Faculty
Paul R. Chiarot
Professor; Department Chair
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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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Atul Kelkar
Dean
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S.B. Park
Director of IEEC; Director of IEEC; SUNY Distinguished 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 ÂÌñÉç; Distinguished Professor; Vice President for Research; Dir of CHIRP at ÂÌñÉç 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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Robert J. Wagner
Assistant Professor
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Pu Zhang
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Studies Director
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Jingzhou (Frank) Zhao
Assistant Professor
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Guangwen Zhou
SUNY Distinguished 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 |
Research Faculty
William Chen
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
- Pu Zhang - 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
Devin Shapley, '12
Facilities Group Manager
McFarland Johnson
E. Duane Daddis, Jr. PE, LEED, AP '88
Associate Director of Engineering, Applied Rooftop Products
Carrier North America HVAC Commercial Systems
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
Mechanical Engineering Student Advisory Committee (MESAC)
Contact MESAC: mesac@binghamton.edu
Graduate
Rachel Koppelman
Joseph Green
Emma Pawliczak
Seniors
Sasha Noble
Jules Verrino
Liam Heanue
Juniors
McKenzie Viersma
Samuel Estroff-Liberti
Sophomores
Zachary Boje
Matthew Cardenaz
Emmanual Mingo
Evan Lebediker
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.