Lecturers Directory
James DeClerck
- Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
- Faculty Advisor, Formula SAE Enterprise
- 906-487-2246
- jdeclerck@mtu.edu
- MEEM 906
Office Hours
by appointment
Areas of Expertise
- Noise and Vibration
- Model Validation
- Modal Analysis
- Structural Dynamics
Research Interests
- Model Validation
- Digital Data Processing
- Robust Engineering
- Noise and Vibration
- System Design
Cameron Hadden
- Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics
- 906-487-2913
- cmhadden@mtu.edu
- MEEM 822
Jaclyn Johnson
- Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics
- Research Engineer
- 906-487-3433
- jenesbit@mtu.edu
- MEEM 817
Teaching Interests
- Energy ThermoFluids Courses - Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Internal Combustion Engines
- Mechanics Courses - Statics, Mechanics of Materials
Research Interests
- Fundamentals of Diesel Spray and Combustion, Spark Ignition
- Spray Combustion
- Optical and Laser Diagnostics
- Internal Combustion Engines
- Alternative Fuels
- Thermophysical Properties; Spray & Combustion Modeling
V.C. Rao Komaravolu
- Principal Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics
- PACE Coordinator
- Indian Student Association Faculty Advisor
- 906-487-1173
- Cell: 906-281-3836
- kvcrao@mtu.edu
- MEEM 830
Areas of Expertise
- Thermodynamics
- Heat Transfer
- Power Plant Engineering
- Computer Aided Design
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
Steven Ma
- Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
- 906-487-3393
- stevenma@mtu.edu
- MEEM 825
Aneet Narendranath
- Lecturer
- 906-487-3019
- dnaneet@mtu.edu
- MEEM 917
Links of Interest
Pedagogic Interests
- Classical Mechanics
- Numerical methods for differential equations
- Symbolic solution packages
Research Interests
- Numerical solutions and applications to engineering of non-linear partial differential equations
- Low Reynolds Number fluid physics
Radheshyam Tewari
- Lecturer
- Graduate Seminar Series Coordinator
- Faculty Advisor, Innovative Global Solutions Enterprise
- 906-487-1743
- rtewari@mtu.edu
- MEEM 818
Teaching Interests
- Computer Aided Design/Manufacturing
- Senior Capstone Design Projects
- Product Realization
- Dynamics
- Manufacturing
- Metrology
- Production Planning
- Quality Engineering
- Design of Experiments
- Mechanics of Materials
- Nanotechnology
- Micromanufacturing
- Semiconductor Fabrication
- Implantable Medical Devices
Areas of Expertise
- Micromachining
- Micromanufacturing
- Semiconductor Fabrication Processes
Research Interests
- Microsystems Development
- Nanotechnology
- Medical Devices
- Additive Manufacturing
- Engineering Education
Paul van Susante
- Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics
- Mining Innovation Enterprise (MINE) Faculty Advisor
- 906-487-3253
- pjvansus@mtu.edu
- MEEM 925
Teaching Interests
- Engineering Design Process
- Mechanics of Materials
- System Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering Practice
- Finite Element Analysis
- Intro to Aerospace Engineering
- Senior Design Capstone / Enterprise Project
- Product Realization
Areas of Expertise
- Solid Mechanics
- Structural Design
- Finite Element Analysis
- Engineering Design Process
- System Engineering
- Interdisciplinary Engineering (Aerospace, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining, Architecture)
- Extreme Environment Design
- Civil and Mining Engineering
- Education
- Optimization and Modeling
Research Interests
- Advances in Engineering Education
- Engineering Design Process
- Extreme Environment Technologies (Space, Underwater, Mining, Arctic, etc.)
- Excavation and Mining Technology
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Design Optimization
- Robotics and Automation
- System Engineering and Integration
- Additive Manufacturing