IR4TD - Key Persons


Aaron Camenisch

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Marketing

Aaron Raymond

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  • Administrative Services Assistant

Adam Price

Job Titles:
  • Research Facility Manager

Adriane Russell

Job Titles:
  • Budget and Accounting Processes, Financial Reporting, Human Resources, Budget Administrator for Mining Engineering Foundation, Business Office Compliance

Agnes Chwatko

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Associate I

Ahmad A. Salaimeh

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  • Director, Painting Technology Consortium ( PTC )
  • Industry Extension Specialist

Alex Fogle

Job Titles:
  • Research Facilities Manager

Alicia Burrus

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  • Administrative Services Assistant

Amy Crouch

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Associate I

Amy Foulkes

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  • Recruiter

Amy Long

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  • Staff Support Associate

Amy Terry

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  • Senior Information Specialist

Andrew Myers

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  • Executive Assistant to the Director

Andy Kerr

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  • Research Facilities Manager / Lab Instructor

Ann Freytag

Job Titles:
  • Research Facility Manager

B.J. Brandenburg

Job Titles:
  • Student Records

Becky Boston

Job Titles:
  • Conference Coordinator

Ben Saffari

Job Titles:
  • Industry Extension Specialist

Benedicte Lulendo

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  • Financial Analyst

Bettie Berry

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  • Civil Engineering
  • College Business Analyst Specialist

Bill Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Industry Extension Specialist
  • Research Fellow / Staff

Billie Sirn

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  • Student Affairs Officer

Bob DaCanto

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  • Support Specialist

Bob Day

Job Titles:
  • Research Facilities Manager

Bob Lewis

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  • Engineer

Brett Childers

Job Titles:
  • Engineer Technician Associate

Bruce Cole

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor I

Callie Viens

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  • Faculty Resource Consultant

Carol White

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  • Administrative Business Officer

Christine Tarne

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  • Business Officer

Christopher Cheser

Job Titles:
  • Data Management Specialist

Christopher Goff

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Technician

Cindy Crossfield

Job Titles:
  • College Business Analyst Specialist

Clark Graves

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Cody Mitchell

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  • Computer Support Specialist

Dana Harrod

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Daniel Workman

Job Titles:
  • Engineer Aide Principal

Danielle Green-Hinkle

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  • Academic Advisor

Danny Wells

Job Titles:
  • Transportation Technician

David Parsley

Job Titles:
  • Director of Undergraduate Study, Lean Systems Engineering Technology, Toyota Engineering Technology Faculty Fellow

Deborah Bastani

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  • College Business Analyst Specialist

Dee Fuhs

Job Titles:
  • College Business Analyst

Dewayne Burnett

Job Titles:
  • Research Facility Manager

Diane Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Freshman Academic Advisor

Diane Mier

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator II

Donnie Stamper

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Engineer

Doug Carr

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  • Programmer
  • Systems Analyst

Dr. Bradley Berron

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  • Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Dr. Cidambi Srinivasan

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  • Professor, Department of Statistics

Dr. David Herrin

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  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Enginnering

Dr. Kunlei Liu

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  • Associate Director, Power Generation and Utility Fuels, CEAR

Dr. Michael Seigler

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  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Micheal Winter

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  • Senior Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Tingwen Wu

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  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Yang-Tse (YT) Cheng

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  • Professor, Material Engineering

Dr. Zhi David Chen

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  • Kentucky Utility Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dylan Perraut

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  • First - Year Academic Advisor

Eileen Grady

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist

Elizabeth Lutin

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  • College Business Analyst

Emma Coleman

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  • Student Services Assistant

Eric Sanders

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  • Marketing & Communications
  • Senior Director of Marketing and Communications / Recruitment

Gavin Colton

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Philanthropy

Geaunita Caylor

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

H. Lynn Tilley

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director - Engineering Computing Services

Hannah Tyler

Job Titles:
  • Student Affairs Officer II

Herb Mefford

Job Titles:
  • Research Facility Manager

Hussamuddin Nasir

Job Titles:
  • Systems Professional III

James R. Boyd

Job Titles:
  • Director of International Partnerships, College of Engineering

Jamie Creech

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Technician

Jana Kennelly

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Philanthropy

Janet Ferguson

Job Titles:
  • Conference Coordinator for the Technology Transfer Program

Jazmyn Elswick

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  • Administrative Services Assistant

Jen Smith

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  • Training Program Manager

Jennifer Cecil

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  • Administrative Support Associate

Jennifer Doerge

Job Titles:
  • Director of Advising and Engineering Student Services

Jennifer Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor I

Jennifer McIntosh

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Services

Jennifer Moore

Job Titles:
  • UK Superfund Research Center Program Coordinator

Jessica Ripley

Job Titles:
  • Student Affairs Officer III, Course Scheduling and Student Records

Jim Norvell

Job Titles:
  • Electronics Technician

Jimmy Ash

Job Titles:
  • Engineer Aide Senior

Joel Wheeler

Job Titles:
  • Manager, End User Services

John Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Engineering Living Learning Program

Johnson Lam

Job Titles:
  • Freshman Academic Advisor

Johné Parker

Job Titles:
  • Acting Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Associate Professor Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jonathan Furnish

Job Titles:
  • Stewardship Officer

Josh Calnan

Job Titles:
  • Director of Blasting and Explosives Research & Department Research Coordinator

Joshua Duruttya

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  • College Business Analyst Specialist

Judith Cromer

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate

Julia Vaughan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Chair, Department Travel, Event Coordinator, Recruiting, Purchasing

Julie Tolliver

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Staff Officer II

Katherine Crow

Job Titles:
  • HR Coordinator

Katherine Waddell

Job Titles:
  • Student Affairs Officer

Kathy Ice-Wedding

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor Senior

Kelsey Carew

Job Titles:
  • Student Affairs Officer

Kevin Hudson

Job Titles:
  • Systems Programmer

Kimberly Kelley

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Services Assistant

Kozo Saito

Job Titles:
  • Founding Director of Institute of Research for Technology Development ( IR4TD )

Kyle Dippery

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Servers

Laura Whayne

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Lesley Brenner

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor, Academic Advising, Student Services, Departmental Scholarship Coordinator, Recruitment, Student Success Incentives
  • Mining Engineering

Levi McIntosh

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Technician

M. Abbot Maginnis

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  • Assistant Professor

Mark Bell

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Mark Doerre

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer
  • Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Mark Spellman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Investigator

Mary McBeath

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  • Assistant Dean / Administration

Mary-Michael Deskins

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship Director / Student Records

Masoud Arabghahestani

Job Titles:
  • Researcher

Megan Perrin

Job Titles:
  • Conference Coordinator

Meghan Arrell

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Communications
  • Marketing & Communications Associate Director of Communications

Meghan Herschelman

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Academic Advisor

Melanie Smith

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Associate, Conference Coordinator

Melissa Brown

Job Titles:
  • Student Services Administrative Assistant

Michael Mabe

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Michael Renfro

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Facilities
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Facilities Tennessee Valley Authority Professor

Michael T. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Success
  • Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Success Professor

Michele Baker

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Michelle Mossey

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Monica Mehanna

Job Titles:
  • Research & Graduate Studies

Natalia Mandzy

Job Titles:
  • Research Facility Manager

Nathaniel Swallom

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist

Nelson K. Akafuah

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Department of Engineering Technology, Director of Institute of Research for Technology Development ( IR4TD )
  • Department Chair of Engineering Technology, Director of Institute of Research for Technology Development ( IR4TD ), Associate Professor

Nick Cprek

Job Titles:
  • Research Facility Manager

Nick Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Recruiter
  • Recruiter / Research and Graduate Studies

Nicole Sand

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Digital Communications

Nicole Worthy

Job Titles:
  • Training Assistant

Patrick Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Philanthropy

Paul Ross

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist Senior

Paul Stafford

Job Titles:
  • Lean Practitioner
  • Lean Practitioner / Student

Paula Ackerman

Job Titles:
  • Business Officer

Rebecca Burchett Liebert

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the College of Engineering
  • Rebecca Burchett Liebert Dean of the College of Engineering

Rich Reitenour

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Technician

Rick Younce

Job Titles:
  • Transportation Technician

Robert Hannigan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Assistant, Events & Purchasing

Robin Baskette

Job Titles:
  • Technical Writer
  • Technical Writer and Editor at the Kentucky Transportation Center
Robin Baskette is a Technical Writer and Editor at the Kentucky Transportation Center. She finalizes any publication produced by KTC researchers, from project proposals and web copy to marketing brochures and journal articles. Robin's prior research and development experience allows her to present the Center's work in its best light. Robin has been involved in several KTC projects: the Inland Waterway Research Initiative brochure and CIWIEE proposal summary, the Louisville Smart Cities Proposal, and the Jurisdictional Roadside Ditches brochure. She is developing a proof of concept for an online Engineering Policy Guide that will streamline the Transportation Cabinet's design, construction, and maintenance procedures. Robin holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a MA in Education from Eastern Kentucky University.

Robyn Morefield

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Rosemary Fama

Job Titles:
  • Agriculture Extension Associate

Rudolph Buchheit

Job Titles:
  • Rebecca Burchett Liebert Dean of the College of Engineering

Russell Howard

Job Titles:
  • Server Administrator and Support

Sandra Dunn

Job Titles:
  • True Lean Manager

Sara Gabbard

Job Titles:
  • Recruiter

Sarah West

Job Titles:
  • Senior Operations Manager

Scott Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Services Assistant

Scott Stephens

Job Titles:
  • Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Scott Stephens, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, organized the NASA Propulsion Technology Outreach Program for high school students in eastern Kentucky.

Scott Weber

Job Titles:
  • Computer Support Specialist

Shelby Breeze

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  • Student Ambassador
Shelby is from Lexington, KY where she graduated from Tates Creek High School in the International Baccalaureate program. Shelby is majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Shelby has had a co-op rotation at GE Appliances and someday hopes to work in the aerospace industry. Shelby is a part of the L. Stanley Pigman scholarship program and has lived in the Engineering LLP. Shelby is very involved on campus, along with being an engineering ambassador Shelby is the secretary for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and a member of CRU (campus ministry). She has also been involved with the UK women's ultimate frisbee team.

Shelia Williams

Job Titles:
  • Staff Associate

Shelley Spiggle

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Associate I

Stephanie Mahan

Job Titles:
  • Business Office Manager

Stephen Hicks

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor I

Steve Higgins

Job Titles:
  • Director of Environmental Compliance, Assistant Adjunct Professor

Susan Smith

Job Titles:
  • Science & Engineering Library

T. John Balk

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
  • Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, William T. Bryan Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Engineering
  • Materials Engineering

Tamarra Overstreet

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Tanya Dvorak

Job Titles:
  • STEM Outreach Education Coordinator & Principal Extension Specialist

Tara Schuessler

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Thomas Suggs

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor I

Tim Jones

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Technician

Tim Scully

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Technician

Tom Kennelly

Job Titles:
  • College Business Analyst Lead / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tom Marco

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Manager I

Tony Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Recruitment

Troy Howell

Job Titles:
  • Senior Department Business Officer

Tyler Steadman

Job Titles:
  • Server Administrator and Support

Valerie Pitts

Job Titles:
  • Business Analyst Specialist

Vicki Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Staff Assistant

Wendy Compton

Job Titles:
  • Research & Graduate Studies

William Aaron

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

William Marvel

Job Titles:
  • IS Technical Support Specialist IV

Wit Wang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of International Partnerships

Zach Fuqua

Job Titles:
  • Director of Engineering Career and Co - Op Office