SUNY Poly’s College of Engineering advances multidisciplinary, technology-driven research that spans core areas of electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering. Faculty expertise includes cybersecurity, machine learning, and smart grid systems, alongside advanced communications, wireless networks, and next-generation (6G/THz) technologies. Research also extends to materials science, advanced manufacturing, and semiconductor technologies, reflecting the institution’s polytechnic focus and industry partnerships. Across these domains, faculty engage in applied, collaborative work that integrates innovation, data-driven methods, and emerging technologies to address complex challenges in infrastructure, energy, and intelligent systems.
Faculty are grouped below by primary research area, based on published research topics from SUNY Research Connect and faculty lab websites. Faculty whose work spans multiple areas are listed under each relevant area.
Computing, AI, Cybersecurity & Quantum
- Interim Provost Abdullah Eroglu — quantum systems
- Dr. Zahid Akhtar Momin — biometrics, deepfake detection, face recognition
- Dr. Mahmoud Badr — smart grid security, federated and adversarial machine learning
- Dr. Chen Fu Chiang — blockchain and distributed ledger systems, quantum algorithms and quantum walk computing
- Dr. Michael Medley — spread spectrum, IoT and wireless testbeds
- Dr. Michael Reale — facial expression analysis, computer vision and generative adversarial networks
- Dr. Daniel Romero Rodriguez — AI agents, machine learning, data science and resilience
- Dr. Abdul Salam — cybersecurity
- Dr. Joseph Wasswa — machine learning for environmental chemoinformatics
- Dr. Bassant Youssef — deep learning, complex neural networks and convolutional neural networks
Communications, Electronics & Semiconductors
- Interim Provost Abdullah Eroglu — RF systems, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces and terahertz technologies
- Dr. Iulian Gherasoiu — molecular beam epitaxy and nitride semiconductors
- Dr. Bongmook Lee — dielectrics, MOSFETs and power semiconductor devices
- Dr. Michael Medley — spread spectrum and wireless communication systems
- Dr. Abdul Salam — underground and subsurface wireless communication and IoT
- Dr. Amit Sangwan — nanophotonics, wireless power transfer and neural interfaces
- Dr. Priyangshu Sen — terahertz communications and 6G
- Dr. Arjun Singh — terahertz, 6G, antennas and CubeSat
- Dr. Shuang Tang — thin films, thermoelectrics and nanowires
Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Engineering
- Dr. Daniel Jones — assistive technology, advanced machine design, engineering technology education and program assessment
- Dr. Abraham Michelen — semiconductor and nanotechnology workforce and manufacturing programs; engineering education
- Dr. Xinrui (Sarah) Niu — nature-inspired materials and structures and smart manufacturing
- Dr. Jiayue (Joyce) Shen — microfluidic device engineering, flexible transducers and strain sensors, and soft-material mechanics
- President Winston (Wole) Soboyejo — materials science, fatigue and fracture, and composites
- Dr. Jie Song — aluminum, corrosion and laser powder bed fusion/additive manufacturing
- Dr. Mohammed (Jasim) Uddin — materials science, smart materials, piezoelectricity and energy harvesting
- Dr. Yu Zhou — composite manufacturing processes, automation and mobile robotics
Civil, Environmental & Transportation Engineering
- Dr. Asif Ahmed — pavement, subgrade engineering and climate-informed hazard assessment
- Interim Provost Abdullah Eroglu — structural health monitoring
- Dr. Sivapalan Gajan — shallow and rocking foundations and geotechnical earthquake engineering
- Dr. Abolfazl Karimpour — traffic operations and data-driven transportation systems
- Interim Dean Zhanjie Li — cold-formed steel and structural mechanics
- Dr. Joseph Wasswa — environmental sustainability and contaminant fate modeling
- Dr. Andrew Wolfe — mine drainage, wastewater treatment and transportation safety research
Mechanical Systems: Fluids, Robotics & Aerospace
- Dr. Ahmed Abdelaal — airflow modeling and ice and snow accretion on structures
- Dr. Gunyaz Ablay — control systems, robotics, chaos theory and nuclear technology
- Dr. William Durgin — ultrasonics, turbulent flow and aviation
- Dr. Aarthi Sekaran — fluid mechanics, jet and vortex dynamics, and the Boltzmann Equation
- President Winston (Wole) Soboyejo — materials science, fatigue and fracture, and composites
- Dr. Yu Zhou — mobile robotics and multi-robot coordination
Biomedical Engineering & Health Technologies
- Dr. Ahmed Abdelaal — computational and experimental modeling of intubated trachea airflow
- Dr. Amir Manzourolajdad — RNA structure and computational biology
- Dr. Xinrui (Sarah) Niu — nature-inspired biomedical materials
- Dr. Amit Sangwan — brain-machine interfaces and biosensors
- Dr. Aarthi Sekaran — airway and respiratory flow dynamics
- Dr. Jiayue (Joyce) Shen — microfluidic lab-on-chip devices for biomedical sensing
- President Winston (Wole) Soboyejo — biomaterials and cancer nanoparticle research
- Dr. Mohammed (Jasim) Uddin — biomedical sensors
