Newly-hired faculty
The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering continues to expand its teaching and research enterprise in new and emerging areas and broadening educational programs to meet the needs of a diverse and growing student body.
We are happy to welcome some of the best and brightest teachers and researchers from around the world.
*indicates a joint appointment
2019-2020
Apollo Arquiza
Lecturer
SBHSE
Benjamin Bartelle
Asst Professor
SBHSE
PhD, New York University
Scott Beeman
Asst Professor
SBHSE
PhD, Arizona State University
Dimitri Bertsekas
Professor
CIDSE
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maria Chavez-Echeagaray
Lecturer
ASA
PhD, Arizona State University
Michael A Cirillo
Lecturer
POLY
PhD, University of Maryland University College – MBA
Ivan Sanchez Esqueda
Asst Professor
ECEE
PhD, Arizona State University
Deliang Fan
Asst Professor
ECEE
PhD, Purdue University
Michael Findler
Lecturer
CIDSE
PhD, Wright State University
Samira Ghayekhloo
Lecturer
CIDSE
PhD, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Mark Huerta
Lecturer
ASA
PhD, Arizona State University
Wonmo Kang
Asst Professor
SEMTE
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ali Can Kucukozyigit
Lecturer
CIDSE
PhD, Old Dominion University
Barry T Kutz
Lecturer
SSEBE
PhD, Arizona State University – Master’s
Leila Ladani
Professor/School Director
POLY
Heewook Lee
Asst Professor
CIDSE/Biodesign
PhD, Indiana University
Xiangjia (Cindy) Li
Asst Professor (ABD)
SEMTE
PhD, University of Southern California
Michael Machas
Lecturer
ASA
PhD, Arizona State University
Ayan Mallik
Asst Professor
POLY
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Troy McDaniel
Asst Professor
POLY
PhD, Arizona State University
Steven Millman
Professor of Practice
ECEE
PhD, Stanford University
Alexandra Navrotsky
Professor
SEMTE/School of Molecular Sciences
PhD, University of Chicago
Hasan Ozer
Assoc Prof
SSEBE
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aikaterini Stefanaki
Lecturer
SEMTE
PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo
Vijay B. Suthar
Lecturer
CIDSE
PhD, Stanford University
Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang
Asst Professor
SBHSE
PhD, University of California, San Diego
Tianfang Xu
Asst Professor
SSEBE
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yingzhen Yang
Asst Professor
CIDSE
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ruijie Zeng
Asst Professor
SSEBE
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jia Zou
Asst Professor
CIDSE
PhD, Tsinghua University
2018-2019
Abhinav Acharya
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Florida
Renu Balyan
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
PhD, IIT Delhi
Tiffany Bao
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Tyler Baron
Lecturer
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Chris Bryan
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, University of California, Davis
Xiangfan Chen
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Northwestern University
Wanda Dalla Costa*
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
MDesR, Southern California Institute of Architecture
Gautam Dasarathy
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Mohamed Elhoseiny
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Rutgers University
Elham (Ellie) Fini
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel Frank
Lecturer
Engineering Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, University of Florida
Robert Gutzwiller
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Colorado State University
Kevin Hadley
Lecturer Sr.
Engineering Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, Vanderbilt University
Kerry Hamilton
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Drexel University
John Hentges
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS, DePaul University
Kirk Jalbert*
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mohamed Housse Kasbaoui
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Cornell University
Beomjin Kwon
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Katina Michael*
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, University of Wollongong, Australia
Ariane Middel*
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ryan Milcarek
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Syracuse University
Prescott Perez-Fox
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MA, University of the Creative Arts
Sung-Min Sohn
Assistant Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, University of Minnesota
George Stephanopoulos*
Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Florida
Dinesh Sthapit
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS, Rochester Institute of Technology
Junliang Tao
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Ruoyu Wang
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jessica Weaver
Assistant Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, University of Miami
Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
2017-2018
Ahmed Alkhateeb
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, University of Texas
Kumar Ankit
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Ajay Bansal
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas
Dhruv Bhate
Associate Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Purdue University
Olivia Burnsed
Lecturer
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
Andrea Cherman
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brooke Coley
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Anca Delgado
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Arizona State University
Celina Dozier
Lecturer
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, The University of Texas
Asmaa Elbadrawy
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Minnesota
Ahmed Emad Ewaisha
Lecturer
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Stephanie Forrest
Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, University of Michigan
Margaret Garcia
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Tufts University
Stephanie Gil
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephanie Gillespie
Lecturer
Engineering Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mojdeh Khorsand
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Robert Reimar Heinrichs
Lecturer
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Suren Jayasuriya*
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Cornell University
Joseph Juarez
Lecturer
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Jeonglae Kim
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anthony Kuhn
Lecturer
Engineering Academic and Student Affairs
MS., Arizona State University
Anthony Lamanna
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bruce Marsh
Professor of Practice
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
MS, Oregon State University
Rebecca Muenich
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Purdue University
Christopher Muhich
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder
Steven Osburn
Lecturer
Engineering Academic and Student Affairs
MSE, Arizona State University
Christopher Plaisier
Assistant Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, University of California
Christ Richmond
Associate Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doug Sandy
Lecturer
Engineering Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, University of Minnesota
Jared Schoepf
Lecturer
Engineering Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, Arizona State University
Yan Shoshitaishvili
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mehdi Sookhak
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Kenan Song
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Northeastern University
Siddharth Srivastava
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, University of Massachusetts
Richard Standage
Lecturer
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Xiao-Jun Tian
Assistant Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, Nanjing University, China
Arul Varman
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Washington University
Taylor Weiss
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Rochester
Meng Wu
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Texas A&M University
Hao Yan
Assistant Professor
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Houlong Zhuang
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Cornell University
