People

Electrical Engineering

Julia Astrauckas

Adjunct Professor
astrau@cooper.edu

Simon Ben-Avi

Professor Emeritus
212.353.4286 | benavi@cooper.edu

Jean Chung

Adjunct Professor

Christopher Curro

Adjunct Professor
curro@cooper.edu

Sean Cusack

Adjunct Professor
cusack@cooper.edu

Fred L. Fontaine

Jesse Sherman Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chair of Electrical Engineering, Director of the Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers
212.353.4335 | fred@cooper.edu

Daniel Gitzel

Adjunct Professor
gitzel@cooper.edu

Jeff Hakner

Assistant Director of Telecommunications
Adjunct Professor
212.353.4353 | hak@cooper.edu

Lawrence S. Hausman

Adjunct Professor
hausma@cooper.edu

Timothy R. Hoerning

Adjunct Professor
hoerni@cooper.edu

Christopher Hong

Adjunct Professor
hong3@cooper.edu

Neil Jackman

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4015

Elya Kapelyan

Adjunct Professor
kapelyan@cooper.edu

Henry Kasen

Adjunct Professor
kasen@cooper.edu

Sam Keene

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
212.353.4331 | keene@cooper.edu

Stuart Kirtman

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
212.353.4339 | sek@cooper.edu

Ralph L. Knapp

Professor Emeritus

Ian J. Kremenic

Adjunct Professor
ian@nismat.org

Liz Leon

Administrative Associate: Chemistry, Chemical & Electrical Engineering Departments
212.353.4370 | leon2@cooper.edu

Aladino Melendez

EE Supervisor, EE Technician
212.353.4346 | dinom@cooper.edu

Shivam Mevawala

Adjunct Professor
mevawa@cooper.edu

Yashodhan C. Risbud

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4307 | risbud@cooper.edu

Carl Sable

Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
212.353.4336 | sable2@cooper.edu

Melvin Sandler

Professor Emeritus
eldad@cooper.edu

Jeffrey Sherman

Adjunct Professor
jsherman@cooper.edu

Neveen Shlayan

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
212.353.4333 | nshlayan@cooper.edu

Barry L. Shoop

Dean
Professor of Electrical Engineering
212.353.4290 | bshoop@cooper.edu

Steven Ungar

Adjunct Professor
212.353.4015 | ungar@cooper.edu

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