Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
MANE.RPI.EDU
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING FACTS
ᏵᏵ Founded
in 1824, one of the oldest
engineering schools in the country
ᏵᏵ Located
in Troy, NY, 150 miles north
of New York City
ᏵᏵ 482
graduate students
ᏵᏵ 3,000
ᏵᏵ 30
undergraduate students
degree programs (12 UG and 18 G)
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
ᏵᏵ 17
ᏵᏵ 2
Engineering Focused Research Centers
NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC’s)
SCHOOL FACULTY
ᏵᏵ 24
endowed chairs or professorships
ᏵᏵ 18
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Award winners (2010-2014)
ᏵᏵ 45
Early Career Awards (e.g., NSF CAREER
and other Young Investigator Awards)
among current faculty
DEPARTMENT FACTS
STUDENTS
1,115 Undergraduates
152Graduate
2013 US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
GRADUATE RANKINGS
Aeronautical Engineering 23
Mechanical Engineering 23
Nuclear Engineering 13
DEGREES OFFERED
Aeronautical Engineering
(B.S., M.Eng., M.S., Ph.D.)
Engineering Physics (M.S., Ph.D.)
Mechanical Engineering
(B.S., M.Eng., M.S., Ph.D.)
Nuclear Engineering
(B.S., M.Eng., MS )
Nuclear Engineering & Science (Ph.D.)
DEGREES AWARDED IN (AY) 2013
293Bachelors
36Masters
30Ph.D.
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT
(FALL 2013)
95% of current full-time doctoral
students received financial assistance
AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS
ᏵᏵ Center for Automation Technologies
and Systems | cats.rpi.edu
ᏵᏵ Center for Flow Physics and Control
www.scer.rpi.edu/cefpac
ᏵᏵ Center for Modeling, Simulation
and Imaging in Medicine
www.scer.rpi.edu/cemsim
ᏵᏵ Computational Center for Nanotechnology
Innovations | ccni.rpi.edu
ᏵᏵ Center for Engineering-based
Patient Modeling | cepm.rpi.edu
ᏵᏵ Scientific Computation Research
Center | scorec.rpi.edu
RESEARCH AREAS
AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ᏵᏵ Fluid Dynamics/Aerodynamics
ᏵᏵ Advanced Structures/Materials
ᏵᏵ Optimization
ᏵᏵ Space
ᏵᏵ Combustion/Propulsion
MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ᏵᏵ Mechanics and Materials
ᏵᏵ Thermal and Fluids Engineering
ᏵᏵ Design and Manufacturing
ᏵᏵ Dynamics and Controls
NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ᏵᏵ Nuclear Power Systems
ᏵᏵ Applied Radiation Technologies
ᏵᏵ Radiation Protection, Medical and
Industrial Uses of Radiation
ᏵᏵ Nuclear Materials
CROSS-CUTTING RESEARCH AREAS
ᏵᏵ Energy Science and Engineering
ᏵᏵ Materials, Materials Processing
and Controls
ᏵᏵ Human Health and Safety
DR. SUVRANU DE
DEPARTMENT HEAD
MANE@RPI.EDU
CONTACT US
(518) 276-6351
MANE.RPI.EDU
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
FACULTY
ᏵᏵ Michael
Amitay, James L. Decker ’45 Endowed Chair
in Aerospace Engineering, Program Director,
Aerospace Engineering Program
ᏵᏵ Woojin Ahn, Research Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Kurt Anderson, Professor and Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Studies, School of Engineering
ᏵᏵ Riccardo Bevilacqua, Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Thierry Blanchet, Professor, Associate Department Head
for Faculty Affairs
ᏵᏵ Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc, Associate Professor
ᏵᏵ Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, Professor
ᏵᏵ Peter Caracappa, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ Aram Chung, Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Yaron Danon, Professor, Program Director, Nuclear Engineering
ᏵᏵ Suvranu De, Professor, Department Head
ᏵᏵ Edward DeMauro, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ Farhan Gandhi, Rosalind and John J. Redfern Jr. ’33
Professor of Engineering
ᏵᏵ Prabhat Hajela, Professor, Provost
ᏵᏵ Thomas Haley, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ Jason Hicken, Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Amir Hirsa, Professor
ᏵᏵ Casey Hoffman, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ Joshua Hurst, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ Michael Jensen, Professor
ᏵᏵ Wei Ji, Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Imad Khan, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ Nikhil Koratkar, John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan
Professor of Engineering
ᏵᏵ Chia Min Leong, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ Jie
Lian, Associate Professor
ᏵᏵ Li (Emily) Liu, Associate Professor
ᏵᏵ Bimal Malaviya, Professor
ᏵᏵ Antoinette Maniatty, Professor
ᏵᏵ Sandipan Mishra, Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Assad Oberai, Professor
ᏵᏵ Matthew Oehlschlaeger, Associate Professor
ᏵᏵ Yoav Peles, Professor and Associate Department Head
for Graduate Studies, Program Director, Mechanical Engineering
ᏵᏵ Catalin Picu, Professor and Associate Department Head
for Undergraduate Studies
ᏵᏵ Michael Podowski, Professor
ᏵᏵ Zvi Rusak, Professor
ᏵᏵ Onkar Sahni, Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Johnson Samuel, Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Henry Scarton, Associate Professor
ᏵᏵ Ali Shahsavari, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ Mark Shephard, Samuel A. Johnson ‘37 and
Elizabeth C. Johnson Professor of Engineering
ᏵᏵ Richard Smith, Professor
ᏵᏵ Zahra Sotoudeh, Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Sastry Sreepada, Professor of Practice
ᏵᏵ Mark Steiner, Professor of Practice
ᏵᏵ Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Research Assistant Professor
ᏵᏵ Burt Swersey, Lecturer
ᏵᏵ John Tichy, Professor
ᏵᏵ Daniel Walczyk, Professor
ᏵᏵ Xie (George) Xu, Professor
ᏵᏵ Lucy Zhang, Associate Professor
ᏵᏵ Wei Zhou, Lecturer
MANE.RPI.EDU
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