College of Engineering
4183 Bell Engineering Center
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479-575-7780
Chairs and Professorships

Jorge Almodovar
(CHEG)-Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
Ralph E. Martin Professorship in Chemical Engineering

Juan Carlos Balda
(ELEG)-Electrical Engineering
University Professor, Department Head and Twenty-First Century Leadership Chair in Engineering
Electrical Engineering

Bob Beitle Jr.
(CHEG)-Chemical Engineering
Professor, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
Jim L. Turpin Professorship in Chemical Engineering

Jia Di
(CSCE)-Computer Science & Computer Engineering
Department Head and Professor, Rodger S. Kline Chair

Jamie A. Hestekin
(CHEG)-Chemical Engineering
Professor
Maurice E. Barker Chair in Chemical Engineering

Qinghua Li
(CSCE)-Computer Science & Computer Engineering
Associate Professor
The Twenty-First Century Research Leadership Chair

Haitao Liao
(INEG)-Industrial Engineering
Professor, John and Mary Lib White Endowed Systems Integration Chair

Alan Mantooth
(ELEG)-Electrical Engineering
Distinguished Professor, The Twenty-First Century Research Leadership Chair in Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering

Heather Lyn Nachtmann
(INEG)-Industrial Engineering
Earl J. and Lillian P. Dyess Endowed Chair in Engineering and Professor of Industrial Engineering

Karthik Nayani
(CHEG)-Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor
Louis Owen Professorship in Chemical Engineering

Darin W. Nutter
(MEEG)-Mechanical Engineering
Professor & Department Head
Twenty-First Century Leadership Chair in Engineering

Matthew J. Patitz
(CSCE)-Computer Science & Computer Engineering
Associate Professor
Thomas Clinton Mullins Endowed Chair in Engineering

William Richardson
(CHEG)-Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor
Bates Teaching Endowed Professorship

Tom O. Spicer III
(CHEG)-Chemical Engineering
Professor
Robert E. Babcock Sr. Professorship in Chemical Engineering

Keisha Bishop Walters
(CHEG)-Chemical Engineering
Department Head & Professor
Kevin W. and Marie L. Brown Department Head Chair in Chemical Engineering & Ralph E. Martin Leadership Chair in Chemical Engineering

Ranil Wickramasinghe
(CHEG)-Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Professor
Ross E. Martin Chair in Emerging Technologies