Twenty new faculty members began teaching and research at the University of Missouri-Rolla this fall.
The new faculty are:
Akim Adekpedjou, assistant professor, mathematics and statistics
Kwame Awauh-Offei, assistant professor, mining and nuclear engineering
Hojong Baik, assistant professor, civil, architectural and environmental engineering
Michael Bruening, assistant professor, history and political science
Robert Cesario, assistant professor, arts, languages and philosophy
Yu-Hsien Chiu, lecturer, business administration
John Cimics, assistant professor, arts, languages and philosophy
Elizabeth Cudney, assistant professor, engineering management and systems engineering
Cassie Elrod, lecturer, business administration
Jun Fan, assistant professor, electrical and computer engineering
Serhat Hosder, assistant professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
Chih-Mao Shieh, assistant professor, business administration
Yingchou Lin, lecturer, business administration
Zhen Liu, assistant professor, engineering management and systems engineering
Audra Merfeld-Langston, assistant professor, arts, languages and philosophy
Runar Nygaard, assistant professor of petroleum engineering, geological sciences and engineering
Jorge Porcel, assistant professor, arts, languages and philosophy
Thomas Weigert, St. Clair Chair of Computer Science
David Wright, assistant professor of English and technical communication
Chengshan Xao, assistant professor, electrical and computer engineering.