Faculty Profiles

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: FWB - Building 2, Room 259

Dr. Thomas C. Gilbar, Chair, Lecturer, and Undergraduate Advisor for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has taught many courses since 2003.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 441

Dr. Alqudah is a senior member of IEEE. In 2014, he won the Best Researcher Award at PSUT. His current research interests include broadband optical wireless communication, Next Generation Mobile Networks deployment and performance, and Mobile Development.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 443
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Dr. Ezzat Bakhoum, Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is the first author or sole author of 44 peer-reviewed journal articles.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 132

Ronda Easley is a UWF alumna and a Lecturer in the ECE Department. Mrs. Easley is also the faculty advisor for Eta Kappa Nu.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 328

Dr. Mohamed Khabou's current research focuses on using smart device technology to improve quality of life for older people.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: FWB Campus: Building 2, Room 258

Dr. Jeff McGuirk joined the ECE Department at UWF in fall 2018 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He has taught a wide variety of courses and is interested in material characterization using electromagnetic waves.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 329

Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran, who has more than 15 years of experience teaching Power Engineering, is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 134

Sam Russel, is an instructor and the manager for the UWF Unmanned Systems Lab and hub director for Emerald Coast BEST Robotics.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: FWB - Building 2, Room 253

Dr. Bassam Shaer, a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has more than 20 years experience in teaching and research.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 128

Minh was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a PhD in robotics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2018. He was a lecturer and a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before joining UWF’s ECE Department as an Assistant Professor in 2024.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 133

Dr. Tarek Youssef has more than 12 years industrial experience in communication and security field. Dr. Youssef has published more than 40 journal and conferences articles and holds 3 patents.

• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, 323

Dr. Muhammad Rashid, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has published 36 textbooks and dozens of refereed journal articles.