MAE hires a record number of new faculty
Eleven new faculty members start their careers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the 2022-2023 academic year. This record number of hires in our department rivals the number of new faculty at other colleges across the US and includes 5 new tenure track faculty, 5 research faculty, and 1 faculty of practice.
The addition of these faculty works to bolster the initiative of University President Kristina Johnson to focus on the university’s future, pursuing an ambitious agenda to double sponsored research expenditures and hire a minimum of 350 new tenure track faculty.
The faculty will contribute greatly to the growth of the department and College of Engineering as a whole.
“I am thrilled to welcome this talented group of new faculty to the Department of Mechanical of Aerospace Engineering,” Rob Siston, Interim Department Chair, said. “They will enhance our research abilities and mentor graduate students in making new discoveries in the core areas of the department: mobility, manufacturing, medicine, materials, and energy. They will teach courses in areas like additive manufacturing, product design, and controls, just to name a few, to prepare students for the in-demand jobs of the 21st century.”
Read a spotlight on each of them:
Qadeer Ahmed, Assistant Professor
Matilde D’Arpino, Assistant Research Professor
Debdipta Goswami, Assistant Professor
Michael Handschuh, Assistant Research Professor
Isaac Hong, Assistant Research Professor
Praneeth Kandlakunta, Assistant Research Professor
Matthew McCrink, Assistant Research Professor
Calvin Stewart, Associate Professor
Daniel Wisniewski, Assistant Professor of Practice
Sarah Wolff, Assistant Professor
Shang Zhai, Assistant Professor
We welcome these faculty and look forward to their contributions to the department, college and university as a whole.
“The College of Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering both prioritize building and nurturing a community and culture of humanity that reflects the values of the University,” Siston said. “We are a stronger and better department because these talented individuals joined our faculty, and I look forward to working with them to better the world around us for many years to come.”
