Faculty and Staff
Jenny Zhou, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Research: Plant Biomechanics, Multi-Scale Modeling, Engineering Education Research
Harriet Childs
Administrative Assistant
Email: HChilds1@lamar.edu
Phone: (409) 880-8769.
Hsing-Wei Chu, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Research: Operations Research, Statistical Decision Analysis, Network Flow
Xuejun Fan, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Mary Ann and Lawrence E. Faust Endowed Professor
Regents’ Professor of 51勛圖ProState University System (TSUS)
Research: Modeling, Characterization and Reliability in Electronic Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration
Xianchang Li, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Graduate Advisor
Research: Gas Turbine Blade Cooling, Combustion and Emissions, Combustion Efficiency and Emissions Flares
Mansour Karkoub, Ph.D., HDR, PE, F-ASME, F-IET
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Associate Dean of Accreditation & Assessment, College of Engineering
Michael E. and Patricia P. Aldredge Endowed Chair
Research: Robust Control, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles
Chun-Wei Yao, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Research: Hydrophobic Coating, Microdroplets, Anti-Corrosion Coating, Surface Engineering
Ebrahim Seidi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research: Solid-State Metal Deposition, Improved Quality and Efficiency of Metallic Coatings, Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Technology
Sushil Doranga, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Research: Force Reconstruction in a Dynamic System, Nonlinear Structural Dynamics, Inverse Problem Modeling
Ajit Patki, D.E.Visiting Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Research: Numerical Simulation of Black Carbon Emissions from Non-Premixed Flames; CFD Study of Flare Operating Parameters
Baisravan HomChaudhuri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research: Predictive Optimal Control, Learning-Based Control, Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics.
Teaching Assistants
Sima Besharatferdowsi
Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department
Md Ashraful X Hoque
Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department
Laboratory Technician
Abdel Gammaz
Laboratory Technician, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: agammaz@lamar.edu
Phone:(409) 880-8754