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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.
Core Faculty
Kurt Becker
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Interim Department Chair; Vice Dean, Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Dora Angelaki
Professor
S. Farokh Atashzar
Assistant Professor
Rakesh Behera
Industry Associate Professor
Joo H. Kim
Associate Professor
Joseph Borowiec
Industry Professor; Undergraduate Academic Advisor
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)
Sanghoon Lee
Industry Professor; Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Weiqiang Chen
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nicholas DiZinno
Industry Professor
Chen Feng
Assistant Professor
Maurizio Porfiri
Speaker of the Faculty; Institute Professor; Director of CUSP
George Vradis
Associate Professor
Vikram Kapila
Director, Ph.D. Hub; Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nikhil Gupta
Professor
Iskender Sahin
Industry Professor, Associate Chair
Nialah Wilson-Small
Industry Assistant Professor
Dũng (Dzung) Luong
Industry Associate Professor
Ludovic Righetti
Associate Professor
Arezoo Hajesfandiari
Industry Associate Professor
Global Network Faculty
Mohammed Daqaq
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi
Raed Hashaikeh
Professor
Nikolaos Karathanaspoulos
Professor
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
Prabodh Panindre
Senior Research Scientist & Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
Anthony Clarke
Professor
Raed Hashaikeh
Professor
Nikolaos Karathanaspoulos
Professor
Sunil Kumar
Professor
Mostafa Mobasher
Professor
Daniel Speyer
Professor
Paul Sutton
Adjunct Professor
Ali Vedavarz
Adjunct Professor
Visiting Faculty
Sven Haverkamp
Visiting Associate Professor
Associate Faculty
Matthew Frenkel
Associated Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Giuseppe Loianno
Assistant Professor
Elisa Riedo
Director, Faculty Development; Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Physics
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
Emeritus and Retired Faculty
Philip Abrami
Professor Emeritus
Vito D. Agosta
Professor Emeritus
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
Gino Moretti
Professor Emeritus
Said Nourbakhsh
Professor Emeritus
Richard Thorsen
Vice President Emeritus
William P. Vafakos
Professor Emeritus
Sung Whang
Professor Emeritus
Staff
Sarah Maslov
Senior Administrative Manager
Tricia Chang
Administrative Assistant
Edna Taska
Program Coordinator
Oleg Shargorodskiy
Senior Technician II