Mechanical Engineering at University at Buffalo (SUNY)

27 faculty and 0 courses in Mechanical Engineering at University at Buffalo (SUNY).

Faculty

• Jun Liu, Assistant Professor h-index 100
  Advanced energy materials; Nano/micro-mechanics; Self-powered electronics and systems; Nanotechnology; Scanning probe microscopy (SPM
• Tarunraj Singh, Professor h-index 41
  Target tracking; human-vehicle control; optimal control; nonlinear control; dynamics & control of flexible structures
• Kemper E. Lewis, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor h-index 33
  Large-Scale Systems Design, Design Analytics, Collaborative Design Methods, Decentralized Design, Decision Theory, Decision Networks, Additive Manufacturing, Multiobjective Optimization, Machine Learning for Design and Manufacturing
• James Chen, Associate Professor h-index 32
  Fundamental theories and numerical simulation for different physical problems across multiple spatial and temporal scale; turbulence; triboelectricity; atomistic simulation; continuum mechanics; applied mathematics; multiscale simulation Co
• Souma Chowdhury, Associate Professor h-index 31
  Nature inspired computing (evolutionary, swarm, and neural algorithms) for design and AI; metamodeling and multi-fidelity optimization; MINLP; swarm systems and swarm-bots; autonomous systems; and unmanned aerial vehicles
• Francine Battaglia, Professor, Chair h-index 30
  Computational fluid dynamics; building energy utilization and renewable/alternative energy; turbulent multiphase and reacting flows
• Sangwoo Shin, Associate Professor h-index 29
  Complex fluids and soft matter; transport phenomena; micro/nanofluidics; electrokinetics; drug delivery; bioseparation; bacterial motility; hydrocarbon recovery
• Mostafa Nouh, Professor h-index 25
  Structural dynamics; acoustics; vibration damping and control; smart materials; energy harvesting; metamaterials and periodic structures
• Ehsan Esfahani, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies h-index 19
  Artificial intelligence in design and engineering; interactive CAD interfaces; brain computer interfaces; human-machine interactions; bipedal locomotion (human and humanoids); bio-robotics and mechatronics
• Javid Bayandor, Associate Professor h-index 15
  Space explorations and mission design; collision dynamics and crashworthiness; aerospace conceptual design; space physics; ballistics; bioinspired robotics; advanced aerospace structures; fluid-structure interactive systems
• Matthew Ringuette, Associate Professor h-index 14
  Experimental fluid mechanics; vortex dynamics; unsteady aerodynamics; bio-inspired propulsion with applications to autonomous air and underwater vehicles; fluid-structure interactions; and high-speed flow
• Chaozhe He, Assistant Professor h-index 13
• Eleonora Botta, Associate Professor h-index 12
  Dynamics and control of space tethers and large flexible space structures, active debris removal, collision detection and avoidance, spacecraft dynamics
• Ryan St. Pierre, Assistant Professor h-index 12
  Microrobots, insect biomechanics, and MEMS
• Jiaoyan Li, Assistant Professor h-index 12
  Multiscale modeling from atom to continuum, computational mechanics and high performance computing, with applications to nano-/bio-/energy systems
• David Salac, Associate Professor h-index 11
  Computational fluid dynamics; material systems with moving interfaces; numerical methods; directed self-assembly; high performance computing
• Ketki Lichade, Assistant Professor h-index 10
• Craig Snoeyink, Associate Professor h-index 9
  Microfluidics; micro-particle tracking/particle image velocimetry; super-resolution imaging; biomedical imaging
• Danial Faghihi, Associate Professor
  Multiscale and multiphysics computational modeling; data-driven predictive modeling; model validation and uncertainty quantification; advanced manufacturing; tumor growth and treatment
• Deborah Chung, SUNY Distinguished Professor
  Multidisciplinary research and teaching that are focused on materials science and engineering, particularly multifunctional structural materials (with functions including self-sensing, self-powering and vibration damping), electromagnetic s
• Gary Dargush, Professor
  Computational and applied mechanics; size-dependent and multi-physics mechanics; boundary element methods; finite element methods; thermomechanics; computational fluid dynamics; structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
• Hui Meng, UB Distinguished Professor
  Biomedical engineering; hemodynamics and vascular biomechanics; advanced laser flow diagnostics; computational fluid dynamics
• Hyeongyun Cha, Assistant Professor
  Phase change heat transfer, micro/nanoengineered materials, interfacial phenomena, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems, data-driven design.
• John Crassidis, Moog Professor of Innovation, SUNY Distinguished Professor
  Spacecraft attitude determination & control; formation flying guidance & navigation; robust nonlinear control; vehicle attitude dynamics
• Melur K. Ramasubramanian, Professor
• Paul DesJardin, Professor
  Multiphase reacting flows; propulsion; fire and combustion; computational fluid dynamics; fluid- structure simulation
• Xin Yong, Associate Professor

Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.