Faculty
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Amin Salehi-Khojin, Ph.D.
- Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering
- Inaugural William T. Solomon Chair of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Interim Executive Director of Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity
- Primary research areas: solid-state batteries for electric aviation, CO2 capture and conversion, materials for extreme conditions, ammonia electrosynthesis, and hydrogen transportation
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Edmond Richer, Ph.D.
- Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Research
- Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: advanced haptic interfaces and virtual modeling and prototyping and design and control of high-performance actuators
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Ali Beskok, Ph.D.
- George R. Brown Chair of Mechanical Engineering
- Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Industry Partnerships
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: micro-and nano-scale transport and bio-microfluidics and lab on a chip technologies
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Adel Alaeddini, Ph.D.
- O'Donnell Foundation Professor
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Co-Executive Director, Center for Digital and Human-Augmented Manufacturing (CDHAM)
- Professor of Computer Science and Operations Research and Engineering Management (by Courtesy)
- Primary research areas: physics-inspired machine learning for engineering prognosis and discovery and human-augmented control and optimization of complex systems
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Elena Borzova, Ph.D.
- Clinical Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Primary research area: vibrations and control theory
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Ali H. Dogru, Ph.D.
- Herman Brown Chair of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering (by Courtesy)
- Member of US National Academy of Engineering
- Primary research area: large scale simulation, high performance computing and computational modeling of CO2 sequestration, geothermal systems, H2 storage
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Xin-Lin Gao, Ph.D.
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: multiscale and multi-physics modeling of materials and traumatic brain injury, biomechanics
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Yildirim Hurmuzlu, Ph.D.
- Altshuler Distinguished Professor
- University Distinguished Professor
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: rigid-body collisions of planar kinematic chains with smooth external contacts and locomotion
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Nader Jalili, Ph.D.
- Mary and Richard Templeton Dean
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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Hamidreza Karbasian, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: multidisciplinary design optimization, reduced order modeling, computational fluid dynamics, and AI
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MinJun Kim, Ph.D.
- Robert C. Womack Chair of Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering (by Courtesy)
- Primary research areas: microbiorobotics and single molecule biophysics
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Rong Kou, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Director of Lyle Lab Operations and Safety
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Jos矇 Lage, Ph.D.
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: alveolar gas exchange and transport in porous media
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Steve Lerner, Ph.D.
- Professor of Practice of Mechanical Engineering
- Director of Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Program
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Elizabeth Loboa, Ph.D.
- Provost of Lyle School of Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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Xu Nie, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: high-rate experimental mechanics and techniques and microstructure and damage evolution in engineering materials under dynamic loading
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Seth Orsborn, Ph.D.
- Clinical Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Director of Deason Innovation Gym
- Director of Product Design and Innovation
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Volkan Otugen, Ph.D.
- George R. Brown Endowed Chair of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: experimental and theoretical fluid mechanics and heat transfer and photonic sensors
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Ilias Papailias, Ph.D.
- Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: Li-CO2 and Li-O2 batteries, solid-state batteries, and electrocatalytic CO2 conversion
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Peter Raad, Ph.D.
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: adaptive thermal modeling and laser-based measurements of deep-submicron electronic devices
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Saeed Salehi, Ph.D.
- Herman Brown Chair of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (by Courtesy)
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Primary research areas: subsurface energy systems (fossil fuels, and geothermal) and greenhouse gas containment and mitigation
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Wei Tong, Ph.D.
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Acting Director, Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing
- Primary research areas are laser welding and additive manufacturing and experimental solid mechanics.
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Donghai Wang, Ph.D.
- Brown Foundation Chair of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: design and synthesis of novel nanostructured materials, advanced electrochemical energy storage technologies, and clean energy techniques
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Jim Webb, D.Mgt.
- Clinical Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Director of Master of Science in Manufacturing Management and Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Programs
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David Willis, Ph.D.
- Associate Chair for Undergraduate
- Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Primary research areas: heat transfer and phase change and short-pulse laser-assisted microfabrication