Welcome New 2021-2022 Faculty
Announcing Our Newest College of Engineering Faculty Joining in 2021-2022
The College of Engineering at Northeastern University welcomes 22 new faculty for the 2021-2022 academic year, including eight jointly appointed in other colleges at Northeastern fostering interdisciplinary research and collaboration, and 40% being women or historically underrepresented minorities.
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Dean of the College of Engineering
D.Phil.: University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 1991
Scholarship Focus: Mobile and ubiquitous computing, human-computer interaction
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, jointly appointed in College of Science
(Joining January 2022)
PhD: University of Buffalo, 2017
Scholarship Focus: Theoretical biology and biophysics
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
(Joining January 2022)
PhD: Marquette University, 2016
Scholarship Focus: Integrated microsystems, data-guided design and nanofabrication, ultrasound microsystems for sensing and computation, and MEMS calorimetry for microbiology and biosensor development.
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, jointly appointed in Bouvé College of Health Sciences
PhD: Carnegie Mellon University, 2013
Scholarship Focus: Soft robotics, wearable devices, active and multifunctional materials, flexible electronics
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD: University of Arizona, 2004
Scholarship Focus: Flexible and stretchable organic microelectronics and optoelectronics, device physics and engineering for sensing and energy generation, high throughput manufacturing and heterogeneous integration
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly appointed in Khoury College of Computer Sciences
PhD: Texas A&M University, 2019
Scholarship and Focus: Design and decision-making under uncertainty, machine learning and data analysis, multidisciplinary design optimization, autonomous and cyber-physical systems
Associate Professor, Bioengineering, and Director of Life Science and Engineering Programs, the Roux Institute
PhD: John Hopkins School of Medicine, 1996
Scholarship Focus: Entrepreneurship education microenvironments and their impact on the engagement of diverse populations, the influence of I-Corps on university ecosystems, and transforming BME education through instructional design
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD: Texas A&M University, 2019
Scholarship Focus: Machine Learning and Data Analytics, Control Theory and Reinforcement Learning, Bayesian Optimization and Statistical Learning, Statistical Signal Processing and Integrated Sensing
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of Engineering Research at the Roux Institute
PhD: Virginia Tech, 1994
Scholarship Focus: Emerging interdisciplinary design involving lightweight polymeric multifunctional materials, structural design and reliability, with additional experience in distributed energy systems (storage, power transfer, packaging, and manufacturing), polymeric separation membranes, building energy efficiency design and construction, technology transfer
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Bioengineering
(Joining January 2022)
PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993
Scholarship Focus: Biological flows, experimental fluid mechanics, computational fluid mechanics, blood flow simulation, cerebrospinal fluid simulation, Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, medical image processing, magnetic resonance imaging
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD: University of Maryland, 2014
Scholarship Focus: Topological phenomena, non-Hermitian physics, quantum photonics, nonlinear photonics, two-dimensional materials
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, primary joint appointment in the School of Law, and Director of the Burnes Family Center for Social Change and Innovation
JD: Yale Law School, 1997
PhD: Political Science, Universität Innsbruck, 1994
Scholarship Focus: Industrial and software engineering; solving public problems
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
PhD: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2017
Scholarship Focus: Advanced metal additive manufacturing, compressible flows, multiphase flows, heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, and failure analysis
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, jointly appointed in College of Science
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
Scholarship Focus: Robotics, optimization, geometry and topology, probability and statistics, machine learning
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, jointly appointed in College of Science
PhD: The Ohio State University, 2018
Scholarship Focus: Design photocatalysts to improve efficiency and reactivity. Understand light-activated chemical reactions with time-resolved spectroscopy
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
PhD: University of Pennsylvania, 2015
Scholarship Focus: Machine learning, optimization and control, distributed and sequential learning, with a focus on developing computationally efficient methods for data analytics
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, jointly appointed in Bouve College of Health Sciences
(Joining January 2022)
PhD: Northwestern University, 2019
Scholarship Focus: Prosthetics and wearable robotics design and control, gait rehabilitation, preference optimization, and machine learning
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
(Joining January 2022)
PhD: Carnegie Mellon University, 2017
Scholarship Focus: Modeling the neuromechanics of human movement and applying it to assistive devices and rehabilitation treatment
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly appointed in Bouvé College of Health Sciences
PhD: University of California, Berkley, 2017
Scholarship Focus: Environmental exposures and maternal-child health outcomes, biomonitoring, risk assessment in vulnerable communities
Professor, Bioengineering, and Director of Life Science and Medicine Research, the Roux Institute
PhD: John Hopkins School of Medicine, 1985
Scholarship Focus: Computational modeling of the cardiac myocyte to understand the molecular basis of arrhythmias; machine learning in critical care medicine to identify those patients who require urgent care
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
(Joining January 2022)
PhD: Yale University, 2016
Scholarship Focus: Spin wave dynamics; magnon-based coherent information processing; quantum hybrid magnonics; integrated microwave, photonic, magnonic, and mechanical devices
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
(Joining January 2022)
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
Scholarship Focus: Computational catalyst and material design for sustainable energy applications