2025 School of Engineering Faculty Awards
Each year, the School of Engineering honors its faculty through two distinct awards: the Faculty of the Year and the Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award. These accolades provide a meaningful opportunity for our community to celebrate the exceptional achievements and contributions of our dedicated educators.
Outstanding Faculty
Edward DeMauro
Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Edward DeMauro has made significant contributions to the aerodynamics community through his research in shock-boundary layer interaction, shock-vortex interactions, and laser energy deposition flow control. He is currently leading an effort to position Rutgers as a center for hypersonic research within New Jersey, through the creation of a hypervelocity expansion tube, which is slated to come online by 2027. Additionally, he has been instrumental in furthering experimental aerodynamics work within the state, contributing to the upgrade of the wind tunnel testing facilities at DEVCOM AC in Picatinny Arsenal.
Since joining Rutgers in 2017, Professor DeMauro has secured nearly $6 million in external funding from federal agencies AFOSR, DOD, NIH, NASA, and the U.S. Army. In addition, he has been awarded a patent related to airflow, with two further patents pending for a breath analyzer and a two-phase filtration system. He has also published 22 refereed journal papers.
Professor DeMauro has advised seven PhD students, as well as multiple master’s and undergraduate students, including Aresty Research Scholars, J.J. Slade Scholars, Douglass SUPER Scholars, and NASA Space Grand Consortium Scholars. He has also mentored over 150 senior design projects — a record number for a professor of his rank. He serves as the advisor to the AIAA student chapter, which includes the fixed-wing remote control plane team and the rocket propulsion team.
Faculty of the Year
Noshir Langrana
Distinguished Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Noshir Langrana is a world-class scholar and a passionate educator who has dedicated his career to Rutgers, the School of Engineering, and the engineering profession. He is recognized internationally as a leading authority in spine biomechanics and has made important contributions to the areas of tissue engineering and knowledge-based design. Since joining the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 1976, his research contributions have been prolific, including over 200 peer-reviewed journal publications and conference proceedings, along with nine book chapters and nine patents. In recognition of his leadership contributions and outstanding abilities as an educator, he was named the inaugural Mary W. Raisler Distinguished Teach Chair in Mechanical Engineering in 2001.
Among Professor Langrana’s myriad contributions to the school and university, some of the most impactful of which center around his role in the growth and development of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, where he is appointed jointly. He played a leading role in establishing the undergraduate curriculum, following the approval of the major in 1999. He was also a key figure in securing a $5 million award from the Whitaker Foundation that resulted in the construction of the Biomedical Building. He then served four terms as chair of biomedical engineering from 2005 to 2027, during which time the program gained accreditation from ABET.
Professor Langrana is held in high esteem in both the mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering communities as evidenced by his election as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering (AIMBE), and Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES).
