Lecturers
James DeClerck
Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
Faculty Advisor, Formula SAE Enterprise
Office Hours
Areas of Expertise
- Noise and Vibration
- Model Validation
- Modal Analysis
- Structural Dynamics
V.C. Rao Komaravolu
Principal Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
PACE Coordinator
Research Interests
- Survey of heat transfer in electrical machines
- Techniques of temperature measurement in rotating systems
- Prediction of temperature distribution in electrical machines using network analyzer
- Scale model studies of large capacity turbo-generators
- Studies on sprayer performance in deaerators
- Estimation of heat transfer coefficients in industrial steam turbines
Areas of Expertise
- Thermodynamics
- Heat Transfer
- Power Plant Engineering
Charles H. Margraves
Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
Student Success Ctr. Director/ELC Coordinator
Research Interests
- Digital Image Processing of bio/nano scale phenomenon using multiple microscopy systems
- CFD and internal ballistics analysis of solid and liquid rocket motors
- Advances in Engineering Education
Areas of Expertise
- Thermal/Fluid Sciences
- CFD
- Digital Image Processing
Paul van Susante
Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
Areas of Expertise
Research Interests
- Extreme environment technologies
- Soil-machine interaction
- Planetary science and exploratation
- Engineering design process
- Design optimization
- Robotics and automation
- System engineering and integration
- Additive manufacturing
- Mining technology and space mining technology
- Advances in Engineering Education