Master of Engineering (MENG) courses are taught by UConn faculty members and leading experts, renowned for their cutting-edge work in the most current areas of engineering.
GEORGE BOLLAS, PhD
Dr. Bollas is the Director of the United Technologies Corporation Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (UTC-IASE) at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the university since 2010 and is a Professor with the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a process design expert and winner of the prestigious NSF CAREER Award and the ACS PRF DNI Award.
Email: george.bollas@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://utc-iase.uconn.edu/person/george-bollas/
AMY THOMPSON, PhD
Dr. Thompson joined UConn in August 2017 as an Associate Professor-In-Residence of Systems Engineering and as the Associate Director of Academic Programs with the United Technologies Corporation Institute of Advanced Systems Engineering (UTC-IASE) at the University of Connecticut. She currently teaches model-based systems engineering and coordinates the online graduate programs in Advanced Systems Engineering for the UTC-IASE.
Email: amy.2.thompson@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://utc-iase.uconn.edu/person/amy-thompson/
YONGKU CHO, PhD
Dr. Cho is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the university for over 6 years with an expertise in protein engineering, optogenetics, neuroimaging and molecular neurobiology.
Email: cho@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cbe.engr.uconn.edu/faculty/
RANJAN SRIVASTAVA, PhD
Dr. Srivastava is Professor and Department Head in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the university for 18 years and is renowned for his work in systems biology, computational material design, evolutionary algorithms and applied machine learning.
Email: rs@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cbe.engr.uconn.edu/faculty/
MARINA ASTITHA, PHD
Dr. Astitha is Assistant Professor and Associate Head of Graduate Education and Research and has been working in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut since 2013. She has 12 years of experience in atmospheric and air quality modeling systems from regional to global scales and serves at the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.
Email: marina.astitha@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage:https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/staff
MARIA CHRYSOCHOOU, PhD
Dr. Maria Chrysochoou is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as Director of the Connecticut Brownfields Initiative at the University of Connecticut where she has been working since 2007. She is a 2020 Women of Innovation Award winner in the Postsecondary Academic Innovation & Leadership Category and has expertise is in environmental geochemistry, with a focus on utilizing spectroscopic techniques to investigate specification of metals on soils, mineral surfaces, industrial waste and construction materials.
Email: maria.chrysochoou@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage:https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/staff
KI CHON, PhD
Dr. Chon is Krenicki Department Chair, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Department Chair in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at UConn since 2014. Dr. Chon is renowned in medical instrumentation, biomedical signal processing, and identification and modeling of physiological systems.
Email: ki.chon@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage:https://www.bme.uconn.edu/faculty-staff/core-faculty/
MONTI ESCABI, PhD
Dr. Escabi is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at University of Connecticut since 2017 and his work has been focused on understanding the computational principles performed during natural hearing, to develop superior sound recognition technologies and treatment strategies that reverse the detrimental effects of hearing loss.
Email: escabi@engr.uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.bme.uconn.edu/faculty-staff/core-faculty/
SANGUTHEVAR RAJASEKARAN, PhD
Dr. Rajasekaran is Department Head, Professor and BECAT Director in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of Connecticut. A Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and UTC Chair Professor, he has been with the university for 18 years specializing in algorithms, big data analytics, bioinformatics, materials genomics and high performance computing.
Email: sanguthevar.rajasekaran@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.cse.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
Kriti Bhargava, PhD
Dr. Bhargava is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut – Stamford campus. Her teaching interests include Data Mining, Algorithms and Complexity, Computer Networks and Programming for embedded systems. Her research interests include applications of Wireless Sensor Networks and Machine Learning in Smart Agriculture, Humanitarian Engineering and Smart Health.
Email: kriti.bhargava@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.cse.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
SANGUTHEVAR RAJASEKARAN, PhD
Dr. Rajasekaran is Department Head, Professor and BECAT Director in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of Connecticut. A Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and UTC Chair Professor, he has been with the university for 18 years specializing in algorithms, big data analytics, bioinformatics, materials genomics and high performance computing.
Email: sanguthevar.rajasekaran@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.cse.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
Kriti Bhargava, PhD
Dr. Bhargava is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut – Stamford campus. Her teaching interests include Data Mining, Algorithms and Complexity, Computer Networks and Programming for embedded systems. Her research interests include applications of Wireless Sensor Networks and Machine Learning in Smart Agriculture, Humanitarian Engineering and Smart Health.
Email: kriti.bhargava@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.cse.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
JOHN CHANDY, PhD
Dr. Chandy is Professor and Department Head in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the University since 2002 and is renowned in storage and network systems.
Email: john.chandy@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.ee.uconn.edu/people/faculty/faculty_alphabetical
SHENGLI ZHOU, PhD
Dr. Zhou is Professor and Associate Department Head in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He has been working at the University for 17 years with an expertise in communications and signal processing.
Email: shengli.zhou@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://www.ee.uconn.edu/people/faculty/faculty_alphabetical
MARINA ASTITHA, PHD
Dr. Astitha is Assistant Professor and Associate Head of Graduate Education and Research and has been working in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut since 2013. She has 12 years of experience in atmospheric and air quality modeling systems from regional to global scales and serves at the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.
Email:: marina.astitha@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/staff
MARIA CHRYSOCHOOU, PhD
Dr. Maria Chrysochoou is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as Director of the Connecticut Brownfields Initiative at the University of Connecticut where she has been working since 2007. She is a 2020 Women of Innovation Award winner in the Postsecondary Academic Innovation & Leadership Category and has expertise is in environmental geochemistry, with a focus on utilizing spectroscopic techniques to investigate specification of metals on soils, mineral surfaces, industrial waste and construction materials.
Email: maria.chrysochoou@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/staff
HOREA ILIES, PhD
Dr. Ilies is Professor and Department Head in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He has been working at the University of Connecticut since 2004 and has several years of industry experience with Ford Motor Company in research, manufacturing, and product design with development activities.
Email: horea.ilies@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://me.engr.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
BRYAN HUEY, PhD
Dr. Huey is a United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Professor, Director of Graduate Studies and Department Head of the Materials Science and Engineering Department. He has been working at the University of Connecticut since 2004 and is renowned for his work in Scanning Probe Microscopy, Photovoltaics, Data Storage Dynamics, Nano-Bio-Mechanics, and Functional Ceramics.
Email: bryan.huey@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://mse.engr.uconn.edu/faculty
GEORGE ROSSETTI, PhD
Dr. Rossetti is Associate Professor and Associate Department Head in the Materials Science and Engineering Department. He has been working at the University of Connecticut for over 14 years and has an expertise in thermodynamics, crystallography, and structure-property relations in functional ceramics and their applications in sensing, actuation, and energy transduction, harvesting, and storage.
Email: george.rossetti_jr@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://mse.engr.uconn.edu/faculty
HOREA ILIES, PhD
Dr. Ilies is Professor and Department Head in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He has been working at the University of Connecticut since 2004 and has several years of industry experience with Ford Motor Company in research, manufacturing, and product design with development activities.
Email: horea.ilies@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://me.engr.uconn.edu/people/faculty/
JULIAN NORATO, PhD
Dr. Norato is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He joined the University of Connecticut in 2014 after nine years of experience at Caterpillar, where he led the structural optimization research and development efforts. Dr. Norato is a recipient of the 2014 Caterpillar Move the Mountain Award, a 2017 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, a 2018 NSF CAREER Award, and the 2019 ASME Design Automation Young Investigator Award. He currently serves as Review Editor for the Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization and as Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. He has 17 years of experience in research in topology and structural optimization techniques for the computational design of lightweight structures and architected materials.
Email: julian.norato@uconn.edu
Faculty webpage: https://me.engr.uconn.edu/blog/faculty/norato-julian/
JORGE MONTOYA
Jorge Montoya teaches ENGR 5312-Engineering Project Planning and Management. With over 20 years of industry experience bridging Business and Engineering organizations in IT and creating highly effective organizations, he is an expert in Project Management, Agile, and Organizational Transformations. Mr. Montoya holds a Master of Engineering from NYU-Poly, an MBA from Rutgers, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from University of Rochester.
Email: jorge.montoya@uconn.edu
WARREN OSTERNDORF
Warren Osterndorf has been a member of the UConn School of Engineering Professional Education faculty team since summer of 2013 teaching ENGR 5311 - Professional Communication and Information Management. Warren has four decades of experience in higher education as both an administrator and a faculty member at four universities and has done extensive work as a consultant for public and private companies to design, implement and evaluate communication and training initiatives using a variety of media.
Email: warren.osterndorf@uconn.edu
DAVID TONN, PhD
Dr. Tonn is an Adjunct Lecturer in Department of Engineering and has been working with the UConn School of Engineering Professional Education faculty team since summer 2015 teaching ENGR 5314 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics. He is a noted expert in antenna design and antenna measurement physics in the presence of the air-sea interface.
Email: david.tonn@uconn.edu