2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering website
Kivanc Ekici, Department Head
TBD, Director of Graduate Studies
Professors
Abedi, R. (UTSI), PhD – Illinois
DeSmidt, H.A., PhD – Penn State
Duty, C., PhD – Georgia Tech
Ekici, K. (John W. Fisher Professor), PhD – Purdue
Farhad, S., PhD – Waterloo (Canada)
Kihm, K.D., PhD – Stanford
Mench, M.M. (Dean, Condra Chair of Excellence Professor), PhD – Penn State
Rucker, D.C. (B. Ray Thompson Professor), PhD – Vanderbilt
Sarles, S.A. (James Conklin Fellow), PhD – Virginia Tech
Schmisseur, J.D. (UTSI Director, H.H. Arnold Chair of Excellence), PhD – Purdue
Vaidya, U. (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD – Auburn
Zhang, F.Y., PhD – Nagoya (Japan)
Zhang, Z. (B. Ray Thompson Professor), PhD – Princeton
Associate Professors
Acharya, R. (UTSI), PhD – Penn State
Chakraborty, S., PhD – Penn State
Compton, B.G., PhD – California (Santa Barbara)
Chen, P., PhD – Ohio State
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)
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)
Ertop, T.E., PhD – Vanderbilt
Gragston, M. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee
He, S., PhD – Michigan
Hossain, D. (UTSI), PhD – Penn State
Kanhere, S., PhD – Clemson
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)
Wang, Y., PhD – Colorado (Boulder)
Zhou, D., PhD – Notre Dame
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
Palanisamy, M., PhD – CSIR (India)
Senior Lecturers
Barker, J.M., PhD – Clemson
Bond, R.E., PhD – West Virginia
Madhukar, M.S., PhD – Drexel
Sharpe, L.W., PhD – South Carolina
Lecturer
Miller, W., PhD – Tennessee
Majors, Degrees
Graduate Certificates
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 and aerospace 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.
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 the student’s advisory committee and complies with the requirements of the Graduate Council.
Graduate Credit for Undergraduate Courses
Students majoring in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering 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. 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 and Aerospace Engineering may take 400-level graduate courses in the department. Such students should consult with instructors regarding prerequisites for undergraduate courses.
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