School of Engineering Faculty
SFBU's faculty are devoted to their teaching and give personal attention to their students' growth. Many esteemed faculty members have received teaching awards and are recognized leaders and researchers in their subject areas and within related professional organizations. A significant number of faculty members work in high technology, and advise business, governmental, and educational bodies as well as other organizations on a range of matters.
Samane Abdi
- Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland, 2015
- Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Threat Analysis, AI/Machine Learning, Fraud Analytics, Network Security.
Ahmed Banafa
Prof. Ahmed Banafa has extensive experience in research, operations, and management, with a focus on IoT, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and AI. He is the recipient of the Certificate of Honor from the City and County of San Francisco, Author & Artist Award 2019 of San Jose State University.
Prof. Banafa was named as No.1 tech voice to follow, technology fortune teller, and influencer by LinkedIn in 2018 by LinkedIn, his research featured on Forbes, IEEE, and MIT Technology Review, and Interviewed by ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, BBC, NPR, and Fox. He is a member of the MIT Technology Review Global Panel. He is the author of the books: "Secure and Smart Internet of Things (IoT) using Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI)", and "Blockchain Technology and Applications".
- M.S., Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Lehigh University, PA, 1993
- San Jose State University
- Stanford University
- Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, robotics
Vidhyacharan Bhaskar
Dr. Bhaskar’s broad research and teaching interests include Wireless Communications & Networks, Signal processing, Error control coding, and Queuing theory. Dr. Bhaskar has won several national awards for outstanding academic and research contributions in coding theory applications for contemporary 4G wireless systems. Dr. Bhaskar is a Senior Member of the IEEE (SM-IEEE) since March 2013 and is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (F-IETE), and Life Fellow of the Institute of Engineers (F-IE) in India. Dr. Bhaskar is also a professor at San Francisco State University in the College of Engineering.
- Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, 2002
- San Francisco State University
- California State University - East Bay
- Wireless communications systems, digital signal processing, cyber security systems
Henry Chang
Dr. Henry Chang had close to 40 years of computer industry experience in the United States, Taiwan and China. He also had experience as a manager or technical leads in large companies, including 18 years at Hewlett-Packard and CTO at small startup companies.
Dr. Chang is also the founder of Silicon Valley Movie & Literature Club (https://www.svmlc.com) in 2006.
The club has about 250 members.
- D.C.E., Doctor of Computer Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA 2008
- M.B.A., Master of Business Administration, San Francisco Bay University, CA 2010
- M.A., Master of Arts, Computer Science, University of Texas - Austin, TX, 1983
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Tatung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, 1974
- Hewlett Packard
- FMC
- Octomize
- Webkomputing Inc
- Network security, embedded engineering, wireless engineering, image processing, object-oriented design and analysis, and internet software development and applications.
Ken Cheung
- D.C.E., Doctor of Computer Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA 2015
- M.S., Master of Science, Computer Systems Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 1997
- B.S., Production and Industrial Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 1988
- Aehr Test Systems
- Algorithms analysis and design, computer systems design and simulations, e-commerce, database design, networking applications, MS Windows system and .NET applications.
Pragati Dharmale
Pragati has an experience of 13 years which includes 8 years of experience in teaching and 5 years in the IT industry. As a teacher, she has taught courses related to Engineering and Programming Languages. She has also worked as a senior design Engineer in Whirlpool of India, Web Developer and software developer in Resource Navigation, Boston, and Data Security Processor in Intuit, Tucson.
- M.S., Master of Science, Information Technology, Southern New Hampshire University, NH, 2016
- M.E., Masters of Engineering, Digital Electronics, Amravati University, India, 2010
- B.E., Bachelors of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Amravati University, India, 2000
- Python Programming, Java Programming, JDBC, C#, Web Designing, AI, Machine Learning and Data Science, Database
Murat A. Genc
Professor Murat Genc has over 20 years of CS-related work and 10+ years of CS teaching experience in NY, NJ, and PA. He specialized in programming in 3+ languages and CyberSecurity. Dr. Genc also conducts research studies on AI topics. His teaching philosophy is: "Learn, Design, and Implement."
- D.P.S., Doctor of Professional Studies, Computer Science, Pace University, NY, 2017
- M.S., Master of Science, Information-Network and Computer Security, New York Institute of Technology, NY, 2012
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology, NY, 2008
- CyberSecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Java/Python/C++, Dynamic Web Applications, Research in CS
Chester He
- D.C.E., Doctor of Computer Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 2014
- M.S., Master of Science, Computer Science, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 2001
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Northeast University of China, China, 1986
- Fortinet Inc.
- Terawave Communications
- Hamburg Electrical Company, Germany
- Computer networks and network security, web technology, database applications, software testing.
Jack Ho
- M.B.A., Master of Business Administration, University of Massachusetts, MA, 2011
- M.E., Master of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara University, CA, 1999
- B.E., Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, 1996
- Evergreen Valley College/San Jose City College
- Jack Ho Consulting
- Cadence Design Systems
- Envis Corporation
- ASIC, semiconductors, embedded systems, product management
Thawi Iwagoshi
Dean, School of Engineering; Co-Chair, General Studies
Dr. Iwagoshi has garnered more than 30 years of experience in conducting research, working in the high-tech industry, and teaching courses in Computer Science. At HP, he led software engineering teams to design and implement various commercial software projects & applications. As an instructor, he taught and mentored numerous CS students in computer programming, algorithms, software engineering, and the development of their Capstone projects. After becoming the dean in 2017, Dr. Iwagoshi was instrumental in working with the faculty to introduce new courses and update the CS & EE programs' curricula to align with current technological advances and industry demands.
- Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Material Science & Engineering, Ohio State University, OH, 1996
- M.S., Master of Science, Computer Science, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 1999
- M.S., Master of Science, Ceramic Engineering, Ohio State University, OH, 1990
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Ceramic Engineering, Ohio State University, OH, 1987
- HP
- MAS, Inc
- Web-based applications, structured programming, Java applications.
Arun Jagota
- Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, SUNY Buffalo, NY, 1993
- Data Science, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Algorithms Design, Python.
Michelle Liang
- Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, Fudan University, China, 2013
- M.S., Master of Science, Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, MN, 1999
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Fudan University, China, 1995
- Project Management, IoT Management, Cloud Computing Management, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), Web Services
Charles Mori
- M.S., Master of Science, Computer Science, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 2001
- Guidewire Software
- NICE Systems
- Software design and development, software quality assurance.
Gunjan Patel
- M.S., Master of Science, Computer Science, Santa Clara University, CA, 2017
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 2012
- Java, Python, Go (Golang), Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Kubernetes, CNI, Docker, AWS, Open Source Projects
Yingli Ren
- D.C.E., Doctor of Computer Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA 2015
- M.S., Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara University, CA, 1995
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, CA, 1987
- Synopsys (Acquired Virage Logic)
- Lattice Semiconductor
- Altera Corp
- Logic design and synthesis, CAD tools, Verilog and HDL, ASIC and PLD design techniques, and software design tools development
Nels Vander-Zanden
- Ph.D., Doctoral of Philosophy, Computer Science, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1991
- M.S., Master of Science, Computer Science, University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1986
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Computer and Information Science, Ohio State University, OH, 1984
- Synopsys Inc
- Synplicity
- Cadence Design System - Sunnyvale,CA
- Applied Micro Circuits Corp
- Software design and development, hardware/software co-design automation, microarchitecture optimization, and VHDL synthesis.
Chris White
- D.C.E., Doctor of Computer Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 2015
- M.S., Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 1999
- B.S., Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 1997
- NetApp
- Seagate Technologies
- Quantum Technologies
- Western Digital
- Logic design, microprocessor and digital systems, EDA tools, logic synthesis, computer architecture.
Alex Yang
Mr. Yang received his MSEE/MBA degrees at SFBU and is currently teaching courses in electronic/electrical hardware design & embedded system design. His professional interests include Digital/Analog IC design, Logic Design & Functional Verification in Verilog/System Verilog, Embedded System Design, Hardware System Level Design (PCB Design), and Artificial Intelligent/Machine Learning.
- M.B.A., Master of Business Administration, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 2014
- M.S., Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, San Francisco Bay University, CA, 2004
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Mechatronics, Northeastern University, China, 1993
- Qpict Inc
- Digital/Analog IC design, logic design & functional verification in verilog/system verilog, embedded system design, board level design (PCB Design).