UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State College of Engineering has added 25 faculty members since February 2024. The four tenure-line faculty and 21 professional track faculty represent 10 units and departments.
“It is my pleasure to formally welcome our newest faculty members to the College of Engineering,” said Tonya Peeples, the Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering. “They represent the recent investments in departments and units across the varied engineering disciplines of our college. I wish them the best as they embark on their teaching, research and service missions at Penn State and cannot wait to see the impact they will have on their fields of research and future generations of engineers.”
This list specifically includes new faculty members who started at the college between Feb. 1, 2024, and March 27 of this year.
Tenure-line faculty who joined the college in the past year include:
- Arslan Khan, assistant professor of computer science and engineering
- Mingyo Leen Park, assistant professor of electrical engineering
- Stefano Terlizzi, John and Jean M. Brennan Clean Energy Early Career Professor of Nuclear Engineering
- Pei Wu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering
Professional track faculty who joined the college in the past year include:
- Teresa Aditya, assistant research professor of nuclear engineering
- Robert Banas, professor of practice of architectural engineering
- Peihao Geng, assistant research professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering
- Krishna Kambhampaty, assistant teaching professor of computer science and engineering
- Inhye Kim, assistant research professor of biomedical engineering
- Scott Leighow, assistant research professor of biomedical engineering
- Farnaz Lorestani, assistant research professor of engineering science and mechanics
- Matthew Meier, assistant research professor of mechanical engineering
- Sanaz Motamedi, assistant research professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering
- Deirdre Ragan, associate teaching professor of aerospace engineering
- Sharad Sharan, associate teaching professor of aerospace engineering
- Irish Singh, assistant teaching professor of computer science and engineering
- Madhusudan Singh, associate teaching professor of computer science and engineering
- Stephon Smith, professor of practice of biomedical engineering
- Saber Soltani, associate research professor of electrical engineering
- Supraja Sudharsan, assistant teaching professor in the School of Engineering Design and Innovation
- Vitor Tumelero Valente, assistant research professor of aerospace engineering
- Vineet Vishwakarma, assistant research professor of mechanical engineering
- Daiwei Wang, assistant research professor of mechanical engineering
- Tao Wang, assistant research professor of mechanical engineering
- Brian Zajac, professor of practice of industrial and manufacturing engineering