Full-time

Our Full Time Professors

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Raghu Agarwal, PhD Texas A&M

Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator

Research Interests: finite element analysis, computer-aided design

Office: ENG117B

Phone: 408-924-3845

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Feruza Amirkulova, PhD Rutgers

Associate Professor

Research Interests: acoustic and elastic wave propagation and scattering, metamaterials, "invisibility" cloak, dynamic material

Office: ENG310J

Phone: 408-924-2045

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Amir Armani, PhD MST

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, Design Optimization, Structural Ceramics, and Functionally Graded Materials.

Office: ENG310E

Phone: 408-924-8354

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Fred Barez, PhD UC Berkeley, ASME Fellow

Professor

Research Interests: electronics packaging, magnetic recording, fiber optics

Office: IS107

Phone: 408-924-4298

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Saeid Bashash, PhD Clemson University

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Control systems, Mechatronics, Power and Engergy Systems, Internet of Things

Phone: 408-924-8355

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Winncy Du, PhD Georgia Tech, PE, ASME Fellow

Professor

Research Interests: mechatronics, robotics, machine vision, pattern recognition

Office: ENG310F

Phone: 408-924-3866

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Buff Furman, PhD Stanford, PE

Professor

Research Interests: precision machine design, mechatronic systems, mechanical measurement

Office: ENG344D

Phone: 408-924-3817

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Crystal Han, PhD Stanford

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Microfluidics, biological sample purification, on-chip diagnostics, lab on a chip, micro total analysis system

Office: ENG217

Phone: 408-924-6040

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Lin Jiang, PhD University of Texas at Dallas

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Mechatronics, Soft Robotics, Medical Devices, Machine Vision, and Biomechanics

Office: ENG310C

Phone: 408-924-4596

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Farzan Kazemifar, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Experimental thermal and fluid sciences, optical and laser-based diagnostic techniques, multiphase flow and transport in porous media, particle-based fluid velocity measurement techniques

Office: ENG310B

Phone: 408-924-3822

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Hohyun Lee, PhD MIT

Professor, Department Chair (08/19/2024), & ASME Fellow

Research Interests: Thermal system optimization, Energy system in grid interactive buildings, Fair and equitable power distribution for smart grid, Solid state thermal energy conversion.

Office: ENG310H, You are welcome to visit me whenever my door is open. To ensure my availability, please sign up here: http://calendar.app.google/mYpYrX3ynyE1Y4E36

Phone: 408-924-3857

Dr. John Lee

John Lee, PhD MIT

Professor

Research Interests: microfluids, soft tissue mechanics, microsystems, experimental methods.

Office: ENG115

Phone: 408-924-7167

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Yunjian (Jojo) Qiu, PhD

Assistant Professor

Office: ENG310I

Phone: 408-924-3504

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Mojtaba Sharifi, PhD Sharif University of Technology

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Medical robotics, Human-Robot interaction, Biomedical Engineering, Mechatronic Systems, Intelligent Control, Machine Learning.

Office: ENG310A

Phone: 408-924-3816

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Ali Tohidi, PhD Clemson University

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Fluid and Fire Dynamics, Data-Driven Modeling and Control, High-Performance Scientific Computing (HPSC), Wildland Fires

Office: ENG310K

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Vimal Viswanathan, PhD Texas A&M

Associate Professor

Research Interests: engineering design, new product development, design creativity and innovation, mechatronics systems design

Office: ENG310D

Phone: 408-924-3841

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Raymond Yee, PhD UC Berkeley, PE

Professor, and Assoc. Dean of Extended Studies

Research Interests: Mechanical Design, Materials Behavior, Fracture Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis

Office: ENG491F

Phone: 408-924-3935