Faculty & Staff Directory
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Vinod Sahney
Professor Emeritus,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Health care initiatives; industrial engineering; operations research

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

Brittany Salazar
Assistant Co-op Coordinator,
Cooperative Education - b.salazar@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6103

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

Nora Salmon
Assistant Co-op Coordinator,
Cooperative Education - n.salmon@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3720

Mauricio Santillana
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Physics & Electrical and Computer Engineering
Modeling of geographic patterns of population growth, modeling fluid flow to inform coastal floods simulations and atmospheric global pollution transport models, and design and implementation of disease outbreaks prediction platforms and mathematical solutions to healthcare

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

Marybeth Savicki
Senior Director of Corporate Relations,
Corporations and Foundations - m.savicki@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5464

Hannah Sayre
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Chemical Engineering
Design photocatalysts to improve efficiency and reactivity. Understand light-activated chemical reactions with time-resolved spectroscopy.

Peter Schindler
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Discovery of novel materials for renewable energy applications using high-throughput density functional theory calculations and data-driven materials property predictions. Additional focus on surface science of thin-film growth, semiconductor fabrication, and heterogeneous catalysis.

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.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5707

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

Cristina Schultz
Foley Family Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences & Civil and Environmental Engineering
Influence of long-term climate change and of climate variability on ocean biogeochemistry

Gail Schwartz
Assistant Co-op Coordinator,
Multidisciplinary Masters Co-op Programs - g.schwartz@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2422

Max Sederer
Associate Co-op Coordinator,
Cooperative Education - m.sederer@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6370

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.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2984

Shahin Shahrampour
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Machine learning, optimization and control, distributed and sequential learning, with a focus on developing computationally efficient methods for data analytics
- s.shahrampour@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5750

Thomas C. Sheahan
Executive Vice Provost,
Office of the Provost Soft ground engineering, coastal adaptation, education and training for engineers and scientists
- t.sheahan@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3995

Sandra Shefelbine
Associate Dean of Space and Special Initiatives,
Office of the Dean 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

Max Shepherd
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences & Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Prosthetics and wearable robotics design and control, gait rehabilitation, preference optimization, and machine learning

Rebecca Sherbo
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Chemical Engineering
Electrochemical and biological ways to make important chemical products from gases and renewable energy

David A. Sherman
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences & Electrical and Computer Engineering
Movement neuroscience, sensorimotor physiology, clinical research, orthopedics, rehabilitation

Namratha Shetty
Assistant Director of Student Retention & Engagement,
Office of the Dean - na.shetty@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8793

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

Weiyan Shi
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Electrical and Computer Engineering & Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Persuasive dialogues, dialogue systems, natural language processing, AI safety, machine learning, artificial intelligence

Craig Shillaber
Associate 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

damian israel shiner
Assistant Creative Director,
Office of the Dean - da.shiner@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8481

Aatmesh Shrivastava
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Ultra-low Power Circuits and Systems, Analog Computing, Precision Circuits, Hardware Security
- aatmesh@ece.northeastern.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
Machine Learning for Fisheries, SLAM in the presence of Dynamic Moving Objects, Counter UAS methodologies , Manipulation Underwater, and Imaging in Visually Degraded Environments including underwater and in polar regions
- 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 and Associate Chair for Research Affairs,
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
- r.sipahi@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6011

Mark Sivak
Teaching Professor,
jointly appointed in
Art and Design & Michael J. and Ann Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education
3D Printing, Augmented Reality, Experience Design, Games for Health/Education, Product/App Design, Virtual Reality
- m.sivak@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7909

Nikolai Slavov
Professor,
Bioengineering Single-cell proteomics, immunology, cancer drug resistance, translational regulation, quantitative systems biology, mass spectrometry, RNA decoding, protein synthesis and degradation, macrophage polarization, neurodegenerative diseases
- n.slavov@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6405

Bridget Smyser
Teaching Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - b.smyser@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5142

Sivasubramanian Somu
Director of Core Research Facility,
Kostas Nanoscale Research Center - ssomu@ece.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5848

Seungmoon Song
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Modeling the neuromechanics of human movement and applying it to assistive devices and rehabilitation treatment

Soner Sonmezoglu
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Integrated Circuits, Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (M/NEMS), Implantable and Wearable Medical Devices and Systems, Neural Interfaces

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

Rosemary Sorgi
Development Associate,
Development and Alumni Affairs - r.sorgi@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7910

Allen Soyster
Professor Emeritus,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering/operations research

Bryan Spring
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering targeted photomedicine, biophysical microscopy and cancer biology
- b.spring@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5303

Srinivas Sridhar
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering nanomedicine; neurotechnology; drug delivery, MRI imaging
- s.sridhar@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2930

Armen Stepanyants
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering Theoretical Condensed Matter And Biological Physics
- a.stepanyants@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2944

Dagmar Sternad
University Distinguished Professor,
jointly appointed in
Biology & Electrical and Computer Engineering
Motor control and learning, variability and stability, virtual rehabilitation, dynamic modeling, rhythmic and discrete movements as primitives for action
- d.sternad@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5093

Milica Stojanovic
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Wireless communications and networks, underwater acoustic transmission, statistical system characterization, adaptive signal processing
- millitsa@ece.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5112

Aron Stubbins
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
& Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental chemistry; geochemistry; the carbon cycle; freshwater, coastal and ocean biogeochemistry; feedbacks between natural biogeochemical cycles and climate change; permafrost; black carbon; aquatic microplastics
- a.stubbins@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5872

Lili Su
Assistant Professor,
Electrical & Computer Engineering Distributed machine learning, security and fault-tolerance, neural computation, bio-inspired distributed algorithms, blockchains, autonomous cars, algorithm design

Ming Su
Professor,
Chemical Engineering Biosensing, nanomedicines, nanoparticles, nano enhanced process
- m.su@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6219

Sivarit (Tony) Sultornsanee
Associate Teaching Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Internet of Things (IoT) and intelligent factory transformation; Price recommendation and optimization using machine learning models; Image search engines and semantic segmentation; Applications of artificial intelligence in business; and Biomedical signal processing for healthcare applications

Hongwei Sun
Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Multiphase thermal transport phenomena, acoustic wave bio and chemical sensors and actuators, thermal management of fibers and films, thermal energy storage materials and processing, microchannel cooling systems, nanoimprinting process and applications, MEMS/NEMS fabrication, microfluidics and bioMEMS; nanoscale magnetic assembly and applications
- ho.sun@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7124

Jasmine Sun
Senior Associate Dean of Administration and Finance,
Administrative Resource Center - ja.sun@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8903

Nian X. Sun
COE Distinguished Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering New magnetic and magnetoelectric materials and device physics; integrated magnetic, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials and microsystems for sensing, memory, power, RF and microwave electronics; novel electrochemical sensors for sensing different pathogens and biomarkers for the diagnosis of various diseases, including COVID-19, Alzheimer’s disease, lung cancer, drug abuse, diabetes, etc.
- nian@ece.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3351

Tao Sun
Assistant Professor,
Bioengineering Focused Ultrasound, Ultrasound Imaging, Neuroimaging, Drug Delivery, Immunomodulation and Immunoengineering, Gliomblastoma, Alzheimer’s Disease

Mario Sznaier
Dennis Picard Trustee Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dynamics-enabled machine learning, robust control, control oriented identification, semi-algebraic optimization, dynamic computer vision
- msznaier@ece.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5364