Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University

35 faculty and 0 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University.

Faculty

• Ying Wang, Associate Professor h-index 84
  Notable: “P25-Graphene Composite as a High Performance Photocatalyst” (2009) · 3,169 citations
• Michael M. Khonsari, Professor h-index 58
  Notable: “On the thermodynamic entropy of fatigue fracture” (2009) · 319 citations
• Guoqiang Li, Professor h-index 50
  Span engineering materials, manufacturing, and engineering mechanics. A list of his patents and publications is available on his Google Scholar and Scopus profiles. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Material
  Notable: “Fundamental Considerations of Three-Level DC–DC Converters: Topologies, Analyses, and Control” (2008) · 248 citations
• Bhaba R. Sarker, Professor h-index 50
  In supply chain management, warehouse logistics & distribution, lean production informatics, sequencing & scheduling, quality control, reliability engineering, linear and nonlinear programming, and optimization applied to milita
  Notable: “Discrete location theory” (1991) · 1,296 citations
• Shengmin Guo, Professor h-index 43
  Notable: “In Situ Probing and Synthetic Control of Cationic Ordering in Ni‐Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes” (2016) · 292 citations
• Muhammad A. Wahab, Professor h-index 37
  Encompasses the general areas of Weld modeling, Composite materials mechanics, Fatigue & Fracture modeling, and Materials characterization. Dr. Wahab was a founding member for the Australian “Cooperative Research Centers for Materials W
  Notable: “Characterization of ZnSe nanoparticles synthesized by microwave heating process” (2009) · 131 citations
• Hunter Gilbert, Associate Professor h-index 27
  Notable: “A Telerobotic System for Transnasal Surgery” (2013) · 294 citations
• Christopher Marvel, Assistant Professor h-index 20
  Focused on Materials Science and Engineering topics, namely: (i) processing-structure-property relationships of atomic-scale defects (e.g., grain boundaries), (ii) metastable processing methods to design novel materials (e.g., high-ener
• Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, Professor h-index 19
  Experimental and Numerical Fluid Dynamics and Transport, including Multiphase Flows and Multiscale Phenomena Projects Mobility of nano-sensor nano-particles through porous media realized through micro-fluidics (design, micromanufacturing, d
• Robert Herbert, Assistant Professor h-index 18
  Notable: “All-printed nanomembrane wireless bioelectronics using a biocompatible solderable graphene for multimodal human-machine interfaces” (2020) · 225 citations
• Fereydoun Aghazadeh, Professor h-index 18
  Applied ergonomics, biomechanics, safety engineering, anthropometry, and work/workplace design. For the past 40 years, he has served industrial and education organizations as a consultant and has conducted research in various areas
  Notable: “The effect of work-rest schedules and type of task on the discomfort and performance of VDT users” (2003) · 144 citations
• Isabelina Nahmens, Professor h-index 18
  And efforts are centered in Process Improvement Theory and its application in the fields of healthcare and construction. In healthcare, introducing modern strategies for quality management, and performance and process improvement at differe
  Notable: “What to Expect from Immersive Virtual Environment Exposure: Influences of Gender, Body Mass Index, and Past Experience” (2003) · 260 citations
• Laura Ikuma, Professor h-index 18
  Notable: “Effects of Lean Construction on Sustainability of Modular Homebuilding” (2011) · 232 citations
• Gerald M. Knapp, Associate Professor h-index 16
  On the application of analytics and deep learning in manufacturing and supply chain logistics, robotics, and healthcare. LSU Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 Website Feedback Report ADA Accessibility
  Notable: “Determining the most important criteria in maintenance decision making” (1997) · 186 citations
• Corina Barbalata, Associate Professor h-index 15
  In physics- and data-driven modeling of vehicle-manipulator systems, development of model-based control structures for autonomous robotic systems, and scene understanding and interpretation for robotic navigation. Her application domain
  Notable: “Laryngeal Tumor Detection and Classification in Endoscopic Video” (2014) · 48 citations
• Shyam Menon, Associate Professor h-index 14
  Notable: “Advancements in hydrogen gas leakage detection sensor technologies and safety measures” (2025) · 57 citations
• Keith A. Gonthier, Professor h-index 13
• Ope Owoyele, Assistant Professor h-index 11
  Lie at the intersection of numerical methods, data science, machine learning, and high-performance computing for design optimization and data-derived reduced-order models. LSU Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 W
  Notable: “ChemNODE: A neural ordinary differential equations framework for efficient chemical kinetic solvers” (2021) · 111 citations
• Jalel Ben Hmida, Senior Instructor h-index 10
  The optimization of large-scale systems, production control, data analytics, and project management. Dr. Ben Hmida is also a certified online instructor, known for his expertise in developing and delivering undergraduate and graduat
  Notable: “A probabilistic multi-objective approach for power flow optimization in hybrid wind-PV-PEV systems” (2017) · 137 citations
• Andrew Becnel, Senior Instructor h-index 9
  Notable: “Relating Mason number to Bingham number in magnetorheological fluids” (2014) · 82 citations
• Mahathir Mohammad Bappy, Assistant Professor h-index 8
  Es on system informatics in data-rich environments, with particular emphasis on AI for cyber-physical systems, process monitoring, digital twin–based modeling and diagnosis, decision-focused optimization, and sustainable system resilience.
  Notable: “Supply chain sustainability assessment with Dempster-Shafer evidence theory: Implications in cleaner production” (2019) · 72 citations
• Adrian Stein, Assistant Professor h-index 4
  Encompass precision motion control, game-theory inspired control algorithms, uncertainty quantification, and additive manufacturing. He is particularly interested in UAV docking maneuvers, high-speed 3D printing, co-design problems, and rob
  Notable: “Widening, transition and coalescence of local resonance band gaps in multi-resonator acoustic metamaterials: From unit cells to finite chains” (2022) · 78 citations
• Parsa Molaei, Instructor h-index 3
  Notable: “Transverse Anisotropy Stabilizes Concentric Tube Robots” (2022) · 16 citations
• Seyed Vahid Reza Nooraie, Instructor h-index 1
  Supply chain management and operations research from North Carolina A&T State University. Throughout his academic pursuits, Nooraie demonstrated a keen interest in leveraging advanced methodologies such as machine learning, data anal
  Notable: “Improving supply chain resilience through investment in flexibility and innovation” (2023) · 19 citations
• Katherine Pettrey, Instructor h-index 1
• Dorel Moldovan, Professor
  In the broad area of materials physics including various surface and interfacial phenomena in membranes and biopolymers, in modeling and simulation of interfacial dynamics, phase transformation, deformation, and microstructure evolution
• Eamonn Walker, Instructor
  Ed on multiphase, microscale flow simulations and included an extended collaboration at Polytech Lyon, Université Claude-Bernard (Lyon 1), Lyon, France. He currently is devoted full time to teaching the next generation of future mechanical
• Genevieve Palardy, Associate Professor
• Ingmar Schoegl, Associate Professor
  Fuel characterization, premixed combustion phenomena, flame diagnostics, as well as numerical modeling and data science. Dr. Schoegl is actively involved in open-source code development for Cantera, a chemical kinetics, thermodynami
• Manas Gartia, Associate Professor
• Nina Jiang, Assistant Professor
  Es on enhancing human-AI teaming, specifically in the areas of generative AI, explainable AI, large language models, artificial general intelligence, and their applications. LSU Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
• Ram Devireddy, Professor
• Salar Saadatian, Instructor
  Center around thermal management systems, exploring advanced heat transfer mechanisms and phase-change phenomena to develop efficient cooling and energy management solutions for engineering applications. He is also interested in theoretical
• Sunggook Park, Professor
• Wen Jin Meng, 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.