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Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Venkattraman (Venkatt) Ayyaswamy

Venkattraman (Venkatt) Ayyaswamy

Associate Professor

vayyaswamy@ucmerced.edu

(209) 228-2359

SRE 365

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 and Graduate Program Chair (ME)

mehmet.baykara@ucmerced.edu

(209) 228-3371

SRE 359

Nanomechanics
Nanotribology
Scanning Probe Microscopy
Surface Science

YangQuan Chen

YangQuan Chen

Professor

ychen53@ucmerced.edu

SRE 327

Mechatronics Control systems
Unmanned aircraft systems
Cyber-physical systems
Applied fractional calculus

Po-Ya Abel Chuang

Po-Ya Abel Chuang

Associate Professor

achuang5@ucmerced.edu

SRE 361

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

Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez

Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez

Assistant Professor

Heat transfer
Fluid Mechanics
Wildfires
Data Science
Science Communication

Gerardo Diaz

Gerardo Diaz

Professor

gdiaz@ucmerced.edu

SRE 343

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

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

Assistant Professor

sgoyal2@ucmerced.edu

SRE 329

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

Assistant Teaching Professor

agutierrez78@ucmerced.edu

SRE 353

Engineering Education
Experiential Learning
Structural Mechanics
Computational Mechanics

Marcus Lee

Assistant Teaching Professor

mlee406@ucmerced.edu

SRE 313

Min Hwan Lee

Min Hwan Lee

Associate Professor

mlee49@ucmerced.edu

SRE 349

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

Associate Professor

yma5@ucmerced.edu

SRE 357

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

Tribology: Friction, wear and lubrication

Michael Modest

Michael Modest

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

mmodest@ucmerced.edu

SRE 335

Radiative heat transfer
Heat transfer in combustion
Heat transfer in hypersonic plasma

James Palko

James Palko

Assistant Professor

SRE 355

Thermal and electrokinetic transport processes with applications in:

Thermal management
Energy storage
Water purification
Advanced manufacturing

Ricardo Pinto de Castro

Ricardo Pinto de Castro

Assistant Professor

rpintodecastro@ucmerced.edu

control systems
automation
robotic vehicles
power conversion

Jian-Qiao Sun

Jian-Qiao Sun

Professor

jsun3@ucmerced.edu

SRE 315

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