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

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

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

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 /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.
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 /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.
