College of Engineering

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Faculty



Department Chair: Dr. Kwang Kim

Department website

200 Palmer Engineering Bldg. (PE)
Mail Stop 0312
Phone: (775) 784-6931
Fax: (775) 784-1701

 

Faculty

 

 

CAHIT A. EVRENSELCAHIT A. EVRENSEL
Associate Professor, ME
(775) 784-6093
cahit@me.unr.edu

 

PhD 1985, Lehigh University

MS 1980, BS 1976, Middle East Technical University

 

Research/outreach areas: Applications of field controllable fluid in cancer therapy and vibration control of washing machines; Fluid dynamics and viscoelasticity with application to lung clearance and snowplowing visibility.

 

Relevant past experience: Research funded by the US Department of Defense, Whitaker Foundation, Nevada Department of Transportation, Arcelik (a leading Turkish household appliance manufacturer); Research scientist, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (1993-94); Fulbright visiting professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (Spring 2004); Associate Professor, graduate program in biomechanical engineering, UNR (1994-present).

 

 

FARAMARZ GORDANINEJADFARAMARZ GORDANINEJAD
Foundation Professor, ME
ASME Fellow
(775) 784-6990
faramarz@unr.edu
website: http://web.me.unr.edu/ciml

 

PhD 1983, MS 1980, University of Oklahoma

BS 1977, University of Tehran

 

Research/outreach areas: Mechanics of composite materials and structures; vibration control of mechanical systems and structures; fieldcontrollable electro- and magneto-rheological fluids and devices; shape memory alloy actuators; thermally conductive fibrous composite materials; UNR Foundation Professor; Director of Composite and Intelligent Materials Laboratory.

 

Relevant experience: Principal Investigator on research projects funded by National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, Department of Energy, Visteon, Boeing, Texaco, Equilon and several other industries; served on editorial boards of Advanced Materials, Composite Engineering, and Structural Control journals.

 

 

MILES GREINERMILES GREINER
Professor, ME
ASME Fellow
(775) 784-4873
greiner@unr.edu
website: http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/greiner

 

PhD 1986, MS 1982, MIT

BS 1979, University of California, Berkeley

 

Research/outreach areas: Thermal engineering; enhanced heat transfer; pool fire heat transfer; heat transfer in chemical processors; advanced hydrogen reformers; nuclear waste transportation safety; gas turbine engine film cooling. Member of ASME; chair of four ASME conference sessions on Enhanced Heat Transfer.

 

Relevant past experience: Research funded by NSF, Saudia National Labs, Gas Research Institute, US Dept. of Energy, United Technologies Research Center and Hydrogen Burner Technologies, Inc.; previous employment with Standard Oil Corp. and Brunswick Defense.

 

 

YANYAO JIANGYANYAO JIANG
Professor, ME
(775) 784-4510
yjiang@unr.edu
website: http://engr.unr.edu/~yjiang

 

PhD 1993, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

MS 1986, Zhejiang University

BS 1983, Northeastern University of Technology

 

Research/outreach areas: Micromechanics of materials; elastic-plastic finite element analysis; fatigue and fracture of materials and structures; inelastic constitutive relations; rolling contact analysis; multiaxial deformation and fatigue; thermo-mechanical behavior.

 

Relevant past experience: Research Engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lecturer at Zhejiang Institute of Technology.

 

 

Kwang KimKWANG J. KIM
Professor & Chair, ME
(775) 784-7522
kwangkim@unr.edu
website: wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/kwangkim

 

PhD 1992, MS 1989 Arizona State University

BS 1987, Yonsei University

 

Research/outreach areas: Electroactive polymers (artificial muscle) and active materials, energy systems, and nanotechnology.

 

Relevant past experience: Extensive experience in leading R&D projects funded by NSF, ONR, DOE, Air Force/MDA, Army, NASA, GRI, the State of Nevada, and industry.

 

 

Kam LeangKAM K. LEANG
Assistant Professor, ME
(775) 784-7782
kam@unr.edu
website: www.leang.com/academics

 

PhD 2004, University of Washington, Seattle

MS 1999, BS 1997, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

 

Research/outreach areas: Modeling and precision control of active material actuators and systems; scanning probe microscopy; nanopositioning; mechatronics and robotics.

 

Relevant past experience: Research funded by the National Science Foundation; Visiting Scientist, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University (August 2005 to May 2008).

 

 

SHEN-YI LUOSHEN-YI LUO
Associate Professor, ME
(775) 784-1456
luo@unr.edu

 

PhD 1988, MS 1986, University of Delaware

BS 1982, Tongji University, Shanghai

 

Research/outreach areas: Theoretical modeling and experimental characterization of composite materials; nonlinear multi-axial stress analysis; computational structural analysis.

 

Relevant past experience: Visiting Scientist, Center for Composite
Materials; Engineer, Shanghai Institute of Building Science.

 

 

Chanwoo ParkCHANWOO PARK
Assistant Professor, ME
(775) 682-6301
chanwoo@unr.edu
website: http://web.me.unr.edu/park

 

PhD 2000, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

MS 1992, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

BS 1989, Hanyang University

 

Research/outreach areas: Two-phase heat transfer (hybrid two-phase loop and heat pipe), renewable energy (fuel cell, hydrogen storage/compression, waste heat recovery, solar and geothermal energy), energy storage/conversion (Li-ion battery and thermoelectric power generation), electronics cooling, vehicle thermal management and combustion.

 

Relevant past experience: Extensive research funded by U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, MDA, NASA and industries. Exceptional industrial experience at Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute (Belarus), and Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).


 

BRADFORD SNYDERBRADFORD SNYDER
Associate Professor, ME
(775) 784-6939
snyder@unr.edu

 

PhD 1985, Bioengineering, University of Michigan

PhD 1972, Nuclear Engineering, Northwestern University

BS Physics 1964, MIT

 

Research/outreach areas: Fluid mechanics of compact heat exchangers; radwaste analysis of spent-fuel shipping casks.

 

Relevant past experience: Assistant Research Scientist and Teaching Fellow, University of Michigan; work at Argonne National Laboratory/Sargent & Lundy Co., Chicago, IL


JONGHWAN SUHRJONGHWAN SUHR
Assistant Professor, ME
(775) 682-7481
suhrjh@unr.edu
website: http://web.me.unr.edu/suhr

 

PhD 2005, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NYC

MS 1997, BS 1995, Sungkyunkwan University

 

Research/outreach areas: Development, characterization and
application of nano-structured materials (focused on strength,
vibration/damping or acoustics for structures); synthesis of carbon
nanotubes/nanofibers and nano-composites; renewable energy systems.

 

Relevant past experience: Post Doctorial researcher at NYC Focus
Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NYC; Senior Research
Engineer, R&D Center Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. (Korea); Researcher,
Sungkyunkwan University Safety & Structural Integrity Research Center.


 

Eric WangERIC L. WANG
Associate Professor, ME
(775) 784-6094
eric.wang@unr.edu
website: http://biomech.me.unr.edu

 

PhD 1995, University of California, Davis

MS 1991, MIT

BS 1989, University of California, Berkeley

 

Research/outreach areas: Biomechanics; robotics; composite and
intelligent materials; and design of sports equipment

 

Relevant past experience: Associate Instructor, University of California, Davis.