Administration

Andres Leonardo Carrano, PhD
Dean

Mirco Speretta, PhD
Associate Dean

Jessica Guarneri, MS
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies

Amy Baratta
Assistant to the Dean and Budget Manager

Sandra Miller
Operations Assistant

Ilhan Akbil
Director, Industry Relations

Department Chairs

Uma Balaji, PhD
Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

Shahrokh Etemad, PhD
Mechanical Engineering

Sidike Paheding, PhD
Computer Science and Engineering

Graduate Program Directors

Susan Freudzon, PhD
Biomedical Engineering

Mirco Speretta, PhD
Cybersecurity

Mirco Speretta, PhD
Data Science

Djedjiga Belfadel, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mirco Speretta, PhD
Management of Technology

Shahrokh Etemad, PhD
Mechanical Engineering

Mirco Speretta, PhD
Software Engineering

Faculty

Uma Balaji
Associate Professor and Chair, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
PhD, University of Victoria, British Columbia

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

Djedjiga Belfadel
Associate Professor, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
PhD, University of Connecticut

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

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

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

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

Shahrokh Etemad
Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering
PhD, University of Washington

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

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

Jeffrey Kramer
Instructor of the Practice, Computer Science and Engineering
MS, Fairfield 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 and Engineering
PhD, University of Toledo

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

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

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

Mirco Speretta
Associate Professor of the Practice and Associate Dean, Computer Science and Engineering
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
Lab Technician

Joseph P. Wilson
System Administrator

Lecturers

James Baker
Cybersecurity
BS, University of North Carolina

George Bauer
Mechanical Engineering
MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Gregory Berry
Computer Science
MS, Capella University

Michael Cooper
Management of Technology
JD, Quinnipiac University

Joseph Corcoran
Computer Science and Engineering
MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Kosovka Cupic
Mechanical Engineering
MS, Fairfield University

Jeffrey Denenberg
Electrical Engineering
PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology

William Dornfeld
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Adam Elbirt
Electrical Engineering
PhD, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Altrin Elmazi
Computer Science and Engineering
MS, Quinnipiac University

Neil English
Mechanical Engineering
MS, Central Connecticut State University

Bahareh Estejab
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Virginia Tech

Blade Frisch
Computer Science and Engineering
MS, Bowling Green State University

Thomas Galasso
Computer Science and Engineering
MS, Polytechnic University

Joseph Goldberg
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, University of Connecticut

Nelson Gonzalez
Computer Science and Engineering
MS, Sacred Heart University

Ponani Gopalakrishnan
Computer Science and Engineering
PhD, University of Maryland

Bama Govindaraja
Computer Science and Engineering
MS, Fairfield University

Ruvinda Gunawardana
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Rice University

Mark Jass
Computer Science and Software Engineering
MS, Sacred Heart University

Andrew Judge
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Gregory Kyrytschenko
Computer Science and Engineering
MBA, Sacred Heart University

James Marcus
Electrical Engineering
PhD, Tufts University

Ho Young Lee
Computer Science and Engineering
MS, Boston College

Brendan Mascarenhas
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Clarkson University

Joseph McFadden
Mechanical Engineering
MS, University of Bridgeport

Ramin Modarres
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Ryan Munden
Electrical Engineering
PhD, Yale University

Alexander Pagan
Computer Science and Software Engineering
MS, University of Bridgeport

Mobin Rastgar Agah
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Temple University

Omar Rodriguez
Mechanical Engineering
PhD, University of Alabama

Tina Romansky
Electrical Engineering
MS, Polytechnic University

Ardiana Sula
Computer Science and Engineering
PhD, University of Polytechnic of Tirana and Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Donald Schaer
Mechanical Engineering
MS, Central Connecticut State University

Einer Ulfsson, PE
Management of Technology
MS, Cornell University

​Daniel Wallace
Mechanical Engineering
​MS, Fairfield University

​Jonathan Wilson
Computer Science and Engineering
​MS, Fairfield University

Faculty Emeriti

Jack Beal, PhD
Professor and Dean, Emeritus

Evangelos Hadjimichael, PhD
Professor and Dean, Emeritus

Douglas Lyon, PhD
Professor, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Emeritus

​​Jerry Sergent, PhD
​Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus

Michael Zabinski, PhD
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus

Advisory Board

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

Michael Buckenmeyer, PhD
Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH

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

John LaViola
Chief Technology Officer
Tibidabo Scientific Industry

Jenna Madigan
Systems Engineer, Medtronic

Nick Mercadante
Founder & CEO, PursueCare

Tim O'Neil
Senior Director for Advanced Technology Programs
ASML

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 Vineyards