Council Members

Members of the Junior Faculty Advisory Council are listed below. 

Chair

Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution (2024-2027)

Chukwuzubelu Ufodike

• Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution and Multidisciplinary Engineering
• Industrial Distribution
• Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
• Affiliated Faculty, School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed)

• Office: FERM 203H
• Phone: 979-845-0093
• Email: ufodike@tamu.edu

Vice Chair

Mechanical Engineering (2024-2027)

Gray Thomas

• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Office: MEOB 110
• Phone: 979-458-5032
• Email: gthomas@tamu.edu

Secretary

Petroleum Engineering (2025-2028)

Kiseok Kim

• Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
• Class of ’75 DVG Development Professor

• Office: RICH 401J
• Phone: 979-458-7674
• Email: k.kim@tamu.edu

Aerospace Engineering (2024-2027)

Swagnik Guhathakurta

• Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering

• Office: HRBB 743D
• Email: swagnik@tamu.edu

Biological and Agricultural Engineering (2026-2029)

Uday Vaddevolu

• Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

• Office: 303G Scoates Hall
• Phone: 979-314-8243
• Email: uday.vaddevolu@ag.tamu.edu

Biomedical Engineering (2024–2027)

Reza Avazmohammadi

• Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical Engineering

• Office: ETB 5059
• Phone: 979-862-6521
• Email: rezaavaz@tamu.edu

Chemical Engineering (2026-2029)

Shuyi Xie

• Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

• Office: CHEN 251
• Phone: 612-443-4728
• Email: shuyixie@tamu.edu

Civil & Environmental Engineering (2026-2029)

Yinuo "Noah" Yao

• Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical Engineering

• Office: DLEB 402G
• Phone: 979-845-3593
• Email: yyao@tamu.edu

Computer Science & Engineering (2026-2029)

Nate Veldt

• Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

• Office: PETR 306
• Phone: 979-845-2913
• Email: nveldt@tamu.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering (2026-2029)

Adam Birchfield

• Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Office: WEB 215E
• Phone: 979-862-2545
• Email: abirchfield@tamu.edu

Engineering Academics and Student Affairs (2023-2026)

Saya Susindar

• Instructional Assistant Professor

• Email: susindar@tamu.edu

Industrial and Systems Engineering (2025-2028)

Shixuan Zhang

• Assistant Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering

• Office: ETB 4031
• Phone: 979-458-2362
• Email: shixuan.zhang@tamu.edu

Materials Science and Engineering (2024-2027)

Qing Tu

• Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

• Office: RDMC 210
• Phone: 979-458-9353
• Email: qing.tu@tamu.edu

Multidisciplinary Engineering (2023-2026)

Saira Anwar

• Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Engineering and Engineering Education

• Office: HRBB 309C
• Phone: 979-862-2536
• Email: sairaanwar@tamu.edu

Nuclear Engineering (2024-2027)

Yang Liu

• Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering

• Office: AIEN 406D
• Phone: 979-458-8162
• Email: y-liu@tamu.edu