Faculty

Robert E. Johnson
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
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
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
Personal Website: www.ozgurkeles.com

Scott David Kelly
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



Kevin Lawton
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
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
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