Curricula Vitae in IIT - Engineering

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Dr. Jorge Crichigno Professor	High-speed Networks, Science DMZs, Cybersecurity, Intrusion Detection Systems, IoT vulnerabilities	Dr. Crichigno joined the Integrated Information Technology (IIT) Department at the University of South Carolina (USC) in January, 2018. Before coming to UofSC, Dr. Crichigno was a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Technology at Northern New Mexico College. Dr. Crichigno has also served as a research associate at the Electrical Engineering Department at University of South Florida and at the Florida Center for Cybersecurity since 2016.
Mr. Travis C Dalton Instructor		Travis Dalton is an instructor for the Integrated Information Technology department in the College of Engineering and Computing.
Mr. Anthony Lee Dillon Clinical Senior Lecturer		Mr. Dillon is the Director of Internships for the Department of Integrated Information Technology and clinical instructor for undergraduate and graduate programs within the IIT and MHIT programs. He has worked within the private and public sectors as it related to educational technology and brings numerous business partnerships and relationships to the university.
Dr. John Gerdes, Jr. Professor	Web Based Data Mining, Knowledge Management, Electronic Commerce	Dr. John Gerdes is an Associate Professor in the Technology Support and Training Management Program at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. He teaches software development, web site development, and management of databases.
Sharon Lee Gumina Instructor	Relational Databases and Structured Query Language (SQL), Operating Systems, PC Hardware/Software	Sharon Gumina graduated from George Washington University, Washington D.C. with a B.A. (1986) and M.S. Information Systems (1991).
Dr. Dexter Gerard Harlee, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor	Information Technology / Information Systems, Cisco Academy Instructor’s Course: IT Essentials PC Hardware and Software, Organization Management / Organization Behavior	Dr. Harlee earned a Ph.D. from Capella in Minneapolis, MN, a MA from Webster University in Saint Louis, MO, and a B.A.from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.
Neset Hikmet, PhD Professor	Information technology, Data Science, Quality and Business Process Improvement., Health information systems and technologies., Operation Management and Management Science	Dr. Neset Hikmet is the Director of Health Information Technology Consortium. Research interests are healthcare budget, policy and politics; healthcare cost, financing, and rationing; healthcare quality and process improvement; healthcare information systems and technologies. He is the lead data scientist in the consortium and is involved in numerous applied research projects with industry.
Elie Kfoury Assistant Professor		Elie Kfoury received the Ph.D. degree in Informatics from the University of South Carolina (USC), in 2023. He is currently an assistant professor in the Integrated Information Technology department at USC. As a member of the Cyberinfrastructure Laboratory, he developed training materials using virtual labs on high-speed networks, TCP congestion control, programmable switches, SDN, and cybersecurity. He is the co-author a book “High-Speed Networks: A Tutorial”, that is being used nationally.
Keiona Middleton Clinical Assistant Professor		Keiona Middleton is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Information Technology, College of Engineering and Computing.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Regan Associate Professor	Health Information Technology and Clinical Transformation, Innovation and organizational change, End-user information systems and knowledge management	Dr. Regan’s transdisciplinary background of experience and research in technology, healthcare, business, innovation and change leadership bring a unique perspective to her teaching and research. Current research interests are primarily in health information technology and clinical transformation. PI, Co-PI or author on over $15million in grants. Former Board Chair for Kentucky RHIO. She is lead author on two college texts and has presented her research in many national and international forums.
Dr. Ryan Rucker Instructor	online course design, technology adoption, use of instructional technologies	Prior to teaching full-time, Ryan Rucker worked in the information and instructional technology fields at various higher education institutions. These capacities included serving as the senior instructional designer (Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of South Carolina), coordinator of online learning (Student Success Center at UofSC), instructional systems analyst (Georgia Regents University), and desktop technician (UofSC).
Mr. Patrick Moruney Wright, Sr. Instructor	Cisco Academy Instructor’s Courses, Databases, Information Technology / Information Systems	Patrick M. Wright, Sr. is an Instructor in the Department of Integrated Information Technology, College of Engineering and Computing. He earned a B.B.A from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA and a M.B.A from Duke University in Durham, NC.
Dr. Dezhi Wu Associate Professor	Human-Computer/AI/Robotics Interaction, Health IT/Health Informatics, Artificial Intelligence	Dr. Dezhi Wu is a full professor in the Department of Integrated Information Technology at the University of South Carolina. She earned her Ph. D. degree in Information Systems with a concentration in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). She also earned a professional "Human Factor Engineering" certification from the University of Michigan. She is the former President of the AIS SIGHCI.