Faculty

Sonya T. Smith, Ph.D., Professor and Chair Department of Mechanical Engineering 2300 Sixth Street, NW , Washington, DC 20059 Phone: (202) 806-6600; Fax: (202) 483-1396; e-mail: ssmith@howard.edu
Name & Rank	Specialty	Contacts (202)
Peter M. Bainum, Ph.D., P.E. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering	Structural/control optimization of large structures; formation flying of orbiting satellites.	806-6612 pbainum@howard.edu
Emmanuel K. Glakpe, Ph.D., P.E. Professor	Heat transfer, energy systems, nuclear engineering, computational fluid dynamics.	806-7741 eglakpe@howard.edu
James Hammonds, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Heat transfer, alternative energy systems.	865-8699 j_hammonds@howard.edu
Oliver G. McGee, Ph.D. Professor	Vibration control of mechanical systems, aeromechanics	ogmcgee@howard.edu
Mohsen Mosleh, Ph.D. Professor	Design methodology, manufacturing processes, surface engineering and tribology.	806-6622 mmosleh@howard.edu
Gbadebo Owolabi Ph.D. George David/United Technologies Corporation Assistant Professor	Fatigue and Fracture Mechancics, High Strain Rate Testing and Materials Characterization and Structural Health Integrity.	806-6594 gbadebo.owolabi@howard.edu
Robert Reiss, Ph.D. Professor	Optimal structural design, variational and extremum principles, biomechanics.	806-6608 rreiss@howard.edu
Sonya T. Smith, Ph.D. Professor & Chair	Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), computational neuroscience, auditory mechanics.	806-4837 ssmith@howard.edu
Lewis Thigpen, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Emeritus	Wave propagation, porous media, penetration mechanics, continuum mechanics.	806-6594 lthigpen@howard.edu
Naren Vira, Ph.D. Professor	Robotics, CAD/CAM, manufacturing engineering, symbolic computation, optimal design.	806-6611 nvira@howard.edu
M. Lucius Walker, Jr., Ph.D., P.E. Professor Emeritus	Engineering economics, and applications of computers and computer networks.	806-6600 mwalkerjr@aol.com
G. M. Warner, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Finite element analysis of the human knee joint; energy harvesting of rotating structures; fluid-structure interaction; vibration and stability in rotating structures; structural optimization.	806-6607 g_warner@howard.edu
H. A. Whitworth, D.Sc. Professor	Composite materials, fatigue and failure analysis.	806-6600 hwhitworth@howard.edu