19 faculty and 39 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology.
- Leon L. Shaw, Rowe Family Chair Professor in Sustainable Energy h-index 60
Notable: “Silicon as a potential anode material for Li-ion batteries: where size, geometry and structure matter” (2015) · 738 citations
- David R. Williams, Professor Emeritus; Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering h-index 56
Notable: “The Solar Orbiter mission” (2020) · 1,075 citations
- Carlo U. Segre, Duchossois Leadership Professor; Professor of Physics h-index 53
- Louis N. Cattafesta III, Carol and Ed Kaplan Armour College Dean of Engineering Endowed Chair h-index 48
Fluid dynamics Active and passive flow control Aeroacoustics Actuators and sensors Experimental methods and uncertainty analysis Professional Affiliations & Memberships Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fello
Notable: “Actuators for Active Flow Control” (2011) · 1,041 citations
- Matthew Spenko, Interim Department Chair; Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering h-index 31
Notable: “Frictional adhesion: a new angle on gecko attachment” (2006) · 650 citations
- Hamid Arastoopour, Henry R. Linden Endowed Chair in Engineering; Director of WISER h-index 29
Transport phenomena of multiphase systems and fluidization, energy and sustainability-related research, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications to energy conversion and carbon capture and utilization processes, modeling and numerica
Notable: “Simulation of particles and gas flow behavior in the riser section of a circulating fluidized bed using the kinetic theory approach for the particulate phase” (2000) · 318 citations
- Scott T. M. Dawson, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering h-index 17
Reduced-order modeling Data-driven modeling Unsteady aerodynamics Flow control Turbulence Publications Google Scholar profile Expertise Fluid mechanics and dynamical systems
- Murat Vural, Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering h-index 17
Notable: “Mechanical response of cellular solids: Role of cellular topology and microstructural irregularity” (2008) · 148 citations
- Kevin W. Cassel, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering h-index 16
Analytical and computational solutions to partial differential equations. Application of advanced analytical techniques in the thermo-fluid sciences. Development of serial and parallel numerical algorithms for unsteady fluid flows. Numerica
Notable: “Recent progress in neutrino factory and muon collider research within the Muon Collaboration” (2003) · 183 citations
- Michael R. Gosz, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering h-index 13
Notable: “On the computation of mixed-mode stress intensity factors in functionally graded materials” (2002) · 268 citations
- Ankit Srivastava, Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 10
Notable: “A Novel Hybrid MPPT Approach for Solar PV Systems Using Particle-Swarm-Optimization-Trained Machine Learning and Flying Squirrel Search Optimization” (2023) · 61 citations
- John Bernhardt, Assistant Teaching Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering h-index 6
Fluid Dynamics and Control Systems Professional Affiliations & Memberships Reviewed articles for publication in the Journal of Fluids Engineering of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Reviewed articles for publication in the Journ
- Douglas W. Carter, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Experimental turbulent flows Particle-turbulence interaction Noise generation of separated flows Particle tracking velocimetry High-speed flows Publications Google scholar page Expertise Experimental fluid mechanics Multiphase flows Compres
Notable: “The Free Piston Power Pack: Sustainable Power for Hybrid Electric Vehicles” (2003) · 68 citations
- John C. Cesarone, Teaching Professor in Mechanical Engineering h-index 4
John Cesarone is a Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Illinois with many research interests and areas of expertise. Specifically, he has worked on projects involving all tools for achieving Intelligent Manufacturing, focusing on the f
Notable: “Mobile robot routing with dynamic programming” (1989) · 8 citations
- Ersin Das, Assistant Professor
Safety-critical control of autonomous systems Robust and adaptive control systems Data-driven modeling and system identification State estimation for robotics Machine learning for robotics Applications in ground, aerial, and space robotics
- Heng Wang, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
- Jeff Terry, Vice Provost for Research; Professor of Physics
- Sayed M. Saghaian, Associate Teaching Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Seebany Datta-Barua, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Seebany Datta-Barua researches the use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) for remotely sensing the atmosphere and Earth's surface, tomography and data assimilation for ionospheric and thermospheric prediction of dynamics, and in
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.