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Electrical Engineering Technology Faculty

Our faculty and staff members are graduates of major universities across the United States. In addition to teaching technology courses, they are active researchers, working to advance the technology in their specialized disciplines.

Our faculty members are among the nation’s leading experts in six sigma, lean manufacturing, quality management, leadership development, continuous improvement and industrial safety.

The EET faculty members are specialists in power systems, microcontroller circuit design, and wireless network security.

Ahmad Abuelrub, Assistant Professor

Ahmad M. AbuElrub received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 2010 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, USA, in 2016.

He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) from March 2017 to March 2022 and was promoted to Associate Professor in March 2022. He also served as Assistant Dean for the Faculty of Engineering from September 2021 to September 2022.



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Office: Engineering D113
ahmad.abuelrub@siu.edu 

Karumbaiah Chappanda, Assistant Professor

Karumbaiah received his Bachelor of engineering degree in electronics and communication in 2007 from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, his Master of Science degree in electrical engineering in 2010 from Michigan Technological University, USA, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2013 from the University of Utah. He worked as an Assistant Professor from Oct 2013 to Aug 2014 at BITS-Pilani, Pilani campus, India, as a post-doctoral fellow from Sept 2014 to Sept 2018 at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, and as an Assistant Professor from Oct 2018 to Dec 2022 at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus, India. He was also a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, in Jan 2018.



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Dr. Karumbaiah Chappanda

Office: Engineering D115
karum.nanaiah@siu.edu

 

David Williams, Senior Lecturer

David T Williams joined the department full time in 2002 after completing a MS in Manufacturing Systems at SIU. He presently is completing a doctorate in education.

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David Williams
Office: Engineering D111
Phone: 618-453-7820
dtw322@siu.edu