Mahima Agumbe Suresh is an Associate Professor at San Jose State University. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University in December 2015 following which, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Xerox Research Labs, India. Her research interests include edge computing, machine learning, federated learning, and engineering education.

Dr. Thalia Anagnos is a former San José State University engineering professor and administrator. She earned her PhD in civil engineering with an emphasis in earthquake engineering from Stanford University. She has focused her research on regional losses from future earthquakes and the risk due to the collapse of older concrete buildings in earthquakes. She has served as the President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, which is the leading non-profit membership organization dedicated to understanding earthquake risk and increasing earthquake resilience in communities worldwide. At SJSU, she taught a range of courses in mechanics, statistics and probability, design, and technical writing, and served as Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education.

Prof. Winncy Du is a professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at San José State University.  She received her PhD and 2nd MS Degree from Georgia Tech and her 1st MS degree from West Virginia University. Her research and teaching interests are robotics, sensors, control, instrumentation and biomedical devices.

Dr. Smita Duorah is an educator and researcher with extensive experience in engineering and physics. A lecturer at San Jose State University since 2006, she teaches materials science, semiconductor, and introductory engineering courses while mentoring students. She holds a Doctor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Tokyo, where her research focused on plasma diagnostics using soft X-ray spectroscopy. Dr. Duorah has contributed to major scientific projects in plasma experiments at Japan’s National Institute for Fusion Science. She leads initiatives like the EXCEED program to improve retention and graduation rates and has presented on guided pathways advising at academic conferences. An active member of the American Society for Engineering Education, she has been recognized for her community service with a California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition.

Dr. Sheryl Ehrman is the Don Beall Dean of the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San José State University. She previously served as Keystone professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Ehrman received a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from U.C. Santa Barbara and went on to complete a doctoral degree in chemical engineering in the major field of aerosol science and technology and the minor field of atmospheric science at UCLA. She is a fellow of the American Association for Aerosol Research.

Dr. Ehrman served as a visiting scientist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Maryland and as a National Science Foundation-sponsored post­doctoral fellow at the Paul. Scherrer Institute, in Switzerland. In 2006, she was named a Fulbright Research Scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. She served as a Fulbright Alumni Ambassador from 2013-16.

Dr. Magdalini Eirinaki is a Professor at the Computer Engineering Department of the College of Engineering at SJSU, and the Program Director of the MS in Artificial Intelligence program. Her research interests cover the areas of recommender systems, machine learning, graph mining, generative AI, and personalization. She is the recipient of the 2019 Newnan Brothers Award for Faculty Excellence, the 2017 Applied Materials Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the SJSU distinguished faculty mentor award in 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023.

Dr. Behin Elahi is an Associate Professor at the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of the College of Engineering at SJSU. Her research interests include application of robotics and virtual reality in manufacturing systems, human-robot interaction and collaboration, data mining, optimization of healthcare systems, operations research, decision making algorithms, supply chain optimization, water quality assessments, modeling and simulation of complex systems such as healthcare systems and automated manufacturing systems. She is the recipient of the featured faculty award in research (2020) and honors faculty awards (2018-2020), IEEE Young Engineer of the Year award (2015), The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Award of Excellence (2013), and Dan Christian Memorial Scholarship (2013).

Riti Gour is an assistant professor at San José State University in the Department of Aviation and Technology. She earned her Ph.D. from the Advanced Networks Research Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2021 and her Master’s in Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2015. Her research is focused on next-generation telecommunications technologies to build protection and recovery mechanisms that can withstand diverse network demands and component failures. She is also interested in working on survivability problems in Multi-Access Edge Computing.

Lili He is a professor at San José State University, Department of Electrical Engineering. Lili graduated from Nanjing University for BS in Semiconductor Physics. She received her Master and PhD in Electrical Engineering from State University of Buffalo. Her research area is mainly in semi-conductor device. Recent year, her research area is focused more in nano-electronics and solar cell and related systems.

Dr. Yuwei He, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aviation at San José State University. Her research focuses on human factors in aviation, aviation safety, airport operations, and sustainability in aviation and aerospace systems. Dr. He earned her Ph.D. from Purdue University, where her research and teaching centered on composite materials and their applications in aviation.

Jorjeta Jetcheva is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at San José State University. Her current areas of research focus are Artificial Intelligence-based Personal Assistants, Natural Language Processing, and Knowledge Management.

Previously, she was the global R&D lead for the Virtual Assistant portfolio of Accenture Operations, where she was responsible for leading a global team conceptualizing, building and deploying Virtual Assistants, AI-Powered Knowledge Platforms, and Agent Assist solutions. Prior to Accenture, she was a Research Scientist and Manager at Fujitsu Laboratories of America (FLA), a Principal Engineer in Itron’s Smart Grid Architecture and Standards team, and the Systems Architect of Bay Area startup Firetide.

Professor Jetcheva received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and a B.A. degree with a double major in Computer Science (summa cum laude) and Mathematics from Mount Holyoke College.

Dr. Lin Jiang is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at San José State University. She earned her PhD and MS in Mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research focuses on human biomechanics, robotics, human-centered design, medical assistive devices, and AI for healthcare. Dr. Jiang holds a patent for the SmartLact8 breast pump and has published in leading journals like IEEE TBME, IEEE RAL, and ABME. Her work has been supported by NSF, CSUPERB, and Honda Foundation. She has received multiple awards, including the Exemplary Teaching Award, ASME IMECE Best Paper Award, and IEEE TBME journal recognition paper. She is an active member of IEEE, BMES, ASME, and ISHRML

Katy Kao is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at SJSU. Prior to joining SJSU, she was an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. Her work focuses on understanding microbial adaptation for strain development and stress tolerance in human fungal pathogens.  She was awarded the National Research Service Award by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the TEES Young Select Faculty, and several teaching awards, including the Fluor Distinguished Teaching Award and the Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for teaching.

Weizhi Lin is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at San José State University. She received her Ph.D. from the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from Beihang University in 2019. Her research focuses on domain-informed statistical and machine learning methods for high-dimensional and complex data, such as surface manifold data, biosensing signals, and image data. Her work contributes to the development of enabling methodologies for digital twin systems in smart manufacturing and healthcare.

Yue (Lyla) Luo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at San José State University (SJSU). She is the director for the Biomechanics, and Ergonomics in Environment-Persons Interaction and Collaboration Laboratory (BE-EPIC) Lab. Dr. Yue Luo received her Ph.D. degree in ISE from the University of Florida in 2023. Her research focuses on human-centered evaluation in multi-agent systems. This includes assessing physical and physiological interactions between non-human agents (e.g., robotic arms, autonomous vehicles, etc.) and humans from diverse demographics (e.g., older adults, students with learning disability, etc.) using wearable technologies (e.g., virtual reality system, inertial sensors, etc.).

Dr. Bobbi Makani is the Executive Director of the Career Center at San Jose State University, where she and her team helps students and alumni achieve their professional goals. She also taught at the Lucas College of Business and the University of Silicon Valley, where she chaired the Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department. Bobbi has a rich experience as an entrepreneur, having founded and managed several ventures in food, retail, health, project management, and nonprofits across Asia and the US. She holds two Ph.D.s, one in Digital Online Learning and another in Management. Her research interests include career education and readiness, entrepreneurship, innovation, project-based learning, experiential learning, academic technology, and learning outcomes assessment.

Kelly Masegian is the Senior Career Counselor for STEM undergraduate students and liaison to the Colleges of Engineering and Science serving almost 9000 undergraduate students. Previously, she worked with the Foothill/DeAnza Internship program at NASA Ames serving as an internship coordinator for 4 years providing career guidance and supervision for up to 125 interns. As the mother of four, she is used to a fast-paced environment, and deeply believes in helping students learn to navigate and be proactive in their career planning.

Nicole Okamoto is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Student Success in the College of Engineering at SJSU. She has a BS in Engineering from Calvin College and an MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She taught at Baylor University for several years before joining the ME Department at SJSU in 2001. She served as department chair from 2016-2021 before taking her current role in August 2021. Her research is in thermal systems modelling, HVAC component optimization, and thermal management of electronics, and she is passionate about developing academic programs that will lead to the success of students from a diversity of backgrounds..

I am a Professor of Computer Engineering at San Jose State University (SJSU). I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 2010. In 2003, I worked at the National Security Research Institute at ETRI in Korea. At SJSU, I received the Excellence Award as a distinguished faculty mentor for the SJSU Student Research Competition in 2017. I was honored as the Kordestani Endowed Chair in the College of Engineering in both 2016 and 2017 for my achievements as a distinguished research professor. Additionally, I received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship from the College of Engineering in 2018. I am the President and Founder of the Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Institute (SVCSI), a nonprofit organization in Silicon Valley dedicated to supporting underrepresented groups in pursuing careers in cybersecurity. From July 2019 to August 2020, I served as a visiting professor at IBM Almaden Research. In 2021, I was the Vice Chair of the IEEE Computer Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter. Most recently, I was awarded the CAHSI-Google Cybersecurity Curriculum Fellowship in Fall 2024. Since 2023, I have been actively involved in the CAHSI-Google Cybersecurity Research project, along with several National Science Foundation (NSF) projects, including NSF REU and NSF SaTC. My primary research interests lie in network and system security. My research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and numerous local industries.

Iole Pecora is an Aerospace and Mechanical Engineer with expertise in modeling, simulation, and analysis of complex finite element (FE) structures.  She earned her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from West Virginia University, focusing on dynamic load identification using optimal sensor placement.  She joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering at San Jose Staté University as a lecturer in Spring 2025 and as Assistant Professor in Fall 2025.

Dr. Yunjian (Jojo) Qiu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at San José State University. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California, where she studied engineering design automation and intelligent design systems.

Dr. Qiu’s research focuses on AI-supported human-centered design, particularly how artificial intelligence can enhance creativity, optimization, and reasoning in engineering. Her current projects include AI-assisted design optimization for arm supports in pediatric upper-limb exoskeletons, with an emphasis on connecting design geometry to 3D printing performance and machine learning-supported microfluidic channel design and optimization for point-of-care biomedical devices.

Beyond research, Dr. Qiu is passionate about engineering education and mentorship, integrating AI and human-centered design principles into the mechanical engineering curriculum to prepare students for the future of intelligent design and manufacturing.

Dr. Nurettin Senol is an Assistant Professor specializing in cyber forensics, mobile forensics, IoT security, and embedded systems. He earned his Ph.D. in Digital and Cyber Forensic Science from Sam Houston State University. His work involves the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of digital evidence from computers, mobile devices, and wireless communication systems. Dr. Senol has contributed to high-profile forensic cases and published in peer-reviewed venues. He has supported criminal and civil investigations using tools such as Magnet Axiom, FTK, X-Ways Forensics, Cellebrite, and open-source platforms. His research focuses on forensic analysis of IoT and mobile platforms, tampered radio-frequency transmissions, and communication protocol security.

Nanci serves on SJSU’s Computer Engineering advisory board. She co-taught a Master’s AR/VR class (CMPE 297), helped launch the AR/VR Club at SJSU, and helps with various related activities on campus.  She also co-founded Xulu Entertainment (a physics-based virtual world and technology company), Smart Machines (a robotics company acquired by Brooks Automation), and ASIC Technology & News (a media company for the custom chip and EDA industry).

Dr. Xiao Su is the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research of the College of Engineering at San José State University. She joined SJSU in Fall 2002 and has served as the Chair of the Computer Engineering Department from 2014 to 2020. Leading the largest department in the college, she has embraced the challenge of explosive surge in student enrollment to grow her faculty team, develop new curricular areas, and enrich the department offerings to teach the state-of-the-art in the fast evolving disciplines.

Dr. Su conducts research in broad areas of distributed systems, multimedia communications, network security, and machine learning. Dr. Su has been a principle or co-principle investigator in numerous grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and IT industry. She was a recipient of the NSF CAREER award.

Dr. Ella Sugerman is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at SJSU.  Her research focuses on soft tissue biomechanics and mechanics of biomaterials along with low-cost educational technologies.

Dr. Sravani Vadlamani is an Assistant Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering at SJSU and teaches courses in transportation engineering. She earned her PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering with an emphasis on transportation engineering from Arizona State University. Her research interests include application of data mining and machine learning to transportation, travel behavior, transportation safety and GIS. She previously worked as an Assistant Professor at Florida Polytechnic University in Data Science & Business Analytics and taught courses in Intelligent Mobility, Smart Cities, Statistics, Data Mining and Capstone. 

Dr. Yun Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at San José State University. Her research interests include biosensors, disease diagnosis, food/water safety, nanotechnology, and genetic study of pathogens and diseases. She received her PhD in Biosystems Engineering from Michigan State University and MS in Biological Engineering from the University of Arkansas. She worked as a research biochemist at U. S. Food and Drug Administration before joining SJSU.

Wencen Wu is an Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at San José State University. Her research interests include systems and control theory, robotics, and artificial intelligence as applied to intelligent autonomous multi-robot systems. Prior to joining SJSU in Fall 2018, she was an Assistant Professor in the ECSE Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2013–2018. She received her Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jingyi Xie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at San José State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University. Her research focuses on human-centered AI and accessibility, where she designs, develops, and evaluates interactive systems that enable blind and low-vision individuals to access and engage with visual information.

Olivia Yip is an assistant professor at SJSU in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. She has recently completed her doctorate at UC Berkeley where she used big data analysis tools to describe tidal and seasonal stratification in Lower South San Francisco Bay. In her final year of graduate school, she was an intern for a small, women-owned, San Francisco environmental consulting firm where she worked with city engineers to look into solutions for infrastructure design for a changing climate.

Tianyang Zhou’s research aims to improve energy efficiency, mechanical reliability, and multi-functionality of air and spacecraft in extreme environments. She earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University and is interested in smart materials and structural batteries designed for space applications. She also enjoys exploring global cuisines, practicing traditional Chinese martial arts, or planning her next adventure to a U.S. national park.