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The Department has eighteen (18) instructional and research laboratories as listed in Table 1. The labs are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, instrumentation, and computing facilities. The department's material testing capabilities in the area of materials science and engineering consist of an Instron 1230, a 55 kips rated MTS 810 Servo-hydraulic Universal Testing Machine equipped with numerical controlled hardware and software for mechanical testing up to 1000° C, a Dynatup Model 8250HV High Velocity Impact equipment integrated with an environment conditioning system for testing temperature range of -50° to 175° C and fully computer control and data acquisition system, a multi-specimen fatigue machine, Solartron SI 1280 electro-chemical measurement equipment and corrosion monitoring interface, an in-house microscopic image processor, and a Scanning Electron Microscope (Hitachi S-2460N) for fractography and microstucture analysis. Also, a complete set of equipment for light microscopy and metallography is available. In design and manufacturing area a CAD/CAM laboratory coupled with a computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) laboratory provide hands-on experience and an understanding of the design to manufacturing concept. The department's model shop is used by the students to construct their design prototypes or prepare experimental research setups. The aerodynamic and fluid mechanics laboratories with a 0-140 fps wind tunnel, a water tunnel, and a 3-D Laser Doppler Anemometer provide research and instructional capabilities for the faculty and students alike. Computer hardware and software equipment includes SUN/SPARCHII-1PC workstations running on a UNIX platform and Pentium microcomputers running on an XP platform with high-resolution graphics capabilities. A Stereo-lithography apparatus (SLA-250/50) and a ThermoJet 3D printer are available for rapid-prototyping. Commercial versions of software packages such as ALGOR, COSMOS, IDEAS Master Series, FLUENT, and others are available for both teaching and research applications.

Faculty research areas include: (1) Manufacturing: Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Data Dependent systems, Machine Vision/Image Processing, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Metrology, Robotics and Statistical Data Processing, (2) Materials: High Temperature Testing, Industrial Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Materials Processing, Mechanical Behavior of Materials/Microstructure and Nanocrystalline Materials, (3) Thermal Science/Fluids: Combustion and Reacting Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, High Heat Flux Applications and Multi-phase Transport Processes and Phase change in Porous Media and in Manufacturing Processes; (4) Energy Conservation: HVAC, Solar Energy System Design, Alternative Energy, Computer-based Preventative Maintenance, Energy Management Control System Analysis, and Computer Simulation of Buildings; (5) Composite Materials: Chemical Characterization and Surface Analysis, Composites Manufacturing, Mechanical and Impact Testing, Thermal Analysis; (6) Experimental Solid Mechanics: Thermal Stresses, Mechanics of Materials and Material Properties (7) Failure Criteria and Stress analysis: Solid Modeling & Finite Element Analysis

For contract work or research assistance in these areas please contact the following researcher(s):

Blevins, Edgar R. - blevins@engr.subr.edu
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Blevins' primary interest includes Automotive Technology, Computer-Aided Design and Drafting & Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems. His other interest includes engineering recruitment and retention and outreach programs.

Burris, Charles L. - burris@engr.subr.edu
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean
Dr Burris research interests are in biomedical engineering and CAD/CAE. He is the director of the Engineering Summer Institute to introduce engineering to K through 12 students.

Chehl, Sahib - chehl@engr.subr.edu
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Chehl's research interests are in thermal stresses in nuclear reactors, phase-change boundary moving heat conduction problems, and effective teaching and learning. He is engaged in teaching mechanics course in the college of engineering.

Chen, Chu-Chen - chen@engr.subr.edu
Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Endowed Professor of Construction
Professor Chen's primary interest includes Energy Management, Renewable Energy Applications, and Thermodynamics Systems. He has received grants in the energy audit for the State of Louisiana, commercial building, small industrial and university building for the past eight years. He has developed energy audit courses and train engineering students to assist the State's with energy saving measures.

Crosby, Karen - karenc@engr.subr.edu
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Crosby's proficiency is in the area of materials science & engineering, including corrosion and materials characterization, and mechanics. Her research interests involve many areas related to advanced engineering materials including modeling material behavior, microstructural and property characterization, and performance analysis. Her research experiences have included studies of ultra-low carbon steel, polymer and metal matrix composites, and aluminum-lithium alloys.

Diwan, Ravinder - diwan@engr.subr.edu
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Diwan's primary research interests are in advanced materials, metallurgy, structure-property relations, quantitative microscopy, fractography, failure analysis, corrosion engineering, materials modeling and computer applications in manufacturing and engineering. His current and recent research projects have been in areas of aluminum lithium alloys, titanium aluminides, material weldability, corrosion, fractography, manufacturing laboratory development and deformation dynamic material modeling.

Huang, Chun-Ling - huang@engr.subr.edu
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Huang's primary interests are Numerical Simulation in Fluids/ Thermal Science and Computer Software/ Graphics in Engineering. One of his publications is " Heat Transfer Model Development for Energy Conserving Dual Wall Composite Pipe".

Ibekwe, Samuel - ibekwe@engr.surb.edu
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Ibekwe's research interests are on impact response of composite materials, experimental solid mechanics, and finite element analysis of engineering structures. It also includes fabrication, testing, and evaluation of advanced composite materials.

Jana, Amitava - jana@engr.subr.edu
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr Jana has been involved in research and educational activities in the area of mechatronics and robotics. He has developed a mechatronics/ robotic laboratory to offer a multi-disciplinary course for electrical and mechanical engineering students.

Joshi, Ghanashyam - joshi1@engr.subr.edu
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Affiliate Graduate Faculty Member at LSU, Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Dr. Joshi's research and teaching focus is in the area of manufacturing and design. His research contributions are in the areas of modeling, sensing, and control of manufacturing processes; CAD/CAM/CIM; automation; robotics and machine vision; metrology; statistical signal processing; data dependent systems (DDS) methodology; scanning probe microscopy; and integration of design and manufacturing.

Mensah, Patrick - messah@engr.subr.edu
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Mensahs' research interest is in the area of thermal/fluid sciences and mechanical characterization of advanced composite material piping systems used in industries such as the marine and petrochemical industries as well as offshore oil platform. His current research is on modeling heat-activated joining of composite piping and fire characterization of thermosetting composite materials. He is also currently involved in the implementation of new techniques such as multimedia applications in engineering pedagogy.

Mohamadian, Habib P. - mohamad@engr.subr.edu
Professor and Chairman of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Mohamadian's research interests center on material characterization, solid modeling, failure analysis, and assessment. His educational effort includes the development of new techniques for engineering education assessment to increase institutional effectiveness. He has been involved in engineering design and material characterization research and laboratory development.

Razi, Parviz S. – razi@engr.subr.edu
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Razi’s research interests are in materials and thermal science areas including thermal and mechanical properties of materials, process and development of new composite materials and fracture and strength analysis. He has been involved in engineering design and material characterization research and laboratory development including energy studied and conservation and alternative fuel systems.

Stubblefield, Michael - mastub@bellsouth.net
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and CEES Director
Professor Stubblefield's primary interests include fire and thermal material characterization of composite materials, as well as innovative joining and manufacturing techniques of composite materials. His other interests include undergraduate and pre-college outreach programs. As CEES Director, Dr. Stubblefield also administers several programs, which focus on environmental and energy concerns of an educational nature as well as research oriented.

Wang, Cheng Shung - wang@engr.subr.edu
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Wang's research interest is in solid mechanics area, including buckling/vibration analysis and optimization design/analysis of structural and mechanical systems. He also engaged in teaching and research in design and failure mode analysis by FEM and mechanics of composite materials.

Woldensenbet, Eyassu - woldesen@engr.subr.edu
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Joint Faculty with LSU
Some of the classes taught or being taught by Dr. Woldesenbet are: Composite Materials, Introductory Engineering, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials. Fields of Interest: High Strain Rate Properties and Mechanics & Design of Composite Materials, and Mechanics of Materials. Research Area: High Strain Rate Properties of Composite Materials, Development of Composite Sucker Rods for the Oil Industry, Composites Manufacturing and Rehabilitation of Structures using Composites.