Faculty
Paul R. Chiarot
Professor; Department Chair
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Microfluidics
- Multiphase Flows
- Electrohydrodynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Energy
Research Interests
- Materials
- ceramic films
- metals and alloys
- microstructure design of advanced materials
- mechanical property
Cosan (Joe-Sean) Daskiran
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Multiphase flows
- Turbulent flows
- Renewable energy
- Transport phenomena
Research Interests
- Acoustics
- Ultrasound imaging
- Wave control
- Microfluidics
- Biomedicine
Pong-Yu (Peter) Huang
Associate Professor; Director
Mechanical Engineering; Engineering Design Division (EDD)
Research Interests
- Microfluidics
- transport phenomena
- optical diagnostics
- computational modeling
Research Interests
- Experimental mechanics of 1D and 2D nanostructures
- nanoscale adhesion and interfaces
- nanocomposites
- bio-inspired complex and hybrid nano-systems
- and NEMS
Atul Kelkar
Dean
Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Interests
- Dynamics and control
- Modeling and control of aerospace systems
- Active control of vibrations and noise
- Energy technologies
Research Interests
- Contact mechanics
- Fundamental mechanism of friction, wear and lubrication
- Multiscale mechanics of thin films
- Dynamic adhesion
Research Interests
- Multiscale multiphysics modeling and simulation
- Physics-informed machine learning
- Optimization and uncertainty quantification
- Process monitoring and control
Research Interests
- Mechanical vibrations
- acoustics
Research Interests
- Computational modeling
- heat and mass transfer
- mechanobiology
- materials processing
S.B. Park
Director of IEEC; Director of IEEC; SUNY Distinguished Professor
Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC); Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Electronics MEMS packaging
- reliability
- computer aided engineering
James M. Pitarresi
Vice Provost; Vice Provost; Distinguished Teaching Professor; Vice Provost for Online and Innovation Education
Center for Learning and Teaching; Mechanical Engineering; Academic Affairs, Office of the Executive VP and Provost
Research Interests
- Computational mechanics
- vibration modeling and testing
- opto-mechanical techniques
- electronic packaging
Mir Jalil Razavi
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Solid/bio mechanics
- Mechanics of soft/bio materials
- Finite element modeling
- Fracture and fatigue mechanics
Bahgat G. Sammakia
Director of CHIRP at Binghamton University; Distinguished Professor; Vice President for Research; Dir of CHIRP at Binghamton Univ; Center Director of ES2; Director, S3IP; Center Director of ES2; Vice President for Research; Director, S3IP
Center for Heterogeneous Integration Research in Packaging (CHIRP); Mechanical Engineering; Center for Energy- Smart Electronic Systems (ES2); Research, Office of the Vice President for; S3IP – Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging
Research Interests
- Heat Transfer
- Electronics Packaging
- Thermal Management of Data Centers
- Heterogeneous Integration Research
Scott Schiffres
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Nanoscale and microscale energy transport
- Thermal properties of nanomaterials
- Thermal processes of additive manufacturing
- Sustainability engineering
Research Interests
- Robotics
Research Interests
- Fluid dynamics
- high temperature capillarity
- wetting
- reactive wetting
- physics of interfaces
- functional materials
Research Interests
- Multiscale/multiphysics modeling and simulations
- High-performance computational modeling
- Physics-based machine learning
- Transport phenomena
Shahrzad Towfighian
Professor; Graduate Studies Director
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- MEMS actuators and sensors
- Mechanical vibration
- Linear and nonlinear dynamics
- Energy harvesting
Robert J. Wagner
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Solid mechanics
- Computational mechanics
- Soft matter
- Polymers
- Living systems and bioinspired design
Research Interests
- Nonlinear dynamics of micro and nano systems (MEMS/NEMS)
Research Interests
- Autonomous robotic systems
- Nano/micro particles control and manipulation
- Dynamic systems and control
- Motion planning and motion control
Research Interests
- Flight and ground vehicle simulation
- man-machine systems control systems (theory and application)
- human operator modeling
- parameter identification
- micro-macro system dynamics analysis
Pu Zhang
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Studies Director
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Composite and architected material
- Constitutive modeling
- Multiscale and multiphysics simulation
- Additive and hybrid manufacturing
Jingzhou (Frank) Zhao
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Solidification nanomanufacturing processes
- Interfacial transport dynamics and control
- In-situ sensing systems
- High-temperature thermal energy storage materials
- Applied machine learning
Guangwen Zhou
SUNY Distinguished Professor ; Associate Director, Institute of Materials Research; Deputy Director of Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
- Materials Science
- Atomistic mechanisms of surface and interface phenomena
- In situ electron microscopy in materials research
- Materials modeling
Research Interests
- Nanoengineering and NEMS
- Nano mechanics and manufacturing
- Acoustics and vibration
- Bio-inspired engineering
Staff
Elizabeth Kucharek
Administrative Coordinator
Mechanical Engineering
Bridget Tiska
Graduate Administrative Assistant
Mechanical Engineering
Tara Zajack
Department Administrative Assistant
Mechanical Engineering
Emeritus Faculty
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Frank Cardullo |
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John Fillo Professor Emeritus |
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Roy McGrann Professor Emeritus Mechanical engineering design, computer-aided engineering, project management, engineering education |
Research Faculty
William Chen
Professional and Academic Advisors
A team of people within the department and across the campus guides students in the development of their intellectual life and prepares them to contribute constructively to a world that is rapidly changing and increasingly interdependent.
Within the Department
- Paul Chiarot - Department Chair
- Pu Zhang - Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Sherry Towfighian - Director of Graduate Studies
Within the School
Industrial Advisory Board
Joseph Kolly '88, Board Chair
Director, Transportation Innovation Center
MITRE
Devin Shapley, '12
Facilities Group Manager
McFarland Johnson
E. Duane Daddis, Jr. PE, LEED, AP '88
Associate Director of Engineering, Applied Rooftop Products
Carrier North America HVAC Commercial Systems
Stephan Meschter, MS '87, PhD '01
Staff Design Engineer
BAE Systems
Tony Tsang, MS '11
General Manager
Pumpman – Pump Systems (Federal Pump & Alyan Pump)
Liang Yin, MS '03, PhD '05
Electronic Packaging Engineer
GE Global Research
Mechanical Engineering Student Advisory Committee (MESAC)
Contact MESAC: mesac@binghamton.edu
Graduate
Rachel Koppelman
Joseph Green
Emma Pawliczak
Seniors
Sasha Noble
Jules Verrino
Liam Heanue
Juniors
McKenzie Viersma
Samuel Estroff-Liberti
Sophomores
Zachary Boje
Matthew Cardenaz
Emmanual Mingo
Evan Lebediker
Student groups
There are a number of honor societies and student organizations that represent various engineering and computer science disciplines in which Watson College students can participate.
