Faculty

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

Robert Keynton

Dean
W.S. Lee College of Engineering

Dr. Robert (Rob) Keynton is currently Dean of the William States Lee College of Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte, Dean Keynton was Interim Executive Vice President for Research & Innovation and professor and Lutz Endowed Chair of Biomechanical Devices in the Department of Bioengineering at the […]

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

Marjan Molavi-Zarandi

Research Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Sciences

Education: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, CanadaPh.D., McGill University, Mechanical Engineering, CanadaM.S., Concordia University, Mechanical Engineering, CanadaB.S., Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Mechanical Engineering, Iran Personal Website: Additive Manufacturing Technology Laboratory: https://amtl.charlotte.edu/ Research Interests:  Design and topology optimization for additive manufacturing (AM)  Multiscale numerical modeling and simulation of metal, composite and polymer AM including […]

Edward P. Morse

Norvin Kennedy Dickerson Jr. Distinguished Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Personal Website Website Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2000 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1997 M.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1989 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Swarthmore College, 1985 Research Large Scale Metrology, Computational Metrology, Assembly Modeling and Analysis, Geometric Tolerancing and Standards, Computer Aided Manufacturing, and the Model Based Enterprise

Brigid A. Mullany

Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Personal Website Website Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2002 B.E. University College Dublin, Ireland, 1995 Research Precision Surfaces Polishing Surface Roughness Measurements