Faculty & Staff

Daniel J. Cox, Ph.D.

Professor and Founding Chair of

Manufacturing Engineering

ERB 1004, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-8044

dcox@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Robotics
• Manufacturing Automation
• System Dynamics and Control

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Haijun Gong, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

ERB 2067, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-2554

hgong@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• 3D Printing
• Mechanical testing
• Lightweight structure design
• High-performance materials

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Vladimir Gurau, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

ERB 2020, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-5205

vgurau@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Fuel Cells
• Robotics
• Advanced Manufacturing

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Kamran Kardel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Graduate Program Coordinator

ERB 2057, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-8566

kkardel@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Additive Manufacturing
• Sustainable Manufacturing
• Surface Metrology

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Russ Krenek, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

ERB 2026, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-5931

rkrenek@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Robust Design
• Deterministic/Stochastic Operations Research
• Mathematical/Computational Statistics

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Andrew Michaud

Laboratory Supervisor

ERB 1061, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-5869

amichaud@georgiasouthern.edu

Jingjing Qing, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

ERB 2022, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-6031

jqing@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Materials Characterization
• Metallurgy
• Metal Casting
• Failure Analysis

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Drew Snelling, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

ERB 2061, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-2285

dsnelling@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM)
• Novel AM Materials Development
• Materials Characterization
• Design for Additive Manufacturing

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Hossein Taheri, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

ERB 2059, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-7463

htaheri@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Non-Destructive Testing
• Additive Manufacturing
• Preventive Maintenance

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Lianjun Wu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

ERB 2063, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-1459

lwu@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Robotics
• Smart Materials
• Soft Exoskeletons
• Soft Sensors

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Yue Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

ERB 2065, Statesboro Campus

(912) 478-1112

yzhang@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Interests:

• Nanomanufacturing
• Energy Conversion and Storage
• Tissue Engineering

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