People

Mechanical Engineering

Melody Baglione

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

Michael Bambino

Adjunct Instructor
michael.bambino@cooper.edu

Robert Barrett

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4292 | robert.barrett@cooper.edu

Scott N. Bondi

Adjunct Professor
scott.bondi@cooper.edu

Wallace Chinitz

Professor Emeritus

Brian Cusack

Director of Campus Enterprise Applications
Adjunct Professor, Albert Nerken School of Engineering
212.353.4359 | brian.cusack@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

Michael Giglia

Makerspace Manager
michael.giglia@cooper.edu

Sven Haverkamp

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4301 | sven.haverkamp@cooper.edu

Radmila Janjusevic

Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Technician
Student Project Coordinator
Adjunct Professor
212.353.4326 | radmila.janjusevic@cooper.edu

Martin Lawless

Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4299 | martin.lawless@cooper.edu

Eric Lima

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

Dirk Martin Luchtenburg

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4310 | dirk.luchtenburg@cooper.edu

Matthew Mahon

Adjunct Professor

Oliver Medvedik

Director of the Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering
212.353.4326 | oliver.medvedik@cooper.edu

Karl Orishimo

Adjunct Professor
karl.orishimo@cooper.edu

Katherine M. Panchyk

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4292 | katherine.panchyk@cooper.edu

David Petrillo

Adjunct Professor

Estuardo Rodas

Laboratory Technician and Project Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4039 | estuardo.rodas@cooper.edu

Julia Sable

Adjunct Professor
Bioengineering
julia.sable@cooper.edu

George W. Sidebotham

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4308 | sidebo@cooper.edu

Daniel M. Speyer

Adjunct Professor
Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4301 | daniel.speyer@cooper.edu

Douglas Thornhill

Laboratory and Technician Manager, School of Engineering
212.353.4330 | douglas.thornhill@cooper.edu

Chih-Shing (Stan) Wei

Professor (retired)
swei@cooper.edu

David M. Wootton

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
212.353.4393 | david.wootton@cooper.edu

Hui (Grace) Yu

Adjunct Instructor
Hui.Yu@cooper.edu

Aaron Zemach

Adjunct Professor
aaron.zemach@cooper.edu

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