People

Most offices are located in Higgins Laboratories (HL) or Washburn Shops (WB). All phone extensions should be preceeded with +1-508-831-

Faculty
Name Ext. E-mail Location Title
Grétar Tryggvason x5759 gretar@wpi.edu HL 130 Professor & Department Head
Diran Apelian x5992 dapelian@wpi.edu WB 329 Howmet Professor, Director, Metals Processing Institute
Holly K. Ault x5498 hkault@wpi.edu HL 207 Associate Professor
Daniel G. Backman x5781 dbackman@wpi.edu WB 320 Research Professor
Isa Bar-On x5127 ibaron@wpi.edu WB 224 Professor
John J. Blandino x6155 blandino@wpi.edu HL 239 Associate Professor
Christopher A. Brown x5627 brown@wpi.edu WB 235 Professor & Director, Haas Technical Education Center
Eben C. Cobb x5035 eccobb@wpi.edu HL 211 Visiting Assistant Professor
Michael A. Demetriou x5459 mdemetri@wpi.edu HL 246 Associate Professor
Chrysanthe Demetry x5195 cdemetry@wpi.edu WB 332 Associate Professor & Director, Center for Educational Development and Assessment
Mikhail F. Dimentberg x5368 diment@wpi.edu HL 212 Professor
Mustapha S. Fofana x5966 msfofana@wpi.edu WB 311B Associate Professor
Cosme Furlong-Vazquez x5125 cfurlong@wpi.edu HL 151 Assistant Professor
Nikolaos A. Gatsonis x5576 gatsonis@wpi.edu HL 239 George I. Alden Professor & Associate Dept. Head and Director of Aerospace Program
John R. Hall x5124 jrh@wpi.edu HL 213 Adjunct Professor
Allen H. Hoffman x5217 ahoffman@wpi.edu HL 107 Professor
Zhikun Hou x5705 hou@wpi.edu HL 207 Professor
Islam I. Hussein x6631 ihussein@wpi.edu HL 243 Assistant Professor
Robert N. Katz x5336 katz@wpi.edu WB 312 Research Professor
Diana Lados x5535 lados@wpi.edu WB 319 Assistant Professor
Jianyu Liang x6649 jianyul@wpi.edu WB 311A Assistant Professor
Jiacai Lu x6405 jlu@wpi.edu WB 334 Research Assistant Professor
Mohammed Maniruzzam x6776 manituzz@wpi.edu HL 204 Research Assistant Professor
Makhlouf, M. Makhlouf x5647 mmm@wpi.edu WB 334 Professor & Director, Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC)
Robert L. Norton x5537 norton@wpi.edu HL 210 Milton Prince Higgins II Professor
David J. Olinger x5698 olinger@wpi.edu HL 242 Associate Professor
Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz x5536 rjp@wpi.edu HL 152 K. G. Merriman Professor & Director, CHLST
Mark W. Richman x5556 mrichman@wpi.edu HL 245 Associate Professor, Graduate Program Chair
Yiming (Kevin) Rong x6020 rong@wpi.edu WB307 John Woodman Higgins Professor & Assoc. Director, Manufacturing and Materials Program
Brian J. Savilonis x5686 bjs@wpi.edu HL 108 Professor
Satya S. Shivkumar x5048 shivkuma@wpi.edu WB 227 Professor
Richard D. Sisson, Jr. x5335 sisson@wpi.edu WB 246A George F. Fuller Professor & Director, Manufacturing and Materials Programs
Kenneth A. Stafford x6122 stafford@wpi.edu HL 011 Adjunct Assistant Professor
Director of Robotics Resource Center
John M. Sullivan, Jr. x5199 sullivan@wpi.edu HL 109 Professor
James D. Van de Ven x6776 vandeven@wpi.edu HL 208 Assistant Professor
 

Staff

Higgins Laboratory
Name Ext. E-mail Location Title
Pamela St. Louis x5872 pstlouis@wpi.edu HL 130 Operations Manager, Mechanical Engineering
Gloria Boudreau x5221 gboudreau@wpi.edu HL 250 Administrative Assistant V, Aerospace Eng. Program
Tracey Coetzee x5236 tcoetzee@wpi.edu HL 130 Administrative Assistant V, Mechanical Engineering
Barbara Edilberti x5026 edilbert@wpi.edu HL 130 Administrative Assistant V, ME Graduate Program
Barbara Furhman x6046 bfurhman@wpi.edu HL 130 Administrative Assistant V, Purchasing
Peter Hefti x5597 phefti@wpi.edu HL 151 Opto-electronics Specialist, CHLST
Ryan Marinis x5125 rmarinis@wpi.edu HL 152 OEH Laboratory Manager, CHSLT
Randy Robinson x6756 nrw@wpi.edu HL 249 Computer Manager
Neil Whitehouse x5219 nrw@wpi.edu HL 005 Lab Machinist II, Higgins Shop

Washburn Shops
Name Ext. E-mail Location Title
Toby Bergstrom x5122 torbjorn@wpi.edu WB 108A Operations Manager, Manufacturing Labs
Boquan Li x6025 boquanli@wpi.edu WB 239 Manager, Materials Engineering Lab
Susan Milkman x6088 smilkman@wpi.edu WB 239 Administrative Assistant V, MFE
Rita Shilansky x5633 rita@wpi.edu WB 244 Administrative Assistant V, MTE

Materials Processing Institute (MPI)
Name Ext. E-mail Location Title
Carol Garofoli x5992 cagarofoli@wpi.edu WB 330 Director of Operations, MPI
Maureen Plunkett x5992 mrp@wpi.edu WB 329 Administrative Assistant VI, MPI
Carl Raatikainen x5805 carlraat@wpi.edu WB 113 Laboratory Manager, MPI

Faculty Emeriti

Ronald R. Biederman (1968-2003) Walter A. Kistler (1954-1994)
John A. Mayer (1956-1996) Roy F. Bourgault (1955-1985)
Kenneth E. Scott (1948-1991) John M. Boyd (1966-1994)
Carlton W. Staples (1948-1986) Hartley T. Grandin, Jr. (1957-1996)
Fred N. Webster (1948-1972) Robert J. Hall (1956-1990)
Leslie C. Wilbur (1957-1987) Raymond R. Hagglund (1962-2003)
Donald N. Zwiep (1957-1990)

Students

Contact information about our graduate and undergraduate students is available through the Campus Directory.

Mechanical Engineering Department - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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