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College Promotes Several, Grants Emeritus Status to Others

The College is pleased to announce the promotion of several faculty members, and granting of emeritus status to several others.

The following faculty members were promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure:

Dimitris Korakakis was promoted to the rank of associate professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. He received his B.S. in theoretical physics from London University, Queen Mary, and Westfield Colleges in 1986, his M.S. in manufacturing engineering in 1994 from Boston University, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1998 from Boston University. In 1997 he joined the School of Physics and Astronomy and the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Nottingham as research staff. In 2000 he joined the Department of Physics at WVU as a research assistant professor. He joined the Lane Department in 2002. His research is focused in the areas of semiconductor growth and devices, photonic devices, nanotechnology and bio-sensors. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and has more than 170 citations for his work over the past six years.

Daryl S. Reynolds was promoted to the rank of associate professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Dr. Reynolds received his B.A. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1993. He then earned both his M.A. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998 and 2002, respectively. Dr. Reynolds joined the WVU faculty in 2002 as an associate professor. His research area is in communication systems with a special interest in statistical signal processing for communications; multi-user detection; space-time coding and processing; turbo processing; call, access and power control for multi-user detection; and transmitter pre-coding. He is also the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his research in multi-modal network optimization.

Arun Ross was promoted to the rank of associate professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University. Dr. Ross received his bachelor's degree in computer science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, in 1996; his master's degree and Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from Michigan State University in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He joined the WVU faculty in 2003 as an assistant professor. His research is focused in the areas of multimodal biometrics; fingerprint, iris and face analysis; and statistical pattern recognition. Dr. Ross is part of the WVU-based Center for Identification Technology Research, a NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. In 2006, he received the NSF's CAREER Award. He is the co-author of the Handbook of Multibiometrics and the co-editor of the Hndbook of Biometrics. Arun_Ross_lores.jpg

Indrajit Ray was promoted to the rank of research associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Dr. Ray received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in civil engineering in 1978 and 1982, respectively. He also earned a Ph.D. in 1995. Dr. Ray has over 15 years of teaching and research experience. His area of research is in advanced materials, with special interests in high-performance concrete; overlay and interface properties; microstructure and durability of cementitious materials; and concrete/FRP interface bold characteristics. Dr. Ray consults industrial projects on rehabilitation of damaged concrete structures and has published many papers in proceedings and journals on concrete materials.

The following faculty member was promoted to the rank of professor with tenure:

Bojan Cukic was promoted to the rank of professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Dr. Cukic received a B.S. degree in computer engineering from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 1989. He then earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Houston in 1993 and 1997, respectively. Dr. Cukic joined the WVU faculty in 1997. His area of research is software engineering with a special interest in software reliability and performance modeling, high assurance systems engineering, information assurance and biometrics. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed technical papers, and received a CAREER award from National Science Foundation and the Tycho Brahe outstanding research award from NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. He also is co-director of the WVU Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR).

The following faculty members were promoted to the rank of professor emeritus:

Wils L. Cooley was promoted to the rank of professor emeritus in the Lane Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering. Dr. Cooley earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1964, 1965 and 1968, respectively. He also is a registered professional engineer. Dr. Cooley joined the WVU faculty in 1973. He has also served as the department chair. His research focus area is in biotechnology and bioengineering, with special interest in engineering design education methods, electrical safety and grounding, biomedical engineering, and instrumental design. He has served as a consultant with industry numerous times on topics related to the design of safe and legal electrical power installations.

Ronald L. Eck was promoted to the rank of professor emeritus in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Dr. Eck received his B.S.C.E. from Clemson University in 1971, and his Ph.D., also from Clemson University, in 1975. Dr. Eck's research focus area is in forensic technologies with special interests in traffic engineering; highway safety and design; pedestrians; and railroad-highway grade crossings. Dr. Eck also serves as director of the West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program.

Eric Johnson was promoted to the rank of professor emeritus in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Dr. Johnson received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois in 1953 and 1957, respectively. He also received his Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. His research focus area is in fluid dynamics and heat transfer with a special interest in multiphase flow, heat transfer, combustion and thermodynamics. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Donald Lyons was promoted to the rank of professor emeritus in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Dr. Lyons received both his B.S. and Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in 1961 and 1965, respectively. He joined the WVU faculty in 1985 and has served as department chair for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Before coming to WVU, Dr. Lyons was employed as a professor of engineering at Georgia Tech and Clemson University. Dr. Lyons has published more than 80 archival journal and 130 conference publications and has served as major advisor for 25 masters and Ph.D. students. His research focus area is in alternate fuels, engines and emissions research. His research interests are in fuels; engine and exhaust emissions; instrumentation; and mechanics and materials. He is a registered professional engineer.

George Trapp was promoted to the rank of professor emeritus in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Dr. Trapp received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in applied mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1966 and 1967, respectively. He then received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics in 1970 from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Dr. Trapp joined the WVU faculty in 1970. His research focus area is in biometrics with a special interest in information sharing systems, software development and mathematical modeling of electrical circuits. Dr. Trapp has written more than 60 research papers dealing with mathematical modeling, and has worked on developing national and international specifications such as IGES, STEP, and the DoD CALS standard. He has been a consultant to Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. He currently is working with the National Biometric Security Project and the Lockheed Martin Radiant trust Center of Excellence.

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08/19/2008