FSU-UMCP Faculty
About Our Engineering Faculty
- Learn one-on-one with your professors in small classes that give you an abundance of resources and guidance. All courses in the department are taught by doctoral faculty rather than taught partially by teaching assistants, a frequent practice at many other universities.
- Explore the university with faculty involved in extracurricular activities around campus, such as the brand-new FSU planetarium.
- Discover your interest in engineering with professors who can provide you with unique hands-on learning, such as interdisciplinary capstone project development and collaboration opportunities in energy, autonomous vehicles, sensing, defense corps and more.
Dr. Jamil Abdo
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department Chair
Office: 105 Compton SC
Telephone: 301-687-7026
Email: jabdo@Frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering , Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA
MSc Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Teaching Interests
Mechanical design, product design and manufacturing, solid mechanics
Research Interests
Product Failure Analysis, Machine elements design, Tribology
Dr. Rajib Barua
Associate Professor of Engineering
Office: CSC 121
Telephone: 301-687-4792
Email: rbarua@frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
MSc Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL
Teaching Interests
Thermofluids, Manufacturing Processes, and Materials Science.
Research Interests
Thermal Spray, Nanocomposites, Advanced Manufacturing, Biomaterials, and Medical Device Development.
Dr. Julie Yi-Zun Wang
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office: 103 Compton SC
Telephone: 301.687.3208
Email: yjwang@Frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Professional Engineering license Pennsylvania
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Lehigh University
M. S. Mechanical Engineering Lehigh University
Teaching Interests
Fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer
UMCP-Mechanical Engineering Frostburg Collaborative Program Faculty taught courses (2022-2023)
Dr. Sami Ainane
Senior Lecturer
Office: 2140 Glenn L. Martin Hall
Telephone: (301) 405-5205
Email: ainane@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Center for Engineering Concepts Development
Dr. Amr Baz
Minta Martin Professor
Keystone Professor
Director, Smart Materials and Structures Research Center
Office: 2137 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
Telephone: 301-405-5216
Email: baz@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Ashwani Gupta
Distinguished University Professor
Office: 2159 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
Telephone: 301-405-5276
Email: akgupta@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Dr. David Bigio
Professor
Office: 3129 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
Telephone: 301-405-5258
Email: dbigio@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Miao Yu
Professor
Office: 2106A Glenn L. Martin Hall
Telephone: 301.405.3591
Email: mmyu@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
The Institute for Systems Research Maryland Robotics Center
Dr. Michael Cukier
Professor of Reliability Engineering Director
Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students
Office: 4311F John S. Toll Physics Building
Telephone: 301-314-2804
Email: mcukier@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Center for Risk and Reliability
Maryland Cybersecurity Center
UMIACS
Electrical and Computer Engineering Computer Science
Maryland Robotics Center
Dr. Peter Chung
Professor
Office: 2135 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
Telephone: 301-405-4543
Email: pchung15@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Peter Sandborn
Professor
Keystone Professor
Director, MTech
Associate Chair for Academic Affairs
Director of Graduate Studies
Office: 2176 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
Telephone: 301-405-3167
Email: sandborn@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Center for Risk and Reliability
Dr. Yancy Diaz-Mercado
Assistant Professor
Office: 2104A Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
Telephone: 301-405-6506
Email: yancy@umd.edu
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
The Institute for Systems Research
Engineering Faculty
Dr. Mohammed Eltayeb
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Office: 246 Compton SC
Telephone: 301.687.4160
Email: mseltayeb@Frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. Ohio State University
M.S. University of Akron
B.S. University of Kartoum
Teaching Interests
Computer engineering and science, distributed parallel and heterogeneous computing networking (wireline and wireless network technologies), real-time and embedded systems
Dr. John Lynch
Lecturer
Office: Compton SC 123A
Telephone: 301.687.3166
Email: jjlynch@Frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Colorado
M.S. University of Colorado
B.A. Tufts University
Teaching Interests
Dynamics, electronics, first-year engineering
Dr. Zhen Liu
Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering
Office: 104 Compton SC
Telephone: 301.687.7799
Email: zliu@Frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. Polymer Engineering Auburn University
M. S. Chemistry/Polymer Physics Tufts University
B. S. Polymer Chemistry Lanzhou University
Teaching Interests
Mechanics of materials; Engineering materials; Nanoengineering system design; Advanced manufacturing systems; Micro- and nanofabrication
Research Interests
Nanosystems engineering; Integrated composites; Sustainable materials and devices
Dr. Oguz Soysal
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Office: 119 Compton SC
Telephone: 301.687.7079
Email: osoysal@Frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Istanbul Technical University
M.S. Electrical Engineering Istanbul Technical University
B.S. Electrical Engineering Istanbul Technical University
Teaching Interests
Circuits and systems, robotics, automatic control, energy systems
Dr. Dale Schultz
Associate Professor of Engineering
Email: dschultz@frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology