Faculty
Full Time Professors
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
PhD. Texas A&M
Research Interests: finite element analysis, computer-aided design
Office: ENG117B
Phone: 408-924-3845
Email: raghu.agarwal@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor
PhD. Rutgers
Research Interests: acoustic and elastic wave propagation and scattering, metamaterials,
"invisibility" cloak, dynamic material
Office: ENG310G
Phone: 408-924-2045
Email: feruza.amirkulova@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor
PhD. MST
Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, Design Optimization, Structural Ceramics,
and Functionally Graded Materials.
Office: ENG310E
Phone: 408-924-8354
Email: amir.armani@sjsu.edu
Professor
PhD. UC Berkeley, ASME Fellow
Research Interests: autonomous vehicles, hybrid and electric vehicles, electronics
packaging, smart home and efficiency, space exploration, and Aviation Technology.
Office: IS107
Phone: 408-924-4298
Email: fred.barez@sjsu.edu
Professor
PhD. Georgia Tech, PE, ASME Fellow
Research Interests: mechatronics, robotics, machine vision, pattern recognition
Office: ENG310F
Phone: 408-924-3866
Email: winncy.du@sjsu.edu
Professor
PhD. Stanford, PE
Research Interests: precision machine design, mechatronic systems, mechanical measurement
Office: ENG344D
Phone: 408-924-3817
Email: burford.furman@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor
PhD. Stanford
Research Interests: Microfluidics, biological sample purification, on-chip diagnostics,
lab on a chip, micro total analysis system
Office: ENG217
Phone: 408-924-6040
Email: crystal.m.han@sjsu.edu
Assistant Professor
PhD. University of Texas at Dallas
Research Interests: Mechatronics, Soft Robotics, Medical Devices, Machine Vision,
and Biomechanics
Office: ENG310J
Phone: 408-924-4596
Email: lin.jiang@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
PhD. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Experimental thermal and fluid sciences, optical and laser-based
diagnostic techniques, multiphase flow and transport in porous media, particle-based
fluid velocity measurement techniques
Office: ENG310B
Phone: 408-924-3822
Email: farzan.kazemifar@sjsu.edu
Professor, Department Chair (08/19/2024), & ASME Fellow
PhD. MIT
Research Interests: Thermal system optimization, Energy system in grid interactive
buildings, Fair and equitable power distribution for smart grid, Solid state thermal
energy conversion.
Office: ENG310H, You are welcome to visit me whenever my door is open.
Phone: 408-924-3857
Email: hohyun.lee@sjsu.edu
Professor
PhD. MIT
Research Interests: microfluids, soft tissue mechanics, microsystems, experimental
methods.
Office: ENG115
Phone: 408-924-7167
Email: sang-joon.lee@sjsu.edu
Assistant Professor
PhD. University of Southern California
Office: ENG310K
Phone: 408-924-3504
Email: yunjian.qiu@sjsu.edu
Assistant Professor
PhD. Sharif University of Technology
Research Interests: Medical robotics, Human-Robot interaction, Biomedical Engineering,
Mechatronic Systems, Intelligent Control, Machine Learning.
Office: ENG310A
Phone: 408-924-3816
Email: mojtaba.sharifi@sjsu.edu
Professor
PhD. Texas A&M
Research Interests: engineering design, new product development, design creativity
and innovation, mechatronics systems design.
Office: ENG310D W 10:00-12:00 and F 13:00 - 15:00
Phone: 408-924-3841
Email: vimal.viswanathan@sjsu.edu
Office: ENG310D
Phone: 408-924-3841
Email: vimal.viswanathan@sjsu.edu
Professor, and Assoc. Dean of Extended Studies
PhD. UC Berkeley, PE
Research Interests: Mechanical Design, Materials Behavior, Fracture Mechanics, Finite
Element Analysis
Office: ENG491F
Phone: 408-924-3935
Email: raymond.yee@sjsu.edu
Part Time Professors
PhD. University of Alabama in Huntsville
Email: charan.bhaskar@sjsu.edu
Consultant in CAD and FEA
PhD. Caltech
Classes taught: ME 101, 160, 165, 240, 273, 274
Office: W 17:45 - 18:15 ENG 327
Phone: 408-418-8535
Email: eduardo.chan@sjsu.edu
Staff Engineer, Aeva Technologies, Inc.
PhD. Cornell University
Classes taught: ME 101, 187, 195A/B, 280, 285
Office: MW 20:45-21:45 ENG301, or by appointment
Phone: 408-761-1467
Email: neyram.hemati@sjsu.edu
Registered Mechanical Engineer, LEED AP; Principal, Pragmatic Professional Engineers
MS. Stanford
Classes taught: ME 183
Phone: 408-813-2970
Email: sargon@pragmaticPE.com
Mechanical Engineer
PhD. UNLV
Classes taught: ME 111, 114, 130
Office: ENG310F
Phone: 408-799-3043
Advanced Fliers, LLC; Deputy Director (retired), NASA-Ames
PhD. Iowa State University; MSM Stanford
Classes taught: ME 111
Office: TTh 15:15 - 16:15 ENG 383
Phone: 408-482-1028
Email: pkutler@comcast.net
President & Principal Engineer, Angle Systems LLC
MS. UNC
Classes taught: ME 120
Office: M 16:30 - 17:30 ENG 133
Phone: 408-306-4537
Email: mvananda@sbcglobal.net
PhD. Stanford
Classes taught: ME 113, 115, 130, 210, 211, 221, 230
Office: W 8:45-9:30 ENG340 & W 19:40-20:30 CLK234
Phone: 408-313-8391
Email: younes.shabany@sjsu.edu
PhD. University of Utah
Classes taught: ME 111, 113, 182, 200, 271
Office: TTh 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM; TTh 13:15 - 14:15 ENG 383
Phone: 408-504-6086
Email: erniethurlow@yahoo.com
PhD. National Research University "MPEI"
Classes taught: ME 115, 170
Office: Th 18:00-19:00 by appointment
Phone: 408-618-9445
Email: igor.tyukhov@sjsu.edu
PhD. UC Berkeley
Classes taught: ENG 10; ME 19, 20, 101, 154, 157, 265
Office: M 9:00- 10:00 by appointment only
Phone: 408-924-4142
Email: kyoussefi@aol.com
PhD.
Classes taught: ME 101,113, 114, 115, 120, 147, 182, 186 and 195A/B
Office: T 15:45-16:45 & W 12:00-13:00 ENG113
Phone: 609-558-1227
Email: sohailhzaidi@gmail.com
