Faculty
Anand Ramasubramanian, PhD.
Department Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3922
anand.ramasubramanian@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385H
Research interests: Vascular mechanobiology; Antimicrobial drug discovery; Biofilms
Richard Chung, PhD.
Professor of Materials Engineering
(408) 924-3927
richard.chung@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385E
Research interests: Material synthesis and processing, Polymer and soft matter, Mechanics
of biological materials, Semiconductor physics and devices, Failure analysis, Membrane
technology, Smart materials,
Nanotechnology and nanocomposites.
Katy Kao, PhD.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3827
katy.kao@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385I
Research interests: Dr. Kao's research focuses on genomics, systems biology and biotechnology.
Her laboratory is interested in using genomic and systems biological tools to study
microbial adaptation in various environments. Specifically, Kao is focusing on the
use of adaptive laboratory evolution to develop microbes such as yeast and bacteria
for enhanced tolerance to toxic feedstock and products and to increase product formation.
Her lab utilizes omics tools in an effort to identify the cellular components responsible
for the selected traits. In addition to industrial biotechnology application, she
is also interested in understanding how opportunistic human fungal pathogens adapt
to environmental stressors and how interactions between different species that are
co-isolated impact biofilm.
Özgür Keleş, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering
(408) 924-3926
ozgur.keles@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385F
Research interests: Additive manufacturing; Machine learning approaches for mechanics
of materials; Virtual/Augmented reality for engineering education and training.
Santosh KC, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering
(408) 924-3823
santosh.kc@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 379
Research interests: Materials theory and simulations, electronic, optoelectronic,
magnetic materials, energy conversion and storage materials, nanomaterials, 2D materials.
Claire Komives, PhD.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-4003
claire.komives@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385
Research interests: Process development and quantitative analysis of a low cost therapy
for snakebite.
Gautam Kumar, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3894
gautam.kumar@sjsu.edu
Office: E385B
Lab website: sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/gautamkumar
Research interests: Process Modeling, Control, Computational Neuroscience, Brain-Machine
Interfaces.
Melanie McNeil, PhD.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-4000
melanie.mcneil@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385
Research interests: Enzyme kinetics. Membrane separation processes. Energy/water/food
nexus. Thin film applications for drug delivery and photovoltaics.
Dahyun Oh, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering
(408) 924-3197
dahyun.oh@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385D
Research interests: Aqueous lithium ion batteries; Porous structure development; In
situ gas evolution analysis; Biomaterials driven inorganic synthesis
Liat Rosenfeld, PhD.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-4051
liat.rosenfeld@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385G
Research interests: Microscale Transport Phenomena; Microfluidic based artificial
placenta for preterm babies, Droplet Actuation on Digital Microfluidics Devices; Microfluidic
based biosensorsfluids
David Wagner, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3189
david.wagner@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385J
Research interests: Sustainability, Thermal Analysis, Carbon capture, Bio- and Renewable
Energies, and Engineering Education
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Brooke Lustig
Affiliated/Adjunct Professor
brooke.lustig@sjsu.edu
Dr. Craig England
Affiliated/Adjunct Professor
craig.england@sjsu.edu
Lecturers
Dr. Lee Aarons
Lecturer
lee.aarons@sjsu.edu
Shashi Argawal
Lecturer
shashi.argawal@sjsu.edu
Daniel Chafey
Lecturer
daniel.chafey@sjsu.edu
Dr. Smita Duorah
Lecturer
smita.duorah@sjsu.edu
Dr. Craig England
Lecturer
craig.england@sjsu.edu
Dr. Yen Fu
Lecturer
yen.fu@sjsu.edu
Dr. Emi Ishida
Lecturer
emi.ishida@sjsu.edu
Pavan Kambam
Lecturer
pavan.kambam@sjsu.edu
Dr. Micheal Oye
Lecturer
micheal.oye@sjsu.edu
Dr. Tony Pan
Lecturer
tony.pan01@sjsu.edu
Christy Peters
Lecturer
christina.peters@sjsu.edu
Yazdan Pedram Razi
Lecturer
yazdan.pedramrazi@sjsu.edu
Dr. Yanika Schneider
Lecturer
yanika.schneider@sjsu.edu
Brenda Serrano
Lecturer
brenda.serrano@sjsu.edu
Xhavin Sinha
Lecturer
xhavin.sinha@sjsu.edu
Faculty Emeriti
Dr. Emily Allen
Retired Professor of Material Engineering,
Current Dean of Cal State LA Engineering
Dr. K. S. Sree Harsha (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Material Engineering
Dr. Michael Jennings [pdf]
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Robert Johnk (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Ralph Parkman [pdf]
Emeritus Professor of Material Engineering
Dr. Patrick Pizzo (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Material Engineering
Dr. Robert Romig (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Greg Young
Retired Professor of Chemical Engineering