Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

VT ESM PhD Alumni

Examples of alumni with an Engineering Mechanics PhD from Virginia Tech:

Name Title Location
John E. Akin Professor Rice University
Terry Alfriend TEES Research Chair Professor Texas A & M University
Mauro J. Atalla Research Associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eric M. Austin Assistant Professor Clemson University
Ron Averill Michigan State University
Hayrani A. Öz Professor Ohio State University
Charles E. Bakis Professor Penn State
Balakumar Balachandran Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland
Ever J. Barbero Chairman, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering West Virginia University
Haim Baruh Professor and Graduate Director Rutgers University
Gregory Paul Carman Professor University of California at Los Angeles
K. Chandrashekhara Curators' Professor Missouri University of Science & Technology
Robert L. Collins, P.E. Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering University of Louisville
Mohammed Daqaq Assistant Professor Clemson University
Guy Gendron Laval University
Ramana Grandhi Distinguished Professor Wright State University
Bongtae Han Associate Professor University of Maryland at College Park
Noha Hassan Assistant Professor ALHOSN University
David V. Hutton Professor Washington State University
Peter G. Ifju University of Florida
Frederick Just Assistant Professor University of Puerto Rico
Samuel Kinde Kassegne, P.E. Faculty Member San Diego State University
Graham Kelly Associate Professor University of Akron
John M. Kennedy Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Clemson University
Matthew Lear Senior Mechanical Engineer Johns Hopkins University
Dahsin Liu Michigan State University
César Morales Professor Universidad Simón Bolívar
Jamal F. Nayfeh Associate Dean of Academic Affairs University of Central Florida
James C. Newman Professor Mississippi State University
P. Frank Pai C. W. LaPierre Professor University of Missouri - Columbia
Wally Peters Professor University of South Carolina
Maurizio Porfiri Assistant Professor Polytechnic University
Roger Quinn Professor Case Western Reserve University
Helen Reed Department Head Texas A&M Department of Aerospace Engineering
Timothy A. Reinhold Professor Clemson University
Mark D. Sensmeier Assistant Professor Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Suzanne Weaver Smith Associate Professor University of Kentucky
Thomas Strganac Professor of Aerospace Engineering Texas A & M University
Ashok Thakker President and Founder Global Technology Experts, Inc.
Demosthenes Tsahalis Professor University of Patras
Ilhan Tuzcu Assistant Professor University of Alabama
Senthil S. Vel Arthur O. Willey Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering University of Maine
Joseph D. Walter Adjunct Professor University of Akron
Kevin D. White Professor University of South Alabama
Judy D. Wood Clemson University
Max Yen Professor & Director, Materials Technology Center Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Xiaopeng Zhao Assistant Professor University of Tennessee
Aixi Zhou Assistant Professor University of North Carolina - Charlotte