Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering

The Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering provides opportunities for engineering study outside the constraints of traditional engineering curricula. Students may engage with the department in a variety of ways including four-year engineering degrees, combination degree programs that award baccalaureate and graduate/professional degrees in a shortened timeframe, minors, certificates, courses, and a range of engaging programs such as Engineering Entrepreneurship and Subsea Engineering. 

The mission of the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering is to:

  1. Utilize the strength of the College of Engineering’s core discipline departments to ensure graduates have strong technical skills appropriate to engineering practice,
  2. Provide a vehicle for innovation in both engineering curriculum design and pedagogy, including active classroom techniques, laboratories, and other experiential learning activities such as fabrication, research, internship, and co-op,
  3. Offer customizable opportunities for regional and/or underserved populations,
  4. Enable means for students to have unique interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary educational experiences, which may include non-engineering disciplines,
  5. Support access for students to develop knowledge and skills in emerging and even not-yet-existing fields, and
  6. Prepare leaders and engineers who exhibit a dedication to life-long learning, professional and ethical behaviors, sensitivity to global and cultural awareness and impact, and being agents of positive change.

In addition to activities at the College Station campus, the department maintains strong presences at the Galveston and McAllen campuses and through distance education worldwide. The department in an active innovator in engineering education through the creation and delivery of programs as well as granting students the ability to create new fields of study through the interdisciplinary engineering degree programs.

Anwar, Saira, Assistant Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Purdue University, 2020

Brumbelow, Kelly, Associate Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001

Chen, Wei-An, Instructional Assistant Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, The University of Tokyo, 2020

Conkey, Andrew Paul, Instructional Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2007

Curran, Chris, Associate Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
BS, Texas A&M University, 1987

Deere, Paul P, Associate Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
BS, Texas A&M University, 1992

Diaz Rodriguez, Ivan De Jesus, Instructional Associate Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2017

Donnell, James M, Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
BS, Texas A&M University, 1982

Finberg, Christopher Jason, Associate Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
BS, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 1994

Fox, Rafael O, Associate Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
MS, Texas A&M University Kingsville, 1996

Guo, Guodong, Instructional Assistant Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, North Carolina State University, 2019

Jacobs, Timothy J, Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, University of Michigan, 2005

Ledbetter, William Ronald, Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
BS, Texas A&M University, 1975

Ligler, George Todd, Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, University of Oxford, 1975

Lopez, Oscar, Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
MS, University of California at Berkeley, 1988

Medina, Mario A, Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1992

Morganti, Dianna E. B., Instructional Associate Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
MLS, University of North Texas, 2003

Munoz Vazquez, Aldo Jonathan, Instructional Associate Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados, 2017

Murzi, Homero, Associate Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Virginia Tech, 2016

Olarte, Walter E, Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2021
MEN, Texas A&M University, 2005

Osborne, Lisa Anne, Associate Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
BS, University of Texas at Austin, 1984

Porter, Jay R, Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1993

Rich, Sharon Kay, Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
BS, Texas A&M University - Galveston, 1992

Sears, Nicholas Allen, Instructional Associate Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2017

Shaw, Surupa, Instructional Assistant Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, University of New Hampshire, 2015

Shryock, Kristi J, Associate Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2011

Shukla, Keshawa, Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, Banaras Hindu University, 1979

Sorensen, Andrew D, Associate Professor
Multidisciplinary Engineering
PHD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009

Stanev, Lyubo, Associate Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
MEN, Texas A&M University, 2018

Walters, Filza H., Professor of the Practice
Multidisciplinary Engineering
MBA, Lawrence Technological University, 1997