UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State College of Engineering has announced the newest faculty members across its research and instructional community. The list represents faculty hired from other institutions, postdoctoral scholars who received full-time teaching assignments and staff transitioning into faculty roles.
“These appointments showcase our continued commitment to bolstering our already world-class faculty,” said Thomas F. La Porta, interim Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering. “We welcome those who are new to our campus, and we are proud to have several researchers who have been with us in other capacities — either as post-docs, staff or professional track faculty — join our tenure-line researchers and educators.”
Tenure-line faculty joining the college include:
- Jonathan MacArthur, Michael Micci Early Career Professor of aerospace engineering
- Matthew Johnson, Charles K. Etner Early Career Assistant Professor of chemical engineering
- Jun Xu, John J. and Jean M. Brennan Clean Energy Early Career Professor of mechanical engineering
- Yabin Fan, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics
- Botong Zheng, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering
- Jiachang Liu, assistant professor of computer science in engineering
- Jie Zhang, assistant professor of electrical engineering
- Jongha Ryu, assistant professor of computer science in engineering
- Lu Cheng, assistant professor of computer science in engineering
- Mingyu Shin, Bryant Early Career Assistant Professor of chemical engineering
- Reinaldo Alcalde, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering
- Tyler Hull, assistant professor of architectural engineering / civil and environmental engineering
- Nikolai Gravin, associate professor of computer science in engineering
- Sawyer Campbell, associate professor of electrical engineering
- Anne Menefee, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering
Professional track faculty joining the college include:
- Anne Raich, teaching professor of civil and environmental engineering
- Yulin An, assistant teaching professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering
- Sruthi Ramadurai, assistant teaching professor of mechanical engineering
- Tracy Peterson, assistant teaching professor in the Center for Equity, Outreach, and Inclusion/Dean’s Office
- Vitor Valente, assistant teaching professor of aerospace engineering
- Daniel Guzman, assistant research professor of engineering science and mechanics
- Anirudh Ramanathan, researcher of nuclear engineering
- Yalin Lu, assistant research professor of architectural engineering
- Yu Zhang, assistant research professor of civil and environmental engineering
- Luiz Carlos Aldeia Machado, assistant research professor of nuclear engineering
- Nandhakumar Ponnusamy, assistant research professor of nuclear engineering
- Bhaskar Mukherjee, assistant research professor of aerospace engineering
- Cheng Zhang, assistant research professor in the Larson Transportation Institute
- Kathryn Lawson, researcher of civil and environmental engineering
- Nathaniel Bohna, teaching professor in the school of engineering design and innovation
- Xu Han, assistant research professor of biomedical engineering
- Francis Ledesma, assistant teaching professor of chemical engineering
- Corey Gracie-Griffin, teaching professor of architectural engineering