Physics & Optical Engineering Faculty

Charles Joenathan

Dr. Charles Joenathan

Professor and Chair
E-mail: Charles.Joenathan@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~joenatha/

Degrees:

  • B.S., The American College, Madurai, India, April 1978
  • M.S., The American College, Madurai, India, April 1980
  • Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, July 1986
Phone: 812-877-8494
Office: CL-105

Robert Bunch

Dr. Robert M. Bunch

Professor
E-mail: Robert.M.Bunch@Rose-Hulman.edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~bunch/

Degrees:

  • B.S., Louisiana State University, 1975
  • Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1981
Phone: 812-877-8306
Office: BL-100

Richard Ditteon

Dr. Richard P. Ditteon

Professor and Director of Oakley Observatory
E-mail: Richard.P.Ditteon@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~ditteon/

Degrees:

  • B.S., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1974
  • M.S., University of Illinois, 1976
  • Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
Phone: 812-877-8247
Office: CL-104

 

Duree Galen

Dr. Galen C. Duree, Jr.

Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Applied Optics Studies
E-mail: Galen.Duree@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~duree/

Degrees:

  • B.S., Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho, 1989
  • Ph.D., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, 1995
Phone: 812-872-6025
or RHIT Ventures, 812-244-4105
Office: DL-102

Sergio Granieri

Dr. Sergio C. Granieri

Associate Professor
E-mail: granieri@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~granieri

Degrees:

  • B.S., University of La Plata, Argentina, 1993
  • Ph.D., University of La Plata, Argentina, 1998
Phone: 812-877-8080
Office: BL-103

Elaine Kirkpatrick

Dr. Elaine M. Kirkpatrick

Associate Professor
E-mail: Elaine.M.Kirkpatrick@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~kirkpatr/EMK-Home.html

Degrees:

  • B.S., University of Dayton, 1992
  • M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1994
  • Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1997
Phone: 812-872-6026
Office: DL-106

Scott Kirkpatrick

Dr. Scott R. Kirkpatrick

Assistant Professor
E-mail: Scott.Kirkpatrick@Rose-Hulman.Edu

Degrees:

  • B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1995
  • M.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999
  • Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009
Phone: 812-877-8383
Office: DL-120

Leisher

Dr. Paul O. Leisher

Associate Professor
E-mail: leisher@Rose-Hulman.edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~leisher/

Degrees:

  • B.S., Bradley University, 2002
  • M.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2005
  • Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2007
Phone: 812-877-8824
Office: DL-116

Renat Letfullin

Dr. Renat Letfullin

Associate Professor (*On sabbatical for academic year 2011-12)
E-mail: letfulli@rose-hulman.edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~letfulli

Degrees:

  • B.A. in Physics, Samara State University, 1982
  • M.S. in Optics and Spectroscopy, Samara State University, 1984
  • Post Graduate Courses in Laser Physics, Samara State University, 1987-92
  • Ph.D. in Laser Physics, Saratov State University, 1992
  • Postdoctoral Institution in Optics, Mississippi State University, 2002
Phone: 812-877-8570
Office: CL-108

Sudipa Kirtley

Dr. Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley

Professor
E-mail: Sudipa.M.Kirtley@rose-hulman.edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~kirtley/index.html

Degrees:

  • B.A., Physics, Berea College, 1983
  • Ph.D., Physics, University of Kentucky, 1991
Phone: 812-877-8253
Office: CL-107

Michael McInerney

Dr. Michael F. McInerney

Professor
E-mail: Michael.McInerney@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/phoe/fac-mcinerney.htm

Degrees:

  • B.S.,University of Kent (England), 1970
  • Diploma in Education, Makerere (Uganda), 1971
  • Ph.D., University of Kent, 1978
  • M.S. Electrical Engineering, (signal processing) University of Cincinnati, 1993
Phone: 812-877-8282
Office: BL-101

Michael Moloney

Dr. Michael J. Moloney

Professor
E-mail: Michael.Moloney@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~moloney/

Degrees:

  • B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1958
  • Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1966
Phone: 812-877-8302
Office: CL-109

Rusty Rutherford

Dr. Rusty Rutherford

Adjunct Faculty
E-mail: Rusty.Rutherford@Rose-Hulman.edu

Degrees:

Phone: 812-877-8659
Office: Moench E 101

Azad Siahmakoun

Dr. Azad Siahmakoun

Professor and Director Micro-Nanoscale Devices and Systems (MiNDS) Facilities
E-mail: Azad.Siahmakoun@Rose-Hulman.edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~siahmako/index.html

Degrees:

  • B.S., Joundi Shapoor University, 1978
  • M.S., Texas A & I University, 1981
  • Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1987
Phone: 812-877-8400
Office: BL-102

Rajpal Sirohi

Dr. Rajpal Sirohi

Distinguished Scholar
E-mail: Rajpal.Sirohi@Rose-Hulman.edu

Degrees:

Phone: 812-877-8622
Office: AL-104

Maarij Syed

Dr. Maarij Syed

Associate Professor
E-mail: Maarij.Syed@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~syed/

Degrees:

  • BB.S., University of Oklahoma, 1991
  • Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1998

Phone: 812-877-8957
Office: DL-107


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Ofelia Traistaru

Visiting Assistant Professor
E-mail: traistar@rose-hulman.edu

Degrees:

  • Ph.D. in Physics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
  • M.S.  in Physics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
  • M.S. in Engineering Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania

 

Phone: 812-877-8921
Office: Moench Hall D 113


Jerome Wagner

Dr. Jerome F. Wagner

Professor
E-mail: Jerry.Wagner@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/phoe/fac-wagner.htm

Degrees:

  • BB.S., University of Cincinnati, 1963
  • M.S., Xavier, 1965
  • Ph.D., Ohio University, 1971
Phone: 812-877-8336
Office: DL-103

Dr. Arthur Western

Retired Faculty
E-mail: arthur.western@Rose-Hulman.Edu


Dr. Bruce R. Danner

Retired Faculty
E-mail: Bruce.Danner@Rose-Hulman.edu


Physics and Optical Engineering Staff

Pamela Hamilton

Pamela Hamilton

Department Secretary

E-mail: Pamela.Hamilton@Rose-Hulman.edu

Phone: 812-877-8309
Fax: 812-877-8023
Office: CL-106



 

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Roger Sladek

Department Technician

E-mail: Roger.Sladek@rose-hulman.edu

Phone: 812-872-6018
Office: BL-107

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Ben Webster

Department Technician

E-mail: webster@rose-hulman.edu

Phone: 812-877-8227
Office: BL-108