Faculty & Staff

Our faculty and staff are leaders in their fields. As subject matter experts and dedicated educators, their passion is for providing students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to become future leaders, thinkers, and doers.

Department Head

Alan Barhorst
Department Head
(337) 482-6517
alan.barhorst@louisiana.edu
Rougeou Hall, Room 320

Mechanical Engineering Faculty

	Nicole Barry Instructor (337) 482-6607 nicole.barry@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 243
	Jalel Ben Hmida Professor of Practice (337) 482-5717 jalel@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 241
	John Carroll Instructor (337) 482-XXXX john.carroll1@louisiana.edu
	Terrence Chambers Donald & Janice Mosing BORSF Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering (337) 482-6731 tlchambers@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 245
	Mostafa (Mike) Elsayed Professor (337) 482-5363 melsayed@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 257
	William Emblom Instructor (337) 482-5359 wjemblom@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 109-C
	Tanvir Faisal Assistant Professor (337) 482-5360 tanvir.faisal@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 238 https://www.4mlab.net/
	Raju Gottumukkala Assistant Professor (337) 482-0632 raju@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 223
	John Guillory Emeritus Professor john.guillory@louisiana.edu
	Carla Hodge Instructor (337) 482-6519 hodge@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 320-C
	Seonhee Jang Assistant Professor (337) 482-6524 seonhee.jang@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 224 https://sites.google.com/view/mmdl-ull
	Ahmed Khattab, Ph.D. Dean of Engineering Professor, Department of Industrial Technology Graduate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering BoRSF Endowed Professor of Engineering (337) 482-6166 khattab@louisiana.edu Madison Hall, Room 106E
	Jacob King Professor of Practice (337) 482-XXXX Jacob.King@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 236
	Jim Lee Professor (337) 482-5354 jlee@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 244
	Yonas Niguse Professor of Practice (337) 482-5355 Yonas.Niguse@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 261
	Yasmeen Qudsi Assistant Dean for Student Success, College of Engineering Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering yasmeen.qudsi@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, 239
	Jonathan Raush Assistant Professor (337) 482-1807 jraush@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, 262
	Kary Ritter Director of Cleco Alternative Energy Center (337) 482-6557 kritter@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, 212
	William Simon Emeritus Professor wesimon@louisiana.edu
	Joshua Vaughan Graduate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering josh.vaughan@louisiana.edu http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~jev9637/
	Peng Yin Assistant Professor (337) 482-5822 peng_yin@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 222
	Pengfei Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Technology Graduate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering (337) 482-6973 pzhang@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 219
	Xiao-Dong Zhou Director for Institute for Materials Research and Innovation Stuller Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering Graduate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering (337) 482-1453 zhou@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room M123 http://zhoulab.com