Research

School of Engineering and Computer Science

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Research is a core component of our commitment to providing students with the best educational opportunities. Foundational discovery and studies bringing laboratory breakthroughs and technological advancements are essential activities at the School of Engineering and Computer Science that are integrated into the curriculum and shared widely around the world. Our applied research spans across a wide range of areas, including those related to Bioengineering, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Connectivity and Autonomous Systems, Advanced Manufacturing, and Power and Energy. Under each department are research areas specific to this particular department.

Contact
Daniel Aloi, Ph.D.
SECS Director of Research
(248)370-2185
aloi@oakland.edu

Research Expo

2023 Faculty Research Expo

October 27, 2023 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Oakland Center Ballrooms
Oakland University

View the Expo website

Connecting industry with the School of Engineering and Computer Science

The School of Engineering and Computer Science is excited to hold 2023 Faculty Research Expo on October 27, 2023, featuring interactive displays and live demonstrations of SECS research capabilities in the following areas:

Bioengineering
Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity and data analytics
Connectivity and autonomous systems
Advanced manufacturing
Power and energy

Keynote

Aruna Anand

Aruna Anand was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Continental Automotive group sector, North America effective December 1, 2022. In this role, she coordinates the North American activities of the company’s five automotive business areas and central functions such as engineering, finance, quality, information technology, human resources, purchasing, communications and marketing. She also retains the role of Head of the Architecture and Networking business area for the North American region of Continental Automotive, with responsibility for all global architecture and networking business activities that support customers based out of North America.

View the 2022 SECS Faculty Research Expo materials and Faculty Research Profile booklet.

Bioengineering

Department of Bioengineering Directory

Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics

Fabia Battistuzzi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences; Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences battistu@oakland.edu

Randal Westrick, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences, rjwestrick@oakland.edu

Biomedical Image Analysis and Processing

Brian K. Dean, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, bkdean@oakland.edu

Jia Li, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, li4@oakland.edu

Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Computer Science and Engineering, siadat@oakland.edu

Alycen Wiacek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, awiacek@oakland.edu

Biomimicry and Biosensors

Brian K. Dean, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, bkdean@oakland.edu

Cancer Biology

Gerard Madlambayan, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences; Chair, Department of Biological Sciences madlamba@oakland.edu

Functional and Comparative Genomics

Fabia Battistuzzi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences; Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences battistu@oakland.edu

Shailesh Lal, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Bioengineering, lal@oakland.edu

Randal Westrick, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences, rjwestrick@oakland.edu

Microbial Biotechnology

Sara Blumer-Schuette, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences, blumerschuette@oakland.edu

MEMS

Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, dmhanna@oakland.edu

Nanoparticles

Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, dmhanna@oakland.edu

Gerard Madlambayan, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences; Chair, Department of Biological Sciences madlamba@oakland.edu

Thrombosis

Randal Westrick, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences, rjwestrick@oakland.edu

Stem Cell Biology

Luis Villa-Diaz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Biological Sciences, luisvilladiaz@oakland.edu

Computer Science and Engineering

Department of Computer Science and Engineering Directory

Artificial Intelligence and VR

Anyi Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, anyiliu@oakland.edu

Lunjin Lu, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, l2lu@oakland.edu

Tianle Ma, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, tianlema@oakland.edu

Ishwar K. Sethi, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, isethi@oakland.edu

Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Computer Science and Engineering, siadat@oakland.edu

Guangzhi Qu, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, gqu@oakland.edu

Steven Wilson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, stevenwilson@oakland.edu

Lanyu Xu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, lxu@oakland.edu
Katherine Bowers, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Computer Science and Engineering, katebowers@oakland.edu

Hua Ming, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, ming@oakland.edu, Dr. Ming's website

Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics

Tianle Ma, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, tianlema@oakland.edu

Ishwar K. Sethi, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, isethi@oakland.edu

Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Computer Science and Engineering, siadat@oakland.edu

Gautam B. Singh, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, singh@oakland.edu

Lanyu Xu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, lxu@oakland.edu

Cloud Computing

Jingshu Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, jingshuchen@oakland.edu

Anyi Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, anyiliu@oakland.edu

Lanyu Xu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, lxu@oakland.edu

Computational Social Science

Ishwar K. Sethi, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, isethi@oakland.edu

Steven Wilson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, stevenwilson@oakland.edu
Anyi Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, anyiliu@oakland.edu

Computer Vision and Deep Learning

Ishwar K. Sethi, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, isethi@oakland.edu

Cybersecurity

Katherine Bowers, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Computer Science and Engineering, katebowers@oakland.edu

Jingshu Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, jingshuchen@oakland.edu

Huirong Fu, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, fu@oakland.edu

Anyi Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, anyiliu@oakland.edu

Hua Ming, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, ming@oakland.edu

Julian Rrushi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, rrushi@oakland.edu

Amartya Sen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, sen@oakland.edu

Gautam B. Singh, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, singh@oakland.edu

Edge Computing

Lanyu Xu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, lxu@oakland.edu

Human Computer Interaction

Hua Ming, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, ming@oakland.edu

Jingshu Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, jingshuchen@oakland.edu

Lunjin Lu, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, l2lu@oakland.edu

Hua Ming, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, ming@oakland.edu

Machine Learning

Tianle Ma, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, tianlema@oakland.edu

Ishwar K. Sethi, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, isethi@oakland.edu

Guangzhi Qu, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, gqu@oakland.edu

Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Computer Science and Engineering, siadat@oakland.edu

Sunny Raj, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, raj@oakland.edu

Multimedia Information Processing

Ishwar K. Sethi, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, isethi@oakland.edu

Natural Language Processing

Ishwar K. Sethi, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, isethi@oakland.edu

Steven Wilson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, stevenwilson@oakland.edu

Programming Languages and Software Engineering

Mehdi Bagherzadeh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, mbagherzadeh@oakland.edu

Jingshu Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, jingshuchen@oakland.edu

Dae-Kyoo Kim, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, kim2@oakland.edu, Dr. Kim's website

Lunjin Lu, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, l2lu@oakland.edu

Hua Ming, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, ming@oakland.edu

Software Testing

Mehdi Bagherzadeh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, mbagherzadeh@oakland.edu

Jingshu Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, jingshuchen@oakland.edu

Anyi Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, anyiliu@oakland.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Directory

ASICs and Programmable Logic (FPGAs)

Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, zohdyhsa@oakland.edu

Subramaniam Ganesan, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ganesan@oakland.edu, Dr. Ganesan's website

Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, dmhanna@oakland.edu

Daniel Llamocca, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, llamocca@oakland.edu, Dr. Llamocca's website

Artificial/Embedded Intelligence

Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, zohdyhsa@oakland.edu

Shadi G. Alawneh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, shadialawneh@oakland.edu, Dr. Alawneh's website

Jun Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, junchen@oakland.edu

Subramaniam Ganesan, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ganesan@oakland.edu, Dr. Ganesan's website

Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, dmhanna@oakland.edu

Jia Li, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, li4@oakland.edu

Daniel Llamocca, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, llamocca@oakland.edu, Dr. Llamocca's website

Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, louie@oakland.edu, Dr. Louie's website

Alycen Wiacek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, awiacek@oakland.edu

Bio-inspired and Biomedical Devices

Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, zohdyhsa@oakland.edu

Brian K. Dean, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, bkdean@oakland.edu

Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, dmhanna@oakland.edu

Jia Li, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, li4@oakland.edu

Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, louie@oakland.edu, Dr. Louie's website

Osamah A. Rawashdeh, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, rawashd2@oakland.edu, Dr. Rawashdeh's website

Alycen Wiacek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, awiacek@oakland.edu

Controls and Systems Engineering

Jun Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, junchen@oakland.edu

Ka C. Cheok, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, cheok@oakland.edu

Manohar Das, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, das@oakland.edu

Edward Y. Gu, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, guy@oakland.ed

Mohamed A. Zohdy, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, zohdyma@oakland.edu

Electromagnetics and Antennas

Daniel N. Aloi, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, aloi@oakland.edu, Dr. Aloi's website

Amanpreet Kaur, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, kaur4@oakland.edu

Steven Louis, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, slouis@oakland.edu

Embedded Systems

Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, zohdyhsa@oakland.edu

Shadi G. Alawneh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, shadialawneh@oakland.edu, Dr. Alawneh's website

Subramaniam Ganesan, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ganesan@oakland.edu, Dr. Ganesan's website

Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, dmhanna@oakland.edu

Daniel Llamocca, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, llamocca@oakland.edu, Dr. Llamocca's website

Osamah A. Rawashdeh, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, rawashd2@oakland.edu, Dr. Rawashdeh's website

High-Performance Computing

Shadi G. Alawneh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, shadialawneh@oakland.edu, Dr. Alawneh's website

Seyed Ali Arefifar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, arefifar@oakland.edu

Subramaniam Ganesan, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ganesan@oakland.edu, Dr. Ganesan's website

Darrin M. Hanna, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, dmhanna@oakland.edu

Daniel Llamocca, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, llamocca@oakland.edu, Dr. Llamocca's website

Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Jun Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, junchen@oakland.edu

Ka C. Cheok, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, cheok@oakland.edu

Electronic Devices and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMs)

Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, zohdyhsa@oakland.edu

Steven Louis, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, slouis@oakland.edu

Hongwei Qu, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, qu2@oakland.edu

Instrumentation and Measurement

Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, zohdyhsa@oakland.edu

Daniel N. Aloi, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, aloi@oakland.edu

Seyed Ali Arefifar, Ph.D., Assiociate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, arefifar@oakland.edu

Manohar Das, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, das@oakland.edu

Brian K. Dean, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, bkdean@oakland.edu

Jia Li, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, li4@oakland.edu

Steven Louis, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, slouis@oakland.edu

Hongwei Qu, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, qu2@oakland.edu

Mohamed A. Zohdy, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, zohdyma@oakland.edu

Alycen Wiacek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, awiacek@oakland.edu

Power Systems Engineering and Power Electronics

Seyed Ali Arefifar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, arefifar@oakland.edu

Jun Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, junchen@oakland.edu

Manohar Das, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, das@oakland.edu

Amanpreet Kaur, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, kaur4@oakland.edu

Robotics

Jun Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, junchen@oakland.edu

Ka C. Cheok, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, cheok@oakland.edu

Edward Y. Gu, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, guy@oakland.ed

Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, louie@oakland.edu, Dr. Louie's website

Khalid Mirza, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, mirza@oakland.edu

Signal and Image Processing

Manohar Das, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, das@oakland.edu

Brian K. Dean, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, bkdean@oakland.edu

Edward Y. Gu, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, guy@oakland.edu

Jia Li, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, li4@oakland.edu

Steven Louis, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, slouis@oakland.edu

Alycen Wiacek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, awiacek@oakland.edu

Spintronics

Steven Louis, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, slouis@oakland.edu

Hongwei Qu, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, qu2@oakland.edu

Unmanned and Autonomous Vehicles

Shadi G. Alawneh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, shadialawneh@oakland.edu, Dr. Alawneh's website

Daniel N. Aloi, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, aloi@oakland.edu

Jun Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, junchen@oakland.edu

Ka C. Cheok, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, cheok@oakland.edu

Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, louie@oakland.edu, Dr. Louie's website

Khalid Mirza, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, mirza@oakland.edu

Osamah A. Rawashdeh, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, rawashd2@oakland.edu, Dr. Rawashdeh's website

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Directory

Data Analytics

Nasim Nezamoddini, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, nezamoddini@oakland.edu

Vijitashwa Pandey, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Industrial and Systems Engineering, pandey2@oakland.edu, Dr. Pandy's website

Decision Analysis

Vijitashwa Pandey, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Industrial and Systems Engineering, pandey2@oakland.edu, Dr. Pandey's website

Digital Twins

Hyungil Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, hyungilkim@oakland.edu

Ali Ahmad Malik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, aliahmadmalik@oakland.edu

Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, sengupta@oakland.edu

Discrete Event Simulation

Ali Ahmad Malik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, aliahmadmalik@oakland.edu

Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, sengupta@oakland.edu

Ergonomics

Hyungil Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, hyungilkim@oakland.edu

Functional and Occupational Safety

Richard Olawoyin, Ph.D., CSP, CEP, Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, olawoyin@oakland.edu

Human Factors

Hyungil Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, hyungilkim@oakland.edu

Human-Robot Simulations

Ali Ahmad Malik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, aliahmadmalik@oakland.edu

Lean

William Edwards, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, wedwards@oakland.edu

Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, sengupta@oakland.edu

Mathematical Modeling

Nasim Nezamoddini, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, nezamoddini@oakland.edu

Vijitashwa Pandey, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Industrial and Systems Engineering, pandey2@oakland.edu, Dr. Pandey's website

Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, sengupta@oakland.edu

Optimization

Nasim Nezamoddini, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, nezamoddini@oakland.edu

Vijitashwa Pandey, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Industrial and Systems Engineering, pandey2@oakland.edu, Dr. Pandey's website

Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, sengupta@oakland.edu

Production Systems

Ali Ahmad Malik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, aliahmadmalik@oakland.edu

Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, sengupta@oakland.edu

Quality

Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, sengupta@oakland.edu

Risk Analysis

Richard Olawoyin, Ph.D., CSP, CEP, Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, olawoyin@oakland.edu

Systems Engineering

Vijitashwa Pandey, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Industrial and Systems Engineering, pandey2@oakland.edu, Dr. Pandey's website

Sankar Sengupta, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, sengupta@oakland.edu

Virtual and Augmented Reality

Hyungil Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, hyungilkim@oakland.edu

Ali Ahmad Malik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, aliahmadmalik@oakland.edu

Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering Directory

Automotive Powertrains

Internal Combustion Engines and Fuels

Dan DelVescovo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, delvescovo@oakland.edu

Brian P. Sangeorzan, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, bsangeor@oakland.edu

Powertrain Controls and Diagnostics

Yongsoon Yoon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, yongsoonyoon@oakland.edu

Batteries and Fuel Cells

Stephen Bazinski, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, sbazinsk@oakland.edu

Xia Wang, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Chair, Mechanical Engineering, wang@oakland.edu

Ankun Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, ankunyang@oakland.edu, Dr. Yang's website

Yongsoon Yoon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, yongsoonyoon@oakland.edu

Tribology (Friction, Lubrication and Wear)

Gary Barber, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, barber@oakland.edu

Clean Energy

Bio-Renewable Fuels and Carbon Capture

Sarah Beetham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, sbeetham@oakland.edu, Dr. Beetham's website

Energy Audits

Christopher J. Kobus, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, cjkobus@oakland.edu

Membrane Technologies for Clean Power and Water Treatment

Jonathan Maisonneuve, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, maisonneuve@oakland.edu, Dr. Maisonneuve's website

Dynamics and Vibrations

Yin-ping (Daniel) Chang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, ychang@oakland.edu

Christopher Cooley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, cooley@oakland.edu

Randy J. Gu, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, gu@oakland.edu

Michael A. Latcha, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, latcha@oakland.edu, Dr. Latcha's website

Ryan Monroe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, ryanmonroe@oakland.edu

Zissimos P. Mourelatos, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, mourelat@oakland.edu

Yongsoon Yoon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, yongsoonyoon@oakland.edu

Materials & Advanced Manufacturing

Metal Forming

Sergey F. Golovashchenko, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, golovash@oakland.edu

Advanced Material Joining Processes- Modeling, Analysis and Testing

Marco Gerini-Romagnoli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, geriniromagnoli@oakland.edu

Sayed A. Nassar, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, nassar@oakland.edu

LianXiang Yang, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, yang2@oakland.edu, Dr. Yang's website

Materials

Gary Barber, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, barber@oakland.edu

Ankun Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, ankunyang@oakland.edu, Dr. Ankun Yang's website

Tribology (Friction, Lubrication & Wear)

Gary Barber, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, barber@oakland.edu

Numerical Modeling and Simulation

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Sarah Beetham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, sbeetham@oakland.edu, Dr. Beetham's website

Zissimos P. Mourelatos, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, mourelat@oakland.edu

Batteries and Fuel Cells

Ankun Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, ankunyang@oakland.edu, Dr. Ankun Yang's website

Yongsoon Yoon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, yongsoonyoon@oakland.edu

Stephen Bazinski, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, sbazinsk@oakland.edu

Xia Wang, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Chair, Mechanical Engineering, wang@oakland.edu

Design for Uncertainty and Risk Analysis

Zissimos P. Mourelatos, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, mourelat@oakland.edu

Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermal Modeling

Sarah Beetham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, sbeetham@oakland.edu, Dr. Beetham's website

Laila Guessous, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Guessous@oakland.edu, Dr. Guessous's website

Christopher J. Kobus, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, cjkobus@oakland.edu

Jonathan Maisonneuve, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, maisonneuve@oakland.edu, Dr. Maisonneuve's website

Brian P. Sangeorzan, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering, bsangeor@oakland.edu

Xia Wang, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Chair, Mechanical Engineering, wang@oakland.edu

Controls and Diagnostics

Yongsoon Yoon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, yongsoonyoon@oakland.edu

Solid Mechanics and Structural Analysis

Randy J. Gu, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, gu@oakland.edu

Marco Gerini-Romagnoli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, geriniromagnoli@oakland.edu

Zissimos P. Mourelatos, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, mourelat@oakland.edu

Optical Inspection & Non-destructive Testing

LianXiang Yang, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, yang2@oakland.edu, Dr. Yang's website

Solid Mechanics, Design and Testing

Sergey F. Golovashchenko, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, golovash@oakland.edu

Randy J. Gu, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical Engineering, gu@oakland.edu

Marco Gerini-Romagnoli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, geriniromagnoli@oakland.edu

Michael A. Latcha, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, latcha@oakland.edu, Dr. Latcha's website

Sayed A. Nassar, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, nassar@oakland.edu

Zhijun (Jason) Wu, Ph.D., Special Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, wu@oakland.edu

LianXiang Yang, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, yang2@oakland.edu, Dr. Yang's website

2023 Faculty Research Expo

View the Expo websiteConnecting industry with the School of Engineering and Computer Science

Keynote

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