
Department of Mechanical Engineering Directory


Richard Ayala
LecturerCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Mechanics, Thermal Sciences

Dr. Asfaw Beyene
ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6207EIS 218Area of Expertise
Renewable Energy, Thermodynamic Cycles, Energy Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Simulation of Thermal Systems

Dr. Amneet Bhalla
Associate ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-2043E 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 ScienceMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Computational Thermodynamics, Combustion

Ted Bramble
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]
Louisa Burrus
Administrative Support Coordinator IMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-7050E 326
Dr. Joaquin Camacho
Associate ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6076E 323-DArea of Expertise
Multiphase Flows, Sustainable Energy, Nanomaterial Theory and Fabrication, Combustion, Aerosol Dynamics, Carbon Materials

Dr. Luca Carmignani
Assistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]PSFA 445
Juno Chambers
ME Advisor at the Center for Student Success in Engineering (J-Z)Mechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]E 216D
Dorsa Elmi
SDSU[email protected]
Dr. Meysam Heydari-Gharahcheshmeh
Assistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-3847E 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 CoordinatorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6067E 326
Leviticus Johnson
ME Advisor at the Center for Student Success in Engineering (a-i)Mechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]E 221B
Dr. Sungbum (John) Kang
Assistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected](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
ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-1815EIS 214Area of Expertise
MEMS/NEMS, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering and Computational Sciences

Dr. Parag Katira
ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-2032E 211Area of Expertise
Biomolecular Motors, Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, Tissue Dynamics, Soft Matter Interactions, Design of Active Materials

Dr. Santosh KC
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]E 323D
Dr. Lingping Kong
Assistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]EIS 208
Dr. Patrick Kwon
Professor and ChairDepartment of EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-2450E 326B
Alex Lee
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Computer aided design

Dr. Sung Q Lee
Adjunct FacultyMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Alexander Lehman, Ph.D
LecturerMechanics, Thermal SciencesCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Karen May-Newman
ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-5652E 323-EArea of Expertise
Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Medical Device Design

Dr. Fletcher Miller
ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-5791EIS 206Area of Expertise
Combustion, Fire, Sustainable Energy, Solar Thermal Power

Dr. Kee Moon
ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-0558EIS 314Area of Expertise
Mechatronics, Precision Engineering, Machine Design

Greg Morris
Technical SupportMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected](619) 594-6063E 103B
Dr. Khaled Morsi
ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-2903E 305Area of Expertise
Nanomaterials, Powder Metallurgy, Engineering Materials, Advanced Materials Processing and Thermodynamics.

Vanita Murthy
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Design

Somar Nacy, Ph.D
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Mechanics

Dr. Peiman Naseradinmousavi
Associate ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-0753E 323CArea of Expertise
Smart Flow Distribution Network, Robotics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Control Theory, Optimization, Magnetic Bearings, Mathematical Modeling

Tu Nguyen
Fabrication SupportMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected](619) 594-0319E 105
Dr. Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi
Assistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-3511A-121
Hamid Nourollahi
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Mechanics, Materials

Dr. Eugene Olevsky
Dean of the College of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected](619) 594-6329E 203
Alireza Pakravan, Ph.D
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Statics, Structural Design

Dr. Sung-Yong (Sean) Park
Associate ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-2319E 323H
Dr. Louay Sabah Al Roomi
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Cyrus Saghafi, Ph.D.
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Computer Aided Design

Scott Shaffar, Ph.D.
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Senior Design

Dr. Ahmed Sherif El-Gizawy
Adjunct FacultyMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Elisa Torresani
Assistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-3599EIS 216
Gregory Veca
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Vi Vu
Adjunct FacultyMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Zhijie Wang
Assistant ProfessorSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Xialu Wei
Adjunct FacultyMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]
Jeff Wield
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Wenwu Xu
Associate ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected](619) 594-6068E 323-J
Dr. Yang Yang
Assistant ProfessorMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringAcademic AffairsSDSU[email protected]619-594-3145E 409
