Mechanical Engineering

Department Head

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, by courtesy, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University West Lafayette

Director of Purdue University Calumet Water Institute

PhD., The University of Texas as Arlington, 2002

Specialty:
Thermal Transport Phenomena in Micro/Nana Porous Media, Bio and Micro Scale Heat Transfer,Thermo Mechanical Analysis in Micro Electronics, Phase Change Heat Transfer

Current Research Projects

Office: Powers 211D
Phone : (219) 989-2071
Email :

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

DES, Columbia University

Specialty:
Extractive/ Process Metallurgy,Mineral Processing,Resource Recovery, Physical Metallurgy
Office: Powers 211E
Phone : (219) 989-2473
Email : harveya@purduecal.edu

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

PhD, Petrochemical and Gas Institute in Moscow, former USSR

Specialty:
Stress Analysis , Fatigue Fracture Mechanics,Mechanical Experimentation
Office: Potter 211C
Phone : (219) 989-2684
Email : kin@purduecal.edu

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

PhD, Iowa State University

Specialty:
Analytical and Experimental Mechanics,Fracture Methods,Fiber-Reinforced Composites,Photoelasticity Analysis,Dynamic System Modeling
Office: Powers 211H
Phone : (219) 989-2480
Email : mojtahed@purduecal.edu

Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering
PhD, Villanova University

Specialty:
Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear control, Optimization, Electromechanical Systems, Robotics, Mathematical Modeling
Office: Potter 315B
Phone : (219) 989-2463
Email : peiman.naseradinmousavi@purduecal.edu

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1978

Specialty:
Biomechanics of Red Blood Cell Membranes,Finite Element Methods

Current research projects

Office: Powers 211F
Phone : (219) 989-2694
Email : bipinpai@purduecal.edu

Indrajit Ray, Ph D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Specialty: Advanced materials for civil infrastructure; Sustainable and green concrete structures; Accelerated ageing and durability of fiber-reinforced polymer and concrete composites; Repair and rehabilitation of concrete bridges; 

Office: Powers 211K
Phone: (219) 989-2901
Email: Indrajit.ray@purduecal.edu

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Kansas

Specialty:
Transportation Engineering, Work Zone Safety, Traffic Control Devices, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Traffic Management, Computer Simulation, Traffic Law Enforcement Issues, Surveying

Current research projects

Office: Powers 211L
Phone : (219) 989-3147
Email : robert.rescot@purduecal.edu

Continuing Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2003

Specialty:
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Diesel Engine, Turbulence.
Office: Powers 211B
Phone : (219) 989-4039
Email : siow@purduecal.edu

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

PhD, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1997

Specialty:
Water Resources Systems Analysis -Optimization – Reservoir operation and river system water resources planning, Artificial Intelligence in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering- Neural Networks, Fuzzy logic and Expert Systems, Floods – Water Resources Engineering related Remote Sensing and GIS applications, Water Quality Modeling – Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), Surface Water and Ground Water Modeling
Office: Powers 211G
Phone : (219) 989-2481
Email : cviswana@purduecal.edu

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2005

Specialty:
Computational fluid dynamics and convective heat transfer, Finite element methods and adaptive mesh techniques, Numerical modeling for environmental transport
Office: Powers 211I
Phone : (219) 989-8065
Email : wangx@purduecal.edu

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Courtesy Professor of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette

Director of Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS)

Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991

Specialty:
Air Pollution Control, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Combustion, Heat Transfer, Multiphase Reacting Flows, Simulation and Virtual Reality Visualization
Office: Powers 121
Phone : (219) 989-2665
Email : czhou@purduecal.edu

Secretary of Mechanical Engineering

Office: Powers 211
Phone: (219) 989-2472
E-mail: dyan.murphy@purduecal.edu