Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty

Dr. Ashfaq Adnan,
Professor

Ashfaq Adnan Faculty Profile
aadnan@uta.edu
WH 315B | 817-272-2006
Nanoscale phenomena and multiscale analysis, mechanics of engineering nanomaterials, mechanics of polymer and advanced materials, fracture mechanics.

 

Dr. Dereje Agonafer, NAE
Professor

Dereje Agonafer Faculty Profile
agonafer@uta.edu
WH 211A | 817-272-7377
National Academy of Engineering; Electronic packaging, heat transfer, thermal engineering.

 

Dr. Thomas Allsup, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Instruction

Thomas Allsup Faculty Profile
thomas.allsup@uta.edu
WH 323J
Product design and development; design for manufacturing; process automation; mechatronics; and computer aided engineering.

 

Dr. Miguel Amaya
Senior Lecturer and ME Undergraduate Advisor

Miguel Amaya Faculty Profile
mamaya@uta.edu
WH 204D | 817-272-9266
Two-phase heat and mass transfer - boiling, evaporation, wetting.

 

Dr. Amir Ameri
Assistant Professor

Amir Ameri Faculty Profile
amir.ameri@uta.edu
WH 315J | 817-272-1286
Product design and optimization, additive manufacturing, mechanics of materials, failure analysis, surface treatments, coatings, corrosion, advanced materials, biodegradable composites, medical implants, and finite element analysis.

 

Dr. Erian Armanios
Chair and Professor

Erian Armanios Faculty Profile
armanios@uta.edu
WH 211B | (817) 272-2062
Computational solid mechanics, analysis, testing and design of composite structures, failure characterization and prediction, elastic tailoring, energy dissipation, implementation of active materials for flow control and nondeterministic methods for structural prognostics.

 

Dr. Julio César Benavides
Professor of Instruction

Julio César Benavides Faculty Profile
julio.benavides@uta.edu
WH 306B
Astrodynamics, spacecraft trajectory and attitude modeling, design, and simulation, three- and six-degree of freedom dynamics modeling and simulation, n-body problem dynamics, mass-driver-assisted launch dynamics, space elevator dynamics, model-based design, space mission planning, and systems engineering.

 

Dr. Alan Bowling
Professor

Alan Bowling Faculty Profile
bowling@uta.edu
WH 315A | 817-272-0206
Multibody dynamics, control, robotics, and biomechanics.

 

Dr. Michael Bozlar
Assistant Professor

Michael Bozlar Faculty Profile
bozlar@uta.edu
ERB 331 | 817-272-9424
Nano materials, synthesis and characterization; polymer composites; additive manufacturing; energy storage; CO2 capture and chemical conversion; water treatment and harvesting; bio engineering.

 

Dr. Animesh Chakravarthy
Professor

Animesh Chakravarthy Faculty Profile
animesh.chakravarthy@uta.edu
ELB 259| 817-272-5286
Dynamics and Controls; Morphing Aircraft; Autonomous Systems; Aircraft Loss of Control; Collision Avoidance; Unmanned Air Vehicles; PDE-based modeling of multi-agent systems.

 

Dr. Bernd Chudoba
Associate Professor

Bernd Chudoba Faculty Profile
chudoba@uta.edu
NH 125B | 817-272-1436
Director of Aerospace Vehicle Design Lab, Capstone Design Core Class Lecturer, Multi-Disciplinary vehicle design, hypersonic vehicle design, systems engineering, technology forecasting and product life cycle.

 

Dr. D. Stefan Dancila
Associate Professor

Stefan Dancila Faculty Profile
dancila@uta.edu
WH 414 | 817-272-0833
Solid mechanics; composite and smart materials/structures; tailoring of elastic deformation, failure modes, and energy dissipation; inflatable space structures; space tethers; fatigue and fracture; nondestructive evaluation; piezoelectric actuation and flow control; rotorcraft; high altitude airships; composite prosthetics; renewable energy.

 

Dr. Paul Davidson
Assistant Professor

Paul Davidson Faculty Profile
paul.davidson@uta.edu
WH 214C | 817-272-3746
Composite mechanics; advanced manufacturing methods; multi-scale analysis; low- and high-end velocity impact damage; micro-mechanics.

 

Dr. Brian Dennis
Associate Chair & Professor

Brian Dennis Faculty Profile
dennisb@uta.edu
WH 316C | 817-272-7379
Computation fluid dynamics; multidisciplinary design optimization; finite element methods applied to fluid & solid mechanics, heat transfer, and electromagnetics; inverse problems; parallel computing including the design, construction, and programming of Beowulf-type PC clusters; development of high performance computing software, unstructured mesh generation and deformation.

 

Dr. Atilla Dogan
Professor

Atilla Dogan Faculty Profile
dogan@uta.edu
WH 302 | 817-272-3744
Flight dynamics and control, nonlinear flight simulation, unmanned vehicle systems, unmanned aerial systems, autonomous systems, modeling and control of close proximity flight (aerial refueling, formation flight), path planning and target tracking, probabilistic pilot modeling.

 

Dr. David Ewing
Senior Lecturer

David Ewing Faculty Profile
david.ewing@uta.edu
NH 609 | 817-272-2603
Thermal management systems, phase change material applications, nanofluidic systems, and engineering pedagogy.

 

Dr. Raul Fernandez
Professor in Practice

Raul Fernandez Faculty Profile
fernandez@uta.edu
ELB 253 | (817) 272-2563
Product design, development and commercialization; manufacturing, process automation, robotics; dynamic systems.

 

Dr. Vijay Gopal
Assistant Professor

Vijay Gopal Faculty Profile
vijay.gopal@uta.edu
Woolf Hall 315E
Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, Plasma Assisted Supersonic Combustion and Advanced Laser-Based Diagnostics.

 

Dr. Zhen Xue Han
Professor of Instruction and AE Undergraduate Advisor

Zhen Xue Han Faculty Profile
han@uta.edu
WH 204B | 817-272-7376
Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer; air-breathing propulsion system; turbomachinery; multidisciplinary design optimization.

 

Dr. Haiying Huang
Professor

Haiying Huang Faculty Profile
huang@uta.edu
WH 315F | 817-272-0563
Health monitoring of structures and human, wireless microwave sensors, optical fiber sensors, ultrasound, non-destructive evaluation, solid mechanics, fatigue and fracture.

 

Dr. David Hullender
Professor

David Hullender Faculty Profile
hullender@uta.edu
WH 304B | 817-272-2014
Machine vibration and stress analysis, hydraulic pneumatic and mechanical systems design and analysis, compressible and incompressible fluid dynamics, modeling and computer simulation, and analysis of random and stochastic processes.

 

Dr. Endel Iarve
Professor

Endel Iarve Faculty Profile
endel.iarve@uta.edu
UTARI/WH 300A | 817-272-9443
Discrete damage modeling methodologies for laminated composites under broad range of loading conditions including compression and fatigue. Integrated computational materials science and engineering bringing together manufacturing and performance aspects of advanced composite materials.

 

Dr. Ankur Jain
Professor

Ankur Jain Faculty Profile
jaina@uta.edu
ELB 254 | 817-272-9338
Microscale energy conversion, microscale heat transport, Bio-MEMS, micro-electromechanical systems, semiconductor thermal management, 3D integrated circuits.

 

Dr. Vistasp M. Karbhari
Professor

Vistasp M. Karbhari Faculty Profile
vkarbhari@uta.edu
Processing and mechanics of composites, deterioration science of polymers and composites, bio-materials, infrastructure renewal and multi-threat mitigation (including blast), sustainability, impact/damage mechanics and crash energy management, nondestructive assessment of materials and structures, damage prognosis, and structural health monitoring.

 

Dr. Catherine Kilmain
Professor of Instruction

Catherine Kilmain Faculty Profile
catherine.kilmain@uta.edu
WH 300B
Fatigue, fracture and damage tolerance analysis of composite structures

 

Dr. Daejong Kim
Associate Professor

Daejong Kim Faculty Profile
daejongkim@uta.edu
WH 213 | 817-272-7620
Turbo machinery aerodynamics, Modeling and system dynamics of solid oxide fuel cell and gas turbine hybrid systems, Advanced oil-free bearings for turbo machinery, Non-linear rotor dynamics.

 

Dr. Ratan Kumar
Professor in Practice

Ratan Kumar Faculty Profile
ratan.kumar@uta.edu
WH 306C | 817-272-0740
Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer; FEA for structures; machine design; Web-based education.

 

Dr. Kent Lawrence
Professor

Kent Lawrence Faculty Profile
lawrence@uta.edu
WH 300D | 817-272-2019
Stress and vibration analysis, structural analysis, structural dynamics, finite element methods, and computer aided engineering.

 

Dr. Shiyao Lin
Assistant Professor

Shiyao Lin Faculty Profile
shiyao.lin@uta.edu
UTARI/WH 323G | 817-272-6112
Structural integrity and damage tolerance challenges of advanced structures and devices across length scales varying from nanometers to meters. Progressive failure of composites, impact damage, thermal-mechanical reliability of semiconductor devices, and bio-inspired 3D printed materials.  

 

Dr. Xin Liu
Assistant Professor

Dr. Xin Liu Faculty Profile
xin.liu@uta.edu
WH 323H | 817-272-5925
Multiscale constitutive modeling of composites; Machine learning (neural network); Manufacturing simulation; Micromechanics; Structural mechanics; Finite element analysis; Smart materials.

 

Dr. Frank Lu
Professor

Frank Lu Faculty Profile
franklu@uta.edu
ERB 340 | 817-272-2083
Fluid dynamics, shock and viscous phenomena, aerodynamic heating, jets and sprays, supersonic and hypersonic flows, propulsion, detonations, flow visualization, and instrumentation and facility development.

 

Dr. Cheng Luo
Professor

Cheng Luo Faculty Profile
chengluo@uta.edu
WH 215 | 817-272-7366
Design, modeling and fabrication of nanosystems and biomicrosystems, and solid mechanics.

 

Dr. Luca Maddalena
Professor and Director of the Aerodynamics Research Center (ARC)

Luca Maddalena Faculty Profile
maddalena@uta.edu
WH 315H | 817-272-1123
Hypersonic air-breathing propulsion; Injection, mixing and combustion in high-speed flows; vortex dynamics; experimental fluid dynamics; instrumentation; advanced propulsion configurations.

 

Dr. Andrew Makeev
Professor

Andrew Makeev Faculty Profile
makeev@uta.edu
WH 225G | 817-272-9448
Composite and metallic materials, structural methods, prognostics and reliability.

 

Dr. Nancy Michael
Professor of Instruction and ME Undergraduate Advisor

Nancy Michael Faculty Profile
michael@uta.edu
WH 204C | 817-272-1258
Electronic materials, integrated circuit interconnect technology, materials characterization, (SEM, XRD, AES, XPS).

 

Dr. Hyejin Moon
Associate Professor

Hyejin Moon Faculty Profile
hyejin.moon@uta.edu
ELB 205 | 817-272-2017
Micro/nanosciences, bioMEMS/bioNEMS, micro/nanofluidics, lab-on-a-chip, diagnostic technology, microscope heat transfer, energy harvesting technology

 

Dr. Seiichi Nomura
Professor

Seiichi Nomura Faculty Profile
nomura@uta.edu
WH 304D | 817-272-2012
Micromechanics, analysis of composite materials, computer algebra applications.

 

Dr. Md. Rassel Raihan
Assistant Professor

Md. Rassel Raihan Faculty Profile
mdrassel.raihan@uta.edu
WH 315C | 817-272-9582
Multi-physical predictive performance of multi-scale degradation mechanisms, material state change, durability and prognosis of heterogenous material system, i.e., structural composite, SOFC fuel cell, Adhesive bond-joints and interfaces; Manufacturing of Multifunctional Composite

 

Dr. Sunand Santhanagopalan
Associate Professor of Instruction

Sunand Santhanagopalan Faculty Profile
ssanthan@uta.edu
ELB 202 | 817-272-3711
Multi-Scale Energy Systems: Scalable Nanomanufacturing; Electrochemical energy conversion/storage; High temperature latent heat storage; Wettability control; Advanced Nanomaterial synthesis; Fractal architectures; Micro/Nano transport phenomena; Renewable energy systems.

 

Dr. Nora Ameri
Associate Professor

Narges Shayesteh Moghaddam Faculty Profile
narges.shayesteh@uta.edu
WH 315G | 817-272-9335
Additive manufacturing, smart materials, high temperature alloys, single crystals, materials characterization, design and optimization, finite element analysis, and biomedical devices.

 

Dr. Panos Shiakolas
Associate Professor

Panos Shiakolas Faculty Profile
shiakolas@uta.edu
WH 315D | 817-272-5715
Robotics (surgical and medical diagnostics, manufacturing). Human robot interaction modalities. Smart personalized wearable prosthesis and assistive devices (rehabilitation, training, diagnostics). Additive manufacturing (multi-material multi-process at micro, meso and macro scales). Design and fabrication of bio-scaffolds. Engineering education, mechatronics, robotics, modeling, controls.

 

Dr. Kamesh Subbarao
Associate Chair & Professor

Kamesh Subbarao Faculty Profile
subbarao@uta.edu
WH 202 | 817-272-7467
Nonlinear and robust adaptive control, optimal control, mathematical modeling and dynamical systems theory, optimal estimation and system identification, flight dynamics and control systems, astrodynamics, robotics and unmanned vehicle systems.

 

Dr. Robert Taylor
Professor in Practice

Robert Taylor Faculty Profile
taylorrm@uta.edu
WH 214B | 817-272-9341
Structural design and optimization, design for manufacture, design for additive manufacture, 3-D printed structures, finite element analysis, solid mechanics.

 

Dr. Albert Tong
Associate Professor

Albert Tong Faculty Profile
tong@uta.edu
WH 206A | 817-272-2297
Spray combustion, numerical modeling of heat transfer, and fluid flow.

 

Dr. Sneha Reddy Vanga
Assistant Professor of Instruction

Sneha Reddy Vanga Faculty Profile
sneha.vanga@uta.edu
WH 323F
Turbomachinery; Gas Turbine Engines; Air-breathing Propulsion; Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer; Aerothermodynamics

 

Dr. B.P. Wang
Professor

B.P. Wang Faculty Profile
bpwang@uta.edu
WH 304C | 817-272-3426
Finite element analysis, structural optimization, vibration, and structural dynamics.

 

Dr. Shuo "Linda" Wang
Associate Professor

Shuo "Linda" Wang Faculty Profile
shuolinda.wang@uta.edu
ELB 252 | 817-272-3413
Computational Mathematics, Optimization, Optimal (Ensemble) Control.

Dr. Yawen Wang
Assistant Professor of Research

Yawen Wang Faculty Profile
yawen.wang@uta.edu
ERB 103
Design and dynamics of precision machine elements, gear noise/vibrations, structural vibrations and acoustics, active noise and vibration control, automotive NVH (noise, vibration & harshness), electro-mechanical system dynamics, and data-driven condition monitoring and prognostics.

 

Dr. Robert L. Woods
Professor and Faculty Advisor Formula SAE

Robert L. Woods Faculty Profile
woods@uta.edu
WH 304A | 817-272-0707
Dynamic systems, modeling and simulation, control systems, fluid power control, fluidics, microprocessor and digital controls, logic systems, automotive engineering.

 

Dr. Liwei Zhang
Assistant Professor

Liwei Zhang Faculty Profile
liwei.zhang@uta.edu
WH 316B | 817-272-0739
Modeling of chemically reacting flows, combustion dynamics in propulsion systems, computational fluid dynamics, reduced-basis modeling and emulation, data-enabled design.

In Memoriam

 

Dr. Don Wilson
Associate Chair and Professor

October 3, 1938 - April 11, 2023

Professors Emeriti

Dale A. Anderson

 

C.L.R. Barker

Joseph W. Dalley

Jack E. Fairchild

 

Carl Files

Roger D. Goolsby

Tommy J. Lawley

John J. Mills

 

Kenneth Reifsnider

 

Abdolhossein Haji-Sheikh

Jack R. Woolf

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