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Dr. Thomas Brown, Department Chair


Faculty

Dr. Andrew Clough

Dr. Analía "Yanil" Dall'Asén

Ms. Molly Engebretson

Dr. Igor Kogoutiouk

Dr. Jorge Méndez

Dr. Maheshika Palihawadana

Dr. Andrew Roberts

Dr. Hai-Sheng Wu


Emeriti Faculty

Dr. Edward Borchardt

Dr. Robert Herickhoff

Dr. Fred Inman

Dr. Russell Palma

Dr. Mark Pickar

Dr. Sanford Schuster

Dr. Louis Schwartzkopf

Dr. Youwen Xu

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