67 faculty and 0 courses in Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan.
- Jing Tang, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 126
Clay Minerals; Critical Minerals; Carbon Capture; Battery; Catalysis; Electrochemistry; Atomic Engineering; Biomaterials
Notable: “An overview on limitations of TiO2-based particles for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and the corresponding countermeasures” (2015) · 1,471 citations
- Jing Sun, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Michael G. Parsons Collegiate Professor; Chair, Naval Architecture h-index 107
Control system integration; marine and automotive systems; connected and automated transportation; renewable energy
Notable: “Text Summarization with Pretrained Encoders” (2019) · 1,615 citations
- Christopher Vermillion, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 72
Optimal control; tethered systems for wind and marine hydrokinetic energy; connected and autonomous vehicles for fuel economy
Notable: “Regulation of OsGRF4 by OsmiR396 controls grain size and yield in rice” (2015) · 433 citations
- Jun Ni, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering; Shien-Ming (Sam) Wu Collegiate Professor Emeritus h-index 67
Intelligent Maintenance of Large Industrial Systems; Manufacturing Operations; Precision Engineering; Quality Control
Notable: “A review of 4D printing” (2017) · 1,119 citations
- Anna Stefanopoulou, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Huei Peng Distinguished University Professor; William Clay Ford Professor of Technology h-index 66
Notable: “A lumped-parameter electro-thermal model for cylindrical batteries” (2014) · 641 citations
- Wei Lu, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Charles M. Vest Collegiate Professor h-index 62
Energy storage and electrochemistry; simulation of nano/microstructure evolution; advanced manufacturing; mechanical properties of advanced materials
Notable: “Enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption of nanoporous Fe3O4 @ carbon composites derived from metal-organic frameworks” (2018) · 458 citations
- Albert Shih, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Yoram Koren Collegiate Professor; Professor, Biomedical Engineering h-index 60
Notable: “Evidence from Two Large Field Experiments that Peer Comparison Feedback Can Reduce Residential Energy Usage” (2012) · 537 citations
- Panos Papalambros, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering; James B. Angell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus h-index 59
Design optimization; large scale system synthesis; automotive systems design; eco-design
Notable: “Target Cascading in Optimal System Design” (2003) · 613 citations
- Galip Ulsoy, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering; C.D. Mote Jr. Distinguished University Professor Emeritus h-index 55
Notable: “Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems” (1999) · 2,002 citations
- Michael Thouless, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Janine Johnson Weins Professor; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor h-index 55
Micromechanics modeling of materials; interfacial fracture mechanics and adhesion; mechanical properties of thin films and coatings
Notable: “Dispersions of Aramid Nanofibers: A New Nanoscale Building Block” (2011) · 836 citations
- Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Robotics; Herrick Professor of Engineering h-index 50
Control theory; logic control for manufacturing; networked control systems; modular control systems
Notable: “Performance evaluation of control networks: Ethernet, ControlNet, and DeviceNet” (2001) · 593 citations
- Euisik Yoon, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Professor, Biomedical Engineering h-index 50
Notable: “Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST/GOT) and Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT/GPT) Detection Techniques” (2006) · 521 citations
- Edgar Meyhofer, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Biomedical Engineering h-index 45
Notable: “Microtubule Acetylation Promotes Kinesin-1 Binding and Transport” (2006) · 903 citations
- Jason Siegel, Research Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 43
Battery Modeling; Control and State of Health Estimation; Hybrid Electric Powertrains; fuel cells
Notable: “A lumped-parameter electro-thermal model for cylindrical batteries” (2014) · 641 citations
- Krishnan Mahesh, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Richard B. Couch Professor of Naval Architecture; Director Center for Naval Research h-index 42
High-fidelity simulation of complex, multi-physics, turbulent flows; marine propulsors; multiphase flows; cavitation; hydroacoustics
- Jeffrey Stein, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering h-index 41
Systems and control; machine design; physical system modeling; bond graph theory; vehicle dynamics
Notable: “A Stochastic Optimal Control Approach for Power Management in Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles” (2010) · 563 citations
- Venkat Raman, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Aerospace Engineering h-index 40
Computational models for turbulent reacting flows; aircraft and scramjet engines; uncertainty quantification; rotating detonation engines
- Lei Zuo, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering h-index 40
Marine renewable energy; ocean waves; tidal currents; energy harvesting; vibration/dynamics; mechatronics; advanced manufacturing
Notable: “Design and characterization of an electromagnetic energy harvester for vehicle suspensions” (2010) · 367 citations
- Marc Perlin, Professor Emeritus, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering h-index 39
Nonlinear water-wave dynamics
- Gabor Orosz, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering h-index 37
Notable: “End-to-End Safe Reinforcement Learning through Barrier Functions for Safety-Critical Continuous Control Tasks” (2019) · 533 citations
- Alan Wineman, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus h-index 36
Mechanics of continua; nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity of polymers; electrorheological fluids
- Noel Perkins, Professor Emeritus; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus; Donald T. Greenwood Collegiate Professor Emeritus h-index 35
Dynamics including vibration and stability; nonlinear dynamics; experimental methods; MEMS inertial sensor applications
Notable: “Comments on curve veering in eigenvalue problems” (1986) · 360 citations
- Kazu Saitou, Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 34
Computational design; structural topology optimization; multi-material; Physics-informed AI for structural and assembly optimization
Notable: “Multi-material topology optimization using ordered SIMP interpolation” (2016) · 492 citations
- Elliott Rouse, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Associate Professor, Robotics h-index 33
Exoskeletons; robotic prostheses; dynamics of human locomotion; biomechanics; human performance augmentation
Notable: “Autonomous exoskeleton reduces metabolic cost of human walking during load carriage” (2014) · 473 citations
- Kon-Well Wang, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; A. Galip Ulsoy Distinguished University Professor; Stephen P. Timoshenko Collegiate Professor h-index 32
Structural dynamics and controls; intelligent structures; reconfigurable origami; metamaterials; energy harvesting; structural health monitoring
Notable: “A review of the recent research on vibration energy harvesting via bistable systems” (2013) · 1,333 citations
- Kathleen Sienko, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor h-index 31
Sensory augmentation; rehabilitation engineering; medical device design; engineering design education
Notable: “Novice designers' use of prototypes in engineering design” (2017) · 129 citations
- Zheng-Dong Ma, Research Scientist Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering h-index 30
Computational mechanics; flexible multibody dynamics; structural optimization; structural dynamics and structural acoustics
Notable: “Spectroscopic studies on the interaction of cinnamic acid and its hydroxyl derivatives with human serum albumin” (2004) · 484 citations
- Chenhui Shao, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 30
Smart manufacturing; machine learning; big data analytics; materials joining; robotic additive manufacturing; quality control
Notable: “Enhancing Sustainability and Energy Efficiency in Smart Factories: A Review” (2018) · 176 citations
- Alan Taub, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering h-index 29
Processing, microstructure and properties in materials; lightweight structures for transportation; nano-particle additions to aluminum alloys
Notable: “The kinetics of structural relaxation of a metallic glass” (1980) · 384 citations
- Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Associate Professor, Robotics h-index 29
Optimization, modeling, design, and control of robotic systems; legged robot locomotion; prosthetic control; autonomous vehicles
Notable: “Data-Driven Control of Soft Robots Using Koopman Operator Theory” (2020) · 284 citations
- Lauro Ojeda, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering h-index 28
Inertial sensing; sensor data fusion; Kalman filtering; localization; biomechanics; human gait analysis
Notable: “Non-GPS Navigation for Security Personnel and First Responders” (2007) · 266 citations
- Aaron Towne, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 26
Fluid mechanics; reduced-complexity modeling; data-driven modeling; flow control; aeroacoustics
- Chinedum Okwudire, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Director, University of Michigan Advanced Manufacturing Institute h-index 23
Manufacturing Automation; additive manufacturing; nano-positioning; machining; smart manufacturing systems
Notable: “Hybrid Modeling of Ball Screw Drives With Coupled Axial, Torsional, and Lateral Dynamics” (2009) · 137 citations
- Angela Violi, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Dennis Assanis Collegiate Professor; Associate Chair and Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 22
Multiscale simulations; nanoparticle growth and self-assembly; applied chemical kinetics; aerosols; alternative fuels
Notable: “Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Mild to Moderate Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury and Its Sequelae” (2010) · 264 citations
- Kenn Oldham, Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 22
Micro-mechatronic systems for endoscopic imaging; micro-robotic systems; MEMS modeling and state estimation
Notable: “Dual-stage servo systems and vibration compensation in computer hard disk drives” (2006) · 98 citations
- Jwo Pan, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering h-index 20
Fracture and failure of materials; fatigue testing and modeling; lithium-ion battery; sheet metal forming
Notable: “Rate sensitivity of plastic flow and implications for yield-surface vertices” (1983) · 323 citations
- Robert Middleton, Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering h-index 14
Combustion; automotive engines; spark ignited and advanced autoignition combustion modes; CFD; fuel properties and kinetics
Notable: “The application of micro reactors to synthetic chemistry” (2001) · 220 citations
- Jacinto Ulloa, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 14
Computational mechanics; solid mechanics; micromechanics; metamaterials; data-driven computing; variational methods
Notable: “Phase-field modeling of fatigue coupled to cyclic plasticity in an energetic formulation” (2020) · 101 citations
- Serife Tol, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 13
Dynamical systems; smart materials; metamaterials; phononic crystals; energy harvesting; wave propagation
Notable: “Phononic crystal Luneburg lens for omnidirectional elastic wave focusing and energy harvesting” (2017) · 179 citations
- Talia Moore, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Robotics h-index 12
Dynamics of terrestrial locomotion; arrhythmic and transient locomotion; bio-inspired design; bio-inspired robotics; soft robotics
Notable: “Tail-assisted pitch control in lizards, robots and dinosaurs” (2012) · 331 citations
- Hongyi Xiao, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 12
Granular materials; solid and fluid mechanics; statistical physics; particle interactions and dynamics; machine-learning informed modeling
- Bogdan Popa, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 8
Notable: “A broadband low-reflection metamaterial absorber” (2010) · 201 citations
- Steve Skerlos, J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor h-index 7
Environmental and sustainable technology systems; life cycle product design optimization; pollution prevention; membrane filtration
Notable: “Life cycle engineering of lightweight structures” (2018) · 143 citations
- Tian Mi, LEO Lecturer III, Mechanical Engineering h-index 7
Notable: “Shimmy model for electric vehicle with independent suspensions” (2017) · 28 citations
- Sita Syal, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 4
Energy justice and equity; sustainable energy and mobility systems; human-centered design; energy policy; cost modeling
Notable: “Assessing justice in California’s transition to electric vehicles” (2023) · 32 citations
- Venkat Viswanathan, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering h-index 4
Electric aviation; Electric vehicles; Batteries; Scientific machine learning
Notable: “Fast data augmentation for battery degradation prediction” (2025) · 7 citations
- Anchal Sareen, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering h-index 3
Experimental Hydrodynamics; renewable energy harvesting; energy-efficient marine propulsion
- Pramod Sangi Reddy, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering h-index 1
Nanoscale charge and energy transport; thermoelectric devices; microscale heat transfer; organic photovoltaics
Notable: “Nanoscale Radiative Thermal Switching via Multi-Body Effects” (2021) · 6 citations
- Xiaoming Mao, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Physics h-index 1
Soft condensed matter; materials physics; statistical mechanics; soft elasticity; self-assembly
Notable: “xinyuwang12/Topological-mechanical-metamaterial-for-robust-and-ductile-one-way-fracturing: Topological-mechanical-metamaterial-for-robust-and-ductile-one-way-fracturing” (2026) · 1 citations
- Alex Shorter, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Design, Fabrication, Control and Evaluation of Human Assist Devices; Gait Analysis; Biomechanics
- Amit Misra, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Nano mechanics; electron microscopy; laser processed metallic alloys; metallic thin films
- Bill Schultz, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering; Professor Emeritus, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Extensional rheometry; uretral peristalsis
- Chengzhi Shi, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Physical acoustics; wave propagation; structural acoustics; metamaterials; biomedical ultrasound imaging; therapeutic ultrasound
- Denislav Nikolov, LEO Lecturer III, Mechanical Engineering
- John Young, Associate Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Heat power; thermodynamics; experiential learning
- Jon Luntz, Associate Research Scientist; Lecturer IV, Mechanical Engineering
Mechamatronic system design methodology; smart materials and structures
- Karen A. Thole, Robert J Vlasic Dean of Engineering; Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Convective heat transfer; turbulent boundary layers; high freestream turbulence; gas turbine heat transfer
- Kevin Pipe, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering
Microscale heat transfer; thermoelectric energy conversion; medical applications of heat transfer
- Margaret Wooldridge, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Walter J. Weber, Jr. Professor
Sustainable and renewable energy; combustion; fluid mechanics; pollution mitigation; reaction kinetics; optical diagnostics
- Michael Umbriac, LEO Lecturer IV, Mechanical Engineering
Design and Manufacturing pedagogy
- Sungmin Nam, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanobiology; Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Medical devices; Mechanotherapy
- Thomas Swinburne, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Plasticity of metallic alloys; irradiation damage; statistical models; rare event sampling; uncertainty quantification
- Thomas Wang, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Internal Medicine; Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical instrument design; imaging systems; micro-optics; bio-MEMS; miniature sensors
- Ulrich Scheven, Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
Quantitative NMR techniques; soft tissue elasticity; fluid flow in porous media
- Volker Sick, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research; Director, Global CO2 Initiative
CO2-utilization technologies; optical measurement techniques; sustainable energy; climate crisis
- Wenda Tan, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Physics-based modeling for advanced manufacturing; computational fluid dynamics; additive manufacturing; welding; casting
- Young Geun Park, Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
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.