Scott Huxtable Associate Professor EES Mary E . Kasarda Associate Professor RADS Kevin Kochersberger Associate Professor RADS Sohan Kale Assistant Professor BMNS Erik Komendera Assistant Professor RADS Andrew Kurdila W . Martin Johnson Professor RADS Brian Lattimer Professor EES Warren Hardy Associate Professor BMNS Celine Hin Associate Professor , Nuclear Engineering Program NES Chris Fuller Samuel Langley Distinguished Professor of Engineering RADS Alireza Haghighat Professor , Director of Nuclear Engineering Program NES John Ferris Associate Professor RADS 42 PEOPLE • VIRGINIA TECH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ANNUAL REPORT • 2019-2020