Faculty and Staff
XuejunFan, Ph.D.
Professor
University Professor
Research: Multi-Physics/Scale Modeling and Characterization, Electronic Packaging Design
Jenny Zhou, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of College of Engineering, Interim Department Chair, Professor
Research: Plant Biomechanics, Multi-Scale Modeling, Engineering Education Research
Xianchang Li, Ph.D.
Professor
Research: Gas Turbine Blade Cooling, Combustion and Emissions, Combustion Efficiency and Emissions Flares
Chun-Wei Yao, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Director, Materials Instrumentation Center
Research: Hydrophobic Coating, Microdroplets, Anti-Corrosion Coating, Surface Engineering
Ping He, Ph.D.Assistant 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
Ajit Patki, D.E.Visiting Assistant Professor
Research: Numerical Simulation of Black Carbon Emissions from Non-Premixed Flames; CFD Study of Flare Operating Parameters
Sushil Doranga, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research: Force Reconstruction in a Dynamic System, Nonlinear Structural Dynamics, Inverse Problem Modeling
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
