Faculty Directory

Elias Balaras

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
balarasgwu [dot] edu (balaras[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: seas.gwu.edu/~balaras

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Amir Barakati

Associate Professor
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Iowa

3675 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone:
amir [dot] barakatigwu [dot] edu (amir[dot]barakati[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Lorena A. Barba

Professor
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2004

3620 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 202-994-3715
labarbagwu [dot] edu (labarba[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: lorenabarba.com

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Philippe M. Bardet

Professor
Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2006

3580 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 202-994-2650
bardetgwu [dot] edu (bardet[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: blogs.gwu.edu/bardet/

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Charles Garris

Professor, P.E.
Fellow of ASME
Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook, 1971

5570 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Webex appointment
Phone: 202-994-3646
garrisgwu [dot] edu (garris[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: cgarris.com

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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
keidargwu [dot] edu (keidar[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: https://mpnl.seas.gwu.edu

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Saniya LeBlanc

Professor

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2012

3570 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Weds 5 - 6p
Phone: 202-994-8436
sleblancgwu [dot] edu (sleblanc[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: leblanclab.com

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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
jdleegwu [dot] edu (jdlee[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Taeyoung Lee

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
tyleegwu [dot] edu (tylee[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: seas.gwu.edu/~tylee

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Megan Leftwich

Professor

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2010

3880 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 1-3 or by appointment
Phone: 202-994-9830
mleftwichgwu [dot] edu (mleftwich[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: leftwichlab.seas.gwu.edu

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Yongsheng Leng

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
lenggwu [dot] edu (leng[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: seas.gwu.edu/~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 [dot] panahgwu [dot] edu (azar[dot]panah[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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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
plesniakgwu [dot] edu (plesniak[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: cbbe.seas.gwu.edu

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Matthew J. Rau

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Purdue University, 2016
Office Hours: Tues 1 - 3p
3675 Science & Engineering Hall
matthew [dot] raugwu [dot] edu (matthew[dot]rau[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: blogs.gwu.edu/matthew-rau/

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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
sarkargwu [dot] edu (sarkar[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: sarkarkausik.com

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Yin-Lin Shen

Professor
Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991

3630 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 1 - 2p
Phone: 202-994-5995
yshengwu [dot] edu (yshen[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: seas.gwu.edu/~yshen

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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

steveshootergwu [dot] edu (steveshooter[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Peng Wei

Associate Professor
Ph.D, Purdue University, 2013

3600 Science & Engineering Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:30 - 1:30p
Phone: 202-994-0895
pweigwu [dot] edu (pwei[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: web.seas.gwu.edu/pwei

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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
lgzhanggwu [dot] edu (lgzhang[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: blogs.gwu.edu/lgzhang

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Research Faculty

Kartik V. Bulusu

Associate Research Professor
D.Sc., The George Washington University, 2010

bulusugwu [dot] edu (bulusu[at]gwu[dot]edu)
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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

kchonggwu [dot] edu (kchong[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_P._Chong

Andrew D. Cutler

Research Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984

adcutlergwu [dot] edu (adcutler[at]gwu[dot]edu)
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David S. Dolling

Research Profesor
Fellow of AIAA
Ph.D., London University

dollinggwu [dot] edu
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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
stevehsugwu [dot] edu (stevehsu[at]gwu[dot]edu)
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M. Ashraf Imam

Research Professor
Fellow ASM
D.Sc., The George Washington University, 1978

105B Tompkins Hall
Phone: 202-994-0986
ashrafimamgwu [dot] edu (ashrafimam[at]gwu[dot]edu)
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Emeritus Faculty:

Andrew D. Cutler Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science adcutlergwu [dot] edu (adcutler[at]gwu[dot]edu)	David S. Dolling Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering dollinggwu [dot] edu (dolling[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Stephen M.Hsu Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science stevehsugwu [dot] edu (stevehsu[at]gwu[dot]edu)	Douglas L. Jones Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science jonegwu [dot] edu
Roger E. Kaufman Professor Emeritus of Engineering, P.E. kaufman1gwu [dot] 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 snydermrgwu [dot] edu (snydermr[at]gwu[dot]edu)	John L. Whitesides Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Sciencejlwgwu [dot] edu (jlw[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Part-Time Faculty:

Kyle Crandall Professorial Lecturer crandallkgwu [dot] edu (crandallk[at]gwu[dot]edu)	D. S. Dodbele Professorial Lecturer dodbelsonr [dot] navy [dot] mil
J. Flemming Lecturer jflemingbannerwitcoff [dot] com	D. Gerk Lecturer dgerkbannerwitcoff [dot] com
J. Milgram Professorial Lecturer milgramcgpp [dot] com	M. Naderi Professorial Lecturer mnaderigwu [dot] edu (mnaderi[at]gwu[dot]edu)
E. Naranji Professorial Lecturer ehsannaranjigwu [dot] edu (ehsannaranji[at]gwu[dot]edu)	Nikhil Nigam Professorial Lecturer nnigamgwu [dot] edu
Bong-Min Paik Professorial Lecturer bmpaikgwu [dot] edu	Joel Slotten Professorial Lecturer jslottengwu [dot] edu (jslotten[at]gwu[dot]edu)
J. K. Soldner Professorial Lecturer John [dot] k [dot] soldnersaic [dot] com	Murray R. Snyder Professor of Engineering snydermrgwu [dot] edu (snydermr[at]gwu[dot]edu)