List of NYU Tandon School of Engineering people

The following is a partial list of notable NYU Tandon School of Engineering alumni, and current and former faculty. Also see List of New York University alumni.

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Notable faculty

See also: Category:Polytechnic Institute of New York University faculty

• Stephen Arnold
• Boris Aronov, Sloan Research Fellow
• Dan Bailey – fly-shop owner, innovative fly developer and staunch Western conservationist
• Barouh Berkovits - invented the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker.
• Maureen Braziel
• George Bugliarello - Chairman of the Board of Science and Technology for International Development of the National Academy of Sciences; of the National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee; and of the National Academy of Engineering Council's International Affairs Committee
• Charles Camarda
• Justin Cappos - Professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering; data-security software developer
• Ju-Chin Chu – Chemical engineer and father of Steven Chu. He became an Academia Sinica member in 1964.
• Francis Crick – co-discoverer of DNA structure; awarded Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
• Paul M. Doty – emeritus Harvard Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry; specialized in the physical properties of macromolecules; involved in peace and security policy issues
• R. Luke DuBois – composer, performer, conceptual new media artist, programmer, record producer, pedagogue
• Paul Peter Ewald – inventor of X-ray diffraction method for determination of molecular structure; Physics Department chair until 1957
• Leopold B. Felsen
• Antonio Ferri - leader of a team that created the first practical hypersonic tunnel heater, used to heat air for discharge into a wind tunnel.
• R. M. Foster – Bell Labs mathematician whose work was of significance regarding electronic filters for use on telephone lines.
• Herbert Freeman
• Siddharth Garg - cybersecurity researcher, associate professor
• Eugene D. Genovese – historian of the American South and slavery
• Gordon Gould – former Polytechnic professor; inventor of the laser
• David and Gregory Chudnovsky – mathematicians who held the record for number of digits of pi in 1989; now run the Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing at Polytechnic
• Leslie Greengard
• S. L. Greitzer – mathematician; founding chairman of the US Mathematical Olympiad; publisher of the pre-college mathematics journal Arbelos
• Charles William Hanko – historian and politician
• David Harker – physicist; X-ray crystallographer; discoverer of the Donnay-Harker law and Harker-Kasper inequalities
• Paul Horn
• Jerry MacArthur Hultin
• Katherine Isbister
• Myles Jackson
• Andrew Kalotay
• Maurice Karnaugh – inventor of Karnaugh Maps (K-Maps) while at Bell Labs; professor at the Westchester campus 1980-1999; retired
• Edward Kimbark – power engineer
• Parke Kolbe
• Joseph Wood Krutch – writer, critic, and naturalist
• Erich E. Kunhardt
• Yann LeCun
• Paul Levinson – author of The Plot To Save Socrates; media commentator on The O'Reilly Factor; Visiting Professor at the Philosophy and Technology Study Center at Polytechnic, 1987–1988
• Frederick B. Llewellyn – electrical engineer
• Erwin Lutwak - mathematician
• Rudolph Marcus – former Polytechnic professor; Nobel Prize in chemistry; National Medal of Science winner.
• Nathan Marcuvitz – electrical engineering pioneer
• Herman F. Mark – founder of the Polymer Research Institute; National Medal of Science winner.
• Phil Maymin - Assistant Professor of Finance and Risk Engineering; Libertarian Party House candidate in Connecticut
• Warren L. McCabe - American chemical engineer and is considered as one of the founding fathers of the profession of chemical engineering
• David Miller
• Elliott Waters Montroll – scientist and mathematician
• Samuel Morse – co-inventor of the Morse code; contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs
• J. H. Mulligan, Jr. – namesake of IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
• Tsuneo Nakahara
• Donald Othmer – co-author of Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology; inventor of the Othmer Still, a laboratory device for vapor-liquid equilibrium measurements
• Charles G. Overberger
• Athanasios Papoulis – pioneer in the field of stochastic processes
• Leonard Peikoff – former philosophy professor; founder of the Ayn Rand Institute
• David J. Pine
• John R. Ragazzini
• Theodore Rappaport
• John Howard Raymond
• Hans Reissner – German aeronautical engineer
• Keith W. Ross - Computer science professor
• Murray Rothbard – former economics professor; key figure in libertarian movement
• Michael Shelley – Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Samuel Sheldon - IEEE president.
• Joshua W. Sill – Professor of Mathematics; became the youngest General in the Civil War; namesake of Fort Sill
• Aleksandra Smiljanić
• Joel B. Snyder - IEEE president
• K. R. Sreenivasan
• Torsten Suel – pioneer of search engine algorithms
• Jerome Swartz - developed early optical strategies for barcode scanning technologies
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb – epistemologist author of The Black Swan; works in the risk engineering department
• James Tenney – composer; music theorist
• John G. Truxal
• Ernst Weber – founder of the Microwave Research Institute; first IEEE President; National Medal of Science winner.
• Jack Keil Wolf – researcher in information theory and coding theory; Guggenheim fellow
• Ta-You Wu – nuclear physicist; President of Academia Sinica
• Dante C. Youla – namesake of Youla–Kucera parametrization in control theory
• Louis Zukofsky – second-generation American modernist poet
• David Lefer
• Robert Ubell
• Beth Simone Noveck

Notable alumni

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Name Class year Notability References James Truslow Adams 1898 Writer, historian Benjamin Adler Helped develop commercial television Ali Akansu 1983, 1987 Turkish American scientist; known for his contributions to the theory and applications of sub-band and wavelet transforms; professor at NJIT Fred Amoroso Chairman of Yahoo!; former President, CEO, and director of Rovi Corporation Charles E. Anderson 1948 First African American to receive a Ph.D. in Meteorology Bishnu S. Atal 1968 Researcher in linear predictive coding; joined Bell Laboratories in 1961; made major contributions in the field of speech analysis, synthesis, and coding, including low bit-rate speech coding and automatic speech recognition; retired in 2002 to become affiliate professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington Franklin Bartlett 1865 U.S. Representative from New York Jacob Bekenstein 1966, 1969, 1971 Namesake of Bekenstein bound in general relativity; member of Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Laureate of the Wolf Prize in Physics for work on black holes David Bergstein 1982 Entrepreneur; film producer; chairman of THINKFilm and Capitol Films Barouh Berkovits 1956 Invented the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker Denis Blackmore 1965, 1969 Physicist; contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics; professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology Israel Borovich 1967, 1968, 1971, Hon 2005 Chairman, El Al Israel Airlines Ursula Burns 1980 CEO, Xerox Corporation Charles Camarda 1974 NASA scientist and mission specialist on the Return to Flight voyage of the shuttle Discovery Hugh John Casey Chairman of the New York City Transit Authority; chief engineer of the Army K. Mani Chandy 1968 Simon Ramo Professor of Computer Science and Deputy chair of engineering at the California Institute of Technology Francesco DeMaria 1951 Italian-American chemist; professor at University of Connecticut Bern Dibner 1921 Inventor of the first solderless electrical connector; founder of the Burndy Corporation John Dionisio Chairman and CEO of AECOM Dot da Genius 2008 Hip-hop producer Gertrude B. Elion Former doctoral student at Polytechnic; awarded 1988 Nobel Prize in medicine George Ellner Developed the use of ultraviolet light for sterilization Joel S. Engel 1964 Engineer, known for fundamental contributions to the development of cellular networks Leopold B. Felsen 1959, 1961, 1964 Electrical engineer; member of the National Academy of Engineering; named a life fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Dean of Engineering 1974-1978 at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; professor at Boston University College of Engineering Antonio Ferri Leader of a team that created the first practical hypersonic tunnel heater, used to heat air for discharge into a wind tunnel Paul Ferri Founder of Matrix Partners Charles Ranlett Flint 1868 Businessman; founder of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, which later became IBM Bruno A. Boley Dean of Engineering at Northwestern University Fazlollah Reza 1950 Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Elmer L. Gaden Russ Prize winner Torunn Atteraas Garin Oversaw the development of the artificial sweetener aspartame and was a national spokesperson for it; developed nontoxic processes to create food colorings and remove caffeine from coffee Carl Gatto 1960 Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives Norman Gaylord 1949, 1950 Industrial chemist and research scientist; played a key role in the development of the oxygen-permeable contact lens Erol Gelenbe 1968, 1972 Electrical engineer; Electrical and Computer Engineering professor at University of Michigan; Electrical and Computer Engineering professor at Duke University; Electrical and Computer Engineering professor at Imperial College London Bancroft Gherardi, Jr. 1891, 1933H Electrical engineer; pioneer in early telephone systems John Gilbert 1953 Inventor of non-stick coating as an application of Teflon Tetsugen Bernard Glassman 1960 Jewish-American Zen Buddhist roshi Samuel D. Goldberg Revolutionized dentistry by inventing local anesthetics and making Novocain commercially feasible Steven L. Goldman 1962 Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Lehigh University Martha Greenblatt 1967 Chemist, researcher, and faculty member at Rutgers University Jay Greene 1964 Former Chief Engineer of NASA Johnson Space Center Leonard Greene Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame; inventor and aerodynamics engineer who held more than 200 patents, many aviation-related Clayton Hamilton 1900 Drama critic; professor at Columbia University Fredric J. Harris 1961 Expert on DSP and communication systems Charles Waldo Haskins Founder of Haskins and Sells, which later merged with Deloitte F. Augustus Heinze Colorful Montana entrepreneur Nicholas Hoff Structural analyst whose calculations became the international guideposts in aircraft design Edward Everett Horton 1908 Character actor, appeared in The Front Page, Top Hat, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Pocketful of Miracles Ta-Lin Hsu 1968 Electrical engineer; Chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific; on the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisory Board at the University of California, Berkeley; Advisory Board Member of the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley Frances Hugle Scientist, engineer, inventor; contributed to the understanding of semiconductors, integrated circuitry, and the unique electrical principles of microscopic materials Joseph J. Jacobs 1937, 1939, 1942 Founder of Jacobs Engineering Group Tudor Jenks 1874 Author, poet, artist, editor, journalist, lawyer Peter Grant Jordan President at Tarrant County College Leopold Just Designed virtually every major bridge and tunnel in New York City, as well as Washington’s Metro system and the Ohio and Connecticut Turnpikes Ephraim Katzir Post-doc President of Israel; biophysicist Thomas Kelly 1958 Scientist, father of lunar module Raymond E. Kirk Editor, with Othmer, of the industry-standard Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Murray S. Klamkin 1947 Mathematician Eugene Kleiner 1948 Honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a commemorative stamp for developing and manufacturing revolutionary computer chips Edward R. Knowles Designed searchlights for the U.S. Navy; invented the storage battery William B. Kouwenhoven 1906 Inventor of closed-chest cardiac defibrillator; recipient of Edison Medal; professor and dean of engineering at Johns Hopkins University Erich E. Kunhardt 1976 Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Texas, and NYU-Poly Norman Lamm Chancellor and President of Yeshiva University Eugene Lang 1940-41 Millionaire; industrialist; Chair Emeritus of Swarthmore College; founder and Chair Emeritus of the Conference of Board Chairs of Liberal Arts Colleges; board member of the Columbia University Business School; board member of New School University Yehuda (Leo) Levi 1964 Rector of Jerusalem College of Technology Robert H. Lieberman 1962 Novelist and film director; long-time member of the Physics faculty at Cornell University Hung-Chang Lin 1956 Inventor O. Winston Link 1937 Pioneering photographer Charles Battell Loomis Author William H. Maddren Physician; fourth head coach of the Johns Hopkins University lacrosse team, 1897-1901 Nathan Marcuvitz Head of the experimental group of the Radiation Laboratory (MIT) Christos V. Massalas 1976 Greek academic working in the fields of mathematics and materials science George W. Melville 1861 Civil War-era engineer for the Navy; awarded Congressional Gold Medal; namesake of several ships Ami Miron An American Israeli entrepreneur and technology developer; developed and patented the first picture-in-picture for Philips Electronics; led the development of the first high-definition television (HDTV) system in the U.S., for which he received two Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards; founded software networking company MoreCom; president and founder of AM Partners Stephen Morse 1963 Architect of the Intel 8086 chip Paolo A. Nespoli 1988, 1989 Italian astronaut, mission specialist of STS-120 Space Shuttle mission A. Michael Noll 1971 Professor Emeritus and dean at the Annenberg School for Communication at University of Southern California Joseph Owades 1944, 1950 Brewing pioneer, inventor of lite beer Frank Padavan 1956 Republican New York state senator Judea Pearl 1965, Ph.D Professor of Computer Science and Statistics and Director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA; awarded Turing Prize in 2011 Martin L. Perl 1948, Hon 1996 Awarded 1982 Wolf Prize in physics and 1995 Nobel Prize in physics; member of National Academy of Sciences Peter Pershan 1956 Physicist; Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, in both the Physics Department and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University; recipient of 1988 Rothschild Prize, 2005 Israel Prize, and 2012 Wolf Prize in Physics Martin Pope 1950 Physical chemist and professor emeritus at New York University George Preti Analytical organic chemist, Monell Chemical Senses Center Stav Prodromou 1967, 1970 Executive Advisor, Alien Technology Buddy Ratner 1972 A founding father of modern bioengineering; Fellow of the American Association For the Advancement of Science Peter P. Regna Helped discover Terramyscin, an antibiotic effective against more than 100 diseases Mark Ronald 1968 Former President and CEO, BAE Systems Inc. Jack Ruina 1957, 1961 Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at MIT; instrumental in establishing the MIT Security Studies Program and its first director; professor at Brown University and the University of Illinois Richard Santulli 1966 CEO, NetJets Martin Schechter Order of British Columbia recipient for HIV research George Segal Sculptor of monochromatic, cast plaster figures Hugh Seidman 1961 Taught writing at the University of Wisconsin, Yale University, Columbia University, the College of William and Mary, and The New School Seymour Shapiro 1956 PhD Synthesized phenformin Len Shustek Chairman of the board of trustees of the Computer History Museum Ronald Silverman 1979, 1990 Professor of ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College Joel B. Snyder IEEE president Robert J. Stevens 1985 Chairman, President and CEO of Lockheed Martin Admiral Charles F. Stokes 1880 Member of the first Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons; Surgeon General of the United States Navy; President Theodore Roosevelt's personal physician Jerome Swartz 1968 Co-founded Symbol Technologies; professor at Stony Brook University in the departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Applied Math & Statistics; professor at NYU-Poly; board member at Stony Brook University and NYU-Poly; trustee at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and at the University of California at San Diego Mario Tchou Led a group of scientists from the University of Pisa to invent, in 1959, the ELEA 9003, Italy's first computer David J. Thomson 1967, 1971 Electrical engineer; professor at Princeton University, Stanford University, MIT, University of Cambridge, and Queen’s University; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Don Torrieri 1966 Research engineer; Fellow of the US Army Research Laboratory William Tubby 1875 Hermann Viets 1965, 1966, 1970 President of Milwaukee School of Engineering; Professor of Engineering at Wright State University; professor and Associate Dean for Research at West Virginia University; Dean of Engineering at University of Rhode Island Pat Villani 1976, 1982 Computer programmer Steve Wallach 1966 Adviser to Centerpoint Venture partners, Sevin-Rosen, and Interwest; consultant to the United States Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing program at Los Alamos Sang Whang 1956, 1966 Korean American community leader and politician in Florida Robert Anton Wilson attended 1952–57 Author of 35 influential books Ronald R. Yager 1958 Professor at Pennsylvania State University; Visiting Researcher and scholar at University of California, Berkeley Leonard M. Pomata Virginia's secretary of technology

See also

• List of New York University alumni
• List of New York University faculty
• List of university and college mergers in the United States