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  Graduate School-New Brunswick 2017 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 650  

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 650

Degree Programs Offered: Master of Engineering, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program:
 Professor Jerry Shan, B226A Engineering Building, Busch Campus (848-445-3653)

Website: http://mech.rutgers.edu/graduate-program-overview

Members of the Graduate Faculty


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

Xiaoli Bai, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D., Texas A&M;
Modeling, control, and analysis of next generation air transportation system

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

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

William J. Bottega, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Composite structures; delamination and fracture; dynamics and stability of solids and structures; mechanics of the retina

Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan
Design of hybrid energy systems for energy scavenging, generation, and storage

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

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

Francisco Javier Díez-Garias, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan
Experimental thermal and fluid sciences; microfluidics; sprays; flow diagnostics; turbulence; combustion

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

German Drazer, Associate Professor/Lab Director of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cuyo and Instituto Balseiro (Argentina)
Transport phenomena; fluid mechanics and statistical physics; stochastic processes

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, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Polytechnic
Heat transfer; laser-material (tissue) interactions; bioimaging and sensing; microscale phenomena; numerical modeling

Yogesh Jaluria, Distinguished Professor 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, Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Extrusion; high-pressure processing; effects of processing on health value of foods; mathematical modeling and numerical simulation

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; Ph.D., Weizmann (Israel)
Interaction of living cells with artificial surfaces


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

Howon Lee, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Development of innovative micro-/nano-manufacturing technologies for soft active materials

Hao Lin, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Micro- and nanoscale science and engineering; micro- and nanofluidic devices; biofluid mechanics

Liping Liu, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Minnesota
Mechanics and materials; multiscale-multiphysics analysis and modeling

Adrian Mann, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Oxford
Biomaterials; atomic force microscopy


Aaron Mazzeo, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Micro- and nanomanufacturing; energy harvesting; soft materials; flexible electronics; robotics; design; control; modeling; mechatronics; metrology; combustion

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

Andrew N. Norris, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Acoustics; elasticity; dynamics of composite materials
                                           
Assimina A. Pelegri, Professor, Undergraduate Program Director of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Experimental mechanics; fractures; smart structures; tissue characterization and modeling

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

Jerry Shan, Professor, Graduate Program Director 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

Shahab Shojaei-Zadeh, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon
Micro- and nanofluidics; interfacial phenomena; soft condensed matter

Jonathan Singer, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aeropsace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The generation of hierarchically structured via scalable micro/nanomanufacturing

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, Director of Outreach, Professor and Mary W. Raisler Distinguished Teaching Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Microgravity; combustion; gas-phase synthesis of nanomaterials

George J. Weng, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Micromechanics plasticity and creep of polycrystals; micro-macro transition; mechanics of composite materials

Jingang Yi, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Autonomous robotic systems; dynamic systems and control; mechatronics; automation science and engineering

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

Qingze Zou, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Washington
Precision positioning; inversion-based control theory; scanning probe microscopy; nanofabrication


 
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