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Ara Arabyan Associate Professor and Interim Dept Head PhD, USC, 1986 Computational methods in the dynamics of rigid and deformable bodies, simulation of multi-segmented biosystems, dynamics of wrinkling in flexible membranes Thomas F. Balsa Professor PhD, Princeton, 1970 Analytical fluid mechanics, nonlinear waves in shear flows, flow stability, jet noise Francis F. Champagne Professor Emeritus PhD, Washington, Seattle, 1966 Experimental fluid mechanics, turbulent shear flows, laminar-turbulent transition, drag reduction ChoLik Chan Professor and Associate Dept Head Graduate Program PhD, Illinois, 1986 Heat transfer, laser materials-processing, boundary element method Chuan F. Chen Professor Emeritus PhD, Brown, 1960 Double-diffusive convection, stability of convection Eniko T. Enikov Associate Professor and Associate Dept Head Undergraduate Program PhD, Illinois at Chicago, 1998 Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems engineering. Design of sensors, actuators, and development of mechtronic systems. Micro-robotics for drug delivery Hermann F. Fasel Professor PhD, Stuttgart, 1974 Computational fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic stability, laminar-turbulent transition, flow control, turbulent flows Rocco Fazzolari Associate Professor Emeritus PhD, UCLA, 1967 Energy management, HVAC, solar energy systems Barry Ganapol Professor PhD, Berkeley, 1971 Particle transport theory, radiative transfer, satellite remote sensing, applied mathematics, nuclear reactor physics David L. Hetrick Professor Emeritus PhD, UCLA, 1954 Dynamics and safety of nuclear reactors and critical assemblies Jeffrey W. Jacobs Professor PhD, UCLA, 1986 Fluid mechanics, hydrodynamic stability H.A. Kamel Professor Emeritus PhD, Imperial, London, 1964 Finite element methods, computer-aided design, interactive graphics Dimitri B. Kececioglu Professor PhD, Purdue, 1953 Reliability, maintainability and availability engineering, engineering design-by-reliability, operational readiness, system effectiveness, accelerated testing, reliability growth, burn-in testing, environmental stress screening, software reliability, optimized equipment reliability Edward J. Kerschen Professor PhD, Stanford, 1978 Fluid mechanics and applied mathematics, hydrodynamic stability and receptivity, aero-acoustics, unsteady aerodynamics Peiwen Li Assistant Professor PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 1995 Optimization of electrochemical and transport processes in fuel cells; hydrogen production and storage; heat/mass transfer for HVACR; gas turbine heat transfer; turbulence drag reduction Erdogan Madenci Professor PhD, UCLA, 1987 Analysis and testing of composite structures, thermo-mechanical fatigue life testing and analysis of electronic packages, micro-scale material characterization Don McEligot Professor Emeritus PhD, Stanford Thermal science, convective heat transfer, fluid mechanics, propulsion, turbulent and transitional shear flow, experimental, analytical and computational John J. McGrath Professor PhD, MIT, 1977 Thermal science (heat and mass transfer, thermo-dynamics) with emphasis in biomedical applications (cryobiology) Samy Missoum Assistant Professor PhD, Toulouse, France, 1999 Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, probabilistic optimal design, evolutionary algorithms, nonlinear transient dynamic analysis Parviz E. Nikravesh Professor PhD, Tulane, 1976 Computational methods in kinematics and dynamics, computer-aided design, optimization, vehicle dynamics, biomechanics Henry C. Perkins, Jr. Professor Emeritus PhD, Stanford, 1963 Thermodynamics, energy, air pollution Kumar Ramohalli Professor PhD, MIT, 1971 Space technologies, propulsion and power, combustion, acoustics, solid propellant rockets, biomorphic robots Lawrence B. Scott, Jr. Professor Emeritus PhD, Stanford, 1967 Rarefied gas-dynamics, wind energy conversion systems, computer-aided aircraft design and optimization, wind tunnel testing Sergey V. Shkarayev Associate Professor PhD, Moscow, 1983 Fracture mechanics, structural analysis and testing, designing of micro air vehicles Bruce R. Simon Professor Emeritus PhD, Washington, Seattle, 1971 Finite element analysis, solid and structural mechanics, transport in soft tissues, biomechanics, thermal stress analysis Anatoli Tumin Professor PhD, 1975, Dr.Sci., 1987 Moscow Fluid mechanics Jonathan P. Vande Geest Assistant Professor PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2005 Biomechanics, anisotropic constitutive modeling, biaxial testing of soft tissues, finite element analysis of the cardiovascular system Thomas L. Vincent Professor Emeritus PhD, University of Arizona, 1963 Evolutionary game theory. Applications in somatic evolution of cancer and other topics in theoretical biology. Nonlinear dynamical systems, optimal control and game theory John G. Williams Professor PhD, Imperial College, London, 1971 Nuclear reactor instrumentation and control, radiation metrology, reactor dosimetry, radiation effects in materials, nuclear instrumentation and data analysis, parameter estimation and least-squares adjustment Paul H. Wirsching Professor Emeritus PhD, New Mexico, 1970 Structural reliability and probabilistic mechanics, random vibration and design Pak Kin Wong Assistant Professor PhD, University of California, LA, 2005 BioMEMS and bionanotechnology, single molecule dynamics, micro and nanofluidics, biosensors, micro total analysis systems, cellular biomechanics, System Biology Xiaoyi Wu Assistant Professor PhD, Johns Hopkins, 2002 Biomechanics, computational and experimental biomaterials, finite element analysis Israel J. Wygnanski Professor PhD, McGill, 1964 Aerodynamics, active flow control of separation noise control, turbulent shear flows, turbulent mixing, boundary layers, laminar-turbulent transition Yitzhak Zohar Professor PhD, University of Southern California, 1990 Microscale fluid mechanics and heat transfer, microsensors and microactuators, micromachining techniques, integrated Microsystems, BioMEMS (Cellular and molecular manipulation)  Top      Contact Information Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering The College of Engineering | The University of Arizona Security, Privacy & Copyright | Emergency Information | Disability Resources All contents copyright © 2009. Arizona Board of Regents.