Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cheng-fu Chen
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 351A
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Interests:
- Organic-inorganic coating for space and bioengineering applications
- Stress corrosion cracking and corrosion characterization of coated alloys
- Development and applications of fluorescence spectrometry for DNA strands detection
- Droplet microfluidics (rapid prototyping, microdialysis)
- Thermomechanical characterization of electronic packaging
Nicole Dufour
Office Manager
Department of Mechanical Engineering | Department of Petroleum Engineering
Duck 337
Eric Johansen
Mechanical Technician
Mechanical Engineering
JUB 110
Sunwoo Kim
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 323
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Interests:
- renewable energy
- thermal system management
- heat transfer
- cooling technology for roadways on permafrost
- metal hydrides and its applications to thermal systems
- hydrogen compression and storage
Olanrewaju Miracle Oyewola
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
JUB 134
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Interests:
- Flow management and control
- Aerodynamic performance of aerospace systems
- Thermal management system
- Heat transfer characteristics
- Renewable energy systems
- Fluid-structure interaction
Rorik Peterson
Department Chair | Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 351B
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Interests:
- frost heave of soils and fracture of brittle materials (rock, concrete) due to ice lensing
- numerical dispersion models for tracking volcanic ash clouds
Lei Zhang
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Duck 337A
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Interests:
- material science
- synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials such as nanoporous materials, nanocomposites, and nanocoatings for environmental, biomedical, and energy applications
- corrosion properties of alloys and developing anti-corrosion coatings for applications in aerospace industry and biodegradable implants
Emeriti
Douglas Goering
Professor Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Engineering, Emeritus
