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Dean's Office
828.227.7368 | coe@wcu.edu
| Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Randy Collins Dean |
828.227.7368 | rcollins@wcu.edu |
| Paul Yanik Interim Associate Dean |
828.227.2166 | pyanik@wcu.edu |
| Alyssa Dunn Executive Assistant |
828.227.2159 | adunn@wcu.edu |
| Brittney Buchanan Business Officer |
828.227.2434 | bdbuchanan@wcu.edu |
| Olivia Tucker Administrative Support Associate |
828.227.3232 | otucker@wcu.edu |
| Teresa Tate Marketing & Recruiting Coordinator |
828.227.2161 | tatet@wcu.edu |
| Janna Dietz Director of Development & Corporate Partnerships, Division of Advancement | College of Engineering |
828.227.3200 | deitzj@wcu.edu |
Department of Civil Engineering and Construction
828.227.2201 | cec@wcu.edu
| Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gehrig Department Head/Distinguished Professor |
828.227.2544 | ggehrig@wcu.edu |
| Olivia Tucker Administrative Support Associate |
828.227.3232 | otucker@wcu.edu |
| Chris Cox | 828.227.2157 | ccox@wcu.edu |
| Doeun Choe | 828.227.2580 | dchoe@wcu.edu |
| Gretchen Dietz | 828.227.2352 | gdietz@wcu.edu |
| John Hildreth | 828.227.2519 | jhildreth@wcu.edu |
| Leo Cassule | 828.227.2422 | lcassule@wcu.edu |
| Mickey Henson | 828.227.2545 | hensonm@wcu.edu |
| Shyaamkrishnan Vigneswaran | 828.227.2964 | svigneswaran@wcu.edu |
| SungJoon Suk | 828.227.2169 | SungJoon@wcu.edu |
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
828.227.7722 | ece@wcu.edu
| Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Yang Department Head/Professor |
828.227.2693 | wyang@wcu.edu |
| Olivia Tucker Administrative Support Associate |
828.227.3232 | otucker@wcu.edu |
| Abdallah Abdallah | 828.227.2804 | abdallah@wcu.edu |
| Adam Harris | 828.227.2168 | adamharris@wcu.edu |
| Andy Ritenour | 828.227.2177 | aritenour@wcu.edu |
| Ashraf Bader | 828.227.2931 | abader@wcu.edu |
| Bora Karayaka | 828.227.2472 | hbkarayaka@wcu.edu |
| Islam Elgarhy | 828.227.2216 | ielgarhy@wcu.edu |
| Jerry Denton | 828.227.2516 | jdenton@wcu.edu |
| Josh Shehan | 828.227.2347 | jshehan@wcu.edu |
| Maryam Shafiee | 828.227.2963 | mshafiee@wcu.edu |
| Paul Yanik | 828.227.2166 | pyanik@wcu.edu |
| Samir Farag Harb | 828.227.2150 | sharb@wcu.edu |
| Tarek Kandil | 828.227.2543 | thassankandil@wcu.edu |
| Yanjun Yan | 828.227.2648 | yyan@wcu.edu |
Department of Mechanical Engineering
828.227.2775 | me@wcu.edu
| Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Wes Stone Department Head/Professor |
828.227.2181 | wstone@wcu.edu |
| Olivia Tucker Administrative Support Associate |
828.227.3232 | otucker@wcu.edu |
| Amber Thompson | 828.227.2517 | acthompson@wcu.edu |
| Basel Alsayyed | 828.227.2745 | alsayyed@wcu.edu |
| Chaitanya Borra | 828.227.2069 | vborra@wcu.edu |
| Chip Ferguson | 828.227.7368 | cferguson@wcu.edu |
| Fangda Zhang | 828.227.2809 | fzhang@wcu.edu |
| Hamid EisaZadeh | 828.227.2437 | heisazadeh@wcu.edu |
| Martin Tanaka | 828.227.2561 | mtanaka@wcu.edu |
| Matthew Clontz | 828.227.3118 | clontzm@wcu.edu |
| Mona Torabi | 828.227.2438 | mtorabi@wcu.edu |
| Namhee Kim | 828.227.2153 | nkim@wcu.edu |
| Petru Simionescu | 828.227.2175 | psimionescu@wcu.edu |
| Scott Rowe | 828.227.2439 | srowe@wcu.edu |
| Steve Hollifield | 828.227.2183 | swhollifield@wcu.edu |
| Timm Muth | 828.227.2207 | mutht@wcu.edu |
| Tom Spendlove | 828.227.2238 | tspendlove@wcu.edu |
| Yang Zhang | 828.227.2564 | yzhang@wcu.edu |
| Zeyi "Joe" Sun | 828.227.2280 | zsun@wcu.edu |
Office of Engineering Education
828.227.7850
| Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Dietz Director and Assistant Professor |
828.227.2352 | gdietz@wcu.edu |
| Brenna Barnes Admin Support Specialist |
828.227.2560 | bobarnes@wcu.edu |
| Jessica Ottie Senior Academic Advisor for the College of Engineering |
828.227.2054 | jottie@wcu.edu |
|
Julie Conway |
828.228.2214 | jkconway@wcu.edu |
|
Jennifer Yowell |
828.227.2495 | jyowell@wcu.edu |
|
Md Ashik Ahmed |
828.227.2416 | ahmedm@wcu.edu |
Rapid Center
828.227.2560 | rapidcenter@wcu.edu
| Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Monty Graham Interim Director |
828.227.2435 | mgraham@wcu.edu |
| Brenna Barnes Admin Support Specialist |
828.227.2560 | bobarnes@wcu.edu |
| Brett Banther | 828.227.2797 | brbanther@wcu.edu |
| Michael Clare | 828.227.2148 | mclare@wcu.edu |
| Shawn Lyvers | 828.227.2173 | selyvers@wcu.edu |
Technology of Instructional Engineering Systems
| Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Ottie Systems Programmer and Specialist |
828.227.2748 | jnottie@wcu.edu |
Faculty Emeriti
| Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Adams Emeritus, Retired - '23 |
radams@wcu.edu | |
| Aaron Ball Emeritus, Retired - '16 |
ballaaron@wcu.edu | |
| George Desain Emeritus, Retired - '05 |
desain@wcu.edu |