College of Engineering News
New Engineering Faculty Welcomed for 2009-2010
Posted on: September 28, 2009
Kyriacos Athanasiou
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University, 1989; Ph.M., Columbia University, 1988; M.S., Columbia University, 1985; B.S., New York Institute of Technology, 1984
Experience: Rice University, 1999-2009; University of Texas, 1989-1999
Specialty: Orthopedic tissue engineering, structure-function relationships in cartilage
Ricardo Castro
Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Education: Ph.D., University of Sao Paulo, 2005; B.S., University of Sao Paulo, 2001
Experience: Centro Universitario da FEI, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Specialty: Nanoceramic materials
Ye Chen-Izu
Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Education: Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1994; M.S., Tsinghua University, 1988; B.S., National University of Defense Science and Technology, 1985
Experience: University of Kentucky, 2005-2009; University of Maryland Baltimore, 1999-2005; NIH, 1995-1999; SUNY at Buffalo, 1994-1995
Todd J. Green
Assistant Professor in Computer Science
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2009; M.S., University of Washington, 2001; B.S., Yale University, 1997
Experience: Xyleme SA, Saint Cloud, France, 2001-2003; Microsoft Corp., 1997-2001
Specialty: Data management systems
Mark Modera
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Western Cooling Efficiency Center
Education: Ph.D., Royal Institute of Technology, 1989; M.S., UC Berkeley, 1980; B.E., The Cooper Union, 1978
Experience: Carrier-Aeroseal, 2001-2009; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1980-2009; Aeroseal Inc., 1997-2001; Laboratoire de Physique du Batiment Universite de Liege, 1981-1982
Specialty: Efficient HVAC technology, basic cooling research and technology transfer, energy impacts of exhaust system flows, impacts of water quality on evaporative cooling equipment, radiant cooling research and development
Nitin Nitin
Assistant Professor in Food Science and Technology and Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Food Processing Engineer in the Agricultural Experimental Station
Education: Ph.D., Food Engineering, Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, 2008; Ph.D., Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005; M.S., Food Engineering, Rutgers University, 2001; B.S., Chemical Engineering, Panjab University, 1998
Experience: Southwest Research Institute, 2007-2009; Rice University, 2005-2007;
Specialty: Food process engineering
Stephen O’Driscoll
Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University, 2009; M.S., Stanford University, 2005; B.E., University College Cork, 2001
Experience: Cypress Semiconductor 2001-2003
Specialty: Analog IC design, RF IC design, microwave design and analysis, digital signal processing, adaptive systems
Ilias Tagkopoulos
Assistant Professor in Computer Science
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008; M.A., Princeton University, 2008; M.S., Columbia University, 2003; Diploma, University of Patras, 2001
Specialty: Computational biology
Spyros Tseregounis
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Education: Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 1984; M.S., University of California Los Angeles, 1981; B.S., University of Thessaloniki, 1977
Experience: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2006-2009; Rolls-Royce Corporation, 2002-2006; General Motors Corporation, 1984-2002; University of California Los Angeles, 1980-1884
Speciality: Lubrication and tribology