Northeastern University’s College of Engineering continues to innovate in research and education, contributing to our strong growth and performance.
We are pleased to announce 20 new tenured/tenure-track faculty for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Our new scholars add to our research strengths in areas such as autonomous systems, biological sensing and imaging, environmental health and climate, internet of things, and sustainable energy.
We are proud that 50 percent of our new faculty have interdisciplinary joint appointments with other colleges.
Gregory D. Abowd, D.Phil. Dean, College of Engineering Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University dean@coe.neu.edu
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Previously: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jointly Appointed: Khoury College of Computer Sciences
PhD: MIT, 2020
Previously: Research Scientist and Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
Sze Zheng Yong
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
PhD: MIT, 2016
Previously: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University Awards:
• NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2020
• NSF CAREER, 2020
• DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2018
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
PhD: University of Connecticut, 2018
Previously: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Paci c Northwest National Laboratory
PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009
Previously: Assistant Professor, Boston University
Awards:
• Scialog ABI (Advanced Biomedical Imaging) Fellow, 2021-23
• MAVEN Sr. Scientist, 2021-22
Jointly Appointed: Physics
PhD: University of California, Santa Cruz, 2017
Previously: Assistant Research Scientist, University of California, Santa Cruz Tao Sun
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
PhD: Tufts University, 2018
Previously: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Awards: Young Investigator Award, Acoustical Society of America, 2021
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jointly Appointed: Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences PhD: Rutgers University, 2017
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jointly Appointed: Marine and Environmental Sciences
PhD: Stanford University, 2018
Previously: Postdoctoral Scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jointly Appointed: Marine and Environmental Sciences
PhD: University of California, Los Angeles, 2019
Previously: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Los Angeles
Mauricio Santillana Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jointly Appointed: Physics
PhD: University of Texas, Austin, 2008
Previously: Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jointly Appointed: Marine and Environmental Sciences
PhD: MIT, 2019
Previously: Postdoctoral Scholar, Princeton University and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PhD: Italian Institute of Technology, 2009
Previously: Professor and EPSRC Research Fellow, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK Awards:
• Fellow, IEEE
• Fellow, The Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Life Member, Marie Curie Fellows Association
• Fellow, The Institution of Engineers in Scotland
Jointly Appointed: Mathematics
PhD: Trinity College, Dublin, 2000
Previously: Co-director of the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science; and Director, Hamilton Institute, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD: University of California, Davis, 2017
Previously: Research Scientist and Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Jointly Appointed: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
PhD: TU Dortmund University, Germany, 2017
Previously: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
PhD: University of Vienna, 2015
Previously: Senior Scientist, Aionics Inc.
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Jointly Appointed: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
PhD: University of British Columbia, 2019
Previously: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University and Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
PhD: MIT, 2019
Previously: Executive Director of MIT Industrial Battery Consortium and Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
Northeastern is leading a new Engineering PLUS (Partnerships Launching Underrepresented Students) Alliance to dramatically increase the annual graduation numbers of BIPOC and women engineering students. It is the only center funded by NSF INCLUDES with a focus on engineering.
Established in 2010, the NIH-funded PROTECT Superfund Research Center led by Northeastern is one of the largest mother-child cohorts in the U.S. focused on environmental health and engineering.
In 2021, Northeastern was awarded its second DHS Center of Excellence to engineer the security of public spaces. Previously, Northeastern led a DHS Center of Excellence on explosives detection.
Northeastern is one of just four FCC Spectrum Innovation Zones and the only one handling TeraHertz frequencies. Established in 2021, it is uniquely split between two distinct geographic regions: Northeastern’s Boston campus and its Innovation Campus in Burlington, Mass.
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With 215 tenured/tenure-track faculty and 18 multidisciplinary research centers and institutes with funding by eight federal agencies, the College of Engineering is a leader in experiential education and interdisciplinary research focused on discovering solutions to global challenges to bene t society.
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Northeastern’s comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools across our global system of campuses. Learning is personalized and experiential, with a curriculum that emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies—uniquely preparing graduates for lives of ful llment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classi cation, is solutions-oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.