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, Turkey

 

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).

 

 

HENRY FUHENRY FU
Assistant Professor, ME
(775) 784-1690
hfu@unr.edu
website: http://sites.google.com/site/henrychienfu

 

Ph.D. 2006, University of California at Berkeley

Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics, Cambridge University

A.M. 2000, Chemistry, Harvard University

A.B. 2000, Chemistry and Physics and Mathematics, Harvard University

 

Research/outreach areas: Mechanical properties of complex biomaterials;; Swimming locomotion of microorganisms; Non-Newtonian rheology and flows; Hydrodynamics of chiral particles; Hand low-Reynolds number hydrodynamics.

 

Relevant past experience: Instructor, Brown University Division of Engineering (Fall 2009); Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University Division of Engineering (2006-2010); Research funded by the National Science Foundation.

 

 

EMIL J. GEIGEREMIL J. GEIGER
Assistant Professor, ME
(775) 682-7481
ejg@unr.edu
website: http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~ejg/

 

PhD 2008, University of California, Berkeley

MS 2006, University of California, Berkeley

BS 2003, Louisiana State University

 

Research/outreach areas: Polymer-based microsystems for biological applications including biomedical applications and biofuel technology.

 

Relevant past experience: Post-Doctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the Center for Meso, Micro, and Nano Technology (2008-2010).

 

 

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, Iran

 

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, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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, China

BS 1983, Northeastern University of Technology, China

 

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, Korea

 

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
Associate Professor, ME
(775) 784-7782
kam@unr.edu
website: www.leang.com/academics

 

PhD 2004, University of Washington

MS 1999, BS 1997, University of Utah

 

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, China

 

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, Korea

 

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).



 

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, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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.