Mechanical Engineering Faculty

  • Research Interests: Systems Engineering Theory, Engineering Design, Design Optimization, Space Exploration and Trajectory Optimization, Aviation and Collision Risk

  • Research Interests: Human-unmanned vehicle interaction, human-autonomous system collaboration, human-systems engineering, public policy implications of unmanned vehicles, ethical and social impact of technology

  • Zelalem Eshete is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

  • Research Interests: Smart integrated systems and processes for design, manufacturing, and design education.

  • Research Interests: Bio-medical robots, soft robotics

  • Colleen Berg has been an instructor in Mechanical Engineering since 2006.

  • Research Interests: Multi-robot systems, Multi-Agent Games, Dynamics and Control, Cooperative Control, Animal Group Behavior, Bio-inspired Robotics

  • Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, advanced materials, failure mechanics

  • A trailblazer in naval engineering research and engineering education, Leigh McCue combines curiosity, storytelling, and teaching to foster a welcoming environment for the future STEM workforce.

  • Research Interests: Self-propelled nanoparticles, mechanobiology, extracellular matrix, microbiology, fluid dynamics, heat transfer