Email: rwhyers@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5759
Professor Hyers works at the interface between computers and the physical world. His most recent applications are in high-temperature materials and high-temperature materials processing systems. His recent projects include model-based experiments on the Space Station including magnetohydrodynamic effects on nucleation and solidification, novel methods for measurement of properties of matter at high temperature, scale-up of a novel metallurgical process by 1000X, and a novel approach to thermal management in spacecraft propulsion. ...
Email: swodinschwartz@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6037
Professor Wodin-Schwartz joined WPI in August 2015. Her Ph.D. research focused on the use of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for down hole geothermal well monitoring. Before joining WPI, she spent two years at the technical consulting firm Exponent Inc., where she conducted failure analyses and design evaluations for projects ranging from consumer products to power systems. As a consultant she worked with over 75 different clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. ...
Email: mabhatia@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5217
Dr. M. A. Bhatia is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Mechanical & Materials Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Prior to coming to WPI, Dr. Bhatia was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Arizona State University where he was working on thermal and mechanical stability of nanocrystalline Cu-Ta material which was published in nature journal. He received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University in December 2014. ...
Email: brown@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5627
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Email: tchristiansen@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6008
Professor Christiansen works with microstructure optimization and surface engineering of metallic materials for improving materials properties and performance. He is the director of the Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE), which is a member-driven industrial center anchored at Worcester Polytechnic Institute that conducts research and development for primarily the thermal processing industry. The center focuses on heat treating and thermochemical surface engineering of metallic components – technological disciplines that are important for our modern society. Prof. ...
Email: eccobb@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315035
Email: dlcote2@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6020
After graduating from UNH with a chemical engineering degree in 2005, Danielle Cote worked as a researcher at Saint-Gobain in the Northboro Research and Development Center in polymer science and data automation. Cote continued working while she pursued a master’s degree at WPI, followed by a PhD fellowship, and joined the WPI faculty in 2016. ...
Email: rebadi@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5416
I joined WPI in Fall 2021, bringing with me a passion for both research and teaching. My research expertise lies in experimental and analytical fluid mechanics, with a strong focus on turbulent transport in non-equilibrium and high Reynolds number boundary layer flows. Within this realm, I specialize in experimental measurements and reduced-order modeling. My contributions to the field are further extended by serving as an invited reviewer for several scientific journals in my areas of expertise. ...
Email: lfang3@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5154
Dr. Lichao Fang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University. From 2022 to 2025, she was a postdoctoral scholar in Materials Science & Engineering at Stanford University. ...
Email: msfofana@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5966
Email: agnanaskandan@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6438
Prof. Aswin Gnanaskandan joined the WPI faculty in August 2020 as an assistant professor. His research experience prior to WPI includes a Postdoctoral Researcher position at California Institute of Technology, USA, a Research Scientist position at Dynaflow Inc, USA, and a Scientist position at the Defense Research and Development Laboratory, India. ...
Email: guceri@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4692
Dr. Selçuk Güçeri is an internationally recognized, distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WPI, where he also served as the inaugural Bernard M. Gordon Dean of Engineering from 2011-2013. Dr. Güçeri earned his undergraduate degree from ODTÜ/METU in Türkiye and his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. He began his academic career at the University of Delaware, establishing major research programs in composite materials and energy. ...
Email: hou@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5705
It has been a great pleasure to teach at WPI, a school with motivated students from all over the world. ...
Email: jianyul@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6649
Professor Liang’s research explores the physics of interfaces between the nanometer and micron scales. Her team responds to the challenging interdisciplinary nature of their research endeavor through successful collaboration with colleagues with expertise in metrology, physics, bioscience, medical science, chemistry, and fire protection engineering. Her educational effort includes novel approaches to project-based learning and global centers for science and engineering. ...
Email: yliu11@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4829
The overarching theme of my research is light-matter interactions and their applications in microscale and nanoscale. Particularly, my research interests include optical trapping, optofluidics, nanophotonics, cavity optomechanics, and fiber optic sensing systems, with an emphasis on optical actuation, damping, and sensing of mechanics in micro-/nano-scale structures and biological specimens. The potential applications of my research include on-chip disease diagnosis, in vivo disease treatments, motion detection in consumer electronics, health monitoring, and biomechanics. ...
Email: mmm@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5647
Makhlouf M. Makhlouf is professor of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He was Director of the Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC) between 1992 and 2015. ACRC is a collaboration between the academic and industrial sectors focusing on issues that benefit the global foundry industry. It brings fundamental understanding to existing processes, develops new methods, and addresses management-technology interface matters. ...
Email: zmao2@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4845
Dr. Zhu Mao joined WPI as an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department in 2021, and before that, he was on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell from 2015. His research interests include dynamics and vibration, intelligent systems, noncontact sensing and computer vision, signal processing and machine learning, uncertainty quantification, and condition-based monitoring for a variety of applications. ...
Email: bmishra@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5711
Brajendra Mishra’s research focuses on sustainable stewardship of earth’s resources by developing technologies to advance commercially viable metals/materials processing. He is involved in the design and development of industry-oriented methods for energy and materials sustainability, which is one of the greatest challenges in the 21st Century. ...
Email: mmortazavi@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4927
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My research interests include multiphase flow, droplet dynamics, clean hydrogen energy systems, and decarbonization. I am an experimentalist in thermo-fluid sciences and engage in both fundamental and applied research. As the director of the Multiscale Thermal Fluids Laboratory (MTFL) at WPI, I lead a team that focuses on addressing thermo-fluidic challenges across a variety of applications. ...
Email: lmoradi@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6186
Lee Moradi, PhD, PE
WPI School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering (MME)
Lee Moradi joined WPI in February 2022 as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering (MME). He is also the Co-Director of the Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Institute (AVMI). Prior to WPI, Lee had 18 years of experience with industry and 25 years as a faculty and director at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Lee held several leadership positions at UAB including: ...
Email: a.nejad@northeastern.edu
I have been an educator since January 2018, teaching a wide range of courses at institutions such as Wentworth Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Northeastern University, and the University of Houston.
I enjoy teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It allows me to interact with the students. My teaching portfolio includes undergraduate and graduate level courses in broad engineering areas spanning thermal-fluid sciences, applied mechanics, and vibration and control. ...
Email: pradhakrishnan@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6544
Teaching gives me an opportunity to interact with students and to continually learn and impart new concepts at the same time. I teach Modeling and Analysis of Mechatronic Systems (ME/RBE 4322) and Advanced Engineering Design (ME 4320) during the regular academic year. During summer, I teach Intro to Dynamic Systems (ES 2503) and Kinematics of Mechanisms (ME 3310).
My research is centered around developing automated design tools and hardware related to mechatronic systems. ...
Email: pmrao@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4828
My research seeks to understand, design, and develop advanced materials, manufacturing methods, processes, and devices for a range of important applications. Current areas of focus include photocatalytic nanomaterials for solar-driven water purification; printed soft stretchable electronics and sensors for wearable devices and soft robotics; and catalytic processes for the conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas to clean hydrogen fuel, along with the production of high-value carbon nanomaterials. ...
Email: acsabuncu@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5807
Dr. Sabuncu holds a Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from Old Dominion University. Dr. Sabuncu’s professional interests is thermo-fluids engineering including microfluidic applications. He is also interested in dielectric spectroscopy of cells and tissues since 2009. His research in engineering education focuses on development of online laboratory exercises and use of Internet of Things & artificial intelligence in engineering education. ...
Email: kshete@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5761
Email: vvantsevich@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5013
Vladimir Vantsevich is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He serves as co-Director and Principal Investigator of the Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Institute (AVMI). Prior to WPI, he worked as a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Lawrence Technological University (LTU) in Michigan. Before LTU, Dr. ...
Email: president@wpi.edu
Grace Wang, PhD, began as WPI’s 17th president on April 3, 2023. She is also a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WPI. ...
Email: yanwang@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5453
I am William Smith Foundation Dean’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Since joining WPI, I have been very active in research. Currently, my lab focuses on the study of new electrodes and materials for energy storage, including lithium ion batteries, supercapacitors, flow batteries, battery manufacturing, battery safety and recycle, and fundamental electrochemistry. This research can lead to energy storage with high energy density, high power density, long life, low cost, and high safety. ...
Email: jyagoobi@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5299
I enjoy teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Teaching is very rewarding, and it allows me to interact with the students. My teaching portfolio includes undergraduate and graduate level courses in the areas of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, liquid/vapor phase change, thermodynamics, and design of thermal systems. ...
Email: jyang11@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6749
Jiawei Yang is an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at WPI. He received a PhD from Harvard University in 2019, completed postdoctoral research at MIT in 2023, and joined WPI in 2024.
The Yang lab studies, designs, and assembles polymers across molecular-to-macroscopic scales to develop multifunctional material systems for addressing longstanding materials challenges in health and sustainability. ...
Email: yzheng8@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4649
My research focuses on medical and manufacturing innovation. I apply manufacturing science and technology to enhance healthcare. I contribute fundamental knowledge of tissue mechanics and imaging properties, provide novel computational modeling methodologies to simulate and understand manufacturing and surgical processes, and develop medical devices and clinical manufacturing systems to tackle unmet clinical needs. ...
Email: fzoutendyk@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4854
As a Professor of Teaching at WPI, I share my enthusiasm for materials science, thermal fluids, renewable energy and biomaterials, both in my classes and as a capstone design project advisor. Education is my way of sharing my passion for Science and Engineering. I believe that these are great professions because they give us the ability to effect real and positive change in this world. I particularly enjoy the varied and interesting contributions my students make in class, and the collaborative environment of WPI as a whole. ...
Email: gkminnich@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6770
Email: swoods@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6088
Email: ehburnham@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6087
Email: phefti@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5597
Email: boquanli@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6025
Email: jharris5@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5219
Joel Harris, PE, joined the Manufacturing Laboratory after a 32 year career at Raytheon Technologies (formerly Raytheon Co) plus 3 years at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Joel’s area of expertise is mechanical and mechatronic engineering of aerospace and marine products. Joel worked on design, analysis, manufacture, test of components and systems, plus support to fielded products. For his last 12 years at Raytheon, Joel was the engineering lead for the manufacture of the PATRIOT GEM-T missile control section. ...
Email: phowe@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4875
Email: mrp@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5992