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Mechanical Engineering Faculty

 

          

George Nnanna, Ph.D.

Interim Department Head
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, by courtesy, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University West Lafayette

Director of Purdue Calumet Water Institute
PhD, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2002

Specialty:
Thermal Transport Phenomena in Micro/Nana Porous Media, Bio and Micro Scale Heat Transfer
,Thermo Mechanical Analysis in Micro Electronics, Phase Change Heat Transfer
Office:
Powers, 211D
Phone : (219)-989-2071
Email :
Nnanna@purduecal.edu

          

Harvey Abramowitz, Eng.Sc.D

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
DES, Columbia University

Specialty:
Extractive/ Process Metallurgy,Mineral Processing,Resource Recovery,
Physical Metallurgy
Office: Powers 211E
Phone : (219)-989-2473
Email :
harveya@purduecal.edu

          

Yulian B. Kin, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Petrochemical and Gas Institute in Moscow, former USSR

Specialty:
Stress Analysis , Fatigue Fracture Mechanics,Mechanical Experimentation

Office:
Powers 211C
Phone : (219)-989-2684
Email :
kin@purduecal.edu

          

Masoud Mojtahed, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Iowa State University

Specialty:
Analytical and Experimental Mechanics,Fracture Methods,Fiber-Reinforced Composites,
Photoelasticity Analysis,Dynamic System Modeling
Office:
Powers 211H
Phone : (219)-989-2480
Email :
mojtahed@purduecal.edu

          

Bipin K. Pai, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1978

Specialty:
Biomechanics of Red Blood Cell Membranes,Finite Element Methods

Office: Powers 211F
Phone : (219)-989-2694
Email : bipinpai@purduecal.edu

             Robert Rescot, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Kansas  

Specialty:
Transportation Engineering, Work Zone Safety, Traffic Control Devices, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Traffic Management, Computer Simulation, Traffic Law Enforcement Issues

Surveying
Office: Powers 211L
Phone : (219)-989-3147
Email : robert.rescot@purduecal.edu

           Yeow K. Siow, Ph.D.

Continuing Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2003

Specialty:
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Diesel Engine, Turbulence.

Office: Powers 211B

Phone : (219)-989-4039
Email : siow@purduecal.edu

           Amir Soltani, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
PhD, Structural Engineering, University of Pittsburgh  

Specialty:
Seismic Analysis and Design, Structural Testing and Civil Infrastructure, Structural Analysis and Design, Civil Infrastructure, Seismic Isolation and Structural Control

Office: Powers 211K
Phone : (219)-989-2901
Email : amir.soltani@purduecal.edu

          

Chandramouli Viswanathan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
PhD, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1997

Specialty:
Water Resources Systems Analysis -Optimization - Reservoir operation and river system water resources planning, Artificial Intelligence in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering- Neural Networks, Fuzzy logic and Expert Systems, Floods - Water Resources Engineering related Remote Sensing and GIS applications, Water Quality Modeling – Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), Surface Water and Ground Water Modeling

Office:
Powers 211G
Phone : (219)-989-2481
Email : cviswana@purduecal.edu

          

Xiuling Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2005

Specialty:
Computational fluid dynamics and convective heat transfer, Finite element methods and adaptive mesh techniques, Numerical modeling for environmental transport

Office: Powers 211I
Phone : (219)-989-8065
Email : wangx@purduecal.edu

          

Chenn Q. Zhou, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Engineering Outreach

Courtesy Professor of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette

Director of Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS)
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991

Specialty:
Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Reacting Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics Sprays, Combustion Heat Transfer, Formation and Control of NOx
Office: Powers 121
Phone : (219)-989-2665
Email : czhou@purduecal.edu

   
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