Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina State University

40 faculty and 41 courses in Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Faculty

• Jun Liu, Associate Professor h-index 103
• Andrey Kuznetsov, Professor h-index 56
• Xiaoning Jiang, Dean F. Duncan Distinguished Professor h-index 55
• Jack Edwards, Angel Family Distinguished Professor h-index 45
• Hong Luo, Professor h-index 40
• Andrew Lee, Assistant Professor h-index 35
  Es on leveraging the actuation and sensing capabilities of active materials to develop deployable and reconfigurable structures which are multifunctional. The aim is to design structural systems and architectures that can adapt to dynamic e
• Arun Kumar Kota, Associate Professor h-index 34
• Chuyi Chen, Assistant Professor h-index 32
  Es on acoustics, fluid dynamics, micro/nano systems, metamaterials, sensing, and imaging with applications in healthcare, biology, materials, and manufacturing. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 1840 Entrepreneur Drive, Raleigh NC 27606
• Scott Ferguson, Associate Professor h-index 30
  The SDO Lab’s research program is organized into four core areas: Designing systems for change : Enabling systems to evolve, adapt, and remain resilient over time Decision-making under deep uncertainty : Ensuring explainability, trace
• Tarek Echekki, Associate Department Head and Professor h-index 29
• Jaemin Lee, Assistant Professor h-index 28
  Robotics, optimal planning, whole-body and safety-critical control, autonomy, learning-based control, and hybrid dynamical systems, with a focus on the loco-manipulation of legged robots such as animaliods and humanoids. His lab foc
• Marie Muller, Professor h-index 28
• Farhan Gandhi, Hassan A. Hassan Distinguished Professor h-index 28
• Tim Horn, Associate Professor h-index 26
• Gregory Buckner, Professor h-index 26
• Venkat Narayanaswamy, Professor h-index 23
• Sajjad Bigham, Associate Professor h-index 22
  Phase-change Phenomena including Boiling and Condensation Electronic Thermal Management Advanced Heat Pumps, HVAC&R, and Appliances Sorption-based Selective Gas Management (e.g., Moisture and Carbon) Energy-efficient Thermal Energy Sys
• Matthew Bryant, Professor h-index 18
• Andre Mazzoleni, Professor h-index 17
• Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang, Associate Professor h-index 16
• Jingjie Hu, Assistant Professor h-index 15
  Es on the mechanical behavior of biomedical and biological materials. Her work contributes to this understanding by focusing on the design, fabrication and characterization of bio related structures through integrated mechanics, materials a
• Landon Grace, Associate Professor h-index 15
  Es on composite material response to detrimental environments, with an emphasis on temperature extremes, polymer-penetrant interactions, and combined hygrothermal and mechanical loading. This work is heavily multi-disciplinary; Dr. Grace co
• Rohith Mittapally, Assistant Professor h-index 14
  Es on developing innovative approaches to address energy management challenges, ranging from semiconductor-scale systems to industrial renewable power generation. By leveraging expertise in precision metrology, nanofabrication, and theory-g
• Donggun Lee, Assistant Professor h-index 11
  Lie in control theory, reinforcement learning and their applications to robotics. His group focuses on developing numerically efficient, effective and safe algorithms for dynamic, complex and high-dimensional systems that ensure robust and
• Mingtai Chen, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 7
• Anna Howard, Teaching Professor h-index 7
  On entrepreneurially-minded learning in the classroom. Publications Call to Action Howard, A., & Pardue, S. (2025, April 9). , Classroom Modality Comparison for Team-Taught Statics Howard, A., Gar
• Etana Ferede, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 6
• Felix Ewere, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 3
  Engineering design education, developing better-equipped graduates for the workforce, bridging the core competencies gap, improving diversity and collaboration within disciplines. Outside work, Dr. Ewere plays soccer and likes to vi
• Darius Carter, Assistant Professor h-index 3
  Near and complex boundary flight for multirotor vehicles, Multirotor aerodynamic interactions, Fluid-structure interactions, Wind Energy, Urban Air Mobility, & Multiple Air Vehicle performance Publications PIV and Load Measurements of a
• Mark Moretto, Assistant Professor h-index 3
• Ashok Gopalarathnam, Professor
• Brendan O'Connor, Professor
  Dr. O’Connor’s group include the development of robust flexible and stretchable devices, producing devices with unique capabilities, and establishing scalable processing methods. Devices of interest include solar cells, photo
• Dariush Heiranian, Assistant Professor
  Nanofluidics and membrane processes with applications in water security, energy and environment Multiscale modeling and machine learning techniques to understand interfacial fluidic behavior for creating advanced technologies at the interf
• Gracious Ngaile, Professor
• James Braun, Assistant Professor
  Novel supersonic propulsion concepts for air breathing and aerospace applications, through wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations. Publications A Single-Phase Model for Simulation of Exploding Brid
• Mehran Mirramezani, Assistant Professor
• Nancy Moore, Associate Teaching Professor
• Scott Kiefer, Associate Teaching Professor
• Srinath Ekkad, Department Head
• Tiegang Fang, Professor

Courses

• Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design MAE 200
• Thermal-Fluid Sciences MAE 201
• Engineering Statics MAE 206
• Engineering Dynamics MAE 208
• Solid Mechanics MAE 214
• Introduction to Aerospace Engineering MAE 250
• Aerospace Vehicle Performance MAE 251
• Aerodynamics I MAE 252
• Engineering Thermodynamics II MAE 302
• Fluid Mechanics MAE 308
• Heat Transfer Fundamentals MAE 310
• Fundamentals of Vibrations MAE 315
• Strength of Mechanical Components MAE 316
• Introduction to Automotive Engineering MAE 342
• Aerodynamics II MAE 351
• Dynamics and Controls MAE 361
• Aerospace Structures I MAE 371
• Aerosol Science and Technology MAE 402
• Energy Conservation in Industry MAE 406
• Steam and Gas Turbines MAE 407
• Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals MAE 408
• Modern Manufacturing Processes MAE 410
• Design of Thermal System MAE 412
• Design of Mechanical Systems MAE 413
• Mechanical Engineering Design I MAE 415
• Mechanical Engineering Design II MAE 416
• Dynamic Analysis of Human Movement MAE 420
• Design of Solar Energy Systems MAE 421
• Fundamentals of Product Design MAE 426
• Applied Finite Element Analysis MAE 430
• Principles of Automatic Control MAE 435
• Boundary Layer Theory MAE 455
• Flight Vehicle Stability and Control MAE 457
• Propulsion MAE 458
• Rocket Propulsion MAE 459
• Introduction to Space Flight MAE 467
• Aerospace Structures II MAE 472
• Aerospace Vehicle Design I MAE 480
• Aerospace Vehicle Design II MAE 481
• Engineering Entrepreneurship Senior Design I MAE 482
• Engineering Entrepreneurship Senior Design II MAE 483

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.