College Leadership


Gregory D. Abowd
Dean of the College of Engineering,  Office of the Dean
Professor,  Electrical and Computer Engineering
Affiliated Faculty,  Health Sciences
Affiliated Faculty,  Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Software Engineering


Akram N. Alshawabkeh
Senior Associate Dean for Global Engineering Campus,  Office of the Dean
George A. Snell Professor of Engineering and University Distinguished Professor,  Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director,  PROTECT Superfund Research Center

Geoenvironmental engineering, soil and groundwater remediation; electrokinetic and electrochemical processes; contaminant fate and transport environmental restoration


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Jasmine Sun
Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Finance,  Administrative Resource Center


Kaushik Chowdhury
Associate Dean for Research,  Office of the Dean
Professor,  Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dynamic spectrum access; energy harvesting sensor networks; 5G technology; intra-body communication; protocol design for wireless; internet; wireless


Yunsi Fei
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs,  Office of the Dean
Professor,  Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern Site Lead,  CHEST

Hardware-oriented security, computer architecture, embedded systems, design automation, IoT and cyber physical systems


Susan Freeman
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education,  Office of the Dean
Teaching Professor,  First Year Engineering Program


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Richard Harris
Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion,  Diversity Programs
Director of NU Program in Multicultural Engineering,  NUPRIME
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Africana Studies,  College of Social Sciences & Humanities


Sagar Kamarthi
Sagar Kamarthi
Associate Dean for Graduate Education,  Office of the Dean
Professor,  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Director of Data Analytics Engineering Program,  MS in Data Analytics Engineering
Founder & Advisor of Advanced and Intelligent Manufacturing,  MS in Adv. & Int. Mfg.

Sensing, diagnostics and prognostics for manufacturing machines and equipment, AI for smart and sustainable manufacturing and manufacturing systems integration, Machine learning models for personalized medicine and healthcare, Computational methods for pain assessment physiological sensing systems, Engineering education, personalized learning, and mass-customized instruction model


Mark Niedre
Mark Niedre
Associate Dean for PhD Education,  Office of the Dean
COE Distinguished Professor,  Bioengineering

Biomedical optics and non-invasive imaging, rare cell detection and tracking in the body, ultrafast time-domain diffuse optical imaging, image reconstruction and biomedical signal processing


Sandra Shefelbine
Sandra Shefelbine
Associate Dean for Space and Special Initiatives,  Office of the Dean
Professor,  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering & Bioengineering
Professor,  Bioengineering

Multi-scale bone biomechanics–how the structure and composition of bone influences its mechanical properties; mechano-adaptation of bone and joint– how tissue responds to mechanical signals


Kelly Egorova
Assistant Dean of Graduate Enrollment & Retention,  Graduate School of Engineering


Candace Martel
Assistant Dean,  Undergraduate Academic Affairs


Lorraine Mountain
Assistant Dean & Senior Co-op Coordinator,  Cooperative Education

Departmental Programs: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Energy Systems, Engineering Management, Engineering Public Policy, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Robotics, and Sustainable Building Systems.


Mariah Nobrega
Mariah Nobrega
Assistant Dean for Research and Faculty Development,  Office of the Dean


Adam Rodrigues
Assistant Dean of Administration & Finance,  Administrative Resource Center

Department Chairs


Khaled Bugrara
Teaching Professor and Executive Director,  Multidisciplinary Graduate Engineering Programs


Ken Duffy
Ken Duffy
Professor and Interim ECE Chair,  Electrical and Computer Engineering & Mathematics
Professor,  Mathematics

Algorithms for communication systems, the life sciences, and DNA forensics. Primary focus currently on new approaches to forward error correction.


Jerome F. Hajjar
CDM Smith Professor and Chair,  Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Faculty,  Marine and Environmental Sciences

Sustainable and resilient steel and composite steel/concrete structures; earthquake engineering; structural stability; large-scale experimental testing of structures; regional simulation


Abraham Joy
Abraham Joy
Professor and Chair,  Bioengineering

Design and use of biomaterials for wound healing; antimicrobial/antibiofilm strategies; soft-tissue replacement; polymer condensates; and sustained delivery of therapeutics


Marilyn Minus
Marilyn L. Minus
Professor and Chair,  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Process-structure-properties relationships in polymer-based nano-composites fibers; polymer/nano-carbon interfacial interactions and interphase formations; lightweight composite materials; carbon-carbon composites


Rebecca Willits
Rebecca Willits
Professor and Chairperson,  Chemical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty,  Bioengineering

Mechanobiology of neural systems; Systems for nerve regeneration; Diversity and equity in engineering