The college is proud of the fact that the number of our female faculty has increased to a total of thirty-six at present. The presence of accomplished women who serve as faculty members serves as inspiration for both students and for the junior female faculty who have recently joined the college.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Chien-fei Chen,
Research Associate Professor
PhD, Washington State University
Joint Appointment with the Department of Sociology
Judy Day,
Associate Professor
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Joint Appointment with the Department of Mathematics
Ozlem Kilic,
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
DSc, George Washington University
Yilu Liu,
Governor’s Chair in Power Electronics,
Deputy Director of CURENT
PhD, Ohio State University
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Laura Knight O’Shaughnessy,
Assistant Professor of Practice
MS, University of Tennessee
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Mahshid Ahmadi,
Research Assistant Professor
PhD, Nanyang Technological University
Veerle Keppens,
Chancellor’s Professor,
Department Head, Materials Science and Engineering
PhD, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
Katharine Page,
Assistant Professor,
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Claudia J. Rawn,
Associate Professor,
Director, Center for Materials Processing
PhD, University of Arizona
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Yanwen Zhang,
UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Joint Associate Professor
PhD, Lund University, Sweden
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Ragini Acharya,
Associate Professor
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Elizabeth Barker,
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Deborah Penchoff,
Associate Director of Innovative Computing Laboratory and Research Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Tennessee
First-Year Programs
Betsy Chesnutt,
Lecturer
PhD, University of Memphis and University of Tennessee at Memphis
Courtney Faber,
Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor
PhD, Clemson University
Rachel McCord Ellestad,
Senior Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor
PhD, Virginia Tech University