Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Manufacturing Research

Advanced Manufacturing Faculty

Tushar Borkar

Title: Professor
Education: Ph.D. (2014), University of North Texas
Email: t.borkar@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Additive Manufacturing, Forging, Biomaterials,
Advanced metallic and functionally graded (hybrid) Materials for Defense Applications
Research Labs: Director of Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Processing 
(AM²P), Director of 3D Printing Laboratory

Bogdan Kozul

Title: Associate Professor of Practice
Education: MBA (2011), Case Western University
Email: b.kozul@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Business Development, IoT, Manufacturing,
Controls, Motion Control Systems
Research Lab: Director of the Parker Hannifin Motion & Control Lab

Liqun Ning

Title: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. (2018), University of Saskatchewan
Email: l.ning@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Bioprinting/biomanufacturing, Biomaterials,
Tissue Engineering, Disease Modeling, Biomechanics
Research Lab: Director of Biomanufacturing for Regenerative Medicine and
Disease Modeling

Jerzy T. Sawicki

Title: Department Chair, Bently and Muszynska Endowed Chair, and Professor
Education: Ph.D. (1992), Case Western Reserve University
Email: j.sawicki@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Rotordynamics, Magnetic Bearings,
Advanced Control, Rehabilitation Robotics
Research Labs: Director of the Center for Rotating Machinery Dynamics and Control (RoMaDyC),
Executive Director of the CSU-TransDigm Advanced Manufacturing Center

Prabaha Sikder

Title: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. (2019), University of Toledo
Email: p.sikder@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Multi-functional Composites, 
Biomaterials for Orthopedic & Musculoskeletal defects, Regenerative 
Medicine, Live Scaffolds, Medical Implant Coatings
Research Lab: Director of the Sikder Lab