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 |
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Computational mechanics, composite structures, laminated plate theory, crashworthiness, design optimization, finite element method. [(517) 353-7188, averillr@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Baek, Seungik | Assistant Professor |
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Patient-specific modeling of cardiovascular diseases and clinical treatments, biomaterials, mechanosensitive cellular behavior.
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| Benard, Andre | Associate Chair and Associate Professor |
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Multiphase flows, materials processing, heat transfer, composites and polymers, finite elements. [(517) 432-1522, benard@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Brereton, Giles | Associate Professor |
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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] |
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| Choi, Jongeun | Assistant Professor |
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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] |
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| Cloud, Gary | University Distinguished Professor |
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Experimental mechanics, optical methods of measurement, composites, fasteners, geomechanics, biomechanics, nondestructive evaluation. [(517) 355-9574, cloud@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Diaz, Alejandro | Chair and Professor |
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Optimal design of structures and materials, topology optimization, finite element methods. [(517) 353-0825, diaz@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Engeda, Abraham | Professor |
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Applied thermofluids, internal and unsteady flow in turbomachines, design and performance prediction of turbomachines. [(517) 432-1834, engeda@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Feeny, Brian | Associate Professor |
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Dynamics and vibration, friction dynamics, system identification, modal decomposition, chaos [(517) 353-9451, feeny@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Foss, John | Professor |
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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] |
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| Goodman, Erik | Professor |
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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] |
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| Haut, Roger | University Distinguished Professor |
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Impact-trauma biomechanics, orthopaedic biomechanics, experimental mechanics. [(517) 355-0320, haut@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Hong, Soonsung | Assistant Professor |
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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] |
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| Jaberi, Farhad | Professor and Director, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
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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] |
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| Koochesfahani, Manoochehr | Associate Dean for Grad Studies & Faculty Dev and Professor |
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Turbulent mixing, unsteady aerodynamics, turbulent shear flow control, optical diagnostics. [(517) 353-5311, koochesf@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Kwon, Patrick | Professor |
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'Design and processing of Multi-functional materials, Thermal Management, Materials by design, Manufacturing processes, Machining and Tribology.' [(517) 355-0173, pkwon@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Lee, Tonghun | Assistant Professor |
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Laser imaging of advanced propulsion, combustion and alternative energy conversion systems. [(517) 432-3187, tonghun@msu.edu] |
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| Liu, Dahsin | Professor |
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Impact dynamics, wave propagation and nonlinear computation for composite structures based on micro-macro topology controlstructures. [(517) 353-6716, liu@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Loos, Alfred | Professor |
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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. |
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| Mueller, Norbert | Associate Professor |
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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] |
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| Mukherjee, Ranjan | Professor |
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Robotics, Computer Assisted Surgical Procedures, Motion Planning and Feedback Stabilization of Nonholonomic Systems, Active Magnetic Bearings. [(517) 355-1834, mukherji@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Naguib, Ahmed | Associate Professor |
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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] |
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| Pence, Thomas | Professor |
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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] |
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| Pourboghrat, Farhang | Professor |
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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] |
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| Priezjev, Nikolai | Assistant Professor |
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Molecular simulations of complex fluids, interfacial phenomena, microfluidics, hybrid multiscale methods, liquid crystals, and statistical mechanics. [(517) 432-9132, priezjev@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Radcliffe, Clark | Professor |
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System dynamics, instrumentation design, control, acoustics. [(517) 355-5198, radcliff@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Shock, Harold | Director & Professor |
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Thermodynamics, combustion, optical diagnostics, turbulence, internal combustion engines. [(517) 353-9328, schock@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Shaw, Steven | Professor |
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Dynamics, vibrations, nonlinear dynamical systems. [(517) 432-3920, shawsw@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Somerton, Craig | Associate Professor |
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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] |
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| Tekalur, Arjun | Assistant Professor |
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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] |
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| Thompson, Brian | Professor |
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High speed machinery, composite materials, smart materials, design methodologies. [(517) 355-2179, thompson@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Wang, C.Y. | Professor |
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Laminar fluid mechanics, heat conduction and convection, vibration and stability of membranes, beams and plates, and physiological modelling. 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 |
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| Wichman, Indrek | Professor |
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Combustion theory, fire research, ignition, extinction and quenching, triple flames, sprays. [(517) 353-9180, wichman@egr.msu.edu] |
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| Wright, Neil | Associate Chair and Associate Professor |
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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] |
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| Xiao, Xinran | Associate Professor |
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Material behaviors, characterization & testing, constitutive modeling, structural analysis, crashworthiness, durability. [517-884-1606, xinran@egr.msu.edu] |
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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. |
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