Faculty

Education: PhD Mechanical Engineering – Duke University, 2020 MEng Mechanical – University of Delaware, 2016 BSME – University of Delaware, 2016 Courses Taught: MEGR 2144 – Solid Mechanics MEGR 3111 – Thermodynamics I MEGR 3114 – Fluid Mechanics MEGR 3251 – Thermal Fluids Lab

Education Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, UNC Charlotte, August 2011; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UNC Charlotte, December 2005; BS, Mechanical Engineering, UNC Charlotte, May 2000. Classes MEGR 2141 – Engineering Mechanics 1 MEGR 2144 – Solid Mechanics MEGR 3121 – Dynamics Systems I MEGR 3122 – Dynamics Systems II MEGR 3171 – Intro to Measurement and Instrumentation

Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2018 Research Interests Advanced manufacturing and additive manufacturing (AM) Manufacturing process/machine qualification Dimensional metrology for AM X-ray computed tomography (XCT) for metrology and quality Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) methods, […]

Personal Website Homepage | Battery Integration Lab: Design and Experimentation | UNC Charlotte Education Ph.D., Stanford University, Aero Astro Engineering, 2022 M.S., Stanford University, Aero Astro Engineering, 2017 B.S., University of Alabama, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, 2014 Research Interests Multifunctional battery structures Battery health degradation modeling EV battery pack design optimization and testing

Bio: Dr. Ali Bonakdar currently holds the position of Associate Professor within the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science as well as the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at UNC Charlotte. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte in August 2023, he has been working at Siemens Energy Canada, in the gas turbine engines division, […]

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, USA, 2016M.Sc., Intelligent Building Technology and Management, Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology, Hong Kong, 2009B.S., Engineering Mechanics, Harbin Engineering University, China, 2008 Research Interests: Multiscale computational methodologies development Multifunctional materials design Coupled microstructural and transport simulations Website

Education Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2015 M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, 2010 B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, China, 2006 Research Dr. Chen’s research focuses on the materials’ response under extreme environments, such as radiation, load, strain rate and temperature. His group is interested in exploring […]

Personal Website Website Education Postdoctoral Research Associate, UNC Charlotte, 1995-96 Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995 M.S., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1989 B.Tech., Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India, 1987 Research Plasticity Theory and Application to Metal Forming and Shear-Flow Localization Problems Dynamic Behavior of Materials Finite-Element and Finite-Difference […]