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Faculty: Electrical and Computing Engineering

Dr. Thomas Montoya, Associate Professor and Site Director

·        Doctoral Degree: Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

·        Research: Antennas and FDTD Numerical Method

·        Project Title:  Site Director  and Faculty Research Mentor

·        Favorite Quotation: 

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.” (Anonymous)

Dr. Dimitris Anagnostou, Associate Professor

·        Doctoral Degree: Ph.D., University of New Mexico

·        Research:  Applied Electromagnetics

·        Project Title:  Faculty Research Mentor

·        Favorite Quotation: 

"Imagination is more important than knowledge.” (Albert Einstein)

Dr. Randy Hoover, Associate Professor

·        Doctoral Degree: Ph.D., Colorado State University

·        Research:  Computer Vision, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Control Theory

·        Project Title:  Faculty Research Mentor

·        Favorite Quotation: 

"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever." (Lance Armstrong)

Professor Scott Rausch, Interim Department Head

·        Bachelor Degree: BSEE, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

·        Research:  Power Systems, Power Electronics, Analog and Digital Circuit Design

·        Project Title:  Faculty Research Mentor

·        Favorite Quotation: 

"Solve your problems." (John Edler)

Dr. Charles Tolle, Associate Professor

·        Doctoral Degree: Ph.D., Utah State University

·        Research:  Controls and Autonomous Systems, Fractals, SysID

·         Project Title:  Faculty Research Mentor

Dr. Yanxiao Zhao, Assistant Professor

·        Doctoral Degree: Ph.D., Old Dominion University

·        Research:  Cyber Security on Smart Grids & Wireless Networks, Wireless Communications & Mobile Networking, Big Data & Cloud Computing

·         Project Title:  Faculty Research Mentor

Faculty: Industrial Engineering

Dr. Stuart Kellogg, Professor

·        Doctoral Degree: Ph.D., University of Colorado

·        Research: Nanomaterials, Semiconductors, Electron Microscopy

·        Project Title: Assessment Coordinator

·        Favorite Quotation:

“Out of clutter, find simplicity.  From discord, find harmony.  In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”  (Albert Einstein)

Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences

Director Patricia Andersen, Director of Devereaux Library

·        Master’s Degree:  M.L.I.S., Louisiana State University

·        Research:  Library Information and SDSMT History

·        Project Title:  Historical Focus/Seminar Presenter

·        Favorite Quotation:

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects."  (Will Rogers)

Dr. Alfred Boysen, Professor

·        Doctoral Degree:  Ed.D., University of South Dakota

·        Research:  Curriculum Design and Instructional Strategy

·        Project Title:  Communications Coordinator/Seminar Presenter

·        Favorite Quotation:

“This above all:  to thine own self be true,

 And it must follow, as the night the day,

 Thou canst not then be false to any man.” (William Shakespeare)