Faculty members across the College of Engineering and Computer Science achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2024-25 cycle.
The approved faculty — 11 for promotion and five for promotion and tenure — underwent a rigorous performance evaluation by peers, college and university leaders that took nearly an academic year.
The president and provost make final decisions on promotions following reviews and recommendations from individual colleges and units. The UCF Board of Trustees must approve tenure, which is a key factor in fulfilling UCF’s strategic plan of becoming a preeminent state university, a national top 25 public institution and the world’s leading public metropolitan research university. Aside from helping UCF recruit and retain exceptional faculty, tenure helps protect academic freedom and encourages faculty to focus on challenging and important problems to benefit society.
“These faculty members who earned promotion and tenure met a lofty and demanding bar in demonstrating excellence and high productivity over several years in teaching, research and service,” says Michael D. Johnson, UCF’s provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “I am confident this group will make a significant contribution to UCF’s future success.”
The approvals take effect Aug. 8.
Professor
Ivan Garibay, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
Wei Sun, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor With Tenure
Hwan Choi, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Qiushi Fu, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Qifeng Li, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Luigi Perotti, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Yogesh Rawat, Department of Computer Science
Senior Instructor
Sarah Angell, Department of Computer Science
Senior Lecturer
Dennis Filler, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering
Associate Lecturer
Tanvir Ahmed, Department of Computer Science
Matthew Gerber, Department of Computer Science
Story by Marisa Ramiccio