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  Graduate School-New Brunswick 2008-2010 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 650  

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 650

Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program:
 Professor Haim Baruh, B226 Engineering Building, Busch Campus (732-445-3680)

Website: http://mech.rutgers.edu/current/?page=14

Members of the Graduate Faculty


Prosenjit Bagchi, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana)
Computational fluid dynamics; multiphase flow; particulate flow; turbulence; biofluid mechanics

Haim Baruh, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Structural dynamics; control of vibration; smart structures

Haym Benaroya, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Aerospace structures; structural dynamics; probabilistic mechanics; lunar development

William J. Bottega, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Composite structures; applied mechanics

Alberto Cuitiño, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Brown
Computational solid mechanics

Mitsunori Denda, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Harvard
Fracture mechanics; computational solid mechanics

Francisco Javier Díez-Garias, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan                                                   
Experimental thermal and fluid sciences; mixing; microfluidics; electrokinetics; turbulence; combustion

Ellis H. Dill, University Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Continuum mechanics; computational mechanics; finite element methods

Thomas N. Farris, Dean of the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Aerospace structures and materials; tribology; manufacturing processes; fatigue and fracture

Hae Chang Gea, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan
Design and structural optimization; finite element

Zhixiong Guo, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Polytechnic
Laser-material interactions; bioimaging and sensing; micro/nanoscale phenomena; thermal radiation; numerical modeling

Yogesh Jaluria, Chair and Board of Governors Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cornell
Convection; numerical methods in heat transfer; materials processing

Mukund V. Karwe, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Thermal processing of food materials; numerical modeling

Doyle D. Knight, Mary Raisler Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Compressible fluid mechanics; turbulence; computational fluid dynamics; automated optimal design; high-performance computing; aerodynamics

Joachim B. Kohn, Professor of Chemistry, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Weizmann (Israel)
Interaction of living cells with artificial surfaces


Noshir A. Langrana, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cornell
Computer-aided design; biomechanics; artificial intelligence in design

Hao Lin, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Theoretical and computational fluid mechanics; micro- and nanoscale flow and transport; electrokinetics and electrohydrodynamics; bioanalytical and biofluids systems

Yen-Wen Lu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Design; fabrication; system integration in MEMs and nanotechnology

Michael R. Muller, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Brown
Fluid mechanics, waves; rotating flows; fluidized beds

Andrew N. Norris, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Dynamics of solids; wave propagation; mechanics of composite materials

Kook D. Pae, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Polymer mechanics; high-pressure effects on properties of polymers; surface modification of polymers
                                           
Assimina A. Pelegri, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Fracture mechanics; electromechanical systems; smart structures

Constantine E. Polymeropoulos, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cornell
Combustion; heat transfer

Shaurya Prakash, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Nanomaterials; fluid mechanics; micro- and nanofluidics

Kyung T. Rhee, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Internal combustion engines; flame propagation

Tobias Rossmann, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Stanford
Experimental fluid mechanics; laser diagnostics and spectroscopy; mixing and combustion; gas dynamics; multiphase flows

Jerry Shan, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Experimental fluid mechanics; scalar transport and mixing; micro- and nanoscale flows; turbulence; laser diagnostics

Peng Song, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Medical robotics; multibody dynamics; rehabilitation engineering and mechanical design; virtual prototyping; robot manipulation

Georgiy Stenchikov, Research Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Fluid dynamics; numerical methods; atmospheric physics; climate modeling; radiation transport

M. Silvina Tomassone, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northeastern
Molecular dynamics; thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of fluids; nanoparticles; nanotribology; self assembly and dynamics of surfactants; spreading of fluids

Stephen D. Tse, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Combustion and propulsion, heat and mass transfer, materials synthesis, fire safety

George J. Weng, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Micromechanics of composite materials; phase transformation

Jingang Yi, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SOE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Robotics; systems and control; mechatronics; manufacturing automation

Norman J. Zabusky, State of New Jersey Professor Emeritus of Computational Fluid Dynamics, SE; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Fluid dynamics: computational and analytical; nonlinear dynamical systems
 
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