Leadership

Dean

Vincent K Omachonu

Interim Dean, College of Engineering
Professor & Chair
Department of Industrial Engineering

(305) 284-2372
Vincent Omachonu, an award-winning expert and author in the field of healthcare quality management, serves as chair of the University of Miami College of Engineering’s Department of Industrial Engineering. Omachonu received the IBM Faculty Award. He also is a master black belt in Lean Six Sigma Quality Methodology. He earned his...

Associate Deans

Nurcin Celik

Professor & Associate Dean for Research

(305) 284-2391
Energy systems for smart cities Decision making under uncertainty Dynamic-data-driven modeling and simulation Distributed and hybrid modeling paradigms Computationally feasible analysis of massive datasets Machine learning and clustering Bayesian inferencing and particle filtering methodologies Epigenetic modeling for pathway...

Nina DeCario Miville

Assoc Professor Prof. Practice & Assoc. Dean, Undergraduate Programs

(305) 284-6225
Work Design, Financial Management, Productivity Management, Management Decision Making

Noel Marysa Ziebarth

Assoc. Professor & Associate Dean, Graduate

(305) 284-4520
Dr. Ziebarth’s research program is dedicated to applying advanced imaging technologies to investigate the structural and mechanical properties of ophthalmic tissues. Specifically, her laboratory uses confocal microscopy (FRAP), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to analyze the lens, cornea, retina,...

Department Chairs

Pinhas Ben-Tzvi

Professor and Chair

(305) 284-7888
Dr. Pinhas Ben-Tzvi is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Miami. He is internationally recognized for his research in robotics, intelligent autonomous systems, cyber-physical systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, healthcare technologies, human–machine...

Fabrice Manns

Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering

(305) 284-2335
Dr. Fabrice Manns serves as chair and professor of the University of Miami College of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Manns holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology where his research laboratory is located. He is the Co-Director of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Ophthalmic Biophysics Center....

Vincent K Omachonu

Interim Dean, College of Engineering
Professor & Chair
Department of Industrial Engineering

(305) 284-2372
Vincent Omachonu, an award-winning expert and author in the field of healthcare quality management, serves as chair of the University of Miami College of Engineering’s Department of Industrial Engineering. Omachonu received the IBM Faculty Award. He also is a master black belt in Lean Six Sigma Quality Methodology. He earned his...

Xianming Shi

Professor and Chair

(305) 284-5557
Dr. Xianming Shi, P.E. is the Chairman and a Professor at the Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering, University of Miami. He is the Founding Director of the National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension and Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Infrastructure Preservation...

Chang-Yu Wu

Professor and Chair

(305) 284-5650
Prof. Chang-Yu Wu is the Chair of the Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering at University of Miami from Jan 2023.  Prior to joining the University of Miami, he was Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida, where he served as Department Head from...

Qingda Yang

Professor and Department Chair

(305) 284-3221
Dr. Yang's research has focused mainly on developing multi-scale methodologies that can lead to realistic virtual testing and designing of complex heterogeneous materials and structures. My research has been funded by federal agencies such as NSF, NASA, AFOSR, ARO, NAVY, and DARPA , and industrial companies including Teledyne and Boeing. I...

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