Faculty
Richard Chung, Ph.D.
Professor of Materials Engineering
(408) 924-3927
richard.chung@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385E
Research interests: Material synthesis and processing, Polymers, Mechanics of biological
materials, Semiconductor physics and devices, Failure analysis, Membrane technology,
Smart materials, Nanotechnology and nanocomposites.
Katy Kao, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3827
katy.kao@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385I
Research interests: Genomics, Systems biology and Biotechnology; Fungal biofilms
Claire Komives, Ph.D.
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, Ph.D.
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.
Christopher Lew, Ph.DAssistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3189
christopher.lew@sjsu.edu Office: ENGR 385J
Research interests: Nanoporous materials, Nucleation and crystallization, Catalysis, Adsorption, Environmental remediation
Melanie McNeil, Ph.D.
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, Ph.D.
Associate 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
Anand Ramasubramanian, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3922
anand.ramasubramanian@sjsu.edu
Office: ENGR 385H
Research interests: Vascular mechanobiology; High-throughput assay development
Liat Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
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 biosensorsfluid
Lecturer Faculty
Lee Aarons, Ph.D.
lee.aarons@sjsu.edu
Shashi Agarwal, Ph.D.
shashi.argawal@sjsu.edu
Vasuda Bhatia, Ph.D.
vasuda.bhatia@sjsu.edu
Daniel Chafey
daniel.chafey@sjsu.edu
Smita Duorah, Ph.D.
smita.duorah@sjsu.edu
Craig England, Ph.D.
craig.england@sjsu.edu
Yen Fu, Ph.D.
yen.fu@sjsu.edu
Emi Ishida, Ph.D.
emi.ishida@sjsu.edu
Pavan Kambam
pavan.kambam@sjsu.edu
Brooke Lustig, Ph.D.
brooke.lustig@sjsu.edu
Micheal Oye, Ph.D.
micheal.oye@sjsu.edu
Tony Pan, Ph.D.
tony.pan01@sjsu.edu
Yazdan Pedram Razi
yazdan.pedramrazi@sjsu.edu
Yanika Schneider, Ph.D.
yanika.schneider@sjsu.edu
Brenda Serrano
brenda.serrano@sjsu.edu
Xhavin Sinha
xhavin.sinha@sjsu.edu
David Wagner, Ph.D.
david.wagner@sjsu.edu
Faculty Emeriti
Emily Allen, Ph.D.
Retired Professor of Materials Engineering,
Current Dean of Cal State LA Engineering
K.S. Sree Harsha, Ph.D. (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Materials Engineering
Stacy Gleixner, Ph.D.
Retired Professor of Materials Engineering
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
Robert Johnk, Ph.D. (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
Ralph Parkman, Ph.D. (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Materials Engineering
Patrick Pizzo, Ph.D. (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Materials Engineering
Robert Romig, Ph.D. (Deceased)
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
Greg Young, Ph.D.
Retired Professor of Chemical Engineering
