Mechanical Engineering Faculty and Staff
Badih Ali Jawad, Ph.D
Department Chair
Professor Badih A. Jawad is the chairman of the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering.
He joined Lawrence Tech in 1996 and was promoted to full professor in 2006. His areas of expertise are thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and internal combustion engines.
Jawad has been part of many initiatives involving faculty, staff, students and the College of Engineering. He served as the faculty advisor to the Formula SAE team and the "supermileage car" project. He is also the director of the master of science degree program in mechanical engineering (MSME) program ...more
Chris H. Riedel, Ph.D
Assistant Chair, A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering
Chris Riedel joined Lawrence Technological University in 2000 as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He holds a B.S. degree from Oakland University and M.S. and Ph. D. degrees from Wayne State University, all in Mechanical Engineering. His areas of interest and expertise are dynamics, vibrations, and applied mechanics. His industrial experience includes working for Yazaki EDS Engineering as a design engineer and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems as a technician ...more
Ahad Ali, Ph.D
Assistant Professor and Director, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
Dr. Ahad Ali joined Lawrence Technological University in 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He earned B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Khulna (1994), Masters in Systems and Engineering Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2000) and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2003). Prior to coming to LTU Dr. Ali worked with the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez in Industrial Engineering as Assistant Professor ...more
Daw R. Al-Werfalli, D.E.
Professor and Director, Master of Engineering Management
Dr. Alwerfalli is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Master of Engineering Management. He has over 30 years of industrial and teaching experience. Prior to joining LTU in 1990, Dr. Alwerfalli assumed many engineering positions at JNOFI Libya as Process Engineer, Production Manager and Senior Engineer ...more
Selin Arslan, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Selin Arslan joined LTU from Columbia University, New York,NY. She received her bachelor’s degree from Middle East University Ankara, Turkey, the M.S. degree from Rutgers University and the M. Phil. from Columbia University all in Mechanical Engineering. During her PhD studies she also worked at Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada as a Research Associate. Her current research interests include MEMS, microfluidics, PowerMEMS and Thermal Sciences and energy systems ...more
Vernon M. Fernandez, Ph.D
Associate Professor and Director, Industrial and Operations Engineering Program
Dr. Vernon Fernandez is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Industrial Engineering program. He joined Lawrence Technological University in the fall of 1988. He earned his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Bombay University, India, and his M.A.S.C. from the University of Windsor, Canada. He holds a Ph. D. in Systems Engineering (Mechanical) from Oakland University, Michigan where he conducted research in Industrial Application of Lasers ...more
Robert W. Fletcher, Ph.D
Associate Professor and Director, Alternative Energy Program
Robert W. Fletcher joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Lawrence Technological University in the summer of 2003, after two decades of continuous industrial research, product development and manufacturing experience ...more
Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Dr. Gerhart, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, joined the faculty of Lawrence Technological University's Mechanical Engineering Department in 2002. His main area of interest is the Thermal-Fluid Sciences concentrating on experimental fluid mechanics & heat flow as well as power generation ...more
Dr. Harold Josephs areas of interest and expertise are dynamics, kinematics, bolting and joining, mechanics of materials, quality, reliability, safety and ergonomics. He is a member of the SAE, ASME, the American Society of Quality, the American Society of Safety Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the System Safety Society, the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (fellow status), the Human Factors Society, and the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers (fellow status) ...more
Giscard Kfoury, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kfoury Joined Lawrence Technological University in 2008 as an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering department. He received a BEME from the American University of Beirut in 2001, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University in 2003, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University in 2008. His areas of expertise are nonlinear control, nonlinear observer design,modeling and simulation, dynamics, vibration analysis, robotics, and engine dynamics and vibration ...more
Laura L. Lisiecki, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Dr. Lisiecki is Associate Professor for Mechanical Engineering at LTU. She obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Northwestern University in 1986. Prior to joining LTU, Dr. Lisiecki worked at GE Aircraft Engines in C incinnati and at Riso National Laboratories in Roskilde, Denmark. She has conducted research on composite drive shafts at Lawrence Tech through grants from DaimlerChrysler and Visteon. ...more
Liping Liu, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Liping Liu joined Lawrence Technological University in 2009 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she pursued her PhD study in the department of Mechanical Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on thermal sciences and energy systems, which special interest in addressing transport phenomena in energy processes. Most of her work is directed toward improving performance and efficiency of various types of energy generation, conversion, and consumption applications....more
Khalil S. Taraman, Ph.D
Professor and Director, Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems
Dr. Taraman joined LTU in 1986 and served as Dean and Associate Dean of Engineering. He is currently the DIT Chair of Manufacturing Engineering and Director of the Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems Program (DEMS). He earned a BSME in 1964 and a MSME in 1967 from Ain Shams University in Egypt, a MSME in 1969 from the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. in 1971 from Texas Tech University. He devoted 40 years to manufacturing engineering education. He spearheaded two Manufacturing Systems graduate programs at LTU: the first Master of Engineering in 1989 and the first Doctor of Engineering in 2002 ...more
Vladimir V. Vantsevich, D.Sc.
Professor and Director, Master of Science in Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Dr. Vladimir V. Vantsevich is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering and the founding Director of the Master of Science in Mechatronic Systems Engineering Program at Lawrence Technological University, Michigan. He is also a co-founder and the Associate Director of the Automotive Engineering Institute. Prior to Lawrence Tech, Dr. Vantsevich was a Professor and the Head of Research and Design Group on Multi-Wheel Drive Vehicles that designed and developed a number of mechatronic and mechanical driveline systems for various purpose vehicles in Belarus. He earned his Ph.D. and D.Sc. (the highest degree in the former U.S.S.R.) degrees in Automobile and Tractor Engineering from Belarusian National Technical University approved by the Higher Awarding Committee of the Russian Federation ...more
Kingman E. Yee, Ph.D
Associate Professor and Director, Master of Engineering Manufacturing Systems
Dr. Yee, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, joined LTU in 1987. He is interested in the thermal sciences, alternative energy and electrochemical engineering. His academic research has investigated the effect of galvanic corrosion on fasteners in aluminum-intensive vehicles. Typically, he teaches heat transfer, engineering cost analysis, introduction to engineering, engineering materials, statics, mechanics of materials, thermal science lab, mechanics lab and materials lab ...more