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Dr. Sushil Doranga

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

Email: sdoranga@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Force Reconstruction in a Dynamic System
• Nonlinear Structural Dynamics
• Inverse Problem Modeling

Dr. Baisravan HomChaudhuri

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

Email: bhomchaudhur@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Optimal Control
• Learning-Based Control
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Mobile Robotics
• Energy Efficient Control
• Multi-Agent Systems

Dr. Ebrahim Seidi

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

Email: eseidi@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Solid-State Metal Deposition
• Improved Quality and Efficiency of Metallic Coatings
• Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Technology

Chun-Wei Yao, Ph.D.

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Email: cyao@lamar.edu 

Link to faculty web page: /engineering/mechanical/faculty-staff/chun-wei-yao/index.html

Research interests:

• Bio-inspired design
• Surface science
• Nano/microfabrication
• Fluid science and thermal science
• Anti-corrosion coating

Appropriate majors:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biology

Denizhan Yavas, Ph.D.

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Email: dyavas@lamar.edu 

Link to faculty web page: /engineering/mechanical/faculty-staff/denizhan-yavas/about-me.html

Research interests: 

• Experimental mechanics
• Fracture mechanics with a focus on interfacial fracture
• Mechanics of adhesion and friction
• Advanced composite materials
• Deformation and failure mechanisms in additively
• Manufactured materials
• Stress corrosion cracking 

Appropriate majors:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering