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Center for Multidisciplinary Research Excellence in Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Systems (MECIS) College of Engineering and Computer Science

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Center for Multidisciplinary Research Excellence in Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Systems (MECIS)

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Center for Multidisciplinary Research Excellence in Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Systems (MECIS)
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Email: mecis@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3070
Phone Alt: (956) 665-8878

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  • NSF Award 4900
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Key Personnel

Executive Officers

  • Constantine Tarawneh, Ph.D., Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. Endowed Professor, Director
  • Mohamadhossein Noruzoliaee, Ph.D
  • Manuela Cantu, Program Assistant 

Executive Committee

  • Fatemeh Nazari, Ph.D.
  • Angela M. Chapman, Ph.D., Education and Diversity Coordinator
  • Jianzhi (James) Li, Ph.D.
  • Jia Chen, Ph.D.
  • Bo Zou, Ph.D.
  • Alireza Talebpour, Ph.D.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board members for the Center for Multidisciplinary Research Excellence in Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Systems (MECIS) are:

  • Lili Du, Ph.D.
  • Aditi Majumder, Ph.D.
  • Soundar Kumara, Ph.D.
  • Dongchun Qiao, Ph.D.
  • Joshua A. Auld, Ph.D.
  • Gary Fry, Ph.D.
  • Pascal Van Hentenryck, Ph.D
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