dean. B.S.E.E. (University ofTexas, Arlington), 1969; M.S.E.E. (Ibid.), 1971; Ph.D. (University of Illinois), 1976. Professional Engineer-Texas, 1982. Since 1986.

ANTONIO SANCHEZ-AGUILAR, Associate Professor. B.S. (Universidad Iberoamericana), 1975; M.S. (George Washington University), 1976; D.Sc. (Ibid), 1983. Since 2005.

Engineering

BECKY BELLATTI BITTLE, Instructor. B.S. (Oklahoma State University), 1980; M.S. (Purdue University), 1993; Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University) 1994. Since 2004.

ROBERT R. BITTLE, Associate Professor. B.S. (Oklahoma State University), 1980; M.S. (Purdue University), 1983; Ph.D. (Iowa State University), 1994. Since 1994. Professional Engineer-Texas.

BILL M. DIONG, Associate Professor. B.S. (University of Illinois), 1986; M.S. (Ibid), 1988; Ph.D. (Ibid), 1992. Since 2005.

EDWARD S. KOLESAR, Professor and Holder of the W.A. "Tex" Moncrief Jr. Chair of Engineering. B.S. (University of Akron), 1973; M.S. (Air Force Institute of Technology), 1978; Ph.D. (University of Texas, Austin), 1985. Professional Engineer-Texas. Since 1993.

TRISTAN J. TAYAG, Associate Professor. B.S.E.E. (Johns Hopkins University), 1986; M.S.E.E. (Ibid.); 1987; Ph.D. (University of Virginia), 1991. Since 1997.

PATRICK L. WALTER, Professor of Professional Practices in Enginnering. B.S. (Pennsylvania State University), 1965; M.S. (University of New Mexico), 1967; Ph.D. (Arizona State University), 1978. Professional Engineer-New Mexico. Since 1995.

R. STEPHEN WEIS, Professor. B.S.E.E. (U. S. Naval Academy), 1979; M.S.E.E. (Georgia Institute of Technology), 1984; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 1992. Professional Engineer-Texas.

WALTON E. WILLIAMSON, JR. Professor and Chair of the Department. B.S.M.E. (Stanford University), 1966; M.S.A.E. (University of Texas, Austin), 1967; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1970. Since 1999.

Environmental Sciences

T.L. BURGESS, Professor of Professional Practice. B.S. (University of Arizona), 1971; M.S. (Texas Tech University), 1977; Ph.D. (University of Arizona), 1988. Since 2005.

RANJAN S. MUTTIAH, Assistant Professor. B.S. (University of Georgia), 1987; M.S. (Purdue University), 1989; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1972. Since 2004.

LEO W. NEWLAND, Professor. B.S. (Texas A&M University), 1964; M.S. (University of Wisconsin), 1966; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1969. Since 1969.

REBECCA RICHARDS, Professor of Professional Practice. M.S. (Texas Christian University), 1996. Since 2007.

MICHAEL C. SLATTERY, Professor and Chair. B.A. (University of the Witwatersrand), 1988; M.S. (University of Toronto), 1990; Ph.D. (Oxford University), 1994. Since 1998.

Geology

HELGE ALSLEBEN, Assistant Professor. B.S. (University of Hamburg), 1996; M.S. (San Jose State University), 2000; Ph.D. (University of Southern California), 2005. Since 2005.

JOHN A. BREYER, Professor. B.S. (University of Cincinnati), 1970; Ph.D. (University of Nebraska), 1974. Since 1984.

ARTHUR B. BUSBEY, Associate Professor. B.S. (University of Texas, Austin), 1974; M.A. (Ibid.), 1977; Ph.D. (University of Chicago), 1982. Since 1985.

R. NOWELL DONOVAN, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Charles B. Moncrief Professor. B.Sc. (Newcastle University), 1966; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1972. Since 1986.

RICHARD E. HANSON, Herndon Professor and Chair of the Department. B.S. (Oklahoma State University), 1975; M.S. (Ibid.), 1977; Ph.D. (Columbia University), 1983. Since 1988.

KEN M. MORGAN, Professor, Director of the TCU Energy Institute and Associate Dean. B.S. (Indiana University), 1973; M.S. (Arizona State University), 1976; Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), 1978. Since 1978.

RANJAN S. MUTTIAH, Assistant Professor. B.S. (University of Georgia), 1987; M.S. (Purdue University), 1989; Ph.D. (Ibid), 1992. Since 2004.

Mathematics

VICTOR A. BELFI, Associate Professor. B.A. (Rice University), 1965; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1969. Since 1969.

KATHY COLEMAN, Instructor. B.A. (Texas Tech University), 1978; M.A. (Ibid.), 1971, 1989. Since 2005.

H. G. DOLLAR, Instructor. B.S. (University of Texas-Arlington), 1966; M.A. (Ibid.), 1970. Since 2000.

ROBERT S. DORAN, John William and Helen Stubbs Potter Professor and Chair of the Department. B.A. (University of Iowa), 1962; M.A. (Ibid.), 1964; M.S. (University of Washington), 1967; Ph.D. (Ibid.),1968. Since 1969.

ZE-LI DOU, Associate Professor. B.A. (City University of New York, Queens College), 1987; Ph.D. (Princeton University), 1993. Since 1994.

PENG FAN, Associate Professor. B.A. (National Taiwan Normal University), 1970; M.A. (National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan), 1972; Ph.D. (Indiana University), 1980. Since 1983.

GREG FRIEDMAN, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Brown University), 1996; M.S. (New York University), 1998; Ph.D. (Ibid), 2001. Since 2005.

GEORGE T. GILBERT, Associate Professor. B.A. (Washington University), 1979; Ph.D. (Harvard University), 1984. Since 1990.

RHONDA L. HATCHER, Associate Professor. B.A. (University of Colorado), 1980; A.M. (Harvard University), 1982; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1987. Since 1990.

SCOTT NOLLET, Associate Professor. B.S. (University of Minnesota), 1985; Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), 1994. Since 2000.

ALLISON C. OWEN, Instructor. B.A. (Kansas Wesleyn University), 1981; M.L.S. (Texas Women's University), 1983; M.A. (Ibid), 1987. Since 2000.

EFTON PARK, Professor. B.S. (University of Oklahoma), 1983; Ph.D. (State University of New York, Stony Brook), 1988. Since 1992.

IGOR P. PROKHORENKOV, Associate Professor. B.S. (Moscow State University), 1991; Ph.D. (Rice University), 1997. Since 1998.

KEN RICHARDSON, Professor. B.A. (Rice University), 1986; M.A. (Ibid.), 1989; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1993. Since 1994.

KRISTI E. RITTBY, Instructor. B.S. (Texas Christian University), 1997; M.S. (University of Texas, Arlington), 2000. Since 2002.

SUSAN G. STAPLES, Associate Professor. B.S. (Case Western Reserve University), 1983; Ph.D. (University of Michigan), 1988. Since 1995.

KENNETH STEVENSON, Instructor. B.A. (Cameron University), 1971; M.S. (Southwest Texas State University), 1980; Ed.D. (Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi), 1995. Since 2005.

Nutritional Sciences

LYN DART, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Texas Woman's University), 1980; M.S. (Ibid.) 1994; Ph.D. (Ibid.) 2001. Since 2001.

MARY ANNE GORMAN, Professor. B.A. (University of North Texas), 1970; M.Ed. (Ibid.), 1974; Ph.D. (Texas Woman's University), 1983. Since 1983.

GINA J. HILL, Assistant Professor. B.S. (Texas Tech University), 1998; M.S. (Ibid.), 1999; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 2003. Since 2003.

ANNE D. VANBEBER, Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences. B.S. (Texas Tech University), 1979; M.S. (Texas Woman's University), 1982; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1991. Since 1992.

Physics and Astronomy

WILLIAM R. M. GRAHAM, Professor. B.Sc. (University of Western Ontario), 1966; M.Sc. (Ibid.), 1968; Ph.D. (York University) 1971. Since 1977.

DOUGLAS R. INGRAM, Instructor. B.A. (University of Texas, Austin), 1990; M.Sc. (University of Washington), 1991; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1996. Since 1996.

PAMELA M. MARCUM, Associate Professor. B.S. (Florida Institute of Technology), 1987; M.S. (Ibid.), 1989; Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), 1994. Since 1996.

BRUCE N. MILLER, Professor. B.A. (Columbia University), 1963; M.Sc. (University of Chicago), 1965; Ph. D. (Rice University), 1969. Since 1971.

C. A. QUARLES, W.A. "Tex" Moncrief Jr. Professor. B.A. (Texas Christian University), 1960; M.A. (Princeton University), 1962; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1964. Since 1967.

C. MAGNUS L. RITTBY, Professor and Associate Dean. B.S. (University of Sussex), 1980; Ph.D. (University of Stockholm), 1985. Since 1990.

YURI M. STRZHEMECHNY, Assistant Professor. M.S. (Khrakov Politechnic University), 1988; Ph.D. (City University of New York), 2000. Since 2005.

T. WALDEK ZERDA, Professor and Chair of the Department. M.S. (Silesian University), 1971; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1978; D.S. (Poznan University of Medical Sciences), 1983. Since 1987.

Psychology

TIMOTHY M. BARTH, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology. B.S. (St. Bonaventure University), 1979; M.S. (Wesleyan University), 1982; Ph.D. (University of Texas, Austin), 1986. Since 1990.

GARY W. BOEHM, Assistant Professor. B.A. (Utah State University), 1989; M.S. (University of Connecticut), 1992; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1996. Since 1999.

CHARLES F. BOND, JR., Professor. A.B. (University of North Carolina), 1975; Ph.D. (Duke University), 1980. Since 1986.

BRENT GRANT COOPER, Assistant Professor. B.S. (University of New Mexico), 1993; Ph.D. (University of Utah). Since 2007.

DAVID R. CROSS, Associate Professor. B.A. (University of California, Fresno), 1977; M.A. (University of Michigan), 1984; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1985. Since 1985.

DONALD F. DANSEREAU, Professor. B.S. (State University of New York, Buffalo), 1964; M.A. (Carnegie-Mellon University), 1966; Ph.D. (Ibid.), 1969. Since 1968.

PATRICK M. FLYNN, Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of Behavioral Research. B.A. (Gannon University), 1972; M.A. (West Virginia College of Graduate Studies Institute), 1975; Ph.D. (University of Miami), 1982. Institute of Behavioral Research; Since 2006.

TIMOTHY L. HUBBARD, Professor. B.A. (University of Denver), 1984; Ph.D. (Dartmouth College), 1988. Since 1995.

CHARLES G. LORD, Professor. B.A. (University of Rhode Island), 1976; Ph.D. (Stanford University), 1980. Since 1987.

DINNA NEWBERN, Professor of Professional Practice; Coordinator, Psychology of Leadership Minor. B.S. (Phillips University) 1985; M.S. (Texas Christian University) 1992; Ph.D. (Ibid.) 1996. Since 1994.

MAURICIO R. PAPINI, Professor. Licentiate (University of Buenos Aires), 1976; Ph.D. (University of San Luis, Argentina), 1985. Since 1990.

ANNA INGEBORG PETURSDOTTIR, Assistant Professor. B.A. (University of Iceland), 1996; M.A. (Western Michigan University), 2004; Ph.D. (Ibid.). Since 2006.

CHRISTIE NAPA SCOLLON, Assistant Professor. B.A. (Southern Methodist University), 1999; Ph.D. (University of Illinois). Since 2004.

PAMELA M. STUNTZ, Instructor. 1989; M.S. (Texas Christian University) 2000; Ph.D. (Ibid.). Since 2003.

D. DWAYNE SIMPSON, Professor and Director, Institute of Behavioral Research. B.A. (University of Texas, Austin), 1966; Ph.D. (Texas Christian University), 1970. Since 1990.





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