MME's Faculty

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Pullman Campus MME Faculty

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Hussein M. Zbib - Director and Professor
Joined MME in 1988
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technical University in 1987
office: Sloan 201
Telephone: 509 335 8654
Email: director@mme.wsu.edu
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Jeongmin Ahn - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2006
PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California, in 2005
office: Sloan 217
Telephone: 509 335 7711
Email: ahn@mme.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
Email: 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
Email: santolov@mme.wsu.edu
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David F. Bahr - Professor
Joined MME in 1997
Ph.D. in Materials Science from University of Minnesota in 1997
office: Dana 247C
Telephone: 509 335 8523
Email: 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
Email: amitband@wsu.edu
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Susmita Bose - Associate Professor
Joined MME in 1998
Ph.D. in Physical-Organic Chemistry from Rutgers University in 1998
office: Dana 103A
Telephone: 509 335 7461
Email: 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
Email: sbrownn@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
Email: 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 149B
Telephone: 509 335 8354
Email: idutta@mme.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
Email: dutta@mme.wsu.edu
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David P. Field - Associate Professor
Joined MME in 2000
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University in 1991
office: Dana 239E
Telephone: 509 335 3524
Email: field@mme.wsu.edu
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Walter J. Grantham - Professor
Joined MME in 1978
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Arizona in 1973
office: EE/ME B23
Telephone: 509 335 3224
Email: grantham@mme.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
Email: 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
Email: ujayaram@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
Email: kgl@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
Email: matveev@mme.wsu.edu
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Sergey Medyanik - Assistant Professor
Joined MME in 2006
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, in 2006
office: Sloan 207
Telephone: 509 335 7386
Email: medyanik@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
Email: 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 145
Telephone: 509 335 8730
Email: 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
Email: 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
Email: 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
Email: 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
Email: richards@mme.wsu.edu
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Lloyd V. Smith - Associate Professor
Joined MME in 1996
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Utah in 1994
office: EE/ME 155
Telephone: 509 335 3221
Email: smith@mme.wsu.edu
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Hussein M. Zbib - Director and Professor
Joined MME in 1988
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technical University in 1987
office: Sloan 201
Telephone: 509 335 8654
Email: zbib@wsu.edu
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Weihong (Katie) Zhong - Associate 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
Email: 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: 207 A Tri-Cities
Telephone: 509 372 9206
Email: kinsel@tricity.wsu.edu

Pullman Campus Research Associates

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Vamsi Krishna Balla - Research Associate
Joined MME in 2005
PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, in 2005
office: Dana 239A
Telephone: 509 335 9135 or
509 335 5874
Email: vamsi@wsu.edu
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Shashwat Banerjee - Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined MME in July 2008
PhD, Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT), Mumbai University, Mumbai (Bombay), India, in 2003
office: Dana 239A
Telephone: 509 432 9887
Email: banerjees@wsu.edu
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Praveen Kumar - Assistant Research Professor
Joined MME in Sept 2008
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angles, in 2007
office: EE/ME B27
Telephone: 509 335 7437
Email: praveenk@wsu.edu
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Ioannis Mastorakos - Visiting Research Associate
Joined MME in 2004
PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Greece, in 2004
office: ETRL 236
Telephone: 509 335 6241
Email: mastorakos@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
Email: usahaym@wsu.edu

Pullman Campus Affiliate Faculty

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Marie-Pierre G. Laborie - Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering
Joined WSU in 2002; PhD in Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2002
office: RESEARCH PRK B
Telephone: 509 335 8722
Email: mlaborie@wsu.edu
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David C. Lin - Assistant Professor Biological Systems Engineering
Joined WSU in 2001; PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1997
office: McCoy S205
Telephone: 509 335 7534
Email: davidlin@vetmed.wsu.edu
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Anita Vasavada - Assistant Professor / Scientist
Joined WSU in 2001; PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1999
office: McCoy South 103
Telephone: 509 335 7533
Email: 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
Email: wolcott@wsu.edu
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Jinwen Zhang - Assistant Professor
Joined WSU in 2004; Ph.D., Polymer Science and Plastics Engineering, 1997 - University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
office: Research Park
Telephone: 509 335 8723
Email: jwzhang@wsu.edu

Affiliate Faculty

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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
Email: rvwestph@calpoly.edu

Emeritus Faculty

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Clayton T. Crowe - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1969; Ph.D. in Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering from University of Michigan in 1962
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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
Bio-Medical Materials Research Laborator
W. M. Keck Bio-Medical Materials Research Laboratory

Objectives: To establish a Bio-medical Materials Research Laboratory (BMRL) to focus on revolutionary approaches to design and manufacture of structures for skeletal disorders and implants.

Uniqueness & Innovation: Direct Laser processing and induction plasma spray processing facilities are being developed for fabrication of nanoscale powders to coatings to bulk structures of metallic and ceramic materials for biomedical applications. Innovation stems from design and fabrication of novel materials for a variety of applications with special emphasis on biomedical needs.

Principal Investigators: Amit Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose, Howard Hosick

Partners: WSU School of Biological Sciences Professor, Howard Hosick

Funding Agency: W. M. Keck Foundation

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