Faculty and Research Interests

Professors holding joint appointments are listed with their primary affiliation in parentheses.
* Indicates faculty with a secondary interest in this area.

Cyrus K. Aidun, Professor; Ph.D., Clarkson University, 1985. Fluid mechanics, heat transfer, coating flows, hydrodynamic stability.

*Andrei G. Fedorov, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1997. Multiscale thermofluids, thermal radiation, absorption, and catalysis.

*S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan, Professor; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1983. Heat transfer, two-phase flow, nuclear reactor engineering.

Ari Glezer, George W. Woodruff Chair in Thermal Systems; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1981. Fluid mechanics: transition, turbulence, mixing, flow control, diagnostics.

*Yogendra Joshi, Professor; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1984. Thermo-fluid issues in emerging technologies and microthermal systems.

*David N. Ku, Regents' Professor and Lawrence P. Huang Endowed Chair in Engineering and Entrepreneurship; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1983; M.D., Emory University, 1984. Hemodynamics, magnetic resonance imaging.

G. Paul Neitzel, Professor; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 1979. Fluid mechanics, hydrodynamic stability, numerical methods.

*Robert M. Nerem, Institute Professor and Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for Engineering in Medicine; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1964; NAE. Biomedical engineering, biomechanics, cellular engineering, tissue engineering.

*Dennis L. Sadowski, Research Engineer II; M.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1986. Thermal sciences, and design and construction of experimental equipment.

*Richard F. Salant, Georgia Power Distinguished Professor in Mechanical Engineering; Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967. Fluid mechanics, fluid sealing.

*Samuel V. Shelton, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969. Energy systems, adsorption, HVAC systems.

Marc K. Smith, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1982. Fluid mechanics, hydrodynamic stability, films and droplets.

Fotis Sotiropoulos, (CEE); Associate Professor ; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1991. CFD, vortex breakdown, turbulence.

*Timothy M. Wick, (ChBE); Associate Professor ; Ph.D., Rice University, 1988. Tissue and cellular engineering, bioreactor design, cell adhesion, blood rheology.

*Ward O. Winer, Regents' Professor and Chair, School of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1961; Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1964; NAE. Fluid flow, high pressure rheology, lubrication, tribology, thermomechanics.

Minami Yoda, Chair; Associate Professor; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1992. Fluid mechanics, turbulence, optical diagnostics, shear flows.

*Ajit P. Yoganathan, (ChBE); Regents' Professor and Co-Director, Bioengineering Center; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1978. Cardiovascular fluid dynamics, rheology, Doppler ultrasound, MRI.