Faculty & Staff Directory

Vinod Sahney
University Distinguished Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Health care initiatives; industrial engineering; operations research
- v.sahney@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3831

Iman Salama
Associate Teaching Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering - i.salama@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5386

Masoud Salehi
Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies ,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Error correcting codes; information theory; digital communications
- salehi@ece.neu.edu
- 617.373.2446

Natalia Saletnik
Administrative Assistant,
Administrative Resource Center - n.saletnik@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5340

John Sangster
Assistant Teaching Professor,
First Year Engineering Program Engineering education with a focus on differentiated curricula. Transportation engineering with a focus on alternative intersection designs.

Elizabeth Sanicola
Development Associate,
Development and Alumni Affairs - e.sanicola@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7910

Mehrdad Sasani
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Progressive collapse of structures; earthquake engineering; structural integrity and reliability; building and community resilience
- sasani@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5222

Behrooz Satvat
Teaching Professor,
Chemical Engineering Engineering education, development of new applied mathematics courses for chemical engineering students. Mentors graduate and undergraduate students. Research in the field of separation technologies, thermodynamics and reaction engineering.
- b.satvat@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3461

Gunar Schirner
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Embedded computer systems; novel architectures for embedded vision; cyber-physical systems; system-level design and methodologies; hardware/software co-design
- schirner@ece.neu.edu
- 617.373.5707

Kathryn Schulte Grahame
Teaching Professor and Associate Director,
First Year Engineering Program Service-learning in engineering, sustainable urban design; alternative energy sources; green roof technology; soil-liquid infiltration physics
- k.schulte@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2854

Max Sederer
Assistant Co-op Coordinator,
Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering - m.sederer@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6370

Magy Seif El-Nasr
Affiliated Faculty,
Electrical and Computer Engineering - m.seifel-nasr@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3928

Philip Serafim
Professor Emeritus,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Electromagnetics, microwaves, remote sensing.
- serafim@ece.neu.edu
- 617.373.2063

Bahram Shafai
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Control Systems and Signal Processing; Robust and Optimal Control, Positive Dynamic Systems, Fault Detection, Observer Theory, Robotics and Distributed Control of Multi-Agent Systems, Control of Biological Systems
- shafai@ece.neu.edu
- 617.373.2984

Thomas C. Sheahan
Senior Vice Provost for Curriculum and Programs Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Soft ground engineering, coastal adaptation, education and training for engineers and scientists
- t.sheahan@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3995

Sandra Shefelbine
Professor,
jointly appointed in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering & 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
- s.shefelbine@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3199

Shiaoming Shi
Assistant Teaching Professor,
Bioengineering Cancer detection and drug discovery technologies
- s.shi@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2989

Craig Shillaber
Assistant Teaching Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Geotechnical subsurface characterization through in-situ and laboratory methods; quantification of construction energy and carbon; sustainable geotechnics
- c.shillaber@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3825

Aatmesh Shrivastava
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Ultra-low Power Circuits and Systems, Analog Computing, Precision Circuits, Hardware Security
- aatmesh@ece.neu.edu
- 617.373.2063

Milad Siami
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Sparse Sensing and Control in Cyber-Physical Networks and Robotics; Distributed Systems Theory and Applications; Network Optimization and Control; Hard Limits and Tradeoff s in Large-Scale Dynamical Networks

Michael B. Silevitch
Robert D. Black Professor, COE Distinguished Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Subsurface sensing and imaging systems, detection of explosives-related anomalies, engineered system development and engineering leadership
- m.silevitch@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3033

Hanumant Singh
Professor,
jointly appointed in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Robotic sensors, systems, platforms, and algorithms including high resolution optical and acoustic sensing; underwater vehicles (AUV, ROV, towed and manned vehicles), unmanned surface vehicles, and unmanned aerial systems; system architectures for navigation, docking and power; and the interactions between these subsystems
- ha.singh@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7286

Mrityunjay Singh
Affiliated Faculty,
Chemical Engineering Aerospace materials, alternative and renewable energy materials and systems, energy storage and thermal management, bioinspired materials, additive manufacturing, advanced ceramics and composites

Rifat Sipahi
Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Control systems and mechatronics; stability analysis and control synthesis of dynamical systems with delays; interplay between stability, delays, and graphs; control-systems-aided human-machine systems; engineering education research; disability research; systems biology
- rifat@coe.neu.edu
- 617.373.6011

Mark Sivak
Associate Teaching Professor,
jointly appointed in Art and Design & Michael J. and Ann Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education - m.sivak@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7909

Nikolai Slavov
Assistant Professor,
Bioengineering Department Single-cell proteomics, Ribosome-mediated translational regulation, quantitative systems biology, mass-spectrometry

Bridget Smyser
Teaching Professor and Director for Lab Space and Safety,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - b.smyser@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5142

Eduardo Sontag
University Distinguished Professor,
jointly appointed in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Bioengineering Feedback control theory, systems biology, cancer, and biomedicine