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Chairs & Professorships

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 | Professorships | Faculty Fellows | Professors of Practice

Chairs

Boling Chair of Excellence
Open
H. H. Arnold Chair of Excellence in Computational Mechanics
John Schmisseur
Robert M. Condra Chair of Excellence in Computer Integrated Engineering & Manufacturing
Matthew Mench
*Robert (EE & ME ’23) and *Evelyn Condra
Robert M. Condra Chair of Excellence in Computer Integrated Engineering & Manufacturing
Fred Wang
*Robert (EE & ME ’23) and *Evelyn Condra
CTI Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kevin Tomsovic
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
Matthew Mench
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
Audris Mockus
Ericsson
Gibson Chair
Stephen Paddison
Jim Gibson (IE ’71)
Henry C. Goodrich Chair of Excellence in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Open
Friends of *Henry Goodrich (CE ’43)
Leonard Garfield Penland Chair
Philip Rack
*Leonard G. Penland (ME ’32)
Ivan Racheff Chair in Materials Science & Engineering
Peter K. Liaw
Friends of *Ivan Racheff

Professorships

Alvin & Sally Beaman Professorship
Bamin Khomami
*Alvin (Bus Admin ’33) and *Sally Beaman
Alvin & Sally Beaman Professorship
Asad Khattak
*Alvin (Bus Admin ’33) and *Sally Beaman
B. H. Goethert Professorship
Open
friends of *Bernhard Goethert
Blalock, Kennedy, Pierce Analog Electronics Professorship
Benjamin Blalock
David Binkley (EE ’78, ’84, ’92), James Rochelle (EE ’65, ’68, ’74), and others
Dr. Edwin G. Burdette Professorship
Baoshan Huang
Charles (CE ’74) and Lynn Hodges (Liberal Arts ’74), and others
Robert M. Condra Professorship
Chris Cox
*Robert (EE & ME ’23) and *Evelyn Condra
Cook-Eversole Professorship
Open
Joe (IE ’65) and Judy Cook, Bill (EE ’73) and Jenny Eversole
Jack Dongarra Endowed Professorship
Michela Taufer
Anonymous
Jack D. Whitfield Professorship
Open
*Jack Whitfield (ME ’60)
John Fisher Professorship
Kivanc Ekici
*John (BA Bus Admin ’38) and *Janice Fisher
John Fisher Professorship
Peter Liaw
*John (BA Bus Admin ’38) and *Janice Fisher
Weston Fulton Professorship
Sergei Kalinin
Robertshaw Industrial Products
Gibson Professorship
Joshua Fu
Jim Gibson (IE ’71)
Gonzalez Family EECS Professorship
Hairong Qi
Ralph and Connie Gonzalez
Armour T. Granger Memorial Professorship
Bamin Khomami
*Henry Goodrich (IE ’43)
Jerry and Kay Henry Professorship
David Mandrus
Charles “Jerry” (Engr Physics ’63 – UTC) and Kay Henry
Min H. Kao Electrical and Computer Engineering Professorship
Leon Tolbert
Min H. (EE, ’74, ’77) and Fan Kao
Magnavox Professorship
Open
NAP Consumer Electronics Company
James C. McConnell Professorship
Aly Fathy
*James McConnell (EE ’61, ’62)
James C. McConnell Professorship
Fran Li
*James McConnell (EE ’61, ’62)
James C. McConnell Professorship
Jens Gregor
*James McConnell (EE ’61, ’62)
Fred N. Peebles Professorship
Dayakar Penumadu
Tickle College of Engineering Board of Advisors
Charles P. Postelle Distinguished Professorship in Nuclear Engineering
J. Wesley Hines
*Charles P. Postelle (Educ ’43)
Dr. John Prados Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Professorship
Gila Stein
Fred Mason Roddy Professorship in Biomedical Engineering
Richard Komistek
Fred M. Roddy Foundation, David McIntyre, President
MathWorks Professorship in Scientific Computing
Hartwig Anzt
MathWorks, Inc.
Tickle Professor
Joshua Fu
John (IE ’65) and Ann (Educ ’65) Tickle
Tickle Professor
Lawrence Heilbronn
John (IE ’65) and Ann (Educ ’65) Tickle
Tickle Professor
Mingzhou Jin
John (IE ’65) and Ann (Educ ’65) Tickle

Faculty Fellows

Dr. James Conklin Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Andrew Sarles
James Conklin (ME ’89)
Dan Doulet Faculty Fellow
Xueping Li
Anonymous
Dan Doulet Faculty Fellow
James Ostrowski
Anonymous
Ferguson Faculty Fellow in Chemical Engineering
Cong T. Trinh
J. Brian Ferguson/Ferguson Family Foundation
Heath Endowed Faculty Fellow in Business & Engineering
Anahita Khojandi
Ralph (EE ’70, MBA ’75) and Janet (Home Econ ’76) Heath
Pietro F. Pasqua Fellow
Maik Lang
Southern Company Faculty Fellow
Jamie Coble
Southern Company
UCOR Outstanding Nuclear Engineering Faculty Fellow
Jason Hayward
UCOR
Jessie Rogers Zeanah Faculty Fellow
Stephanie TerMaath
Eric (IE ’84) and Elaine (Nursing ’82) Zeanah
Zinkle Faculty Fellow
Livia Casali
Steven J. and Teresa M. Zinkle
Zinkle Faculty Fellow
David Donovan
Steven J. and Teresa M. Zinkle

Professors of Practice

Richard Rosenberg Associate Professor of Practice in Mechanical Engineering
Matthew Young
Anonymous
Underwriters Laboratory Professor of Practice
David Icove
Underwriters Laboratory, Inc.