Mechanical Engineering Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Kevin R. Anderson, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, ASME Fellow, AIAA Assoc Fellow
Renewable Energy, CFD, Spacecraft Thermal Control
- phone number or extension869-2687
- office location17-2338
- email addressKRAnderson1@cpp.edu
- Website Renewable Energy, CFD, Spacecraft Thermal Control
Reza Baghaei Lakeh, Ph.D.
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
Thermal-Fluids, Renewable Energy
- phone number or extension869-2493
- office location17-2113B
- email addressrblakeh@cpp.edu
Behnam Bahr, Ph.D.
Professor
Robotics & Automation, Autonomous Systems
- phone number or extension869-2440
- office location9-125
- email addressbbahr@cpp.edu
- Website Robotics & Automation, Autonomous Systems
Babak Boloury
Lecturer
Mechanics & Design, Computational Mechanics
- phone number or extension869-2881
- office location9-223
- email addressbboloury@cpp.edu
John Caffrey, Ph.D.
Professor
- office location17-2632
- email addressJPCaffrey@cpp.edu
- Website /engineering/me/faculty-info/caffrey.shtml
Carlos Castro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Thermal-Fluids, Bioapplications
- phone number or extension869-4785
- office location17-2113C
- email addresscarloscastro@cpp.edu
- Website Thermal-Fluids, Bioapplications
Yizhe Chang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dynamics & Control, Human-robot Interaction
- phone number or extension869-4171
- office location17-2109
- email addresschang@cpp.edu
Chris Chen, Ph.D.
Professor
Dynamics & Control, Acoustics & Vibration
- phone number or extension869-3132
- office location17-2355
- email addressChuanChen@cpp.edu
- Website Dynamics & Control, Acoustics & Vibration
Yun Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Microfluidics, Droplets and Surfactants
- phone number or extension869-5463
- office location09-233E
- email addressyunchen@cpp.edu
- Website Microfluidics, Droplets and Surfactants
Campbell A. Dinsmore, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension869-5282
- office location09-233H
- email addressCADinsmore@cpp.edu
- Website /engineering/me/faculty-info/dinsmore.shtml
Matthew David Fronk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Acoustics and Vibrations, Nonlinear Dynamics
- phone number or extension869-2509
- office location09-233G
- email addressmdfronk@cpp.edu
Yong Xue Gan, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Mechanics & Design, Materials
- phone number or extension869-2388
- office location17-2629
- email addressYXGan@cpp.edu
- Website Mechanics & Design, Materials
Mehrdad Haghi, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Mechanics & Design, Materials, Failure Analysis
- phone number or extension869-4151
- office location17-2344
- email addressMHaghi@cpp.edu
- Website Mechanics & Design, Materials, Failure Analysis
Pezhman Hassanpour, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dynamic Systems, ML/AI, MEMS
- phone number or extension869-3622
- office location17-2117
- email addressphassanpour@cpp.edu
- Website Dynamic Systems, ML/AI, MEMS
Alejandra Hormaza Mejia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Renewable Energy, Thermal Sciences
- phone number or extension869-2591
- office location17-2630
- email addresshormazamejia@cpp.edu
Kyu-Jung Kim, Ph.D.
Professor
Mechanics & Design, Computational Mechanics
- phone number or extension869-2576
- office location17-2633
- email addresskyujungkim@cpp.edu
- Website Mechanics & Design, Computational Mechanics
Iyabo G. Lawal, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
Computational Mechanics, Tribology, Acoustics
- phone number or extension869-4643
- office location09-222
- email addressiglawal@cpp.edu
- Website Computational Mechanics, Tribology, Acoustics
Eugene Lipovetsky
Lecturer
Mechanics & Design, Finite Element Analysis
- phone number or extension869-2881
- office location9-233J
- email addresselipovetsky@cpp.edu
Patrick T. Mannion
Lecturer
Dynamics & Control
- office location98-C3-9
- email addressptmannion@cpp.edu
Paul M. Nissenson, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Chair
Thermal-Fluids, Engineering Education
- phone number or extension869-4608
- office location17-2336
- email addressPMNissenson@cpp.edu
- Website Thermal-Fluids, Engineering Education
Parham Piroozan, Ph.D.
Professor
Mechanics & Design, Finite Element Analysis
- phone number or extension869-2597
- office location17-2631
- email addressPPiroozan@cpp.edu
- Website Mechanics & Design, Finite Element Analysis
Brian J. Ramirez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mechanics & Design, Materials
- phone number or extension869-4167
- office location17-2628
- email addressbjramirez2@cpp.edu
- Website Mechanics & Design, Materials
Amir G. Rezaei, Ph.D.
Professor
Mechanics & Design, Composites, Finite Element Analysis
- phone number or extension869-2590
- office location17-2637
- email addressAGRezaei@cpp.edu
- Website Mechanics & Design, Composites, Finite Element Analysis
Jaehoon Seong, Ph.D.
Professor, Energy Engineering Minor Coordinator
Thermal-Fluids, Biofluid Mechanics
- phone number or extension869-4013
- office location17-2623
- email addressJSeong@cpp.edu
- Website Thermal-Fluids, Biofluid Mechanics
Maryam Shafahi, Ph.D.
Professor
- phone number or extension869-3201
- office location17-2359
- email addressMShafahi@cpp.edu
- Website /engineering/me/faculty-info/shafahi.shtml
Nolan Tsuchiya, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Dynamics & Control
- phone number or extension869-3172
- office location17-2625
- email addressntsuchiya@cpp.edu
Henry Xue, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Thermal-Fluids, Micro Fluidics
- phone number or extension869-4304
- office location17-2350
- email addressHXue@cpp.edu
- Website Thermal-Fluids, Micro Fluidics
Priscilla Zhao, Ph.D.
Professor
Thermal-Fluids, VR/AR in Education
- phone number or extension979-5263
- office location17-2340
- email addressYitongZhao@cpp.edu
- Website Thermal-Fluids, VR/AR in Education
Staff
David J. Lefay
Technician
- phone number or extension869-2578
- office location17-1548
- email addressdjlefay@cpp.edu
Matthew M. Rodriguez
Equipment Technician
- phone number or extension869-2554
- office location17-1476
- email addressmmrodriguez@cpp.edu
Erin Flynn
Administrative Support Coordinator
- phone number or extension869-2575
- office location17-2353
- email addressemflynn@cpp.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Kiara T. Colangelo
- office location09-155
- email addressktcolangelo@cpp.edu
Eduardo Corpuz
- office location09-155
- email addressecorpuz@cpp.edu
Tarek Elsharhawy, Sc.D.
- phone number or extension869-2529
- office location9-520
- email addresstaelsharhawy@cpp.edu
- Website /engineering/me/faculty-info/elsharhawy.shtml
Bejan Ijadi Maghsoodi
- office location09-155
- email addressbmaghsoodi@cpp.edu
Amir Massoudi
- office location09-155
- email addressamassoudi@cpp.edu
Christopher M. McNamara
Andrew N. Murphy
- office location09-155
- email addressanmurphy@cpp.edu
Nick K. Nikpour, Ph.D.
Chandrasekhar Putcha
- office location09-155
- email addressckputcha@cpp.edu
Massimiliano Repupilli, Ph.D.
Osama S. Samarah
George T. Suzuki
Soorgul Wardak, Ph.D., P.E.
Mary R. Woods
Benjamin Yeung
- office location09-155
- email addresshyeung@cpp.edu
Leonardo Yuan, P.E.
Stress Analysis, Thermal Design
- office location09-155
- email addressyyuan@cpp.edu
Professor Emeritus
Leonard Berkowitz
John R. Biddle, Ph.D.
Peter A. Dashner, Ph.D.
William C. Hauser
Mohammad Izadi, Ph.D., P.E.
Gary W. Koonce
David L. Miller P.E.
Hassan M. Rejali, Ph.D.
Michael T. Shelton, Ph.D.
