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Faculty


School of Engineering and Applied Science



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Dr. Akbar Ansari
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-3539
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
HK 213

B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University, India; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of CA - Berkley; PhD. from University of Texas - Arlington.

 
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Dr. Abdul Aziz
Prof, Mech Engineering

Gonzaga University
School of Engineering
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509)313-3540
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
HK 207

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Karachi University - Pakistan, Ph.D. from University of Leeds - United Kingdom.

 
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Dr. Noel Bormann

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering
School of Engineering
AD Box 26
Spokane , Washington 99258

Phone: 509-313-3528
Fax: 509-313-5871

Office Location
PACCAR Room 212

EDUCATION
B.S. Civil Engineering, 1979, Colorado State University
M.S. Civil Engineering, Groundwater Hydrology, 1980, Colorado State University
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Alluvial Hydraulics, 1988, Colorado State University

 
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Dr. Shawn Bowers

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

502 E. Boone Ave
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258-0026

Phone: (509) 313-5712
Fax: (509) 313-5871

Office Location
HERAK 309C

Database Systems and Scientific Workflows

Ph.D., M.S., Computer Science, OGI School of Science and Engineering, OHSU
B.S., Computer Science, University of Oregon

 
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Dr. Grigore Braileanu

Professor, Electrical Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
AD Box 26
Spokane, Washington 99258

Phone: (509) 313-3536
Fax: (509) 313-5871

Office Location
Herak 239

Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical Engineering with Specialization in Automatic Control, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania.

 
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Dr. Sue Niezgoda
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering

502 E Boone Ave
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258-0026

Phone: (509)313-3642
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
HERAK Room 241

B.S. Civil Engineering (1996), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
M.S. Civil Engineering (1998), Bridge Scour, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Ph.D. Civil Engineering (2004), Stream Restoration, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

 
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Dr. Massimo "Max" Capobianchi, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258-0026

Phone: (509) 313-3541
Fax: (509) 313-5871

Office Location
PACCAR Room 214

B.E., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York - Stony Brook.

 
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Dr. Tailian Chen

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, Wash. 99258

Phone: 509 313 5706

Office Location
Herak 238

Ph.D., University of Florida, Mechanical Engineering; specializes in: micro-nano thermal transport and energy efficiency, energy systems, and heat transfer enhancement.

 
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Dr. Patricia Crowley

Assistant Professor

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-5705
Fax: 5093135871

Office Location
HK 310B

High Performance Computing & Networking

 
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Mr. John Dacquisto
Senior Lecturer - Director of CED

Gonzaga University
School of Engineering
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509)313-3556
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
HERAK 309B

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Marquette University; M.S. Engineering & Management, Washington State University

 
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Dr. Paul De Palma

Chair and Professor of Computer Science

502 E Boone Ave
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-3908

Office Location
Paccar 216

Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Genetic Algorithms

 
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Dr. Patrick Ferro
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, Wash.  99258

Phone: 509 313 3547

Office Location
Herak 205

Ph.D., P.E., Colorado School of Mines, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; specializes in: alternative energy technologies, hydrogen storage and fuel cells. 

 
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Dr. Sara Ganzerli

Professor, Civil Engineering

Gonzaga University
School of Engineering
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509)313-3533
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
Herak Room 203

Office Hours
Spring 2007 M-W-F 11-12

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Utah; Laurea (MS and BS)in Civil Engineering, University of Pavia (Italy).

 
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Dr. Yanqing Ji
Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509)313-3529
Fax: (509)313-5971

Office Location
Herak Room 247

Doctor of Philosophy - Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Master of Science - Physical Electronics, University of Science & Techonology of China, China.
Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Automation, Qingdao University, China.

 
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Dr. Anwar Khattak
Professor, Civil Engineering

Gonzaga University
School of Engineering
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-3527
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
Herak Rm. 215

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Peshawar University, Pakistan; M.S. in Civil Engineering, West Virginia College; Ph.D., Michigan State University.

 
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Dr. Vladimir Labay
Chair, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering

Gonzaga University
School of Engineering
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-3553
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
PACCAR 204

Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Master of Science - Electrical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

 
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Dr. Mara London
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, Wash. 99258

Phone: 509 313 3521

Office Location
Herak 212

Ph.D. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

 
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Dr. John Marciniak
Assoc. Professor, Eng-Mechanical

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509)313-3538
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
Herak 211

B.S. in Engineering Science from University of Notre Dame, M.S. and PhD. from University of Illinois-Urbana.

 
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Prof. Peter McKenny
Director, Transmission & Distribution Program

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-5702
Fax: (509) 313-5871

Office Location
PACCAR 206

Peter McKenny is currently the Director of the T&D Engineering Certificate Program at Gonzaga University. Prior to joining Gonzaga University Peter was a Team Leader with the American Transmission Company (ATC) and was responsible for all aspects of substation and transmission line design in the Green Bay, WI, office during much of the initial start-up phase of ATC.

 
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Dr. Paul Nowak
Professor, Assoc. Dean, Engr-Civil

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509)313-3551

Office Location
Herak Room 249

B.S. State University of New York; M.S. University of Illinois; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 
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Dr. Steve Schennum
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-3545
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
Herak Rm. 206

Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.

 
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Dr. Christopher Smith

Associate Professor

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-5704

Office Location
HK 310A

Robotics, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence

 
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Dr. Carlos Tavora
Professor, Electrical Engineering

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-3561
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
Herak Rm. 209

Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California; Master of Engineering - Electrical Engineering, University Of Houston, Houston, Texas. Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

 
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Dat Tran, S.J.
Lecturer

Gonzaga University
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313 - 5726

Office Location
Herak Building, Room 248

B.S., Electrical Computer Engineering, Portland State University, 1994; concentration: Network Communication
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Portland State University, 1996; concentration: Digital Signal Processing, Computer Language
Software Engineering at Tektronix, Inc from 1996 - 1999; Developing automated test software for oscilloscopes (TDS series)


 
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Dr. Kathie Yerion
Professor

502 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509) 313-3914

Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis

 
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Dr. Steven Zemke
Chair, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

502 E Boone Ave
AD Box 26
Spokane, WA 99258

Phone: (509 313-3554
Fax: (509)313-5871

Office Location
Herak Room 241

Office Hours
Fall 2005 Mon 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Wed 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Bachelor of Science: University of Washington Master of Science: Northwestern University Ph.D.: University of Idaho Areas of Specialization: Mechanical design and teamwork processes.

 

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