Faculty & Staff Directory
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Richard West
Associate Professor,
Chemical Engineering Development of detailed microkinetic models for complex reacting systems; automating the discovery and calculation of reaction pathways; heterogeneous catalysis
- r.west@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5163
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Richard Whalen
Director & Teaching Professor,
First Year Engineering Program Engineering Education, Evidence-Based Teaching, Pedagogy, Assessment, Thermo-fluids Engineering, Microscale Heat Transfer, Numerical Modeling of Laser Welding of Plastics, Thermal Effects in Nonlinear Optical Material
- r.whalen@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4706
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Paul Whitford
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering dynamics of large-scale molecular machines, working to identify the physical principles that guide biomolecular dynamics, using molecular simulation approaches to interpret experimental data from a wide range of techniques, including biochemical, small-angle X-ray scattering and cryogenic electron microscopy
- p.whitford@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2952
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John “Peter” Whitney
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Human-safe robots, medical robotics, soft robotics and soft material manufacturing, MEMS, microrobotics, bio-inspired design, flapping aerodynamics and insect flight
- j.whitney@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3427
![Ronald Willey](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/che/willey-r.jpg)
Ronald J. Willey
Professor Emeritus,
Chemical Engineering Process safety education
High pressure chemical processes
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Mark Williams
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering single molecule biophysics, molecular biophysics
- ma.williams@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5705
![Rebecca Willits](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/che/willits-r.jpg)
Rebecca Willits
Professor and Chairperson,
Chemical Engineering Mechanobiology of neural systems;
Systems for nerve regeneration;
Diversity and equity in engineering
- r.willits@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2989
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Monica Wing
Grants Manager - Pre Award,
Administrative Resource Center - m.wing@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8310
![Raimond Winslow](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/bioe/winslow-r.jpg)
Raimond Winslow
Professor,
jointly appointed in Bioengineering, Khoury College of Computer Sciences & Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences 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
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Kathy Wong
Assistant Co-op Coordinator, Seattle,
Multidisciplinary Masters Co-op Programs - ka.wong@northeastern.edu
- 206.467.5480
![Megan Woodbury](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/cee/woodbury-m.jpg)
Megan Woodbury
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
PROTECT Prenatal exposures and neurodevelopment, neurotoxicology, environmental epidemiology, environmental health, public health, endocrine disrupting chemicals, drugs and supplements, interactive effects of exposures
![Maureen Woodward](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/coe/woodward-m.jpg)
Maureen Woodward
Assistant Director of Pre Award Administration,
Administrative Resource Center - m.woodward@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2272
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Benjamin Woolston
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for sustainable biochemical production and human health
- b.woolston@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5560
![Kimberly Wright](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/coe/wright-k.jpg)
Kimberly Wright
Academic Advisor and Program Manager, Silicon Valley,
Graduate School of Engineering ![Mingzhong Wu](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/ece/wu-m.jpg)
Mingzhong Wu
Professor,
jointly appointed in Physics & Electrical and Computer Engineering Topological quantum materials, magnetic thin films, spin transport, spin torque, spin waves, and ferromagnetic resonance
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Wei Xie
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Interpretable AI, IoT, computer simulation, data integrity and big data analytics, data-driven stochastic optimization, blockchain design and development for complex end-to-end cyber-physical system learning and risk management with applications, including biopharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains, smart power grids with renewable energy, and health care
- w.xie@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6917
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Xiaolin Xu
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Security, Machine Learning, AI Security/Privacy, Energy-efficient Deep Learning, Computer Architecture, FPGA, Embedded Systems, VLSI
![Mathew Yarossi](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/ece/yarossi-m.jpg)
Mathew Yarossi
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences & Electrical and Computer Engineering Movement neuroscience, motor physiology, clinical research, physiological signal processing, and biomechanics
![Mohammad Abbas Yaseen](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/bioe/yaseen-m.jpg)
Mohammad Abbas Yaseen
Assistant Professor,
Bioengineering Advanced microscopy for minimally invasive, in vivo characterization of brain function
- m.yaseen@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8584
![Yasin Yazicioglu](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/mie/yazicioglu-y.jpg)
Yasin Yazicioglu
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering & Electrical and Computer Engineering Control theory, robotics, multi-agent systems, networks
![Adetoun Yeaman](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_153,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/coe/yeaman-a.jpg)
Adetoun Yeaman
Assistant Teaching Professor,
First Year Engineering Program Empathy in engineering, design education, character education, community engagement and multimedia learning
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Mishac K. Yegian
COE Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Geotechnical earthquake engineering; soil dynamics; geosynthetics; seismic response of landfills; base isolation; liquefaction; bridge engineering; use of shaking table in earthquake engineering
- m.yegian@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2448
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Edmund Yeh
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Networked machine learning;
networking and systems for data-intensive engineering, science, health applications;
caching, edge computing;
wireless network optimization;
coding for low latency, network coding, polar codes;
interdependent networks, cascading failure, information dissemination; network economics.
- eyeh@ece.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5400
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Roi Yehoshua
Assistant Teaching Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering - r.yehoshua@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2462
![Sze Zheng Yong](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/mie/yong-s.jpg)
Sze Zheng Yong
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Control, estimation, planning, learning and analysis of hybrid systems, with
applications to autonomous, robotic and cyber-physical dynamic systems
and their safety, robustness and resilience.
![Yoseob Yoon](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/mie/yoon-y.jpg)
Yoseob Yoon
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Optoelectronic and mechanical properties of quantum materials, van der Waals heterostructures, engineering light-matter interactions, ultrafast optical and THz spectroscopy, THz-induced phenomena, coherent control of material properties
![Jones Yu](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/coe/yu-j.jpg)
Chen-Hsiang "Jones" Yu
Teaching Professor,
Multidisciplinary Graduate Engineering Programs HCI (Human-Computer Interaction), AI on mobiles, web customization and automation, readability enhancement
![Xubo Yue](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/mie/yue-x.jpg)
Xubo Yue
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Federated data analytics, Bayesian optimization, continuous optimization, Gaussian processes, deep learning
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Victor Zappi
Affiliated Faculty,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Computational Acoustics, Digital Musical Instruments, Speech Synthesis, Virtual Reality
- v.zappi@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4060