Faculty

• Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering
• Inaugural William T. Solomon Chair of Mechanical Engineering
• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Interim Executive Director, Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity
• Primary research areas are Solid-State Batteries for Electric Aviation, CO₂ Capture and Conversion, Materials for Extreme Conditions, Ammonia Electrosynthesis, and Hydrogen Transportation.

asalehikhojin@smu.edu

• Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Research

• Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  

• Primary research areas are advanced haptic interfaces and virtual modeling and prototyping and design and control of high-performance actuators.

richer@lyle.smu.edu

• George R. Brown Chair, Mechanical Engineering

• Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Industry Partnerships

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Primary research areas are micro-and nano-scale transport and bio-microfluidics and lab on a chip technologies. 

abeskok@lyle.smu.edu

• Altshuler Distinguished Professor

• University Distinguished Professor

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Primary research areas are rigid-body collisions of planar kinematic chains with smooth external contacts and locomotion.

hurmuzlu@lyle.smu.edu

• Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering

• Director, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Program

sllerner@lyle.smu.edu

• Clinical Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Director, Deason Innovation Gym
• Director, Product Design and Innovation

sorsborn@smu.edu

• O'Donnell Foundation Professor
• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Co-Executive Director, Center for Digital and Human-Augmented Manufacturing (CDHAM)
• Professor of Computer Science and Operations Research and Engineering Management (Courtesy Appointments)
• Areas of research include physics-inspired machine learning for engineering prognosis and discovery and human-augmented control and optimization of complex systems.

aalaeddini@smu.edu 

• Herman Brown Chair
• Clinical Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Clinical Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering (Courtesy Appointment)
• Member, US National Academy of Engineering
• Areas of research include large scale simulation - high performance computing and computational modeling of CO₂ sequestration, geothermal systems, H2 storage.

adogru@smu.edu

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Primary research areas are alveolar gas exchange and transport in porous media. 

jll@lyle.smu.edu

• Robert C. Womack Chair in Engineering

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Courtesy Appointment)

• Primary research areas are microbiorobotics and single molecule biophysics.

mjkim@smu.edu

• Brown Foundation Chair, Mechanical Engineering
• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Primary research areas are design and synthesis of novel nanostructured materials, advanced electrochemical energy storage technologies, and clean energy techniques.

donghaiwang@smu.edu

• Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering 
• Areas of research include Li-CO2 and Li-O2 batteries, solid-state batteries, and electrocatalytic CO₂ conversion.

ipapailias@mail.smu.edu

• Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Primary research area are high-rate experimental mechanics and techniques and microstructure and damage evolution in engineering materials under dynamic loading.

xnie@lyle.smu.edu

• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Primary research areas are multidisciplinary design optimization, reduced order modeling, computational fluid dynamics, and AI.

hkarbasian@smu.edu

• Herman Brown Chair, Mechanical Engineering
• Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Courtesy Appointment)

• Areas of research include subsurface energy systems (fossil fuels, and geothermal) and greenhouse gas containment and mitigation.

  salehis@mail.smu.edu

• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Director, Lyle Lab Operations and Safety

rkou@mail.smu.edu

• Professor and Provost

• Professor and Mary and Richard Templeton Dean

dean@lyle.smu.edu

• Clinical Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Director, Master of Science in Manufacturing Management and Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Programs

jrwebb@lyle.smu.edu

• Associate Chair

• Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Primary research areas are heat transfer and phase change and short-pulse laser-assisted microfabrication.

dwillis@lyle.smu.edu

• George R. Brown Endowed Chair, Mechanical Engineering

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Primary research areas are experimental and theoretical fluid mechanics and heat transfer and photonic sensors.

otugen@lyle.smu.edu

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Acting Director, Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing
• Primary research areas are laser welding and additive manufacturing and experimental solid mechanics.

wtong@lyle.smu.edu

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering

• Primary research areas are multiscale and multi-physics modeling of materials and traumatic brain injury, biomechanics.

xlgao@smu.edu

• Clinical Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Undergraduate Advisor
• Primary research area is vibrations and control theory.

eborzova@smu.edu

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Primary research areas are adaptive thermal modeling and laser-based measurements of deep-submicron electronic devices.

praad@smu.edu