Mechanical Engineering Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Name	Title	Contact	Research
Burak Aksak, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x278 F: 806.742.3540	Development of bio−inspired devices for adhesion, sensing, actuation and energy harvesting. Multi−functional, self−sufficient systems which exploit the increased surface−to−volume ratio and the high sensitivity of micro/nano structures.
Ed Anderson, Ph.D.	Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x231 F: 806.742.3540	Student Learning Heat Transfer Energy Conservation
Guillermo Araya, Ph.D.	Research Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x271 F: 806.742.3540	CFD of Turbulent Incompressible & Compressible Flows Wind Energy Array Modeling DNS, LES, RANS, & URANS Turbulence Modeling Heat Transfer Flow Control
Alan Barhorst, Ph.D.	Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x241 F: 806.742.3540	Multi−Body, Elasto−Dynamics, and Control Bio−Mechanics Fluid−Structure Interaction NDE (Acoustic Emission) Parametric Optimization Robotics Vibrations
Jordan Berg, Ph.D.	Professor and Co-Director of Nano Tech Center	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x233 F: 806.742.3540	Modeling, Design, Control, and Fabrication of Microsystems Control of Non−Linear Systems Microsensors Bifurcations, Unfoldings, and Singularities of Control Systems
Sukalyan Bhattacharya, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x249 F: 806.742.3540	Low Reynold's Number Hydrodynamics Turbulence and Turbulent Scalar Transport Statistical Mechanics
Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Ph.D.	Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x226 F: 806.742.3540	Theoretical & Numerical Descriptions of Complex Materials Ranging From: Colloidal Suspensions Functional Nanocomposite Membranes Metallic Glasses Soft Biological Matter
Luciano Castillo, Ph.D.	Don Kay and Clay Cash Foundation Engineering Chair in Wind Energy and Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x247 F: 806.742.3540	Modeling & Experimental Wind Energy Array Single−Blade Aerodynamics for Turbine Blades Multi−Scale & Asymptotic Methods in Turbulent Boundary Layers Experimental, Theoretical, & Numerical Fluid Mechanics Forced Convection Heat Transfer
Jharna Chaudhuri, Ph.D., P.E.	Department Chair and Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x224 F: 806.742.3540	Luminescent Nano−Materials Wide Band Gap Semiconductors High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Synchrotron X−Ray Topography High Resolution X−Ray Diffraction
Gordon Christopher, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x235 F: 806.742.3540	Interfacial and bulk rheology using microfluidics and other novel techniques
Ming Chyu, Ph.D., P.E.	Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Program, and Professor; Coordinator of M.Eng. Healthcare Engineering Option	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x230 F: 806.742.3540	Healthcare Engineering Thermal Fluid Sciences Energy Systems
Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Ph.D., P.E.	Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs, Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3451 F: 806.742.3493	Engineering Design Vibrations Orthopaedic Biomechanics Engineering Education
Atila Ertas, Ph.D.	Professor & Director of Transdisciplinary Studies	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x236 F: 806.742.3540	Transdisciplinary Design Test Method Development Experimental & Theoretical Study of Nonlinear Dynamics Random Vibration Acoustics
Zhaoming He, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x225 F: 806.742.3540	Heart−Valve Tissue Mechanics Cardiovascular Mechano−Biology Cardiovascular Medical Devices
Qing Hui, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x238 F: 806.742.3540	Coordinated control and swarm optimization of large-scale physical network systems Modeling, analysis, and algorithm design for threat detection and design experimental systems Energy equipartition control and entropy-based optimization for cyber-physical network systems Optimal, robust, and adaptive control for resilience of multi-layer and multi-dependent networks Cybersecurity control based on hybrid and switched systems analysis and control techniques
Fazle Hussain, Ph.D.	President's Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Science, Senior Adviser to the President, Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x245 F: 806.742.3540	Vortex dynamics, turbulence, and measurement techniques Coherent structures in fluid turbulence Holography Flow noise and flow control Cardiovascular dynamics Modeling cancer growth Nanomedicine and nanotechnology
Alexander Idesman, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x234 F: 806.742.3540	Computational Mechanics Including: Finite Element Method: Time−Integration Methods for Elastodynamics, Numerical Algorithms for Wave Propogation in Solids, and Numerical Algorithms for Nonlinear Problems Multiscale Approach: Inelastic Materials at Small & Large Strains (Metals, Rocks, Polymers, Composite Materials), Phase Transitions & Twinning, and Contact Interaction Metal Forming: Modeling of Technological Processes, Diamond Synthesis, and Design Optimization of High−Pressure Apparatuses Continuum Mechanics Constitutive Equations for Elastoplastic Materials at Finite Strains Phase Transformations in Elastic & Inelastic Materials Shape Memory Alloys Strength & Durability of Materials & Structures High−Pressure Mechanics
Darryl James, Ph.D., P.E.	Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x239 F: 806.742.3540	Physical Simulation of Tornado−Like Vortices Computational & Experimental Fluid Mechanics Combined−Mode Heat Transfer & Fluid Mechanics Turbulence−Enhanced Heat Transfer
Alan Jankowski, Ph.D.	J. W. Wright Regents Chair in Mechanical Engineering and Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x250 F: 806.742.3540	Material Properties Nanostructured Materials Phase Transformations Microstructure & Microscopy Synthesis & Processing Nanotechnology
Jungkyu (Jay) Kim, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x274 F: 806.742.3540	High-throughput gene/protein analysis Biosensor and Bioelectronics Programmable microfluidic platform Point-of-Care diagnostics Cell and Tissue engineering and Biomechanics
Golden Kumar, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x274 F: 806.742.3540	Development of environmentally−benign and efficient processing methods to fabricate materials with functional properties at multiple length scales. Current projects include: Surface Engineering of Amorphous Metals for Nano−Imprinting Catalytically Active Surfaces Developing Toolbox for Studying Cell−Topography interaction Understanding Materials Properties at the Nano & Sub−Nano Levels
Todd Lillian, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x244 F: 806.742.3540	Biophysics Dynamics & Vibrations Cable Dynamics
Yanzhang Ma, Ph.D.	Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x243 F: 806.742.3540	Diamond Anvil Cell High−Pressure Techniques Laser−Heating High−Temperature Technique Stress & Strain Under High−Pressure Synchrotron X−Ray Measurement High−Pressure Spectroscopy Measurements High−Pressure & High−Temperature Phase Transformation High−Pressure Synthesis High−Pressure Electronic Properties Nano−Materials Energy & Superhard Materials Behavior of Minerals Under High−Pressure & Temperature
Tim Maxwell, Ph.D.	Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x248 F: 806.742.3540	Automotive Systems Alternative Fuels Wind Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics
Walt Oler, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3451 F: 806.742.3493	Fluid Mechanics Aerodynamics
Michelle Pantoya, Ph.D.	Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x227 F: 806.742.3540	Energetic Materials Combustion Experimental Heat Transfer
Siva Parameswaran, Ph.D.	Professor and Director of Graduate Program	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x246 F: 806.742.3540	Designing better High frequency Oscillating Ventilators (HFOV) for critical care Pulmonary Medicine Modeling far-wake development behind wind turbine with swirl Developing computational models for turbine-turbine interaction in off-shore wind farms Developing unsteady, turbulence models for accurate prediction of lift-coefficients for flow around bluff bodies Numerical issues of a thermal model for a battery system
Jingjing (Jenny) Qiu, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x287 F: 806.742.3540	Modeling & Simulation of Micro/Nano Flow Multiscale Composites Biological Materials
Jahan Rasty, Ph.D., P.E., M.B.A.	Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x240 F: 806.742.3540	Materials Performance & Behavior Characterization Component Failure Analysis & Investigation Manufacturing Mechanical Metallurgy Numerical Modeling of Large−Strain Manufacturing Processes: Tube Drawing, Extrusion, Rolling, & Forging High Strain−Rate and High Heating−Rate Characterization of Materials Characterization of Materials Behavior Subject to Explosives Detonation Effect of High−Velocity Impact on Materials Behavior & Performance Friction & Slip−Resistance of Walkway Surfaces for Reduction of Slip−and−Fall Incidents
Beibei Ren, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x232 F: 806.742.3540	Nonlinear System Control Methods and Algorithm Design: Adaptive Control Neural Networks Boundary Control of Systems Modeled by PDEs Real-time Optimization Using Extremum Seeking Applications: Helicopter Systems MEMS Marine/Offshore Systems Laser Systems for Semiconductor Manufacturing
Jian Sheng, Ph.D.	Associate Professor and Whitacre Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x247 F: 806.742.3540	Complex Transport phenomenon near an oil-water interface Hydrodynamic interactions of bacteria and micro-organisms with complex boundaries Development of novel bio-inspired surfaces using Nano/micro-fabrication Biofilm initiation and formation Biological and biomedical fluid mechanics Advanced sustainable energy systems Turbulence and wall bounded flow phenomenon Advanced laser diagnostic measurement technology
Derrick Tate, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x228 F: 806.742.3540	Innovative Design Sustainable Design Design Education
James Yang, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x229 F: 806.742.3540	Bioengineering, Biomechanics, & Bio−inspired Systems Healthcare Engineering Robotic & Multibody Dynamic Systems Traffic Safety Systems Modeling & Simulation of Wellbore Systems
Changdong Yeo, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Email Website P: 806.742.3563 x242 F: 806.742.3540	Contact mechanics at micro/nano-scale systems Integrated research on continuum mechanics and magnetic/electrical performance of materials Hyper speed contact and wear of metallic materials used in defense applications Theoretical and experimental study of dynamic adhesion mechanics

Lecturers & Instructors

First Name	Last Name	Credentials	Title	Office	Phone	Email & Website
Colleen	Berg	M.S., P.E.	Instructor	ME 220	806.742.3563 x276	Email Website
Dave	Branson	B.S., P.E.	Instructor		806.742.3563	Email Website
Scott	Fanning	B.S., P.E.	Instructor	2555 74th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79423	806.742.3563	Email Website
George	Gray	M.S.	Instructor		806.742.3538	Email Website
Seon	Han	Ph.D.	Instructor	ME 218	806.742.3563 x275	Email Website
Jeff	Hanson	Ph.D.	Instructor	ME 220	806.742.3563 x276	Email Website
Andrew	Mosedale	M.S.	Instructor	ME 218	806.742.3563 x275	Email Website
Craig	Snoeyink	Ph.D.	Postdoctoral Researcher / Lecturer	ME 121	806.742.3563	Email Website

Adjunct Faculty

First Name	Last Name	Credentials	Title	Phone	Email & Website
Jamie	Chapman	Ph.D.	Adjunct Instructor		Email Website
Olkan	Cuvalci	Ph.D.	Adjunct Instructor	408.563.8301
Javad	Hashemi	Ph.D.	Adjunct Instructor	806.742.3563 x247	Email Website
Valery	Levitas	Ph.D.	Adjunct Instructor

Staff

First Name	Last Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Casey	Crump	Assistant Advisor		806.742.3563 x283	casey.bush@ttu.edu
Marco	Fornari	Engineer - CNC Programmer		806.742.3563 x264	marco.fornari@ttu.edu
David	Luna	Advisor	ME 140	806.742.3563 x268	david.luna@ttu.edu
Patricia	McCaleb	Senior Business Assistant		806.742.3563 x221	patricia.mccaleb@ttu.edu
Isaac	Mora	Technician		806.742.3563 x264	isaac.mora@ttu.edu
Aubrey	White	Business Assistant		806.742.3563 x237	aubrey.white@ttu.edu
Linda	Whitebread	Unit Coordinator		806.742.3563 x222	linda.whitebread@ttu.edu

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