29 faculty and 40 courses in Mechanical Engineering at University of Kansas.
- Lin Liu, Associate Professor h-index 57
Notable: “Lattice Boltzmann simulations of micron-scale drop impact on dry surfaces” (2010) · 407 citations
- Paulette Spencer, Ackers Distinguished Professor h-index 55
- Rachel A. Carter, Associate Professor h-index 37
Notable: “Role of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Improved High-Capacity Potassium Ion Battery Anodes” (2016) · 718 citations
- Theodore L. Bergman, Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor h-index 33
- Christopher Depcik, Professor h-index 25
Notable: “Review of organic Rankine cycles for internal combustion engine exhaust waste heat recovery” (2012) · 451 citations
- Sara E. Wilson, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director h-index 22
Notable: “Gender differences in active musculoskeletal stiffness. Part II. Quantification of leg stiffness during functional hopping tasks” (2002) · 328 citations
- Elizabeth A. Friis, Professor, Department Chair h-index 17
In mechanical testing of materials and structures and medical implant design. Her current interests involve using piezoelectric materials in implants to stimulate biological healing of tissues. Dr. Friis has led several efforts at KU to
Notable: “Negative Poisson's ratio polymeric and metallic foams” (1988) · 412 citations
- Robert M. Sorem, Associate Professor, Executive Associate Chair h-index 7
Engineering education, computational mechanics and vehicle dynamics. His work in engineering education is focused on retention strategies and graduation rates. He has advised KU’s Jayhawk Motorsports Formula SAE (Society of Automotive E
Notable: “Geometrically non‐linear formulation for three dimensional curved beam elements with large rotations” (1989) · 57 citations
- Molly McVey, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Postural Sway in Patients with Mild to Moderate Parkinson's Disease” (2011) · 53 citations
- Adrienne Lavine, Professor
- Anthony C. DeFilippo, Assistant Professor
Es on characterizing and de-risking novel thermal technologies through experimental and numerical approaches. He has authored peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers studying reactivity, phase transition, thermal behavior
- Bamdad Pourladian, Associate Professor of the Practice
- Beth A. Ward, Professor of the Practice
- Candan Tamerler, Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor
- Carl W. Luchies, Associate Professor
- Gibum Kwon, Associate Professor
- Huazhen Fang, Associate Professor
- Karan S. Surana, Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
- Ken Fischer, Professor
- Kwang Sun Kim, Professor/Director, Semiconductor & Display Equipment Research Center
- Lorin P. Maletsky, Professor
Machine design and biomechanics, specifically the experimental testing of cadaveric joints using custom-designed physiological loading equipment. He has had funding from the orthopedic industry, the National Science Foundation, and the C
- Millicent A. Coil, Associate Professor of the Practice
- Mohammed Zikry, Zan Prevost Smith Distinguished Professor
- Peter W. TenPas, Associate Professor
In the areas of Computational Mechanics and Computational Fluid Dynamics. He has published in the areas of viscous flow with heat transfer, compressible flow, aero-acoustics, and modeling of visco-elastic fluids. Dr. TenPas teaches both
- Ronald L. Dougherty, Professor
- Shiguang Deng, Assistant Professor
- Steven A. Soper, Foundation Distinguished Professor
- Xianglin Li, Adjunct Professor
- Xinmai Yang, Professor
Focuses on combining light and ultrasound for imaging and therapy. His primary contributions are in the areas of cavitation bubble dynamics in soft tissue under high intensity ultrasound, photoacoustic brain imaging, and photo-mediate
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.