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Penn State promotes 14 non-tenure-line College of Engineering faculty

May 20, 2026

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Penn State News. 

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State has announced non-tenure-line faculty promotions, including for 14 College of Engineering faculty, effective July 1.

A list of tenure-line faculty promotions, effective July 1, is available here. The College of Engineering non-tenure-line faculty promotions are below.

• Benjamin Fehl, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, College of Engineering, has been promoted to assistant teaching professor.

The following individuals have been promoted to associate teaching professor:

• Griselda Conejo Lopez, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• Adomas Povilianskas, Engineering Science and Mechanics, College of Engineering
• Suman Saha, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• Nicolas Soria Zurita, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, College of Engineering
• Xiaozhen Wang, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering

The following individuals have been promoted to teaching professor:

• Gary Aurand, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Mahfuza Farooque, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• Meredith Handley, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, College of Engineering
• Siu Ling Leung, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Angela Rothrock, Global Engineering, College of Engineering
• Su Yan, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, has been promoted to associate research professor. 

The following individuals have been promoted to research professor:

• Michael Barringer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Jeffrey Geuther, Department of Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering 

Read the full list of promoted non-tenure-line faculty here.

 

 

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