Faculty Directory
Professor
Fellow of ASME
Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1995
3870 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 202-994-3326
balaras@gwu.edu
Website: seas.gwu.edu/~balaras
Associate Professor
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Iowa
3675 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone:
amir.barakati@gwu.edu
Professor
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2004
3620 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 202-994-3715
labarba@gwu.edu
Website: lorenabarba.com
Professor
Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2006
3580 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 202-994-2650
bardet@gwu.edu
Website: blogs.gwu.edu/bardet/
Professor, P.E.
Fellow of ASME
Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook, 1971
5570 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Webex appointment
Phone: 202-994-3646
garris@gwu.edu
Website: cgarris.com
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
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2012
3570 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Weds 5 - 6p
Phone: 202-994-8436
sleblanc@gwu.edu
Website: leblanclab.com
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
Professor
Ph.D, University of Michigan, 2008
3610 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Wed 1:30 - 2:30p or by appointment
Phone: 202-994-8710
tylee@gwu.edu
Website: seas.gwu.edu/~tylee
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2010
3880 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 1-3 or by appointment
Phone: 202-994-9830
mleftwich@gwu.edu
Website: leftwichlab.seas.gwu.edu
Professor
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 1999
4660 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment; Zoom: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/my/lengys
Phone: 202-994-5964
leng@gwu.edu
Website: seas.gwu.edu/~leng
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
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
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University, 2016
Office Hours: Tues 1 - 3p
3675 Science & Engineering Hall
matthew.rau@gwu.edu
Website: blogs.gwu.edu/
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
Professor
Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991
3630 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 1 - 2p
Phone: 202-994-5995
yshen@gwu.edu
Website: seas.gwu.edu/~yshen
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
Associate Professor
Ph.D, Purdue University, 2013
3600 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:30 - 1:30p
Phone: 202-994-0895
pwei@gwu.edu
Website: web.seas.gwu.edu/pwei
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
Research Faculty
Associate Research Professor
D.Sc., The George Washington University, 2010
bulusu@gwu.edu
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Office Hours: By appointment
capanna@gwu.edu
Website: blogs.gwu.edu/bardet/
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

Research Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984
adcutler@gwu.edu
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Research Profesor
Fellow of AIAA
Ph.D., London University
dolling@gwu.edu
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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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Research Professor
Fellow ASM
D.Sc., The George Washington University, 1978
105B Tompkins Hall
Phone: 202-994-0986
ashrafimam@gwu.edu
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Emeritus Faculty:
Andrew D. Cutler Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science adcutler@gwu.edu | David S. Dolling
|
Stephen M.Hsu Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science stevehsu@gwu.edu |
Douglas L. Jones
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Roger E. Kaufman
| Ali Muhlis Kiper Professor Emeritus of Engineering |
Vladislav Klein Professor Emeritus of Engineering | Bruce Michael Kramer
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Murray R. Snyder Professor Emeritus of Engineering snydermr@gwu.edu | John L. Whitesides
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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 |