Ping He, Ph.D.

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Email: phe@lamar.edu

Research interests:

• Dynamic contact angles
• Wetting and dewetting
• Supercritical fluids
• Bioprinting

Appropriate majors:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Applied Mathematics

Chun-Wei Yao, Ph.D.

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Email: cyao@lamar.edu 

Link to faculty web page: https://www.lamar.edu/engineering/mechanical/faculty-staff/chun-wei-yao/index.html

Research interests:

• Bio-inspired design
• Surface science
• Nano/microfabrication
• Fluid science and thermal science
• Anti-corrosion coating

Appropriate majors:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biology

Denizhan Yavas, Ph.D.

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Email: dyavas@lamar.edu 

Link to faculty web page: https://www.lamar.edu/engineering/mechanical/faculty-staff/denizhan-yavas/about-me.html

Research interests: 

• Experimental mechanics
• Fracture mechanics with a focus on interfacial fracture
• Mechanics of adhesion and friction
• Advanced composite materials
• Deformation and failure mechanisms in additively
• Manufactured materials
• Stress corrosion cracking 

Appropriate majors:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering