Meet our faculty that comprise the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME) Ph.D. Program.
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Industrial Engineering Faculty
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Manufacturing Engineering Faculty
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Mechanical Engineering Faculty
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Dr. Bahram AsiabanpourAsiabanpourBahramMME Ph.D. Program Director & Professor
Research Interests: Rapid Prototyping, CAD/CAM, Rapid Product Development
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Dr. Mohamed AbdelkareemAbdelkareemMohamedAssistant Professor
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Dr. Heping "Fred" ChenChenHeping "Fred"Associate Professor
Research Interests: Industrial robotics: intelligent robotics, “smart” robotics and human-like robotics, Autonomous industrial robots on a mobile platform, Embedded control system for advanced robot control, Nano-robotics: nanomanipulation and automatic nanomanufacturing of nanosensors, Sensor fusion in industrial applications
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Dr. Wenquan DongDongWenquanAssistant Professor
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Dr. Anahita EmamiEmamiAnahitaAssistant Professor
Research Interests: Integration of artificial intelligence in additive manufacturing, Design optimization of structured materials, Contact mechanics, friction, and wear of viscoelastic materials, Process optimization in advanced manufacturing
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Dr. Christine HaileyHaileyChristineProfessor
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Dr. Jesus JimenezJimenezJesusProfessor
Research Interests: Data-Intensive Analytics and Simulation. Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing and Supply Chain System. Industry 4.0 and Digital Twins. Design of Experiments
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Dr. Tongdan JinJinTongdanProfessor
Research Interests: Sustainable supply chain operations, Renewable energy policy and market, Product and service integration, Reliability and resilience of engineering and financial systems
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Dr. Namwon KimKimNamwonAssociate Professor
Research Interests: Micro/nano-systems for bio-medical/analytical applications, Experimental microfluidics and optical measurements, Transport phenomena as related to micro/nano-fluidic systems, Advanced multi-scale manufacturing and surface modification
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Dr. Karim MuciMuciKarimProfessor
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Dr. Clara NovoaNovoaClaraProfessor
Research Interests: Mathematical optimization and prescriptive analytics (i.e., linear, non-linear, integer, stochastic, dynamic, or neuro-dynamic programming, and heuristic optimization), data science, parallel computing to solve large-scale optimization problems and machine learning methods. Applications in renewable energy planning and supply chain optimization under uncertainty, stochastic and dynamic facility layout, vehicle routing, and supplier selection. Minor interest in additive manufacturing and statistical design of experiments to optimize the quality of 3D manufactured parts.
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Dr. Eduardo PerezPerezEduardoProfessor
Research Interests: Optimal decision policies for system configuration and resource allocation, Health care systems engineering and analysis of patient flow, Reliability analysis and maintenance decisions for wind energy systems, Discrete event modeling and simulation. Stochastic Programming
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Dr. Jitendra TateTateJitendraProfessor
Development, manufacturing, and characterization of high-performance thermoset and thermoplastics polymeric matrix composites for industrial, aerospace, sports, biomedical, and energy applications.
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Dr. Bingyang ZhangZhangBingyangAssistant Professor
Research Interests: Mechanics and characterization of soft materials and biological materials; Theoretical and computational fracture mechanics; Damage and failure behavior of soft polymers; Biomechanics of natural stingers and animal protective structures; Design and fabrication of bio-inspired functional materials and soft composite materials.