Core Faculty
Industry Professors
Adjunct Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Core Faculty
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH 502
E-mail: ngupta@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3080
Associate Provost of Undergraduate Academics and Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Location: RH 216
E-mail: iraj@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3619
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH508
E-mail: vkapila@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3161
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH 513, Six MetroTech Center
E-mail: jhkim@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3073
Professor and Associate Provost for Abu Dhabi Engineering
Graduate School
Location: RH524
E-mail: skumar@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3810
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: 507 Rogers Hall, Six MetroTech Center
E-mail: mporfiri@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3681
Vice President Emeritus, Senior Advisor to the President
Mechanical Engineering
Location: Rogers Hall 404
E-mail: rthorsen@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3880
Department Head, Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH 501
E-mail: gvradis@duke.poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3875
Industry Professors
Industry Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH524
E-mail: jborowie@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3349
Industry Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH514
E-mail: slee@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3791
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
E-mail: peterson@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3073
Industry Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
E-mail: isahin@duke.poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3751
Visiting Faculty
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH 511
E-mail: jafar@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3767
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH 515L
E-mail: jlao@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3775
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Location: RH 509
E-mail: annalisa@poly.edu Phone: (718) 260-3145
Cross-Appointed Faculty
Paolo Cappa
Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Professor Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Salvatore Grimaldi
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Associate Professor at Universita degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
E-mail: salvatore.grimaldi@unitus.it
Sean D. Peterson
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo, Canada
E-mail: peterson@mme.uwateroo.ca
Michael J. Shelley
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Professor at the Courant Institute, NYU
E-mail: shelley@cims.nyu.edu
Peter S. Walker
Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Research Professor at New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases
E-mail: ptrswlkr@aol.com
Adjunct Faculty
Nicholas Dizinno
MS, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Computer-Aided Design
Kee M. Park
PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology
Machine Design
Paul J. Sutton
J.D., Brooklyn Law School
Intellectual property issues for engineers; intersections of law, engineering & business
Ali Vedavarz
PhD, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
HVAC and energy systems
Emeritus Faculty
Philip Abrami , Professor Emeritus
MS, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Vito D. Agosta , Professor Emeritus
PhD, Columbia University
Anthony E. Armenakas, PE, Professor Emeritus
PhD, Columbia University
William B. Blesser , Professor Emeritus
MEE, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Irving B. Cadoff , Professor Emeritus
DEngSc , New York University
Louis S. Castleman , Professor Emeritus
ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John R. Curreri, Professor Emeritus
MEE, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Carmine D’Antonio, Professor Emeritus
MMetE, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
George J . Fischer, Professor Emeritus
MMetE, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Jerome M. Klosner , PE, Professor Emeritus
PhD, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Harold Margolin, Professor Emeritus
DEngSc, Yale University
Gino Moretti, Professor Emeritus
PhD, University of Turin ( Italy)
Wheeler K. Mueller Jr., Professor Emeritus
PhD, University of Illinois
Sharad A. Patel , Professor Emeritus
PhD, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Bernard W. Shaffer , PE , Professor Emeritus
PhD, Brown University
William P. Vafakos , PE, Professor Emeritus
JD, Brooklyn Law School, PhD, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
