Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Faculty

Julián Rimoli, Ph.D.

Department Chair and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Computational solid mechanics, aerospace structures, multiscale modeling
Email: jrimoli@uci.edu

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Design under uncertainty, probabilistic machine learning, materials informatics, computational microstructure characterization, topology optimization
Email: raminb@uci.edu
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Jacob Brouwer, Ph.D.

Professor and Chancellor's Fellow of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director of the Advanced Power and Energy Program
Research Interests: Fuel cells, energy systems dynamics, electrochemical systems design and analysis, chemical kinetics, reacting flows
Email: jbrouwer@uci.edu

Natascha Buswell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Teaching in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Graduate engineering education, faculty development, engineering teaching, engineering education research methods
Email: nbuswell@uci.edu

Penghui Cao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Fundamental understanding of the mechanisms by which materials plasticly deform and fail, particularly in extreme environments
Email: caoph@uci.edu
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David Copp, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Teaching in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Optimal control and estimation, hybrid dynamical systems, energy storage, pedagogy
Email: dcopp@uci.edu

Manuel Gamero-Castaño, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Electric propulsion with emphasis on colloid thruster technology for precision formation flying missions and hall thrusters, electrohydrodynamic atomization of liquids and related problems like electrospray ionization and technological applications of electrosprays, aerosol diagnostics
Email: mgameroc@uci.edu
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Tryphon Georgiou, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Dynamical systems and control, mathematical physics, applied mathematics, stochastic control, geometry of optimal mass transport, inverse problems in physics and signal analysis, control of fluids, networks and thermodynamic systems
Email: tryphon@uci.edu
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Jacqueline Huynh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Design of aircraft systems and operations, aviation environmental impacts, aeroacoustics
Email: huynhlj@uci.edu
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Faryar Jabbari, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Research Interests: Optimal control theory, distributed parameter systems, parameter identification
Email: fjabbari@uci.edu
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Perry Johnson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Turbulent flows, particle-laden and multiphase flows, turbulent boundary layers, large-eddy simulations, scientific computing
Email: perry.johnson@uci.edu
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Solmaz Kia, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Systems and control, decentralized/distributed algorithm design for multi-agent systems, cooperative robotics
Email: solmaz@uci.edu
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Lawrence Kulinsky, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Micro- and nano-manufacturing, hybrid manufacturing, microfluidics, electrokinetic phenomena, BioMEMs, personalized diagnostics, drug delivery
Email: lkulinsk@uci.edu
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Jaeho Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Heat transfer, thermal management, thermoelectrics, phononics, nanomaterials
Email: jaeholee@uci.edu
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Robert Liebeck, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and aircraft design
Email: rliebeck@uci.edu

Feng Liu, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, turbomachinery, propulsion
Email: fliu@uci.edu
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J. Michael McCarthy, Ph.D.

Director of the Performance Engineering Program and Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Design of mechanical systems, computer aided design, kinematic theory of spatial motion
Email: jmmccart@uci.edu
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Vince McDonell, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Combustion, alternative fuels, gas turbines, sprays, diagnostics, combined heat and power, emissions, autoignition/flashback
Email: vgmcdone@uci.edu
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Lawrence Muzio, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Thermodynamics, combustion and combustion in practical systems, air pollution formation and control, advanced diagnostics applied to practical combustion systems

SungWoo Nam, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Materials, mechanics and multifunctionality, understanding mechanically coupled properties in low-dimensional materials, building devices based on advanced materials
Email: sungwoo.nam@uci.edu
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Bihter Padak, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Associate Director of UCI Combustion Laboratory
Research Interests: Combustion, reaction kinetics, emission control technologies, catalysis
Email: bpadak@uci.edu
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Dimitri Papamoschou, Ph.D.

Chancellor’s Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Compressible turbulence, jet and fan aeroacoustics, jet noise reduction, mixing enhancement, microphone phased array methods
Email: dpapamos@uci.edu
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David Reinkensmeyer, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Research Interests: Robotics, mechatronics, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation, biomechanics, neural control of movement
Email: dreinken@uci.edu
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Xian Shi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Energy conversion and propulsion, high-speed reacting flows, detonation and shock, chemical kinetics, renewable fuels, carbon materials, nanoparticle synthesis and dynamics
Email: xianshi@uci.edu
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Andrei Shkel, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Design and advanced control of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS); high-precision micro-machined gyroscopes; MEMS-enhanced optical systems, tools, and prosthetic appliances; electro-mechanical and machine-information systems integration
Email: ashkel@uci.edu
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Athanasios Sideris, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Control systems, neural networks
Email: asideris@uci.edu
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William Sirignano, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Combustion theory, multiphase flows, turbulent reacting flows, computational methods; rocket and jet propulsion, gas turbine and internal combustion engines
Email: sirignan@uci.edu
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Haithem Taha, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Geometric nonlinear nontrol theory; unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity; optimization, calculus of variations and optimal control; flight dynamics and autopilot design; airplane performance and configuration aerodynamics
Email: hetaha@uci.edu
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Camilo Velez Cuervo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Micro/nano robotics, micro/nano device fabrication, microfabrication of magnetic microsystems, magnetic micro/nanostructures, selective magnetization of micro patterns, microsystems (MEMS), biomedical microsystems, semiconductor devices and microfluidics
Email: cvelezcu@uci.edu

Alexandra Voloshina, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Wearable robotics, gait rehabilitation, human biomechanics, motor impairment, neural control of movement
Email: avoloshi@uci.edu
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Mark Walter, Ph.D.

Professor of Teaching in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Mechanics of multifunctional materials, building energy efficiency
Email: m.walter@uci.edu

Xizheng Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Sustainable electrified synthesis and manufacturing of functional nano/bulk materials, electrified additive manufacturing, in-situ characterizations under extreme thermal conditions
Email: xizhengw@uci.edu
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Yun Wang, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Fuel cells, computational modeling, thermo-fluidics, two-phase flows, electrochemistry, CFD, turbulent combustion
Email: yunw@uci.edu
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Yoonjin Won, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Multi-scale structures for thermal and energy applications, in particular fabrication, characterization, and integration of structured materials
Email: won@uci.edu
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