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2009-2011 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Mechanical Engineering


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Chair

Trabia, Mohamed
  (1987), Professor; B.S., M.S., Alexandria University; Ph.D., Arizona State University.
   

Graduate Coordinator

Yim, Woosoon
  (1987), Professor; B.S., Hanyang University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.
   

Graduate Faculty

Boehm, Robert F.
  (1990), Professor; B.S., M.S., Washington State University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; P.E., California.
Chen, Yi-Tung
  (1993), Associate Professor; B.S., Feng Chia University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Utah.
Cook, Daniel
  (2005), Assistant Professor; B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Culbreth, William G.
  (1985), Associate Dean of College of Engineering, Associate Professor; B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara.
Mauer, Georg F.
  (1986), Professor; Diploma-Ingenieur; Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin.
Moujaes, Samir F.
  (1984), Professor; B.S., M.S., American University of Beirut; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; P.E., Nevada.
O’Toole, Brendan J.
  (1992), Associate Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Delaware.
Pepper, Darrell W.
  (1992), Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla.
Quan, Shizhi
  (2005), Assistant Professor; B.S., Ph.D., Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., University of Pensylvania.
Reynolds, Douglas D.
  (1983), Professor; B.S., Michigan State University; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University.
Rice, Stephen
  (1996), Associate Vice President for Research & Economic Development; B.S., M.Engr., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Roy, Ajit
  (2001), Associate Professor; B.S., University of Calcutta, M.S., University of Aston, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University.
Eric Sandgren
  (2003), Professor and Dean; BSME, MSME, Ph.D. Purdue University
Wang, Zhiyoung
  (1998), Associate Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Harbin University of Science and Technology.
Wells, William R.
  (1986), Professor; B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.A., Harvard University; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Among the subjects taught and researched by the faculty of the mechanical engineering program are the following: aerospace, vibrations and acoustics, heat transfer, fluid flow (and computational fluid dynamics), environmental transport processes, multiphase flow, energy conservation and conversion technologies, alternative energy including solar power, automatic control, robotics, biomedical engineering, nuclear engineering, structural properties of engineering materials, and composites.

Graduate students have access to all departmental laboratories and equipment as well as the facilities of the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment. The department supports numerous networked workstations.

The laboratories of the department include an extensive acoustics and vibrations facility, a thermal-fluids capability, a full array of mechanical testing machines, measurement and control laboratory, and a low-moderate speed wind tunnel. A unique laboratory also exists for full-scale testing of ducts and diffusers, including indoor air quality and HVAC equipment.

In addition to a recently established material performance laboratory, several faculty members are developing and testing different designs of solar power generators.

Programs

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