Department of Mechanical Engineering Directory
Richard Ayala
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSUrayala@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Mechanics, Thermal Sciences
Dr. Asfaw Beyene
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUabeyene@sdsu.edu619-594-6207EIS 218Area of Expertise
Renewable Energy, Thermodynamic Cycles, Energy Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Simulation of Thermal Systems
Dr. Amneet Bhalla
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUasbhalla@sdsu.edu619-594-2043E 323-GArea of Expertise
Fluid-Structure Interaction, Multiphase Flows, Aquatic Locomotion, Renewable Energy Device Modeling, Numerical Methods, High Performance Computing, Scientific Software Design
Dr. Subrata Bhattacharjee
Professor, Adjunct Professor of Computer ScienceAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUsbhattacharjee@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Computational Thermodynamics, Combustion
Ted Bramble
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUtbramble@sdsu.eduE 323A
Louisa Burrus
Administrative Support Coordinator IAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUlburrus@sdsu.edu619-594-7050E 326
Dr. Joaquin Camacho
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUjcamacho@sdsu.edu619-594-6076E 323-DArea of Expertise
Multiphase Flows, Sustainable Energy, Nanomaterial Theory and Fabrication, Combustion, Aerosol Dynamics, Carbon Materials
Dr. Luca Carmignani
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUlcarmignani2@sdsu.eduEIS
Juno Chambers
ME Advisor at the Center for Student Success in Engineering (J-Z)Academic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUjlchambers@sdsu.eduE 216D
Dr. Meysam Heydari-Gharahcheshmeh
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUmheydari@sdsu.edu619-594-6067E 103-AArea of Expertise
Advanced manufacturing, chemical vapor deposition methods, texture and nanostructural engineering, energy harvesting and storage materials, polymers and thin film deposition.
Selena Jarin
Department CoordinatorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUsjarin@sdsu.edu619-594-6067E 326
Leviticus Johnson
ME Advisor at the Center for Student Success in Engineering (a-i)Academic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUljohnso@sdsu.eduE 221B
Dr. Sungbum (John) Kang
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUjkang4@sdsu.edu(619) 594-1874E 425-AArea of Expertise
Smart Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Machine Learning, Machine Vision, Cyber Physical Systems, Manufacturing Metrology, Optical Metrology, Mechatronics/Robotics, Materials Characterization, Soft-Tissue Characterization
Dr. Samuel Kassegne
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUkassegne@sdsu.edu619-594-1815EIS 214Area of Expertise
MEMS/NEMS, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering and Computational Sciences
Dr. Parag Katira
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUpkatira@sdsu.edu619-594-2032E 211Area of Expertise
Biomolecular Motors, Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, Tissue Dynamics, Soft Matter Interactions, Design of Active Materials
Dr. Santosh KC
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringSDSUskc@sdsu.eduE 323D
Dr. Lingping Kong
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUlkong@sdsu.eduEIS 208
Dr. Patrick Kwon
Professor and ChairAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringDepartment of EngineeringSDSUpkwon@sdsu.eduE 326B
Alex Lee
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUalee9@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Computer aided design
Dr. Sung Q Lee
Adjunct FacultyCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUsqlee@sdsu.edu
Alexander Lehman, Ph.D
LecturerCollege of EngineeringMechanics, Thermal SciencesSDSUatlehman@sdsu.edu
Michael Lester
Fabrication SupportAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUlester@sdsu.edu(619) 594-0319E 105
Dr. Karen May-Newman
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUkmaynewm@sdsu.edu619-594-5652E 323-EArea of Expertise
Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Medical Device Design
Dr. Fletcher Miller
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUfmiller@sdsu.edu619-594-5791EIS 206Area of Expertise
Combustion, Fire, Sustainable Energy, Solar Thermal Power
Dr. Kee Moon
ProfessorCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUkmoon@sdsu.edu619-594-0558EIS 314Area of Expertise
Mechatronics, Precision Engineering, Machine Design
Greg Morris
Technical SupportAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUgmorris@sdsu.edu(619) 594-6063E 103B
Dr. Khaled Morsi
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUkmorsi@sdsu.edu619-594-2903E 305Area of Expertise
Nanomaterials, Powder Metallurgy, Engineering Materials, Advanced Materials Processing and Thermodynamics.
Vanita Murthy
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUvmurthy@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Design
Somar Nacy, Ph.D
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUsnacy@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Mechanics
Dr. Peiman Naseradinmousavi
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUpnaseradinmousavi@sdsu.edu619-594-0753E 323CArea of Expertise
Smart Flow Distribution Network, Robotics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Control Theory, Optimization, Magnetic Bearings, Mathematical Modeling
Dr. Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUzniliahmadabadi@sdsu.eduA-121
Hamid Nourollahi
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUhnourollahi@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Mechanics, Materials
Dr. Eugene Olevsky
Dean of the College of EngineeringAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUeolevsky@sdsu.edu(619) 594-6329E 203
Alireza Pakravan, Ph.D
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUapakravan@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Statics, Structural Design
Dr. Sung-Yong (Sean) Park
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUspark10@sdsu.eduE 323H
Dr. Louay Sabah Al Roomi
LecturerCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUlalroomi@sdsu.edu
Cyrus Saghafi, Ph.D.
LecturerCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUcsaghafi@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Computer Aided Design
Scott Shaffar, Ph.D.
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUsshaffar@sdsu.eduArea of Expertise
Senior Design
Dr. Ahmed Sherif El-Gizawy
Adjunct FacultyCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUaelgizawy@sdsu.edu
Dr. Elisa Torresani
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUetorresani@sdsu.eduEIS 216
Vuk Uskokovic, Ph.D.
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUArea of Expertise
Biomedical Devices
Gregory Veca
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUgveca@sdsu.edu
Dr. Vi Vu
Adjunct FacultyCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUvtvu@sdsu.edu
Dr. Xialu Wei
Adjunct FacultyAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUxwei2@sdsu.edu
Jeff Wield
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUpwield@sdsu.edu
Dr. Wenwu Xu
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUwenwu.xu@sdsu.edu(619) 594-6068E 323-J
Dr. Yang Yang
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUyyang10@sdsu.edu619-594-3145E 409