Faculty
Jamal S. Yagoobi
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 130
Phone: +1-508-831-5759
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
jyagoobi@wpi.edu
Jamal S. Yagoobi
- Professor & Department Head, Mechanical Engineering
- George I. Alden Professor Mechanical Engineering
Teaching is very rewarding as I like interacting with students. I teach undergraduate/graduate level courses in the areas of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, liquid/vapor phase change, thermodynamics, and design of thermal systems. Read more...
John M. Sullivan
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 109
Phone: +1-508-831-5199
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
sullivan@wpi.edu
Website
John M. Sullivan
- Associate Department Head
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Students completing their projects under Professor Sullivan’s guidance have received more than two dozen awards and honors in the forms of undergraduate publications, provost awards, national competition awards, and ME design of year awards. Read more...
Diran Apelian
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 326
Phone: +1-508-831-5992
Fax: +1-508-831-5993
dapelian@wpi.edu
Diran Apelian
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Alcoa-Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Diran Apelian is widely recognized for his innovative work in metal processing and his leadership as a researcher and educator. Much of today’s industrial developments in shaped aluminum castings has been influenced by his work and that of his students. Read more...
Holly K. Ault
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 208
Phone: +1-508-831-5498
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
hkault@wpi.edu
Website
Holly K. Ault
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Ault holds the distinction of being the first woman to receive a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from WPI. She enjoys the breadth and depth of global projects and finds them to be an excellent learning opportunity for herself and for students. Read more...
Isa Bar-On
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 224
Phone: +1-508-831-5127
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
ibaron@wpi.edu
Isa Bar-On
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
My favorite activity is guiding students in projects and research. I like giving them independence and learning from their work; I like challenging them and myself to find better answers, explanations, and solutions, especially in socio-technical systems. Read more...
John Joseph Blandino
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 239
Phone: +1-508-831-6155
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
blandino@wpi.edu
John Joseph Blandino
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Blandino‘s work at WPI has allowed him to combine his two passions—teaching and research—with working alongside bright, enthusiastic students from whom he is constantly learning new things. Read more...
Christopher A. Brown
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 235
Phone: +1-508-831-5627
brown@wpi.edu
Christopher A. Brown
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Brown likes axiomatic design because design is common to all engineering disciplines. He explains that scientists look at things as they are and ask “why?” Engineers dream of things that never were and ask “why not?” and that process is design. Read more...
Maria Chierichetti
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 246
Phone: +1-508-831-6959
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
mchierichetti@wpi.edu
Website
Maria Chierichetti
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
The aspect that most attracted me to WPI is the possibility of combining teaching and research activities at very high levels. I enjoy working with students and sharing them the passion I have for aeronautics. I find it really rewarding. Read more...
Martha Cyr
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 233
Phone: +1-508-831-6709
mcyr@wpi.edu
Martha Cyr
- Executive Director
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Cyr is the Executive Director of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education Center at WPI. Her work focuses on making sure that K-12 teachers and education leaders are well prepared to implement STEM curriculum in schools. Read more...
Michael A. Demetriou
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 243
Phone: +1-508-831-5459
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
mdemetri@wpi.edu
Michael A. Demetriou
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Demetriou is very active with the Controls and Systems research community. He served as an Associate Editor of several publications. He is also serving in the IEEE-Control Systems Society Conference Editorial Board as an Associate Editor. In 2003 he established the IEEE-CSS Technical Committee on Distributed Parameter Systems and served as his first chair. Read more...
Chrysanthe Demetry
Contact Information:
Gordon Library, 302
Phone: +1-508-831-5193
Fax: +1-508-831-5778
cdemetry@wpi.edu
Website
Chrysanthe Demetry
- Director, Morgan Teaching and Learning Center
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
As a professor, I have the opportunity not only to excite students about my field of materials science and engineering, but to help them develop holistically as critical thinkers and lifelong learners, innovators, and effective and ethical communicators. Read more...
Mikhail F. Dimentberg
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 212
Phone: +1-508-831-5368
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
diment@wpi.edu
Mikhail F. Dimentberg
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Simon W. Evans
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 240
Phone: +1-508-831-5462
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
sevans@wpi.edu
Simon W. Evans
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Evans’ areas of particular interest include compressor and turbine aerodynamics, subsonic inlets, and flow control. Teaching interests include thermo-fluids and aeronautical engineering disciplines within the department's Aerospace program. Read more...
Gregory S. Fischer
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 206
Phone: +1-508-831-5261
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
gfischer@wpi.edu
Website
Gregory S. Fischer
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Fischer is a faculty member in Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Engineering with an appointment in Biomedical Engineering at WPI. He is also director of the Automation and Interventional Medicine (AIM) Robotics Laboratory. Read more...
Mustapha S. Fofana
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 311B
Phone: +1-508-831-5966
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
msfofana@wpi.edu
Mustapha S. Fofana
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Cosme Furlong
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 151
Phone: +1-508-831-5126
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
cfurlong@wpi.edu
Website
Cosme Furlong
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Furlong is the author of more than 100 technical publications and he actively participates, as organizer and co-organizer, in national and international conferences on optical metrology and mechanics. Read more...
Nikolaos A. Gatsonis
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 244
Phone: +1-508-831-5576
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
gatsonis@wpi.edu
Nikolaos A. Gatsonis
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Active in research throughout his career, Professor Gatsonis is pursuing modeling, simulation, and experimentation of multiscale liquid, gaseous and plasma flows, as well as developing plasma diagnostics with applications to spacecraft micro-propulsion. Read more...
Allen H. Hoffman
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 107
Phone: +1-508-831-5217
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
ahoffman@wpi.edu
Allen H. Hoffman
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Hoffman teaches project-based design courses in which teams, usually made up of four students design, build, and evaluate devices. His research highlights include rehabilitation robotics, which is the design and development of robotic devices to assist persons with disabilities. A patent will be issued for one of his team’s devices in 2012. Read more...
Zhikun Hou
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 209
Phone: +1-508-831-5705
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
hou@wpi.edu
Zhikun Hou
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Hou enjoys challenging students to their maximum ability, and welcomes their questions. He shares their happiness when they can apply the knowledge they acquired from their projects and research. Read more...
Charles L. Innis
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 153
Phone: +1-508-831-5181
cinnis@wpi.edu
Charles L. Innis
- Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Charles Innis enjoys sharing his years of industrial experience with students and faculty in various courses and conversations. He feels this adds another dimension to the theories presented, showing how they can be used to bring about better results. Read more...
Diana A. Lados
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 319
Phone: +1-508-831-6168
Fax: +1-508-831-5993
lados@wpi.edu
Diana A. Lados
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Jianyu Liang
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 311A
Phone: +1-508-831-6649
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
jianyul@wpi.edu
Jianyu Liang
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liang’s educational effort is focused on contributing to the creation of a well-structured nanoscience and nanotechnology curriculum at WPI. She enjoys fruitful research experience with our capable graduate and undergraduate students. Read more...
Makhlouf M. Makhlouf
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 334
Phone: +1-508-831-5647
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
mmm@wpi.edu
Makhlouf M. Makhlouf
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Stephen S. Nestinger
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 210
Phone: +1-508-831-6445
ssnestinger@wpi.edu
Website
Stephen S. Nestinger
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Nestinger’s research interests include real-time systems, software and systems integration, multi-robot systems, collaborative and cooperative systems, mobile agent systems, and intelligent embedded and mechantronic systems. Read more...
David J. Olinger
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 242
Phone: +1-508-831-5698
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
olinger@wpi.edu
David J. Olinger
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
I want students to see that the theory and equations they spend so much time learning actually work! I want them to predict the behavior of aerospace systems and then go on to design improved systems in MQP projects and during their careers. Read more...
Cagdas Onal
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 105
Phone: +1-508-831-4857
cdonal@wpi.edu
Cagdas Onal
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
An integral part of a rewarding academic career is being an educator. It is a wonderful opportunity to work with students and guide their development to fulfill their potential. I enjoy teaching the fundamentals of robotics engineering, science and technology as well as training students in advanced independent research. Read more...
Mahadevan Padmanabhan
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 213
padu@wpi.edu
Mahadevan Padmanabhan
- Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Mahadevan Padmanabhan enjoys teaching and sharing with students examples of practical applications of fluid mechanics and thermo-fluids based on his vast experience in Power Industry, both in mechanical and civil engineering applications. Read more...
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David Clifton Planchard
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 201
Phone: +1-508-831-5534
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
planchard@wpi.edu
David Clifton Planchard
- Adjunct Instructor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Planchard is an adjunct faculty member and SAE advisor in WPI’s Mechanical Engineering department. He has published and authored numerous papers on machine design, product design, mechanics of materials, and solid modeling. Read more...
Ryszard Jan Pryputniewicz
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 122
Phone: +1-508-831-5536
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
rjp@wpi.edu
Ryszard Jan Pryputniewicz
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- K.G. Merriam Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Pryputniewicz’s current research and teaching interests concentrate on theoretical and applied aspects of MEMS, smart sensors and structures and, in particular, nanotechnology, lasers, and more. Read more...
Mark W. Richman
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 245
Phone: +1-508-831-5556
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
mrichman@wpi.edu
Mark W. Richman
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Yiming "Kevin" Rong
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 307
Phone: +1-508-831-6020
Fax: +1-508-831-5673
rong@wpi.edu
Yiming Rong
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Rong’s research area is computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), including manufacturing systems, machining and heat treatment processes, and computer-aided fixture design (CAFD). His research on CAFD has been recognized internationally. Read more...
Brian J. Savilonis
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 108
Phone: +1-508-831-5686
bjs@wpi.edu
Brian J. Savilonis
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
For Professor Savilonis, the project mode of education is a significant tenet of WPI; project based courses are common, along with the required IQP and MQP. Managing this close knit intellectual activity has m any parallels to coaching sports. Read more...
Christopher Scarpino
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 153
Phone: +1-508-831-4927
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
cscarpino@wpi.edu
Christopher Scarpino
- Adjunct Instructor, Mechanical Engineering
Christopher Scarpino initiated a research project to develop a new clinical device that was awarded an NIH (NIDCD) grant and an ARRA grant. He is a patent holder in the motor vehicle sector and founder of the International Corps of Engineers. Read more...
Satya Shivkumar
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 227
Phone: +1-508-831-5048
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
shivkuma@wpi.edu
Website
Satya Shivkumar
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Richard D. Sisson
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 246B
Phone: +1-508-831-5335
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
sisson@wpi.edu
Richard D. Sisson
- Dean of Graduate Studies
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- George F. Fuller Professor Mechanical Engineering
Professor Sisson is dean of graduate studies, George F. Fuller Professor, and director of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering at WPI. He is also principal investigator for several projects in WPI’s Center for Heat treating Excellence. Read more...
Kenneth Alan Stafford
Contact Information:
Higgins Laboratories, 011
Phone: +1-508-831-6122
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
stafford@wpi.edu
Kenneth Alan Stafford
- Associate Director, Robotics Engineering
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ken’s research interests include low-speed aerodynamics, mechanical systems for autonomy and robotic dexterity, continuously variable transmission design, super-charging and hybridization of vehicle power systems, and K-12 pre-engineering curricula development. He relishes student interaction through teaching and academic and nonacademic projects. Read more...
Yan Wang
Contact Information:
Washburn Shops, 238
Phone: +1-508-831-5453
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
yanwang@wpi.edu
Yan Wang
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
At WPI, Professor Wang’s main responsibilities are teaching and research. “I have taught materials processing and materials for electrochemical energy system. I enjoy teaching and interacting with students…” Read more...
Associated Faculty
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Phone Extension | Office Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert L. | Norton | Professor Emeritus | norton@wpi.edu | 5680 | Higgins Laboratories, 210 |
