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School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering

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Leading the Way

Clemson is already positioned as a leader in graduate education, but fierce competition is ahead. Therefore, a combination of the preeminence in Automotive Engineering and breadth in Mechanical Engineering is what it takes to remain at the forefront. The School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering embodies Clemson’s vision for elevating student experience, the ascension of research, and meeting evolving societal needs statewide and beyond.

Graduate students working on autonomous technology research in Greenville.

School Administration

Filipi

Zoran S. Filipi

Director and Timken Endowed Chair
864-283-7222
zfilipi@clemson.edu

Professor Zoran Filipi is the Director of the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering and the Founding Director of the Research Center for Virtual Prototyping of Ground Systems (VIPR-GS). Filipi also serves as the Timken Endowed Chair in Vehicle System Design since 2012 and was a chair of Clemson’s Automotive Engineering Department.

Kay profile

Kay Faith

Program Coordinator
864-365-0605
jkay@clemson.edu

Kay Faith is the current Program Coordinator for the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering and former Office Coordinator of Clemson’s Automotive Engineering Department. Prior to coming to Clemson, Kay gained experience in higher education and the health care system.

Faculty Directory

Name Position Department Email
Russcher Sez Atamturktur Provost Distinguished Professor ME sez@clemson.edu
Beshah Ayalew Professor AuE beshah@clemson.edu
Jason C Bokar Adjunct Professor AuE jbokar@clemson.edu
Joshua B Bostwick Associate Professor ME jbostwi@clemson.edu
James Boyd Lecturer ME jbyd@clemson.edu
Johnell O Brooks Professor AuE jobrook@clemson.edu
Georgia Fleming Brunt Lecturer ME georgif@clemson.edu
Douglas Scott Byrd Professor of Practice ME dbyrd2@clemson.edu
Tiffany Arnitta Camp Adjunct Assistant Professor ME camp6@clemson.edu
Geetha Pravallika Chimata Lecturer ME gchimat@clemson.edu
Hong Seok Choi Associate Professor ME hongc@clemson.edu
Craig Merrill Clemons Adjunct Faculty AuE cmclemo@clemson.edu
Nicole Gisele Coutris Adjunct Professor ME coutris@clemson.edu
Jean-Marc Georges Delhaye Adjunct Professor ME delhaye@clemson.edu
Hussein Dourra Adjunct Professor AuE hdourra@clemson.edu
Sandip Dutta Lecturer ME sdutta@clemson.edu
Moustafa El-Gindy Adjunct Professor AuE melgind@clemson.edu
Richard S Figliola Visiting Professor ME fgliola@clemson.edu
Zoran Filipi School Director AuE zfilipi@clemson.edu
Vinita Gangaram Jansari Post Doc AuE vjansar@clemson.edu
Timothy John Guggisberg Clinical Assistant Professor ME tguggis@clemson.edu
Yiqiang Han Research Asst. Professor ME yiqianh@clemson.edu
Tain-Yen Hsia Adjunct Assistant Professor ME thsia@clemson.edu
Yunyi Jia Associate Professor AuE yunyij@clemson.edu
Paul F Joseph Professor ME jpaul@clemson.edu
Atul Gajanan Kelkar Dept Chair/Head ME atul@clemson.edu
Kevin W. Kopera Adjunct Professor AuE kkopera@clemson.edu
Venkat Narayan Krovi Endowed Chair AuE vkrovi@clemson.edu
Ethan Kung Associate Professor ME ekung@clemson.edu
Benjamin John Lawler Associate Professor AuE bjlawle@clemson.edu
Bing Li Assistant Professor AuE bli4@clemson.edu
Gang Li Acting Associate Chair ME gli@clemson.edu
Zhen Li Assistant Professor ME zli7@clemson.edu
Shunyu Liu Assistant Professor AuE shunyul@clemson.edu
Ge Lv Assistant Professor ME glv@clemson.edu
Saez Enrique Martinez Associate Professor ME enrique@clemson.edu
Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte Associate Professor ME rodrigm@clemson.edu
Jerome L McClendon Research Asst Professor AuE jmcclen@clemson.edu
Laine Mears Department Chair AuE mears@clemson.edu
Zhaoxu Meng Assistant Professor ME zmeng@clemson.edu
Richard S Miller Associate Professor ME rm@clemson.edu
Michael George Mino Lecturer AuE mmino@clemson.edu
Gregory Mocko Associate Professor ME gmocko@clemson.edu
Velni Javad Mohammadpour Professor ME javadm@clemson.edu
Oliver J Myers Assoc Dean for Incl & Equity ME omyers@clemson.edu
Jay Stanford Northington Lecturer ME jnorthi@clemson.edu
Jay M Ochterbeck Professor ME jochter@clemson.edu
Behnaz Papari Assistant Professor AuE bpapari@clemson.edu
Christiaan Jos Jan Paredis Visiting Professor AuE paredis@clemson.edu
Garrett J Pataky Associate Professor ME gpataky@clemson.edu
Pierluigi Pisu Professor AuE pisup@clemson.edu
Jeffrey Blane Poland Lecturer AuE jpoland@clemson.edu
Michael M Porter Research Assistant Professor ME mmporte@clemson.edu
Robert G Prucka Professor AuE rprucka@clemson.edu
Rahul Rai Professor AuE rrai@clemson.edu
Hubert Bryan Riley Professor of Practice ME briley2@clemson.edu
Denise Marie Rizzo Adjunct Professor AuE drizzo@clemson.edu
Morteza Sabet Research Asst Professor AuE ssabet@clemson.edu
John R Saylor Professor ME jsaylor@clemson.edu
Matthias Josef Alexander Schmid Assistant Professor AuE schmidm@clemson.edu
David William Schmueser Adjunct Professor AuE dschmue@clemson.edu
Todd Alan Schweisinger Principal Lecturer ME todds@clemson.edu
Kayley Emma Seawright Temp Lecturer ME kseawri@clemson.edu
Zaker Ali Syed Lecturer ME zsyed@clemson.edu
Phanindra Tallapragada Associate Professor ME ptallap@clemson.edu
Lonny L Thompson Associate Professor ME lonny@clemson.edu
Chenning Tong Professor ME ctong@clemson.edu
Cameron Turner Associate Professor ME cturne9@clemson.edu
Ardalan Vahidi Professor ME avahidi@clemson.edu
Umesh G Vaidya Professor ME uvaidya@clemson.edu
Paul Venhovens Adjunct Professor AuE pjv@clemson.edu
John R Wagner Professor ME jwagner@clemson.edu
Yue Wang Professor ME yue6@clemson.edu
Julian Weber Adjunct  Professor AuE weberj@clemson.edu
Xiangchun Xuan Professor ME xcxuan@clemson.edu
Jiangfeng Zhang Associate Professor AuE jiangfz@clemson.edu
Huijuan Zhao Associate Professor ME hzhao2@clemson.edu
Xin Zhao Associate Professor ME xzhao5@clemson.edu
Qilun Zhu Research Asst Professor AuE qilun@clemson.edu

Staff Directory

Name Position Department Email
Jeremy L. Barnes Research Associate and Lab Manager AuE jbarne9@clemson.edu
Carol Ann Beckham THINKER Program Coord AuE chende8@clemson.edu
Austin Cody Breazeale Lab Technician 2 ME breazea@clemson.edu
Bradley J. Burgess Research Associate and Safety Coordinator AuE bburge4@clemson.edu
Savannah Burke Student Services Coordinator AuE srburke@clemson.edu
Timothy A. Conover Research Specialist I ME conover@clemson.edu
Kaushalkumar Desai Research Collaborator AuE kaushad@clemson.edu
Kay Ellen Faith Program Coordinator SMAE jkay@clemson.edu
Jeremiah Farmer Student Services Manager AuE mjfarme@clemson.edu
Kathleen Aultman Grant Administrative Coord I ME grant5@clemson.edu
Purva Popat Jagdale Research Specialist ME purvaj@clemson.edu
Casey Jenkins Research Assistant AuE caseyj@clemson.edu
Michael C. Justice Technical Lab Manager ME mjustic@clemson.edu
Anshul Karn Deep Orange Project Manager AuE akarn@clemson.edu
Irina Kharitonova Graduate Student Advisor ME ikharit@clemson.edu
Jessica Lynn Lang Financial Analyst ME jllang@clemson.edu
David Mann Research Associate and Facilities Manager AuE damann@clemson.edu
Meredith McCameron Procurement & Payroll Support AuE meredip@clemson.edu
Julie Walters Markus Student Services Manager ME jwmarku@clemson.edu
Gary Mathis Research Associate AuE goahm@clemson.edu
Lisa B. McElveen Machine Shop Fabrication and Electrical ME lmcelve@clemson.edu
Cynthia Gail McMahan Dept Procurement Manager AuE cmcmaha@clemson.edu
Kenneth Gordon Melnrick Drive Safely - Labe Aide AuE kmelnri@clemson.edu
Portia Barber Mitchum Undergraduate Student Advisor ME portiam@clemson.edu
Sean Jeffrey Moser Research Assistant AuE moser@clemson.edu
Trupti Nyalkalkar Deep Orange Project Manager AuE tnyalka@clemson.edu
Sathwika Ponnapalli Research Specialist ME sponnap@clemson.edu
Cristina Shorts Operations Manager AuE cristis@clemson.edu
Nicholas Lee Stancil Fiscal Technician Payroll/Purchasing ME nstanci@clemson.edu
Castro Duvan Andres Tellez Research Associate ME dtellez@clemson.edu
Heather Tomlinson Student Services Coordinator AuE hdowell@clemson.edu
Dentaveous Walker Undergraduate Student Advisor ME dentavw@clemson.edu
Dee Ann Wood Kivett Academic Program Director Aue dkivett@clemson.edu
Aaron Wright Research Associate AuE aqwrigh@clemson.edu