Meet the Inamori Faculty & Staff

Get to know our Inamori School of Engineering faculty and staff.

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Division Chairs

Yiquan Wu
Ceramics - Program Chair

Alexis Clare
Glass Science - Program Chair

Anthony Wren
Biomaterials - Program Chair

S.K. Sundaram
Materials Science & Engineering - Program Chair

Ehsan Ghotbi
Mechanical / Renewable Energy / Electrical - Program Chair


Dr. Jalal Baghdadchi
Professor of Electrical Engineering

Dr. Alexis Clare
Professor of Glass Science

Dr. Junjun Ding
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Ehsan Ghotbi
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Timothy Keenan
Assistant Professor of Biomaterials Engineering

Dr. Seong-Jin Lee
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Dan Lu
Assistant Professor of Renewable Energy Engineering

Amit Maha
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Scott Misture
Inamori Professor
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director of Study Abroad and Student Exchange

Doris Moencke
Associate Professor of Glass Science & Engineering

Dr. Steve Pilgrim
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Holly Shulman
Professor of Ceramic Engineering

Dr. S. K. Sundaram
Inamori Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Steven Tidrow
Inamori Professor

Kun Wang
Assistant Professor

Dr. Xingwu Wang
Professor of Electrical Engineering

Dr. Collin Wilkinson
Assistant Professor of Glass Science & Engineering

Dr. Anthony Wren
Assistant Professor of Biomaterials

Dr. Yiquan Wu
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Junpeng Zhan
Assistant Professor of Renewable Energy Engineering

Dr. Vasantha Amarakoon
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic and Electrical Engineering

Dr. Vernon Burdick
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic Engineering

Dr. William Carty
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic Engineering
McMahon Building Room 207
carty@alfred.edu
607-871-2451

Dr. Robert Condrate
Emeritus Professor of Glass Science and Engineering

Dr. Alastair Cormack
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic Science

Dr. William Earl
Emeritus Associate Professor of Ceramic Engineering

Dr. Doreen Edwards
Emeritus/Affiliated Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Jinghong Fan
Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Paul Johnson III
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic Engineering

Dr. Linda E. Jones
Emeritus Professor of Materials Engineering

Dr. William LaCourse
Emeritus Professor of Glass Science
Hall of Glass Science and Engineering Room 217
lacourse@alfred.edu
607-871-2466

Dr. James Lancaster
Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering

Dr. Wallace B. Leigh
Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering

Dr. Carlson C. P. Pian
Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Program Chair

Dr. L. David Pye
Emeritus Professor of Glass Science and Engineering

Dr. James Reed
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic Engineering

Dr. Walter Schulze Jr
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic and Electrical Engineering

Dr. James Shelby
Emeritus John F. McMahon Professor of Ceramic Engineering

Dr. Harrie Stevens
Emeritus Professor of Glass Science and Engineering

Dr. Jianxin Tang
Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering

Dr. Jenifer Taylor
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic and Electrical Engineering

Dr. James Varner
Emeritus Professor of Ceramic Engineering

Dr. Arun Varshneya
Emeritus Professor of Glass Science and Engineering

Jim Mighells
Technician/Machinist

Darren Stohr
Scanning Electron Microscopist

James Thiebaud
Surface Analysis Specialist

Francis Williams
Electronics Specialist

Swavek Zdzieszynski
X-Ray Diffraction & Spectroscopy Specialist

Gabby Gaustad
Dean, Inamori School of Engineering

TBD
Assistant Dean, Inamori School of Engineering

Laura Grove
Administrative Assistant to the Dean, Inamori School of Engineering

Nikkie Guysick
Secretary, Faculty and Graduate Programs

Josiah Alexander
Secretary, Electrical/Mechanical/Renewable Energy Engineering