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Office of Undergraduate Research

Mechanical Engineering

Faculty Mentors

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