ME Department Faculty Directory

A-B C-D E-F G-H I-K L-M N-Q R-T U-Z


* professor emeritus, † consulting professor, †† courtesy appointment

A-B
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
James L. Adams * Design Manufacturing
Technology and Society
Thomas Andriacchi Biomechanical Engineering Bioengineering
Dynamics and Controls
Banny Banerjee Design Design Research
David M. Barnett  Mechanics and Computation Mechanics of Materials
Solid Mechanics
David Beach Design Design Research and Methodology
Engineering Education
Manufacturing
Product Design
Craig T. Bowman Thermosciences Combustion and Pollution
Dynamics and Controls
Propulsion and Energy Systems
Peter Bradshaw * Thermosciences Fluid Mechanics

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C-D
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
Wei Cai Mechanics and Computation Computational Mechanics
Brian J. Cantwell †† Flow Physics and Computational Engineering Propulsion and Fluid Mechanics
Mark A. Cappelli Thermosciences Materials Synthesis and Processing
Nanoscale and Microscale Engineering
Plasma Science
Propulsion and Energy Systems
Ed Carryer † Design Engineering Education
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Product Design
Dennis R. Carter Biomechanical Engineering Bioengineering
Richard Christensen Mechanics and Computation Computational Mechanics
Mark R. Cutkosky Design Design Research and Methodology
Manufacturing
Product Design
Robotics
Eric Darve Mechanics and Computation,
Flow Physics and Computational Engineering
Computational Engineering
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Large Scale Scientific Computing
Molecular Modeling
Reinhold Dauskardt†† Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering by courtesy Materials Science and Engineering
Daniel B. DeBra * Design Controls
Scott Delp Biomechanical Engineering Bioengineering
Dynamics and Controls

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E-F
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
John K. Eaton Thermosciences
Flow Physics and Computational Engineering

Dynamics and Controls
Fluid Mechanics
Heat and Mass Transfer
Multiphase Flows
Propulsion and Energy Systems
Christopher F. Edwards Thermosciences Combustion and Pollution
Multiphase Flows
Optical Diagnostics, Sensors and Actuators
Propulsion and Energy Systems
Robert H. Eustis*    
Charbel Farhat ICME (Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering) Aeroelasticity
Acoustics
Computational Engineering and Mathematics
Computational Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics
Fluid/Structure Interaction
High Performance Computing
Multiphase Flows
Solid Mechanics

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G-H
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
J. Christian Gerdes Design Dynamics and Controls
Optical Diagnostics, Sensors and Actuators
David Golden † Thermosciences Combustion, Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Thermochemistry
Kenneth E. Goodson Thermosciences Heat and Mass Transfer
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Nanoscale and Microscale Engineering
Optical Diagnostics, Sensors and Actuators
Ronald K. Hanson Thermosciences Combustion and Pollution
Dynamics and Controls
Optical Diagnostics, Sensors and Actuators
Propulsion and Energy Systems
Thomas Hughes * Mechanics and Computation Acoustics
Bioengineering
Complex Fluids
Computational Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics
Solid Mechanics

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I-K
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
Gianluca Iaccarino    
Kosuke Ishii Design Design Research and Methodology
Manufacturing
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Christopher Jacobs Biomechanical Engineering Bioengineering, Cellular Mechanics, and Orthopaedic Biomechanics
James P. Johnston * Thermosciences Fluid Mechanics
Propulsion and Energy Systems
Thomas R. Kane * Mechanics and Computation Dynamics
William M. Kays *    
Joseph B. Keller * Mechanics and Computation Applied Mathematics
David Kelley Design Design Research and Methodology
Product Design
Thomas W. Kenny Design Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Optical Diagnostics
Sensors and Actuators
Product Design
Charles H. Kruger Thermosciences Materials Synthesis and Processing
Optical Diagnostics, Sensors and Actuators
Plasma Science
Ellen Kuhl Mechanics and Computation Biomechanics, Growth and Remodeling,
Cellular Mechanics, Computational Mechanics,
Continuum Mechanics

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L-M
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
Larry Leifer Design Bioengineering
Engineering Education
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Robotics
Sanjiva K. Lele Flow Physics and Computational Engineering Acoustics
Complex Fluids
Fluid Mechanics
Eliott Leventhal *    
Marc Levenston Biomechanical Engineering Bioengineering
Soft Tissue Mechanics
Tissue Engineering
Adrian J. Lew Mechanics and Computation Computational solid mechanics
Material modeling
Numerical analysis
A. Louis London *    
Robert H. McKim *    
Reginald E. Mitchell Thermosciences Combustion and Pollution
Paul Mitiguy † Design Kinematics
Kinetics
Dynamics
Motion simulation
Robert J. Moffat * Thermosciences Heat and Mass Transfer
Optical Diagnostics
Sensors and Actuators
Parviz Moin Flow Physics and Computational Engineering Acoustics
Combustion and Pollution
Complex Fluids
Dynamics and Controls
Fluid Mechanics
Plasma Science
Propulsion and Energy Systems
M. Godfrey Mungal Thermosciences Combustion and Pollution
Fluid Mechanics
Nanoscale and Microscale Engineering

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N-Q
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
Drew V. Nelson Design Mechanical Design
Solid Mechanics
Günter Niemeyer Design Dynamics and Controls
Peter M. Pinsky Mechanics and Computation Acoustics
Bioengineering
Computational Mechanics
Solid Mechanics
Heinz Pitsch Flow Physics and Computational Engineering Computational Energy Sciences
Combustion Theory and Modeling
Pollutants
Propulsion and Energy Systems
Fuel Cells
J. David Powell * †† Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics Dynamics and Controls
Fritz B. Prinz Design Design Research and Methodology
Manufacturing
Beth L. Pruitt Mechanics and Computation MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)
Nanoscale and Microscale Engineering
Bioengineering
Design and Manufacturing
Sunil Puria † Mechanics and Computation Bioengineering and Computational Mechanics

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R-T
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
Bernard Roth Design Robotics
Kinematics
Design
Juan G. Santiago Thermosciences Bioengineering
Fluid Mechanics
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Nanoscale and Microscale Engineering
Optical Diagnostics, Sensors and Actuators
Sidney A. Self *    
Eric Shaqfeh Flow Physics and Computational Engineering Complex Fluids
Fluid Mechanics
Materials Synthesis and Processing
Sheri D. Sheppard Design Design Research and Methodology
Engineering Education
Mechanical Design
Product Design
Solid Mechanics
Rudolph Sher *    
George S. Springer †† Mechanics and Computation Composite Materials
Charles R. Steele * Mechanics and Computation Bioengineering
Computational Mechanics
Charles A. Taylor Biomechanical Engineering
Mechanics and Computation
Bioengineering
Computational Mechanics

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U-Z
Faculty Affiliated Groups Research Interests
Kenneth J. Waldron Design Design Research and Methodology
Dynamics and Controls
Mechanical Design
Robotics
Douglass J. Wilde*    
Felix E. Zajac * Biomechanical Engineering Neural Control and Biomechanics of Movement
Neurological and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Xiaolin Zheng Thermosciences

Combustion and Propulsion
Chemical Kinetics and Fluid Mechanics
Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS)
Nano-Biotechnology
Nanostructured Materials for Energy Conversion

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