With research interests in space, health monitoring, water systems, oil recovery and polymer science, environmental sustainability, biological networks and geomechanics, this year’s incoming faculty members exhibit a wide range of engineering expertise.
With research interests in space, health monitoring, water systems, oil recovery and polymer science, environmental sustainability, biological networks and geomechanics, this year’s incoming faculty members exhibit a wide range of engineering expertise. Learn more about these professors below:
Srinivas Bettadpur
What are your favorite hobbies?
Reading, touring and sightseeing. The quintessential American road trips, magnificent sights at home and around the world — it is enough to keep me busy for a lifetime.
Kasey Faust
What are your favorite hobbies?
I enjoy yoga, running, reading, hiking and camping. I really enjoy any activity that gets me outside and moving.
Milos Gligoric
What do you enjoy most about engineering or your specific field?
The impact that we have on millions of lives every day.
Zoya Heidari
What are your favorite hobbies?
I enjoy painting, rowing and developing new recipes. I also love traveling and spending time in nature.
Nathaniel Lynd
What are your favorite hobbies?
I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, reading science fiction, running and cooking.
Ryosuke Okuno
What are your favorite hobbies?
Swimming.
Salvatore Salamone
What are your favorite hobbies?
Cooking, playing guitar, soccer, reading and watching movies.
David Soloveichik
What are your favorite hobbies?
I enjoy reading, hiking, making apps and building/flying remote control airplanes with my kids. The hobby on the back burner is to design a computer game.
Ufuk Topcu
What are your favorite hobbies?
I enjoy movies, walks, searching for (and eating) good food and watching my favorite soccer team’s games.