ASU welcomes new engineering faculty
More than 30 new faculty members are joining the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University for the 2021-2022 academic year. These talented professionals bring skills and insights from top universities, leading laboratories and industry innovators across the nation and around the world — from Texas to Turkey. As they help to grow America’s largest university engineering program, they also enhance the scope and impact of educational and research enterprise at the Fulton Schools.
These experts in biomedical, chemical, computer, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical and other engineering disciplines will augment an already remarkable community of students, researchers and entrepreneurs. Simultaneously, they will advance ASU’s collective efforts to address the great challenges of our time and transform society for the better.
“Academic and research excellence by our faculty is a central goal, and one that is effectively a journey requiring tremendous dedication by the faculty and support by FSE,” says Kyle Squires, dean of the Fulton Schools. “Our faculty not only make an impact within their disciplines but also foster an environment and a culture that promotes excellence. We always benefit from more gifted minds and articulate voices to broaden the impacts that we have all come to expect from the Fulton Schools. So, please join me in extending an enthusiastic welcome to these impressive scholars.”
Get to know the Fulton Schools’ newest faculty members below:
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- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering
- School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
- School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
- The Polytechnic School
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Albert Wu Cheng
Associate Professor
Biomedical engineering

Shaopeng Wang
Associate Professor
Biomedical engineering

Madeline Andrews
Assistant Professor
Biomedical engineering

Eduardo Blanco
Associate Professor
Computer science and engineering

Michel A. Kinsy
Associate Professor and Center Director
Computer science and engineering

Zhichao Cao
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering

Joshua Daymude
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering

Rakibul Hasan
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering

Kookjin Lee
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering

Chaowei Xiao
Assistant Professor
Computer science and engineering

Tyler Baron
Lecturer
Software engineering

Yuli Deng
Lecturer
Computer science and engineering

Matthew Marinella
Associate Professor
Electrical engineering

Christian Arenz
Assistant Professor
Electrical engineering

Mike Ranjram
Assistant Professor
Electrical engineering

Nick Rolston
Assistant Professor
Electrical engineering

Arindam Sanyal
Assistant Professor
Electrical engineering

Kanu Sinha
Assistant Professor
Electrical engineering

Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei
Assistant Professor
Civil, environmental and sustainable engineering

Jeffry Vann
Lecturer
Construction management

Majid Minary
Associate Professor
Mechanical and aerospace engineering

Qijun Hong
Assistant Professor
Materials science and engineering

Eileen (Soyoung) Seo
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering

Renxuan (Ren) Xie
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering

Joshua D. Wilbur
Lecturer
Mechanical and aerospace engineering

Masoud Yekani Fard
Lecturer
Mechanical and aerospace engineering

Laura Cechanowicz
Assistant Professor
Graphic information technology

Shenghan Guo
Assistant Professor
Manufacturing engineering

Hyunwoong Ko
Assistant Professor
Manufacturing engineering

Andi Wang
Assistant Professor
Manufacturing engineering

Brian L. Atkinson
Lecturer
Information technology

Eric Bishop
Lecturer
Information technology






