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University of Pittsburgh    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Dec 31, 2025
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

School of Engineering Faculty


MAI ABDELHAKIM, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Michigan State University

STEVEN D. ABRAMOWITCH, Professor and William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

MURAT AKCAKAYA, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Washington University

AMIR H. ALAVI, Associate Professor and B.P. America Faculty Fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, Michigan State University

DAVID ANDERSON, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Rochester

HESSAM BABAEE, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Louisiana State University

ANNA C. BALAZS, Distinguished Professor and John A. Swanson Chair, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

HSEEN BALED, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

HENG BAN, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and R.K. Mellon Professor in Energy, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Kentucky

IPSITA BANERJEE, Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Rutgers University

MASOUD BARATI, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology

MATTHEW BARRY, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

AARON P. BATISTA, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, California Institute of Technology

CARLA APARECIDA BAUMEL, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, Northwestern University

TARYN BAYLES, Professor and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

ERIC J. BECKMAN, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Massachusetts

MOSTAFA BEDEWY, Associate Professor and Materials Science Graduate Program Director, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Michigan

KEVIN BELL, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

KURT E. BESCHORNER, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

MARY BESTERFIELD-SACRE, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

BOPAYA BIDANDA, Ernest E. Roth Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

HODA BIDKHORI, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MELISSA M. BILEC, George M. and Eva M. Bevier Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

HARVEY S. BOROVETZ, Distinguished Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

IONNIS BOURMPAKIS, Professor and Bicentennial Faculty Fellow, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Crete

BRYAN N. BROWN, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

ANDREW P. BUNGER, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Minnesota

KAREN BURSIC, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

LEONARD W. CASSON, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

RAKIE CHAM, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

JUN CHEN, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences

APRIL CHAMBERS, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

KEVIN P. CHEN, Paul E. Lego Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Toronto

MARKUS CHMIELUS, Assistant Professor and Materials Science Undergraduate Program Director, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Technical University, Berlin, Germany

SUNG KWON CHO, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Seoul National University, Korea

YOUNGJAE CHUN, Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

MINKING CHYU, Associate Dean for International Initiatives and Distinguished Service Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Minnesota

RENEE CLARK, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

WILLIAM W. CLARK, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

DANIEL G. COLE, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

XINYAN CUI, William Keppler Whiteford Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Michigan

AHMED DALLAL, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

LANCE A. DAVIDSON, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of California at Berkeley

RICHARD E. DEBSKI, Professor and William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

SAMUEL J. DICKERSON, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

AMRO EL-JAROUDI, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Northeastern University

MAHMOUD EL NOKALI, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, McGill University

ROBERT M. ENICK, Bayer Professor and Assistant Chair of Research, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

WILLIAM FEDERSPIEL, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Rochester

SUSAN FULLERTON, Associate Professor, Bicentennial Board of Visitors Faculty Fellow, and Vice Chair of Education, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University

GIOVANNI P. GALDI, Leighton E. and Mary N. Orr Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Naples, Italy

NEERAJ J. GANDHI, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of California, San Francisco

WEI GAO, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

CALIXTO I. GARCIA, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

MARK J. GARTNER, Professor of Practice, Bioengineering, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

ALAN D. GEORGE, Ruth E. and Howard T. Mickle Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Florida State University

LEANNE GILBERTSON, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, Yale University

PEYMAN GIVI, Distinguished Professor and James T. MacLeod Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

BRIAN M. GLEESON, Harry S. Tack Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

PRAHLAD MENON GOPALAKRISHNA, Adjunct Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

BRANDON GRAINGER, Associate Professor and Eaton Faculty Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

SARAH HAIG, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Glasgow

JOEL M. HAIGHT, Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Auburn University

KENT A. HARRIES, Professor and Bicentennial Board of Visitors Faculty Fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, McGill University

ALAN HIRSCHMAN, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

KATHERINE MARY HORNBOSTEL, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JINGTONG HU, Associate Professor and William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Texas at Dallas

TIN-KAN HUNG, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Iowa

ANTHONY T. IANNACCHIONE, Associate Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

TAMER S. IBRAHIM, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, The Ohio State University

BISTRA IORDANOVA, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Carnegie Mellon

STEVEN P. JACOBS, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, DSc, Washington University

TEVIS D. B. JACOBS, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

DANIEL R. JIANG, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Princeton University

J. KARL JOHNSON, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Cornell University

ALEX K. JONES, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Northwestern University

JOHN A. KEITH, Associate Professor and R.K. Mellon Faculty Fellow in Energy, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, California Institute of Technology

ROBERT JOHN KERESTES, Associate Professor and Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Program Director, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

TONY L. KERZMANN, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

VIKAS KHANNA, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, The Ohio State University

PRATAP KHANWILKAR, Professor of Practice and Director of Master’s Programs, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Utah

LEV KHAZANOVICH, Anthony E. Gill Chair Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Illinois

KANG KIM, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University

HONG KOO KIM, Bell of PA/Bell Atlantic Professor and Graduate Program Director, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

KATRINA KNIGHT, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

TAKASHI DANIEL YOSHIDA KOZAI, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Michigan

PRASHANT N. KUMTA, Distinguished Professor and Edward R. Weidlein Chair Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Arizona

ALEXIS KWASINSKI, Associate Professor and R.K. Mellon Faculty Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

JUNG-KUN LEE, Professor and William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Seoul National University, Korea

KEEWON LEE, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

SANGYEOP LEE, Associate Professor and Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Graduate Program Director, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PAUL LEU, Professor and B.P. America Faculty Fellow, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Stanford University

GUANGYONG LI, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Michigan State University

LEI LI, Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Michigan

XU LIANG, William Keppler Whiteford Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Washington

JEEN-SHANG LIN, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

STEVEN LITTLE, Distinguished Professor and George M. and Eva M. Bevier Endowed Chair, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PATRICK J. LOUGHLIN, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Washington

NIATIKUN LOUIS LUANGKESORN, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Northwestern University

ARASH MAHBOOBIN, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

SPANDAN MAITI, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

LISA M. MAILLART, Professor and Interim Chair, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of Michigan

MICHELE V. MANUEL, U.S. Steel Dean of Engineering, PhD, Northwestern University

SCOTT X. MAO, John A. Swanson Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Tohoku University

ZHI-HONG MAO, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JOSEPH J. McCARTHY, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, Chemical Engineering, PhD, Northwestern University

JAMES R. McKONE, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, California Institute of Technology

RAVI SHANKAR MEENAKSHISUNDARAM, John A. Swanson Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Purdue University

IRENE MENA, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and First Year Engineering Program Director, PhD, Purdue University

NATASA MISKOV-ZIVANOV, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

KARTIK MOHANRAM, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

BADIE I. MORSI, Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, ScD, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine-Ecole Nationale Superieure des Industries Chimiques

RAMAKRISHNA MUKKAMALA, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JOHN MURPHY, Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Duquesne University

SITTICHAI NATESAKHAWAT, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, The Ohio State University

IAN NETTLESHIP, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Leeds

TAGBO HERMAN ROLAND NIEPA, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Syracuse University

PAUL R. OHODNICKI, Professor and Engineering Science Undergraduate Program Director, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

ROBERT S. PARKER, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Robert V.D. Luft Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Delaware

JACK PATZER, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Sta

THOMAS PICCONE, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology

OLEG A. PROKOPYEV, Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of Florida

JAYANT RAJGOPAL, Professor and Graduate Program Director, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of Iowa

MARK S. REDFERN, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Michigan

GREGORY F. REED, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

PIERVINCENZO RIZZO, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of California at San Diego

ANNE M. ROBERTSON, Distinguished Service Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of California at Berkeley

JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ, Associate Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

ABHIJIT ROY, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology

PARTHA ROY, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

WARREN RUDER, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

STEVEN G. SACHS, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

JOSEPH T. SAMOSKY, Associate Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DAVID SANCHEZ, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

WISSAM SAIDI, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Ohio State University

DAVID SCHMIDT, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

JOHN SEBASTIAN, Professor of Practice, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MBA, University of Pittsburgh

ERVIN SEJDIC, Associate Professor and Fulton C. Noss Faculty Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Western Ontario

INANC SENOCAK, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Florida

JASON SHOEMAKER, Associate Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

SANJEEV G. SHROFF, Distinguished Professor and Gerald E. McGinnis Chair, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

LARRY SHUMAN, Distinguished Service Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

WILLIAM S. SLAUGHTER IV, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Harvard University

PATRICK SMOLINSKI, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Northwestern University

MAX STEPHENS, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Washington

GEORGE DEWITT STETTEN, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of North Carolina

ALEKSANDAR STEVANOVIC, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Utah

SCOTT STREINER, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

SUSHENG TAN, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences

ALBERT TO, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of California at Berkeley

GELSY TORRES-OVIEDO, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

LUIS E. VALLEJO, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Wisconsin

JONATHAN VANDE GEEST, Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

JULIE M. VANDENBOSSCHE, Professor and Associate Chair of Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Minnesota

SACHIN S. VELANKAR, Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, University of Delaware

OLEG VELIKOKHATNYI, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of Russian Academy of Sciences

GÖTZ VESER, Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society

NATASA VIDIC, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

RADISAV D. VIDIC, Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of Cincinnati

JEFFREY S. VIPPERMAN, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Duke University

DAVID VORP, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Facilities and John A. Swanson Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

WILLIAM R. WAGNER, Distinguished Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

GUOFENG WANG, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, California Institute of Technology

QING-MING WANG, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

DOUGLAS WEBER, Adjunct Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Arizona State University

JUSTIN WEINBAUM, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

JOHN WHITEFFOOT, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

JÖRG M. WIEZOREK, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Cambridge

CHRISTOPHER E. WILMER, Associate Professor and William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Northwestern University

SYLVANUS N. WOSU, Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs and Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, University of Oklahoma

FENG XIONG, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

WEI XIONG, Associate Professor and William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JUDITH C. YANG, William Keppler Whiteford Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Cornell University

JUN YANG, William Keppler Whiteford Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of Arizona

VICTOR YASHIN, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, PhD, Moscow State University

BO ZENG, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, PhD, Purdue University

MIN HEE YUN, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Arizona State University

XIAYUN ZHAO, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

LIANG ZHAN, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles



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