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
Mehdi Asheghi †	Thermosciences	Heat Transfer Nanoscale and Microscale Engineering Data Storage Device and Technology Sensors and Actuators
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*	Thermosciences
Charbel Farhat	Mechanics and Computation	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	Flow Physics and Computational Engineering
Kosuke Ishii	Design	Design Research and Methodology Manufacturing Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
James P. Johnston *	Thermosciences	Fluid Mechanics Propulsion and Energy Systems
Thomas R. Kane *	Mechanics and Computation	Dynamics
William M. Kays *	Thermosciences
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 *	Design
Marc Levenston	Biomechanical Engineering	Bioengineering Soft Tissue Mechanics Tissue Engineering
Adrian J. Lew	Mechanics and Computation	Computational solid mechanics Material modeling Numerical analysis
Robert H. McKim *	Design
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 *	Thermosciences
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 *	Thermosciences
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*	Design
Felix E. Zajac *	Biomechanical Engineering	Neural Control and Biomechanics of Movement Neurological and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Xiaolin Zheng	Thermosciences	Combustion and Propulsion Nanomaterials Synthesis Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing

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