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Faculty
Dr. Ashutosh Agrawal 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Biophysics, Mechanics of Surfaces and Interfaces 
  
Dr. Daniel Araya 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Vortex dynamics, free-shear flows, flow visualization techniques, hydrodynamic stability, flow control, urban aerodynamics, energy storage, biological flows, space exploration 
  
Dr. Haleh Ardebili 
Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Lithium Ion Batteries, Polymer Nanocomposite Electrolytes, Lithium Ion Conduction, Materials for Energy Storage, Electronics Materials 
  
Dr. Richard B. Bannerot 
Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Thermal sciences and engineering education 
  
Dr. Theocharis Baxevanis 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Deformation and failure response of inelastic materials - Continuum thermodynamics; Fracture mechanics; Computational micromechanics; Localization and bifurcation 
  
Dr. Christiana Chang 
Instructional Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
  
Dr. Xuemei Chen 
Instructional Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
  
Dr. Yi-Chao Chen 
Professor and Graduate Director of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Solid Mechanics 
  
Dr. Matthew A. Franchek 
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Subsea Engineering Program 
Research Interests: Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control-Linear and nonlinear system identification, information synthesis, multivariable control theory, nonlinear control theory, controller design, diagnostics/prognostics, and targeted adaptive control 
  
Dr. Hadi Ghasemi 
Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Thermodynamics, Heat transfer and Nanotechnology 
  
Dr. Karolos Grigoriadis 
John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Director of Aerospace Engineering 
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 
  
Dr. Farah Hammami Ep Kammoun 
Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Nanostructured materials, atomistic simulations, computational mechanics 
  
Dr. Yashashree Kulkarni 
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Computational mechanics and materials science 
  
Dr. Dong Liu 
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Microscale Thermal Transport Phenomena 
  
Dr. Holley Love 
Research Interests: Mechanical Circulatory Support, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer in Biomedical Applications, Bioreactors, and Numerical Modelling 
  
Dr. Philippe Masson 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Power applications of superconductivity, electromechanical systems, numerical modeling, multi-physics simulations 
  
Dr. Anastassios Mavrokefalos 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Heat Transfer, Thermal Management, Micro/nanoscale Energy Transport, Solid State Energy Conversion 
  
Dr. Ralph Metcalfe 
Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics 
  
Dr. Andrea Prosperetti 
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Multiphase flow, scientific computing, fluid dynamics, applied mathematics, bubble dynamics 
  
Dr. Jagannatha Rao 
Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Mathematical Optimization Theory and Algorithms-Parametric nonlinear programming, multilevel algorithms, duality in mechanical design models, game theory 
  
Dr. Jae-Hyun Ryou 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Materials Science and Engineering - Semiconductor materials, Photonic/electronic devices, Nanotechnology 
  
Dr. Venkat Selvamanickam 
M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: 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 film coatings on flexible substrates, Bulk ceramic processing, Control of nano-scale interfacial and bulk defects, Texture evolution and grain boundary control, Nucleation and growth kinetics in vapor phase and liquid phase growth 
  
Dr. Pradeep Sharma 
M.D. Anderson Chair Professor & Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Theoretical and computational materials science, physics of nanostructures and nanomaterials, atomistic simulations, flexoelectricity, nanoscale piezoelectricity 
  
Dr. Gangbing Song 
John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Smart materials and Structures-Adaptive control, Robust control, Dynamics, Robotics, Friction Compensation 
  
Dr. Li Sun 
Professor and Graduate Admissions Director of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering 
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 
  
Dr. Su Su Wang 
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Professor 
Research Interests: Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering-Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Materials Science and Engineering 
  
Dr. Ken W. White 
Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Materials Science and Engineering-Ceramic Microstructure development, Mechanical behavior of ceramics and thin films. Electrical-mechanical coupling in ferroelectric thin films. 
  
Dr. Di Yang 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
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 optics; high-performance scientific computing 
  
Dr. Cunjiang Yu 
Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
Research Interests: Flexible/stretchable electronics, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Nano-Micro-Macro Manufacturing, Additive Printing, Biomedical Electronics and Sensors, Micro-Nano Materials and Devices, Solid State Electronics, Energy Harvesting and Storage 
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. John Alred 
Adjunct Professor 
  
Dr. Benton Baugh 
Adjunct Professor 
                
Dr. Fazle Hussain 
Adjunct Professor 
                
Dr. William J. Thomas 
Adjunct Professor 
Research Interests: Metal forming and manufacturing, Drilling geomechanics, Cryogenic containment design 
Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Hal Brinson 
Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Experimental Mechanics, Mechanical Properties and Characterization of Adhesives, Composites and Polymers, Viscoelasticity, Accelerated Life Prediction Methods 
  
Dr. Charles Dalton 
Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics-Computational fluid dynamics applied to flow past bluff bodies. 
  
Dr. Stanley Kleis 
Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics-Turbulent shear flows and fluid mechanics, solid-liquid two phase flows, mass transfer in micro gravity, stratified flows 
  
Dr. John Lienhard 
M.D. Anderson Professor of Technology and Culture, Emeritus 
Research Interests: Cultural History and Public Radio. (Formerly Thermal Sciences, thermodynamics and Boiling.) 
  
Dr. Alan Powell 
Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Acoustics and Aeroacoustics 
  
Dr. Kamel Salama 
Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Materials Science and Metallurgy-Materials Characterization and Processing, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Metal-Matrix Composites, Superconducting Materials 
  
Dr. Nagaraja Shamsundar 
Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Thermal sciences-Design of energy systems, thermodynamic properties 
  
Dr. Lewis T. Wheeler 
Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Continuum Mechanics-Mathematical Elasticity Theory, Lattice Dynamics and Structure 
  
Dr. Larry Witte 
Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Thermal Sciences-Forced and natural convection; boiling heat transfer; sliding bubble heat transfer 
Research Faculty
Dr. Akira Miyase 
Research Professor 
Research Interests: Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering-Solid Mechanics, Composite Materials, Materials Science and Engineering 
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