Faculty and Staff

Get to Know our Department

At the University of Northern Iowa, your professors are scholars who put teaching first. They emphasize learning — both inside and outside the classroom — that will help you connect your education to the real world. 

Get to know our department, and learn more about our faculty and staff by browsing the directory below.

Applied Engineering

Faculty

NameTitleSpecialtyPhoneEmail
Bryan BenhamInstructorTechnology & Engineering Education319-273-2561bryan.benham@uni.edu
Jessica BoothInstructorGraphic Technology319-273-2561jessica.booth@uni.edu
Stewart CarterDepartment Head & Chief Applied Engineering Administrator 319-273-3927stewart.carter@uni.edu
Dr. Lee GeisingerAssistant ProfessorGraphic Technology319-273-2584lg@uni.edu
Dr. Scott GieseProfessorManufacturing Engineering Technology319-273-7083scott.giese@uni.edu
Sam LiangAssistant Professor of InstructionElectrical Engineering Technology319-273-2561liangq@uni.edu
Adam ReillyInstructorTechnology & Engineering Education319-273-2561reilada@uni.edu
Dr. R. Srikant RevuruAssoc. ProfessorManufacturing Engineering Technology319-273-2909rukmini.revuru@uni.edu
Gil SchultzInstructorSafety319-273-2561gil.schultz@uni.edu
Dr. Julie ZhangProfessorManufacturing Engineering Technology319-273-2590julie.zhang@uni.edu
Dr. Jin ZhuProfessorElectrical Engineering Technology319-273-2597jin.zhu@uni.edu

Staff

NameTitleLocationPhoneEmail
Elizabeth ArgetsingerSecretary IIIApplied Engineering Building319-273-2551elizabeth.argetsinger@uni.edu
Sheri BishopProgram ManagerMetal Casting Center/Foundry 4.0 Center319-273-6894sheri.bishop@uni.edu
Nathaniel BryantProject Engineering ManagerFoundry 4.0 Center319-273-7134nathaniel.bryant@uni.edu
Bert CantuFoundry SpecialistMetal Casting Center319-273-5615bert.cantu@uni.edu
Leo CedomioLab ManagerApplied Engineering Building319-273-2532cedomiol@uni.edu
Nicholas CostleighAnalytical Lab SpecialistMetal Casting Center/Foundry 4.0 Center319-273-8041nicholas.costleigh@uni.edu
Drew JamesDirectorMetal Casting Center/Foundry 4.0 Center319-273-7085andrew.james@uni.edu
Sam ManternachProject EngineerFoundry 4.0 Center319-273-6959samuel.manternach@uni.edu
Jacob O'DellIoT EngineerApplied Engineering Building319-273-2976jacob.odell@uni.edu
Joshua O'DellProject EngineerMetal Casting Center/Foundry 4.0 Center319-273-7094joshua.odell@uni.edu
Russell RothLab ManagerApplied Engineering Building319-273-7406russell.roth@uni.edu
Emily RussellSecretary IIApplied Engineering Building319-273-2561emily.russell@uni.edu
Chris ShawRecruitment Coordinator/Academic AdvisorApplied Engineering Building319-273-3258christopher.shaw@uni.edu

Emeritus Faculty

  • Dr. M. Roger Betts
  • Dr. Ronald D. Bro
  • Dr. Ervin A. Dennis
  • Dr. Stephen Eggers
  • Dr. Mohammed F. Fahmy​
  • Dr. John T. Fecik​
  • Mr. Arnold J. Freitag
  • Dr. Douglas Hotek
  • Dr. Charles D. Johnson
  • Dr. Rex W. Pershing
  • Dr. Douglas T. Pine
  • Mr. Willis H. Wagner
  • Dr. Michael R. White