Location
Department of Mechanical Engineering
N207 Engineering Building 1,
Houston, TX 77204-4006
Phone: 713-743-4500
Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N217 | Phone: 713-743-4534 | Fax: 713-743-4503
aagrawa4 [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu
Biophysics, Mechanics of Surfaces and Interfaces |
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N223 | Phone: 713-743-5562 | Fax: 713-743-4503
hardebili [at] uh [dot] edu
Lithium Ion Batteries, Polymer Nanocomposite Electrolytes, Lithium Ion Conduction, Materials for Energy Storage, Electronics Materials |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N231 | Phone: 713-743-4511 | Fax: 713-743-4503
rbb [at] uh [dot] edu
Thermal sciences and engineering education |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N229 | Phone: 713-743-4533 | Fax: 713-743-4503
chen [at] uh [dot] edu
Solid Mechanics |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Subsea Engineering Program
Office Location: W214-D3 | Phone: 713-743-2758 | Fax: 713-743-4503
mfranchek [at] uh [dot] edu
Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control—Linear and nonlinear system identification, information synthesis, multivariable control theory, nonlinear control theory, controller design, diagnostics/... |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Aerospace Engineering
Office Location: W212 | Phone: 713-743-4387 | Fax: 713-743-4503
karolos [at] uh [at] edu
Dynamic Systems and Controls—Feedback control systems analysis and design, linear and nonlinear systems theory, robust and fault-tolerant control, model reduction, filtering, system optimization... |
Cullen Distinguished Professor, Director of Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence
Office Location: N237 | Phone: 713-743-4545 | Fax: 713-743-4503
fhussain [at] uh [dot] edu
Fluid Mechanics—Turbulent flows, vortex dynamics, jets and boundary layers, aeroacoustics, optical measurement techniques, fluidized beds, bio-fluid dynamics |
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N210 | Phone: 713-743-4536 | Fax: 713-743-4503
kleis [at] uh [dot] edu
Fluid Mechanics—Turbulent shear flows and fluid mechanics, solid-liquid two phase flows, mass transfer in micro gravity, stratified flows |
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N235 | Phone: 713-743-3657 | Fax: 713-743-4503
ykulkarni [at] uh [dot] edu
Computational mechanics and materials science |
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N236 | Phone: 713-743-4532 | Fax: 713-743-4503
dongliu [at] uh [dot] edu
Microscale Thermal Transport Phenomena |
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: W204 | Phone: 713-743-4605 | Fax: 713-743-4503
pjmasson [at] uh [dot] edu
Power applications of superconductivity, electromechanical systems, numerical modeling, multi-physics simulations |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N223 | Phone: 713-743-4521 | Fax: 713-743-4503
metcalfe [at] uh [dot] edu
Fluid Mechanics |
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N238 | Phone: 713-743-4535 | Fax: 713-743-4503
rao [at] uh [dot] edu
Mathematical Optimization Theory and Algorithms—Parametric nonlinear programming, multilevel algorithms, duality in mechanical design models, game theory |
M.D. Anderson Chair Professor
Office Location: N214 | Phone: 713-743-4044 | Fax: 713-743-4503
selva [at] uh [dot] edu
Epitaxial thin film growth by PVD and CVD, Single crystalline films on polycrystalline/amorphous substrates, Solidification and crystal growth, Oxide & nitride materials, Roll-to-roll thin... |
M.D. Anderson Chair Professor & Department Chair
Office Location: N233 | Phone: 713-743-4256 | Fax: 713-743-4503
psharma [at] uh [dot] edu
Nanomechanics of Materials—Theoretical and computational methods in multiscale modeling (spanning atomistic to continuum scale), coupled strain-quantum mechanical behavior in quantum dots and... |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N235 | Phone: 713-743-4525 | Fax: 713-743-4503
gsong [at] uh [dot] edu
Smart materials and Structures—Adaptive control, Robust control, Dynamics, Robotics, Friction Compensation |
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N232 | Phone: 713-743-4509 | Fax: 713-743-4503
lsun4 [at] uh [dot] edu
Nano-scale Materials Science—Size effects on thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of materials; Nanomagnetics and spin transport in thin films, multilayers, nanowires, and network... |
Distinguished University Professor
Office Location: N216 | Phone: 713-743-4515 | Fax: 713-743-4503
sswang [at] uh [dot] edu
Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering—Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Materials Science and Engineering |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: N222 | Phone: 713-743-4519 | Fax: 713-743-4503
lwheeler [at] uh [dot] edu
Continuum Mechanics—Mathematical Elasticity Theory, Lattice Dynamics and Structure |
Director, Center for Reliability of Ceramics
Office Location: N212 | Phone: 713-743-4526 | Fax: 713-743-4503
kwwhite [at] uh [dot] edu
Materials Science and Engineering—Ceramic Microstructure development, Mechanical behavior of ceramics and thin films. Electrical-mechanical coupling in ferroelectric thin films. |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Office Location: W438 | Phone: 713-743-4205 | Fax: 713-743-4503
witte [at] uh [dot] edu
Thermal Sciences—Forced and natural convection; boiling heat transfer; sliding bubble heat transfer |
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: W224 | Phone: 713-743-4520 | Fax: 713-743-4503
dzimmerman [at] uh [dot] edu
Dynamic Systems and Controls—Structural dynamics, optimal control, modal analysis, finite element analysis, optimization (genetic algorithms), signal processing. |
Adjunct Faculty
KBR Adjunct Professor
Office Location: | Phone: 713-743-4500 | Fax: 713-743-4503
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Emeritus Faculty
Professor Emeritus
Office Location: W216 | Phone: 713-743-4150 | Fax: 713-743-4503
hbrinson [at] uh [dot] edu
Experimental Mechanics, Mechanical Properties and Characterization of Adhesives, Composites and Polymers, Viscoelasticity, Accelerated Life Prediction Methods |
Professor Emeritus
Office Location: N218 | Phone: 713-743-4517 | Fax: 713-743-4503
dalton [at] uh [dot] edu
Fluid Mechanics—Computational fluid dynamics applied to flow past bluff bodies. |
Office Location: W216-D3 | Phone: 713-743-4383 | Fax: 713-743-4503
eichhorn [at] uh [dot] edu
Fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and heat transfer with specialization in multiphase flow, natural convection, turbulent channel flow, combustion and boiling heat transfer |
M.D. Anderson Professor of Technology and Culture, Emeritus
Office Location: N220 | Phone: 713-743-4518 | Fax: 713-743-4503
jhl [at] uh [dot] edu
Cultural History and Public Radio. (Formerly Thermal Sciences, thermodynamics and Boiling.) |
Professor Emeritus
Office Location: W216-D3 | Phone: 713-743-4150 | Fax: 713-743-4503
Acoustics and Aeroacoustics |
Professor Emeritus
Office Location: N214 | Phone: 713-743-4514 | Fax: 713-743-4503
Materials Science and Metallurgy—Materials Characterization and Processing, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Metal-Matrix Composites, Superconducting Materials |
Professor Emeritus
Office Location: N236 | Phone: 713-743-4532 | Fax: 713-743-4503
shamsundar [at] uh [dot] edu
Thermal sciences—Design of energy systems, thermodynamic properties |
Research Faculty
Research Professor
Office Location: W222-D3 | Phone: 713-743-4537 | Fax: 713-743-4503
amiyase [at] uh [dot] edu
Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering—Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Materials Science and Engineering |