Mechanical Engineering Faculty
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Currently On Leave
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Acoustics, vibrations, noise control, damping, friction and contact mechanics.
Ph.D. 1976, North Carolina State University
Currently On Leave
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Fluid dynamics, heat transfer, CFD, multidisciplinary design and education, thermal engineering of microelectronics, hemodynamics and mass transport in biological systems.
Sc.D. 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Physics
Microfluidics, interfacial fluid mechanics, and surfactant transport.
Ph.D. 2000, Harvard University
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Experimental and computational cardiac fluid dynamics, rheology of blood and mechanics of the heart muscle, computational medical device design and optimization, pediatric and adolescent artificial hearts; cardiac surgical planning.
Ph.D. 1991, University of Pittsburgh
Currently On Leave
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Fluid dynamics, microfluidics, chaotic mixing, electrohydrodynamics, particle manipulation and self-assembly.
Ph.D. 1987, Cornell University
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, advanced manufacturing, thin films and coatings, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).
Ph.D. 1992, Harvard University
George Tallman and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Courtesy Appointments, School of Design, Computer Science
Design, optimization, manufacturing, and artificial intelligence.
Ph.D. 1990, University of California at Berkeley
Emeritus Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Spray technology, atomization, combustion, particle size analysis and laser diagnostics.
Ph.D. 1961, Sc.D. 1977, University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Robotics Institute
Biomechanics, rigid body dynamics, machine design, controls, biorobotics, energetics and stability of human locomotion.
Ph.D. 2008, University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Multiscale techniques to bridge time- and length-scales and their application to materials engineering.
Ph.D. 2007, California Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Thin films, fracture mechanics, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and tribology.
Ph.D. 1996, University of Minnesota
Director of the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems (ICES), the Howard M. Wilkoff Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor of The Robotics Institute
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Design and modeling of microsensors and microactuators, fabrication of integrated MEMS with electronic circuits using conventional CMOS processing, and implantable Microsystems.
Ph.D. 1994, University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor, Robotics Institute
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. 2005, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany
William J. Brown Emeritus Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, GUIde Consortium
Vibrations, damping, gas turbines, fatigue, dynamics and friction.
Ph.D. 1973, California Institute of Technology
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Computational multiphase modeling, solids/particle tribology, computational thermal fluids, granular flows, green tribology, and nanomanufacturing.
Ph.D. 2001, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Director of the Robotics Institute and U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor, Robotics Institute and Computer Science
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Stereo vision, quality-of-life technology, mobile robots, medical applications, human-computer interaction, computer vision, computational sensors.
Ph.D 1974, Kyoto University
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Design, computational engineering, artificial intelligence, and sketch-based user interfaces.
Ph.D. 2004, Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Courtesy Appointments, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology
Molecular and cellular biomechanics, biological/medical micro- and nano-technology, and computational biology.
Ph.D. 1999, Johns Hopkins University
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, electrochemistry, electrokinetics, experimental methods, CFD, fuel cells, microfluidics, and membrane separation.
Ph.D. 2008, Stanford University
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Solid Mechanics, Microfabrication, Multifunctional Materials, Biological Inspiration.
Ph.D. 2007, University of California at Berkeley
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Nanoscale energy transport and conversion, heat transfer, thermodynamics.
Ph.D. 2009, University of California at Berkeley
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Fluid mechanics, mechanics of non-linear materials, multi-component flows, biomechanics
Ph.D. 1986, University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Nanoscale heat transfer, thermodynamics, transport, and reaction.
Ph.D. 2004, University of Michigan
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Adaptive control, nonlinear control, distributed control, magnetic data storage and robotics.
Ph.D. 1992, University of California at Berkeley
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering & Public Policy
Design, optimization, product development, marketing, and public policy.
Ph.D. 2005, University of Michigan
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Micro/meso-scale manufacturing; modeling, simulation and experimentation of MEMS/microsystems.
Ph.D. 1999, University of Michigan
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, CFD, diagnostic tools (PIV), biomimetic circulation systems, hemodynamic pre-surgical planning.
Ph.D. 2000, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Invention, design, fabrication and testing of piezoelectric micro and nanoelectromechanical systems (M/NEMS) for radio frequency communication, chemical/biological sensing and mechanical computing.
Ph.D. 2005, University of California, Berkeley
Atmospheric chemistry, organic aerosol, air pollution from combustion systems, air pollution and human health, atmospheric aerosol thermodynamics, global climate change
Ph.D. 2005, Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Biothermal technology, energy modalities in medicine, heat and mass transfer in biological systems, thermal stress, sensors and instrumentation.
D.Sc. 1994, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. 2002, Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Research Professor, Robotics Institute
Courtesy Appointments, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Medical robotics, medical applications, mechatronics, machine learning and control.
Ph.D. 1995, Johns Hopkins University
Department Head and Raymond J. Lane Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Engineering & Public Policy
Combustion-generated air pollution, organic aerosols, atmospheric chemistry, energy systems, global climate change and environmental education.
Ph.D. 1996, University of California at Berkeley
Emeritus Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, wave propagation and turbomachinery.
Ph.D. 1954, Carnegie Institute of Technology
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering & Public Policy
Alumni Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science
Engineering-economic modeling and assessment of energy and environmental systems, with a focus on fossil fuel power generation; mitigation strategies for global climate change; carbon capture and sequestration; environmental technology innovation and the role of government policies.
Ph.D. 1969, Stanford University
Assistant Research Professor, Robotics Institute
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Computer vision, human motion simulation, machine learning, visual tracking.
Ph.D 2006, University of Central Florida
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Nanophotonics, micro/nanoscale heat transfer, radiation and electromagnetic metamaterials, renewable energy systems.
Ph.D 2010, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theodore Ahrens Professor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Design, geometric modeling and simulation, computer graphics, and CAD/CAM/CAE.
Ph.D. 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Professor, Robotics Institute
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Perception, multi-robot coordination, air vehicles, automated agriculture.
Ph.D. 1995, Carnegie Mellon University
Assistant Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), large-eddy simulations, air pollution, alternative fuels, low-temperature combustion.
Ph.D. 2006, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Networked embedded control systems, sensors/actuators networks, control theory.
Ph.D. 2005, University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Courtesy Appointments, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Robotics Institute
Micro/nano-robotics, nanotechnology, and MEMS/NEMS.
Ph.D. 1999, University of Tokyo
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Engineering education and applied mechanics.
Ph.D. 1982, Harvard University
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry, aerosol instrumentation, single-particle analysis, cloud nucleation, heterogeneous kinetics, mass spectrometry, laser spectroscopy, aerosol-cloud-climate interactions.
Ph.D. 2008, University of California at San Diego
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Low temperature applications in medicine; preservation of tissues; prevention of ischemic injury; and mechanisms of cryoinjury.
Ph.D. 1975, Clinical Research Centre, London
Herbert Simon Professor of Computer Science, Computer Science
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Multi-robot systems, physics-based planning, robot learning from demonstration.
Ph.D. 1992, Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Research Professor, Robotics Institute
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Architectures, artificial intelligence, autonomous navigation, computer vision, field robotics, human-robot interaction, legged locomotion, machine learning, mobile robots, planning, space robotics, systems engineering, visual tracking.
Ph.D. 1995, Carnegie Mellon University
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Droplet and spray forming, deposition, heat transfer and combustion, thermal modeling of material processes and microfluidic systems.
Ph.D. 1974, University of California at Berkeley
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Computational fluid dynamics, multi-physics flow, flow control, and energy/propulsion systems.
Ph.D. 2004, Stanford University
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Computational geometry, computer graphics, visualization, finite element method, computational biology and engineering.
Ph.D. 2005, University of Texas at Austin