Department of Mechanical Engineering

Cheng-fu Chen

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

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Nicole Dufour

Office Manager

Department of Mechanical Engineering | Department of Petroleum Engineering

Duck 337

Daisy Huang

Daisy Huang

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Duck 329

Eric Johansen

Eric Johansen

Mechanical Technician

Mechanical Engineering

Duck 109A

Sun Woo Kim

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

Olanrewaju Miracle Oyewola

Olanrewaju Miracle Oyewola

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

JUB 134

Research Interests:

  • Flow management and control
  • Aerodynamic performance of aerospace systems
  • Thermal management system
  • Heat transfer characteristics
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Fluid-structure interaction

Rorik Peterson

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

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

Deben Das

Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering

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Jonah Lee

Jonah Lee

Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering