Faculty and Staff

Faculty

	Parviz Merati, Professor and Chairperson Phone: (269)276-3414 Office: F-260 Dr. Merati's home page Experimental and computational fluid mechanics Heat transfer Compressible Fluid Flow Tribology

	Judah Ari-Gur, Professor Phone: (269) 276-3419 Office: F-246 Dr. Ari-Gur's home page Structural dynamics Composite material structures Finite-element modeling

	Pnina Ari-Gur, Professor Phone: (269) 276-3212 Office: G-250 Dr. Ari-Gur's home page Material science and engineering Surface properties Nano-ceramics and Nano-composites (metal matrix) Magnetic shape memory alloys (MSM) High temperature coatings

	Chris Cho, Professor Phone: (269) 276-3422 Office: F-236 Dr. Cho's home page Two phase flow Laser doppler anemometry Thermal fluid measurements Heat Transfer Lab

	Claudia M. Fajardo, Assistant Professor Phone: (269) 276-3434 Office: G-225 Dr. Fajardo's home page Experimental Fluid Mechanics and Combustion Optical Diagnostics Internal Combustion Engines Faculty advisor to SAE Combustion and Flow Research Laboratory (CFRL)

	Muralidhar Ghantasala, Associate Professor Phone: (269) 276-3388 Office: G-221 Dr. Ghantasala's Home page Micro/Nano sensors and actuators Microfluidics Micro/Nano fabrication and replication Thin film deposition and characterization

	Peter Gustafson, Assistant Professor Phone: (269) 276-3423 Office: F-215 Dr. Gustafson's Homepage Composite materials Finite element modeling Open/collaborative engineering

	Jennifer Hudson, Assistant Professor Phone: (269)276-3413 Office: G-220 Dr. Hudson's home page Space flight dynamics and control Orbital mechanics Optimal control theory

	James Kamman, Associate Professor Phone: (269)276-3427 Office: G-222 Dr. Kamman's home page Mechanical system dynamics Towed marine system dynamics

	Daniel Kujawski, Professor Phone: (269) 276-3428 Office: F-242 Dr. Kujawski's home page Advanced Materials Testing & Evaluation Laboratory Computer-aided testing (CAT) of metals and composites. Cyclic behavior, fatigue, and fracture: testing and modeling. Damage characterization under low- and high-cycle fatigue. Life prediction and durability enhancement.

	Hosung Lee, Professor Phone: (269)276-3429 Office: G-215 Dr. Lee's home page Thermal Design Heat Transfer Faculty advisor to:ASHRAE

	Kristina Lemmer , Assistant Professor Phone: (269)276-3417 Office: G-229 Visit Website Experimental Plasmadynamics Advanced spacecraft propulsion and electric propulsion Plasma diagnostic development Optical emission spectrometry Hypersonic plasma interactions

	William W. Liou, Professor Phone: (269)276-3430 Office:F-238 Dr. Liou's home page CFD in aero-propulsion Fluid flow instability Turbulence modeling and simulation

	Tianshu Liu, Professor Phone: (269)276-3426 Office:G-220 Dr. Liu's Resume Aerodynamics Fluid Mechanics Heat Transfer Measurement Techniques and Instrumentation Applied to Aerospace Engineering and Sciences

	Koorosh Naghshineh, Professor Phone: (269) 276-3431 Office: G-226 Dr. Naghshineh's home page Acoustics and vibrations Active noise and vibration control Signal processing Faculty advisor to:ASME Noise and Vibration Laboratory

	Kapseong Ro, Associate Professor Phone: (269)276-3412 Office: G-220 Dr. Ro's Home Page Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control Flight Simulation & Research Flight Simulator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Flexible Aircraft Modeling & Control Law Synthesis Robust Control Theory & Applications to Aerospace System

	Rameshwar Sharma, Associate Professor Phone: (269)276-3437 Office:G-223

	Bade Shrestha, S. O., Associate Professor Phone: (269)276-3432 Office: G-218 Dr. Bade Shrestha’s Home Page Fuel Cell Evaluation and Research Center Alternative Fuel Research Laboratory Graduate Assistantship Advanced internal combustion engines Renewable and sustainable energy development Combustion, flammability limits, reacting flows

	Edmund Tsang, Associate Dean Phone: (269) 276-3249 Office: C-250 Dr. Tsang's Webpage

	Dennis VandenBrink, Associate Professor Phone: (269) 276-3440 Office: F-247 Dr. VandenBrink's ME2570 page Finite element analysis Stress analysis System dynamics Faculty advisor to: Pi Tau Sigma

	Anthony Vizzini, Professor and Dean Phone: (269) 276-3253 Office: C-259 About the Dean

Adjunct Faculty

Farhad Ashrafzadeh
Dr. Farhad Ashrafzadeh home page

Dr. Guowei He

Turbulence Theory and Computational Modeling
Large Eddy Simulation
Bio-locomotion

Staff

	Ann Mathis Office Coordinator Office: F-234 Phone: (269)276-3416

	Erin Baker Office Associate Office: F-234 Phone: (269)276-3418

	Abraham Poot Lab Technician Office: C-218 Phone: (269)276-3372

	Peter Thannhauser Lab Technician Office:C-218 Phone: (269)276-3415