People

Faculty

Use the following directory to learn about our faculty and their research interests. This page also contains contact information and links to individual web pages.

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Samuel A. Awoniyi, PhD
Professor

  • Cornell University, 1980
  • Applied optimization
  • Phone: (850) 410-6405
  • Office: B321
  • awoniyi@eng.fsu.edu
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Robert N. Braswell, PE, PhD
Professor Emeritus

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Hans Chapman, PhD
Adjunct Professor

  • University of Surrey
  • Alternative Renewable Energy, Advanced Materials &Manufacturing
  • Phone: (850) 410-6248
  • hanschap@eng.fsu.edu
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Zhiyong (Richard) Liang, PhD
Professor

  • Beijing University of Aero & Astro
  • Composite materials and processing, Polymer materials, Multifunctional materials, Process modeling, Simulation for material processing
  • Phone: (850) 410-6673
  • liang@eng.fsu.edu
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Tao (Ted) Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002
  • Carbon nanotube based functional materials, Processing-structure-property relationship of polymer and polymer nanocomposites, Non-destructive optical characterization techniques
  • Phone: (850) 410-6606
  • Office: B373D
  • liutao@eng.fsu.edu
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Okenwa Okoli, PhD, CEng.
Associate Professor

  • University of Warwick, 1996
  • Composite manufacturing, Metallurgic properties of casting
  • Phone: (850) 410-6352
  • Office: A256
  • okoli@eng.fsu.edu
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Zoreh Moshir, PhD
Adjunct Professor

  • Florida State University, 2001
  • Computer graphics, Research, Design and Statistics
  • Phone: (850) 410-6316
  • moshir@eng.fsu.edu
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Yaw A. Owusu, PhD
Associate Professor

  • Pennsylvania State University, 1980
  • Manufacturing processes, Materials, rapid prototyping
  • Phone: (850) 410-6353
  • Office: B318
  • owusu@eng.fsu.edu
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Joseph Pignatiello, PhD
Associate Professor

  • Ohio State University, 1982
  • Quality control, Reliability engineering
  • Phone: (850) 410-6315
  • Office: A252
  • pigna@eng.fsu.edu
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John Taylor, MS
Adjunct Instructor, Undergraduate Advisor

  • Wichita State University, 1990
  • Process improvement/ Lean manufacturing
  • Phone: (850) 410-6341
  • Office: A231
  • jotaylor@eng.fsu.edu
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Arda Vanli, PhD
Assistant Professor

  • Penn State University, 2007
  • Quality Engineering, Statistics, Time Series Analysis
  • Phone: (850) 410-6354
  • Office: B373D
  • oavanli@eng.fsu.edu
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Ben Wang, PhD
Assistant Vice President for Research, Director of HPMI

  • Pennsylvania State University, 1986
  • Environmentally conscious manufacturing, Liquid composite molding processes
  • Phone: (850) 410-6339
  • Office: A219
  • benwang@eng.fsu.edu
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Changchun (Chad) Zeng, PhD
Assistant Professor

  • Ohio State University, 2004
  • Polymeric materials, Composite materials, Nanomaterials
  • Phone: (850) 410-6273
  • Office: A254
  • zeng@eng.fsu.edu
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Chuck Zhang, PhD
Professor & Chair

  • University of Iowa, 1993
  • Composite manufacturing, Precision manufacturing and Metrology
  • Phone: (850) 410-6355
  • Office: A231
  • chzhang@eng.fsu.edu
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Mei Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor

  • Osaka Prefecture University, 1995
  • Nanomaterials processing and Applications
  • Phone: (850) 410-6607
  • Office: B373E
  • mzhang@eng.fsu.edu

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