41 faculty and 41 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- Nikhil Koratkar, John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Chair Professor h-index 93
Advanced Materials, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Batteries, Nanotechnology, Interfacial Science Research Centers Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES) Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems (CMDIS) Recognition Awards &am
- Jie Lian, William Weightman Walker Professor of Engineering h-index 69
- Shankar Narayan, Associate Professor h-index 32
Es on interfacial science, thermal transport, phase-change phenomena, and the design of nanoengineered surfaces and materials for solar-thermal energy conversion, thermal energy storage, and electronics cooling. Dr. Narayan has authored ove
- Thierry Blanchet, Professor h-index 29
Materials Tribology (friction, wear, lubrication) Other Focus Areas Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Glass Strengthening Mechanisms; Polymer Composites; Thermal Modeling of Moving Surface Heat Sources; Curvature Effects on Surface Oxidatio
- Wei Ji, Professor, William H. Hernstadt '57 Faculty Fellow in Nuclear Engineering h-index 28
- Amir Hirsa, Professor h-index 22
In the area of interfacial hydrodynamics, including monolayer hydrodynamics (such as measurements and modeling of intrinsic interfacial viscosities for lung surfactant applications), and other surface tension effects such as capillarity
- Jason Hicken, Professor h-index 21
- Antoinette Maniatty, Professor and Department Head h-index 21
Solid Mechanics, Computational Mechanics Research Centers Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC) Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems (CMDIS) Center for Computational Innovations (CCI) Publications The following is
- Diana Borca Tasciuc, Professor h-index 21
- Fotios Kopsaftopoulos, Associate Professor h-index 20
- M Arshad Zahangir Chowdhury, Lecturer h-index 13
Smart Sensors, Scientific and applied machine learning, Design and optimization Teaching Current Courses MANE 4030: Elements of Mechanical Design Sum'23, Fall'23, Spring'24, Sum'24, Fall'24, Spring'25, Sum'25, Fall'25, Spring'26 MANE 4962
- Semih Akin, Assistant Professor h-index 12
Es on multi-scale additive manufacturing and surface engineering , with an emphasis on smart manufacturing, in-space manufacturing, sustainable repairing , and cyber-physical systems . His research outputs have been published in top journal
- Robert Niemiec, Lecturer h-index 10
Rotary-Wing Flight Mechanics and Handling Qualities Other Focus Areas Electric VTOL Aeromechanics Electric VTOL Powertrains VTOL Aircraft Design Teaching Current Courses Spring 2025 MANE 4900 - Aeroelasticity and Structural Vibrations MANE
- Kartik Josyula, Lecturer h-index 7
Computational Mechanics, Biological Systems, Machine Learning, Molecular Dynamics Research Centers Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine (CEMSIM) Teaching Current Courses MANE 1010: Essence of Engineering Mechanics MANE 21
- Jacob Merson, Assistant Professor h-index 4
High Performance Computing Other Focus Areas Multiscale and Multiphysics Simulations Research Centers Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC) Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems (CMDIS) Publications Google Scholar
- Tyler Mucci, Lecturer h-index 1
Interfacial Hydrodynamics and Rheology Back to top Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 Eighth Street Troy, NY USA
- Allison Hoffman, Sr. Lecturer
Professional Development; Engineering Ethics and Responsibility; Pedagogical Innovations; Gameful Learning; Student Engagement Teaching RPI- Adjunct Professor/Part-Time Lecturer (Fall 2008 – Fall 2017) Lecturer, Full-time (Fall 2017 – prese
- Asish Ghosh, Professor of Practice
- Casey Hoffman, Sr. Lecturer
Engineering Design, Innovation, Inventor's Studio, Design for Manufacturing, Other Focus Areas STEAMM Inventor Studio Summer Program - Project Director Back to top Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 Eighth Street Troy, NY USA 12180
- Clint Ballinger, Professor of Practice
- Dan Lyles, Lecturer
- Dominik Fritz, Assistant Professor
Es on the Gaerttner LINAC Center, a high-power, 60 MeV electron linear accelerator. Key research areas: Nuclear Data Thermal Neutron Scattering High Energy Photon Interactions Radioisotope Production for Medical and Industrial Applica
- Franck Djeumou Mbouwe, Assistant Professor
Es on modeling and control approaches to enable autonomy in extreme, rare, and safety-critical scenarios. He is particularly interested in decision-making under uncertainty and limited data, as well as structured and safe learning on the fl
- Fudong Han, Associate Professor
Advanced Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Research Centers Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems (CMDIS) Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES) Teaching Current Courses ENGR 1100 Introduction to Engineeri
- Hyun Kang, Professor
Lies in innovations of risk assessment of safety-critical systems, intrinsically safe nuclear power, intelligence of control and protection, and design and evaluation of emergency procedure. His research group develops advanced methods for
- Jeff Morris, Sr. Lecturer
Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing, and Computational Simulation Tools, Product Lifecycle Management. Design for Sustainability. Publications The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Jeff Morris has 5 indexed publica
- Joshua Hurst, Professor of Practice
- Karthik Panneerselvam, Sr. Lecturer
Computational Mechanics, Manufacturing Design and Simulation Teaching Undergraduate Courses: Engineering Dynamics Numerical Methods and Programming for Engineers Introduction to Finite Elements &nbs
- Kevin Housley, Sr. Lecturer
- Kristen Mills, Associate Professor
- Kurt Anderson, Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Multibody System Dynamics, Space Vehicle Design and Simulation, Advanced Algorithm Development, Molecular Dynamics Other Focus Areas Nonlinear Dynamics; Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control; Space Debris identification, capture and
- Michael Amitay, James L. Decker '45 Endowed Professor in Aerospace Engineering
In developing active flow control techniques with applications in aeronautical/mechanical systems. He conducts state-of-the-art experiments to understand the flow physics of 3-D flow fields and the interaction of flow control actuators
- Nabeel Amjad, Lecturer
- Prabhat Hajela, Edward P. Hamilton Professor of Aerospace Engineering
At the intersection of multidisciplinary system design optimization and emergent computing approaches including evolutionary computing and machine learning. The work is directed at the effective integration of knowledge from diverse doma
- Sandipan Mishra, Professor
Dynamic Systems and Control, Precision Mechatronics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Efficient Buildings Research Centers Center for Smart Convergent Manufacturing Systems (CSCMS) Lighting Enabled Systems and Applic
- Sarah Felix, Professor of Practice
- Shaowu Pan, Assistant Professor
Es on (1) AI for Science; (2) Generative AI for accelerating large-scale numerical simulations of fluid flows; (3) Agentic AI for automating scientific discovery workflows. Education & Training Postdoctoral Scholar (Applied Mathem
- Tara Cohen, Sr. Lecturer
- Theo Borca-Tasciuc, Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs
Fundamental and multiscale investigations of thermal transport and energy conversion particularly in solid-state and development of innovative materials, devices, and systems with applications ranging from sustainable buildings to m
- Tom Haley, Professor of Practice; Director of MANE Undergraduate Student Services
University engineering and design education Teaching List of Eighteen Courses Taught at Rensselaer (Troy campus, as well as the “Malta Program” for full-time active duty Navy enlisted personnel pursuing a Rensselaer Nuclear Engineering degr
- Yaron Danon, Professor, Edward E. Hood Jr. Chair in Nuclear Engineering
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 2026-07-01.