Faculty & Staff: Mechanical Engineering - Cleveland State University

Mechanical Engineering Department

Faculty and Staff

Name/Link to Faculty Pages	Email	Degree/Registration	Research/Areas of Interest
Michael L. Adams Adjunct Faculty		Ph.D. (2001) Case Western Reserve University	Rotating Machinery Dynamics, Vibrations, Digital Signal Processing, Machinery Monitoring and Diagnostics, Safety Engineering
William J. Atherton Interim Chair & Associate Professor		Ph.D. (1982) University of Cincinnati PE - Ohio	Hydraulic System Design & Troubleshooting, Tribology, Dynamic System Simulation, Controls, Acoustics, Bond Graphs.
Laura M. Cosgriff Research Associate - RoMaDyC
Asuquo B. Ebiana Associate Professor		Ph.D. (1990) Michigan State University	Thermal Sciences, Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics.
John L. Frater Professor		Ph.D. (1976) University of Akron PE - Ohio	Applied Mechanics, Metal Working, Machine Design.
Rama S.R. Gorla Professor		Ph.D. (1972) University of Toledo	Fluid Dynamics, Thermal Science, Numerical Analysis, Heat Transfer, Turbomachinery.
Mounir Ibrahim Professor		Ph.D. (1977) Bradford University PE - Iowa	Thermal Sciences, Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Combustion.
Edward G. Keshock Professor		Ph.D. (1968) Oklahoma State University PE - Tennessee	Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Energy, Phase Change-Heat Transfer, Multi-Phase Flow.
L. Kenneth Keys Professor		Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University	Management Technology, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Mechatronics, Program Management, Integrated Product Development Process, Systems Engineering.
Paul P. Lin Associate Dean & Professor		Ph.D. (1985) University of Rhode Island	Intelligent Mechatronic Systems, System Monitoring & Fault Diagnosis, Machine Vision, Fast Design Optimization.
Shirley A. Love Secretary for Undergraduate & Graduate Studies
Richard E. Martin Senior Research Associate - RoMaDyC		MS Eng Mechanics (2001) Cleveland State University	Nondestructive Evaluation, Structural Health Monitoring, Ceramic & Polymer Composites
Taysir H. Nayfeh Associate Professor		Ph.D. Virginia Tech	Manufacturing Systems, Industrial Automation, Manufacturing Process Control, Sensors and Sensor Physics, Nondestructive Evaluation and Testing.
Earnest N. Poulos Associate Professor		Ph.D. (1984) University of Akron	Turbomachinery, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics.
Majid Rashidi Chair of Eng. Technology Dept. & Professor		Ph.D. (1987) Case Western Reserve University	Machine Design, Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, Design Optimization, Fluid-Solid Interaction Dynamics.
Hanz Richter Assistant Professor		Ph.D. (2001) Oklahoma State University	Dynamic Systems, Modeling, Simulation,Control Theory, Applied Nonlinear Control, Flow Control, Mechatronic Systems.
Jerzy T. Sawicki Bently and Muszynska Endowed Chair and Professor		Ph.D. (1992) Case Western Reserve University PE - Ohio	Dynamics, Tribology & Control of Rotor-Bearing Systems, Mechatronic Systems.
Joseph A. Svestka Associate Professor		Ph.D. Ohio State University	Facilities Planning, Manufacturing Systems Modeling, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Programming Optimization.
M. Brian Thomas Assistant Professor		Ph.D. (2003) Ohio State University	Automated systems, manufacturing, microassembly, and microelectromechanical systems.
John H. van Blargan Adjunct Faculty		DRE (2002) Cleveland State University	Data Based Decision Analysis, Statistics, Quality Engineering, Six-sigma Green Belt

CSU Faculty Profiles

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Individual faculty webpages may be accessed by clicking on the faculty names in the table above. Additional information about all faculty at Cleveland State University may be found on the CSU Faculty Profile pages.

Mailing Address
Mechanical Engineering Department
Fenn College of Engineering
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Ave., SH 232
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2214

Campus Location
Stilwell Hall Room 232
1980 East 24th Street
Phone: 216.687.2567
Fax: 216.687.5375
mce@csuohio.edu

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