Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan

67 faculty and 0 courses in Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan.

Faculty

• Thomas Wang, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Internal Medicine; Professor, Biomedical Engineering h-index 207
  Biomedical instrument design; imaging systems; micro-optics; bio-MEMS; miniature sensors
• 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
• Amit Misra, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Materials Science & Engineering h-index 83
  Nano mechanics; electron microscopy; laser processed metallic alloys; metallic thin films
• Jing Tang, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 78
  Clay Minerals; Critical Minerals; Carbon Capture; Battery; Catalysis; Electrochemistry; Atomic Engineering; Biomaterials
• Young Geun Park, Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering h-index 74
• 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
• Anna Stefanopoulou, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Huei Peng Distinguished University Professor; William Clay Ford Professor of Technology h-index 66
• 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
• Albert Shih, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Yoram Koren Collegiate Professor; Professor, Biomedical Engineering h-index 60
• 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
• Galip Ulsoy, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering; C.D. Mote Jr. Distinguished University Professor Emeritus h-index 55
• 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
• 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
• Angela Violi, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Dennis Assanis Collegiate Professor; Associate Chair and Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 48
  Multiscale simulations; nanoparticle growth and self-assembly; applied chemical kinetics; aerosols; alternative fuels
• Edgar Meyhofer, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Biomedical Engineering h-index 45
• Gabor Orosz, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering h-index 44
• Zheng-Dong Ma, Research Scientist Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering h-index 44
  Computational mechanics; flexible multibody dynamics; structural optimization; structural dynamics and structural acoustics
• Jason Siegel, Research Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 43
  Battery Modeling; Control and State of Health Estimation; Hybrid Electric Powertrains; fuel cells
• John Young, Associate Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering h-index 41
  Heat power; thermodynamics; experiential learning
• 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
• Pramod Sangi Reddy, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering h-index 39
  Nanoscale charge and energy transport; thermoelectric devices; microscale heat transfer; organic photovoltaics
• Steve Skerlos, J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor h-index 39
  Environmental and sustainable technology systems; life cycle product design optimization; pollution prevention; membrane filtration
• Xiaoming Mao, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Physics h-index 39
  Soft condensed matter; materials physics; statistical mechanics; soft elasticity; self-assembly
• Marc Perlin, Professor Emeritus, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering h-index 39
  Nonlinear water-wave dynamics
• Margaret Wooldridge, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Walter J. Weber, Jr. Professor h-index 38
  Sustainable and renewable energy; combustion; fluid mechanics; pollution mitigation; reaction kinetics; optical diagnostics
• 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
• Kazu Saitou, Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 34
  Computational design; structural topology optimization; multi-material; Physics-informed AI for structural and assembly optimization
• Elliott Rouse, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Associate Professor, Robotics h-index 33
  Exoskeletons; robotic prostheses; dynamics of human locomotion; biomechanics; human performance augmentation
• 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
• Kathleen Sienko, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor h-index 31
  Sensory augmentation; rehabilitation engineering; medical device design; engineering design education
• Chenhui Shao, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 30
  Smart manufacturing; machine learning; big data analytics; materials joining; robotic additive manufacturing; quality control
• 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
• 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
• Thomas Swinburne, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 22
  Plasticity of metallic alloys; irradiation damage; statistical models; rare event sampling; uncertainty quantification
• Sungmin Nam, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 21
  Mechanobiology; Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Medical devices; Mechanotherapy
• Chengzhi Shi, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 19
  Physical acoustics; wave propagation; structural acoustics; metamaterials; biomedical ultrasound imaging; therapeutic ultrasound
• Jacinto Ulloa, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 14
  Computational mechanics; solid mechanics; micromechanics; metamaterials; data-driven computing; variational methods
• Serife Tol, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 13
  Dynamical systems; smart materials; metamaterials; phononic crystals; energy harvesting; wave propagation
• 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
• Christopher Vermillion, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering h-index 12
  Optimal control; tethered systems for wind and marine hydrokinetic energy; connected and autonomous vehicles for fuel economy
• 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 10
• Tian Mi, LEO Lecturer III, Mechanical Engineering h-index 7
• 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
• Lauro Ojeda, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering h-index 3
  Inertial sensing; sensor data fusion; Kalman filtering; localization; biomechanics; human gait analysis
• Anchal Sareen, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering h-index 3
  Experimental Hydrodynamics; renewable energy harvesting; energy-efficient marine propulsion
• Denislav Nikolov, LEO Lecturer III, Mechanical Engineering h-index 1
• Alan Taub, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  Processing, microstructure and properties in materials; lightweight structures for transportation; nano-particle additions to aluminum alloys
• Alex Shorter, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  Design, Fabrication, Control and Evaluation of Human Assist Devices; Gait Analysis; Biomechanics
• Bill Schultz, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering; Professor Emeritus, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  Extensional rheometry; uretral peristalsis
• Euisik Yoon, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• Jeffrey Stein, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
  Systems and control; machine design; physical system modeling; bond graph theory; vehicle dynamics
• Jon Luntz, Associate Research Scientist; Lecturer IV, Mechanical Engineering
  Mechamatronic system design methodology; smart materials and structures
• Jwo Pan, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
  Fracture and failure of materials; fatigue testing and modeling; lithium-ion battery; sheet metal forming
• 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
• Kenn Oldham, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  Micro-mechatronic systems for endoscopic imaging; micro-robotic systems; MEMS modeling and state estimation
• Kevin Pipe, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering
  Microscale heat transfer; thermoelectric energy conversion; medical applications of heat transfer
• Krishnan Mahesh, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Richard B. Couch Professor of Naval Architecture; Director Center for Naval Research
  High-fidelity simulation of complex, multi-physics, turbulent flows; marine propulsors; multiphase flows; cavitation; hydroacoustics
• Michael Umbriac, LEO Lecturer IV, Mechanical Engineering
  Design and Manufacturing pedagogy
• Noel Perkins, Professor Emeritus; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus; Donald T. Greenwood Collegiate Professor Emeritus
  Dynamics including vibration and stability; nonlinear dynamics; experimental methods; MEMS inertial sensor applications
• Robert Middleton, Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
  Combustion; automotive engines; spark ignited and advanced autoignition combustion modes; CFD; fuel properties and kinetics
• Ulrich Scheven, Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
  Quantitative NMR techniques; soft tissue elasticity; fluid flow in porous media
• Venkat Raman, Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Professor, Aerospace Engineering
  Computational models for turbulent reacting flows; aircraft and scramjet engines; uncertainty quantification; rotating detonation engines
• Venkat Viswanathan, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
  Electric aviation; Electric vehicles; Batteries; Scientific machine learning
• 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

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 2026-07-01.