Photo Display Name Department Email/Phone Office Title Degree
  Saeed Azad Mechanical Engineering s-azad@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7722348 		James Lehr Kennedy 246 Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering MS, Alfred University
BSME, Islamic Azad University
PhD, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
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Abby Clark Mechanical Engineering a-clark.5@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7721020 		James Lehr Kennedy 252 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, Ohio Northern University
PhD, Ohio State University-Main Campus
MS, Ohio State University-Main Campus
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Louis DiBerardino Mechanical Engineering l-diberardino@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7724206 		James Lehr Kennedy 228 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BSME, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Larry Funke Mechanical Engineering l-funke@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7721862 		James Lehr Kennedy 232 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, University of Dayton
PHD, University of Notre Dame
MS, University of Notre Dame
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Josh Gargac Mechanical Engineering j-gargac@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7722040 		James Lehr Kennedy 244 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, Ohio Northern University
PHD, University of Notre Dame
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Blake Hylton Mechanical Engineering j-hylton@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7722538 		James Lehr Kennedy 223A Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering MS, Purdue University-Main Campus
PhD, Purdue University-Main Campus
BS, University of Tulsa
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David Mikesell Mechanical Engineering d-mikesell@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7722386 		James Lehr Kennedy 278 Professor of Mechanical Engineering BA, Duke University
BSME, Ohio Northern University
PhD, Ohio State University-Main Campus
MS, Ohio State University-Main Campus
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Craig Murray Mechanical Engineering c-murray.3@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7722501 		James Lehr Kennedy 268 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering PHD, University of Glasgow
MENG, University of Strathclyde
BSME, University of Strathclyde
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David Sawyers Mechanical Engineering d-sawyers@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7722382 		James Lehr Kennedy 224 Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
MS, University of Notre Dame
PHD, University of Notre Dame
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Lisa Shadle Mechanical Engineering l-shadle@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7722379 		James Lehr Kennedy 223 Senior Administrative Assistant AA, The University of Findlay
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Hui Shen Mechanical Engineering h-shen@onu.edu
+1 (419) 7722380 		James Lehr Kennedy 280 Professor of Mechanical Engineering PhD, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
MS, Tongji University (同济大学)
BS, Tsinghua University (清华大学)

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