Tarek Abdoun,
Program Head of Civil and Urban Engineering; Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: tarek.abdoun@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
Fares Abu-Dakka,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fa2656@nyu.edu
Education: PhD and MA, Polytechnic University of Valencia; BA Birzeit University
Research Interests: Robot learning; geometric control; learning from demonstration; physical interactions
Khulood Alawadi,
Lecturer of Engineering Design
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: khulood.alawadi@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Imperial College London, MA Royal College of Art
Research Interests: Human-centered design; ethnographic design research; women in design; forecasting for design futures...
Tuka Waddah Alhanai,
Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: tuka.alhanai@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Computer-Human Intelligence
Kemal Celik,
Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kemal.celik@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Construction materials, energy efficiency, sustainable and functional structural materials
Marwa Chafii,
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: marwa.chafii@nyu.edu
Education: PhD CentraleSupélec
Research Interests: Wireless Communications; Integrated Sensing and Communication; Waveform Design; Localization
Elisabetta Cherchi,
Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: elisabetta.cherchi@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Cagliari, Italy
Research Interests: Modelling transport consumers behaviour and decision making process
Mohammed Daqaq,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering;
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mfd6@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Virginia Tech
Research Interests: application of nonlinear phenomena to improve the performance of micro-power generation systems, mic...
Ali Diabat,
Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Diabat@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Purdue University
Research Interests: optimization and operations, logistics, supply chain management, healthcare management, production p...
Mohamad Eid,
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mae8@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Ottawa
Research Interests: haptics, multi-modal human computer interaction, gaming, biofeedback technologies
Hazim Kemal Ekenel,
Visiting Professor of Computer Engineering
Affiliation: Visiting
Email: he2244@nyu.edu
Education: BS Bogazici University; MS Bogazici University; PhD University of Karlsruhe (TH)
Research Interests: Facial image processing; biometrics; computer vision; machine learning; deep learning
Waleed El-Sekelly,
Visiting Associate Professor
Affiliation: Visiting
Email: we20@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
Research Interests: Experimental modeling; geotechnical centrifuge; numerical modeling; soil dynamics; liquefaction eval...
Yi Fang,
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Associate Professor of Computer Science (Affiliated)
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yf23@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Purdue University
Research Interests: 3D Computer Vision, Multimedia Processing, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
Borja García de Soto,
Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: garcia.de.soto@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich
Research Interests: construction automation, cybersecurity in the AEC industry, artificial intelligence, lean constructi...
Pradeep George,
Clinical Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Coordinator of Engineering Capstone Design Projects
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pradeep.george@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rutgers University
Research Interests: computational modeling and optimization
Andras Gyorgy,
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ag6378@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: networked dynamical systems
Sohmyung Ha,
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sohmyung@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California San Diego
Research Interests: Biomedical circuits and sensors for implantable and wearable applications
Raed Hashaikeh,
Program Head of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rh143@nyu.edu
Education: PhD McGill University
Research Interests: Advanced Materials, Nanofibers, Membranes, Desalination
Nidal Hilal,
Professor of Engineering; Director of NYUAD Water Research Center
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nidal.hilal@nyu.edu
Education: DSc University of Wales; PhD Swansea University
Research Interests: Desalination; water treatment; membrane technology
Saif Jabari,
Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sej7@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Research Interests: data analysis, theoretical traffic flow modeling
Ramesh Jagannathan,
Research Professor of Engineering; Managing Director of StartAD
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rj31@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Clarkson University
Research Interests: entrepreneurial technology
Daniel Johnson,
Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: djj2026@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Nottingham
Research Interests: Water treatment, wastewater treatment, membrane technology, atomic force microscopy, colloid and int...
Margaret Julias,
Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mj67@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rutgers University
Ken-ichiro Kamei,
Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Biology and Bioengineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kk4801@nyu.edu
Education: BA Tokyo Institute of Technology; MA Tokyo Institute of Technology; PhD Tokyo Institute of Technolog...
Research Interests: Stem Cell Biology; Organs-on-a-Chip; Nano/microtechnology; Drug discovery; Regenerative medicine
Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: n.karathanasopoulos@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich
Research Interests: Structural Mechanics; Advanced Materials and Structures; Scientific Computing
Matthew Karau,
Director of the Engineering Design Studio; Senior Lecturer of Engineering Design
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mkarau@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: interactive systems
Safiya Khalil Alhashmi,
Assistant Professor Emerging Scholar of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: safiya.alhashmi@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Khalifa University, PhD Rice University
Research Interests: Materials and nanoscience; energy and sustainability
Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos,
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kk4812@nyu.edu
Education: Diploma National Technical University of Athens, MS - PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Interests: Robotics; Autonomous Systems; Automatic Control
Sunil Kumar,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sunil.kumar@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Transport of light and thermal radiation
Samer Madanat,
Dean of Engineering; Program Head of Urbanization; Global Network Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: smm17@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: transportation infrastructure management
Michail Maniatakos,
Program Head of Computer Engineering; Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mm6446@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Yale University
Research Interests: computer architecture, systems security
Monica Menendez,
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs; Director of the Research Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES); Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: monica.menendez@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: monitoring, modeling, and control of multimodal transportation systems, considering new technologies...
Mostafa Mobasher,
Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mostafa.mobasher@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Columbia University
Research Interests: Computational methods; fracture mechanics; finite elements; multiphysics, material modeling
Mohamed Moustafa,
Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mohamed.moustafa@nyu.edu
Education: BS Ain Sham University, Egypt; MS University of California, Berkeley; PhD University of California, ...
Research Interests: Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC); accelerated bridge construction (ABC); vision-based structur...
Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem,
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: qurrat.nadeem@nyu.edu
Education: PhD King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Research Interests: Wireless communications; signal processing; massive MIMO; programmable metasurface applications
Mohammad Qasaimeh,
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering; Associate Director of Faculty Scholarship Development
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: maq4@nyu.edu
Education: PhD McGill University
Research Interests: microfluidic and MEMS devices for biomedical applications, point of care diagnostics
Khalil Ramadi,
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kramadi@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Neuroengineering; Translational Medicine; Medical Devices; Drug delivery
Mahmoud Rasras,
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mr5098@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Catholic University of Leuven
Research Interests: Photonic components for next-generation optical and microwave photonic networks
Je Ir Ryu,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jryu@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Aerospace Propulsion; Energy Science; Reactive Flows; Combustion; Detonation; Hypersonics; High-Per...
Vijayavenkataraman Sanjairaj,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vs89@nyu.edu
Education: PhD National University of Singapore
Research Interests: 3D Printing and bioprinting for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug testing, and medical...
Muhammad Shafique,
Professor of Computer Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: muhammad.shafique@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Research Interests: Brain-inspired Computing, Embedded Machine Learning and AI, Energy-Efficient Computing, Robust Compu...
Khaled Shahin,
Clinical Associate Professor of Civil & Urban Engineering; Coordinator of Engineering Assessment
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kos3@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Dalhousie University
Research Interests: computational structural mechanics, fatigue and fracture mechanics of adhesively bonded joints, mech...
Farah Emad Shamout,
Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fs999@nyu.edu
Education: DPhil University of Oxford
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Data Science, Applications in Healthcare
Sandra Siby,
Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sandra.siby@nyu.com
Education: BEng National University of Singapore; MSc ETH Zurich; PhD EPFL
Research Interests: Cybersecurity; privacy
Ozgur Sinanoglu,
Associate Dean for Faculty Development; Director, Center for Cyber Security; Professor of Computer Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ozgursin@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, San Diego
Research Interests: Hardware Security
Yong Rafael Song,
Program Head of Bioengineering; Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ys50@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rhenish-Westphalian Technical University (RWTH), Aachen, Germany
Research Interests: design and manufacturing of MEMS devices, fluid mechanics, micro/nanofabrication
Rita Leal Sousa,
Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rita.sousa@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Tunneling automation, natural threat risk assessment, soil erosion, stochastic modeling
Jeremy Teo,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jeremy.teo@nyu.edu
Education: PhD National University of Singapore
Research Interests: immune-mechanobiology, biomaterials, biomimetic in vitro system, space immunology, bioartificial org...
Anthony Tzes,
Alan Howard Distinguished Professor in Artificial Intelligence; Program Head, Electrical Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: anthony.tzes@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Ohio State University
Research Interests: Unmanned aerial vehicles, surgical robots, mechatronics, control engineering
Murat Uysal,
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: murat.uysal@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Communication theory; Wireless communications; Optical communications
Azhar Zam,
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: azhar.zam@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Research Interests: Medical Imaging; Biomedical Optics, Biomedical Spectroscopy; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Pho...