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Raj Katti, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Technology

Raj Katti, Ph.D. joined the UW Tacoma faculty in 2014 as the interim leader of the then UWT "Institute of Technology" from 2015 to 2017. During that time, he helped guide the Institute’s transition from a program to the School of Engineering & Technology and was named dean of the new school.

Dr. Katti did his undergraduate work at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (now Mumbai), India. He has an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University.

SET Faculty Directory

Name	Title	Program	Research Interests
Abraham, Menaka	Teaching Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Undergraduate education; STEM education; Student engagement; Faculty development Accepting research students: No
Ali, Mohamed	Professor	Computer Science & Systems	GIS processing, analysis, and visualization; Databases and data streams; Geographical information systems (GIS)
Al-Masri, Eyhab	Associate Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Internet of things (IoT)
Almeida, Nara	Assistant Teaching Professor	Civil Engineering
Anderson, Kevin	Part-Time Lecturer	Computer Science & Systems
Arnold, Lorne	Assistant Professor	Civil Engineering	Numerical models for soil and rock mechanics; Geotechnical data analysis; Discrete analysis; Open-source engineering software development Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors Contact method: Email (arnoldl@uw.edu)
Atwood, Derek	Part-time Lecturer	Information Technology	Business intelligence; Machine learning
Bai, Yan	Professor & Associate Dean of Academics, School of Engineering & Technology Director, Master of Cybersecurity and Leadership Program	Cybersecurity & Leadership	Cybersecurity and privacy; Cloud and edge computing; Internet of things (IoT); Blockchain Accepting research students: In the future Eligible students: Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (yanb@uw.edu)
Baiocchi, Orlando	Professor, Research Associate, Center for Data Science	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Wireless sensor networks; Engineering
Baker, Joel	Professor	Civil Engineering	Environmental engineering Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students Contact method: Email (jebaker@uw.edu)
Barreto, Paulo	Associate Professor, NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standard HQC-KEM Co-author	Computer Science & Systems	Cryptography
Bryan, Charles	Assistant Teaching Professor	Computer Science & Systems
Cai, Wei	Assistant Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Cryptocurrency; Blockchain; Fintech; Video games; Digital twin Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (weicaics@uw.edu)
Capaul, Thomas	Program Chair of Computer Science & Systems, Associate Teaching Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Software engineering; Code security; Database design
Cheng, Wei	Program Chair of Computer Science & Systems, Associate Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Wireless networks; Smart cities; Security; Algorithm design and analysis
Cheng, Zhi-Qi	Assistant Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Multimodal foundation models; Embodied/robotic intelligence; Intelligent transportation
Chinn, Donald	Associate Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Algorithms and algorithmic analysis; Computer science education
Cordingly, Robert	Part-Time Lecturer	Computer Science & Systems
Costarella, Charles	Associate Teaching Professor	Information Technology	Networking
Crum, Larry	Professor Emeritus	Computer Science & Systems
Dargahi, Vahid	Associate Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dawn, Debasis	Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Microelectronics/Microsystems; Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs); Silicon (CMOS/SiGe) ICs for radar; Sensors Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (ddawn@uw.edu)
De Cock, Martine	Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Artificial intelligence; Privacy-preserving machine learning; Artificial intelligence for healthcare Accepting research students: In the future Eligible students: Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (mdecock@uw.edu); Office hours
Dillon, Heather	Program Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Professor	Mechanical Engineering	Renewable energy systems; Solid-state lighting; Energy efficiency in buildings; Fundamental heat transfer studies; Engineering education
Donatelli, Cassandra	Assistant Professor	Mechanical Engineering	Biomechanics; Bioinspired Design and Robotics; Fluid Mechanics; Biomedical Engineering Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (cdonatel@uw.edu); ME Discord
Fan, Wenjun (Eric)	Assistant Professor	Information Technology	Cybersecurity; Network softwarization; Cloud Computing; Blockchain; Artificial intelligence Accepting research students: In the future Eligible students: Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (wjfan@uw.edu); Office hours
Ford, Matthew	Associate Teaching Professor	Mechanical Engineering	Engineering education; Mechanics of materials and structures; Engineering design
Fowler, Alan	Assistant Teaching Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Object-Oriented Programming
Goda, Bryan	Professor, Program Chair of Information Technology	Information Technology
Gutmann, Robert	Affiliate Associate Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Hadnagy, Emese	Program Chair of Civil Engineering, Associate Professor	Civil Engineering	Contaminants on coastal water systems; Environmental engineering; Environmental pollution prevention; Water resources engineering
Hoang, Varik	Part-Time Lecturer	Computer Science & Systems
Horakova, Ingrid	Associate Teaching Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Quantitative Mathematics
Hu, Juhua	Associate Professor, Director, Center for Data Science	Computer Science & Systems	Artificial intelligence for computer vision; Healthcare; Recommendation; Smart city Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students Contact method: Email (juhuahu@uw.edu)
Hung, Ling-Hong	Research Assistant Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Protein structure and purification; Parallel computing; High performance computing; Bioinformatic tools; Machine learning; Site-directed mutagenesis; Big data
Jasim, Mohammed	Assistant Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); Vehicular networks; Satellite communications; Wi-Fi sensing Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (jasim@uw.edu); Office hours
Johnston, Charles	Part-Time Lecturer	Computer Science & Systems
Katti, Raj	Dean and Professor, School of Engineering & Technology Research Associate, Center for Data Science	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Digital systems; Cryptography; Engineering; Security
Kauer, Joseph	Part-Time Lecturer	Information Technology
Kim, Hee Seok	Assistant Professor	Mechanical Engineering	Energy conversion; Thermoelectrics; Flexible power generators; Wearable sensors Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors Contact method: Email (heeskim@uw.edu)
Kitali, Angela	Assistant Professor	Civil Engineering	Highway safety; Traffic operations; Machine learning
Laddomada, Massimiliano	Program Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Signal processing and wireless communications; Modulation; Coding and turbo codes; Biochemical signal processing for molecular communications
Lee, Seung-Jin	Assistant Professor	Mechanical Engineering	Sustainable engineering and design; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment; Circular economy
Liang, Hengshou (Winston)	Assistant Professor	Information Technology
Liu, Xutong	Assistant Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Reinforcement learning; Online machine learning and optimization; Multimedia networking; Edge and cloud computing; Intelligent transportation systems; Cost-efficient LLM inference Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (xutongl@uw.edu)
Lloyd, Wes	Associate Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Cloud Computing; Distributed systems; Software Engineering
Logenthiran, Thillainathan	Assistant Teaching Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Smart grids; Micro grids; Renewable energy resources; Integration of computational intelligence techniques for the advancement of modern power systems Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (loganthn@uw.edu); Office hours
Marriott, Chris	Teaching Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Agent based modeling; Artificial life; Complex systems simulation; Artificial intelligence safety; Artificial intelligence consciousness; Collective intelligence; Collective consciousness Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (cmarriot@uw.edu)
Mason, Tim	Part-Time Lecturer	Information Technology
McCourt, Michael	Assistant Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Control systems and estimation; Nonlinear systems; Hybrid systems; Switched systems
Mobus, George	Professor Emeritus	Computer Science & Systems	Algorithms and complexity, embedded systems, robotics
Nabavinejad, Morteza	Assistant Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Nayak, Deveeshree	Assistant Teaching Professor	Information Technology	Cybersecurity; IT and information science; STEM education
Pagano, Mark	Professor	Mechanical Engineering	History of technology; The importance of "Place" Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: Undergraduate declared majors Contact method: Email (mpagano@uw.edu)
Rosenfeld, Moshe	Professor Emeritus
Sakpal, Raghavi	Associate Teaching Professor, Associate Dean for Success and Engagement of Faculty, Staff and Students	Computer Science & Systems	Artificial Intelligence
Schuessler, David	Assistant Teaching Professor	Computer Science & Systems
Sheng, Jie	Associate Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Microprocessor embedded systems; Robotics; Signals and systems; Control engineering applications; Engineering education
Shu, Zhiquan (Andy)	Assistant Professor	Mechanical Engineering	Biomedical engineering; Cryopreservation of living cells/tissues/organs and artificial organs; Multidisciplinary research
Siddique, Nafiul	Assistant Teaching Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Computer architecture; Embedded systems; Digital logic design; System-on-chip (SoC); Electrical and electronics engineering; VLSI; Iintegrated circuits design
Sobolewska, Monika	Teaching Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Computer science education; Curriculum development; Pedagogy; Online learning; Outreach; Improving the under-representation of women
Suri, Ankur	Teaching Professor	Information Technology	Machine learning; Prediction models; Optimization Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students Contact method: Email (asuri@uw.edu)
Tenenberg, Josh	Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Computing and engineering education Accepting research students: No
Teredesai, Ankur	Professor, Founding Director, Center for Data Science	Computer Science & Systems	Data science applications for healthcare and its societal impact; Artificial intelligence; Databases and data streams; Web science
Tolentino, Matthew	Assistant Teaching Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Hardware architectures; System software (firmware, operating systems, middleware, and novel applications); Parallel and distributed systems; Tools for efficiently exploiting the computational capacity of high-end computing systems; Performance analysis; Real-time data analytics
Torre, Damiano	Assistant Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Software engineering; Intrusion detection systems; Artificial intelligence for cybersecurity; Privacy-preservation Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (dctorre@uw.edu)
Walters, Jeff	Assistant Professor	Civil Engineering	Civil infrastructure sustainability; Systems thinking and modeling; Providing decision-support techniques to inform more sustainable and equitable global infrastructure development Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: SET Direct; Undergraduate declared majors; Master's students Contact method: Email (jpwalt@uw.edu)
Weiss, Jeff	Part-Time Lecturer	Computer Science & Systems
Wen, Zikai Alex	Assistant Professor	Information Technology	Human-computer interaction; Usable privacy and security; Socio-technical systems Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (zkwen@uw.edu)
West, Jim	Assistant Teaching Professor	Information Technology
Yeung, Ka Yee	Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Endowed Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Bioinformatics; Systems biology; Data science; Machine learning; Artificial Intelligence Accepting research students: Yes Eligible students: Master's students; Ph.D. students Contact method: Email (kayee@uw.edu)
Zhao, Dongfang	Assistant Professor	Computer Science & Systems	Databases; Cryptography; High-performance computing; Artificial intelligence

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Raj Katti, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Technology

SET Faculty Directory