Engineering & Science Faculty

With the guidance of UDM’s Engineering and Science faculty, you’ll create products, design electronics, conduct research, prepare for med school—in short, you’ll engineer your future.

Fr.-Gerry-AlbrightGerry Albright, S.J./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/Fr.-Gerry-AlbrightR. Gerard Albright, S.J.B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., Biology, Loyola University of ChicagoAnatomyComparative AnatomyScience of Life (for non-science majors)/LS 101313-993-1182albrigrg@udmercy.eduCollege of Engineering & Sciencehttp://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-FrAlbright-lrg.jpgUDM-FrAlbright-lrg.jpgUDM-FrAlbright-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classBecause I help you connect ideas with structures and functions, so it’s not just rote memory. There’s no point memorizing things in November and December if you’re going to forget them by Christmas.“We want great things for you” meansI’ll teach you things you can take with you. I focus on your career interests.You might like to know thatBesides teaching full-time, I’m a Jesuit priest.My favorite part about teaching students at UDM is. . .Talking with students, going over things with them individually. I’m not buried doing research in the back of my lab. I’m actually with students. So you’ll know me well and I’ll know you well. I make myself available. (Besides, if I weren’t here, everyone would wonder if I was okay.)No other professor can say to you:I heard Sergei Rachmaninoff perform live a piano recital. This was in the early 1930s. He was tall, thin, dressed all in black, and didn’t say a word./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-FrAlbright-sm.jpgUDM-FrAlbright-sm.jpgUDM-FrAlbright-sm.jpgI’m not buried doing research in the back of my lab. So you’ll know me well and I’ll know you well.Mary-Lou-CaspersMary Lou Caspers/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/Mary-Lou-CaspersMary Lou CaspersB.S., Chemistry, University of DetroitPh.D., Biochemistry, Wayne State UniversityBasic and Advanced BiochemistryGeneral Chemistry Laboratory/C 203313-993-1196casperml@udmercy.eduCollege of Engineering & Sciencehttp://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-MaryLouCasper-lrg.jpgUDM-MaryLouCasper-lrg.jpgUDM-MaryLouCasper-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classYou’ll see chemical principles in action, and the light bulb will come on. I won’t tell you exactly how to do it, but if you have to think it through for yourself, you’re going to remember it.Great things for you at UDMAll faculty take undergrads with them to scientific conferences such as the Society for Neuroscience.  Students recently went with me to conferences in Washington, D.C. , Atlanta, and New Orleans.“We want great things for you” meansOur doors are always open. It’s a nurturing faculty. Even if it’s not an office hour, you’re welcome to come in.My favorite part about teaching you isThe personal attention I can give you. I don’t want to teach to a huge class and not know anybody. I like to meet you as a freshman and watch you mature into a senior.You might like to know that ITake a group of students backpacking in Shenandoah National Park in the springtime. It’s gorgeous, the wildflowers are all in bloom.No other professor can say to youI hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon—and then back out.  (It’s harder going down.)/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-MaryLouCasper-sm.jpgUDM-MaryLouCasper-sm.jpgUDM-MaryLouCasper-sm.jpgOur doors are always open. Even if it’s not an office hour, you’re welcome to come in.Matt-MioMatt Mio/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/Matt-MioMatthew J. MioB.S., Chemistry, University of Detroit MercyPh.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignOrganic Chemistry/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/cv-pdf/mio.pdfmio.pdfC 215A313-993-1188miomj@udmercy.eduCollege of Engineering & Sciencehttp://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-MattMio-lrg.jpgUDM-MattMio-lrg.jpgUDM-MattMio-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classI’ve done a pretty good job of learning in my lifetime, and I want to pass those skills on to you so that you can continue to learn. If you want small class size paired with extreme interaction with scholars doing cutting-edge research, then this is the place for you.Great things for you at UDMYou’re going to have the opportunity to do research in any of our science departments—we have a lot of people who are committed to that kind of education. You could come into my lab and learn how to do organometallic cross-coupling reactions. Or you could work for the guy down the hall who’s analyzing the metals in ancient Chinese coins. It’s all chemistry.Great things in store after UDMYour job prospects are better than they’ve ever been in the history of the world. Technical degrees get you prepared for everything society has to offer, and you will be an informed citizen when the time comes for voting on such complex issues as cloning or different pieces of material science, which govern our everyday life.No other professor can say to youI went to UDM myself—and was valedictorian./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-MattMio-sm.jpgUDM-MattMio-sm.jpgUDM-MattMio-sm.jpgIf you have a question, you can either spend three and a half hours trying to figure it out yourself using Wikipedia and the text book, or 30 seconds asking me.Mark-PaulikMark Paulik/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/Mark-PaulikMark PaulikB.S., Electrical Engineering, University of DetroitM.S., Electrical Engineering, MITPh.D., Electrical and Systems Engineering, Oakland UniversityDigital LogicSenior Design/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/cv-pdf/paulik.pdfpaulik.pdfE330313-993-3365paulikmj@udmercy.eduCollege of Engineering & Sciencehttp://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-MarkPaulik-lrg.jpgUDM-MarkPaulik-lrg.jpgUDM-MarkPaulik-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classIn our Senior Design class, you’ll produce a robot that can be entered into the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, which receives entries from schools all over the world. When people come back 5, 10, 15 years after graduating, the course they invariably talk about is this one. It’s a lot of work. But it’s work that you’ll love doing.Great things in store after UDMWhen you graduate, you will be in a fantastic position. You’ll be able to choose where you want to work. For one thing, you’ve already worked a full year in industry in a co-op program. You’ll know what it’s like to work in industry, and you’ll have a tremendous advantage over other people just coming out of school.“We want great things for you” meansIf I see on a quiz you’re not doing well, I don’t just let it go and say, “Well, see how you do on the next one.”  I ask you about it. We find out what’s going on. The main goal is to have you learn the material and be successful while you’re here.You might like to know thatI went to UDM myself before going on to do graduate work at MIT./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-MarkPaulik-sm.jpgUDM-MarkPaulik-sm.jpgUDM-MarkPaulik-sm.jpgThe main goal is to have you learn the material and be successful while you’re here.Alexa-Rihana-AbdallahAlexa Rihana-Abdallah/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/Alexa-Rihana-AbdallahAlexa N. Rihana-AbdallahB.S., Electrical Engineering, St. Joseph University in Beirut, LebanonM.S. and Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of MichiganWater and Wastewater TreatmentEnvironmental ChemistryEnvironmental Microbiology/E266313-993-1041rihanaa@udmercy.eduCollege of Engineering & Sciencehttp://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-AlexaRihana-2-lrg.jpgUDM-AlexaRihana-2-lrg.jpgUDM-AlexaRihana-2-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classTopics like climate change, waste management and pollutant remediation are close to my heart and very relevant to discuss. You may think what can one person do? I teach the importance of individual and community action—locally, nationally and globally. It’s all connected, and every accomplishment helps.Great things for you at UDMIn addition to a great and solid engineering program, you have the opportunity to do co-op. Working in the real world gives you experience and a head start to find a job by the time you graduate. Plus, co-ops are paid.“We want great things for you” meansWe take a real interest in your future. Alumni help secure co-ops for students and jobs for grads. Professors have an open-door policy, are always available and give personal attention to students. They also participate in activities and sports with students. We look out for each other so UDM feels like one big family.You might also like to knowI advise students on research topics—one being an onsite water filtration system for our troops so we don’t have to ship bottled water overseas. No other professor can say to youI grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, so I understand the cultural challenge our international students face. But I’ve lived here 17 years — it’s great and I like it!/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-AlexaRihana-2-sm.jpgUDM-AlexaRihana-2-sm.jpgUDM-AlexaRihana-2-sm.jpgYou may think what can one person do? But I teach the importance of action. Locally, nationally, globally—it’s all connected.Mark-SchumackMark Schumack/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/Mark-SchumackMark R. SchumackB.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of MichiganFluid MechanicsThermodynamicsAlternate Energy SystemsHeat Transfer/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/cv-pdf/Mark_Schumack_CV.pdfMark_Schumack_CV.pdfMark_Schumack_CV.pdfE 275313-993-3370schumamr@udmercy.eduCollege of Engineering & Sciencehttp://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-MarkSchumack-lrg.jpgUDM-MarkSchumack-lrg.jpgUDM-MarkSchumack-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classI’ll show you how to analyze mechanical systems. You’re going to find the material challenging and stimulating, but you’ll go away from my class with a confidence that you understand it.“We want great things for you” meansI’m going to teach you better than I was taught. Thermodynamics is the hardest part of mechanical engineering. I didn’t understand it myself when I took it in college. Then, when I was in grad school, I was asked to teach it, and that’s when I saw the elegance of it. My goal is to teach you better than it was taught to me.My favorite part about teaching you isWatching you get turned on by the rigor and logic of thermal science.You might like to knowI am developing a computer simulation for a hydraulic hybrid vehicle. It’s like an electric hybrid, except instead of storing energy in a battery and driving an electric motor, it stores energy (otherwise wasted as heat from when the vehicle brakes) in compressed hydraulic fluid and drives a pump motor.No other professor will say to youYour house is an example of the second law of thermodynamics!/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/images/UDM-MarkSchumack-sm.jpgUDM-MarkSchumack-sm.jpgUDM-MarkSchumack-sm.jpgMy goal is to teach you thermodynamics better than it was taught to me.cv-pdfCV PDFs/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/cv-pdfindexE&S Faculty/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/index/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/ces/ces_profilesces_profiles