May 16, 2025
By Ashley Ritchie

Five professors in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering have been selected as Woodruff Faculty Fellows in recognition of their outstanding research accomplishments, emerging leadership in their field, and the contributions they have made to Georgia Tech and the Woodruff School.

Assistant Professors Shaheen Dewji, Anirban Mazumdar, Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar, Sourabh Saha, and Ye Zhao will hold the position of Woodruff Faculty Fellow from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2030. Each award includes $12,000 annually in discretionary funds to help the recipients expand their research and educational programs.

Dewji directs the Radiological Engineering, Detection, and Dosimetry (RED²) research group. Her work integrates Monte Carlo radiation transport modeling, machine learning, and experimental measurements to advance radiation detection, health physics, dosimetry, shielding, and nuclear materials accounting.

Ani Mazumdar leads the Dynamic Adaptive Robotic Technologies (DART) Lab. His research focuses on enhancing agility, versatility, and energy efficiency in mobile robotic systems.

Ellen Mazumdar oversees the Sensing Technologies Lab, which develops new diagnostic techniques and sensor systems. Her team applies these innovations to energetic materials, combustion, multiphase flows, hypersonics, and robotics.

Saha directs the Scalable Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing (STEAM) Lab. His research addresses the tradeoffs in manufacturing, such as quality versus cost, by developing scalable production methods.

Zhao leads the Laboratory for Intelligent Decision and Autonomous Robots (LIDAR). His lab is focused on collaborative robotics, with research aimed at improving robotic decision-making and planning.

Selection as a Woodruff Faculty Fellow is based on a competitive process that considers teaching, research, publications, service to the school, graduate advising, and sponsored research expenditures. New fellows are named each spring, though the number selected varies each year.

As Woodruff Faculty Fellows, these five researchers are not only advancing their disciplines—they are helping shape the future of engineering, both at Georgia Tech and beyond.