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The faculty members of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering are helping the world move. Learn more about what moves them.  
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Core Faculty

Richard Thorsen

Richard Thorsen

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Chair; Vice President Emeritus
Kurt Becker

Kurt Becker

Vice Dean for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Weiqiang Chen

Weiqiang Chen

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sanghoon Lee

Sanghoon Lee

Industry Associate Professor; Undergraduate Acamedic Advisor
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Katepalli Sreenivasan

Dean Emeritus of NYU Tandon School of Engineering; The Eugene Kleiner Professor for Innovation in Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Physics (Faculty of Arts and Science); Mathematics (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)

Global Network Faculty

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Mohammed Daqaq

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi and Global Network Associate Professor
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Mohammad Qasaimeh

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi and Global Network Assistant Professor
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Jeremy Teo

Assistant Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering

Research Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

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Paulo Coelho

Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Leonard I. Linkow Professor Biomaterials, NYU College of Dentistry Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU School of Medicine
Sufian Ikhmeis

Salvatore Grimaldi

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Professor at Universita degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
John Ross Rizzo

JohnRoss Rizzo

Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
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Peter Walker

Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Research Professor at New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases

Visiting Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Staff