Mechanical Engineering at University of South Carolina

40 faculty and 40 courses in Mechanical Engineering at University of South Carolina.

Faculty

• Dryer, Frederick L., Faculty h-index 86
  Notable: “Simplified Reaction Mechanisms for the Oxidation of Hydrocarbon Fuels in Flames” (1981) · 2,236 citations
• Li, Chen, Faculty h-index 71
  Notable: “Fast and Facile Preparation of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanoplatelets” (2009) · 924 citations
• Huang, Kevin, SmartState Endowed Chair in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells h-index 60
  Notable: “Superior Perovskite Oxide‐Ion Conductor; Strontium‐ and Magnesium‐Doped LaGaO 3 : I, Phase Relationships and Electrical Properties” (1998) · 590 citations
• Giurgiutiu, Victor, Faculty h-index 54
  Notable: “Tuned Lamb Wave Excitation and Detection with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring” (2005) · 931 citations
• Hu, Ming, Faculty h-index 47
  Notable: “Nanoporous carbons through direct carbonization of a zeolitic imidazolate framework for supercapacitor electrodes” (2012) · 678 citations
• Gürdal, Zafer, Faculty h-index 45
  Notable: “In-plane response of laminates with spatially varying fiber orientations - Variable stiffness concept” (1993) · 563 citations
• Glenn, Odell Jr., Faculty h-index 40
  Notable: “Understanding differences between summer vs. school obesogenic behaviors of children: the structured days hypothesis” (2017) · 718 citations
• Khan, Jamil A., Faculty h-index 40
  Notable: “Prediction of temperature distribution and thermal history during friction stir welding: input torque based model” (2003) · 355 citations
• Huang, Xinyu, Faculty h-index 37
  Notable: “Mechanical endurance of polymer electrolyte membrane and PEM fuel cell durability” (2006) · 354 citations
• Besmann, Theodore M., SmartState Endowed Chair in Energy and Nuclear Security h-index 33
  Notable: “Vapor-Phase Fabrication and Properties of Continuous-Filament Ceramic Composites” (1991) · 317 citations
• Lee, Dongkyu, Faculty h-index 30
  Notable: “Tuning perovskite oxides by strain: Electronic structure, properties, and functions in (electro)catalysis and ferroelectricity” (2019) · 281 citations
• Banerjee, Sourav, Faculty h-index 28
  Notable: “Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Sensors: Physics, Materials, and Applications” (2022) · 425 citations
• Deng, Xiaomin, Faculty h-index 28
  Notable: “Damage detection with spatial wavelets” (1999) · 304 citations
• Downey, Austin, Faculty h-index 26
  Notable: “Machine learning algorithms for defect detection in metal laser-based additive manufacturing: A review” (2022) · 291 citations
• Paul, Titan C., Faculty h-index 18
  Notable: “Effect of Cu–Al2O3 nanocomposite coating on flow boiling performance of a microchannel” (2012) · 72 citations
• Alshareef, Ahmed A., Faculty h-index 17
  Notable: “An Analytical Review of the Numerical Methods used for Finite Element Modeling of Traumatic Brain Injury” (2018) · 106 citations
• Rodriguez, Alejandro David, Faculty h-index 12
  Notable: “Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of LiF and FLiBe Molten Salts with Deep Learning Potentials” (2021) · 111 citations
• Cahl, Douglas, Faculty h-index 6
  Notable: “Climate‐induced changes in lake ecosystem structure inferred from coupled neo‐ and paleoecological approaches” (2012) · 162 citations
• Lee, Junsoo, Assistant Professor h-index 5
  Notable: “Vid-ODE: Continuous-Time Video Generation with Neural Ordinary Differential Equation” (2021) · 29 citations
• Barazanchy, Darun, Faculty
• Bayoumi, Abdel-Moez E., Faculty
• Carrilho, Leo, Faculty
• Chen, Fanglin (Frank), Faculty; Associate Chair and Undergraduate Director
• Cheng, Shyuan (Jeffrey), Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• De Backer, Wout, Assistant Professor
• Fang, Ruixian, Faculty
• Farouk, Tanvir I., Faculty; Director of Graduate Studies
• Gray, Joshua, Faculty
• Gross, Andrew J., Faculty
  Notable: “Microstructural evolution, defect mitigation, and precipitation behavior in AA6061 via laser powder bed fusion with high-temperature substrate heating” (2026)
• Huegel, David S., Westinghouse Fellow Engineer
• Karmarkar, Ashwini, Faculty
• Knight, Travis W., Chair and Professor
• Ling, Yue (Stanley), Faculty
• Mobli, Mostafa, Faculty
• Pérès, Mark, Adjunct Professor
• Petta, John, Faculty
• Riahi Nezhad, Cyrus, Faculty
• Roberts, Elwyn, Faculty
• Rocheleau, David, Faculty
• Sabalowsky, Andrew, Faculty

Courses

• Introduction to Mechanical Engineering EMCH 101
• Introduction to Computer-Aided Design EMCH 111
• Statics EMCH 200
• Introduction to Applied Numerical Methods EMCH 201
• Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals for Non-Majors EMCH 220
• Solid Mechanics EMCH 260
• Thermodynamics EMCH 290
• Introduction to Finite Element Stress Analysis EMCH 308
• Dynamics EMCH 310
• Machine Design EMCH 327
• Mechanical Vibrations EMCH 330
• Kinematics EMCH 332
• Heat Transfer EMCH 354
• Fluid Mechanics EMCH 360
• Laboratory I EMCH 361
• Laboratory II EMCH 362
• Mechanical Engineering Laboratory III EMCH 363
• Controls EMCH 367
• Mechatronics EMCH 368
• Materials EMCH 371
• Manufacturing EMCH 377
• Project Management EMCH 380
• Applied Thermodynamics EMCH 394
• Design I EMCH 427
• Design II EMCH 428
• Automotive System Fundamentals EMCH 441
• Special Problems EMCH 460
• Design of Thermal Systems EMCH 497
• Fundamentals of Engineering Preparation EMCH 499
• Engineering Analysis I EMCH 501
• Engineering Analysis II EMCH 502
• Computer-Aided Design EMCH 507
• Finite Element Analysis in Mechanical Engineering EMCH 508
• Computer-Aided Manufacturing EMCH 509
• Digital Control Systems EMCH 514
• Industrial Control EMCH 515
• Control Theory in Mechanical Engineering EMCH 516
• Technology Planning EMCH 520
• Concurrent Engineering EMCH 521
• Design for Manufacture and Assembly EMCH 522

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.