Lecturers Directory
James DeClerck
Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
Faculty Advisor, Formula SAE Enterprise
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
Antonio Gauchia
Senior Lecturer
Research Interests
- Hybrid electric vehicle powertrain
- Vehicle safety: Bus and truck rollover
Areas of Expertise
- Dynamics
- Vehicle modeling: Chassis and vehicle component modeling
- Vehicle experimental testing: Modal chassis testing, tire testing, brake testing, vehicle dynamics testing, etc.
- Finite element modeling: Vehicle body-in-white modeling, brake modeling, hub modeling, etc.
- Material handling: Deals with the design and component sizing of cranes, belt conveyor, screw conveyors, bucket conveyors, etc. as well as the dynamic stability of fork lift trucks.
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
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
Aneet Narendranath
Lecturer
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
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
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