Department of Mechanical Engineering

170 DODGE HALL (248) 370-2210

Chairperson: Gary C. Barber

Professors emeriti: Robert Edgerton, Michael Y.Y. Hung, Gilbert L. Wedekind

Professors: Gary C. Barber, Bhushan, L. Bhatt, Randy Gu, Keyu Li, Zissimos Mourelatos, Sayed Nassar, Lianxing Yang

Associate professors: Yin-Ping Chang, Laila Guessous, Ching L. Ko, Christopher Kobus, Michael A. Latcha, Qian Zou, Brian P. Sangeorzan, Lorenzo Smith

Assistant professors: Xia Wang, David Schall

Adjunct professors: Ismat Abu-Isa, Alex Alkidas, Yung-Li Lee

Adjunct associate professors: Fang Chen, Phil Szuba

Adjunct assistant professors: Suresh Ramalingham

Advisory Board

The Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board assists the department in enhancing its educational and research programs and ensuring their relevance to current and emerging technological needs. Board members are:

David Gorsich, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, TARDEC
Ray Kuczera, Regional Engineering Director, GKN Driveline
Yung-Li Lee, Ph.D., Senior Specialist, Chrysler, LLC
Suresh Ramalingham, Ph.D., Senior Project Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing, Chrysler LLC
Philip Szuba, Ph.D., Vice President, Black and Decker
Yucong Wang, Ph.D., Surface Engineering and Tribology Center, General Motors Powertrain
Han Zhao, Ph.D., Design Engineer, Continental Teves

Mission

The Department of Mechanical Engineering carries out the mission of the School of Engineering and Computer Science by offering undergraduate majors in mechanical engineering including various options. The department also offers a master’s program in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.