Faculty and Staff
Mansour Karkoub, Ph.D., HDR, PE, F-ASME, F-IET
Department Chair and Professor
Michael E. and Patricia P. Aldredge Endowed Chair
Research: Robust Control, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles
Hsing-Wei Chu, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Piper and University Professor
Research: Operations Research, Statistical Decision Analysis, Network Flow
Jenny Zhou, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of College of Engineering and Professor
Research: Plant Biomechanics, Multi-Scale Modeling, Engineering Education Research
XuejunFan, Ph.D.
Regents’ Professor of Texas State University System (TSUS)
University Professor
Mary Ann and Lawrence E. Faust Endowed Professor
Research: Multi-Physics/Scale Modeling, Characterization and Reliability in Electronics Packaging
Xianchang Li, Ph.D.
Professor
Research: Gas Turbine Blade Cooling, Combustion and Emissions, Combustion Efficiency and Emissions Flares
Chun-Wei Yao, Ph.D.Associate Professor
Research: Hydrophobic Coating, Microdroplets, Anti-Corrosion Coating, Surface Engineering
Ping He, Ph.D.Associate Professor
Research: Computational research on supercritical fluids, wetting phenomena, multiphase, multiphysics fluid flows
Zhe Fan, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Research: Mechanical properties and deformation mechanics of materials at bulk and nano-scale, Microstructure characterization
Sushil Doranga, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research: Force Reconstruction in a Dynamic System, Nonlinear Structural Dynamics, Inverse Problem Modeling
Denizhan Yavas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research: interfacial fracture mechanics, failure of additively manufactured materials, mechanical characterization
Ajit Patki, D.E.Visiting Assistant Professor
Research: Numerical Simulation of Black Carbon Emissions from Non-Premixed Flames; CFD Study of Flare Operating Parameters
Staff
Melinda Kay Venable
Administrative Associate Sr.
Office: Room 2612 Cherry Engineering Building
Phone: (409) 880-8769
melinda.venable@lamar.edu
Mukunda Khanal
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Technician
Office: Room 1402 Cherry Engineering Building
Phone: (409) 880-1859
mkhanal1@lamar.edu
