Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University

24 faculty and 20 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University.

Faculty

• P. James Schuck, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 77
  Notable: “Gate-tuning of graphene plasmons revealed by infrared nano-imaging” (2012) · 2,129 citations
• Hod Lipson, Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 74
  Notable: “How transferable are features in deep neural networks?” (2014) · 3,460 citations
• Sunil K. Agrawal, Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 61
  Notable: “Robot Assisted Gait Training With Active Leg Exoskeleton (ALEX)” (2008) · 740 citations
• Vijay Modi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 39
  Notable: “Measuring energy poverty: Focusing on what matters” (2011) · 945 citations
• Qiao Lin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 38
  Notable: “Tropical instability wave kinematics: Observations from the Tropical Instability Wave Experiment” (1995) · 183 citations
• Chaoqun Dong, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 31
  Notable: “Hierarchically buckled sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles” (2015) · 523 citations
• Jeffrey W. Kysar, Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 31
  Notable: “Electrical power generation by mechanically modulating electrical double layers” (2013) · 224 citations
• Matei Ciocarlie, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 29
  Notable: “Hand Posture Subspaces for Dexterous Robotic Grasping” (2009) · 413 citations
• Julia Di, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 19
  Notable: “School readiness gains made by ethnically diverse children in poverty attending center-based childcare and public school pre-kindergarten programs” (2008) · 191 citations
• Bianca Howard, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 12
  Notable: “Spatial distribution of urban building energy consumption by end use” (2011) · 425 citations
• Michael J. Massimino, Professor of Professional Practice in Mechanical Engineering h-index 8
  Notable: “Teleoperator Performance with Varying Force and Visual Feedback” (1994) · 139 citations
• Adrian Buganza Tepole, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Arvind Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Cody Paige, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Gerard A. Ateshian, Andrew Walz Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Harry West, Professor of Professional Practice in Mechanical Engineering
• Homayoon Beigi, Professor of Professional Practice in Mechanical Engineering
• James Hone, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Karen Kasza, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Kristin Myers, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  Notable: “Supplementary document for Seedling fibroid characterization using optical coherence tomography - 7905809.pdf” (2026)
• Mary C. Boyce, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Michael P. Burke, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Sami Haddadin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Vijay Vedula, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Courses

• Intro to Machining MECE E1008
• Mechanical Engineering Lab I MECE E3018
• Mechanical Engineering Lab II MECE E3028
• Introduction to Mechanics of Fluids MECE E3100
• Thermodynamics MECE E3301
• Heat Transfer MECE E3311
• Mechanics of Machines MECE E3401
• Computer Graphics & Design MECE E3408
• Machine Design MECE E3409
• Mechanics of Solids for Mechanical Engineers MECE E3414
• Engineering Design: Concept and Design Generation MECE E3420
• Engineering Design MECE E3430
• Computer Aided Design MECE E3450
• Materials and Processes in Manufacturing MECE E3610
• Introduction to Continuous Control Systems EEME E3601
• Discrete Control Systems EEME E4601
• Aerospace Engineering Design I AERO E3420
• Aerospace Engineering Design II AERO E3430
• Spaceflight Mechanics AERO E4431
• Introduction to Human Spaceflight AERO E4810

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.