Faculty & Staff
Faculty
![Robert Freeman](../_files/images/faculty/robert-freeman.jpg)
Dr. Robert Freeman
Professor
Department Chair
2009 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg: EENGR 3.222A
(956) 665-2381
robert.freeman@utrgv.edu
![Mataz Alcoutlabi](../_files/images/faculty/mataz-alcoutlabi.jpg)
Dr. Mataz Alcoutlabi
Associate Professor
Edinburg: >EENGR 3.238
(956) 665-8945
mataz.alcoutlabi@utrgv.edu
![Ali Ashraf](../_files/images/faculty/ali-ashraf.jpg)
Dr. Ali Ashraf
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-7228
ali.ashraf@utrgv.edu
![Rogelio Benitez Portrait](../_files/images/faculty/rogelio-benitez.jpg)
Dr. Rogelio Benitez
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2630
rogelio.benitez@utrgv.edu
![Jacob Bensen](jacob-bensen3.jpg)
Mr. Jacob Bensen
Lecturer I
Edinburg:
(956) 665-8878
jacob.bensen01@utrgv.edu
![Lawrence Cano](../_files/images/faculty/lawrence-cano.jpg)
Mr. Lawrence Cano
Lecturer II
Edinburg: EENGR 3.247
(956) 665-3102
lawrence.cano@utrgv.edu
![Dumitru Caruntu](../_files/images/faculty/caruntu-dumitru.jpg)
Dr. Dumitru Caruntu
Professor
ABET Coordinator
2013 UT System Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2079
dumitru.caruntu@utrgv.edu
![Isaac Choutapalli](../_files/images/faculty/isaac-chotapalli.jpg)
Dr. Isaac Choutapalli
Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5220
isaac.choutapalli@utrgv.edu
www.utrgv.edu/apl
![Stephen Crown](../_files/images/faculty/stephen-crown.jpg)
Dr. Stephen Crown
Professor
Director of TexPREP
2016 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5015
stephen.crown@utrgv.edu
![Arturo Fuentes](../_files/images/faculty/arturo-fuentes.jpg)
Dr. Arturo Fuentes
Professor
Associate Chair
2012 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-7099
arturo.fuentes@utrgv.edu
![Robert Jones](../_files/images/faculty/mohammad-islam.jpg)
Dr. Mohammad Islam
Assistant Professor
(956) 665-2394
mohammad.islam@utrgv.edu
![Robert Jones](../_files/images/faculty/robert-jones.jpg)
Dr. Robert Jones
Professor
Interim Associate Chair for Information and Engineering Systems
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5019
robert.jones@utrgv.edu
![Karen Lozano](../_files/images/faculty/karen-lozano.jpg)
Dr. Karen Lozano
Professor
Julia Beecherl
Endowed Professor
2013 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-7020
karen.lozano@utrgv.edu
![Eleazar Marquez](../_files/images/faculty/eleazar-marquez.png)
Dr. Eleazar Marquez
Lecturer II
Edinburg: >EENGR 3.253
eleazar.marquez01@utrgv.edu
![Misael Martinez](../_files/images/faculty/misael-martinez.jpg)
Mr. Misael Martinez
Lecturer I
Edinburg: EENGR 3.216
(956) 665-2526
misael.e.martinez01@utrgv.edu
![Dr. Javier Ortega](../_files/images/faculty/j-ortega.jpg)
Dr. Javier Ortega
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2043
javier.ortega@utrgv.edu
![Victoria Padilla](../_files/images/faculty/victoria-padilla.jpg)
Dr. Victoria M. Padilla
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5952
victoria.padilla@utrgv.edu
![Gregory Potter](../_files/images/faculty/gregory_potter.png)
Mr. Gregory Potter
Lecturer III
Edinburg: EENGR 3.251
(956) 665-3112
gregory.potter@utrgv.edu
![Maysam Pournik Portrait](../_files/images/faculty/maysam_pournik.jpg)
Dr. Maysam Pournik
Assistant Professor
Edinburg: EENGR 3.251
(956) 665-7488
maysam.pournik@utrgv.edu
![Ala R. Qubbaj](../_files/images/faculty/ala-qubbaj.jpg)
Dr. Ala R. Qubbaj
Professor
Dean
Edinburg:
(956) 665-5257
ala.qubbaj@utrgv.edu
![Samantha Ramirez](../_files/images/faculty/samantha-ramirez.jpg)
Ms. Samantha Ramirez
Lecturer III
Undergraduate Coordinator
Edinburg: EENGR 3.261
(956) 665-3117
samantha.ramirez@utrgv.edu
![Jose Sanchez Portrait](../_files/images/faculty/jose-sanchez.jpg)
Mr. Jose Sanchez
Lecturer II
Edinburg: EENGR 3.249
(956) 665-3118
jose.j.sanchez01@utrgv.edu
![Nadim Zgheib](../_files/images/faculty/nadim-zgheib.jpg)
Dr. Nadim Zgheib Assistant Professor
Edinburg: EENGR 3.276
(956) 665-2896
nadim.zgheib@utrgv.edu
![Kamal Sarkar](../_files/images/faculty/kamal-sarkar.jpg)
Dr. Kamal Sarkar
Associate Professor of Practice
2012 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2682
kamal.sarkar@utrgv.edu
![Constantine Tarawneh](../_files/images/faculty/constantine-tarawhneh.jpg)
Dr. Constantine Tarawneh
Professor
Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
2009 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-2607
constantine.tarawneh@utrgv.edu
Dr. Noe Vargas
Assistant Professor
Edinburg:
(956) 665-3727
noe.vargas@utrgv.edu
![Horacio Vazquez](../_files/images/faculty/horacio-vasquez.jpg)
Dr. Horacio Vasquez
Professor
Graduate Coordinator
2015 UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
Edinburg:
(956) 665-7419
horacio.vasquez@utrgv.edu
![Marcos Villarreal](../_files/images/faculty/marcos-villareal.jpg)
Mr. Marcos Villarreal
Lecturer I
Edinburg:
marcos.villarreal02@utrgv.edu
![Yingchen Yang](../_files/images/faculty/yingchen-yang.jpg)
Dr. Yingchen Yang
Associate Professor
Brownsville:
(956) 882-6652
yingchen.yang@utrgv.edu
Staff
![Annie Salinas](../_files/images/faculty/annie-salinas.jpg)
Annie Salinas
Administrative Assistant II
Edinburg: EENGR 3.222
(956) 665-2394
annie.salinas@utrgv.edu
![Thelma Castaneda](../_files/images/faculty/thelma-castaneda.jpg)
Ms. Thelma Castaneda
Office Assistant III
Edinburg: EENGR 3.257
(956) 665-2394
thelma.castaneda@utrgv.edu