Portland-State-University 2022-2023 Bulletin

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Faculty

Joseph L. Bull (2022) Ph.D.
Dean, Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science; Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Ph.D. 2000 Northwestern University.

Raul Cal (2009) Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 2006 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Elliott Gall (2016) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 2013 The University of Texas at Austin.

Alex Hunt (2016) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 2016 Case Western Reserve University.

Jun Jiao (1999) Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director of CEMN. Ph.D. 1997 University of Arizona.

Lemmy Meekisho (2000) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1988 Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Derek Tretheway (2004) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 2000 University of California, Santa Barbara.

David A. Turcic (1997) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1982 Pennsylvania State University.

Chien Wern (1997) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1995 University of Washington.

Yi Xia (2022) Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 2016 University of California, Los Angeles.

Sung Yi (2001) Ph.D.
Department Chair &  Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1992 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Xiaowei Zhu (2022) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 2018 University of Texas at Dallas.

Emeriti Faculty

Nan-Teh Hsu (1958) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1956 California Institute of Technology.

David A. Jannsen (1956) B.S.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering. B.S. 1950 Oregon State University.

Herman J. Migliore (1977) D.Engr., P.E.

Associate Dean Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering. D.Engr. 1975 University of Detroit.

Frank P. Terraglio (1966) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1964 Rutgers University.

C. William Savery (1980) Ph.D., P.E.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1969 University of Wisconsin.

Graig A. Spolek (1980) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering.  Ph.D. 1980 Washington State University. 

George A. Tsongas (1971) Ph.D., P.E.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1969 Stanford University.

William Wood (1998) Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. 1973 University of California, Berkeley.

Associated Faculty

William Eisenhauer (2011) M.Eng

Adjunct Instructor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. M.Eng Systems Engineering. 2003 Portland State University.

David Sailor (2002) PhD

Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering. PhD. 1993 University of California, Berkeley.

George Totten (2004) PhD

Research Associate Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. PhD. 1989 New York University.