THE ME DEPARTMENT AT USF A GLANCE

Number of Undergraduates Students: 246

Number of Graduate Students: 47 (Read profiles of a few of our graduate students)

Number of Faculty: 12 (Read more about the faculty)

Total degrees granted:

     BS: 103 (37th largest ME graduating class in the nation, 2nd largest in FL)

     MS: 21

     PhD: 1

New grants and contracts received: $2 million (excludes grants listed outside the dept as Co-PIs, multi-university grants)

Refereed Publications: 58

Patents: 1

Chair: Dr. Rajiv Dubey, dubey@eng.usf.edu, (813) 974-5619

Undergraduate Advisor: Dr. Daniel Hess, hess@eng.usf.edu, (813) 974-5643

Graduate Advisor: Dr. Muhammad Rahman, rahman@eng.usf.edu , (813) 974-5625

Degrees Offered:

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.)

Master of Engineering (M.E.)

Master of Engineering Science (M.S.E.S.)

Master of Mechanical Engineering (M.M.E.)

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering

Professors

Glen Besterfield, Associate Professor, 813-974-5629 | ENC 2300 | besterfi@eng.usf.edu

Nathan Crane, Assistant Professor, 813-974-8586 | ENC 2206 | crane@eng.usf.edu

Don Dekker, Adjunct Professor, 813-974-9677 | ENC 1201| dekker@eng.usf.edu

Rajiv Dubey, Chair & Professor, 813-974-2280 | ENC 2300 | dubey@eng.usf.edu

Delcie Durham, Professor, 813-974-8118 | BEH 324| ddurham@eng.usf.edu

Daniel Hess, Professor, 813-974-5643 | ENC 2205 | hess@eng.usf.edu

Autar Kaw, Professor, 813-974-5626 | ENC 2215 | kaw@eng.usf.edu

Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, 813-974-3942 |ENB 252 | akumar@eng.usf.edu

Craig Lusk, Assistant Professor, 813-974-1394 |ENC 2507 | clusk2@eng.usf.edu

Jose Porteiro, Professor, 813-974-5644 | ENC 2216 | porteiro@eng.usf.edu

Frank Pyrtle, III., Assistant Professor, 813-974-9015 | ENC 2508 | pyrtle@eng.usf.edu

Muhammad Rahman, Associate Professor, 813-974-5625 | ENC 2204 | rahman@eng.usf.edu

Alex Volinsky, Assistant Professor, 813-974-5658 | ENC 2214 | volinsky@eng.usf.edu

Stuart Wilkinson, Associate Professor, 813-974-5645 | ENG 131 | wilkinso@eng.usf.edu

Instructors

Stephen Sundarrao, Instructor, 813-974-5346 | ENG 138 | sundarra@eng.usf.edu

Our Staff

Sue Britten, Office Manager, 813-974-2280 | britten@eng.usf.edu

Shirley Tervort, Office Assistant, 813-974-2280 | tervort@eng.usf.edu

Wes Frusher, Tech Design Engineer, 813-974-3829 | frusher@eng.usf.edu

 Major Research Areas (Take a tour; Thesis and Dissertations;  Grants & Contracts)

Biosensors, Biofluids, Biomedical Engineering, Composite Materials and Solid Mechanics; System Dynamics and Vibrations; Mechanical Design; Engineering Education Research; Fluid Dynamics; Thermal Energy Systems; Microelectronic Device Thermal Management; Clean Energy Technologies; Micro and nanoscale materials, systems and analysis, MEMS; Robotics; Rehabilitation Engineering Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities.