30 faculty and 40 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University.
- Carlos E. Romero, Research Full Professor and Director, Energy Research Center h-index 37
Notable: “High performance aqueous supercapacitor based on nitrogen-doped coal-based activated carbon electrode materials” (2020) · 186 citations
- Alparslan Oztekin, Professor h-index 33
Notable: “Rheological and geometric scaling of purely elastic flow instabilities” (1996) · 315 citations
- Subhrajit Bhattacharya, Associate Professor h-index 29
Centered around motion planning and control of autonomous, intelligent systems. More specifically, he is interested in applications of topological and geometric methods (algebraic/differential topology, differential/discrete geometry) t
Notable: “Planning Dynamically Feasible Trajectories for Quadrotors Using Safe Flight Corridors in 3-D Complex Environments” (2017) · 540 citations
- Arindam Banerjee, Paul B. Reinhold Professor and Department Chair h-index 27
Of his research group lies in: Fluid dynamics in extreme environments: understanding hydrodynamics of inertial confinement fusion, Renewable energy applications: River/Tidal and Wave energy harvesting, and, Computational Pulmonary Therapeut
Notable: “Performance characterization and placement of a marine hydrokinetic turbine in a tidal channel under boundary proximity and blockage effects” (2015) · 185 citations
- Murat Ozturk, Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Advising h-index 25
Mixed boundary value problems, singular integral equations, computational mechanics, solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, finite elements, and wave propagation in solids. Prior to his appointment at Lehigh, Ozturk served as a resear
Notable: “Exact solutions for stresses in functionally graded pressure vessels” (2001) · 262 citations
- Keith W. Moored, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies h-index 21
Related to: Bio-fluids; bio-inspired engineering; unsteady flows; fluid-structure interactions. I have specific interests in unsteady fluid mechanics, biological flying and swimming, vortex dynamics, fluid instability, multiple-body flu
Notable: “Scaling laws for the thrust production of flexible pitching panels” (2013) · 257 citations
- John P. Coulter, Professor h-index 19
Notable: “Engineering Applications of Electrorheological Materials” (1993) · 178 citations
- Natasha Vermaak, Associate Professor h-index 17
Notable: “Material interface effects on the topology optimizationof multi-phase structures using a level set method” (2014) · 99 citations
- Ebru Demir, Assistant Professor h-index 16
- Hannah Dailey, Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair h-index 16
Computational and experimental biomechanics of fracture fixation and bone healing, fracture nonunion, and mechanics of musculoskeletal tissues. Her group emphasizes imaging-driven engineering approaches to clinical problems in ortho
Notable: “Tibial Fracture Nonunion and Time to Healing After Reamed Intramedullary Nailing: Risk Factors Based on a Single-Center Review of 1003 Patients” (2018) · 79 citations
- A. Emrah Bayrak, Assistant Professor h-index 14
Es on bridging computational methods and human cognition to develop human-computer collaboration architectures for the design and control of smart products and systems. He is particularly interested in developing artificial intelligence sys
Notable: “Artificial Intelligence and Human Trust in Healthcare: Focus on Clinicians” (2020) · 788 citations
- Meng-Sang Chew, Associate Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Minimizing Residual Vibrations in High-Speed Cam-Follower Systems Over a Range of Speeds” (1995) · 40 citations
- Aditya Aiyer, Assistant Professor h-index 3
Ed on the role of microscale droplet dynamics and oceanic turbulence in influencing the fate of oil released during deepwater spills. Related News Aiyer named Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellow Mon, Dec 22, 2025 Lehigh Engin
- Terry J. Hart, Teaching Full Professor h-index 2
Notable: “Early Mission Design of Transfers to Halo Orbits via Particle Swarm Optimization” (2016) · 9 citations
- Animesh Kundu, Research Associate Professor
- Christina Viau Haden, Teaching Associate Professor
- Cristian-Ioan Vasile, Assistant Professor
Formal methods, motion and path planning, distributed and decentralized control, machine learning with applications to robotics, and networked systems and systems biology. Related News Smarter robot planning for the real world Tue
- David C. Angstadt, Teaching Full Professor
- Edmund Webb III, Associate Professor
- Eugenio Schuster, Professor
- Jianxing Sun, Assistant Professor
- Jordan Inacio, Teaching Assistant Professor
- Luciana Arronche, Teaching Assistant Professor and PSE Program Director
- Michael Lehman, Professor of Practice
- Nader Motee, Professor
Distributed control systems and real-time robot perception. He is a past recipient of several awards including the 2019 Best SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization Paper Prize, the 2008 AACC Hugo Schuck best paper award, the 2007
- Parisa Khodabakhshi, Assistant Professor
Of interest are Nonlocal mechanics, fracture mechanics, model order reduction, computational mechanics, and multifidelity methods. Related News Physics-based machine learning could unlock better 3D-printed materials Tue, Oct 14, 2025 DOE aw
- Tariq Rafiq, Research Associate Professor
- Valerie Holt, Teaching Associate Professor
- William A. Best, Teaching Full Professor
The ethical obligations of engineers and how technology is viewed in literature and popular culture. Best was previously co-director of Lehigh’s innovative IDEAS (Integrated Degree in Engineering, Arts and Sciences) honors degree. J
- Xuanjie Wang, Assistant 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.