Chairs & Professorships
Great professors are at the core of every great university. Their expertise and passion translate into the creation of knowledge that transmits to next generations through their teaching. Private support to endow and name a chair, professorship, or faculty fellow has tremendous impact—enabling the university to attract and retain the highest caliber of faculty. The Tickle College of Engineering is proud to recognize the donors who have created these funds and to applaud the faculty named to receive them.
* Denotes donor is deceased
Chairs
H. H. Arnold Chair of Excellence in Computational Mechanics
Held by: Open
Boling Chair of Excellence
Held by: Open
Robert M. Condra Chair of Excellence in Computer Integrated Engineering & Manufacturing
Held by: Matthew Mench
Sponsor: *Robert (EE & ME ’23) and *Evelyn Condra
Robert M. Condra Chair of Excellence in Computer Integrated Engineering & Manufacturing
Held by: Fred Wang
Sponsor: *Robert (EE & ME ’23) and *Evelyn Condra
CTI Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Held by: Open
Sponsor: Michael Crabtree (EE ’73, ’75), Terry Douglass (EE ’65, ’66, ’68), J. Kelly Milam (EE ’61, ’64), and Ronald Nutt (EE ’61, ’62, ’69)
Wayne T. Davis Endowed Dean’s Chair in Engineering
Held by: Matthew Mench
Sponsor: Joe (IE ’65) and Judy Cook, Chad (IE ’70) and Ann (Comm ’70) Holliday, John (IE ’65) and Ann (Educ ’65) Tickle, and Eric (IE ’84) and Elaine (Nursing ’82) Zeanah
Ericsson-Harlan D. Mills Chair of Software Engineering
Held by: Audris Mockus
Sponsor: Ericsson
Gibson Chair
Held by: Stephen Paddison
Sponsor: Jim Gibson (IE ’71)
Henry C. Goodrich Chair of Excellence in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Held by: Frank Loeffler
Sponsor: Friends of *Henry Goodrich (CE ’43)
Leonard Garfield Penland Chair
Held by: Philip Rack
Sponsor: *Leonard G. Penland (ME ’32)
Ivan Racheff Chair in Materials Science & Engineering
Held by: Peter K. Liaw
Sponsor: Friends of *Ivan Racheff
Tennessee Valley Authority Department Chair
Held by: Brian Wirth
Sponsor: Tennessee Valley Authority
Professorships
Alvin & Sally Beaman Professorship
Held by: Bamin Khomami
Sponsor: *Alvin (Bus Admin ’33) and *Sally Beaman
Alvin & Sally Beaman Professorship
Held by: Asad Khattak
Sponsor: *Alvin (Bus Admin ’33) and *Sally Beaman
B. H. Goethert Professorship
Held by: Jackie Johnson
Sponsor: friends of *Bernhard Goethert
Blalock, Kennedy, Pierce Analog Electronics Professorship
Held by: Benjamin Blalock
Sponsor: David Binkley (EE ’78, ’84, ’92), James Rochelle (EE ’65, ’68, ’74), and others
B. Ray Thompson Professorship
Held by: Caleb Rucker
Sponsor: B. Ray Thompson
B. Ray Thompson Professorship
Held by: Zhili Zhang
Sponsor: B. Ray Thompson
Dr. Edwin G. Burdette Professorship
Held by: Baoshan Huang
Sponsor: Charles (CE ’74) and Lynn Hodges (Liberal Arts ’74), and others
Robert M. Condra Professorship
Held by: Chris Cox
Sponsor: *Robert (EE & ME ’23) and *Evelyn Condra
Cook-Eversole Professorship
Held by: Mohsen Asle Zaeem
Sponsor: Joe (IE ’65) and Judy Cook, Bill (EE ’73) and Jenny Eversole
Jack Dongarra Endowed Professorship in High Performance Computing
Held by: Open
Sponsor: Anonymous
Jack D. Whitfield Professorship
Held by: Trevor Moeller
Sponsor: *Jack Whitfield (ME ’60)
John Fisher Professorship
Held by: Kivanc Ekici
John Fisher Professorship
Held by: Fran Li
John Fisher Professorship
Held by: Peter Liaw
Weston Fulton Professorship
Held by: Sergei Kalinin
Sponsor: Robertshaw Industrial Products
Gibson Professorship
Held by: Joshua Fu
Sponsor: Jim Gibson (IE ’71)
Gonzalez Family EECS Professorship
Held by: Hairong Qi
Sponsor: Ralph and Connie Gonzalez
Armour T. Granger Memorial Professorship
Held by: Bamin Khomami
Sponsor: *Henry Goodrich (IE ’43)
Jerry and Kay Henry Professorship
Held by: David Mandrus
Sponsor: Charles “Jerry” (Engr Physics ’63 – UTC) and Kay Henry
Min H. Kao Electrical and Computer Engineering Professorship
Held by: Leon Tolbert
Sponsor: Min H. (EE, ’74, ’77) and Fan Kao
Magnavox Professorship
Held by: Open
Sponsor: NAP Consumer Electronics Company
MathWorks Professorship in Scientific Computing
Held by: Michela Taufer
Sponsor: MathWorks, Inc.
James C. McConnell Professorship
Held by: Aly Fathy
Sponsor: *James McConnell (EE ’61, ’62)
James C. McConnell Professorship
Held by: Jens Gregor
Sponsor: *James McConnell (EE ’61, ’62)
Fred N. Peebles Professorship
Held by: Dayakar Penumadu
Sponsor: Tickle College of Engineering Board of Advisors
Charles P. Postelle Distinguished Professorship in Nuclear Engineering
Held by: Vlad Sobes
Sponsor: *Charles P. Postelle (Educ ’43)
Dr. John Prados Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Professorship
Held by: Gila Stein
Fred Mason Roddy Professorship in Biomedical Engineering
Held by: Richard Komistek
Sponsor: Fred M. Roddy Foundation, David McIntyre, President
Richard Rosenberg Professorship in Mechanical Engineering
Held by: Open
Sponsor: Anonymous
Tickle Professor
Held by: Joshua Fu
Tickle Professor
Held by: Lawrence Heilbronn
Tickle Professor
Held by: Mingzhou Jin
Charles & Julie Wharton Professor
Held by: Garrett Rose
Sponsor: Charles (IE ’65) and *Julie Wharton
Zeanah Professorship
Held by: Dacheng Ren
Sponsor: Eric (IE ’84) and Elaine (Nursing ’82) Zeanah
Faculty Fellows
Zinkle Faculty Fellow
Held by: David Donovan
Sponsor: Steven J. and Teresa M. Zinkle
Dr. James Conklin Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Held by: Andrew Sarles
Sponsor: James Conklin (ME ’89)
Dan Doulet Faculty Fellow
Held by: Xueping Li
Sponsor: Anonymous
Dan Doulet Faculty Fellow
Held by: James Ostrowski
Sponsor: Anonymous
Dan Doulet Faculty Fellow
Held by: Rebekah Herrman
Sponsor: Anonymous
Dan Doulet Early Career Assistant Professor
Held by: Bing Yao
Sponsor: Anonymous
Ferguson Faculty Fellow in Chemical Engineering
Held by: Cong T. Trinh
Sponsor: J. Brian Ferguson/Ferguson Family Foundation
Heath Endowed Faculty Fellow in Business & Engineering
Held by: Anahita Khojandi
Sponsor: Ralph (EE ’70, MBA ’75) and Janet (Home Econ ’76) Heath
Thomas Stewart McCorkle Family Faculty Fellow
Held by: Brett Compton
Sponsor: T. Stewart McCorkle (ME ’76)
Nuclear Engineering Early Career Faculty Fellow
Held by: Alex Ivanov
Pietro F. Pasqua Fellow
Held by: Nicholas Brown
Pietro F. Pasqua Fellow
Held by: Maik Lang
Pietro F. Pasqua Fellow
Held by: Ilja Popovs
Southern Company Faculty Fellow
Held by: Jamie Coble
Sponsor: Southern Company
UCOR Outstanding Nuclear Engineering Faculty Fellow
Held by: Jason Hayward
Sponsor: UCOR
Jessie Rogers Zeanah Faculty Fellow
Held by: Stephanie TerMaath
Sponsor: Eric (IE ’84) and Elaine (Nursing ’82) Zeanah
Zinkle Faculty Fellow
Held by: Livia Casali
Sponsor: Steven J. and Teresa M. Zinkle
Professors of Practice
Assistant Professor of Practice
Held by: Jeff Foote
Sponsor: Thomas (ME ’72) and Elaine Edwards