Engineering Science Faculty & Staff
Regular Faculty
Dr. Meng-Chih Su
Department Chair
Professor
Phone: (707) 664-4438
Office: Salazar Hall #2004
Email: sum@sonoma.edu
Dr. Su started his career as a chemical engineer before becoming a physical chemist. He taught at Butler University, a liberal arts college at Indianapolis, for 18 years before joining SSU faculty, then became Chair of the Chemistry Department. Dr. Su's research interest is in the areas of laser spectroscopy study in molecular dynamics and shock tube study of reaction kinetics in combustion, collaborating with Argonne National Labs for the past 20 years.
Dr. Farid Farahmand
Associate Professor
Phone: (707) 664-3491
Office: Salazar Hall #2010A
Email: farid.farahmand@sonoma.edu
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Dr. Farid Farahmand received his Ph.D. in EE from the University of Texas at Dallas. He has several years of industry as well as academic experience. His areas of interest are optical networks, wireless and sensor networks, burst switching and communications.
Dr. Haider Khaleel
Assistant Professor
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Office: Salazar Hall #2010
Email: khaleel@sonoma.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00-3:00 PM or by appointment
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Haider received the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Systems Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), and an M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from New York Institute of Technology. His research interests include: flexible and wearable antennas; antennas for Telemedicine and Wireless Body Area Networks, Metamaterials, Artificial Magnetic Conductors, and antennas for MIMO and Global Positioning Systems.
Dr. Jack Ou
Assistant Professor
Phone: (707) 664-3462
Office:Salazar Hall #2010B
Email: jack.ou AT sonoma DOT edu
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Jack received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rutgers University. He has several years of industry as well as academic experience. His areas of interest are RF and Analog CMOS integrated circuits.
Dr. Saeid Rahimi
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
Phone: (707) 664-2171
Office:Darwin Hall #115
Email: saeid.rahimi@sonoma.edu
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Saeid received his Ph.D. in Solid State Physics in 1981 from Pennsylvania State University. Before joining Sonoma State, Dr. Rahimi was a Post Doctoral Fellow at Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology working on Deep-level Impurities in III-V semiconductors. His fields of speciality are optical and electrical properties of semiconductors.
Dr. Bala Ravikumar
Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Phone: (707) 664-3335
Office: Darwin Hall #116I
Email: ravi@cs.sonoma.edu
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Emeritus Professors
Dr. Jagan Agrawal
Emeritus Professor
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Email: jagan.agrawal@sonoma.edu
The first Professor and Chair of the ES Department, Jagan retired at the end of year 2011. After receiving his Ph.D. in EE in 1972 from N.C. State, he had held faculty positions at several institutions. Currently, his main goal is self-realization through understanding, reading about and practicing Vipassana meditation (www.dhamma.org).
Department Staff
Ms. Ronnie Goodlund
Administrative Support Coordinator
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Office: Salazar Hall #2004
Email: goodlund@sonoma.edu
Mr. Shahram Marivani
Network Analyst and Adjunct Professor
Phone: (707) 664-2150
Office: Salazar Hall #2002
Email: shahram dot marivani at sonoma dot edu
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Shahram received both his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the California State University at Fullerton. He joined the Engineering Science Department in 2002. He has several years of experience in RF, Microwave and computer hardware and software technologies.
Associated Faculty
Dr. Ali Kooshesh
Professor of Computer Science
Phone: (707) 664-2088
Office: Darwin Hall #116D
Email: ali.kooshesh@sonoma.edu
Dr. Suzanne Rivoire
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Phone: (707) 664-3337
Office: Darwin Hall #116H
Email: suzanne.rivoire@sonoma.edu
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Dr. Rivoire received her Ph.D. in EE in 2008 from Stanford University. Her research interests are computer architecture, energy-efficient computing and computer science education.
Dr. Lynn Stauffer
Dean, School of Science and Technology
Professor of Computer Science
Phone: (707) 664-2171
Office: Darwin Hall #115
Email: lynn.stauffer@sonoma.edu
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Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Don Estreich
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Office: Salazar Hall #2010C
Email: dbe@sonic.net
Don earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Dr. Tim Griesser
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Office: tbd
Email: tim_griesser@agilent.com
Dr. Ali Kujoory
Adjunct Professor and Data Networking Consultant
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Office: Salazar Hall #2008A
Email: ali.kujoory@ieee.org
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Ali received his M.S. and Ph.D. in EE in 1974 from University of Pennsylvania, PA. He has over 22 years of R&D experience at IBM, AT&T Bell Labs (a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff), and Alcatel-Lucent, and over 20 years of academic experience at several institutions including Drexel University in PA and Stevens Institute of Technologies in NJ. His areas of interest are secure real-time applications over the Internet, broadband access, and metropolitan networks.
Dr. Salam Marougi
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (707) 577-3773
Office: tbd
Email: salam_marougi@agilent.com
Salam Has received his Masters and Ph.D. Degrees from the University of Birmingham-United Kingdom in Electronics and Electrical Engineering. He has many years of academic experience in various Universities. He has taught courses for Santa Clara University and for The University of California- Berkeley Extension. For the past fourteen years, Dr. Marougi is working full time in the Hi-Tech industries. Currently he is with the Signal Sources Division of Agilent Technologies. His areas of interest are Test and Measurement, Signal Analysis, and Synchronization in Telecommunications.
Dr. Mario Righi
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Office: tbd
Email: Mario_righi@agilent.com
Mario earned his Laurea Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ancona in Italy, and his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Victoria, Victoria B.C., Canada.
Mr. Gordon Stuck
Adjunct Faculty
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Office: tbd
Email: gordonhs@sonic.net
Gordon has a MSEE from University of Colorado at Denver in digital signal processing. His areas of interest are digital embedded systems, microprocessors, FGPA hardware design, communications and signal processing.
Dr. Giampaolo Tardioli
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (707) 664-2030
Office: tbd
Email: tardioli@hotmail.com
Giampaolo earned his Diploma di Maturita’ Scientifica from the Liceo Scientifico G. Galilei in Foligno, Italy; his Laurea Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ancona in Italy; and, his Ph.D in Computational Electromagnetic and Numerical Modeling from the University of Victoria, Victoria B.C., Canada.