Faculty Directory

 

Elias balaras

 

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Lorena Barba

 

philippe bardet

 

 

Chuchu Chen
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2025
 
(starting Fall 2025)

 

Charles Garris

 

Michael Keidar
Michael Keidar

A. James Clark Professor of Engineering
Fellow of AIAA, American Physical Society (APS) and the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Director of GWIN
Ph.D., Tel Aviv University, 1997

3550 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 2 - 3p or by appointment
Phone: 202-994-6929
keidar@gwu.edu
Website:  https://mpnl.seas.gwu.edu

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saniya leblanc

 


 

James Lee
James D. Lee

Professor, P.E.
Fellow of ASME
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1971

4630 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours:  Monday 2:30 - 3:30p or by appointment
Phone: 202-994-5971
jdlee@gwu.edu

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Taeyoung Lee

 


 

 


 

Yongsheng Leng

 


 

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Azar Panah

Associate Professor
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Iowa

3665 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 202-994-4069
azar.panah@gwu.edu

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michael plesniak
Michael W. Plesniak

Professor, Department Chair, Director of Center for Biomimetics and Bioinspired Engineering
Fellow of AIAA, ASME, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and Washington Academy of Sciences
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1990

3000B Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 202-994-9800
plesniak@gwu.edu
Website: cbbe.seas.gwu.edu

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matthew rau

 

kausik sarkar
Kausik Sarkar

Professor
Fellow of ASME, the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), American Physical Society (APS), and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1994

4550 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 202-994-8710
sarkar@gwu.edu
Website: sarkarkausik.com

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yin-lin shen

 

Steven shooter
Steven Shooter

Professor
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1995

4620 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Mon 1 - 2p Wed 3:45 - 5p

steveshooter@gwu.edu

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Laura Stegner
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Delaware, 2025
 
(starting Fall 2025)

 

peng wei

 

Grace Zhang
Lijie Grace Zhang

Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Ph.D, Brown University, 2009

3590 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Monday 10a - 12p or by appointment
Phone: 202-994-2479
lgzhang@gwu.edu
Website: blogs.gwu.edu/lgzhang

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Research Faculty

Kartik Bulusu

 

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Ken Chong
Ken P. Chong

Research Professor
Fellow of ASME, American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM) and Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); P.E)
Ph.D., Princeton 1969

kchong@gwu.edu
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_P._Chong


 

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Stephen M. Hsu

 

Research Professor
Fellow of ASME
Ph.D., Penn State University, 1976

323C Exploration Hall (VA Campus)
Phone: 202-994-6069
stevehsu@gwu.edu
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Emeritus Faculty:

Andrew D. Cutler
Professor Emeritus of Engineering and
Applied Science
adcutler@gwu.edu

David S. Dolling
Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering
dolling@gwu.edu

 

Stephen M.Hsu
Professor Emeritus of Engineering and
Applied Science
stevehsu@gwu.edu

 

Douglas L. Jones
Professor Emeritus of Engineering and
Applied Science
jone@gwu.edu

 

Roger E. Kaufman
Professor Emeritus of Engineering, P.E.
kaufman1@gwu.edu
seas.gwu.edu/~kaufman1

 

Ali Muhlis Kiper
Professor Emeritus of Engineering
Vladislav Klein
Professor Emeritus of Engineering

Bruce Michael Kramer
Professor Emeritus of Engineering and
Applied Science

 

Murray R. Snyder
Professor Emeritus of Engineering
snydermr@gwu.edu

John L. Whitesides
Professor Emeritus of Engineering and
Applied Sciencejlw@gwu.edu

 


Part-Time Faculty:

Kyle Crandall
Professorial Lecturer
crandallk@gwu.edu
D. S. Dodbele
Professorial Lecturer
dodbels@onr.navy.mil
J. Flemming
Lecturer
jfleming@bannerwitcoff.com
D. Gerk
Lecturer
dgerk@bannerwitcoff.com
J. Milgram
Professorial Lecturer
milgram@cgpp.com
M. Naderi
Professorial Lecturer
mnaderi@gwu.edu 
E. Naranji
Professorial Lecturer
ehsannaranji@gwu.edu 
Nikhil Nigam
Professorial Lecturer
nnigam@gwu.edu
Bong-Min Paik
Professorial Lecturer
bmpaik@gwu.edu
Joel Slotten
Professorial Lecturer
jslotten@gwu.edu 
J. K. Soldner
Professorial Lecturer
John.k.soldner@saic.com
Murray R. Snyder
Professor of Engineering
snydermr@gwu.edu