Department Faculty & Staff List | South Dakota State University

Department Head

Yucheng Liu

Department Head/Duane Sander Endowed Professor, ASME Fellow, SAE Fellow

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email

Faculty

Abdul Al Shehabi

Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Saikat Basu

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-6868 Email
Jeffrey Doom

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-6703 Email
Stephen Gent

Professor/Director-North Central Regional Sun Grant Center

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Division of Research and Economic Development

North Central Regional Sun Grant Center

Telephone number: 605-688-5337 Email
Zhong Hu

Professor and Graduate Coordinator

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Materials Evaluation and Testing Laboratory

Telephone number: 605-688-4817 Email
Joscelyne Larson

Instructor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Todd Letcher

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Materials Evaluation and Testing Laboratory

Telephone number: 605-688-5311 Email
Gregory Michna

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-6395 Email
Sarah Michna

Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-4289 Email
Douglas Peters

Instructor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-4301 Email
Solaiman Tarafder

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5446 Email
Michael Twedt

Lecturer/Program Engineer

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-4303 Email
John VerSteeg

Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-6323 Email

Adjunct Faculty

Travis Burgers

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email

Staff

Adeline Flaskey

Financial Program Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email

Research and Technical Staff

Taylor Suess

Research Associate

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email

Graduate Assistants

Mehedi Hasan Akash

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-651-5096 Email
Zahra Essassi

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Hasan Rafsan Jani

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Allea Klauenberg

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Instructor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Abir Malakar

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Vishnu Pfeiffer

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-4153 Email
Mark Rizkalla

Graduate Teaching Assistant-Instructor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-4136 Email
Sahil Sharma

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Mohammad Yeasin

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email

Emeriti Faculty

Kurt Bassett

Professor and Department Head Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Fereidoon Delfanian

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Materials Evaluation and Testing Laboratory

Telephone number: 605-688-4300 Email
Donell Froehlich

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5426 Email
Alex Moutsoglou

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-6323 Email