Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Graduate Group

The MEAM Graduate Group includes MEAM primary and secondary faculty, and colleagues from across Penn with research grounded in mechanical engineering. Below, faculty are organized by research area, with individuals listed alphabetically and their department/school affiliations noted.

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Faculty Members

Mark G. Allen

Mark G. Allen (ESE)

Alfred Fitler Moore Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Micro-and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

 

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Paulo Arratia

Paulo E. Arratia (MEAM)

Professor
Eduardo D. Glandt Distinguished Scholar

Research Areas:
Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Igor Bargatin

Igor Bargatin (MEAM)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Energy Science and Engineering, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering, Thermal Sciences

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John L. Bassani (MEAM)

Professor Emeritus

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Haim H. Bau

Haim H. Bau (MEAM)

Richard H. & S. L. Gabel Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Research Areas:
Design, Fluid Mechanics, Micro-and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Joel Boerckel

Joel D. Boerckel (PSoM)

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Areas:
Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Robert W. Carpick

Robert W. Carpick (MEAM)

John Henry Towne Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Science and Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Dennis E. Discher

Dennis E. Discher (CBE)

Robert D. Bent Professor

Research Areas:
Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Douglas Durian

Douglas Durian (Physics)

Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics and Materials

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Nadia Figueroa

Nadia Figueroa (MEAM)

Shalini and Rajeev Misra Presidential Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Robotics and Controls

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David Goldsby

David L. Goldsby (Earth & Environmental Science)

Professor

Research Areas:
Mechanics and Materials, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Rachel Holladay

Rachel Holladay

Asness Family Foundation Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Robotics and Controls
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M. Ani Hsieh

M. Ani Hsieh (MEAM)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Robotics and Controls

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Howard H. Hu

Howard H. Hu (MEAM)

Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics

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David Issadore

David Issadore (BE)

Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Design, Fluid Mechanics, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Douglas Jerolmack

Douglas Jerolmack (MEAM & EES)

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor of Earth and Environmental Science

Research Areas:
Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics and Materials

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Michelle Johnson

Michelle J. Johnson (PSoM)

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Research Areas:
Design, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine, Robotics and Controls
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Daniel E. Koditschek

Daniel E. Koditschek (ESE)

Alfred Fitler Moore Professor

Research Areas:
Design, Robotics and Controls

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Vijay Kumar

Vijay Kumar (MEAM)

Professor
Nemirovsky Family Dean

Research Areas:
Robotics and Controls

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Noam Lior

Noam Lior (MEAM)

Professor

Research Areas:
Energy Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Sciences

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Ling Li

Ling Li (MSE)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Mechanics and Materials, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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X. Sherry Liu

X. Sherry Liu (PSoM)

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Areas:
Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Jennifer R. Lukes

Jennifer R. Lukes (MEAM)

Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Energy Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering, Thermal Sciences

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Samantha A. McBride

Samantha A. McBride (MEAM)

William K. Gemmill Term Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Research Areas:
Energy Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Marc Miskin

Marc Miskin (ESE)

Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics and Materials, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering, Robotics and Controls

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George J. Pappas

George J. Pappas (ESE)

UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation

Research Areas:
Robotics and Controls

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George Ilhwan Park

George Ilhwan Park (MEAM)

Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Paris Perdikaris

Paris Perdikaris (MEAM)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Design, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Pedro Ponte Castañeda

Pedro Ponte Castañeda (MEAM)

Professor
Raymond S. Markowitz Faculty Fellow

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics and Materials, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Michael Posa

Michael Posa (MEAM)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Robotics and Controls

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Prashant K. Purohit

Prashant K. Purohit (MEAM)

Professor

Research Areas:
Mechanics and Materials, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Jordan R. Raney

Jordan R. Raney (MEAM)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Design, Mechanics and Materials, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering, Robotics and Controls

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Celia Reina

Celia Reina (MEAM)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Vivek Shenoy

Vivek Shenoy (MSE)

Eduardo D. Glandt President’s Distinguished Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Talid R. Sinno (CBE)

Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Louis Soslowsky

Lou J. Soslowsky (PSoM)

Fairhill Professor

Research Areas:
Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Kathleen J. Stebe

Kathleen J. Stebe (CBE)

Richer & Elizabeth Goodwin Professor

Research Areas:
Fluid Mechanics, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Cynthia Sung

Cynthia Sung (MEAM)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Design, Robotics and Controls

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Camillo J. Taylor

Camillo Jose Taylor (CIS)

Raymond S. Markowitz President’s Distinguished Professor

Research Areas:
Robotics and Controls

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Ottman A. Tertuliano

Ottman A. Tertuliano (MEAM)

AMA Family Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Mechanics and Materials, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Nat Trask

Nat Trask (MEAM)

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics and Materials, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Kevin T. Turner

Kevin T. Turner (MEAM)

Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Design, Mechanics and Materials, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Karl T. Ulrich

Karl Ulrich (Wharton)

CIBC Endowed Professor

Research Areas:
Design

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Kyle Vining

Kyle Vining (Dental)

Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
Mechanics and Materials, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine

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Nathaniel J. Wei

Nathaniel J. Wei

Assistant Profesor

Research Areas:
Energy Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Robotics and Controls

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Shu Yang

Shu Yang (MSE)

Joseph Bordogna Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Micro- and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Shujie Yang

Shujie Yang (MEAM)

Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering in Biology and Medicine, Micro-and Nano-Scale Science and Engineering

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Mark Yim

Mark Yim

Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Research Areas:
Design, Robotics and Controls

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