Faculty & Staff Directory
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
- m.salehi@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
Hannah Sayre
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
& Chemical Engineering
Design photocatalysts to improve efficiency and reactivity. Elucidate light-activated chemical reaction mechanisms 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
- G.Schirner@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
Associate Co-op Coordinator,
Information and Software Engineering
- g.schwartz@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2422
Max Sederer
Associate Co-op Coordinator & Neurodiversity Liaison,
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
- b.shafai@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2984
Shahin Shahrampour
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Optimization and Control
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Machine Learning
- Reinforcement Learning
- s.shahrampour@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5750
Thomas C. Sheahan
Executive Vice Provost,
Office of the Provost
Geotechnical testing and soil characterization for infrastructure and sustainability applications.
- t.sheahan@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3995
Sandra Shefelbine
Senior Associate Dean of Strategic 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
Wearable robotics and machine learning for personalized gait rehabilitation systems
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
Shiaoming Shi
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
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
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ultra-low Power Circuits and Systems, Analog Computing, Precision Circuits, Hardware Security
- f.aatmesh@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2063
Milad Siami
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distributed optimization and learning for networked cyber-physical systems
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
Osvaldo Simeone
Professor,
Intelligent Networked Systems Institute
Information theory, Quantum information processing, Machine learning, Neuromorphic computing, Wireless communications
Hanumant Singh
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Electrical and Computer Engineering
, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
& Institute of Experiential Robotics
Geometric and Machine Learning based methods for mapping, SLAM and field deployments of Unmanned Aerial, Marine and Ground vehicles in extreme environments
- 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 theory and network control for autonomous and human-in-the-loop systems (robotics, transportation, manufacturing)
- 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
Owen Skinner
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering
mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and native proteomics to determine how metabolites and proteins interact in human health and disease
Nikolai Slavov
COE Distinguished Professor,
Bioengineering
Single-cell proteomics, immunology, cancer drug resistance, translational regulation, quantitative systems biology, mass spectrometry, RNA decoding, protein synthesis and degradation, macrophage polarization, aging, neurodegenerative diseases
- n.slavov@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6405
Bridget Smyser
Teaching Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- b.smyser@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5142
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