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Pullman Campus MME Faculty

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David F. Bahr - Director and Professor
Joined MME in 1997
Ph.D. in Materials Science from University of Minnesota in 1997
office: Sloan 201
Telephone: 509 335 8654
E-mail: dbahr@wsu.edu
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Gaurav Ameta - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2008
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2006.
office: EEME 159
Telephone: 509 335 8218
E-mail: gameta@wsu.edu
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Stephen D. Antolovich - Professor
Joined MME in 1992
Ph.D. in Materials Science from University of California, 1966
office: Dana 247B
Telephone: 509 335 4971
E-mail: santolov@mme.wsu.edu
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David F. Bahr - Director and Professor
Joined MME in 1997
Ph.D. in Materials Science from University of Minnesota in 1997
office: Dana 247C
Telephone: 509 335 8523
E-mail: dbahr@wsu.edu
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Amit Bandyopadhyay - Professor
Joined MME in 1997
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington in 1995.
office: Dana 105A
Telephone: 509 335 4862
E-mail: amitband@wsu.edu
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Soumik Banerjee - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2011
Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 2008.
office: Sloan 215
Telephone: 509 335 0294
E-mail: soumik.banerjee@wsu.edu
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Susmita Bose - Professor
Joined MME in 1998
Ph.D. in Physical-Organic Chemistry from Rutgers University in 1998
office: Dana 103A
Telephone: 509 335 7461
E-mail: sbose@wsu.edu
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Steve Brown - Instructor
Joined MME in 2007
M.S. in Civil Engineering/Sanitary Engineering from University of Idaho in 1974
office: Sloan 238
Telephone: 509 335 1881
E-mail: sbrownn@wsu.edu
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Giancarlo L Corti - Adjunct Professor
Joined MME in 2012
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Idaho, 2006
office: Dana 247D
Telephone: 509 335 8435
E-mail: luigi.corti@wsu.edu
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Jow-Lian Ding - Professor
Joined MME in 1983
Ph.D. in Engineering from Brown University in 1983
office: EE/ME B25
Telephone: 509 335 3226
E-mail: ding@mme.wsu.edu
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Indranath Dutta - Professor
Joined MME in 2008
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, in 1988.
office: Dana 145
Telephone: 509 335 8354 / 509 335 8730
E-mail: idutta@wsu.edu
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Prashanta Dutta - Associate Professor
Joined MME in 2001
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2001
office: Sloan 209
Telephone: 509 335 7989
E-mail: prashanta@wsu.edu
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David P. Field - Professor
Joined MME in 2000
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University in 1991
office: Dana 239E
Telephone: 509 335 3524
E-mail: dfield@wsu.edu
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Sankar Jayaram - Professor
Joined MME in 1993
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1989
office: ETRL 252B
Telephone: 509 335 3145
E-mail: sjayaram@wsu.edu
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Uma Jayaram - Associate Professor
Joined MME in 1994
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1991
office: ETRL 252A
Telephone: 509 335 8571
E-mail: ujayaram@wsu.edu
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Jacob Leachman - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2010
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in 2010
office: Sloan 217
Telephone: 509 335 7711
E-mail: jacob.leachman@wsu.edu
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Jin Liu - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2012
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2008.
office: Sloan 211
Telephone: 509 335 4968
E-mail: jin.liu2@wsu.edu
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Kelvin Lynn - Professor
Joined MME in 1996
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Utah in 1974
office: Dana 102
Telephone: 509 335 1131
E-mail: kgl@wsu.edu
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Ioannis Mastorakos - Clinical Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2004
PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Greece, in 2004
office: Sloan 219
Telephone: 509 335 3215
E-mail: mastorakos@wsu.edu
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Konstantin Matveev - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2006
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, in 2003
office: Sloan 225C
Telephone: 509 335 1327
E-mail: matveev@mme.wsu.edu
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Sinisa Mesarovic - Associate Professor
Joined MME in 2001
Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University in 1996
office: EE/ME 145
Telephone: 509 335 7936
E-mail: mesarovic@mme.wsu.edu
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M. Grant Norton - Professor
Joined MME in 1991
Ph.D. in Materials from Imperial College, London in 1989.
office: Dana 239 D
Telephone: 509 335 6617
E-mail: norton@mme.wsu.edu
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Jitesh H. Panchal - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2008
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in 2005
office: EEME 147
Telephone: 509 335 8491
E-mail: panchal@wsu.edu
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Charles (Dr. Chuck) Pezeshki - Professor
Joined MME in 1988
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University in 1987
office: EE/ME 143
Telephone: 509 335 7662
E-mail: pezeshki@mme.wsu.edu
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Cecilia D. Richards - Professor
Joined MME in 1992
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Irvine in 1990
office: EE/ME 153
Telephone: 509 335 7753
E-mail: cill@mme.wsu.edu
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Robert F. Richards - Professor
Joined MME in 1992
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Irvine in 1990
office: EE/ME 149
Telephone: 509 335 8157
E-mail: richards@mme.wsu.edu
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Lloyd V. Smith - Professor
Joined MME in 1996
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Utah in 1994
office: EE/ME 155
Telephone: 509 335 3221
E-mail: smith@mme.wsu.edu
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Pui Ching (Amy) Wo - Visiting Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2012
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Materials Science), University of Hong Kong, 2006.
office: ETRL 151A
Telephone: 509 335 3113
E-mail: amy.p.c.wo@wsu.edu
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Hussein M. Zbib - Professor - Laboratory Fellow
Joined MME in 1988
Laboratory Fellow, Joint Appointment with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2011
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technical University in 1987
office: Sloan 201
Telephone: 509 335 7832
E-mail: zbib@wsu.edu
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Jinwen Zhang - Associate Professor
Joined MME in 2012
Ph.D. in Polymer Science, University of Massachusetts, 1997.
office: Dana 239C
Telephone: 509 335 8723
E-mail: jwzhang@wsu.edu
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Weihong (Katie) Zhong - Professor
Joined MME in 2007
Ph.D. in Materials Science from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1994
office: Dana 239B
Telephone: 509 335 7658
E-mail: katie_zhong@wsu.edu

Tri-Cities Campus: ME Faculty

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William C. Kinsel - Professor
Joined MME in 1989
Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from University of Nebraska in 1966.
office: 134 B Tri-Cities
Telephone: 509 372 7206
E-mail: kinsel@tricity.wsu.edu
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Changki Mo - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2010
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Oklahoma in 1996
office: West 134J Tri-Cities
Telephone: 509 372 7296
E-mail: changki.mo@tricity.wsu.edu

Bremerton Campus: ME Faculty

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Marvin J Pitts - Professor and Program Coordinator
Joined MME in 2010
Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering
office: Science/Technology 110 Bremerton
Telephone: 360 475 7543
E-mail: pitts@wsu.edu

Pullman Campus Research Associates

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Mangal Roy - Assistant Research Professor
Joined MME in 2010
PhD, in Materials Sciences from Washington State University, 2010
office: ETRL 109
Telephone: 509 335 5854
E-mail: mangal_roy@wsu.edu
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Uttara Sahaym - Assistant Research Professor
Joined MME in 2007
PhD in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Metallurgical Sciences) from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada in 2002
office: Dana 247D
Telephone: 509 335 8435
E-mail: usahaym@wsu.edu
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Joumana Toufaily - Adjunt Professor
Joined MME in 2011
PhD in Physical Chemistry of Materials (Mesoporous Materials for Catalysis) from the University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France in 2002
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Telephone: 509 335 8654
E-mail: joumana.toufaily@wsu.edu

Pullman Campus Affiliate Faculty

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Karl Englund - Assistant Research Professor & Extension Specialist
Joined WSU in 2001; Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2001 from Washington State University, Pullman, WA
office: Research Park B
Telephone: 509 335 6259
E-mail: englund@wsu.edu
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Yi Gu - Assistant Professor of Physics
Joined WSU in 2007; Ph.D. Columbia University
office: Webster Physical Sciences 544
Telephone: 509 335 7208
E-mail: yigu@wsu.edu
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Yogendra Gupta - Regents Professor & Director, Institute for Shock Physics
Joined WSU in 1981; Ph.D. (Physics) 1972, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
office: Webster 948c
Telephone: 509 335 7217
E-mail: ymgupta@wsu.edu
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David C. Lin - Associate Professor
Joined WSU in 2001; PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1997
office: McCoy S205
Telephone: 509 335 7534
E-mail: davidlin@vetmed.wsu.edu
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Anita Vasavada - Associate Professor / Scientist
Joined WSU in 2001; PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1999
office: McCoy South 103
Telephone: 509 335 7533
E-mail: vasavada@wsu.edu
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Michael P. Wolcott - Professor
Joined WSU in 1996; Ph.D., Materials Engineering Science, 1989 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
office: Research Park A
Telephone: 509 335 6392
E-mail: wolcott@wsu.edu
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Vikram Yadama - Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
Joined WSU in 1998; Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2002 - Washington State University, Pullman, WA
office: Research Park B
Telephone: 509 335 6261
E-mail: vyadama@wsu.edu

Adjunct Research Faculty

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Jeongmin Ahn - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2006; PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California, in 2006
Home Institution: Syracuse University
Telephone: 315 443 9309
E-mail: jeongahn@syr.edu
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Ram Devanathan - Professor - Chief Scientist
Joined MME in 2010; PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, 1993 - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Home Institution: Chemical and Materials Sciences Division; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Richland, WA.
Telephone: 509 371 6487
E-mail: ram.devanathan@pnl.gov
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Fei Gao - Professor - Chief Scientist
Joined MME in 2010; Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering - The University of Liverpool, UK.
Home Institution:
Telephone: 509 371 6490
E-mail: fei.gao@pnl.gov
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Daniel E. Hooks - Professor - Technical Staff
Joined MME in 2008; PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, 2000 - University of Minnesota.
Home Institution: Shock and Detonation Physics; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos, NM.
Telephone: 505 667 6407
E-mail: dhooks@lanl.gov
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Mohammad (Moe) A. Khaleel - Professor - Laboratory Fellow & Director
Joined MME in 2010; PhD, Structural Engineering, 1992 - Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Home Institution: Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, MS: K1-90, 906 Battelle Blvd. Richland, WA 99352
Telephone: 509 375 2438
E-mail: moe.khaleel@pnl.gov
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Xin Sun - Professor - Staff Scientist V
Joined MME in 2010; PhD, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 1995 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Home Institution: Computational Sciences & Mathematics Division; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Richland, WA.
Telephone: 509 372 6489
E-mail: xin.sun@pnl.gov
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Russell Westphal - Professor - Mechanical Engineering
Joined MME in 1994; Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1983
Home Institution: Cal Poly; San Luis Obispo, California
Telephone: 805 756 1336
E-mail: rvwestph@calpoly.edu

Emeritus Faculty

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Walter J. Grantham - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1978; Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Arizona in 1973
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John P. Hirth - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1988; Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1958
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Richard G. Hoagland - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1987; Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1973
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David V. Hutton - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1981; Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1974
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William E. Johns - Emeritus Associate Professor
Joined MME in 1978; Ph.D. in Wood Science from University of Minnesota in 1972
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D. Bruce Masson - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1960; Ph.D. in Chemistry from The University of Chicago in 1958.
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Larry C. Olsen - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1981; Ph.D. in Physics from University of Kansas in 1965
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B. R. Ramaprian - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1985; Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1969
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David E. Stock - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1972; Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University in 1972
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Timothy R. Troutt - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1980; PhD, in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, 1978
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