Faculty

Robert E. Johnson

Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Education: Ph.D., Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology. M.S., Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology. B.S., Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo.

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

Ozgur Keles

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Personal Website: www.ozgurkeles.com

Scott David Kelly

Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Personal Website Website Education Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1998 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1992 B.S., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1991 Research Differential geometric methods in analytical mechanics Biologically-inspired robotic locomotion in fluids Nonlinear dynamics and control problems in systems biology

Thomas Koch

Teaching Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Christoph Kossack

Teaching Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Sciences

Kevin Lawton

Teaching Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Personal Website Website Education Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Mechanical Engineering, May 2000, UNC Charlotte. Dissertation: Precision Temperature Control. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 1996, UNC Charlotte. Thesis: Design of Lightweight Vibration Isolation Mounts for Inertial Navigation Sensors. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 1994. Magna Cum Laude, UNC Charlotte. Research Creep […]

Charles Lee

Associate Professor and Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
Duke 223, Lab: Woodward 465

Education: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1989. M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 1985. B.S. Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley 1983. Research: Heat and mass transfer Biomedical Engineering Biomathematical modeling Biodevices

Bamdad Lessani

Teaching Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Education Ph.D., Free University of Brussels (Vrjie Universiteit Brussel), 2003 M.S. Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, 1998 M.S. Sharif University of Technology, 1997 B.S. Sharif University of Technology, 1994 Research Computational fluid dynamics large-eddy and direct numerical simulation (LES/DNS) of turbulent flows low-Mach number flows particle-laden flows