Faculty and Staff

Academic Faculty | Adjunct/Research Faculty | Support Staff | Machine Shop Staff

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has 22 tenure-track faculty members, six adjunct professors, and two distinguished emeritus. Four faculty members are fellows within their respective professional organizations, seven are editors or associate editors for journals within their respective areas, and 11 of the faculty are licensed engineers.

Academic Faculty

Name			Title		Research Focus		Office/Contact
	Dr. Jamil Khan		Chair Prof.		Heat transfer; Fluid dynamics		300 Main, A224 e-mail 803.777.1578
	Dr. Sarah Baxter		Assoc. Prof.		Micromechanics of Composites, Probabilistic Micromechanics		300 Main, A124 e-mail 803.777.0239
	Dr. Abdel Bayoumi		Prof.		Information Technology, MEMS/NEMS/Mechatronics, Materials and Mechanics.
	Dr. Yuh J. Chao		John Ducate, Sr. Prof. of Mech Eng		Fracture mechanics; Biomechanics and nanomechanics		300 Main, A123 e-mail 803.777.5869
	Dr. Fanglin "Frank" Chen		Asst. Prof.		Solid Oxide Fuel Cell characterization		300 Main, A117 e-mail 803.777.4875
	Dr. Xiaomin Deng		Prof.		Nanomechanics; Fracture mechanics; Manufacturing process		300 Main, A130 e-mail 803.777.7144
	Dr. Victor Giurgiutiu (jurjutzu)		Prof.		Adaptive Materials and Smart Structures; Laboratory for Adaptive Materials and Smart Structures, Vibration Management Enhancement Program.		300 Main, A222 e-mail 803.777.8018
	Dr. Xiaoming He		Asst. Prof.		Heat transfer in medicine and biotechnology; Thermal therapy; Biomechanics and biothermodynamics; Bionanotechnology and bioMEMS.		300 Main, A214 e-mail 803.777.0070
	Prof. Donald Keating		Assoc. Prof.		Technology Management.		300 Main, A220 e-mail 803.777.7155
	Dr. Arash Kheradvar		Asst. Prof.		Cardiovascular Engineering; Biofluid mechanics; Cardiovascular imaging, Heart valve and stent engineering		300 Main, A219 e-mail 803.777.3380
	Dr. Travis W. Knight		Asst. Prof.		Advanced nuclear fuels and materials; Space nuclear power and propulsion; Production of hydrogen from nuclear energy.		300 Main, A120 e-mail 803.777.1465
	Dr. Xiaodong Li		Assoc. Prof.		Nanofabrication; Nanomechanical characterization; Nanostructures and Reliability Laboratory.		300 Main, A126 e-mail 803.777.8011
	Dr. Jed Lyons		Prof.		Engineering education, composites and reinforced plastics, design and manufacturing of renewable materials.		300 Main, A132 e-mail 803.777.9552
	Dr. Steve McNeill		Assoc. Prof.		Computer Vision, Digital Image Correlation, Microprocessors, Experimental Mechanics, Reverse Engineering.		300 Main, A133 e-mail 803.777.3407
	Dr. Jeff Morehouse		Assoc. Prof.		Thermodynamics; Solar energy system design; HVAC control in humid climates.		300 Main, A125 e-mail 803.777.3017
	Dr. Wally Peters		Prof.		Complex Systems Study and Design.		300 Main, A212 e-mail 803.777.4327
	Dr. Bill Ranson		Prof.		Scale invariant computer vision; Mathematical modeling; Application of technology to learning systems		300 Main, A121 e-mail 803.777.7053
	Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider, NAE		Prof.		Fuel cell science and engineering; Material systems; Performance and life behavior		300 Main, A116 e-mail 803.777.0084
	Dr. Tony Reynolds		Prof. Grad. Dir.		Friction Stir Welding, fatigue and fracture, experimental micro-mechanics, quantitative fractographic analysis.		300 Main, A127 e-mail 803.777.9548
	Dr. Curtis Rhodes		Prof.		Computer-aided design, engineering, and manufacturing; computational fluid dynamics.		300 Main, A122 e-mail 803.777.9136
	Dr. David Rocheleau		Assoc. Prof.		Engineering design, mechanisms and robotics; Center for Manufacturing and Technology (CMAT), Advanced Actuators Group.		300 Main, A131 e-mail 803.777.9395
	Dr. Michael Sutton		Carolina Distinguished Prof.		Optics applications; Experimental mechanics; Digital image processing; Computer Vision; Finite elements modeling of cracked bodies.		300 Main, A129 e-mail 803.777.7158
	Dr. Guiren Wang		Asst. Prof.		Micro/Nanofluidics: Lab-on-a-chip, Biomechanics drug delivery; Fluid mechanics		300 Main, A221 e-mail 803.777.8013
	Dr. Xingjian ("Chris") Xue		Asst. Prof.		Multiphysics modeling and analysis of Solid oxide fuel cells; Diagnosis and control of fuel cell energy systems.		300 Main, A119 e-mail 803.777.5598

Adjunct/Research Faculty

Name			Title		Research Focus		Office/Contact
	Thad Adams		Adjunct Prof.				e-mail
	Dr. Jeff Bischoff		Adjunct Prof.		Biomedical Engineering; Passive mechanics of soft tissue		e-mail 574.371.8394
	Dr. Mel Buckner		Adjunct Prof.		Plutonium disposition, advanced fuel cycle initiatives, and the SRS energy park including nuclear hydrogen production and university research reactor.		e-mail 803.442.6373
	Dr. Jeff Darabi		Adjunct Prof.		Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Microfluidic Systems, BioMEMS, Microscale Heat Transfer, Thermal Management of Microelectronics and Nanotechnology.
	Dr. Marc Garland		Adjunct Prof.		Production of radioisotopes in nuclear reactors and particle accelerators, medical applications of radioisotopes.		e-mail 865.574.3251
	Dr. Max Gorensek		Adjunct Prof.				e-mail 803.725.1314
	Dr. Yil Kim		Adjunct Prof.				300 Main, A136 e-mail 803.777.0753
	Mr. Val Loiselle		Adjunct Prof.		Nuclear engineering; Environmental remediation; Waste management and disposal; Metal recycle manufacturing.		e-mail
	Dr. Elwyn Roberts		Adjunct Prof.		Materials performance in nuclear reactors, product design, manufacturing and concurrent engineering.		300 Main, A216 e-mail 803.777.2252
	Dr. Bill Summers		Adjunct Prof.		Nuclear engineering, fuel cells, nuclear hydrogen production.		e-mail
	Dr. Balendra Sutharshan		Adjunct Prof.		Thermal hydraulics and two-phase flows fission converter for boron neutron capture therapy.		e-mail
	Dr. Wei Tang		Res. Asst. Prof.				300 Main, A142 e-mail 803.777.0753
	Dr. James Tulenko		Adjunct Prof.				e-mail 352.392.1401, x314
	Dr. Shaowen Xu		Res. Asst. Prof.				300 Main, A014 e-mail 803.777.3587
	Dr. "Lucy" Yu		Res. Asst. Prof.				300 Main, A236 e-mail 803.777.0619
	Dr. Jianzheng Zuo		Res. Prof.				300 Main, A143 e-mail 803.777.8646

Support Staff

Name			Title		Office		Phone		E-mail
	Renee Jenkins		Student Svcs. Admin. Asst.		300 Main, A229		803.777.9549		e-mail
	Shannon Lackey		Bus. Mgr.		300 Main, A242		803.777.7513		e-mail
	Misty O'Donnell		Admin. Asst.		300 Main, A224		803.777.3082		e-mail
	Lalitha Ravi		Admin. Asst.		300 Main, A242		803.777.4185		e-mail
	Glenn Severt		IT Manager		300 Main, A115		803.777.6646		e-mail
	Dan Wilhelm		Assoc. Eng. I		300 Main, C008		803.777.1595		e-mail

Machine Shop Staff

(Located at 300 Sumter Street | Fax: 803.777.6208)

Name			Title		Phone		E-mail
	Bill Bradley		Assoc. Eng. II		803.777.5616		e-mail
	Gary Dowdey		Assoc. Eng. III		803.777.7230		e-mail
	Burt Ward		Assoc. Eng. II		803.777.6733		e-mail