Faculty and Staff

Meet our mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty and staff.

Chair

  • Robert Gao, PhD, MS, BS

    Robert Gao, PhD, MS, BS

    Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Cady Staley Professor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: robert.gao@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6045

Faculty

  • Ozan Akkus, PhD

    Ozan Akkus, PhD

    OMEGA Principal Investigator,; Kent H. Smith Professor , Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: ozan.akkus@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4175

  • Richard Bachmann, PhD

    Richard Bachmann, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: richard.bachmann@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4904

  • Paul Barnhart, PhD

    Paul Barnhart, PhD

    Associate Chair , Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: paul.barnhart@case.edu

  • Changyong (Chase) Cao, PhD

    Changyong (Chase) Cao, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: changyong.cao@case.edu

  • Sunniva Collins, PhD

    Sunniva Collins, PhD

    Associate Dean, Office of Professional Programs, Case School of Engineering; Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: sunniva.collins@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4155

  • Kathryn Daltorio

    Kathryn Daltorio

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: kathryn.daltorio@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6189

  • Sudharsun Govindaraj

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

  • Umut Gurkan, PhD

    Umut Gurkan, PhD

    Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center,

    Email: umut.gurkan@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6447

  • Steve Hostler, PhD

    Steve Hostler, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: steve.hostler@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0320

  • Chirag Kharangate, PhD

    Chirag Kharangate, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering;

    Email: chirag.kharangate@case.edu

  • Chengyu Li

    Chengyu Li

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: chengyu.li5@case.edu

  • Ya-Ting Liao, PhD, MS, BS

    Ya-Ting Liao, PhD, MS, BS

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: yating.liao@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0048

  • Zachary Patterson

    Zachary Patterson

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: zpatt@case.edu

  • Roger Quinn, PhD

    Roger Quinn, PhD

    Distinguished University Professor and Arthur P. Armington Professor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Director, Biologically Inspired Robotics, Case School of Engineering

    Email: roger.quinn@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3222

  • Majid Rashidi

    Majid Rashidi

    Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: majid.rashidi@case.edu

  • Bryan Schmidt, PhD

    Bryan Schmidt, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: bryan.e.schmidt@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2943

  • Melinda Speers

    Melinda Speers

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: mal259@case.edu

  • Brian Taylor, PhD

    Brian Taylor, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Secondary Appointment, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

    Email: bkt2@case.edu

    Phone: 216-368-5787

  • Edward Wang

    Edward Wang

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: pxw206@case.edu

Emeritus

Staff

  • Jayla Barton

    Jayla Barton

    Accounting Clerk, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Accounting Clerk, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: jayla.barton@case.edu

  • Allison Bode

    Clinical Research Project Manager, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: allison.bode@case.edu

  • Jason Bradshaw

    Jason Bradshaw

    Adjunct Instructor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Engineer III , Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: jason.bradshaw@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5171

  • Sophia Bricker

    Engineer 1, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

  • Robert Clements

    Engineer I, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: robert.clements2@case.edu

  • Victor DiTomasso

    Engineer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

  • Victor DiTommaso

    Engineer I, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: victor.ditommaso@case.edu

  • John Easton

    Engineer III , Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: john.easton@case.edu

  • Chiara Federici

    Senior Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: chiara.federici@case.edu

  • Sabrina Herman, MA

    Sabrina Herman, MA

    Student Affairs Coordinator, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Student Affairs Coordinator, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: esh20@case.edu

  • Ruth Hrusch

    Ruth Hrusch

    Grants Account Manager, Office of Research Administration, Case School of Engineering

    Email: ruth.hrusch@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2942

  • Sonya Hylton

    Senior Research Engineer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: sonya.hylton@case.edu

  • Yi Jin

    Senior Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: yi.jin12@case.edu

  • Emily Kay

    Grants Account Manager, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: emily.kay@case.edu

  • Kate Keane

    Assistant to the Department Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

  • Ewa Malicki

    Ewa Malicki

    Department Assistant II, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: ewa.malicki@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2940

  • Nipa Patel

    Research Assistant II, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: nipa.patel@case.edu

  • Oshin Sharma

    Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: oshin.sharma@case.edu

  • Angelika Szakacs

    Angelika Szakacs

    Director of Administrative Operations - Academics and Research, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: axs140@case.edu

  • Nathaniel Vishner

    Nathaniel Vishner

    Student Affairs Manager, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: nnv@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4580

  • Rebecca Winter Schreiber

    Senior Research Engineer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: rebecca.winter@case.edu

Research Faculty