Meet the Faculty

Department Chair

• George Thomas, Ph.D.

  Chair and Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-5428
  • Email: gthomas@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room 203

Associate Professors

• Daniel Grissom, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-5319
  • Email: dgrissom@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room 204
• Lu Ruan, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor

  • Email: lruan@apu.edu
  • Office Location: West Campus, 202
• James Hsi-Jen Yeh, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-6118
  • Email: hyeh@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room 205

Assistant Professor

• Aisha Chen, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor

  • Email: achen@apu.edu
  • Office Location: West Campus, 207

Affiliated Faculty

• Enson Chang, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6538
  • Email: echang@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 116
• Edwin Ding, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6615
  • Email: eding@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 107
• Daniel Horner, M.S.

  Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (704) 778-1422
  • Email: dhorner@apu.edu
• Theodore Szeto, Ph.D.

  Executive Director, Academic Success Center; Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6537
  • Email: tszeto@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Ronald 147C

Lecturer

• Rodney Ulrich, M.S.

  Lecturer/Lab Manager, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (909) 262-9796
  • Email: rulrich@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Room 201

Adjunct Professor

• Rick Sturdivant, Ph.D.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Email: ricksturdivant@apu.edu

Professors Emeriti

• Richard Eckhart, Ph.D.

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Engineering & Computer Science

  • Phone: (928) 583-4909
  • Email: reckhart@apu.edu
• Samuel Sambasivam, Ph.D.

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Email: ssambasivam@apu.edu