NJIT Engineering Faculty
NJIT Leaders Make It Happen
At NJIT, leadership is all about making good ideas move. Meet the team driving strategic direction and shaping the future of our engineering programs through action and impact.
Administration and Staff
Taha Marhaba
Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Civil & Environmental Engineering
973-642-4599
Sylvana Brito-Rodriguez
Assistant to Chair, Civil & Environmental Engineering
sylvana.l.brito@njit.edu
973-596-2446
Distinguished Professor
Michel Boufadel
Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
michel.boufadel@njit.edu
973-596-5657
Jay Meegoda
Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
jay.meegoda@njit.edu
973-596-2464
Sunil Saigal
Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
sunil.saigal@njit.edu
973-596-5443
Professor
Steven Chien
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
i.jy.chien@njit.edu
973-596-6083
Janice Daniel
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
janice.r.daniel@njit.edu
973-642-4794
Walter Konon
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
walter.konon@njit.edu
973-596-2476
M. Ala Saadeghvaziri
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
mohamad.saadeghvaziri@njit.edu
973-596-5813
Lazar Spasovic
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
lazar.spasovic@njit.edu
973-642-7214
Methi Wecharatana
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
methi.wecharatana@njit.edu
973-596-2474
Wen Zhang
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
wen.zhang@njit.edu
973-596-5520
Associate Professor
Matthew Adams
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
matthew.p.adams@njit.edu
973-596-3681
Matthew Bandelt
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering / Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
bandelt@njit.edu
973-596-3011
Yuan Ding
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
yuan.ding@njit.edu
973-642-7046
Fadi Karaa
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
fadi.a.karaa@njit.edu
973-642-4198
Joyoung Lee
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
jo.y.lee@njit.edu
973-596-2475
Thomas Olenik
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
thomas.j.olenik@njit.edu
973-596-5895
Arjun Venkatesan
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
arjun.venkatesan@njit.edu
973-596-5884
Assistant Professor
Yun Bai
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
yun.bai@njit.edu
Branislav Dimitrijevic
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
dimitrijevic@njit.edu
973-596-6463
Rayan Hassane Assaad
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
rayan.hassane.assaad@njit.edu
973-596-2470
Oladoyin Kolawole
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
oladoyin.kolawole@njit.edu
973-596-2698
William Pennock
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
william.h.pennock@njit.edu
973-596-5859
Special Lecturers
Eduardo Castro
Senior University Lecturer, Civil & Environmental Engineering
eduardo.castro@njit.edu
973-596-6188
Andrew Ciancia
Senior University Lecturer, Civil & Environmental Engineering
andrew.ciancia@njit.edu
973-596-2469
Geraldine Milano
Senior University Lecturer, Civil & Environmental Engineering
geraldine.milano@njit.edu
973-596-5830
Stephanie Santos
Senior University Lecturer, Civil & Environmental Engineering
stephanie.ribeiro@njit.edu
973-596-2450
Adjunct Professors
Medhat Attara
Adjunct Instructor
medhat.g.attara@njit.edu
Joseph Baladi
Adjunct Instructor
joseph.baladi@njit.edu
Dejan Besensk
Deputy Director – ITSRC
besenski@njit.edu
973-596-5315
Nicole Del Monaco
Adjunct Instructor
nicole.delmonaco@njit.edu
Muhammad Elgammal
Faculty
muhammad.elgammal@njit.edu
Frank Golon
Adjunct Instructor
frank.l.golon@njit.edu
Christopher Hanna
Adjunct Instructor
christopher.hanna@njit.edu
Marwa Korayem
Adjunct Instructor
marwa.korayem@njit.edu
Allison Lapatka
Adjunct Instructor
allison.lapatka@njit.edu
Anthony Massari
Adjunct Instructor
anthony.t.massari@njit.edu
Rajendra Navalurkar
Adjunct Instructor
rajendra.navalurkar@njit.edu
973-596-2447
Avinash Prasad
Adjunct Instructor
avinash.prasad@njit.edu
Chrissa Roessner
Adjunct Instructor
chrissa.d.roessner@njit.edu
Paul Schorr
Adjunct Instructor
paul.schorr@njit.edu
Abdullah Shabarek
Adjunct Instructor
abdullah.shabarek@njit.edu
Vatsal Shah
Adjunct Instructor
vatsal.shah@njit.edu
Brian Shiels
Adjunct Instructor
brian.shiels@njit.edu
Simon Shim
Adjunct Instructor
simon.s.shim@njit.edu
Alan Slaughter
Adjunct Instructor
alan.r.slaughter@njit.edu
Rima Taher
Senior University Lecturer, NJ School of Architecture
rima.taher@njit.edu
973-596-3015
Giri Venkiteela
Adjunct Instructor
giri.venkiteela@njit.edu
Wei Wang
Adjunct Instructor
ww43@njit.edu
Piotr Wiszowaty
Adjunct Instructor
piotr.wiszowaty@njit.edu
Kevin Wynn
Adjunct Instructor
kevin.wynn@njit.edu
William Zimmermann
Adjunct Instructor
william.zimmermann@njit.edu
Joint Faculty
Lisa Axe
Professor and Chair, Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
lisa.b.axe@njit.edu
973-596-2477
Ashish Borgaonkar
Assistant Professor, School of Applied Engineering & Technology
ashish.borgaonkar@njit.edu
973-596-3467
Mohamed Mahgoub
Associate Professor, School of Applied Engineering & Technology
mohamed.mahgoub@njit.edu
973-596-6081
Laramie Potts
Associate Professor, School of Applied Engineering & Technology
laramie.v.potts@njit.edu
973-596-8191
David Washington
Associate Professor, School of Applied Engineering & Technology
david.w.washington@njit.edu
973-642-7915
Emeritus Professors
Sima Bagheri
sima.bagheri@njit.edu
973-596-2470
Edward Dauenheimer
Emeritus, Faculty
edward.dauenheimer@njit.edu
Robert Dresnack
Emeritus, Faculty
robert.dresnack@njit.edu
973-596-2469
Joshua Greenfeld
Emeritus, Faculty
joshua.s.greenfeld@njit.edu
Hsin-Neng Hsieh
hsin-neng.hsieh@njit.edu
973-596-5859
Dorairaja Raghu
Emeritus, Faculty
dorairaja.raghu@njit.edu
9973-596-3665
John Schuring
Adjunct Instructor
john.r.schuring@njit.edu
973-596-5849
Remaining Administration and Staff
Steve George
Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs and Academic Advisor
stephen.j.george@njit.edu
973-596-8528
Nasser Channaoui
Director of Labs - Research
nasser.m.channaoui@njit.edu
973-596-2449
Thomas Hickey
Director of Labs - Education
tjh6@njit.edu
973-596-3665
Yukthi Sangoi
Administrative Coordinator
yukthi.sangoi@njit.edu
973-596-2447
Maria Botei
Administrative Assistant II
maria.botei@njit.edu
9973-596-2444
Make Your
Future at NJIT
Earn the credentials, experience and industry exposure that fuel impact. Whether you’re upskilling, changing careers or offering your students a launchpad, NJIT makes engineering education purposeful and powerful.