Faculty

Chair and Program Directors

Qingda Yang

Qingda Yang

Professor and Department Chair

(305) 284-3221
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Qingda Yang's research focuses on developing multiscale methodologies for the virtual testing and design of complex heterogeneous materials and structures. His research has been funded by federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, the Navy and the...
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Emrah Celik

Emrah Celik

Associate Professor

(305) 284-9364
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Thermoelectricity, Additive Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Microfluidics, Solid Mechanics and Numerical Simulation.
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Weiyong Gu

Weiyong Gu

Professor
Undergraduate Director

(305) 284-8553
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Weiyong Gu is a professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Miami. He previously served for 13 years as a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. An internationally recognized researcher in biomedical engineering, Gu specializes in soft tissue...
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Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Hongtan Liu

Hongtan Liu

Professor Prof. Practice

(305) 284-2019
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PEM Fuel Cells, Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, Solar Energy, Hydrogen Energy, Storage Energy, Clean Energy
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Giacomo Po

Giacomo Po

Assoc. Professor

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Giacomo Po is an assistant professor in the University of Miami College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His research focuses on computational mechanics of materials, including the development of novel tools to predict the microstructural evolution of high-temperature and high-strength materials such...
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Ali Rownaghi

Ali Rownaghi

Assoc. Professor

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Kaan Inal

Professor

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GeCheng Zha

GeCheng Zha

Professor

(305) 284-3328
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Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design, Flow Control, Co-Flow Jet Airfoil; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Fluid-Structural Interactions; Supersonic Inlets, Turbomachinery; Design Optimization, Propeller Design
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Xiangyang Zhou

Xiangyang Zhou

Professor

(305) 284-3287
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Xiangyang Zhou is a materials scientist whose research focuses on electrochemical materials and energy technologies. He earned a degree in physics from Wuhan University in 1984 and a doctorate in materials science and engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1992. From 1992 to 2002, Zhou worked as a research associate at the...
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Jiayu Li

Jiayu Li

Asst. Professor

(305) 284-3316
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Francesco Travascio

Francesco Travascio, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(305) 284-2371
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Biomechanics, Orthopaedics, Robot Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Modeling, Biomedical Imaging, Biotransport
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Chunlei Wang

Chunlei Wang

Professor

(305) 284-3308
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Chunlei "Peggy" Wang is a professor in the University of Miami Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She earned a doctorate in solid-state physics from Jilin University in 1997. Before joining the University of Miami, Wang spent 17 years at Florida International University, where she advanced from assistant professor to...
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Teaching and Research Faculty

Kevin Boutsen

Kevin Boutsen

Assoc. Professor Prof Practice

(305) 284-5913
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Kevin Boutsen is an associate professor of practice in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Miami, where his research focused on engine exhaust flow analysis. Boutsen brings experience from both academia and industry, with expertise in race engineering,...
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Bertrand Dano

Bertrand Dano

Asst. Professor Prof. Practice

(786) 449-7182
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Ram Narasimhan

Ram Narasimhan, Ph.D.

Asst. Professor Prof. Practice

(305) 284-3100
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Ram Narasimhan is assistant dean for engineering advising and undergraduate studies in the University of Miami College of Engineering and an assistant professor of professional practice in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Narasimhan earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of...
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Sivakumar Ramanathan

Sivakumar Ramanathan

Asst. Professor Prof. Practice

(786) 774-6396
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Charles Vincent Tomonto

Charles Vincent Tomonto

Professor Prof. Practice

(305) 905-3561
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Affiliated Faculty


Ved Chirayath
Affiliated Professor
ved@miami.edu


Nat Frampton
Adjunct Professor
nxf661@miami.edu


Elizabeth Gallardo Hevia
Adjunct Professor
e.gallardo@miami.edu


Michael Rizzo
Affiliated Professor
mgr97@miami.edu 

Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Singiresu S. Rao
Emeritus Professor

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