Faculty


Richard Chung, PhD.Richard Chung, Ph.D.
Professor of Materials Engineering 
(408) 924-3927
richard.chung@hzjly.net 
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, PhD.Katy Kao, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3827
katy.kao@hzjly.net
Office: ENGR 385I
Research interests: Genomics, Systems biology and Biotechnology; Fungal biofilms 

 

Santosh KC, PhD.Santosh KC, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering
(408) 924-3823
santosh.kc@hzjly.net
Office: ENGR 379 

Lab website: http://sites.google.com/hzjly.net/cmrl
Research interests: Materials theory and simulations, electronic, optoelectronic, magnetic materials, energy conversion and storage materials, nanomaterials.

 

Ozgur Keles, PhD.Özgür Keleş, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
(408) 924-3926
ozgur.keles@hzjly.net
Office: ENGR 385F
Research interests: Additive manufacturing; Machine learning approaches for mechanics of materials; Virtual/Augmented reality for engineering education and training.

 

Claire Komives, PhD.Claire Komives, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-4003
claire.komives@hzjly.net
Office: ENGR 385
Research interests: Process development and quantitative analysis of a low cost therapy for snakebite.

 

 

Gautam Kumar, PhD.Gautam Kumar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3894
gautam.kumar@hzjly.net
Office: E385B
Lab website: sites.google.com/hzjly.net/gautamkumar
Research interests:  Process Modeling, Control, Computational Neuroscience, Brain-Machine Interfaces. 

 

Lew Image Christopher Lew, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3189
christopher.lew@hzjly.net                                                      Office: ENGR 385J
Lab website: sites.google.com/hzjly.net/christopherlew
Research interests: Nanoporous materials, Nucleation and  crystallization, Catalysis, Adsorption, Environmental remediation

 

 

Melanie McNeil, PhD. Melanie McNeil, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-4000 
melanie.mcneil@hzjly.net
Office: ENGR 385
Research interests: Enzyme kinetics. Membrane separation processes. Energy/water/food nexus. Thin film applications for drug delivery and photovoltaics.

 

Dahyun Oh, PhD.Dahyun Oh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
(408) 924-3197
dahyun.oh@hzjly.net
Office: ENGR 385D
Research interests: Aqueous lithium ion batteries; Porous structure development; In situ gas evolution analysis; Biomaterials driven inorganic synthesis

 

Dr. RamAnand Ramasubramanian, Ph.D.
Department Chair 
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-3922 
anand.ramasubramanian@hzjly.net
Office: ENGR 385H
Research interests: Vascular mechanobiology; High-throughput assay development

 

Liat Rosenfeld, PhD. Liat Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
(408) 924-4051
liat.rosenfeld@hzjly.net
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@hzjly.net

Shashi Agarwal, Ph.D.
shashi.argawal@hzjly.net

Vasuda Bhatia, Ph.D.
vasuda.bhatia@hzjly.net

Daniel Chafey
daniel.chafey@hzjly.net

Smita Duorah, Ph.D.
smita.duorah@hzjly.net

Craig England, Ph.D.
craig.england@hzjly.net

Yen Fu, Ph.D.
yen.fu@hzjly.net

Emi Ishida, Ph.D.
emi.ishida@hzjly.net

Pavan Kambam
pavan.kambam@hzjly.net

Brooke Lustig, Ph.D.
brooke.lustig@hzjly.net

Micheal Oye, Ph.D.
micheal.oye@hzjly.net

Tony Pan, Ph.D.
tony.pan01@hzjly.net

Yazdan Pedram Razi
yazdan.pedramrazi@hzjly.net

Yanika Schneider, Ph.D.
yanika.schneider@hzjly.net

Brenda Serrano
brenda.serrano@hzjly.net

Xhavin Sinha
xhavin.sinha@hzjly.net

David Wagner, Ph.D.
david.wagner@hzjly.net

 

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

Michael Jennings, Ph.D.
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