Administration

Andres Leonardo Carrano, PhD
Dean

Mirco Speretta, PhD
Associate Dean

Zahra Shahbazi, PhD
Associate Dean

Jessica Guarneri, MS
Assistant Dean

Ilhan Akbil, MIM
Director, Industry Relations

Jason Low, MEng
Director, SEC Laboratories

Joseph Wilson, MS
SEC Systems Administrator

Amy Baratta
Assistant to the Dean and Budget Manager

Sandra Miller
Operations Assistant

Department Chairs

Djedjiga Belfadel, PhD
Electrical, Biomedical and Mechatronics Engineering

Shahrokh Etemad, PhD
Mechanical Engineering

Sidike Paheding, PhD
Computer Science and Engineering

Graduate Program Directors

Susan Freudzon, PhD
MS Biomedical Engineering

Mirco Speretta, PhD
MS Cybersecurity
Certificate in Cybersecurity

Mirco Speretta, PhD
MS Data Science

Djedjiga Belfadel, PhD
MS Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mirco Speretta, PhD
MS Management of Technology

Shahrokh Etemad, PhD
MS Mechanical Engineering

Sidike Paheding, PhD
MS Software Engineering

Faculty

Danushka Bandara
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
PhD, Syracuse University

Collin Beaudoin
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
PhD, The Pennsylvania State University

Djedjiga Belfadel
Professor, Electrical Engineering
PhD, University of Connecticut

Andres Leonardo Carrano
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, North Carolina State University

James Cavallo
Instructor of the Practice, Electrical  Engineering
MBA, Carnegie Mellon University

John Drazan
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ana Estrada
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
PhD, University of Virginia

Shahrokh Etemad
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, University of Washington

Susan Freudzon
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Biomedical Engineering
PhD, Columbia University

Naser Haghbin
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Ryerson University, Canada

Jeffrey Kramer
Instructor of the Practice, Computer Science
MS, Fairfield University

Jason Low
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Mechatronics Engineering
MEng, North Carolina State University

Isaac Macwan
Associate Professor, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
PhD, University of Bridgeport

Subhrajit Majumder
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Computer Science and Engineering
PhD, University of Toledo

Akshay Mathur
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
PhD, University of Toledo

Sidike Paheding
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
PhD, University of Dayton

Amalia Rusu
Associate Professor, Computer Science
PhD, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Zahra Shahbazi
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, University of Connecticut

David Shekhtman
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology

Mirco Speretta
Associate Professor of the Practice, Computer Science
PhD, University of Arkansas

Sriharsha Srinivas Sundarram
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Haolin Tang
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Computer Science and Engineering
PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Technical Staff

Dominic Figueiredo
Laboratory Technician

Joseph P. Wilson
Systems Administrator

Faculty Emeriti

Jack Beal, PhD
Professor, Emeritus

Evangelos Hadjimichael, PhD
Professor, Emeritus

Douglas Lyon, PhD
Professor, Emeritus

​​Jerry Sergent, PhD
​Professor, Emeritus

Michael Zabinski, PhD
Professor, Emeritus

Advisory Board

Robert Sobolewski
Chairman of the Board - SEC Advisory Board
President and CEO (retired) ebm-papst

Usman Asif
Chief Engineer for the Army and Air Force Programs
Sikorsky

Michael Buckenmeyer, PhD
Founder and CEO
EXITBio

John E. Butala
Vice President Technology
O'Keefe Controls Co.

Alicia J. Carroll, Esq.
Senior Principal IP Counsel
Medtronic

Peter Convertito
Director, Investor Relations
ASML

Frank J. Fanzilli
Director
Commvault

Melissa Fensterstock
Co-Founder
Material Impact

Andy Judge
Chief of Staff
ASML

Jenna Madigan
Systems Engineer
Medtronic

Nick Mercadante
Founder & CEO
PursueCare

Tim O'Neil
Senior Director for Program Management
ASML

Michael Parsons
Executive Vice President
CTDI

Ronald M. Salvatore
Chairman
Accurate Lock and Hardware

Reed Salvatore
CEO
Accurate Lock and Hardware

Deacon Patrick Toole
Chancellor
Diocese of Bridgeport

Mark Tuck
VP of Operations and Strategy
Cloud Ingenuity

Neviana Zhgaba
Co-Founder
Aquila's Nest Vineyards