45 faculty and 0 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University.
- David Olson, Assistant Professor h-index 61
Cover a broad range of fluid dynamics with a particular focus on unsteady and low-speed aerodynamics. Furthermore, he develops non-intrusive optical-based experimental techniques for fluid dynamics. Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, M
- Shaoting Lin, Assistant Professor h-index 43
- Zhaojian Li, Red Cedar Distinguished Associate Professor h-index 43
Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles, Intelligent Transportation System, Reinforcement Learning, Vehicle Dynamics, and Optimal Control. Education Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2015 M.S., Aerospa
- Bei Fan, Assistant Professor h-index 39
Cover broad areas including thermal fluid science, electrokinetics, experimental fluid mechanics, energy conversion, desalination, microfluidics and micro/nano fabrication. Education Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of
- Ranjan Mukherjee, Associate Dean for Faculty and Administrative Affairs, Martin J Vanderploeg Endowed Chair h-index 37
In the broad area of mechatronics and robotics and he has published more than 200 papers. He is a Fellow of the ASME. He is currently the Editor of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. Education Ph.D., Mechanic
- Rajiv Ranganathan, Associate Professor h-index 33
Biomechanics of Human Movement Motor Learning and Control Rehabilitation Robotics Research Lab Motor Learning and Rehabilitation Engineering Lab ResearchGate ResearchGate (Publications) View All Publications MSU Scholar MSU Scholars (Public
- Guoming Zhu, Gardner Endowed Chair In Automotive Engineering h-index 31
- Minami Yoda, Chairperson, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor h-index 29
Fluid mechanics and optical techniques include super-resolution imaging, boiling heat transfer, and the thermal-fluids of high heat flux plasma-facing components for magnetic fusion energy. She is a Fellow of American Nuclear Society (AN
- Elisa Toulson, Associate Professor h-index 29
Combustion Ignition Alternative Fuels Thermodynamics Internal Combustion Engines ResearchGate ResearchGate (Publications) Selected Publications M. Gholamisherri, I. S. Wichman, E. Toulson, A Study of the Turbulent Jet Flow Field in a Methan
- Thomas Pence, Professor h-index 28
Analytical and computational modeling, highly deformable solids (rubbers, polymers, gels, tissues, biotissue, complex soft media), failure of composites, shape memory stents and soft tissue biomechanics. Dr. Pence was attracted to s
- Lik-Chuan Lee, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Professor h-index 27
Continuum Mechanics Computational Mechanics Finite Element Method Computational Cardiovascular Mechanics Cardiac Remodeling Cardiac Electro-Mechanics Research Lab Computational Biomechanics ResearchGate ResearchGate (Publications) View All
- Lei Fan, Assistant Professor h-index 23
- Mohsen Zayernouri, Associate Professor h-index 21
Numerical Analysis Uncertainty Quantification and Statistical Learning Fractional LES Turbulence Modeling Anomalous Transport Multiscale Material Failure Modeling Research Lab FMATH Group ResearchGate ResearchGate (Publications) Selected Pu
- Kaixiang Zhang, Assistant Professor h-index 21
- Hongtao Zhong, Assistant Professor h-index 20
Es on understanding, modeling, and controlling novel chemical transformations. Technical contribution areas include low-temperature plasma sources, plasma chemistry, laser diagnostics, and new concepts in combustion. Education Ph.D., Mechan
- Giles Brereton, Associate Professor h-index 19
Giles Brereton conducts experiments on biofuel sprays in which he processes laser-light signals scattered from many droplets within the spray to deduce the sizes of the droplets and their statistical distribution. In companion studies, Dr
- Haseung Chung, Associate Professor h-index 18
Es on the development of a new integrated manufacturing system to fabricate the product having very complex geometries most efficiently. First, the product will be decomposed based on its geometry. A relatively simple geometry can be machin
- Tamara Reid Bush, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor h-index 17
Biomedical Mechanics of Seating Hand Function Musculoskeletal Dysfunction Pressure Ulcers Soft Tissue Responses to Loading Research Lab Biomechanical Design Research Laboratory (BDRL) Selected Publications J Scott, B Sheridan, R Andrus, N M
- Andre Benard, Professor h-index 17
Sustainable manufacturing and materials processing, multiphase flow and heat transfer (liquid/liquid and solid/liquid mixtures), and the design and modeling of new separation and processing equipment. He works on developing technolo
- Yoichiro Tsurimaki, Assistant Professor h-index 15
- Junlin Yuan, Associate Professor h-index 15
Non-Equilibrium Turbulence Wall Roughness Wall Permeability Turbulence-Induced Noise Fluid-Structure Interaction Research Lab Turbulence Simulation & Modeling Lab ResearchGate ResearchGate (Publications) Selected Publications M. Aghaei
- Yang Guo, Associate Professor h-index 14
To understand large-strain plastic deformation, including plastic instability, ductile fracture, plastic flow control and deformation-microstructure-property relationship, with the emphasis on the applications in a wide range of processe
- Wei-Che Tai, Associate Professor h-index 13
Focus on dynamics and vibration, and smart structures and energy harvesting. His current research activities include rotor dynamics, nonlinear dynamics and vibration, and nonlinear energy harvesting. Some applications include developing ene
- Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez, Associate Professor h-index 12
Laboratory for the Physics of Living Tissue Under Severe Interactions (PLUTSI) uses high-resolution three-dimensional ultrahigh-speed imaging techniques and complex dynamic loading of brain tissue, cell cultures, and surrogate models of th
- Hamidreza Modares, Associate Professor h-index 10
Control and security of cyber-physical systems, machine learning in control, distributed control of multi-agent systems, and robotics. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. Education
- Katherine Stevenson, Senior Specialist - Teacher h-index 10
- Geoffrey Recktenwald, Senior Specialist - Teacher h-index 6
Vibrations and Stability Methods Development Modeling Radiation Transport Google Scholar Google Scholar (Publications) Awards 2021 Recipient of the ME Withrow Teaching Award News Feb 20, 2025 MSU College of Engineering recognizes 18 for exc
- Ahmed Naguib, Professor
In the areas of experimental fluid dynamics, particularly in the field of turbulence and transition physics and control, development of innovative sensors for wall-pressure and wall-shear-stress measurements using conventional and MEMS
- Brian Feeny, Professor
Dynamics and Vibration Nonlinear Dynamics Chaos Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Friction Dynamics Waves System Identification Windmill Blade Dynamics Vibrations of Sports Equipment Vibrations of Power Tools Vibration Absorbers Bio-Locomotio
- Daniel Segalman, Professor
- Farhad Jaberi, Professor
Thermal-Fluid Science and Engineering Turbulence Mixing and Reaction Large-Scale and High-Performance Computations Statistical Modeling Multiphase Transport Propulsion Micro-Scale Transport and Combustion Selected Publications A. Validi, H.
- Gary Cloud, University Distinguished Professor
Experimental Mechanics Optical Techniques in Strain Measurement Fracture Fasteners Mechanics of Composite Materials Selected Publications Dejardin, L.M., Arnoczky, S.P., and Cloud, G.L., "Determination of Strain Patterns in the Normal
- Harold Schock, Professor
Thermodynamics Combustion Optical Diagnostics Turbulence Internal Combustion Engines Research Lab Automotive Research Experiment Station ResearchGate ResearchGate (Publications) Selected Publications "The Effect of Milling Time and Gri
- Huazhen Fang, Associate Professor
Dynamic Systems and Control. I received my M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada in 2009. Before that, I did my undergraduate studies at Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, China
- Indrek Wichman, Professor
Combustion Theory Experiment and Simulations Flame and Fire Spread Flame Surface Interaction Ignition and Quenching Modeling of Complex Gas and Solid Phase Processes ResearchGate ResearchGate (Publications) Selected Publications Nguyen, Y.
- Manoochehr Koochesfahani, University Distinguished Professor
Turbulent Shear Flows and Turbulent Mixing Unsteady Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics Optical Diagnostics Techniques Molecular Tagging Diagnostics Quantum Dot Imaging of Fluid Flow Selected Publications Bohl, D.G. and Koochesfahani, M.M., &q
- Neil Wright, Associate Professor
Heat Transfer Thermophysical Property Measurement Parameter Estimation Thermal Biology Selected Publications Pence, T.J., Monroe, R.J., and N. T. Wright, 2008, "On the computation of stress in affine versus non-affine fibril kinematics
- Nelson Sepulveda Alancastro, Chairperson, Professor
Micro and nanometer-sized sensors and actuators (or transducers), characterization of smart and multifunctional materials and their integration in microsystems. Education Ph.D. - Michigan State University - 2005 M.S. - Michigan State Un
- Nevzat Bircan Bugdayci, Assistant Professor
- Norbert Mueller, Professor
Turbomachinery Centrifugal Compressors Wave Rotors Refrigeration and HVAC with Natural Refrigerants Micro-Fabricated Energy Systems such as Brayton and Rankine Cycle Devices Heat Exchangers and Fuel Cells with Integrated Nano Sensors High-S
- Rebecca Anthony, Associate Professor
Plasmas for synthesis of semiconductor nanostructures, gas-phase processing and functionalization of nanostructures, and aerosol deposition of functional films. The applications for these nanostructures and materials range from ener
- Seungik Baek, Associate Professor
Cardiovascular Mechanics Vascular Growth and Remodeling Mechanobiology and Tissue Engineering Computational and Statistical Interventions for Vascular Disease Research Lab Cardiovascular and Tissue Mechanics Research Laboratory ResearchGate
- Siva Nadimpalli, Associate Professor
In the broad area of experimental solids mechanics and fracture mechanics. His current research focus is to understand mechanical and electrochemical behavior of various battery electrode materials by using in situ experimental methods.
- William Resh, Professor
Dynamic systems, noise and vibration, engines and propulsion systems, and integrated systems design and development. Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University. B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State Univ
- Xinpeng Zhao, Assistant Professor
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