Dr. Badih Ali Jawad Director, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Engineering Building E28D Phone (248) 204-2572 jawad@ltu.edu

Badih A. Jawad joined Lawrence Technological University in 1996 as an Assistant Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department, and promoted to Associate Professor in 2002, and recently promoted to Professor effective Fall 2006. He has a B.S. and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and an M.S. and a Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering all from Wayne State University. His areas of interest and expertise are thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and internal combustion engines.  Previously, he taught at several local universities and also worked as a Research and Product Development Engineer for Chrysler Corporation.

Dr. Jawad serves Lawrence Tech as the faculty advisor to the Formula SAE and the Supermileage car projects. He is also the Director of the newly established program of the Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He also serves as the Director of the University Assessment Program and the chair of its committee. He is also the advisor of the Lawrence Tech student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a co-advisor to the Lawrence Tech student chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers. He is also a member of the Engineering Faculty Council and the University Senate at Lawrence Technological University.

Dr. Jawad is a member of several engineering and professional societies, and has participated and attended many conferences in which he published numerous technical papers with his students. He also chaired and reviewed papers for various conferences, and has reviewed books for several national publishers.