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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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Stephen D. Antolovich - Professor
Joined MME in 1992
Ph.D. 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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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: jayaram@mme.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: uma@mme.wsu.edu
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William E. Johns - Associate Professor
Joined MME in 1978
Ph.D. in Wood Science from University of Minnesota in 1972
office: Dana 347
Telephone: 509 335 3665
Email: w_johns@mme.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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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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David E. Stock - Professor
Joined MME in 1972
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University in 1972
office: EE/ME 157
Telephone: 509 335 3223
Email: stock@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 7832
Email: zbib@mme.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
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Russell Westphal - Professor
Joined MME in 1994
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1983
office: West 134J Tri-Cities
Telephone: 509 372 7296
Email: westphal@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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Ioannis Mastorakos - 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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Weichang Xue - Research Associate
Joined MME in 2005
PhD from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China, in 2005
office: Dana 239A
Telephone: 509 335 9135
Email: weichang_xue@wsu.edu

Pullman Campus Affiliate Faculty

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Marie-Pierre G. Laborie - Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering
Joined MME 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 MME 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 MME 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 MME 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 MME 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

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 - 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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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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Timothy R. Troutt - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1980; PhD, in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, 1978
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Stanislaw Wojcicki - Emeritus Professor
Joined MME in 1981; Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Warsaw in 1955
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