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
2022-2023
Adil Ahmad
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Purdue University
Suzan Allaham
Lecturer
Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, Arizona State University
Ali Altunkaya
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
MS, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Erik Andersen
Lecturer
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Utah
Hamed Arami
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Washington
Chris Bailey
Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Thames Polytechnic
Jessica Barnett
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS, Arizona State University
Gary Barras
Beavers – Ames Lecturer in Heavy Construction
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
MS, Arizona State University
Lynn Robert Carter
Professor of Practice
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
Umberto Celano
Associate Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, KU Leuven
Vidya Chhabria
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, University of Minnesota
YooJung Choi
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Heather Clark
School Director and Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, University of Michigan
Ricardo Cruz-Lozano
Lecturer
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Texas Tech University
Ehsan Dehghan-Niri
Associate Professor
School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks
PhD, University at Buffalo
Tessa Etzioni
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS Tech and MEd, Arizona State University
Lydia K. Fritz
Senior Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
MS, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Houqiang Fu
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Nakul Gopalan
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Brown University
James Gordon
Senior Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
MS, University of Washington
Jamie Gorman
Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, New Mexico State University
Derex Griffin
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
PhD, business administration, National Graduate School
Joy Griffin
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MBA, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Josh Hihath
Professor and Director, Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Keng Hsu
Associate Professor
School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Kristen Hurtado
Lecturer
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Arizona State University
Soumya Indela
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Heejin Jeong
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Michigan
Layla Khalifehzadeh
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Washington
Nidhin Kurian Kalarickal
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, The Ohio State University
Hannah Kerner
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Arizona State University
Saurav Kumar
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Virginia Tech
Heather C. Lum
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Central Florida
Adwith Malpe
Lecturer
Academic and Student Affairs
MS, Arizona State University
James McDonald
Professor of Practice
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
MSEE, Boston University
Linqin Mu
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mark Naufel
Professor of Practice
Luminosity Lab
PhD, Arizona State University
Dorsa Parviz
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Texas A&M University
Kurt Paterson
School Director and Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Iowa
Amarsagar Reddy Ramapuram Matavalam
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Iowa State University
Alberto Scotti
Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Hasti Seifi
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of British Columbia
Binil Starly
School Director and Professor
School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks
PhD, Drexel University
Dinesh Sthapit
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS, Rochester Institute of Technology
Sandhya Susarla
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Rice University
Li Tan
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Xusheng Xiao
Associate Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, North Carolina State University
Ravi Kiran Yellavajjala
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, University of Notre Dame
Jeff (Jun) Zhang
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, New York University
Junfeng Zhao
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, The Ohio State University
2021-2022
Madeline Andrews
Assistant Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Christian Arenz
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Aberystwyth University (UK)
Brian L. Atkinson
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Arizona
Tyler Baron
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Arizona State University
Eric Bishop
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS, Boston University
Eduardo Blanco
Associate Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas
Kassidy Breaux
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS Tech, Arizona State University
Zhichao Cao
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Laura Cechanowicz *
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Southern California
Joshua Daymude *
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Arizona State University
Yuli Deng
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Arizona State University
Brandon Gatto
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS, Arizona State University
Shenghan Guo
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Rutgers University
Rakibul Hasan
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington
Qijun Hong
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, California Institute of Technology
Michel A. Kinsy
Associate Professor and Center Director
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Eastern Mediterranean University (Cyprus)
Hyunwoong Ko
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Kookjin Lee
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of Maryland
Matthew Marinella
Associate Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Majid Minary
Associate Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Md. Shohel Rana
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of Southern Mississippi
Mike Ranjram
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nick Rolston
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Stanford University
Tushara Sadasivuni
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Georgia State University
Arindam Sanyal
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Eileen (Soyoung) Seo *
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Northwestern University
Kanu Sinha
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Ayca Tuzmen Yildirim
Lecturer
Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, Arizona State University
Jeffry Vann
Lecturer
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Arizona State University
Andi Wang
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shaopeng Wang *
Associate Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, University of Miami
Joshua D. Wilbur
Lecturer
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Albert Wu Cheng
Associate Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chaowei Xiao
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of Michigan
Renxuan (Ren) Xie *
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Masoud Yekani Fard
Lecturer
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Arizona State University
2020-2021
Nicole Ang-Wanek
Lecturer
Academic and Student Affairs
MS, Arizona State University
Mayra S. Artiles
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Virginia Tech
Jedidiah Crandall *
Associate Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of California, Davis
Thomas Czerniawski
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Gennaro De Luca
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Arizona State University
Mahmut Selim Ersan
Assistant Research Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Clemson University
Zhaoyang (Frank) Fan
Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Northwestern University
Sergi Garcia-Segura
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Yoon Hwa
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Seoul National University
Mohammadreza Imani
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, University of Michigan
Ashif Sikandar Iquebal
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Texas A&M University
Zilin Jiang
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Kailong Jin
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Northwestern University
Timothy E. Long *
Center Director and Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Virginia Tech
Edmund Lorenzen
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
MS, Arizona State University
Nicolò Michelusi
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Duong Nguyen
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Gokul Pathikonda
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ni Trieu
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Oregon State University
Olcay Unver
Professor of Practice
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Dina Verdín
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Purdue University
Zhe Xu
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sui Yang
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of California at Berkeley
2019-2020
Apollo Arquiza
Lecturer
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
Benjamin Bartelle
Assistant Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, New York University
Scott Beeman
Assistant Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Dimitri Bertsekas
Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mackenzie Boyer
Lecturer
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, University of Florida
Maria Chavez-Echeagaray
Lecturer
Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, Arizona State University
Michael A Cirillo
Lecturer
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Maryland University College – MBA
Ivan Sanchez Esqueda
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Arizona State University
Deliang Fan
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Purdue University
Michael Findler
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Wright State University
Samira Ghayekhloo
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Mark Huerta
Lecturer
Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, Arizona State University
Wonmo Kang
Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ali Can Kucukozyigit
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Old Dominion University
Barry T Kutz
Lecturer
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, Arizona State University – Master’s
Leila Ladani
Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Heewook Lee*
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Indiana University
Xiangjia (Cindy) Li
Assistant Professor (ABD)
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Southern California
Michael Machas
Lecturer
Academic and Student Affairs
PhD, Arizona State University
Ayan Mallik
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Troy McDaniel
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
PhD, Arizona State University
Steven Millman
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
PhD, Stanford University
Alexandra Navrotsky*
Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, University of Chicago
Hasan Ozer
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aikaterini Stefanaki
Lecturer
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo
Vijay B. Suthar
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Stanford University
Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang
Assistant Professor
School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
PhD, University of California, San Diego
Tianfang Xu
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yingzhen Yang
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ruijie Zeng
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jia Zou
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
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 and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Tyler Baron
Lecturer
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, Arizona State University
Chris Bryan
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
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 and Augmented Intelligence
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 and Augmented Intelligence
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 and Augmented Intelligence
PhD, University of Wollongong, Australia
Ariane Middel*
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
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 and Augmented Intelligence
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