- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY
Department Chair
JOHNSON, Peter E.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.,Iowa State University, 2003.
Computational fluid dynamics, virtual reality in education, complex adaptive systems, engineering service (national and international), developed technology for developing populations, and sustainable energy design.
Peter.Johnson@valpo.eduFaculty
DORIA, Michael L.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 1968.
Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, numerical methods, computational fluid dynamics, and automatic control.DUNCAN, G. Scott
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Florida, 2006.
Vibrations, machine tool dynamics, rotor dynamics, and high speed machining.
GOEHLER, Craig M.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2007.
Kinematics, dynamics of mechanisms, and robotics.
NUDEHI, Shahin S.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2005.
Mechatronics, system modeling and control, DC motors, vibration suppression, and robotics.
PALUMBO, Robert D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and formerly Head: High Temperature Solar Laboratory(1998-2004), Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1987.
Thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and solar energy.SEVENER, Kathleen M.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1999.
Materials, mechanics, materials processing, ceramics, composites and heat transfer.
Kathy.Sevener@valpo.eduSTEFFEN, John R.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Alfred W. Sieving Chair of Engineering; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1974; Registered Professional Engineer -- Indiana.
Finite-element techniques, mechanism synthesis and analysis, experimental stress analysis, and mechanical design.