Faculty
Our Full Time Professors
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
Research Interests: finite element analysis, computer-aided design
Office: ENG117B
Phone: 408-924-3845
Email: raghu.agarwal@sjsu.edu
Feruza Amirkulova, PhD Rutgers
Associate Professor
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
Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, Design Optimization, Structural Ceramics,
and Functionally Graded Materials.
Office: ENG310E
Phone: 408-924-8354
Email: amir.armani@sjsu.edu
Fred Barez, PhD UC Berkeley, ASME Fellow
Professor
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
Saeid Bashash, PhD Clemson University
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Control systems, Mechatronics, Power and Engergy Systems, Internet
of Things
Winncy Du, PhD Georgia Tech, PE, ASME Fellow
Professor
Research Interests: mechatronics, robotics, machine vision, pattern recognition
Office: ENG310F
Phone: 408-924-3866
Email: winncy.du@sjsu.edu
Professor
Research Interests: precision machine design, mechatronic systems, mechanical measurement
Office: ENG344D
Phone: 408-924-3817
Email: burford.furman@sjsu.edu
Associate Professor
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
Lin Jiang, PhD University of Texas at Dallas
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Mechatronics, Soft Robotics, Medical Devices, Machine Vision,
and Biomechanics
Office: ENG310J
Phone: 408-924-4596
Email: lin.jiang@sjsu.edu
Farzan Kazemifar, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
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
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
Research Interests: microfluids, soft tissue mechanics, microsystems, experimental
methods.
Office: ENG115
Phone: 408-924-7167
Email: sang-joon.lee@sjsu.edu
Mojtaba Sharifi, PhD Sharif University of Technology
Assistant Professor
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
Vimal Viswanathan, PhD Texas A&M
Professor
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
Raymond Yee, PhD UC Berkeley, PE
Professor, and Assoc. Dean of Extended Studies
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
Email: salman.ahsan@sjsu.edu
Email: eveline.bellegarda@sjsu.edu
Bhaskar, Vidhyacharan (Charan)
Email: charan.bhaskar@sjsu.edu
Consultant in CAD and FEA
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
Email: amin.Ghafooripour@sjsu.edu
Hemati, Neyram, PhD Cornell University
Staff Engineer, Aeva Technologies, Inc.
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
Classes taught: ME 183
Phone: 408-813-2970
Email: sargon@pragmaticPE.com
Mechanical Engineer
Classes taught: ME 111, 114, 130
Office: ENG310F
Phone: 408-799-3043
Email: samuel.kidane@sjsu.edu
Kutler, Paul PhD Iowa State University; MSM Stanford
Advanced Fliers, LLC; Deputy Director (retired), NASA-Ames
Classes taught: ME 111
Office: TTh 15:15 - 16:15 ENG 383
Phone: 408-482-1028
Email: pkutler@comcast.net
Classes taught: ME 147
Office: MW 08:00-09:00 ENG401 & TTh 08:00-09:00 ENG339
Email: long.lu@sjsu.edu
President & Principal Engineer, Angle Systems LLC
Classes taught: ME 120
Office: M 16:30 - 17:30 ENG 133
Phone: 408-306-4537
Email: mvananda@sbcglobal.net
Pharand, Michel, MASc and MSEM
Principal Mechanical Design Engineer, Ultratech
Classes taught: ME 250
Email: pharand@comcast.net
Senior Manager R&D and Innovation at PG&E
Classes taught: ME 101, 172
Phone: 415-517-0946
Email: fxrongere@gmail.com
Assistant Professor
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
Professor
Classes taught: ME 101, 113, 130Office: ENG310D W 10:00-12:00 and F 13:00 - 15:00
Phone: 408-924-3841
Office: TTh 14:00 - 15:00 ENG383
Phone: 408-924-3854
Email: abdie.tabrizi@evc.edu
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
Classes taught: ME 101, 111, 113
Office: TTh 08:30-11:00
Phone: 408-368-7031
Email: rctsou123@gmail.com
Tyukhov, Igor, 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
Youssefi, Ken, 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
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
