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Academic Faculty

	Dr. Jamil Khan Professor and Chair khan@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.1578 Experimental and Computational Thermo-fluids, single and two phase
	Dr. Sourav Banerjee Assistant Professor banerjes@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.4596
	Dr. Sarah Baxter Associate Professor baxter@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.0239 Micromechanics, Probabilistic mechanics, Mathematical modeling
	Dr. Abdel Bayoumi Professor, Director of Biomedical Engineering bayoumi@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.1845 Smart Predictive Systems, CBM, Design, Advanced Manufacturing and Biomechanics
	Dr. Dan Gabriel Cacuci Professor and Endowed chair cacuci@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.5316
	Dr. Yuh J. Chao Professor and Endowed chair chao@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.5869 Solid mechanics, integrity of structures, DIC
	Dr. Fanglin (Frank) Chen Associate Professor chenfa@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.4875
	Dr. Xiaomin Deng Professor deng@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.7144 Solid mechanics, FEM, biomechanics, modeling/simulation
	Dr. Tanvir I. Farouk Assistant Professor farouk@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.3380 Plasma, Energy, Reacting Thermo-fluids, Combustion
	Dr. Victor Giurgiutiu (Jurjutzu) Professor victorg@sc.edu, 803.777.8018
	Dr. Kevin Huang Associate Professor huang46@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.0204 Batteries, Fuel Cells and Separation membranes
	Dr. Xinyu Huang Assistant Professor huangxin@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.6834
	Dr. Djamel Kaoumi Assistant Professor kaoumi@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.0926
	Dr. Addis Kidane Assistant Professor kidanea@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.2502 Fracture, shock & Impact Mechanics, Multifunctional material
	Dr. Travis W. Knight Associate Professor, Acting Director of Nuclear Engineering Graduate Program twknight@sc.edu, 803.777.1465 Nuclear Fuels, Safeguards, Space Nuclear Power, Simulation
	Dr. Chen Li Assistant Professor li01@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.7155 Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermal Management
	Dr. Xiaodong (Chris) Li CEC Distinguished Professor lixiao@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.8011
	Dr. Jed Lyons Professor lyons@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.9552 Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Materials
	Dr. Prasun K. Majumdar Assistant Professor prasun@sc.edu, 803.777.0183 Composite, Manufacturing, Multi-functionality, Multi-physics
	Dr. Dale McCants Instructor mccants@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.2252
	Dr. Steven McNeill Associate Professor mcneill@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.3407
	Dr. Jeff Morehouse Associate Professor more@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.3017
	Dr. Wally Peters Professor peters@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.4327
	Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider Professor reifsnid@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.0084
	Dr. Tony Reynolds Professor reynolds@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.9584
	Dr. David Rocheleau Associate Professor and Graduate Director rocheleau@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.9395 Kinematics, Dynamics and Computer Aided Design
	Dr. Joshua Tarbutton Assistant Professor jat@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.8236
	Dr. Tarek Shazly Assistant Professor shazly@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.4678
	Dr. Michael Sutton Carolina Distinguished Professor sutton@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.7158 2D, 3D and Volume Image Correlation; Fracture; Bio-mechanics
	Dr. Guiren Wang Assosiate Professor wanggu@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.8013
	Dr. Xingjian (Chris) Xue Assistant Professor xue@cec.sc.edu, 803.576.5598
	Dr. Jinkyu "JK" Yang Assistant Professor jkyang@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.0070 Mechanics and Dynamics of Structures, Composites, NDE/SHM
	Dr. Lingyu Yu Assistant Professor yu3@cec.sc.edu, 803-777-4902 Structural health monitoring, signal processing, vibration

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Emeritus Faculty

	Dr. Bill Ranson Distinguished Professor Emeritus ranson@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.7053
	Dr. Curtis Rhodes Distinguished Professor Emeritus rhodes@cec.sc.edu, 803.777.9136 Computer Aided Design, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis

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Adjunct/Research Faculty

	Dr. Thad Adams Adjunct Professor adams@srnl.doe.gov
	Dr. Madalina Badea Research Assistant Professor Predictive modeling, Sensitivity analysis and Uncertainty Quantification
	Dr. Rita Baranwal Adjunct Professor baranwr@westinghouse.com
	Dr. Jeff Bischoff Adjunct Professor jeff.bischoff@zimmer.com 574.371.8394
	Dr. Mel Buckner Adjunct Professor mel.buckner@srs.gov 803.442.6373
	Dr. Xu Cheng Adjunct Professor xu.cheng@kit.edu
	Dr. John Dorning Whitney Stone Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Virginia dorning@virginia.edu
	Dr. Max Gorensek Adjunct Professor maximilian.gorensek@srnl.doe.gov 803.725.1314
	Dr. Joshua Gray Savannah River National Laboratory joshua.gray@srs.gov 803.725.8272
	Dr. L Larry Hamm Savannah River National Laboratory luther.hamm@srnl.doe.gov
	Val Loiselle Adjunct Professor loiselle@cec.sc.edu 803.666.5598
	Dr. Christopher C. Pain Professor, Earth Sciences & Engineering, Imperial College c.pain@ic.ac.uk 803.777.4875
	Dr. Elwyn Roberts Visiting Professor robertse@cec.sc.edu 803.777.2252
	Dr. Bill Summers Adjunct Professor william.summers@srs.gov 803.725.7766
	Dr. Wei Tang Research Assistant Professor tang@cec.sc.edu 803.777.0753
	Dr. Adrian E. Mendez Torres Savannah River National Laboratory Adrian.Mendez-Torres@srnl.doe.gov
	James Tulenko Adjunct Professor tulenko@ufl.edu 352.392.1401, x314
	Dr. Jianzheng Zuo Research Professor zuo@cec.sc.edu 803.777.8646

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Support Staff

	Renee Jenkins Student Service Administrative Assistant jenkinsr@cec.sc.edu 803.777.9549 300 Main, A229
	Shannon Lackey Business Manager svlackey@cec.sc.edu 803.777.7513 300 Main, A242
	Misty O'Donnell Administrative Assistant odonnemc@cec.sc.edu 803.777.3082 300 Main, A224
	Lalitha Ravi Administrative Assistant ravilali@cec.sc.edu 803.777.4185 300 Main, A224
	Glenn Severt IT Manager severt@cec.sc.edu 803.777.6646 300 Main, A115
	David Westbury Lab Engineer westbuda@cec.sc.edu 803.777.1452 300 Main, A114
	Dan Wilhelm Associate Engineer I wilhelm@cec.sc.edu 803.777.1595 300 Main, C008
	Bill Bradley Associate Engineer II billb@cec.sc.edu 803.777.5616, Fax: 803.777.6208 300 Sumter Street
	Burt Ward Associate Engineer II wardb@cec.sc.edu 803.777.6733, Fax: 803.777.6208 300 Sumter Street