The School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering faculty are nationally and internationally renowned faculty members that help educate, perform major research and advise our students in the activities at the school, and guide the student’s future. The expertise of the faculty are what helped guide the school in achieving the elevation from a department to a school under the umbrella of the College of Engineering. Our professional faculty can guide students critical thinking, intellectual discussion and answering important questions in the related fields of mechanical engineering, aerospace and manufacturing.
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active faculty|Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|computational design|Current|Robotics, Dynamics, Sensing and Control
Assistant Professor
osama.bilal@uconn.edu
adaptive and unmanned systems|controls|Current|dynamics|Dynamics, Sensing and Control|mechatronics|Robotics, Dynamics, Sensing and Control
Associate Professor
chengyu.cao@uconn.edu
active faculty|combustion|Current|Energy Systems
Assistant Professor
carbone@uconn.edu
Current|fire dynamics|fluid mechanics|heat transfer|optical diagnostics|turbulent combustion
United Technologies Chair Professor
baki.cetegen@uconn.edu
Chemical Kinetics|combustion|commercial engines|Current|Energy Systems|gas turbine engines
Professor in residence
wajid.chishty@uconn.edu
batteries|carbon nanomaterials|Current|electrolyzers|energy materials|fuel cells|gas separation|heat transfer|mass transfer|metal foams|Micro and Nano-scale Systems|photonics|semiconductors|solar cells|waste forms
Professor
wilson.chiu@uconn.edu
Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|computational design|Current|materials science|micro-mechanics|multiscale modeling|nanomechanics|solid mechanics
Assistant Professor In Residence
ryan.c.cooper@uconn.edu
commercial engines|Current|gas turbine engines|gas turbine technology|military engines
Senior Vice President Emeritus, UTC Pratt and Whitney and Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering, UConn
edward.crow@pratt-whitney.com
active faculty|Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|Current|Robotics, Dynamics, Sensing and Control
Assistant Professor
mihai.duduta@uconn.edu
active faculty|batteries|computational design|Current|Energy Systems|uncertainty quantification
Associate Professor
chao.hu@uconn.edu
bio-engineering applications|Current|machine systems|mechatronics
Assistant Professor-In-Residence
martin.huber@uconn.edu
Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications:|Biomedical Related Applications|computational design|Computational Shape Modeling,Design and Optimization|Computer Aided Design(CAD) modling|Computer Aided Engineering(CAE)|Computer Aided Mechanics(CAM)|Current|design|Geometric Computing|Physical Computing|Synthesis of Mechanical Systems
Professor and School Director
horea.ilies@uconn.edu
Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|Current|emeritus faculty|Energy Systems|experimental mechanics|high temperature materials|Micro and Nano-scale Systems|theoretical mechanics
Research Professor (Emeritus Faculty)
eric.jordan@uconn.edu
active faculty|Additive manufacturing|advanced manufacturing|Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|batteries|Current|Energy Systems
Assistant Professor
seung_yeon.kang@uconn.edu
analytical kinematics|Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications:|Biomedical Related Applications|computational kinematics|Computational Shape Modeling,Design and Optimization|Current|design|design optimization|gear systems|machine systems|Nano-bio mechanical systems
Professor
kazem.kazerounian@uconn.edu
Computational fracture mechanics|Current|finite element methods|fuel cells|functionally graded materials
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Joint Appointment with Mechanical Engineering
jeongho.kim@uconn.edu
active faculty|Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications:|Current
Assistant Professor
kyungjin.kim@uconn.edu
Current|high temperature resistant applications|Nanofiber Materials|Polymer Nanocomposite
Associate Professor-in-Residence and Director of Undergraduate Studies
jason.lee@uconn.edu
active faculty|computational fluid dynamics|Current|Energy Systems|Robotics, Dynamics, Sensing and Control
Assistant Professor
chang_liu@uconn.edu
Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications:|Biomedical Related Applications|cellular mechanics|cellular membrane dynamics|Current|dynamic frictional sliding modes|incoherent interfaces|Micro and Nano-scale Systems
Professor
george.lykotrafitis@uconn.edu
aerospace applications|complex fluid dyanmics|computational fluid dynamics|Current|Multi-physics computational modeling
Assistant Professor
georgios.matheou@uconn.edu
Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|Current|fatigue mechanics|fracture mechanics|solid mechanics|Structural mechanics
Professor in Residence
vito.moreno@uconn.edu
active faculty|Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|Current
Visiting Professor
rajiv.naik@uconn.edu
biomaterials|Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications:|Biomedical Related Applications|biomems|bionano interface|cell/neuronal mechanics|Current|drug delivery|microfluidics|nano-micro technology|nanopiezoelectrics
Associate Professor
nguyentd@uconn.edu
Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications:|Biomedical Related Applications|computational design|Computational Shape Modeling,Design and Optimization|Current|design optimization|Energy Systems|multi-disciplinary optimization|topology optimization
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
julian.norato@uconn.edu
active vibration suppression|bio-engineering applications|Biomedical Related Applications|control of multi-body systems|Current|design for vibrating structures|dynamic systems|Dynamics, Sensing and Control|micro-controls|Robotics, Dynamics, Sensing and Control|robust nonlinear controls|systems and controls|vibrations
Professor
nejat.olgac@uconn.edu
active faculty|computational design|Current
Associate Professor in Residence
jparicio@uconn.edu
computational fluid dynamics|Current|Energy Systems|fuel cells|Multi-physics computational modeling|multi-scale computational modeling|multi-scale modeling|multiscale modeling|polymer electrolyte fuel cells|transport phenomena|water management
Professor
ugur.pasaogullari@uconn.edu
Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|biomechanics|Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications:|computational mechanics|computational solid mechanics|Current|finite element methods
Associate Professor
david.pierce@uconn.edu
active faculty|computational fluid dynamics|computational fluid mechanics|computational mechanics|Current|Energy Systems|fluid mechanics|Multi-physics computational modeling|transport phenomena|turbulent combustion|turbulent combustion modeling
Professor In Residence and Associate Director
reza.sheikhi@uconn.edu
combustion|computational fluid dynamics|Current|Energy Systems|fuel chemistry|laser diagnostics
Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor in Sustainable Energy
chih-jen.sung@uconn.edu
controls|Current|dynamics|Dynamics, Sensing and Control|Robotics, Dynamics, Sensing and Control
United Technologies Corporation Professor of Advanced Materials and Processing
Co-Director of the Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Program
jiong.tang@uconn.edu
Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing|Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications:|computational design|Current|Molecular modeling|multiscale modeling|Nano-bio mechanical systems
Assistant Professor
anna.tarakanova@uconn.edu
active faculty|Additive manufacturing|batteries|computational design|Current|design|multi-disciplinary optimization|uncertainty quantification
Assistant Professor
hongyi.3.xu@uconn.edu
computational fluid dynamics|Current|Energy Systems|radiative heat transfer|turbulent combustion modeling|uncertainty quantification
Associate Professor
xinyu.zhao@uconn.edu
