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Faculty Profiles

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department faculty contact and bio information.


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Dr. Thomas C. Gilbar
Position: Chair, FWB Coordinator, and Lecturer
  • 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.

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Dr. Yazan Alqudah
Position: Professor
  • 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.

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Dr. Ezzat G. Bakhoum
Position: Professor
  • Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Office Location:  Building 4, Room 443
  • Personal UWF Website

Dr. Ezzat Bakhoum, Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is the first author or sole author of 44 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Ronda Easley
Ronda Easley
Position: Lecturer
  • 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.

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Dr. Mohamed Khabou
Position: Associate Dean HMCSE, Professor
  • 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.

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Dr. Jeff McGuirk
Position: Instructor
  • 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.

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Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran
Position: Professor
  • 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.

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Sam Russel
Position: Instructor
  • 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.

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Dr. Bassam Shaer
Position: Professor
  • 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.

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Dr. Tarek Youssef
Position: Associate Professor
  • 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.

Emeritus Faculty

Electrical and Computer Engineering department emeritus faculty contact and bio information.


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Dr. Muhammad H. Rashid
Position: Professor
  • 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.

Adjunct Faculty

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department adjunct faculty contact and bio information.


Maurice Bobbitt

Leroy Fulton

  • Instructor
  • Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • emaillfulton@uwf.edu

Brett Kaufman

  • Instructor
  • Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • emailBkaufman@uwf.edu

Abdul Mando

Teacher/Graduate Assistants

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department teacher/graduate assistants contact and bio information.


Clayton Lilly