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Faculty Profiles

Faculty & Staff
Listed below are the Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty. The citations contain faculty names followed by their current academic ranks, a brief description of their current research interests, their telephone numbers and their email addresses.

Faculty:


Averill, Ronald Associate Professor

Computational mechanics, composite structures, laminated plate theory, crashworthiness, design optimization, finite element method.

[(517) 353-7188, averillr@egr.msu.edu]

Baek, Seungik Assistant Professor

Patient-specific modeling of cardiovascular diseases and clinical treatments, biomaterials, mechanosensitive cellular behavior.


[(517) 432-3161, sbaek@egr.msu.edu]


Benard, Andre Associate Chair and Associate Professor
Multiphase flows, materials processing, heat transfer, composites and
polymers, finite elements.

[(517) 432-1522, benard@egr.msu.edu]

Brereton, Giles Associate Professor
Turbulence and its prediction; unsteady fluid mechanics; IC engine flows; cardiovascular flows; nucleation and non-equilibrium thermodynamics; nonlinear acoustics.
[(517) 432-3340, brereton@egr.msu.edu]

Choi, Jongeun Assistant Professor
Adaptive, learning, distributed and robust control, with applications to unsupervised competitive learning algorithms, self-organizing systems, distributed coordination algorithms for autonomous vehicles, multiple robust controllers and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).
[432-3164, jchoi@egr.msu.edu]

Cloud, Gary University Distinguished Professor
Experimental mechanics, optical methods of measurement, composites, fasteners, geomechanics, biomechanics, nondestructive evaluation.
[(517) 355-9574, cloud@egr.msu.edu]

Diaz, Alejandro Chair and Professor
Optimal design of structures and materials, topology optimization, finite element methods.
[(517) 353-0825, diaz@egr.msu.edu]

Engeda, Abraham Professor
Applied thermofluids, internal and unsteady flow in turbomachines, design and performance prediction of turbomachines.

[(517) 432-1834, engeda@egr.msu.edu]

Feeny, Brian Associate Professor
Dynamics and vibration, friction dynamics, system identification, modal decomposition, chaos

[(517) 353-9451, feeny@egr.msu.edu]

Foss, John Professor
Analytical Experimentation (determination of governing phenomena using flow field measurements), Turbulent shear flows Vorticity measurements, and automotive applications

[(517) 355-3337, foss@egr.msu.edu]

Goodman, Erik Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972. Genetic algorithms, genetic programming, design optimization, automated design of multi-domain systems.
[(517) 355-6453, goodman@egr.msu.edu]

Haut, Roger University Distinguished Professor
Impact-trauma biomechanics, orthopaedic biomechanics, experimental mechanics.
[(517) 355-0320, haut@egr.msu.edu]

Hong, Soonsung Assistant Professor
Dr. Hong's research interests lie in the development of self-diagnostic composite structures thrust, and investigating fracture and failure of heterogeneous materials and structures by using full-field diagnostic tools coupled with inverse boundary value problem approaches.
[517-884-1607, shong@msu.edu]

Jaberi, Farhad Professor and Director, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Advanced computational fluid dynamics, turbulent mixing and reaction, large eddy and direct numerical simulations, combustion and propulsion, and complex fluids and multiphase transport.

[(517) 432-4678, jaberi@egr.msu.edu]

Koochesfahani, Manoochehr Associate Dean for Grad Studies & Faculty Dev and Professor
Turbulent mixing, unsteady aerodynamics, turbulent shear flow control, optical diagnostics.
[(517) 353-5311, koochesf@egr.msu.edu]

Kwon, Patrick Professor
'Design and processing of Multi-functional materials, Thermal Management,
Materials by design, Manufacturing processes, Machining and Tribology.'
[(517) 355-0173, pkwon@egr.msu.edu]

Lee, Tonghun Assistant Professor
Laser imaging of advanced propulsion, combustion and alternative energy conversion systems.
[(517) 432-3187, tonghun@msu.edu]

Liu, Dahsin Professor
Impact dynamics, wave propagation and nonlinear computation for composite
structures based on micro-macro topology controlstructures.

[(517) 353-6716, liu@egr.msu.edu]

Loos, Alfred Professor

Heat transfer and flow phenomena in materials processing; mathematical modeling of manufacturing processes; mechanics of materials; finite element analysis; materials characterization and testing; polymeric composite manufacturing; mechanics of composite materials.

[(517) 432-0844, aloos@egr.msu.edu]


 
Mueller, Norbert Associate Professor
Turbomachinery, Wave Rotors, Refrigeration and HVAC, Natural Refrigerants, Micro-Fabricated Energy Systems (PowerMEMS), Fuel Cells, Use of Solar, Wind, Tidal, Geothermal Energy and Clean Fuels, High-Speed Drives and Bearings, Mechatronics
[(517) 432-9139, mueller@egr.msu.edu]

Mukherjee, Ranjan Professor
Robotics, Computer Assisted Surgical Procedures, Motion Planning and Feedback Stabilization of Nonholonomic Systems, Active Magnetic Bearings.

[(517) 355-1834, mukherji@egr.msu.edu]

Naguib, Ahmed Associate Professor
Turbulent shear flows' physics and control, experimental techniques, application of MEMS to flow control and diagnostics, and digital data processing.

[(517) 432-1616, naguib@egr.msu.edu]

   
 
 
Pence, Thomas Professor
Continuum mechanics, nonlinear elasticity, wave propagation in solids, mechanics of composite materials, buckling and postbuckling, modeling of phase transitions, mechanics of thin films.


[(517) 353-3889, pence@egr.msu.edu]

Pourboghrat, Farhang Professor
Computational Material Modeling, Crystal Plasticity, Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, Metal and Composite Manufacturing Processes.
Member of the Steering Committee - International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes (NUMISHEET)
http://www.numisheet2005.org/
http://researchgroups.msu.edu/vawt

[(517) 432-0189, pourbogh@egr.msu.edu]


Priezjev, Nikolai Assistant Professor
Molecular simulations of complex fluids, interfacial phenomena, microfluidics, hybrid multiscale methods, liquid crystals, and statistical mechanics.
[(517) 432-9132, priezjev@egr.msu.edu]

Radcliffe, Clark Professor
System dynamics, instrumentation design, control, acoustics.

[(517) 355-5198, radcliff@egr.msu.edu]

   
 
 
Shock, Harold Director & Professor
Thermodynamics, combustion, optical diagnostics, turbulence, internal combustion engines.

[(517) 353-9328, schock@egr.msu.edu]

Shaw, Steven Professor
Dynamics, vibrations, nonlinear dynamical systems.
[(517) 432-3920, shawsw@egr.msu.edu]

Somerton, Craig Associate Professor
Heat and mass transfer in porous media, CAD of thermal systems. Design of alternative energy systems. Development and implementation of appropriate energy technology.

[(517) 353-6733, somerton@egr.msu.edu]

Tekalur, Arjun Assistant Professor
Dr. Tekalur is currently developing the Biomimetics thrust area, and additionally will study in the areas of experimental mechanics, damage mechanics, composite materials, blast damage to structure, and fluid structure interaction.
[517-884-1608, tsarjun@msu.edu]

Thompson, Brian Professor
High speed machinery, composite materials, smart materials, design methodologies.
[(517) 355-2179, thompson@egr.msu.edu]

Wang, C.Y. Professor

Laminar fluid mechanics, heat conduction and convection, vibration and stability of membranes, beams and plates, and physiological modelling.


[(517) 353-3837, cywang@mth.msu.edu]


Weisend, John                                                                                                                                                             Professor

Cryogenic engineering, Engineering applications of He II ( superfluid helium),design & operation of large scale cryogenic systems, cryostat design, cryogenic safety

(517) 908 7743 , weisend@frib.msu.edu
 


Wichman, Indrek Professor
Combustion theory, fire research, ignition, extinction and quenching, triple flames, sprays.
[(517) 353-9180, wichman@egr.msu.edu]

Wright, Neil Associate Chair and Associate Professor
Measuring multi-axial thermophysical properties of elastomers and biological soft tissues that are subjected to finite multi-axial deformation

Thermomechanically-induced damage to proteins, cells and tissues

[(517) 432-4917, ntwright@egr.msu.edu]

Xiao, Xinran Associate Professor
Material behaviors, characterization & testing, constitutive modeling, structural analysis, crashworthiness, durability.
[517-884-1606, xinran@egr.msu.edu]

Zhu, Guoming

Closed loop combustion control of IC engines (SI, HCCI, and CI), camless valve control, closed loop system identification and control of automotive systems, optimal control of hybrid powertrain systems, automotive system modeling for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations, ionization detection and combustion control, TEG (thermo-electric generator) system management, application of the smart material to automotive systems.
[(517) 884-1552, zhug@egr.msu.edu]

Associate Professor