Faculty

Ahmed El-Ghannam

Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Personal Website Website Education Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1995 MSE. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1993 MSc. Ingorganic Chemistry, AIN Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1988 BSc. Chemistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 1982 Research Bioengineering Bone Cell Preservation Orthopedic Bioengineering

Terence J. Fagan

Teaching Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Degrees and Professional Registration Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2005 Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2001 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1998

Konstantinos Falaggis

Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Academic Affairs
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Amir Ghasemi

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Personal Website Website Education Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2012 M.S., Mechanical Engineering , Amirkabir University of Technology, 2008 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2005 Research Control Theory and Applications Autonomous Vehicles Robotics Human-Machine Interaction Haptics Human Model Control Cube Satellites Intelligent Structures

Lynnora Grant-Kahan

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Education NIST NRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship 2022-2024Ph.D. Materials Science & NanoEngineering, Rice University, 2022B.S. Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, 2017 Personal Website Research Interests Ceramic advanced manufacturing and additive manufacturingSintering of ceramicsAdvanced ceramics for extreme environments

John Hall

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Rodward Hewlin

Affiliated Faculty in MEES & Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Education: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering)North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (M.S., Mechanical Engineering)North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Research Interests: Professional Website: Rod Hewlin

M. Garry Hodgins

Teaching Associate Professor, Academic and Research Labs
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Biography Primary duties include: Teaching undergrad labs in Instrumentations, Mechanics, Materials and Thermal Fluids Working with faculty on developing research labs

Erina Joyee

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Education Ph.D., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, 2021 BS., Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, 2014 Research Advanced manufacturing, bio-inspired design, soft robotics, data driven additive manufacturing, multi-material multi-scale hierarchical surfaces. Personal website coefs.charlotte.edu/ejoyee

Russell Keanini

Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Personal Website Website Education Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1992 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 1987 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1983 Research Stochastic processes and applications Green’s function methods and applications Fluid mechanics Applied math