Officers

Executive Board

Position	Name	Affiliation	Contact
President	David Calamas	Georgia Southern University	dcalamas@georgiasouthern.edu
President-Elect	Natalia Cardelino	Mercer University	cardelino_nh@mercer.edu
Immediate Past President	Todd Schweisinger	Clemson University	todds@clemson.edu
Vice-President of Programs Unit	Anna Howard	NC State University	akhowar5@ncsu.edu
Vice-President of Awards & Recognition Unit	Beth Todd	The University of Alabama	btodd.eng@gmail.com
Vice-President of Publications and Promotions Unit	Kumar Yelamarthi	Tennessee Technological University	kyelamarthi@tntech.edu
Treasurer	Charles “Chuck” Newhouse	Virginia Military Institute	NewhouseCD@vmi.edu
Secretary	Sally Pardue	Tennessee Tech University	spardue@tntech.edu
Representative for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	Cecelia Wigal	University of Tennessee Chattanooga	cecelia-wigal@utc.edu

Unit Officers

Programs Unit

Position	Name	Affiliation	Contact
Chair	Anna Howard	NC State University	akhowar5@ncsu.edu
Vice-Chair & Technical Program Chair	Simon Ghanat	The Citadel	sghanat@citadel.edu
Secretary	Nancy Moore	NC State University	njmoore3@ncsu.edu

Awards and Recognition

Position	Name	Affiliation	Contact
Chair	Beth Todd	The University of Alabama	btodd.eng@gmail.com
Vice-Chair	M.A. Karim	Kennesaw State University	mkarim4@kennesaw.edu
Secretary	Kweku Brown	The Citadel	kbrown16@citadel.edu

Publications and Promotions

Position	Name	Affiliation	Contact
Chair	Kumar Yelamarthi	Tennessee Technological University	kyelamarthi@tntech.edu
Vice-Chair	Chuck Margraves	University of Tennessee Chattanooga	charles-margraves@utc.edu
Secretary	Morgan Green	Mississippi State University	green@me.msstate.edu

Appointed Officers

Position	Name	Affiliation	Contact
Paper Management Platform Coordinator	Todd Schweisinger	Clemson University	todds@clemson.edu
Section Website Coordinator	David Calamas	Georgia Southern University	dcalamas@georgiasouthern.edu
Newsletter Editor	Priya Goeser	Georgia Southern University	pgoeser@georgiasouthern.edu
Proceedings Editor	John Brocato	University of Georgia	John.Brocato@uga.edu
Campus Representative Coordinator	Kenneth Ball	George Mason University	ball@gmu.edu

Division Officers

Professional-Interest Divisions

Bio and Chemical Engineering

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Ramana Pidaparti	University of Georgia	rmparti@uga.edu
Vice-Chair	Ramaraja Ramadamy	University of Georgia	rama@uga.edu
Secretary	John Brocato	University of Georgia	john.brocato@uga.edu

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	M. A. Karim	Kennesaw State University	mkarim4@kennesaw.edu
Vice-Chair	Tanjina Afrin	Virginia Military Institute	afrint@vmi.edu
Secretary	Geoff Knowles	Bryan College	jknowles3910@bryan.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Adam Barnes	University of Virginia	ab6uy@virginia.edu
Vice-Chair	Eve Klopf	High Point University	eklopf@highpoint.edu
Secretary	Patrick Martin	Virginia Commonwealth University	martinp@vcu.edu

Engineering Graphics

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Nahid Vesali	The Citadel	nvesalim@citadel.edu
Vice-Chair	Stephanie Laughton	The Citadel	slaughton@citadel.edu
Secretary	Rahul Renu	Francis Marion University	rrenu@fmarion.edu

Engineering Technology

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Benjamin Gaston	Midlands Technical College	gastonb@midlandstech.edu
Vice-Chair	Faruk Ahmed	University of Memphis	mfahmed@memphis.edu
Secretary	Dimitra Michalaka	The Citadel	dimitra.michalaka@citadel.edu

Industrial Engineering

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Mazen Hussein	Tennessee Tech University	mhussein@tntech.edu
Vice-Chair	Laura Moody	Mercer University	moody_le@mercer.edu
Secretary	Amro Khasawneh	Mercer University	khasawneh_an@mercer.edu

Mechanical Engineering

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Aaron Smith	Mississippi State University (Gulf Coast)	smith@me.msstate.edu
Vice-Chair	Nancy Moore	NC State University	njmoore3@ncsu.edu
Secretary	Chandan Roy	Mercer University	roy_ck@mercer.edu

Special-Interest Divisions

Administrative

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Benjamin Gaston	Midlands Technical College	gastonb@midlandstech.edu
Vice-Chair	Chuck Newhouse	Virginia Military Institute	newhouseCD@VMI.edu
Secretary	Anna Howard	NC State University	akhowar5@ncsu.edu

Educational Research and Methods

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	M.A. Karim	Kennesaw State University	mkarim4@kennesaw.edu
Vice-Chair	Kweku Brown	The Citadel	kbrown16@citadel.edu
Secretary	James Righter	The Citadel	jrighter@citadel.edu

Instructional

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Simon Ghanat	The Citadel	sghanat@citadel.edu
Vice-Chair	Aaron Smith	Mississippi State University	smith@me.msstate.edu
Secretary	Stephanie Laughton	The Citadel	slaughton@citadel.edu

Pre-College Engineering Education

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Priya Goeser	Georgia Southern University	pgoeser@georgiasouthern.edu
Vice-Chair	Felix Ewere	North Carolina State University	feewere@ncsu.edu
Secretary	Georg Pingen	Union University	gpingen@uu.edu

Professional Skills

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Dimitra Michalaka	The Citadel	dmichala@citadel.edu
Vice-Chair	Stephen Hill	Mercer University	hill_sd@mercer.edu
Secretary	George Prpich	Prpich@virginia.edu	University of Virginia

Undergraduate Research and Design

Position	Name	Affiliation	Email
Chair	Patrick Martin	martinp@vcu.edu	Virginia Commonwealth University
Vice-Chair	Michael Potter	Michael.Potter@fmarion.edu	Francis Marion University
Secretary	Adam Barnes	University of Virginia	ab6uy@virginia.edu

Host Site Coordinators

Year	Host Site	Coordinator	Email
2024	Kennesaw State University	Cameron Coates	ccoates4@kennesaw.edu
2025	Mississippi State University	Alta Knizley	knizley@me.msstate.edu
2026	University of Memphis	Daniel Kohn	dekohn@memphis.edu
2027	Virginia Military Institute	Chuck Newhouse	newhouseCD@VMI.edu
2028	University of Georgia	John Brocato	john.brocato@uga.edu