Faculty
Paul R. Chiarot
Professor; Chair
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Junghyun Cho
Professor; Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Development
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Cosan (Joe-Sean) Daskiran
Assistant Professor
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Pong-Yu (Peter) Huang
Associate Professor; Director
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S.B. Park
Director of IEEC; Director of IEEC; Professor
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James M. Pitarresi
Vice Provost; Vice Provost; Distinguished Teaching Professor; Vice Provost for Online and Innovation Education
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Mir Jalil Razavi
Assistant Professor
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Bahgat G. Sammakia
Director of CHIRP at Binghamton University; Distinguished Professor; Vice President for Research; Dir of CHIRP at Binghamton Univ; Center Director of ES2; Director, S3IP; Center Director of ES2; Vice President for Research; Director, S3IP
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Scott Schiffres
Associate Professor
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Shahrzad Towfighian
Professor; Graduate Studies Director
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Xin Yong
Associate Professor; Undergraduate Studies Director
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Jingzhou (Frank) Zhao
Assistant Professor
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Guangwen Zhou
Professor; Associate Director, Institute of Materials Research; Deputy Director of Materials Science and Engineering
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Staff
Elizabeth Kucharek
Administrative Coordinator
Bridget Tiska
Graduate Administrative Assistant
Tara Zajack
Department Administrative Assistant
Emeritus Faculty
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Frank Cardullo |
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John Fillo Professor Emeritus |
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Roy McGrann Professor Emeritus Mechanical engineering design, computer-aided engineering, project management, engineering education |
Adjunct Faculty
Research Faculty
William Chen
Leila Choobineh
Fatemeh Hejripour Rafsanjani
Professional and Academic Advisors
A team of people within the department and across the campus guides students in the development of their intellectual life and prepares them to contribute constructively to a world that is rapidly changing and increasingly interdependent.
Within the Department
- Paul Chiarot - Department Chair
- Peter Huang - Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Sherry Towfighian - Director of Graduate Studies
Within the School
Industrial Advisory Board
Joseph Kolly '88, Board Chair
Director, Transportation Innovation Center
MITRE
Shari Sterling
Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Lockheed-Martin Corporation
Koen Gieskes
VP for Engineering and Research
Universal Instruments Corporation
Chris Kopec '96
Facilities Group Manager
McFarland Johnson
Stephan Meschter, MS '87, PhD '01
Staff Design Engineer
BAE Systems
Tony Tsang, MS '11
General Manager
Pumpman – Pump Systems (Federal Pump & Alyan Pump)
Liang Yin, MS '03, PhD '05
Electronic Packaging Engineer
GE Global Research
E. Duane Daddis, Jr. PE, LEED, AP '88
Associate Director of Engineering, Applied Rooftop Products
Carrier North America HVAC Commercial Systems
Mechanical Engineering Student Advisory Committee (MESAC)
Contact MESAC: mesac@binghamton.edu
Graduate
Emma Pawliczak
Samuel Peterfreund
Seniors
Kirstie Chinchilla
Joseph Green
Rachel Koppelman
Sasha Noble
Alexandra Portas
Juniors
Sam Abramson
Jules Verrino
Sophomores
McKenzie Viersma
Annabelle Hohne
Student groups
There are a number of honor societies and student organizations that represent various engineering and computer science disciplines in which Watson College students can participate.