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

Terrence Chambers
Interim Department Head
Donald & Janice Mosing BORSF Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering
(337) 482-6731
tlchambers@louisiana.edu
Rougeou Hall, Room 320

Mechanical Engineering Faculty

	Nicole Barry Instructor (337) 482-6607 nxb1485@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 243
	Jalel Ben Hmida Instructor (337) 482-6622 jbh@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 227
	Terrence Chambers Donald & Janice Mosing BORSF Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering (337) 482-6731 tlchambers@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 245
	Stephen Dufreche Research Scientist Director, Cleco Alternative Energy Center dufreche@louisiana.edu
	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
	Raju Gottumukkala Assistant Professor (337) 482-0632 raju@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 223
	John Guillory Associate Professor (337) 482-5360 jlg7703@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 238
	Carla Hodge Instructor (337) 482-6519 hodge@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 320-C
	Lulin Jiang Assistant Professor (337) 482-5718 lljiang@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 224
	Ahmed Khattab, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Engineering Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Technology Graduate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering (337) 482-6166 khattab@louisiana.edu Madison Hall, Room 106E https://itec.louisiana.edu/node/73
	Jim Lee Professor (337) 482-5354 jlee@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 244
	Yonas Niguse Professor of Practice (337) 482-5355 ygn1575@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 261
	Yasmeen Qudsi Instructor (337) 482-6525 yxq2564@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, 239
	Jonathan Raush Assistant Professor (337) 482-1807 jraush@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, 262
	Kary Ritter, Ph.D. Research Scientist Concentrating Solar Power, Cleco Alternative Energy Center Mechanical Engineering Virtual Reality Lab karr4499@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, 212
	William Simon Professor (337) 482-6518 wesimon@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 263
	Charles Taylor Assistant Professor (337) 482-5717 ctaylor@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 241 http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~cet1525/
	Joshua Vaughan Assistant Professor (337) 482-1207 josh.vaughan@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 225 http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~jev9637/
	Peng Yin Assistant Professor (337) 482-6519 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 https://itec.louisiana.edu/node/125

Mechanical Engineering Staff

	Jeff Guidry Machine Shop Supervisor 482-1213 jjguidry@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 135
	Linda LaFleur Administrative Assistant 482-6517 linda@louisiana.edu Rougeou Hall, Room 248

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