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

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

Jonathan Black
Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
jonathan.black@vt.edu

Jeff Borggaard
Professor
Mathematics, Virginia Tech
jborggaard@vt.edu

Michael Bortner
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
mbortner@vt.edu

Robert Canfield
Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
bob.canfield@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

Caitlyn Collins
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech
cjcollins@vt.edu

Zachary Doerzaph
Executive Director
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
zdoerzap@vt.edu

Hosein Foroutan
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
hosein@vt.edu

Yao Fu
Associate Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
yaof@vt.edu

Christine Gilbert
Associate Professor Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
cikeda@vt.edu

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

Netta Gurari
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech
gurari@vt.edu

Aiguo Han
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech
aiguohan@vt.edu

Nadir Kaplan
Assistant Professor
Physics, Virginia Tech
nadirkaplan@vt.edu

Justin Kauffman
Researsh Assistant Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
jakauff@vt.edu

Arina Korneva
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech
akorneva@vt.edu

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

Manteghi Majid
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
manteghi@vt.edu

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

Miguel Perez
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering / Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
mperez@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

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

Steven Rowson
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech
rowson@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

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

Sujith Vijayan
Associate Professor
Neuroscience, Virginia Tech
neuron99@vt.edu

Eli Vlaisavljevich
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech
eliv@vt.edu

Jennifer Wayne
Professor
Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
jswayne@vt.edu

Roe-Hoan Yoon
University Distinguished Professor
Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech
ryoon@vt.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Michael Benson
mt35benson@gmail.com
Staff Scientist, Idaho National Lab
Azim Eskandarian
eskandariana@vcu.edu
Dean, VCU College of Engineering
Tomonari Furukawa
tf4rp@virginia.edu
Professor, University of Virginia
Alex Leonessa
aleoness@vt.edu
National Science Foundation
Ling Li
LZLI@SEAS.UPENN.EDU
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Chris Long
ChrisELong@gmail.com
Senior Leader, GE
Doug Nelson
djnelson@vt.edu
Retired, Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering
John Palmore
palmore@uw.edu
Assistant Professor, Universith of Washington
Hang Ruan
hangruan@vt.edu
Director of Engineering; Vice President, Sensors and Systems; NanoSonic, Inc.
Jay Rule
jarule75me@vt.edu
Instructor, Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering
Luka Snoj
luka.snoj@ijs.si
Associate Professor, Joszef Stefan Institute
Lei Zuo
leizuo@umich.edu
Professor, University of Michigan