Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering

Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering website

Kivanc Ekici, Department Head
Jeffrey Reinbolt, Director of Graduate Studies

Professors
Babu, S.S. (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD – Cambridge (UK)
DeSmidt, H.A., PhD – Penn State
Duty, C., PhD – Georgia Tech
Ekici, K. (John W. Fisher Professor), PhD – Purdue
Farhad, S., PhD – Waterloo (Canada)
Johnson, J.A. (UTSI, B.H. Goethert Professor), PhD – University of Liverpool (UK)
Kihm, K.D., PhD – Stanford
Komistek, R.D. (Fred M. Roddy Professor), PhD – Memphis
Mench, M.M. (Dean, Condra Chair of Excellence Professor), PhD – Penn State
Sarles, S.A. (James Conklin Fellow), PhD – Virginia Tech
Schmisseur, J.D. (UTSI Director, H.H. Arnold Chair of Excellence), PhD – Purdue
Schmitz, T., PhD – Florida
Tan, J. (Interim BME Program Director), PhD – Michigan State
Vaidya, U. (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD – Auburn
Zhang, F.Y., PhD – Nagoya (Japan)
Zhang, Z. (B. Ray Thompson Professor), PhD – Princeton
Zhao, X., PhD – Virginia Tech

Associate Professors
Abedi, R. (UTSI), PhD – Illinois
Acharya, R. (UTSI), PhD – Penn State
Chakraborty, S., PhD – Penn State
Compton, B.G., PhD – California (Santa Barbara)
Crouch, D., PhD – Virginia Tech, Wake Forest SBES
Dickerson, A., PhD – Georgia Tech
Hu, A., PhD – Waterloo (Canada)
Jared, B., PhD – North Carolina State
Kreth, P. (UTSI), PhD – Florida State
Moeller, T. (UTSI, Jack D. Whitfield Professor), PhD – Tennessee
Palies, P. (UTSI), PhD – Ecole Centrale Paris (France)
Reinbolt, J.A., PhD – Florida
Rucker, D.C. (B. Ray Thompson Professor), PhD – Vanderbilt 
San, O., PhD – Virginia Tech
Shin, S., PhD – Michigan
TerMaath, S.C. (Jesse Rogers Zeneah Faculty), PhD – Cornell
Wang, Z., PhD – Purdue
Zhao, P. (UTSI), PhD – Princeton

Assistant Professors
Baccarella, D., PhD – Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Barker, E. D., PhD – Tennessee Health Science Center
Crouch, C., PhD – Michigan
Ertop, T.E., PhD – Vanderbilt
Good, B., PhD – Penn State
Gragston, M. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee
He, S., PhD – Michigan
Li, X., PhD – Purdue
Sanjaya, D., PhD – Michigan
Singh, P., PhD – Virginia Tech
Veluswamy, K., PhD – South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Wang, W., PhD – Binghamton (SUNY)

Clinical Associate Professor
Lyne, J.E., MD, PhD – North Carolina State

Research Professors
Bond, R. (UTSI), PhD – North Carolina State
LaMattina, B., PhD – North Carolina State

Research Associate Professor
Aaron, D., PhD – Georgia Tech

Research Assistant Professors
Abdel Fatah, E., PhD – Tennessee
Ginder R., PhD – Tennessee
LaCour, M., PhD – Tennessee
Palanisamy, M., PhD – CSIR (India)

Senior Lecturers
Barker, J.M., PhD – Clemson
Bond, R.E., PhD – West Virginia
Hanrahan, S., PhD – Utah
Madhukar, M.S., PhD – Drexel
Sharpe, L.W., PhD – South Carolina

Lecturer
Miller, W., PhD – Tennessee
 

Important Note: Not all Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering courses are available at both the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and UTSI campuses.

Graduate programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy are available with majors in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and biomedical engineering.

In mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering, entrance into the Master of Science program is available to qualified graduates of recognized undergraduate curricula in mechanical or aerospace engineering and to qualified graduates of other curricula who satisfy the necessary prerequisites. Admission into the doctoral program will be granted to those applicants who have demonstrated superior achievement in their engineering backgrounds. The general GRE is required of all applicants for admission. Changing from one of these programs to another requires departmental approval. Each applicant is advised as to any prerequisite courses before entering a program. Each student must satisfactorily complete a program of study that has been approved by his/her advisory committee and complies with the requirements of the Graduate Council. See the various programs listed above for more admissions information.

Entrance into the graduate program in biomedical engineering is available to graduates of recognized curricula in engineering, mathematics, or one of the physical sciences who satisfy the necessary prerequisites. The names and addresses of three references must be included with the program application. The general GRE is required of all applicants for admission.

Each student must satisfactorily complete a program of study that has been approved by his/her advisory committee and complies with the requirements of the Graduate Council.

Graduate Credit for Undergraduate Courses

Students majoring in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or biomedical engineering may not normally use more than one 400-level engineering course to meet their advanced degree requirements. Undergraduate courses that are required for the bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering may not be taken for graduate credit by graduate students in mechanical engineering. Undergraduate courses that are required for the bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering may not be taken for graduate credit by graduate students in aerospace engineering. Undergraduate courses that are required for the bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering may not be taken for graduate credit by graduate students in biomedical engineering. For students majoring in engineering science, 400-level graduate courses in engineering may be used to meet requirements at the discretion of the advising committee. However, at least two-thirds of the minimum required hours in a master’s degree program must be at or above the 500-level. With the approval of the student’s major department, a student whose major is outside the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering may take 400-level graduate courses in the department. Such students should consult with instructors regarding prerequisites for undergraduate courses.