Full-time
Our Full Time Professors
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
Research Interests: finite element analysis, computer-aided design
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
Phone: 408-924-2045
Email: feruza.amirkulova@sjsu.edu
Amir Armani, PhD Missouri University of Science and Technology
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Design and Optimization, Additive Manufacturing, Structural Ceramics,
Functionally Graded Materials, Smart Structures, and Sheet Metal Forming
Phone: 408-924-8354
Email: amir.armani@sjsu.edu
Fred Barez, PhD UC Berkeley, ASME Fellow
Professor
Research Interests: electronics packaging, magnetic recording, fiber optics
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
Phone: 408-924-8355
Email: saeid.bashash@sjsu.edu
Winncy Du, PhD Georgia Tech, PE, ASME Fellow
Professor
Research Interests: mechatronics, robotics, machine vision, pattern recognition
Phone: 408-924-3866
Email: winncy.du@sjsu.edu
Buff Furman, PhD Stanford, PE
Professor
Research Interests: precision machine design, mechatronic systems, mechanical measurement
Phone: 408-924-3817
Email: burford.furman@sjsu.edu
Crystal Han, PhD Stanford
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Microfluidics, biological sample purification, on-chip diagnostics,
lab on a chip, micro total analysis system
Office: M 13:00-14:00 via Zoom: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/82675091284 ; Th 09:30 - 10:30 at 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
Phone: 408-924-4596
Email: lin.jiang@sjsu.edu
Farzan Kazemifar, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor
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
Phone: 408-924-3822
Email: farzan.kazemifar@sjsu.edu
Professor
Research Interests: microfluids, soft tissue mechanics, microsystems, experimental
methods.
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.
Phone: 408-924-3816
Email: mojtaba.sharifi@sjsu.edu
Ali Tohidi, PhD Clemson University
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Fluid and Fire Dynamics, Data-Driven Modeling and Control, High-Performance
Scientific Computing (HPSC), Wildland Fires
Office: ENG310K
Email: ali.tohidi@sjsu.edu
Vimal Viswanathan, PhD Texas A&M
Associate Professor
Research Interests: engineering design, new product development, design creativity
and innovation, mechatronics systems design
Office: T 11:00-12:00 ENG310D
Phone: 408-924-3841
Email: vimal.viswanathan@sjsu.edu
Raymond Yee, PhD UC Berkeley, PE
Professor, Interim Department Chair, and Assoc. Dean of Extended Studies
Research Interests: Mechanical Design, Materials Behavior, Fracture Mechanics, Finite
Element Analysis
Office: W: 16:30 - 17:30 ENG 310H
Phone: 408-924-3935
Email: raymond.yee@sjsu.edu
