Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Dr. Robert Freeman
Professor
Department Chair
2009 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg: EENGR 3.222A
(956) 665-2381
robert.freeman@utrgv.edu
Dr. Mataz Alcoutlabi
Associate Professor
Edinburg: EENGR 3.238
(956) 665-8945
mataz.alcoutlabi@utrgv.edu
Dr. Rogelio Benitez
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2630
rogelio.benitez@utrgv.edu
Mr. Jacob Bensen
Lecturer I
Edinburg:
(956) 665-8878
jacob.bensen01@utrgv.edu
Mr. Lawrence Cano
Lecturer II
Edinburg: EENGR 3.247
(956) 665-3102
lawrence.cano@utrgv.edu
Dr. Dumitru Caruntu
Professor
ABET Coordinator
2013 UT System Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2079
dumitru.caruntu@utrgv.edu
Dr. Isaac Choutapalli
Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5220
isaac.choutapalli@utrgv.edu
www.utrgv.edu/apl
Dr. Arturo Fuentes
Professor
Associate Chair
2012 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-7099
arturo.fuentes@utrgv.edu
Dr. Mohammad Islam
Assistant Professor
(956) 665-2394
mohammad.islam@utrgv.edu
Dr. Robert Jones
Professor
Interim Associate Chair for Information and Engineering Systems
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5019
robert.jones@utrgv.edu
Dr. Karen Lozano
Professor
Julia Beecherl
Endowed Professor
2013 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-7020
karen.lozano@utrgv.edu
Dr. Eleazar Marquez
Lecturer II
Edinburg: >EENGR 3.253
eleazar.marquez01@utrgv.edu
Mr. Misael Martinez
Lecturer I
Edinburg: EENGR 3.216
(956) 665-2526
misael.e.martinez01@utrgv.edu
Dr. Javier Ortega
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2043
javier.ortega@utrgv.edu
Dr. Victoria M. Padilla
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5952
victoria.padilla@utrgv.edu
Mr. Gregory Potter
Lecturer III
Edinburg: EENGR 3.251
(956) 665-3112
gregory.potter@utrgv.edu
Dr. Maysam Pournik
Assistant Professor
Edinburg: EENGR 3.251
(956) 665-7488
maysam.pournik@utrgv.edu
Dr. Ala R. Qubbaj
Professor
Dean
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5257
ala.qubbaj@utrgv.edu
Ms. Samantha Ramirez
Lecturer III
Undergraduate Coordinator
Edinburg: EENGR 3.261
(956) 665-3117
samantha.ramirez@utrgv.edu
Dr. Kamal Sarkar
Associate Professor of Practice
2012 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2682
kamal.sarkar@utrgv.edu
Mr. Jose Sanchez
Lecturer II
Edinburg: EENGR 3.249
(956) 665-3118
jose.j.sanchez01@utrgv.edu
Dr. Constantine Tarawneh
Professor
Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
2009 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2607
constantine.tarawneh@utrgv.edu
Dr. M. Jasim Uddin
Professor
Fred W. and Frances H. Rusteberg Endowed
Faculty Fellow in Science and Technology
Edinburg: ESCNE 3.348
(956) 665-7462
mohammed.uddin@utrgv.edu
Dr. Noe Vargas
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-3727
noe.vargas@utrgv.edu
Dr. Horacio Vasquez
Professor
Graduate Coordinator
2015 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-7419
horacio.vasquez@utrgv.edu
Mr. Marcos Villarreal
Lecturer I
Edinburg:
marcos.villarreal02@utrgv.edu
Dr. Yingchen Yang
Associate Professor
Brownsville:
(956) 882-6652
yingchen.yang@utrgv.edu
Dr. Nadim Zgheib Assistant Professor
Edinburg: EENGR 3.276
(956) 665-2896
nadim.zgheib@utrgv.edu
Staff
Brittany Brooks
Administrative Assistant I
Edinburg: EENGR 3.222
(956) 665-2394
brittany.brooks@utrgv.edu
Ms. Thelma Castaneda
Office Assistant III
Edinburg: EENGR 3.257
(956) 665-2394
thelma.castaneda@utrgv.edu
Annie Salinas
Administrative Assistant II
Edinburg: EENGR 3.222
(956) 665-2394
annie.salinas@utrgv.edu