Faculty Directory

Name & Title	Research Areas	Contact
Glen Besterfield Associate Professor Executive Director, INTO USF	Finite Element Analysis, Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Design, Bascule bridges	Email: besterfi@usf.edu Office: Phone: 813-905-4681
Stephanie Carey Assistant Research Professor	Applied Biomechanics, Rehabilitation Engineering, Prosthetics	Email: scarey3@usf.edu Office: ENG 08 Phone: 813-974-5765 Lab Website
Wenjun (Rebecca) Cai Assistant Professor	Metallurgy, Mechanical behavior, Nanomaterials, Materials Characterization, Tribology.	Email: caiw@usf.edu Office: ENC 3507 Phone: 813-974-7909 Lab Website
Nathan Crane Associate Professor	Design, Materials, and Manufacturing	Email: ncrane@usf.edu Office: ENC 2206 Phone: 813-974-8586 Website
Don Dekker Adjunct Professor	Engineering Design	Email: dekker@usf.edu Office: ENC 2305 Phone: 813-974-5629
Rajiv Dubey Professor Chair	Rehabilitation Robotics; Prosthetics and Orthotics; Dynamic Systems and Controls	Email: dubey@usf.edu Office: ENC 2303 Phone: 813-974-5619 Lab Website
Delcie Durham Professor	Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing	Email: drdurham@usf.edu Office: ENC 2209 Phone: 813-974-5656
Jonathan Gaines Instructor	Human-Robot Collaborative Systems, Co-Robotics Technology for Non-Traditional Populations, STEM Education, Sensor Perception	Email: gainesj@usf.edu Office: ENC 1203 Phone: 813-974-5578
Nathan Gallant Assistant Professor	Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering	Email: ngallant@usf.edu Office: ENC 2504 Phone: 813-974-5840 Website
Rasim Guldiken Assistant Professor	Micro & Nano Sensors and Transducers	Email: guldiken@usf.edu Office: ENC 2216 Phone: 813-974-5628 Website
Daniel Hess Professor Undergraduate Advisor	Vibrations, Friction, Fasteners	Email: hess@usf.edu Office: ENC 2205 Phone: 813-974-5643
Autar Kaw Professor	Engineering Education Research, Mechanics	Email: kaw@usf.edu Office: ENC 2215 Phone: 813-974-5626 Website YouTube Channel Blog
Ashok Kumar Professor	Nanomaterials, Microelectronics, Thin Film Technology	Email: kumar@usf.edu Office: NTA 102 Phone: 813-974-3942 Website Lab Website
Craig Lusk Associate Professor	Compliant Mechanisms and Biomechanics	Email: clusk2@usf.edu Office: ENC 2507 Phone: 813-974-1394
Ajit Mujumdar Instructor	Powder Technology, Discrete Element Simulations	Email: ajit@usf.edu Office: ENC 1201 Phone: 813-974-9677 Website
Jose Porteiro Professor	Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer	Email: porteiro@usf.edu Office: ENC 2217 Phone: 813-974-5644
Frank Pyrtle, III Instructor	Thermal Management, Heat Transfer	Email: pyrtle@usf.edu Office: ENC 2508 Phone: 813-974-9015 Website
Muhammad Rahman Professor Graduate Advisor	Energy and Thermo-fluids	Email: mmrahman@usf.edu Office: ENC 2204 Phone: 813-974-5625 Website
Kyle Reed Assistant Professor	Rehabilitation Engineering and Haptics	Email: kylereed@usf.edu Office: ENC 2503 Phone: 813-974-2385 Website Lab Website
Alex Volinsky Associate Professor	Thin Films Processing, Mechanical Properties and Characterization	Email: volinsky@usf.edu Office: ENC 2214 Phone: 813-974-5658 Website
Stuart Wilkinson Associate Professor	Energy Systems Design, Bionomic Engineering	Email: wilkinso@usf.edu Office: ENG 131 Phone: 813-974-5645
Shuh Jing Ying Professor Emeritus		Email: ying@usf.edu Office: ENG 141 Phone: 813-974-5627

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