About Our Faculty
Our professors are master teachers, recruited and evaluated for their ability to teach and engage students. MSU Denver's faculty is among the most productive in the state, averaging more time in the classroom than faculty at Colorado's largest universities.
Electrical Engineering Technology Faculty
Full Time Faculty available for Electrical Engineering Technology advising students last name starts with:
- A to F see Dr. Megan Paciaroni
- G to N see Dr. Lin Huang, and
- O to Z see Professor Duane Swigert
Christopher Amo-Quarm, Ph.D., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: camoquar@msudenver.edu
Ph.D. & M.Phil, Electrical Engineering, Graduate School University Center/CUNY; M.E. & B.S., Electrical Engineering, City College of New York; B.S., Physics/Mathematics, University of Science and Technology, Ghana; Certificate Program in Unix Systems C/C++ Programming, Pace University; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Walter O. Burns, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: wburns5@msudenver.edu

Master of Telecommunications, University of Denver, B.S.E.E.T., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Melvin E. Capehart, M.S., Professor Emeritus Faculty
- Phone: NA
- Fax: NA
- Office: NA Mail Slot: NA
- Campus Box: NA
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B.S., University of Illinois; M.S.E.E., University of Colorado; Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Joseph P. Clark, M.S., Retired
B.A., University of Colorado; M.S.E., University of Colorado; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
David L. Cummings, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B. S. Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, M. S. Electrical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Naveen Dutta, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: ndutta@msudenver.edu

B.S., Punjab Engineering College; M.S., Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Lin Huang, Ph. D., Full-Time Faculty
- Phone:303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262A Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: lhuang1@msudenver.edu
M.S. in Computer Engineering, Florida Atlantic University; M.S in Electrical Engineering; Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Ph. D in Electrical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Mark Nathan Lanphier, M.S., P.E., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: mlanphi2@msudenver.edu
M. S. Candidate, Civil Engineering (Structural Option), University of Colorado at Denver, M. S., Electrical Engineering (Power Option), University of Colorado at Denver, B.S. Electrical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, B.S. Engineering Physics, Colorado School of Mines; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Keith Malmedal, P.E., Ph.D., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office Hours: By appointment.
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: malmedal@msudenver.edu
B.S.E.E.T., Metropolitan State University of Denver; M.S.E.E., M.S.C.E., Ph.D., University of Colorado at Denver. Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Robert E. Martin, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: rmart201@msudenver.edu
B.S.,Metropolitan State University of Denver; M.S. Queen Mary University of London; Affiliate Faculty of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Bradley E. McGarvey, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: bmcgarve@msudenver.edu
B.A., Mathematics, University of Colorado; M.S., Computer Science and Engineering University of Colorado; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Lili Muljadi, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: lmuljadi@msudenver.edu
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Surabaya Institute of Technology; M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Minh Nguyen, M.E.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: mnguye45@msudenver.edu
B.E.E., M.E.S., Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Megan E Paciaroni, Ph.D., Full-Time Faculty, EET Program Coordinator
- Phone: 303-352-4478
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262G Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-Mail: mpaciaro@msudenver.edu
B.S., University of Houston; M.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Dr. Megan E. Paciaroni is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. Dr. Paciaroni earned her doctorate in Engineering Systems (Electrical Specialty) with a minor in Physics from the Colorado School of Mines in the spring of 2004, and completed postdoctoral research at the Lund Institute of Technology in Lund, Sweden. Her general areas of interest include laser diagnostics, imaging systems, geometric and physical optics, and electromagnetic fields and waves. She has an established relationship with the combustion research facilities at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenberg Sweden and at Lund Institute of Technology. She is a member of the Optical Society of America and the International Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. In her association with the Colorado School of Mines, she worked as a Teaching Fellow and a Research and Teaching Assistant. During her work as a systems engineer at the NASA Johnson Space Center, she worked as a member of the Space Shuttle simulator upgrade team responsible for conversion of simulator voice/communications software from mainframes to microcomputers. Dr. Paciaroni joined the MSU Denver team full-time in the Fall 2008 semester.
Michael A. Robitaille, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: mrobitai@msudenver.edu
B.S.E., M.S.E., University of Central Florida; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Duane B. Swigert, M.B.A., Full-Time Faculty
- Phone:303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262M Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: swigerdu@msudenver.edu
B.S., University of Colorado, M.B.A., University of Denver; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Henry S. Weigel IV, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: hweigel@msudenver.edu

M.S., B.S. Electrical Engineering Texas A&M; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Department Chair
Mr. Richard Pozzi, M.S., M.B.A., Full-Time Faculty, Chair
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262T Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-Mail: pozzir@mscd.edu

B. S., Illinois Institute of Technology, M. S., University of Colorado, M.B.A., University of Phoenix; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Professor Richard Pozzi is the Chair of the Engineering Technology Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has served MSU Denver since 2002 in adjunct, visiting and tenure track professor positions for the Engineering Technology Department. He has a BSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a MSE from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Professor Pozzi brings to the position of Department Chair over thirty years experience in various management and engineering positions with the Western Electric Corporation, Mountain Bell, US WEST and Nortel Networks. Some of Professor Pozzi’s various job titles have been: Director of Systems Engineering and Sales Support, Senior Systems Engineer, Director Network Architecture, Senior Network Architect, Project Manager for Electronic Library, Director Mechanized Information Systems, Cable system VoIP architect, and Field Engineer.
During his time at MSU Denver, Professor Pozzi has taught more than 15 different courses with an emphasis on communications courses. He is instrumental in developing partnerships with various companies including the Federal Aviation Administration related to internships and employment for students. He also developed a partnership with the University of Pecs in Hungary focused on educational courses and research opportunities. He is currently working on research with Bio Diesel fuel, developing STEM classes for local high schools and enhancing undergraduate research at MSU Denver.
Mr. Pozzi enjoys golfing, his six grandchildren and running in his time off.


