Assistant Professor & Graduate Coordinator; Ph.D. (1997) in Mechanical Engineering at University of Texas at Austin.

Research interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer; Inverse Heat Transfer Problems; Plasma Processing of Nanostructured Coatings; High-Speed Friction-Stir Welding; Bio-Fluid Flows; Microfluidics; Avionics Cooling; Chaos and Turbulence in Natural Convection; Coatings for Composites.

316-978-6292

ikram.ahmed@wichita.edu

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Assistant Professor; PhD. (2001) Materials Science, Virgina Tech. Post Doc (2001), University of Connecticut and Yale University.

Research interests: Materials Science, Nanotechnology (synthesis and characterization of magnetic and conductive nanoparticles, nanofilms, nanowires and nanocomposites), Bionanotechnology, Colloidal Photonic Crystals, Corrosion, and Filtration.

316-978-6368

ramazan.asmatulu@wichita.edu

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Assistant Professor at WSU; Ph.D. (1996) Mechanical Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology.

Research interests: Dynamics, Controls Modeling, Optimization, Scalability and Robustness Aspects of Control Implementation .

316-978-5475

brian.driessen@wichita.edu

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Professor, Emeritus at WSU; Ph.D. (1962) Mechanical Engineering; University of California at Berkeley.

Research Interests: Fluid Dynamics, Thermal Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics.

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Associate Professor at WSU since 1993; Ph.D. (1990) Mechanical Engineering; Drexel University.

Research interests: Fuel Tank Safety, Combustion and Combustion Chemistry, Alternative Fuels, Flammability of Materials, Air Pollution Control.

316-978-6364

david.koert@wichita.edu

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Professor and NIAR Senior Fellow; Ph.D. (1988) Mechanical Engineering; University of Arizona.

Research interests: Mechanical Engineering Design, Impact Dynamics, Crashworthiness, Multibody Dynamics, Structures, Biomechanics, and Occupant Protection

316-978-6307

hamid.lankarani@wichita.edu

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Senior Administrative Assistant

316-978-6360

asrah.little@wichita.edu

Associate Professor at WSU since Spring 2005; PhD., University of Minnesota,

Research Interests: C omputational and Experimental Research in Polymer Composites, Nanocomposites, and Functionally Graded Hybrid Composites Using Intelligent Process Design, Optimization, Characterization, Control, and Sensors.

316-978-5613

bob.minaie@wichita.edu

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Associate Professor at WSU since 1991; Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University

Research interests: Thermal Management in Material Processing, Including Laser Cutting/Welding and Friction Stir Welding, Application of Novel Heat Transfer Enhancement Techniques to Cutting Tool Design, Bio-MEMS, Biomedical Modeling.

316-978-6370

ts.ravi@wichita.edu

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Research interests: Continuum Mechanics, Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing, Fluid Mechanics, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Rheology, Heat Transfer with Non-Newtonian and Viscoelastic Liquids, Fluid Mechanics in Microgravity, Fluid Mechanics of Biological Systems.

316-978-6300

dennis.siginer@wichita.edu

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Assistant Professor at WSU; PhD, Wichita State University.

Research interests: Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Avionic Thermal Analysis and Test, Composite Flow Characterization, Multi-Scale Leakage Characterization Acoustics and Noise Control, Global Design Collaboration.

316-978-6388

kurt.soschinske@wichita.edu

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Professor, Chair, & Bombardier Learjet Fellow at WSU; Ph.D. (1980) Metallurgy & Materials Science, both from Case Western Reserve University.

Research interests: Materials Sciences, Mechanical Properties of Materials, Microscopy, Defects in Materials, Friction Stir Welding, Composite Materials.

316-978-6343

george.talia@wichita.edu

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