Rawan Al-NsourAssistant Professor - Mechatronics

Welcome New E&T Employees 2018Thor Anderson

Associate Professor - DGM

Alexis BeagleyAdmin - Advisement Center

Amanda BordelonAssistant Professor - Civil Engineering

Seth ChristensenAssistant Professor - DGM

Shandi EricksonAdvisor - CS, ECE, SE

David FrameAssistant Professor - Mechatronics

Thomas HalesAssistant Professor - Civil Engineering

Heather HarrisAdmin - Dept. of Engineering

Emily HedrickAssistant Professor - DGM

Alison JensenAdvisor - CT / EART / MECH

Tahir KahnAssistant Professor - Information Technology

Chuck KnutsonAssociate Professor - Masters of Computer Science

Mohammad MasoumAssistant Professor - Electrical Engineering

Chris MilesMachinist

Arrives from the University of

Utah. BS in Civil and Environ-

mental Engineering from Univer-

sity of Illinois Urbana Champaign,

MS in 2007, and PhD in 2011. Received a P.E. in Utah in

Civil Engineering (Transportation emphasis) in 2014. Loves

to do hands-on demos and tours with students. Likes hiking,

movies, and animal- or people-watching with her 1-yr old son.

Also likes to be involved in professional organizations.

Arrives from Curtin University,

Perth, Australia. Received his

B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees

from the University of Colorado, in 1983, 1985, and 1991,

respectively. He was with the Iran University of Science and

Technology, Tehran, Iran, from 1993 to 2004, and Curtin Uni-

versity, Perth, Australia, from 2004 to 2018. He has published

over 300 journal and conference articles.

She was previously an advisor at

UVU with the Trio department.

Worked with disadvantaged high

school students to prepare them

for college. She’s a mother to four amazing kids; two girls

and two boys. She loves to travel. She also enjoys playing the

piano, reading and crafts.

She has been a Utah Valley

University employee for 11 years.

Before joining E&T she worked

as a One-Stop advisor as well as

working for the Admissions Office

and also Registration and Records in their processing center.

Arrives from Gallaudet Univer-

sity, the world’s only university

designed to be barrier-free for deaf

students. He received his Ph.D.

in Information Technology from George Mason University in

2017. His research interests are computer privacy, computer

security, computer forensics, and cybersecurity. He promotes

collaborative research among faculty members within pro-

grams and departments in the field of Information Technology.

Working on her Master’s Degree in

Academic Advising and anticipates

graduating 2019. Has worked

in Singapore for the last 3 1/2

years, as a training facilitator with

Habitat Young Leaders Build. She also served as a co-director

of women’s conferences based in Hong Kong, with the re-

sponsibility of procuring, securing, and managing conference

presenters. She and husband Paul are now returning home to

enjoy living closer to their three adult children.

Arrives from working as an

Affiliate Professor at Brigham

Young University in their

Mechanical Engineering

Department. Holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering.

Arrives from Vincennes Univer-

sity where he served as Assistant

Professor for four years. Previ-

ously he worked as an Engineer at

Intel Corp. for 18 years, and Nuclear Research for 10 years.

Arrives from Brainbridge Studio

in Salt Lake City where he was a

Design Consultant. Has 7 years of

industry experience. Received his

MFA in Design Thinking from Radford University. Received

his BFA in Industrial Design from Brigham Young Univer-

sity. He believes “that learning and effective practice are

lifelong initiatives fueled by curiosity and a desire to grow.”

Raised in Utah and California,

graduated from BYU, and

returned to Utah last year after

10 years in Wisconsin. Moved

here to be closer to family again. Has four children and loves

reading, making beaded jewelry, baking, and enjoying the

mountains. Bachelor’s degree in Russian, and has worked

full-time as the Department Secretary for the BYU Geogra-

phy Department.

Has worked for Apple, Netscape,

Oracle, Neumont, UVU and the

IMS Global Learning Consortium,

etc. Most recently helped start

the Helio Training web developer

bootcamp organization and he also launched an educational

technology software non-profit called the Learning Compo-

nents Research Group. Has a Bachelor’s degree in German

and a Masters and PhD in Instructional Technology. Enjoys

working on his restored 1964 Corvair Spyder convertible.

Emeritus Professor of Comput-

er Science at BYU as of three

years ago, after 15 years on the

faculty. Founder and Chairman of

Kinpoint, Inc., a genealogy software company and makers

of the popular Take a Name smartphone app. Founder and

Managing Director of Ironwood Experts, a consulting firm

that has helped companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, and

Microsoft fight patent trolls. PhD from Oregon State. Father

of 10, grandfather of 11. Plays guitar, bass, and drums.

Sara MooreInternship Coordinator

Jennie OlsonAdvisor - CS, ECE, SE

Tina OstlerAdvisor - Culinary Arts Institute

Ehsan RohaniAssistant Professor - Computer Engineering

Justin SchellenbergAssistant Professor - Construction Technologies

Mary SchumacherAdmin- Culinary Arts Institute

Robert SimonsAssistant Professor - EART

Kazem SohrabyAssociate Dean - Student Affairs

Elham VaziripourAssistant Professor - Computer Science

Brad RoundyAdvisor - CS / DGM

BS in Family Studies from

Brigham Young University. After

getting five years of workforce

experience went back to school

and received her Master of

Business Administration degree from Western Governors

University. Has over five years working in higher education.

Enjoys all of life’s good things like family, friends, beaches,

Netflix, and pizza.

Arrives from San Diego State.

PhD in Electrical Engineering

from the New York Universi-

ty (Polytechnic Engineering

Division), M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Worcester

Polytechnic Institute, Mass, and B.S. in Electrical Engineer-

ing (Electronics) from the Amir Kabir University. He has

22 granted patents and patent applications, published 2 text

books and over 100 journal and conference articles.

Has been advising for the Devel-

opmental Math Department in

UVU’s University College. He is

a UVU certified academic advisor

2017 – 2019. Prior to becoming

an academic advisor, he worked as a certified pharmacy tech-

nician processing prior authorizations at an insurance firm.

Graduated from UVU with a degree in Mathematics. He and

his wife recently had a baby boy, born on July 2, 2018.

Previously was an Adjunct

instructor in Community Health

here at UVU as well as owned a

preschool for 15 years.

She has been associated with

UVU through ALL of its name changes as either a student or

employee and am a true WOLVERINE! She loves Utah and

all it’s beautiful outdoor activities that it provides especially

hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking and kayaking.

Has worked as a Systems Integra-

tor for the past 10 years working

for companies like Simplot, West-

inghouse, and the Idaho National

Laboratory. He enjoys spending time with his wife and kids,

camping, mountain biking, snowboarding, and swimming.

Has been a UVU Financial Aid

Counselor for the last two years,

and previously was an Educational

Talent Search Advisor with TRIO.

Graduated from UVU four years

ago. She is married, with four children – three of which are

married, and has five adorable grandchildren. Enjoys cook-

ing, reading, learning about people from different cultures,

decorating her house, and serving others.

Has been working part time at the

Culinary Arts Institute as an Ad-

min assistant. Retired Elementary

School Teacher of 30 years from

Clark County School District. She loves family, reading

books, gardening, Origami & EATING!

UVU alum arrives after 10+ years

as a Product Manager of Emerging

Technologies for the LDS Church.

Worked on a variety of global

projects in new media technol-

ogies. Has also worked with a variety of businesses helping

with digital marketing strategies, specifically social media and

digital publishing. She loves all things technology... also loves

the outdoors, especially travel. Has been to 6 of 7 continents

and plans to soon visit #7— Antarctica.

Worked at UDOT for the past

10 years; most recently as a

Project Manager. Also worked as

adjunct faculty in the Engineering

Technology dept at Weber State.

Licensed as a Structural/Professional Engineer in Utah. Pri-

vate structural engineering consultant part-time for the past 10

years and full-time for 15 years prior to UDOT. Married with

five children and 2 grandchildren. Loves music, playing the

piano and being outdoors, hiking and playing various sports.

Comes to UVU after serving as a

Lecturer at Texas A&M University

from 2015-2018. Native of Iran,

B.S. and Masters in Electronic

Engineering, PhD from Texas

A&M. Lecturer on Electrical Circuits, Logic Circuits, Basics

of Electronic Circuits, Television Systems, Electrical Circuits

Lab and Micro-processor Labs. Lives with his wife and 2

year old daughter in Lehi. Hobbies include woodworking and

RC flying.

Has worked at the Department of

Transportation, as a Project Man-

ager. He is a licensed Professional

Engineer. He is excited to be at

E&T and is really excited for his daughter to come join us as

a UVU student starting next year.