About the Faculty - Computer Engineering, Union College

Faculty within the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science departments teach all the core Computer Engineering courses. Classes are small and offer opportunities for discussion and close interaction between students and faculty. Faculty also encourage students to meet with them for assistance outside of class. Faculty members mentor students in research projects and senior capstone design projects.

Faculty Member Contact Information Areas of Interest

Linda Almstead
Lecturer, CS Phone: (518) 388-6047
E-Mail: almsteal@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 215 Numerical methods; programming languages; object-oriented programming: software engineering.

Aaron Cass
Instructor, CS
Phone: (518) 388-8051
E-Mail: cassa@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 219

Software engineering, software design.

Palma Catravas
Assistant Professor, ECE Phone: (518) 388- 6306
E-Mail: catravap@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 231 Topics at the interface of engineering and music, optics. nanotechnology.

Yu Chang
Professor, ECE Phone: (518) 388-6315
E-Mail: changy@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 204 Electromagnetics and circuit theory; wireless communication.

Vuk Fatic
Professor, ECE Phone: (518) 388-6320
E-Mail: faticv@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 225 Variational principles, control theory, power systems and machinery

Chris Fernandes
Assistant Professor, CS Phone: (518) 388-6401
E-Mail: cfernand@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 229 Database management systems; data mediation; interface design

David Hannay
Professor, CS Phone: (518) 388-6318
E-Mail: hannayd@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 207 Management information systems; operating systems; computer architecture; automata theory.

Ekram Hassib
Associate Professor
Chair, ECE Phone: (518) 388-6272
E-Mail: hassibe@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 212 Digital and analog electronic circuits, communication systems and circuits

David Hemmendinger
Professor, CS
Phone: (518) 388-6319
E-Mail: hemmendd@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 208 Concurrency and parallel processing; formal specification and verification of concurrent systems; logic and functional programming; operating systems; programming languages.

Brian Postow
Assistant Professor, CS

Phone: (518) 388-6074
E-Mail: postowb@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 233

Complexity theory, theory of computation, programming languages.

Michael Rudko
Horace E. Dodge III Professor, ECE Phone: (518) 388-6316
E-Mail: rudkom@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 206 Digital and analog communications, signal processing, and neural networks

Lance Spallholz
Lab Manager and Instructor, CS Phone: (518) 388-6311
E-Mail: spallhol@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 209 Applications programming; computer languages; graphic applications; data base management systems.

John Spinelli
Associate Professor, ECE/CS Phone: (518) 388-6307
E-Mail: spinelli@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 217 Computer networks; communication protocols for distributed systems and networks; multi-access communication; interconnection networks and switching systems.

Cherrice Traver
Professor, ECE Phone: (518) 388-6326
E-Mail: traverc@union.edu
Office: Steinmetz 211 Computer architecture; VLSI; microprocessors; asynchronous circuits; hardware description languages and synthesis.

Faculty Member	Contact Information	Areas of Interest
Linda Almstead Lecturer, CS	Phone: (518) 388-6047 E-Mail: almsteal@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 215	Numerical methods; programming languages; object-oriented programming: software engineering.
Aaron Cass Instructor, CS	Phone: (518) 388-8051 E-Mail: cassa@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 219	Software engineering, software design.
Palma Catravas Assistant Professor, ECE	Phone: (518) 388- 6306 E-Mail: catravap@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 231	Topics at the interface of engineering and music, optics. nanotechnology.
Yu Chang Professor, ECE	Phone: (518) 388-6315 E-Mail: changy@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 204	Electromagnetics and circuit theory; wireless communication.
Vuk Fatic Professor, ECE	Phone: (518) 388-6320 E-Mail: faticv@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 225	Variational principles, control theory, power systems and machinery
Chris Fernandes Assistant Professor, CS	Phone: (518) 388-6401 E-Mail: cfernand@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 229	Database management systems; data mediation; interface design
David Hannay Professor, CS	Phone: (518) 388-6318 E-Mail: hannayd@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 207	Management information systems; operating systems; computer architecture; automata theory.
Ekram Hassib Associate Professor Chair, ECE	Phone: (518) 388-6272 E-Mail: hassibe@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 212	Digital and analog electronic circuits, communication systems and circuits
David Hemmendinger Professor, CS	Phone: (518) 388-6319 E-Mail: hemmendd@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 208	Concurrency and parallel processing; formal specification and verification of concurrent systems; logic and functional programming; operating systems; programming languages.
Brian Postow Assistant Professor, CS	Phone: (518) 388-6074 E-Mail: postowb@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 233	Complexity theory, theory of computation, programming languages.
Michael Rudko Horace E. Dodge III Professor, ECE	Phone: (518) 388-6316 E-Mail: rudkom@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 206	Digital and analog communications, signal processing, and neural networks
Lance Spallholz Lab Manager and Instructor, CS	Phone: (518) 388-6311 E-Mail: spallhol@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 209	Applications programming; computer languages; graphic applications; data base management systems.
John Spinelli Associate Professor, ECE/CS	Phone: (518) 388-6307 E-Mail: spinelli@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 217	Computer networks; communication protocols for distributed systems and networks; multi-access communication; interconnection networks and switching systems.
Cherrice Traver Professor, ECE	Phone: (518) 388-6326 E-Mail: traverc@union.edu Office: Steinmetz 211	Computer architecture; VLSI; microprocessors; asynchronous circuits; hardware description languages and synthesis.