Faculty

Instructors
Affiliate Faculty

Nicole Abaid
Associate Professor
Mathematics, Virginia Tech
nabaid@vt.edu

Montasir Abbas
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
abbas@vt.edu

Kereshmeh Afsari
Assistant Professor
Myers-Lawson School of Construction, Virginia Tech
keresh@vt.edu

Masoud Agah
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
agah@vt.edu

Diana Bairaktarova
Associate Professor
Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
dibairak@vt.edu

Romesh Batra
Clifton C. Garvin Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
rbatra@vt.edu

Brenda Brand
Professor
School of Education, Virginia Tech
bbrand@vt.edu

Scott Case
Reynolds Metals Professor
Civil and Enironmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
scase@vt.edu

Shengfeng Cheng
Associate Professor
Physics, Virginia Tech
chengsf@vt.edu

Raffaella De Vita
Professor, Associate Department Head
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
devita@vt.edu

William Devenport
Professor and Director of VT Stability Wind Tunnel
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
devenport@vt.edu

David Dillard
Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
dillard@vt.edu

Stefan Duma
Harry C. Wyatt Professor and Director, ICTAS
duma@vt.edu

Jake Grohs
Associate ProfessorAssistant Department Head for Graduate Programs
Department of Engineering Education,
Virginia Tech
jrgrohs@vt.edu

Serkan Gugercin
Class of 1950 Professor
Mathematics, Virginia Tech
gugercin@vt.edu

Andrea L’Afflitto
Associate Professor
Industrial Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
a.lafflitto@vt.edu

Todd Lowe
Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
kelowe@vt.edu

Vinh Nguyen
Associate Professor
Physics, Virginia Tech
vinh@vt.edu

Robin Queen
Professor & Director of Granata Biomechanics Lab
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
rmqueen@vt.edu

Pradeep Raj
Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
praj@vt.edu

Prahalada Rao
Associate Professor
Industrial Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
prahalad@vt.edu

John Robertson
Professor
BEAM, Virginia Tech
drbob@vt.edu

Shane Ross
Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
sdross@vt.edu

Rodrigo Sarlo
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
sarlo@vt.edu

Gary Seidel
Associate Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
gary.seidel@vt.edu

Hasan Seyyedhasani
Assistant Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
seyyedhasani12@vt.edu

Jake Socha
Samuel Herrick Professor
BEAM, Virginia Tech
jjsocha@vt.edu

Anne Staples
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
staplesa@vt.edu

Mark Stremler
Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
stremler@vt.edu

Cornel Sultan
Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
csultan@vt.edu

Costin Untaroiu
Associate Professor
Center for Injury Biomechanics,
Virginia Tech
costin@vt.edu

Craig Woolsey
Professor
AOE, Virginia Tech
cwoolsey@vt.edu

Roe-Hoan Yoon
University Distinguished Professor
Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech
ryoon@vt.edu
Adjunct Faculty

Michael Benson
Advanced Fuel Manufacturing
Idaho National Labs

Magdalena Caro
Staff Scientist
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Weiwei Deng
Faculty
Southern University of Science and Technology
Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering

Zhiqun (Daniel) Deng
Lab Fellow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Azim Eskandarian
Dean, College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tomonari Furukawa
Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
University of Virginia

Edward Haug
College of Engineering, University of Iowa

Deborah Kelly
Professor
Pennsylvania State University

Donald J. Leo
Dean, College of Engineering
University of Georgia

Alexander Leonessa
Program Director,
National Science Foundation

Jack Lesko
Director of Engineering Research, The Roux Institute

Shashank Priya
Vice President for Research, University of Minnesota

Hang Ruan
VP of Sensors and Systems
NanoSonic Inc.

Luka Snoj
Reactor Physics Division F-8,
Jozef Stefan Institute

Robert Sturges Jr.
Professor (retired)
ISE, Virginia Tech

Zhiting Tian
Associate Professor
Cornell University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sankaranarayanan Vengadesan
Professor
IIT Madras, Department of Applied Mechanics

Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Berkeley

Lei Zuo
Professor
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
University of Michigan