Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

40 faculty and 0 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

Faculty

• Carmel Majidi, Clarence H. Adamson Professor h-index 85
  Notable: “Soft Robotics: A Perspective—Current Trends and Prospects for the Future” (2013) · 1,280 citations
• Liwei Wang, Assistant Professor h-index 60
  Notable: “Sorption thermal storage for solar energy” (2013) · 576 citations
• Jonathan Cagan, Department Head, George Tallman and Florence Barrett Ladd University Professor h-index 55
  Notable: “A Study of Design Fixation, Its Mitigation and Perception in Engineering Design Faculty” (2010) · 389 citations
• Sheng Shen, Professor h-index 46
  Notable: “Polyethylene nanofibres with very high thermal conductivities” (2010) · 901 citations
• Jack Beuth, Professor h-index 45
  Notable: “Cracking of thin bonded films in residual tension” (1992) · 640 citations
• Shawn Litster, Professor h-index 42
  Notable: “PEM fuel cell electrodes” (2004) · 1,258 citations
• Jeremy Michalek, Professor, joint with Engineering and Public Policy h-index 38
  Notable: “Will subsidies drive electric vehicle adoption? Measuring consumer preferences in the U.S. and China” (2015) · 488 citations
• Kenji Shimada, Theodore Ahrens Professor h-index 38
  Notable: “A survey of computational approaches to three-dimensional layout problems” (2002) · 199 citations
• Burak Ozdoganlar, Ver Planck Professor h-index 38
  Notable: “An experimental investigation of micro-machinability of copper 101 using tungsten carbide micro-endmills” (2006) · 293 citations
• Levent Burak Kara, George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor h-index 34
  Notable: “Design of target specific peptide inhibitors using generative deep learning and molecular dynamics simulations” (2024) · 284 citations
• Conrad Tucker, Trustee Professor h-index 31
  Notable: “The effects of player type on performance: A gamification case study” (2018) · 171 citations
• Rahul Panat, Professor h-index 28
  Notable: “Origami lithium-ion batteries” (2014) · 576 citations
• Sarah Bergbreiter, Dan and Karen Swanson Endowed Professor h-index 27
  Notable: “The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems” (2018) · 282 citations
• Christopher McComb, Gerard G. Elia Associate Professor h-index 26
  Notable: “A cautionary tale about the impact of AI on human design teams” (2021) · 114 citations
• Aaron Johnson, Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “Design of a modular snake robot” (2007) · 271 citations
• Sneha Prabha Narra, Assistant Professor h-index 20
  Notable: “Defect structure process maps for laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing” (2020) · 330 citations
• Satbir Singh, Teaching Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “Comparison of the Characteristic Time (CTC), Representative Interactive Flamelet (RIF), and Direct Integration with Detailed Chemistry Combustion Models against Optical Diagnostic Data for Multi-Mode Combustion in a Heavy-Duty DI Diesel Engine” (2006) · 129 citations
• Inseung Kang, Assistant Professor h-index 14
  Notable: “The exoskeleton expansion: improving walking and running economy” (2020) · 422 citations
• Trevor Jones, Assistant Professor h-index 9
• Ophelia Bolmin, Assistant Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “Insect-scale jumping robots enabled by a dynamic buckling cascade” (2023) · 70 citations
• Mark Bedillion, Teaching Professor, Director of Academic Operations h-index 7
  Notable: “Lead and lag compensators with complex poles and zeros design formulas for modeling and loop shaping” (2007) · 68 citations
• Noelia Grande Gutierrez, Assistant Professor h-index 7
  Notable: “Hemodynamic variables in aneurysms are associated with thrombotic risk in children with Kawasaki disease” (2019) · 68 citations
• Diana Haidar, Associate Professor of the Practice h-index 5
  Notable: “Interrelated Effects of Temperature and Environment on Wear and Tribochemistry of an Ultralow Wear PTFE Composite” (2015) · 100 citations
• Maarten de Boer, Professor h-index 1
  Notable: “Effect of W coating on microengine performance” (2000) · 1 citations
• Alan McGaughey, Trustee Professor
• Albert Presto, Research Professor
• Amir Barati Farimani, Russell V. Trader Associate Professor
• Burak Aksak, Teaching Professor
• Douglas Weber, Akhtar and Bhutta Professor
• Eni Halilaj, Associate Professor
• Francis Ogoke, Assistant Professor
• Frederike Dumbgen, Assistant Professor
• Jonathan Malen, Raymond J. Lane Distinguished Professor
  Notable: “Dataset for Melt pool-level multi-output monitoring using an off-the-shelf color camera during multi-layer wire arc additive manufacturing of Alloy 718” (2026)
• Nestor Gomez, Assistant Teaching Professor
• Philip LeDuc, William J. Brown Professor
• Rebecca Taylor, Professor
• Reeja Jayan, Professor
• Ryan Johnson, Associate Professor
• Ryan Sullivan, Professor, joint with Chemistry
• Yoed Rabin, Professor

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. 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 2026-07-02.