New Faculty

Oct. 2, 2006 - The College of Engineering is pleased to welcome the following new faculty members:

Vladimir Alvarado

Vladimir Alvarado – Assistant Professor

• B.S., Physics, Universidad Central de Venezuela; Master in Exploration & Production, IFP School, Paris, France; and Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota
• Research focus: enhanced oil recovery, transport in porous media

Patrick Johnson

Patrick Johnson – Assistant Professor

• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University; M.E. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia; Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
• Specialization in biointerfaces, nanomaterials, biosensors, and biomaterials

Tara LaForce

Tara LaForce – Assistant Professor

• B.S., Mathematics, CSU; M.S., Computational & Applied Mathematics and Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering both from University of Texas at Austin
• Research focus: applications in enhanced oil recovery, CO2 sequestration, and ground water contamination research

Steve Gray

Steve Gray - Wyoming Water Resources Data System Director & State Climatologist

• Ph.D., Botany-UW
• Former National Research Council Research Associate with U.S. Geological Survey
• Research focus: regional climatology and river-basin hydrology

Liqiang Wang

Liqiang Wang – Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. in Computer Science from State University of New York
• Research focus: improving reliability of software, specifically designing and implementing tools for effective testing, analysis, and verification of programs

Jeff Anderson

Jeff Anderson – Assistant Lecturer

• B.S. and M.E. from University of Utah; Ph.D. in ECE from UW
• Research focus: image processing
• Current research work in segmentation of objects in serial sectioned images

Sukky Jun

Sukky Jun – Assistant Professor

• B.A., Physics, Yonsei University, Korea; M.S., Mechanics, Michigan State University; and Ph.D. M.E. from Northwestern University
• Focus is in computational materials science and interests include computer modeling and simulation