SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Mechanical Engineering Faculty
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Fadi Abu-Farha fka10@psu.edu Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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Education: Ph.D., 2007 [Mechanical Engineering], University of Kentucky |
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Teaching Specialties: Engineering Mechanics, Manufacturing Processes, Machine Design, Materials |
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Research Interests: Superplastic Forming Technique, Analytical Material Modeling |
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REDC 251, 814-898-6388 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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Education: Ph.D., 1983 [Engineering Mechanics], Penn State University |
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Teaching Specialties: Mechanical Engineering, Strength of Materials, Dynamics, and Fluid Mechanics |
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Research Interests: Computational Thermal/Structural/Fluid Analysis, Finite Element Techniques, Convection Cooling in Electronic Equipment |
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REDC 241, 814-898-6391 Program Chair Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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Education: Ph.D., 1990 [Mechanical Engineering], State University of New York at Buffalo |
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Teaching Specialties: Engineering Design, Computer Graphics, Computer-Aided Design |
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Research Interests: Naval Architecture, Marine Hydrodynamics, Sail Design |
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Dean Lewis dql11@psu.edu |
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Education: M.S., 1996 [Mechanical Engineering], Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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Teaching Specialties: Statics, Dynamics, Strengths of Materials, Engineering Design, Computer-Aided Engineering |
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Research Interests: Assembly of Plastic Housings with Attachment Features, Impact Dynamics, Engineering Education |
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REDC 245, 814-898-6521 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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Education: Ph.D., 1995 [Civil Engineering], University of California, Los Angeles |
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Teaching Specialties: Machine Design, Vibrations, Numerical Methods, Strength of Materials |
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Research Interests: Structural Vibrations, Computational Structural Mechanics, Smart Materials, Coupled Field Analysis |
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REDC 250, 814-898-7587 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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Education: Ph.D., 1998 [Mechanical Engineering] Michigan Technological University |
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Teaching Specialties: Manufacturing, Materials, Vibration and Adaptive Signal Processing |
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Research Interests: Dynamics of the Manufacturing Process, System Modeling and Analysis, and Signal Processing Techniques |
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REDC 247, 814-898-6389 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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Education: Ph.D., 1993 [Chemical Engineering], Case Western Reserve University |
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Teaching Specialties: Thermodynamics Statistics/DOE, Statics, Materials, Heat Transfer |
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Research Interests: Mechanics and Processing of Polymers, Viscoelastic Properties of Elastomers, Engineering Software Development |
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REDC 253, 814-898-6559 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
| Education: Ph.D., 2004 [Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering], University of Virginia | |
| Teaching Specialties: Controls, Computational Methods in Engineering, Measurement Theory and Instrumentation in Engineering, Bioengineering and Biomedical Systems | |
| Research Interests: Biomedical Systems, Bioengineering, Biological/Biomedical Systems Modeling, Control Theory, Dynamical Systems, Robotics | |
Jun Zhou juz17@psu.edu Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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| Education: Ph.D., 2003 [Mechanical Engineering], University of Missouri-Rolla | |
| Teaching Specialties: Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Energy Systems, Numerical Methods | |
| Research Interests: CFD, Multi-scale Modeling of Energy Transport in Laser Materials Processing, Laser-Based Welding, Numerical Methods, Energy Systems, Biological Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer | |
