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Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Venkattraman (Venkatt) Ayyaswamy

Associate Professor

vayyaswamy@ucmerced.edu

(209) 228-2359

SRE 365, Labsite

  • Stochastic methods for engineering applications
  • Non-equilibrium fluid mechanics and plasma physics
  • Simulating plasma processing of nanostructured materials
  • Nano/microfluidics and microplasma
Mehmet Z. Baykara

Mehmet Z. Baykara

Associate Professor

mehmet.baykara@ucmerced.edu

(209) 228-3371

SRE 359, Labsite

  • Nanomechanics
  • Nanotribology
  • Scanning Probe Microscopy
  • Surface Science
YangQuan Chen

YangQuan Chen

Professor

ychen53@ucmerced.edu

SRE 327, Labsite

  • Mechatronics Control systems
  • Unmanned aircraft systems
  • Cyber-physical systems
  • Applied fractional calculus
Po-Ya Abel Chuang

Po-Ya Abel Chuang

Professor and Vice Chair (ME)

achuang5@ucmerced.edu

SRE 361, Labsite

  • PEM fuel cell
  • Heat exchanger
  • Thermal management
  • Two-phase heat transfer and fluid flow
  • Loop heat pipe
  • Porous material 
  • Carbon fiber

Francesco Danzi

Assistant Professor

fdanzi@ucmerced.edu

SRE 347, Labsite

  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Composite Structures
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Vibrations
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
Gerardo Diaz

Gerardo Diaz

Professor

gdiaz@ucmerced.edu

SRE 343, Labsite

  • Energy conversion systems
  • Dynamic simulation and control of thermal systems
  • Adaptive thermal networks
  • Absorption chillers and heat pumps
  • Vapor compression systems with alternate refrigerants
  • Microchannel heat exchangers
  • Artificial neural networks and genetic algorithm for optimization of thermal components
Reza Ehsani

Reza Ehsani

Professor

rehsani@ucmerced.edu

SRE 331, Labsite

  • Engineering systems for agriculture 
  • Automation and intelligent machines for production and postharvest of agricultural crops 
  • Precision agriculture technology 
  • Sensors for biotic and abiotic plant stress detection 
  • Mechanical harvesting machines and robotic systems for fruit and nut trees
Sachin Goyal

Sachin Goyal

Associate Professor

sgoyal2@ucmerced.edu

SRE 329, Labsite

  • Computational dynamics, mechanics and controls, with applications primarily in micro-scale biological systems
  • Continuum-dynamics- and multi-body-dynamics-based modeling, and inverse modeling, of DNA and proteins, and their interactions
  • Constitutive law modeling of bio-filaments from their molecular dynamics simulations
Alejandro Gutiérrez

Alejandro Gutiérrez

Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Student Success

agutierrez78@ucmerced.edu

SRE 353, Labsite

  • Engineering Education
  • Experiential Learning
  • Structural Mechanics
  • Computational Mechanics

Marcus Lee

Assistant Teaching Professor

mlee406@ucmerced.edu

SRE 313, Labsite

  • Engineering Education
Min Hwan Lee

Min Hwan Lee

Associate Professor

mlee49@ucmerced.edu

SRE 349, Labsite

  • Electrochemical energy conversion and storage (e.g., fuel cells and batteries)
  • Next generation non-volatile memory (e.g., resistive switching memory)
  • Electrochemical nano-patterning
  • Nanoscale electrochemistry
  • Nanoscale material interface and surface phenomena
  • Scanning probe microscopy based observations
Yanbao Ma

Yanbao Ma

Professor

yma5@ucmerced.edu

SRE 357, Labsite

  • Mesoscale non-diffusive heat transfer
  • Mesoscale mass and energy transport in energy systems
  • Thermal management of electronics and energy systems
  • Environment-friendly water desalination systems

Ashlie Martini

Professor and Chair (ME)

amartini@ucmerced.edu

SRE 319, Labsite

  • Tribology: Friction, wear and lubrication
Michael Modest

Michael Modest

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

mmodest@ucmerced.edu

SRE 335, Labsite

  • Radiative heat transfer
  • Heat transfer in combustion
  • Heat transfer in hypersonic plasma
James Palko

James Palko

Associate Professor

SRE 355, Labsite

Thermal and electrokinetic transport processes with applications in:

  • Thermal management
  • Energy storage
  • Water purification
  • Advanced manufacturing

Ricardo Pinto de Castro

Assistant Professor

rpintodecastro@ucmerced.edu

SRE 323, Labsite

  • Control Systems
  • Automation
  • Robotic Vehicles
  • Power Conversion

Debora Lyn Porter

Assistant Professor

deboralynporter@ucmerced.edu

SRE 317, Labsite

  • Characterization of Biological Materials
  • Biotemplating of Natural Materials
  • Creation of Advanced Materials Using Natural Components
Jian-Qiao Sun

Jian-Qiao Sun

Professor Emeritus

jsun3@ucmerced.edu

SRE 315, Labsite

  • Vibrations
  • Noise Control
  • Industrial Automation
  • Sensors
  • Actuators
  • Bio-Mechanics
  • Physical Rehabilitation
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