Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Kevin R. Anderson, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor
Renewable Energy, CFD, Spacecraft Thermal Control

Reza Baghaei Lakeh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
Thermal-Fluids, Renewable Energy

Behnam Bahr, Ph.D.

Professor
Robotics & Automation, Autonomous Systems

Babak Boloury

Lecturer
Mechanics & Design, Computational Mechanics

Carlos Castro, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Thermal-Fluids, Bioapplications

Yizhe Chang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Dynamics & Control, Human-robot Interaction

Chris Chen, Ph.D.

Professor
Dynamics & Control, Acoustics & Vibration

Campbell A. Dinsmore, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor

Yong Xue Gan, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor
Mechanics & Design, Materials

Mehrdad Haghi, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor
Mechanics & Design, Materials, Failure Analysis

Pezhman Hassanpour, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Dynamic Systems, ML/AI, MEMS

Alejandra Hormaza Mejia, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Renewable Energy, Thermal Sciences

Kyu-Jung Kim, Ph.D.

Professor
Mechanics & Design, Computational Mechanics

Eugene Lipovetsky

Lecturer
Mechanics & Design, Finite Element Analysis

Patrick T. Mannion

Lecturer
Dynamics & Control

Paul M. Nissenson, Ph.D.

Professor & Associate Chair
Thermal-Fluids, Engineering Education

Parham Piroozan, Ph.D.

Professor
Mechanics & Design, Finite Element Analysis

Brian J. Ramirez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Mechanics & Design, Materials

Amir G. Rezaei, Ph.D.

Professor
Mechanics & Design, Composites, Finite Element Analysis

Jaehoon Seong, Ph.D.

Professor, Energy Engineering Minor Coordinator
Thermal-Fluids, Biofluid Mechanics

Maryam Shafahi, Ph.D.

Professor

Nolan Tsuchiya, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor

Henry Xue, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair
Thermal-Fluids, Micro Fluidics

Priscilla Zhao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Thermal-Fluids, VR/AR in Education

Staff

David J. Lefay

Technician

Matthew M. Rodriguez

Equipment Technician

Erin Flynn

Administrative Support Coordinator

Adjunct Faculty

Homin Choi

Kiara T. Colangelo

Eduardo Corpuz

Mohammad R. Danesh

Mechanics & Design, Finite Element Analysis

Ronald D. DeLaura

Computer Science, Programming Education

Tarek Elsharhawy, Sc.D.

Tung T. Lam

Bejan Ijadi Maghsoodi

Amir Massoudi

Christopher M. McNamara

Andrew N. Murphy

Nick K. Nikpour, Ph.D.

Chandrasekhar Putcha

Massimiliano Repupilli, Ph.D.

Soorgul Wardak, Ph.D., P.E.

CheukKeung S. Yam

Engineering Graphics, Mechanics-Statics

Benjamin Yeung

Leonardo Yuan, P.E.

Stress Analysis, Thermal Design

Professor Emeritus