Faculty & Staff


Faculty

Contact Information

Areas of Expertise and Degrees

Woosoon Yim, Professor and Chairman

Office: TBE A-219

Phone: (702) 895-0956

Email: woosoon.yim@unlv.edu

Dynamics, Active material control, Robotics

B.S., Hanyang University ; M.S.,

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Robert Boehm, Distinguished Professor

Office: TBE B-124

Phone: (702) 895-4160

Email: bob.boehm@unlv.edu

Renewable energy, Thermal system design

B.S., M.S., Washington State University

Ph.D., University of California , Berkeley ; P.E., California .

Yitung Chen, Associate Professor

Office: PAR 600 Rm 621

Phone: (702) 895-1202

Email: uuchen@nscee.edu

Computational fluid dynamics, Heat and mass transfer

B.S., Feng Chia University

M.S., Ph.D., University of Utah .

William Culbreth, Associate Dean

Office: TBE A-114

Phone: (702) 895-3699

Email: william.culbredth@unlv.edu

Fluid dynamics, Aerodynamics, Nuclear eng

B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.S., Ph.D., University of California , Santa Barbara

Dan Cook, Assistant Professor

Office: TBE B-372A

Phone: (702) 895-4133

Email: dpcook@me.unlv.edu

Material, Heat transfer, Entertainment Eng

B.S. Ohio State University, 

M.S., Ph.D., University of California , Berkeley ;

Georg Mauer, Professor

(Undergraduate Program Coordinator)

Office: TBE B-130

Phone: (702) 895-3830

Email: mauer@me.unlv.edu

Dynamics and control, Robotics, Advanced sensor system and instrumentation

Diploma-Ingenieur; Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin .

Samir Moujaes, Professor

Office: TBE B-3265

Phone: (702) 895-3265

Email: samir@me.unlv.edu

HVAC, Thermal eng.

B.S., M.S., American University of Beirut;

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh ; P.E., Nevada .

Brendan O'Toole, Associate Professor

(Graduate Program Coordinator)

Office: TBE B-122

Phone: (702) 895-3885

Email: bj@me.unlv.edu

Composite, Mechanics, Vehicle design

Associate Professor; 

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Delaware .

Darrell Pepper, Professor

Office: TBE B-136

Phone: (702) 895-1056

Email: dwpepper@nscee.edu

Computational fluid dynamics, Heat transfer

Professor; 

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla.

Douglas Reynolds, Professor

Office: TBE B-116

Phone: (702) 895-3807

Email: reynolds@nscee.edu

Acoustics, Vibration

B.S., Michigan State University

M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University .

Mohamed Trabia, Professor

Office: FDH 165

Phone: (702) 895-0957

Email: mbt@me.unlv.edu

Mechanical design, Fuzzy system, Dyanmics

B.S., M.S., Alexandria University ;

Ph.D., Arizona State University .

Zhiyong Wang, Associate Professor

Office: TBE B362

Phone: (702) 895-3442

Email: zwang@nscee.edu

Manufacturing system, Material

Associate Professor; 

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Harbin University of Science and Technology.

Hui Zhao, Assistant Professor

Office: TBE B112

Phone:  (702) 895-1463

Email:  hui.zhao@unlv.edu

 

Micro and nano fluidics, Lab-on-chip technology, Nanotechnology and micro/nano energy conversion

Assistant Professor

B.S., M.S., Peking University, China

Pd.D., University of Pennsylvania

William Wells (Emeritus)

Aerodynamics, Flight control

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; 

M.A., Harvard University; 

M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

V.C. Venkatesh (Visiting Professor)

Office: RAJ 271B

Phone: (702) 895-5754

Email: vellore.venkatesh@unlv.edu

Design for Manufacturing, Precision Engineering

B.E., University of Mysore, India, 

M.S., Institut Supérieur des Matériaux et de la Construction Mécanique, Paris, France, 

Ph.D., University of Paris , Paris 6, France

 

Research Faculty

Denis Beller

Research Professor

Nuclear Engineering Coordinator

Phone: (702) 895-1452

Email: bellerd@unlv.nevada.edu

Nuclear Engineering, Reactor Physics, Fusion

B.S., University of Colorado

M.S., Air Force Institute of Technology

Ph.D., Purdue University

Brian J Landsberger

Assistant Research Professor

Office: RAJ 271C

Phone:(702) 895-5059

Email: bjlands@me.unlv.edu

 

Product Design, Six Sigma, Acoustics, Wave propagation

B.S., US Air Force Academy

M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin 

Hsuan-Tsung (Sean) Hsieh

Assistant Research Professor

Office: PRDSE600

Phone:(702) 895-2693

Email: hsiehht@nscee.edu

Joon S Lee

Associate Research Professor

Office: RAJ-271J

Phone:(702) 895-5367

Email: jslee@egr.unlv.edu

Active controls, biomimetic robots, fuzzy logic, neuro-controls, smart materials and structures, advanced electronics, antenna theories

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Hanyang University, South Korea

Jian Ma

Assistant Research Professor

Office: TBE B-164

Phone:(702) 895-5055

Email:maj3@unlv.nevada.edu

Thermal fluid sciences, process/system engineering and renewable energy systems. 
B.S., M.S., Fudan University, P.R. China
Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
P.E. Nevada

Jianhu Nie

Assistant Research Professor

Office: PAR-617

Phone:(702) 895-0423

Email: niej@unlv.nevada.edu

Thermal fluid sciences, energy and power systems

B.S., University of Petroleum , China

Ph.D., Xi’an Jiaotong University

Suresh B. Sadineni

Assistant Research Professor

Office: TBE B-159

Phone:(702) 895-3422

Email: sbsadineni@yahoo.com

Solar Energy Technologies, Thermal Sciences and Nuclear Engineering

B.S., Andra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, INDIA

M.S., University of Nevada Las Vegas

Ph.D. University of Nevada Las Vegas

 

Research Engineer/Post Doctoral Scholar

 

Rick A Hurt

Research Engineer

Office: TBE B-159

Phone:(702) 895-3422

Email: rikhurt@earthlink.net

Daniel R Lowe

Research Engineer

Office: TBE B-150

Phone:(702) 895-4656

Email: lowe@nrcc.unlv.edu

 

Radiation transport modeling, large scale computing, active interrogation techniques 

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UNLV

M.S. Nuclear Engineering, UNLV

 

Robert O'Brien

Research Engineer

Office: TBE B-150

Phone:(702) 895-5719

Email: obrien@nrcc.unlv.edu

Radiation Detection, Radiation Transport, Unmanned Aerial Systems

B.S. Applied Physics, UNLV

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UNLV

M.S. Nuclear Engineering, UNLV

Sharon Tan

Database Analyst & Software Engineer

Office: PAR-600

Phone:(702) 895-3712

Email: tanx@unlv.nevada.edu

Taide Tan

Post Doctoral Scholar

Office: PAR-600

Phone:(702) 895-1924

Email: atide1000@yahoo.com

 

Professional Staff

Model Designer / Machinist:
Kevin Nelson

Office: TBE B166

Phone: (702) 895-4285

Email:kevinn@me.unlv.edu

 

Lab Director:

Jeffery Markle

Office: TBE B166

Phone:(702) 895-5597

Email:jmarkle@me.unlv.edu

 

 

Office Staff

Joan Conway

Administrative Assistant III

Office: TBE A211B

Phone:(702) 895-1331

Email: joan.conway@unlv.edu