Faculty
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Dr. Ashutosh Agrawal Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N217 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4534 Email: ashutosh [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Biophysics, Mechanics of Surfaces and Interfaces |
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Dr. Daniel Araya Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N233 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-3093 Email: dbaraya [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Vortex dynamics, free-shear flows, flow visualization techniques, hydrodynamic stability, flow control, urban aerodynamics, energy storage, biological flows, space exploration. |
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Dr. Haleh Ardebili Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N223 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-5562 Email: hardebili [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Lithium Ion Batteries, Polymer Nanocomposite Electrolytes, Lithium Ion Conduction, Materials for Energy Storage, Electronics Materials |
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Dr. Richard B. Bannerot Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N231 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4511 Email: rbb [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Thermal sciences and engineering education |
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Dr. Theocharis Baxevanis Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N232 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-9165 Email: tbaxevanis [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Deformation and failure response of inelastic materials — Continuum thermodynamics; Fracture mechanics; Computational micromechanics; Localization and birfucation |
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Dr. Christiana Chang Instructional Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N254 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-5265 Email: cchang2 [at] uh [dot] edu |
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Dr. Xuemei Chen Instructional Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
W226 Engineering Building 2
Phone: 713-743-4852 Email: xchen46 [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu |
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Dr. Yi-Chao Chen Professor and Graduate Director of Mechanical Engineering
N210 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4533 Email: chen [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Solid Mechanics |
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Dr. Zheng Chen Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringPhone: 713-743-4500 Email: zchen43 [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Sensors, Bio-inspired Robotics, Energy Storage System, Hydraulic Fracturing Automation |
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Dr. Matthew A. Franchek Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Subsea Engineering Program
W214 Engineering Building 2
Phone: 713-743-2758 Email: mfranchek [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control—Linear and nonlinear system identification, information synthesis, multivariable control theory, nonlinear control theory, controller... |
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Dr. Hadi Ghasemi Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N229 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-6183 Email: hghasemi [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Thermodynamics, Heat transfer and Nanotechnology |
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Dr. Karolos Grigoriadis John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Director of Aerospace Engineering
W212 Engineering Building 2
Phone: 713-743-4387 Email: karolos [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Dynamic Systems and Controls—Feedback control systems analysis and design, linear and nonlinear systems theory, robust and fault-tolerant control, model reduction, filtering,... |
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Dr. Farah Hammami Ep Kammoun Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering
N207 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-9067 Email: fhammami [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Nanostructured materials, atomistic simulations, computational mechanics |
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Dr. Yashashree Kulkarni Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N235 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-3657 Email: ykulkarni [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Computational mechanics and materials science |
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Dr. Dong Liu Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N236 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4532 Email: dongliu [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Microscale Thermal Transport Phenomena |
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Dr. Holley Love Instructional Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringPhone: 713-743-9045 Email: hclove [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Mechanical Circulatory Support, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer in Biomedical Applications, Bioreactors, and Numerical Modelling |
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Dr. Philippe Masson Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
W204 Engineering Building 2
Phone: 713-743-4605 Email: pjmasson [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Power applications of superconductivity, electromechanical systems, numerical modeling, multi-physics simulations |
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Dr. Anastassios Mavrokefalos Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N234 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4531 Email: amavrokefalos [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Heat Transfer, Thermal Management, Micro/nanoscale Energy Transport, Solid State Energy Conversion |
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Dr. Ralph Metcalfe Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N208 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4521 Email: metcalfe [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics |
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Dr. Rodolfo Ostilla Monico Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringPhone: 713-743-4500 Email: rostilla [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Direct numerical simulation of turbulence, (electro)convective flows, high performance computing, olfaction |
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Dr. Andrea Prosperetti Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N214 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-5864 Email: aprosperetti [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Multiphase flow, scientific computing, fluid dynamics, applied mathematics, bubble dynamics |
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Dr. Jagannatha Rao Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering
N218 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4535 Email: rao [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Mathematical Optimization Theory and Algorithms—Parametric nonlinear programming, multilevel algorithms, duality in mechanical design models, game theory |
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Dr. Jae-Hyun Ryou Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N213 (Eng. Bldg 1) or 102A (ERP Bldg 15)
Phone: 713-743-0858 Email: jryou [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Materials Science and Engineering - Semiconductor materials, Photonic/electronic devices, Nanotechnology |
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Dr. Venkat Selvamanickam M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N237 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4044 Email: selva [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Epitaxial thin film growth by PVD and CVD, Single crystalline films on polycrystalline/amorphous substrates, Solidification and crystal growth, Oxide... |
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Dr. Pradeep Sharma M.D. Anderson Chair Professor & Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering
N227 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4502 Email: psharma [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Theoretical and computational materials science, physics of nanostructures and nanomaterials, atomistic simulations, flexoelectricity, nanoscale piezoelectricity,... |
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Dr. Gangbing Song John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering
W210 Engineering Building 2
Phone: 713-743-4525 Email: gsong [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Smart materials and Structures—Adaptive control, Robust control, Dynamics, Robotics, Friction Compensation |
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Dr. Li Sun Professor and Graduate Admissions Director of Mechanical Engineering
N224 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4509 Email: lsun4 [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Nano-scale Materials Science—Size effects on thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of materials; Nanomagnetics and spin transport in thin films, multilayers, nanowires,... |
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Dr. Su Su Wang Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Professor
N216 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-5057 Email: sswang [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering—Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Materials Science and Engineering |
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Dr. Ken W. White Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N212 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4526 Email: kwwhite [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Materials Science and Engineering—Ceramic Microstructure development, Mechanical behavior of ceramics and thin films. Electrical-mechanical coupling in ferroelectric thin films. |
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Dr. Di Yang Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N238 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-7260 Email: dyang72 [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics; large-eddy simulation and direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows; renewable wind, tidal and wave energy; environmental fluid mechanics; ocean... |
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Dr. Cunjiang Yu Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
N206 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4487 Email: cyu13 [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Flexible/stretchable electronics, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Nano-Micro-Macro Manufacturing, Additive Printing, Biomedical Electronics and Sensors, Micro-Nano... |
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Dr. John Alred Adjunct ProfessorPhone: 713-743-4500 |
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Dr. Benton Baugh Adjunct ProfessorPhone: 713-743-4500 Email: bfbaugh [at] uh [dot] edu |
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Dr. Fazle Hussain
N207 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4500 Email: fazle [dot] hussain [at] ttu [dot] edu |
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Dr. William J. Thomas Adjunct ProfessorPhone: 713-743-4500 Email: wjthomas2 [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Metal forming and manufacturing, Drilling geomechanics, Cryogenic containment design |
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Dr. Hal Brinson Professor Emeritus
W216 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4150 Email: hbrinson [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Experimental Mechanics, Mechanical Properties and Characterization of Adhesives, Composites and Polymers, Viscoelasticity, Accelerated Life Prediction Methods |
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Dr. Charles Dalton Professor Emeritus
N218 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4517 Email: dalton [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics—Computational fluid dynamics applied to flow past bluff bodies. |
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Dr. Roger Eichhorn Professor Emeritus
W216-D3 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4383 Email: eichhorn [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and heat transfer with specialization in multiphase flow, natural convection, turbulent channel flow, combustion and boiling heat transfer |
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Dr. Stanley Kleis Professor Emeritus
N210 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4536 Email: kleis [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics—Turbulent shear flows and fluid mechanics, solid-liquid two phase flows, mass transfer in micro gravity, stratified flows |
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Dr. John Lienhard M.D. Anderson Professor of Technology and Culture, Emeritus
N220 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4518 Email: jhl [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Cultural History and Public Radio. (Formerly Thermal Sciences, thermodynamics and Boiling.) |
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Dr. Alan Powell Professor Emeritus
W216-D3 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4150 Research Interests: Acoustics and Aeroacoustics |
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Dr. Kamel Salama Professor Emeritus
N214 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4514 Research Interests: Materials Science and Metallurgy—Materials Characterization and Processing, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Metal-Matrix Composites, Superconducting Materials |
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Dr. Nagaraja Shamsundar Professor Emeritus
N236 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4532 Email: shamsundar [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Thermal sciences—Design of energy systems, thermodynamic properties |
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Dr. Lewis T. Wheeler Professor Emeritus
N222 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4519 Email: lwheeler [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Continuum Mechanics—Mathematical Elasticity Theory, Lattice Dynamics and Structure |
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Dr. Larry Witte Professor Emeritus
W438 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4501 Email: witte [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Thermal Sciences—Forced and natural convection; boiling heat transfer; sliding bubble heat transfer |
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Dr. Olga Bannova Research Associate Professor, Director of the Space Architecture Graduate ProgramEmail: obannova [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Planning analyses for a broad range of space vehicles, habitats and systems; inflatable hydroponics laboratory and logistic modules; special design influences and requirements for... |
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Dr. Akira Miyase Research Professor
W222-D3 Engineering Building 1
Phone: 713-743-4537 Email: amiyase [at] uh [dot] edu Research Interests: Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering—Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Materials Science and Engineering |