Full-Time Faculty

Charles Hoover, Distinguished Industry Professor
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Yale;
B.S. Electronics Engineering, M.I.T.;
M.S. & Ph.D. Physics, Yale.
Physical design, manufacturing processes, electronic device assembly.

Craig C. Jahnke, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Milwankee School of Engineering;
M.S., Ph.D. Aeronautics, Caltech.
Nonlinear dynamics, rotating fluid flows, buoyancy induced fluid flow, aircraft dynamics.

Iraj Kalkhoran, Associate Professor
B.S., M.S.,Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington.
Gas dynamics, high speed flows, wind tunnel testing, shock tubes.

Vikram Kapila, Assistant Professor
B.Tech., Regional Engineering College, Calicut, India;
M.S., Florida Institute of Technology;
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology.
Stability Theory, Control System Design, System Dynamics, and Vibration

Jerome Klosner,Professor (Retired)
B.C.E., The City College of New York;
M.S.C.E., Applied Mechanics, Columbia University;
Ph.D. Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Structural dynamics, fluid-structure interaction, thermal stress analysis.

Sunil Kumar, Associate Professor
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India;
M.A. Applied Mathematics, State University of New York, Buffalo;
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo;
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.
Thermal fluid sciences, radiation, applied mathematics.

Nathan Levine, Industry Professor
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
M.S., Ph.D. University of Illinois.
Quality Control and improvement, quality engineering using robust design.

William R. McShane, Vice President and Dean of Engineering
B.S.E.E, Manhattan College;
M.S., Ph.D., Systems Engineering, Polytechnic University
Quality control, controls and simulation, engineering economics.

Volkan Otugen,Associate Professor
B.S., Istanbul Technical University;
M.S., Drexel University;
Ph.D., Drexel University.
Experimental fluid mechanics and heat transfer, laser-based measurement techniques, instrumentation, non-Newtonian fluids.

Marcio S. De Queiroz, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeriro, Brazil;
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson.
Nonlinear control of electromechanical systems, control of distributed parameter systems.

Raresh Pascali, Instructor (Currently On Leave)
B.S., M.S., Polytechnic University.
CAD, computational mechanics, computational methods

Richard S. Thorsen, Vice President, Institutional Development
B.M.E., City College of New York;
M.M.E, Ph.D., New York University;
Heat transfer, nuclear reactor safety and solar energy.

Anthony Tzes, Associate Professor
B.S. (E.E), University of Patras, Greece;
M.S. (E.E), Ohio State University;
Ph.D. Control & Robotics, Ohio State University.
Control: adaptive, microprocessor based, adaptive fuzzy; Robotics; Neural networks; Fuzzy logic; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Instrumentation; Signal Processing.

William Vafakos, Professor (Retired)
B.M.E., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn;
M.M.E., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn;
Ph.D., Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn;
J.D., Brooklyn Law School.
Solid mechanics, structures, vibrations.

George Vradis, Associate Professor
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece;
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University;
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University.
Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, non-Newtonian flows, flow measurement, combustion, energy systems

Sung H.Whang, Professor
B.S. , Seoul National University, Korea;
M.S. , Columbia University;
D.Eng.Sc., Columbia University.
Titanium alloys and ordered intermetallic materials; alloy stability; dislocation structures; rapid solidification processing; processing for metallic and ceramic super conducting materials.

Part-Time Faculty

Joseph Borowiec
B.S., M.S. Ph.D., Polytechnic University
Active vibration control, finite elements.

Michael Greenstein
B.E., (Mechanical), The City College of New York
MBA, Business Administration, University of Louisville
PE, Commonwealth of Kentucky
ASQ, Certified Quality Manager
Design for Manufacturability, Activity Based Costing, Target Costing, Quality Systems, Design for the Environment

Khaled Hammad
B.S., University of Jordan;
M.S., Manhattan College;
Mechanics Engineer, Columbia University;
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University.
Laser-based flow diagnostics. Non-Newtonian fluids. Computational fluid dynamics. Radiative heat transfer. Rheology. Pollution emission control from stationary combustion sources.

Paul Kadar
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University;
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University;
CAD/CAM/CAE, Product Design and Development.

Ke Le
B.S.,(E.E), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China);
M.S.,(Systems Engineering), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China);
M.S.,Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering - Systems and Controls, Polytechnic University
Optimization and Operations Research; Nonlinear Dynamics; Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithm, Expert System; System Identification; Adaptive and Robust Control

Roula Maloof
B.S., Civil Engineering, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon;
M.S., Ph.D, Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University.
Stress Analysis, energy method, finite element, structural analysis.

Mehdi Naraghi
B.S., University of Akron;
M.S., Case Western Reserve University;
Ph.D., Polytechnic University.
Fluid/Thermal, Laboratory Development, HVAC, and Experimental Methods.

Arthur Szeglin
Ph.D., Hofstra
Design

Ali Vedavarz
Ph.D., Polytechnic University
Heating, ventilating, air conditioning, thermodynamics, conduction

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Janice Aber, Postdoctoral Research
B.A., Physics, Hunter College, C.U.N.Y;
M.S., PhD, Chemical Physics, Polytechnic Unversity

Zhixiong Guo, Research Associate
B.S.,M.S. Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, China; 

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University

Zhao-Jun Zeng, Postdoctoral Research
B.S. , Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China;
M.S. , Electronic Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China;
Ph.D., Electronic Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China