Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute

31 faculty and 0 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Faculty

• Alan Asbeck, Associate Professor
  Wearable Robotics Biomechanics of movement Mechatronic Systems My research centers on building human-assistance devices and on understanding how to make them work most effectively with the body. The goal is to help people to regain capabili
• Alireza Haghighat, Professor, Director of Nuclear Engineering Program
  Development of advanced particle transport methods Multi-stage, Response-function particle Transport (MRT) methodology and its application Hybrid parallel numerical (Sn, Method of Characteristic, Ray-Tracing & Fictitious Quadrature) par
• Andrew J. Kurdila, Professor
• Bahareh Behkam, Professor
  Dr. Behkam’s research expertise is in micro- and nanoscale systems engineering, with a focus on biomedical and environmental applications. Her lab’s current research interests include: Bio-hybrid microrobotic systems for cancer therapy Engi
• Brian Lattimer, Department Head and Professor
  Thermal-fluid sciences Reacting flows and fire dynamics Material high temperature behavior Fluid-structure interaction Firefighting automation, technology, and suppression Extreme Environments and Materials Lab Publications Dr. Lattimer's p
• Chris Fuller, Samuel Langley Distinguished Professor of Engineering
  Advanced composite materials for noise reduction Interior noise Structural acoustics Active control of sound and vibration Adaptive structures Application of acoustics to medical devices Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory Publications See
• David Dillard, Professor
• David Freeman, Collegiate Associate Professor
• Dylan Losey, Associate Professor
• Erik Komendera, Assistant Professor
  Autonomous assembly and construction Space robotics Field robotics Perception Mapping and state estimation for precise and accurate robotic operations in large workspaces Multi-agent motion planning and control Collaborative manipulation Ma
• James Lord, Collegiate Associate Professor
• Jan Helge Bohn, Associate Professor
• Jiangtao Cheng, Associate Professor
  Optofluidic Solar Concentrators based on electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD)-driven liquid prisms Near-field characterization of micro\nano-scale fluid flow Dropwise condensation on lotus-leaf-like superhydrophobic surfaces Thin film evapor
• Jie Chen, Assistant Professor
• Jonathan Boreyko, Associate Professor
  Interfacial fluid mechanics Surface wettability of micro/nano-structured materials Phase-change heat transfer (condensation, frost, evaporation, and boiling) Biomimetic engineering Water and energy harvesting Droplet dynamics Synthetic tree
• Kaveh Akbari Hamed, Associate Professor
  Control Theory (Nonlinear Control, Predictive Control, Distributed and Decentralized Control, Data-Driven Control) Robotics (Legged Locomotion, Quadrupedal Robots, Bipedal Robots, Humanoids, Multi-Agent Systems, Motion Planning, Trajectory
• Kevin Kochersberger, Professor
  Dynamics and control Autonomous aerial systems Applied aerodynamics Uncrewed Systems Laboratory Experts Profile Unmanned Aerial Sensing and Sampling Using an autonomous helicopter that weighs 200 lbs, the lab is designing and building imagi
• Lance Collins, Professor
• Mehdi Ahmadian, Professor, J. Bernard Jones Chair
  Smart Materials and Systems Advanced Materials for Improving Ground Vehicle Dynamic Performance and Control Energy Harvesting Vehicle System Dynamics and Control Intelligent Suspensions Magneto-rheological Fluids Biodynamics Railroad System
• Michael Bartlett, Associate Professor
  Soft multifunctional materials & adhesives Soft robotics & electronics Adaptive materials Soft Materials and Structures Lab In the news -- Article Item Virginia Tech team creates new method of flexing on electronics , article
• Michael Ellis, Associate Professor
  Applications of Fuel Cell Systems for Building Cogeneration Solid Sorption Heat Pump Modeling Modeling and Analysis of Building Energy Consumption Analysis of Energy Uses in Industrial Processes Fuel Cell Performance Modeling Optimal Design
• Mushuang Liu, Assistant Professor
• Oumar Barry, Associate Professor
  Structural Dynamics Nonlinear Vibration Noise and Vibration Control Self-Powered MEMS and NEMS Sensors and Actuators Energy Harvesting Inspection and Damping Robots Smart Composite Materials Fluid Structure Interaction VibRo: Vibrations and
• Pinar Acar, Associate Professor
  Computational Multi-Scale Modeling of Materials Optimization Uncertainty Quantification Reduced Order Modeling Machine Learning Advanced STRuctures and Optimization (ASTRO) Lab Publications See Dr. Acar's publications and research on Google
• Raffaella De Vita, Professor
  Reproductive mechanics Ligament and tendon mechanics Nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity Experimental and theoretical solid mechanics STRETCH Lab Publications See Dr. De Vita's publications on Google Scholar . Professional History 2024
• Romesh Batra, University Distinguished Professor
  Material/Structural Instabilities (adiabatic shear banding, buckling, thermo-elasto-visco-plasticity) Impact and Penetration Problems Computational Mechanics (Finite Element and Meshless Methods) Functionally Graded Structures (Material Tai
• Roop Mahajan, Professor, Lewis A. Hester Chair in Engineering
  Advanced Electronic Cooling Two-Phase Flows Porous Media Synthesis and application of graphene and its derivatives and composites Biomedical Devices Emerging and Black Swan Technologies Cross-cutting technologies for sustainable communities
• Scott Huxtable, Associate Professor
  Micro-nano-scale thermal transport Micro-nano-scale sensors and actuators Nanoscale energy conversion (e.g. nanostructured thermoelectric devices) Thermoelectric energy harvesting Thermal management of electronic devices Publications See Dr
• Sohan Kale, Assistant Professor
  Mechanobiology of cells and tissues Continuum thermomechanics Computational mechanics Multiscale modeling Mechanics of Living Materials Lab Publications See Dr. Kale's publications and research on Google Scholar and ORCID . Professional His
• Suyi Li, Associate Professor
• Yang Liu, Associate Professor
  Nuclear thermal hydraulics and reactor safety Two-phase flow modeling, instrumentation and experiment Two-phase flow computational fluid dynamics Advanced passive safety system design Multi-phase Flow and Thermal-hydraulics Lab (MFTL) Profe

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.