• DEPARTMENT CHAIR
• FULL-TIME FACULTY
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• STUDENT EMPLOYEES

Muhammad Kehnemouyi, Chair
Email: Muhammad.Kehnemouyi@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5228    ---     Office Room: SE 311D
Office Hours for Fall 2009: MW 10:00-11:30am, or by appt.

Dr. Kehnemouyi holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering form The George Washington University and a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic Institute. He is a Registered Professional Engineer since 1988. He has been with the department since 1983, and is currently the chair of the department. A position Dr. Kehnemouyi has held since 2000. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Dr. Kehnemouyi is the recipient of NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) Excellence award and the Montgomery College outstanding faculty award. He has taught most of the engineering courses including: Introduction to Engineering Design, Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Thermodynamics, Numerical Analysis, and Engineering Physics I.

Dr. Kehnemouyi's research interests are in Computational Fluid Dynamics, application of finite element analysis in heat transfer, and thermal systems design. His recent works includes several publications in the field of engineering education.

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Uche Abanulo
Email: uchechukwu.abanulo@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4120    ---     Office Room: SE 311C
Office Hours for Fall 2009: T 12 -3pm
Home Page: http://myspace.montgomerycollege.edu/uchechukwu.abanulo/

Dr. Abanulo received her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Temple University Philadelphia. Before joining the department, she taught electrical engineering courses and an introduction to engineering course at Temple University and the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. She was also involved in a STEM outreach program for K-12 Engineering. She teaches Introduction to Engineering Design (ES 100), Scientific and Engineering Computation (ES 240), Digital Logic Design (EE 244) and Physics III for Engineers (PH-263).

Dr. Abanulo's research interests include speech (signal) processing and analysis for speaker recognition and speech enhancement, as well as STEM Education for Pre-College Students. She is currently a co-principal investigator for a speech recognition grant from the United States Air Force Research Labs. She is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a reviewer for the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).

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Nawal Benmouna
Email: Nawal.Benmouna@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5240    ---     Office Room: SE 324A
Office Hours for Fall 2009:
Home Page:

Dr. Benmouna holds a B.S. and M.S. in physics from American University and a PhD in high-energy nuclear physics from the Stanford Linear Accelerator in joint collaboration with American University. Dr. Benmouna joined MC in Fall 2006 at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, and has been at the Rockville department since Fall 2009. Prior to joining MC, Dr. Benmouna was a postdoctoral research scientist at the George Washington University working in medium-energy nuclear physics.

Dr. Benmouna’s research interests are nuclear physics at all energy ranges, and physics education research.

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Don Day
Email: Donald.Day@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5235    ---     Office Room: SE 324B, Cubicle
Office Hours for Fall 2009:

Dr. Day holds a B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a M.S. from University of Maryland, College Park with a Ph.D. from American University. He has been with the department since 1967. Dr. Day has taught all levels of Physics and Physical Science courses over the years.

Dr. Day created the Sound & Light, and Engineering Computing courses, and was a co-creator of the college's original program in computer graphics. He is the Rockville coordinator for the  CSEM scholarship program  (Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics).

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Terry Dyroff
Email: darsdyr@starpower.net
Phone: 301-920-1678    ---     Office Room: SE 311A
Office Hours for Fall 2009: TTh 1:45-2:15pm
Home Page: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~tdyroff/

Professor Dyroff holds a B.A. and a M.S. from Southern Illinois University. He has been with the department since 1973. Professor Dyroff has taught many geology and meteorology honors courses, the most recent of which has been a field course conducted in Acadia National Park, Maine.

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Carrie Fitzgerald
Email: Carrie.Fitzgerald@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone:   ---     Office Room:
Office Hours for Fall 2009: MW 5:30-6:30pm
Home Page:

Dr. Fitzgerald received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Stetson University. She joined the department during the Fall 2009 semester. In addition to teaching, she is also a senior scientist at National Security Technologies Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) where she serves both as a support to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s emergency response teams and as a researcher investigating advanced detector technologies. She was awarded a National Research Council Associateship with the Space Sciences Division at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Her research at NRL involved the development of a silicon Compton imager for the detection of nuclear materials. She was also involved in a public outreach grant awarded by the NASA Office of Space Science in collaboration with the Maryland Science Center which provided students and adults an introduction to gamma-ray imaging and high-energy solar astronomy.

We welcome Carrie to the MC Family. Dr. Fitzgerald maintains a relationship with MSC through guest speaking events and volunteer work in the center’s observatory and planetarium. She was also recently accepted into the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's volunteer docent program.

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Craig T. Garrison-Mogren
Email: Craig.Mogren@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5237    ---     Office Room: SE 311A
Office Hours for Fall 2009: MT 11-12pm, Th 4:30-6pm

Professor Garrison-Mogren holds a B.S. from Clarkson University and a M.S. from Syracuse University. He joined the department in Spring 2006 semester. Prior to joining us Professor Garrison-Mogren was Professor at the Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus where he taught chemistry, engineering, and physics courses.

His research work is in studying the kinetic properties of molecules in free molecular flow inside capillaries. He was an international service engineer for Westinghouse Power Service Company.

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Wendy He
Email: Wendy.He@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5229    ---     Office Room: SE 311A
Office Hours for Fall 2009: T 12-1pm at Germantown Campus, 3-4pm at Rockville Campus

Dr. He received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a B.S. degree in applied mechanics from the National University of Defense Technology, China. She joined the department in the Fall 2005 semester. Dr. He worked in the aerospace industry for five years where her duties included mechanical design, thermal stress, and heat transfer analysis of rocket engines. Prior to joining Montgomery College, Dr. He was an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Lake Superior State University, where she taught the complete range of general engineering courses and supervised senior research projects involving the development of an underwater robotic arm and associated control systems.

Dr. He’s research work includes the design of mechanical testing and numerical modeling on biomaterials and biomechanical design for the chromatography column, which had been collaborated with Holland Laboratories (of American Red Cross) in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. He is a member of the Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Women Engineers, and the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue.

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Chienann (Alex) Hou
Email: ChienannAlex.Hou@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7608    ---     Office Room: SW 101A
Office Hours for Fall 2009: MTW 1-2pm
Home Page: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/facultywebsite.php?userID=chou

Dr. Hou holds a B.S. from National TsingHwa University Taiwan and a M.S. and Ph.D. form Ohio State University. He joined the department in Fall 2002. After completing his degrees, Dr. Hou taught Mechanical Engineering for more than ten years at Howard University. He also has five years experience working in the aerospace industry and for the federal government as a computer systems engineer.  He has teaching responsibilites primarily in Intro to Engineering (ES100), Numerical Computation (ES240), and the seminar for the CSEM scholars program (PC169).

Dr. Hou's research interests are in CAD/CAM, robotics, solid mechanics and engineering education.

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Charles Kung
Email: Charles.Kung@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7799    ---     Office Room: HT 227, Germantown Campus
Office Hours for Fall 2009: TTh 10-11am SE 324 (Rockville), W 5-6pm HT 227 (Germantown)
Home Page:

Dr. Kung received his M.S. in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University. He joined MC in 1987. He has taught courses in multiple departments including courses in Computer-Aided Design, Automation and Control, Computer Applications, Computer Science, Math, Physics, and Engineering. Dr. Kung has enjoyed teaching courses at all levels ranging from the developmental courses at MC to a graduate course at Howard University. His industrial experience includes nuclear power plant simulator design at Singer, space structural designat NSI/Goddard, army water transport design at Vitro, power plant renewal at Bechtel, and software development at AutoDesk. He is proud of all his industry experiences - those of a CAD operator, a designer, an engineer, a contractor, and an entrepreneur.

Dr. Kung likes to design and operate radio controlled flying machines. Recently, he converted his 1977 Sig Kadet to electric.

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Eugene Li
Email: Eugene.Li@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5232    ---     Office Room: SE 324C
Office Hours for Fall 2009: MF 10-11am, Th 1pm-2pm
Home Page: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/facultywebsite.php?userID=eli

Dr. Li holds a B.S. from Delaware State University, a M.S. from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, M.S. from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. He joined the department in Fall 2004. Prior to that Dr. Li has taught physics and developmental chemistry at Fayetteville Tech., was Visiting Lecturer of Physics at North Carolina State University for several semesters, and also was Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Elon University.

Dr. Li has worked as a research assistant for Cotton Incorporated on a project which involved data analysis and modeling of the engineered fiber properties of cotton formation into yarn. Dr. Li has research interests in mathematical physics and physics education.

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German Mora
Email: German.Mora@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5231    ---     Office Room: SE 311E
Office Hours for Fall 2009: MWTh 10-11am
Home Page:

Dr. Mora holds a B.S. in geology from the National University of Colombia, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. both in geology from Indiana University. Before joining the department in Spring 2008, Dr. Mora was an associate professor at Iowa State University, where he taught geology and environmental science courses and supervised students’ research projects. In addition, Dr. Mora has worked as a professional geologist for the private industry and the government. He is a member of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, and the National Association of Geology Teachers.

Dr. Mora’s research interests include changes in past climates, organic matter decomposition, the water cycle, and understanding modern environmental processes using stable isotopes as natural tracers.

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James O'Brien
Email: James.OBrien@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5230    ---     Office Room:
Office Hours for Fall 2009:
Home Page: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/faculty/%7Ejobrien/public_html/

Dr. O'Brien holds a B.S. degree from Siena College and a M.S. and Ph.D. from Catholic University. He joined the department in 1971. Outside of the College Dr. O'Brien holds the rank of Research Professor at Catholic University and has remained an active participant, primarily during the summer, in the program of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Va. where he served some 12 years as Archivist of the CLAS collaboration. He was on leave during Spring of 74 and served as a Visiting Scientist at MIT Lab for Nuclear Science.

Dr. O'Brien was a Visiting Foreign Expert at Institute for Nuclear Physics Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands during 77-78.

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Kathleen Restorff
Email: Kathleen.Restorff@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5236    ---     Office Room: SE 311B
Office Hours for Fall 2009: M 8-9am, 5:30-6pm, W 12-1pm
Home Page: http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~krestorf/

Professor Restorff holds a B.A. from Central Connecticut State College and an M.S.from University of Maryland, College Park. She has been a member of the department since 1977. For much of her career Professor Restorff has also served as a summer lecturer of physics at UMCP.

Professor Restorff’s research interests are in optical properties of alloys and solid state physics.

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Hollis Williams
Email: Hollis.Williams@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4129     ---     Office Room: SE 311E
Office Hours for Fall 2009: WF 11-12pm, Th 12-1pm

Dr. Williams holds a B.A. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, a M.A. and a Ph.D. both in Physics from The American University. He has taught from high school level to Professor at the college level including: T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Northern Virginia Community College - Annandale, The American University, and Trinity University. The emphasis of his M.A. research dissertation is in Acostical Physics and, as such, his interest in music has always been part of his education and life.

Dr. Williams is a member of the Acoustical Society of America and continues his interest in music by participating in various activities. His current teaching responsibilities will be in physics.

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Lan Xiang
Email: Lan.Xiang@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1740     ---     Office Room: SE 222A
Office Hours for Fall 2009: MT 11:00-12pm, Th 4:30-6pm
Home Page:  http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~lxiang/

Dr. Xiang hold a B.S. Jiaotong University (China) and a M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania in Electrical Engineering. She joined the department in Fall 2003. Dr. Xiang has taught all of the electrical engineering courses including: Digital Logic Design, Basic Circuit Analysis, and Programming Concepts for Engineering.

Dr. Xiang's research interests are in communication systems, statistical and digital signal processing, blind source separation and interference cancellation.

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Jude Abanulo     ---     Email: jude.abanulo@montgomerycollege.edu

Arya Akmal    ---     Email: arya.akmal@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office Hours: TTh 6-6:30pm

David Bern     ---     Email: david.bern@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office Hours: TTh 8-8:30am

Shashikant Bhandari     ---     Email: shashikant.bhandari@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office Hours: W 5:30-6:30pm

Paul Brown   ---     Email: paul.brown@montgomerycollege.edu

Maurice Clark   ---     Email: maurice.clark@montgomerycollege.edu,
Home Page: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~mclark, Office Hours: W 12:30-2:30pm

Joseph Connor   ---     Email: joe.connor@montgomerycollege.edu

William Davis   ---     Email: william.davis@montgomerycollege.edu

Terry Dyroff     ---     Email: terry.dyroff@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office Hours: TTh 1:45-2:15pm

Carrie Fitzgerald   ---     Email: carrie.fitzgerald@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office Hours: MW 5:30-6:00pm

Amy Fredericks   ---     Email: amy.fredericks@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office Hours: MW 9-9:30pm

William Krayer   ---     Email: william.krayer@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office: 230 SE, Office Hours: MW 12:30-1:00pm

Behzad Maghami   ---     Email: behzad.maghami@montgomerycollege.edu

Basil Manns   ---     Email: basil.manns@montgomerycollege.edu,
Phone: 240-567-7607, Office: 110 SW, Office Hours: TF 3:30-4pm, by appointment

Raul Miranda    ---     Email: raul.miranda@montgomerycollege.edu

Stanley Neuder   ---     Email: stanley.neuder@montgomerycollege.edu

Patrick O’Connor    ---     Email: patrick.o'connor@montgomerycollege.edu

Rachel Sanderoff   ---     Email: rachel.sanderoff@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office Hours: MW 5:30-6:30pm

Benjamin Tsai   ---     Email: benjamin.tsai@montgomerycollege.edu,
Office Hours: W 6-6:30pm

Mark Wilson   ---    

Kam Yee   ---     Email: kam.yee@montgomerycollege.edu,
Home Page: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~kyee

Guangming Zhang   ---     Email: guangming.zhang@umd.edu,
Office Hours: TTh 8:30-9:20am, 11:50-12:20pm at Takoma Park Campus; Sa 8-9am, 1-2pm at Rockville Campus

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Mary (Deep) McGregor
Email: Mary.Deep@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5230     ---     Office Room: SE 311

Ms. McGregor is the Departmental Administrative Assistant and Office Manager. She is responsible for the smooth operation of all clerical and reception functions, and also for various account management details.

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Tom Warning
Email: Thomas.Warning@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5239     ---     Office Room: SE 309 

Mr. Warning is the Instructional Lab Coordinator for Physics and Engineering. His responsibilities include lab set-up and take down, inventory control, equiment maintenance and replacement, and general instructor support as it pertains to lab courses. Mr. Warning has a BA in Speech Communications and Theatre from The College of the Ozarks in Missouri and a BS in Geology plus a Masters in Education from the University of Iowa. He has taught High School Biology, Environmental Science, and Heath as well as Middle School Earth Science, Life Science and Social Studies. Mr. Warning has also worked in the construction trades and was a licensed journyman plumber for 10 years.

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Kimberly Kelly
Email: Kimberly.Kelly@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5227     ---     Office Room: SE 322A

Ms. Kelly is the Instructional Laboratory Coordinator for Geosciences. She is responsible for the setup and maintenance of all equipment and materials for geology, meteorology, and astronomy classes. She also typically supervises a staff of two or three student assistants who help with the weekly lab setups and care of equipment. Kim has a B.S. in Secondary Earth Science Education from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Melinda Merinsky
Email: Melinda.Merinsky@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4179     ---     Office Room: SE 309 

Ms. Merinsky is the Instructional Assistant for Physics and Engineering. She is responsible for the maintenance and safety of the woodshop in the physics and engineering department. Ms. Merinsky has a BFA from Kutztown University, where she studied sculpture and furniture design.

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Liz Broussard    ---     Email: Elizabeth.Broussard@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7212      ---     Office Room: SE 322A  

Ms. Broussard provides lab support for all evening and weekend courses in the department.

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The permanent staff keeps the department running from day to day with the assistance of a group of student aides. There will typically be from 6-8 such employment opportunities available in any given semester. Each of the staff members screens, hires, and supervises the aides in their own particular area. However, they are all generally aware if any openings exist anywhere in the department.

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