Mechanical Engineering Faculty & Staff
Faculty

Kevin R. Anderson, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, ASME 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
- Website Thermal-Fluids, Renewable Energy

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

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
- Website Dynamics & Control, Human-robot Interaction

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 https://www.cpp.edu/engineering/me/faculty-info/dinsmore.shtml

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
- 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 https://www.cpp.edu/engineering/me/faculty-info/shafahi.shtml

Nolan Tsuchiya, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
- phone number or extension869-3172
- office location17-2625
- email addressntsuchiya@cpp.edu
- Website https://www.nolantsuchiya.com/

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.
Associate 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 https://www.cpp.edu/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

Peter A. Dashner, Ph.D.

William C. Hauser

Mohammad Izadi, Ph.D., P.E.

Gary W. Koonce

Hassan M. Rejali, Ph.D.

Michael T. Shelton, Ph.D.
