LAMAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING - Key Persons


Abraham Max

Job Titles:
  • Outstanding Research Award ECE 2001

Amy Brown

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Certification Officer

Annette Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor / Graduate Advisor
Education Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering) Texas A&M University, Kingsville 2007 M.S. (Environmental Engineering) Texas A&M University, Kingsville 2003 B.S. (Civil Engineering) Texas A&M University, Kingsville 1997

Anwarul Islam Sifat

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Education Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand: 2017- 2021 Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2015- 2017

Ashley Glenn

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Ashlyn Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Bayleigh Smith

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Marketing & Recruitment

Benjamin Saulsbury


Brittny Bratcher-Rasmus


Byron Terrier

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director Region 5 ESC

Cagatay Tokgoz

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor / Research: High Frequency Methods in Computational Electromagnetics for Modeling and Simulation of Antenna Placement, Co - Site Interference and Radar Signature
Research: High frequency methods in computational electromagnetics for modeling and simulation of antenna placement, co-site interference and radar signature.

Carmina Smith

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Carrie Mason

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Catherine Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Clayton Jeffryes

Job Titles:
  • Interim Department Chair, Associate Professor / Research: Innovative Bioprocesses, Macroalgal Tissue Cultures, Biogenic Nanomaterials

Cynthia Lute

Job Titles:
  • Senior Academic Advisor

Dan Chilek

Job Titles:
  • Master of Science in Kinesiology

Daniel Chen

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Debra Fondren

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Debra Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Director, Certification and Testing

Dr. Cristian Bahrim

Job Titles:
  • Joint Professor ( Physics )
  • Professor, Physics

Dr. Delvin Seawright

Job Titles:
  • Accounting

Dr. Dwaine Augustine

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, Hamshire - Fannett ISD

Dr. Gisele Moss

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Accounting / School of Accounting & Information

Dr. Gleb Tcheslavski

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Graduate Advisor
  • Associate Professor, Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical
Dr. Gleb Tcheslavski was born September 26, 1972 in Noginsk, Moscow Region, Russia. Dr. Tcheslavski received his engineer-developer degree in Electronic Engineering from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. At VT, he was a member of the Digital Signal Processing Research Lab. After graduation, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Houston involved in Biomedical Image Acquisition and Processing. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor in the Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical and Computer engineering at Lamar University. Education Ph.D., (E.E.), Virginia Tech M. Electrical Engineering, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia B. Electrical Engineering, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia Teaching Experience 2014 - present: Associate Professor, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 2008 - 2014: Assistant Professor, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 2007 - 2008: Visiting Assistant Professor, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 2002 - 2005: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 1997 - 1999: Teaching Assistant, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia

Dr. H. Stephen Grace - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Dr. Harley R. Myler

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Professor Emeritus

Dr. J. Donald Warren

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Accounting Faculty
  • Chairman, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
  • Chairman, School of Accounting & Information Systems

Dr. Jay Killgo

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, Vidor ISD

Dr. Jim Armstrong

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Dr. Johnny O'Connor

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean
Dr. Johnny O'Connor has been at LU since 2014. He has served as an assistant professor with the Department of Education Leadership since 2014, associate dean of academic affairs since 2023, and was appointed interim dean in 2024. With 16 years of experience in K-12 education, Dr. O'Connor has held both teaching and executive level leadership positions. Throughout his career, Dr. O'Connor has experienced well-documented success, and has been recognized for his commitment and accomplishments in providing positive educational opportunities. His accolades include being the recipient of the YMCA Achievers Award, Ivy League Education Foundation Award, Iota Phi Lambda - Pearl of Service Award, and TAABSE Men of Distinction Honoree. Dr. O'Connor's commitment to academic excellence is evident in his training. He has studied and trained at several universities including: Harvard University-Cambridge, M.A. (urban special education), Rice University (strategic marketing), Texas Southern University (M.B.A.), Southern University (B.S./M.Ed.), Texas A&M University (Ph.D.) and University of Texas-Tyler, Texas (superintendent certificate). Dr. O'Connor has authored and published several book chapters and journal articles, and presented at numerous local, state and national conferences, and is a member of numerous professional and academic organizations.

Dr. Koji Hirano

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Instructor, Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical and Computer

Dr. Mansour Karkoub

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Accreditation & Assessment, College

Dr. Mike Gonzales

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Dr. Nicholas Brake

Job Titles:
  • Interim Chair and Associate Professor

Dr. Rickie Harris

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, West Orange Cove CISD

Dr. Shannon Allen

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, Beaumont ISD

Duncan Bryant

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Ellen Zimmerman

Job Titles:
  • Department of Information Systems

Fatih A. Adam

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Gina M. Decuir, Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate

Hassan Zargarzadeh

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Research: Mechatronics and Robotics, Advanced Control Systems, Power Electronics and Power Systems

Heather Martindale

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Helen Lou

Job Titles:
  • Professor

J. Elizabeth Casey

Job Titles:
  • Administration
  • Department Chair, Curriculum and Instruction

Jack Gill

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair

Jack Gill Endowed - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Jaime Taylor - President

Job Titles:
  • President

James Henry

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Coordinator / Associate Professor

Jana Austin

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Programs Coordinator

Jeanne Mullican


Jenna Dean

Job Titles:
  • Teacher, Nederland ISD

Jennifer Burnett

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Jenny Zhou

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair and Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department

Jessica Paulsen

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator, Operations

Jill Killough

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate Dean

Joby John

Job Titles:
  • Dean, College of Business

Jody Slaughter

Job Titles:
  • Director of School

John Gossage

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Research: Simulation, Engineering Education, Computer - Aided Modeling

Jon Gray

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean

Julio Delgado

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Kakoli Bandyopadhyay

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of Information Systems

Kara Dewberry

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Accreditation & Assessment 's Administrative Specialist

Karen Sadler

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Karli Padia - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations

Kimberly Gauthreaux


Komal Karani

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of Management and Marketing

Kristen Baker

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Leticia McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Lisa Meysembourg

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, Woodville ISD

Liv Haselbach

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Professor, Civil and Environmental

Mark Porterie

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, Pt. Arthur ISD

Marla Gilmore

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Superintendent, Hamshire - Fannett ISD

Marleen Swerdlow

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of General Business

Mary Morgan Moore

Job Titles:
  • Department of Music

Matthew Hall

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Meichen Dong

Job Titles:
  • Department of General Business

Melissa Strout

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Michaela Walker

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Mien Jao

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Mike Sims

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, Ehrhart Charter School

Mr. Dan F. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Department of Chemical

Mr. David Rose

Job Titles:
  • Instructor of Accounting / School of Accounting & Information

Mr. Hussein Almallahi

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Instructor, Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical and Computer
Education M.S. Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University B.S. Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University

Mr. Larry Norwood - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Ms. Clare Burns

Job Titles:
  • Director of the MSA Program / Instructor of Accounting

Naina S Muppavarapu

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Paula Chavis

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Paula Dunigan

Job Titles:
  • BSIT and Transfer Academic Advisor Senior

Peyton Richmond

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Research: Process Systems Engineering With Application to Safety, Engineering Education

Phillip M. Drayer

Job Titles:
  • Department of Electrical

Purnendu Mandal

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Faculty

Qiang Xu

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Qin Qian

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Rhonda Marcontell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Assessment

Robert Yuan

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Roy West

Job Titles:
  • Beaumont Mayor

Samuel Kemerly


Sara E. Chavez

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Selahattin Sayil

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Professor, Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical and Computer

Seokyon Hwang - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Shannon Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair, Health & Kinesiology / Interim Department Chair, Nutrition, Hospitality and Human Services

Shannon Klutts

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Sharlene Hatch

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Shelia Umphrey

Job Titles:
  • Science and Technology

Sidney Lin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Research: Renewable Energy, Materials Science, Separation Process, Reaction

Soumava Bandyopadhyay

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Stacy Brister

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, Little Cypress - Mauriceville CISD

Stefanie Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Stephen F. Austin

Job Titles:
  • BBA

Stuart Keischnick

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, Nederland ISD

Suhaib Alabed

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

T.C. Ho

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus / Research: Waste Management, Fluidization, Process Modeling

Tammy Welch

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Tatyana Jones

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate Senior

Thinesh Selvaratnam

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Tillie Hickman

Job Titles:
  • BISD Board President

Tim White

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Tosin Sekoni

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Tracy J. Benson

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean, College

Uliana Trylowsky

Job Titles:
  • Development Officer

Venkatesh Uddameri

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Xing Wu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Yong Je Kim

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Yoselyn Elias

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Zina Ben Miled

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Professor, Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical and Computer