
Department of Mechanical Engineering Directory


Richard Ayala
LecturerMechanical EngineeringCollege of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Mechanics, Thermal Sciences

Dr. Asfaw Beyene
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-6207EIS 218Area of Expertise
Renewable Energy, Thermodynamic Cycles, Energy Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Simulation of Thermal Systems

Dr. Amneet Bhalla
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[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 ScienceAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Computational Thermodynamics, Combustion

Ted Bramble
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]E 323A
Louisa Burrus
Administrative Support Coordinator IAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-7050E 326
Dr. Joaquin Camacho
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[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 ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]EIS
Juno Chambers
ME Advisor at the Center for Student Success in Engineering (J-Z)Academic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]E 216D
Dr. Meysam Heydari-Gharahcheshmeh
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-6067E 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 EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-6067E 326
Leviticus Johnson
ME Advisor at the Center for Student Success in Engineering (a-i)Academic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]E 221B
Dr. Sungbum (John) Kang
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[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
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-1815EIS 214Area of Expertise
MEMS/NEMS, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering and Computational Sciences

Dr. Parag Katira
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[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 ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]E 323D
Dr. Lingping Kong
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]EIS 208
Dr. Patrick Kwon
Professor and ChairAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringDepartment of EngineeringSDSU[email protected]E 326B
Alex Lee
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Computer aided design

Dr. Sung Q Lee
Adjunct FacultyCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Alexander Lehman, Ph.D
LecturerCollege of EngineeringMechanics, Thermal SciencesSDSU[email protected]
Michael Lester
Fabrication SupportAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected](619) 594-0319E 105
Dr. Karen May-Newman
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-5652E 323-EArea of Expertise
Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Medical Device Design

Dr. Fletcher Miller
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-5791EIS 206Area of Expertise
Combustion, Fire, Sustainable Energy, Solar Thermal Power

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

Greg Morris
Technical SupportAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected](619) 594-6063E 103B
Dr. Khaled Morsi
ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-2903E 305Area of Expertise
Nanomaterials, Powder Metallurgy, Engineering Materials, Advanced Materials Processing and Thermodynamics.

Vanita Murthy
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Design

Somar Nacy, Ph.D
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Mechanics

Dr. Peiman Naseradinmousavi
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-0753E 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 EngineeringSDSU[email protected]A-121
Hamid Nourollahi
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Mechanics, Materials

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

Dr. Sung-Yong (Sean) Park
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]E 323H
Dr. Louay Sabah Al Roomi
LecturerCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Cyrus Saghafi, Ph.D.
LecturerCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Computer Aided Design

Scott Shaffar, Ph.D.
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Senior Design

Dr. Ahmed Sherif El-Gizawy
Adjunct FacultyCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Elisa Torresani
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]EIS 216
Vuk Uskokovic, Ph.D.
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSUArea of Expertise
Biomedical Devices

Gregory Veca
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Vi Vu
Adjunct FacultyCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Xialu Wei
Adjunct FacultyAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Jeff Wield
LecturerAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]
Dr. Wenwu Xu
Associate ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected](619) 594-6068E 323-J
Dr. Yang Yang
Assistant ProfessorAcademic AffairsCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-3145E 409