People Archive - Department of Mechanical Engineering

Ishan Barman

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
ibarman@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Bioengineering, optics and spectroscopy developing integrative photonics solutions to complex problems in biological research and medical diagnosis Advancement of photonics methods for applications in clinical diagnosis Comprehensive characterization of biomolecules investigation of pharmaceutical drugs and their interaction with biological systems rapid measurements in microfluidic platforms.
Rich Bauernschub

Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
rbauern1@jhu.edu
James Bellingham

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
jbellingham@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Development of small, high-performance autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)
Jeremy Brown

John C. Malone Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
jdelainebrown@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Haptic feedback Upper-limb prosthetics Surgical robotics Rehabilitation robotics Human-machine interaction
Abhishek Cauligi

Incoming Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Yun Chen

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
yun.chen@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Cancer imaging mechanobiology quantum biotechnology biomaterials tissue engineering.
Noah Cowan

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
ncowan@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Neuromechanics Robotics Neuroscience Locomotion Motor control
Jaafar El-Awady

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
jelawady@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Multiscale materials modeling damage and fracture mechanisms of materials in mechanical design material degradation in extreme environments nano-materials and structures impact dynamics and wave propagation.
Dennice Gayme

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
dennice@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Wall Bounded Turbulent Flow Wind Farm Modeling and Control Stability and Performance Networks Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources
Kevin Hemker

Alonzo G. Decker Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
hemker@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Materials science and engineering Materials characterization Architected materials 3D materials
Soojung Claire Hur

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
schur@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Inertial microfluidics Nonlinear fluid dynamics Multiphase flow Cellular biophysics Cell mechanics Personalized medicine
Ryan Hurley

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
rhurley6@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of granular materials, concrete, and ceramics In-situ x-ray imaging and diffraction Dynamic failure mechanism Wave propagation
Joseph Katz

William F. Ward Sr. Distinguished Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
katz@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Experimental fluid mechanics Cavitation phenomena and multiphase flow Turbulence Optical flow diagnostics techniques
Marin Kobilarov

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
marin@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Intelligent robotic vehicles Dynamics and control of mechanical systems
David Kraemer

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
dkraeme3@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Fluid-structure interaction Dynamic systems Ocean wave energy conversion Engineering pedagogy
Axel Krieger

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
axel@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Research and development of surgical robotic systems, robotic tools, and laparoscopic devices. Projects include autonomous robotic surgery systems, 3D printed patient-specific implants, and magnetically controlled microsurgery.
Chen Li

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
Chen.li@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Terradynamics Locomotion Comparative biomechanics Biorobotics Robophysics
Julie Lundquist

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
julie.lundquist@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Atmospheric science and wind Energy Wind energy Large-eddy simulation Numerical weather prediction Turbulence Atmosphere-ocean coupling
Steven Marra

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
marra@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Mechanical engineering undergraduate curriculum Undergraduate laboratories Mechanical design Biomechanics
Charles Meneveau

Louis M. Sardella Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
meneveau@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Large eddy simulation Turbulence research and modeling Fractals Fluid flow processes Wind energy Environmental transport Wall-bounded flows
Jill Middendorf

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
jmidden1@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Biomechanics Buckling Failure Mechanics Tissue Engineering
Rajat Mittal

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
mittal@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Computational fluid dynamics Biomedical flows Active flow control Immersed Boundary Methods Fluid dynamics of locomotion
Joseph Moore

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
jlmoore@jhu.edu
Thao (Vicky) Nguyen

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
Vicky.Nguyen@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Biomechanics Polymers Soft Active Material Fracture Mechanics
Rui Ni

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
rui.ni@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Experimental fluid mechanics Turbulence and turbulent multiphase flow Dusty flow and particle-laden flow Environmental fluid dynamics Lagrangian particle tracking Physiological flow Animal collective behaviors and Complex system
Kaliat (K.T.) Ramesh

Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Science and Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
ramesh@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Materials in extreme conditions Impact mechanics Planetary impact Astrobiology and planetary protection Injury biomechanics Hypervelocity impact and hypersonics AI in mechanics and materials
Sean Sun

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
ssun@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Mechanobiology of the cell Cell mechanics and Cell migration Physiological Systems Quantitative Cell Biology Biomechanics and Biophysics
Gretar Tryggvason

Department Head and Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
gtryggv1@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Computational fluid dynamics Numerical methods
Tza-Huei (Jeff) Wang

Louis M. Sardella Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
thwang@jhu.edu

Research Areas
BioMEMS and microfluidics Single molecule manipulation and detection Nano/micro scale fabrication Conformational dynamics of biomolecules
Shinuo Weng

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
s.weng@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Multiscale mechanobiology Tissue morphogenesis Collective cell movement Cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions
Louis Whitcomb

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
llw@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Control Systems Underwater Robotics Industrial and Medical Robotics
Tamer Zaki

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email:
t.zaki@jhu.edu

Research Areas
Transitional and turbulent shear flows Two-fluid shear flows Turbulence