Meet our Faculty

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has 12 full-time dedicated faculty members. Faculty members are highly active in sponsored research.

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

Brian L. Davis

Title: Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Affairs and Professor
Education: Ph.D. (1991), Penn State University
Email: b.l.davis@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Orthopedic biomechanics, medical device design, 
rehabilitation engineering, gait analysis, pediatric biomedical engineering

Michael T. Gallagher

Title: Associate Professor of Practice
Education: M.S.M.E. (1989), Case Western Reserve University
Email: m.t.gallagher19@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Mechanical analysis and design, Dynamics

Navid Goudarzi

Title: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. (2014), University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Email: n.goudarzi@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Multi-fidelity surrogate modeling (MFSM) integrating CFD  and physics-informed machine learning for thermo-fluid transport across applications in wind engineering, hazard mitigation, integrated energy systems, advanced air mobility (AAM), and air quality and dispersion, supported by VVUQ and enabling digital twin frameworks for system-of-systems analysis in built and natural environments.
Research Labs: Director of M³TFluiD Lab (Multiscale Multiphysics Modeling and Data-Driven  Thermofluids),
Co-Director of Center for Integrated Modeling for Energy, Resiliency, and Sustainability (IERS)

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

Ehsan Nabiyouni

Title: Assistant College Lecturer
Education: Ph.D. (2017), University of Toledo
Email: e.nabiyouni@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Composites, Sandwich Structures

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

Hanz Richter

Title: Professor
Education: Ph.D. (2001), Oklahoma State University
Email: h.richter@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Dynamic Systems, Modeling, Simulation, Control
Theory, Applied Nonlinear Control, Industrial and Biomedical Robotics, Mechatronic
Systems, Aerospace Systems
Research Lab: Director of the Control, Robotics, and Mechatronics Lab (CRML)

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

Maryam Younessi Sinaki

Title: Associate Professor of Practice
Education: Ph.D. (2014), University of Waterloo
Email: m.younessisinaki@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Energy Conversion Systems, Numerical
modeling, Combustion, Thermo-fluid Systems, Hydrogen Production

Mustafa Usta

Title: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. (2018), Lehigh University
Email: m.usta@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Computational fluid dynamics, large-eddy
simulation, particle-resolved simulation, scientific machine learning, high-performance
computing, multiphysics and multiscale modeling, transport phenomena, turbulent
mixing, compressible flows, membrane separation, biological flows, hemodynamics
Research Lab: Director of Complex Flows and advanced Transport Lab (CFTLAB)

Part-Time Faculty

Elie J. Barbari

Title: P/T Instructor
Education: MSEE (1979), Cleveland State University, MBA (1988), Youngstown State University
Email: e.barbari@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Business statistics, finance, operations analysis

Ebraam Kamel

Title: P/T Instructor
Education: M.S. Project Management and Operations (2025), Southern New Hampshire University, MBA (2024), University of Phoenix
Email: ryanjfarris@gmail.com
Expertise: Aerospace Product Design, Engineering Systems, and CAD Methodologies

Yongxin (Yong) Tao

Title: Research Professor and Betty Gordon Endowed Distinguished Professor
Education: Ph.D. (1989), University of Michigan
Email: y.tao19@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Heat and Mass Transfer with Multiphase Flow, Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems
Research Lab: Director of the Predictive Modeling Network for Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems (SHBE)

Adjunct Faculty

Ryan J. Farris

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Education: Ph.D. (2012), Vanderbilt University
Email: mailto:ryanjfarris@gmail.com
Expertise: Medical Technology, Biomechanics, and Rehabilitation Robotics

Eric M. Schearer

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Education: Ph.D. (2014), Northwestern University
Email: e.schearer@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Robotics, Human Motion Control

David Schwam

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Education: Ph.D. (1982), Technion
Email: d.schwam@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Materials Engineering

Wei Zhang

Title: Adjunct Faculty
Education: Ph.D. (2003), Xi'an Jiaotong University
Email: w.zhang13@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Fluid Mechanics, Flow Control and Wind Engineering

Staff

Lydia Demjanczuk

Title: Administrative Coordinator
Email: l.demjanczuk@csuohio.edu

 

Jenna Pinsoneault

Title: Assistant Academic Coach
Email: j.marzougui@csuohio.edu

 

Essence Bates

Title: Assistant Academic Coach
Email: e.r.bates@csuohio.edu
 

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