Faculty and Staff

Mansour Karkoub, Ph.D., HDR, PE, F-ASME, F-IET                     
Department Chair and Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Michael E. and Patricia P. Aldredge  Endowed Chair     

Research: Robust Control,  Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles

Hsing-Wei Chu, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Research: Operations Research, Statistical Decision Analysis, Network Flow

Jenny Zhou, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Associate Dean,  College of Engineering  

Research: Plant Biomechanics, Multi-Scale Modeling, Engineering Education Research

XuejunFan, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Mary Ann and Lawrence E. Faust Endowed Professor 
Regents’ Professor of Texas State University System (TSUS)

Research: Multi-Physics/Scale Modeling, Characterization and Reliability in Electronics Packaging

Xianchang Li, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department

Research: Gas Turbine Blade Cooling, Combustion and Emissions, Combustion Efficiency and Emissions Flares

Sushil Doranga, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department

Research: Force Reconstruction in a Dynamic System, Nonlinear Structural Dynamics, Inverse Problem Modeling

Denizhan Yavas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department

Research: interfacial fracture mechanics, failure of additively    manufactured materials, mechanical characterization