People

Mechanical Engineering

Melody Baglione

Professor
George Clark Chair of Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4295 | melody@cooper.edu

Michael Bambino

Adjunct Instructor
mb@michaelbambinodesign.com

Robert Barrett

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4292 | bbarrett@cooper.edu

Scott N. Bondi

Adjunct Professor
sbondi@cooper.edu

Wallace Chinitz

Professor Emeritus

Brian Cusack

Director of Campus Enterprise Applications
Adjunct Professor, Albert Nerken School of Engineering
212.353.4359 | cusack2@cooper.edu

George J. Delagrammatikas

Professor
Program Director, STEM Outreach
212.353.4293 | georged@cooper.edu

Robert Dell

Director, Special Project on Select Patent Monetization
Director, the Laboratory for Energy Reclamation and Innovation
Adjunct Professor
C.V. Starr Research Foundation Research Fellow
212.353.4298 | rdell@cooper.edu

Radmila Janjusevic

Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Technician
Student Project Coordinator
Adjunct Professor
rjanjus@cooper.edu

Maria Jimenez

Administrative Associate: Math, Physics, Mechanical & Civil Engineering Departments
212.353.4292 | jimenez@cooper.edu

Lembit Kutt

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4301 | kutt@cooper.edu

Eric Lima

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director The Open-Source Hardware Laboratory
212.353.4029 | lima2@cooper.edu

Dirk Martin Luchtenburg

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4310 | dluchten@cooper.edu

Matthew Mahon

Adjunct Professor

Ericson Mar

Adjunct Professor
mar@cooper.edu

Oliver Medvedik

Director of the Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering
medvedik@cooper.edu

Karl Orishimo

Adjunct Professor

Katherine M. Panchyk

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4292

David Petrillo

Adjunct Professor

Estuardo Rodas

Mechanical Engineering Technician and Project Coordinator
212.353.4039 | erodas@cooper.edu

George W. Sidebotham

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4308 | sidebo@cooper.edu

Daniel M. Speyer

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4301

Thomas Synnott, III

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4301 | synnott@cooper.edu

Doug Thornhill

Laboratory Technician and Project Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4330 | thornhil@cooper.edu

Chih-Shing (Stan) Wei

Professor (retired)
212.353.4299 | swei@cooper.edu

David M. Wootton

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4393 | wootton@cooper.edu

Hui (Grace) Yu

Adjunct Professor

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