Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cheng-fu Chen
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 351A
Research Interests:
- Organic-inorganic coating for space and bioengineering applications
- Stress corrosion cracking and corrosion characterization of coated alloys
- Development and applications of fluorescence spectrometry for DNA strands detection
- Droplet microfluidics (rapid prototyping, microdialysis)
- Thermomechanical characterization of electronic packaging
David Denkenberger
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 351C
Research Interests:
- heat exchange & energy efficiency
- resilience to disasters
Chuan Hu
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 325
Research Interests:
- decision-making, motion planning and control of autonomous vehicles
- vehicle system dynamics and control, estimation, and mechatronics
- human-vehicle interaction, trust dynamics, shared control, and ADAS
Nicole Dufour
Office Manager
Department of Mechanical Engineering | Department of Petroleum Engineering
Duck 337
Daisy Huang
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 329
Research Interests:
Eric Johansen
Mechanical Technician
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 109A
Sun Woo Kim
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 323
Research Interests:
- renewable energy
- thermal system management
- heat transfer
- cooling technology for roadways on permafrost
- metal hydrides and its applications to thermal systems
- hydrogen compression and storage
Rorik Peterson
Department Chair | Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 351B
Research Interests:
- frost heave of soils and fracture of brittle materials (rock, concrete) due to ice lensing
- numerical dispersion models for tracking volcanic ash clouds
Lei Zhang
Associate Professor
Duck 337A
Research Interests:
- material science
- synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials such as nanoporous materials, nanocomposites, and nanocoatings for environmental, biomedical, and energy applications
- corrosion properties of alloys and developing anti-corrosion coatings for applications in aerospace industry and biodegradable implants
Emeriti
Deben Das
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Duck 327
Research Interests:
- fluid mechanics
- heat transfer
- thermodynamics and their applications to nanofluids
