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Core Faculty
Katsuo Kurabayashi
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Chair
Dora Angelaki
Professor
Rakesh Behera
Industry Associate Professor
Joseph Borowiec
Industry Professor; MAE Undergraduate Curriculum Director; Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Weiqiang Chen
Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering; Director of Research and PhD Programs
Nicholas DiZinno
Industry Professor
Chen Feng
Institute Associate Professor
Augustin Guibaud
Assistant Professor
Nikhil Gupta
Professor
Arezoo Hajesfandiari
Industry Associate Professor
Sven Haverkamp
Industry Associate Professor
Vikram Kapila
Director, Ph.D. Hub; Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Joo H. Kim
Associate Professor
Sanghoon Lee
Industry Professor; Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Dũng (Dzung) Luong
Industry Associate Professor
Yuki Miura
Assistant Professor
Maurizio Porfiri
Institute Professor; Director of Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP)
Ludovic Righetti
Associate Professor
Iskender Sahin
Industry Professor, Associate Chair, Director of MS Program
Katepalli Sreenivasan
Dean Emeritus of NYU Tandon School of Engineering; The Eugene Kleiner Professor of Innovation in Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Physics (Faculty of Arts and Science); Mathematics (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
Nana Obayashi
Assistant Professor (Incoming Fall 2025)
Global Network Faculty
Mohammed Daqaq
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi
Raed Hashaikeh
Professor
Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sunil Kumar
Professor
Mostafa Mobasher
Professor
Mohammad Qasaimeh
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering; Global Network Associate Professor
Vijayavenkataraman Sanjairaj
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Jeremy Teo
Assistant Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
Research Faculty
Yujing Song
Research Assistant Professor
Adjunct Faculty
Anthony Clarke
Professor
Raed Hashaikeh
Professor
Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mostafa Mobasher
Professor
Daniel Speyer
Professor
Paul Sutton
Adjunct Professor
Ali Vedavarz
Adjunct Professor
Visiting Faculty
William Peng
Visiting Assistant Professor
Associate Faculty
Matthew Frenkel
Associated Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Giuseppe Loianno
Associate Professor
Elisa Riedo
Herman F. Mark Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor of Physics at NYU’s College of Arts and Science; Director, Faculty Development
Affiliated Faculty
Salvatore Grimaldi
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Professor at Universita degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
Khalil Ramadi
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
John-Ross Rizzo
Rehabilitation Medicine, Vice Chair for Innovation & Equity, Ilse Melamid Endowed A/Prof of Rehab Medicine, Associate Professor of Neurology, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
Michael J. Shelley
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor at the Courant Institute
Yong-Ak (Rafael) Song
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi
Peter Walker
Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Research Professor at New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases
Je Ir Ryu
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi
Mrityunjay Doddamani
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Emeritus and Retired Faculty
Philip Abrami
Professor Emeritus
Vito D. Agosta
Professor Emeritus
Kurt Becker
Professor Emeritus; Advisor to the CUSP Director
William B. Blesser
Professor Emeritus
Irving B. Cadoff
Professor Emeritus
Louis Castleman
Professor Emeritus
Carmine D’Antonio
Professor Emeritus
Jerome M. Klosner
Professor Emeritus
Harold Margolin
Professor Emeritus
William R. McShane
Professor Emeritus (deceased)
Gino Moretti
Professor Emeritus
Said Nourbakhsh
Professor Emeritus
Richard Thorsen
Adjunct Professor, Vice President Emeritus
William P. Vafakos
Professor Emeritus
George Vradis
Associate Professor
Sung Whang
Professor Emeritus
Staff
Jess Ferrante
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Sarah Maslov
Senior Administrative Manager
Oleg Shargorodskiy
Senior Technician II
Edna Taska
Department Administrator