Meet Our New Faculty

Chosen for their outstanding research achievements to date and for what they will contribute to engineering, to UB and to their professions, our new faculty members will lead us in new directions and push us to ever greater achievements. We are delighted to welcome them to UB.

34 new faculty hired in 2024

We welcome 34 new faculty members this year, who are renowned for their research and educational expertise.

New Faculty by Department

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Materials Design and Innovation

  • Hui Cao.
    Hui Cao, PhD
    PhD, University of Science and Technology of China

    114 Bonner Hall

    Phone: 716-645-8532

    huicao@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor of Research
    Department of Materials Design and Innovation
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Interests: Synthesis of complex oxide thin films using molecular beam epitaxy, pulsed laser deposition, and sputtering. Investigation of crystal structure, electronic structure, transport, and magnetic properties of various thin films. Reconfigurable phase control through electrolyte gating (e.g., electrostatic, electrochemical, and advanced methods)

  • Soohyun Im.
    Soohyun Im, PhD
    PhD, Ohio State University

    120A Bonner Hall

    Phone: 716-645-8533

    soohyuni@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Materials Design and Innovation
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Interests: Structural and functional materials, metallurgy, and structure-property relationships based on various microscopy, including TEM

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Hyeongyun Cha.
    Hyeongyun Cha, PhD
    PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    314 Jarvis Hall

    chah@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Interests: Phase change heat transfer, micro/nanoengineered materials, interfacial phenomena, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems, data-driven design.

  • Chaozhe He.
    Chaozhe He, PhD
    PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    1007 Furnas Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1432

    chaozheh@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Safe and efficient autonomous system; nonlinear dynamics and control; data-driven, learning based control design and verification

  • Katharine Hunter.
    Katharine Hunter, PhD
    PhD, University of Minnesota

    238 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-2199

    khunter6@buffalo.edu

    Assistant Professor of Teaching
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Nonthermal plasmas, vacuum technology, plasma processing of materials, reactive ion etching, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, plasma-liquid interaction

  • Xin Yong.
    Xin Yong, PhD
    PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    331 Jarvis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1417

    xinyong@buffalo.edu

    Associate Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Soft matter modeling; electrospray deposition; colloidal transport; nanoparticle-cell interactions; hydrodynamics of microswimmers; polymer nanocomposites; membrane vesicles and biofilms

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences