Photo Display Name Department Email/Phone Office Title Degree
  Saeed Azad Mechanical Engineering s-azad@onu.edu
419-772-2348 		James Lehr Kennedy 246 Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, Islamic Azad University
MS, Alfred University
PHD, University of Cincinnati
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Abby Clark Mechanical Engineering a-clark.5@onu.edu
419-772-1020 		James Lehr Kennedy 252 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, Ohio Northern University
MS, Ohio State University (The)
PHD, Ohio State University (The)
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Louis DiBerardino Mechanical Engineering l-diberardino@onu.edu
419-772-4206 		James Lehr Kennedy 228 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, University of Illinois Urbana
MS, University of Illinois Urbana
PHD, University of Illinois Urbana
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Larry Funke Mechanical Engineering l-funke@onu.edu
419-772-1862 		James Lehr Kennedy 232 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, University of Dayton
MS, University of Notre Dame
PHD, University of Notre Dame
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Josh Gargac Mechanical Engineering j-gargac@onu.edu
419-772-2040 		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
419-772-2538 		James Lehr Kennedy 223A Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering BS, University of Tulsa
PHD, Purdue University
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David Mikesell Mechanical Engineering d-mikesell@onu.edu
419-772-2386 		James Lehr Kennedy 278 Professor of Mechanical Engineering BA, Duke University
BSME, Ohio Northern University
MS, Ohio State University (The)
PHD, Ohio State University (The)
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Craig Murray Mechanical Engineering c-murray.3@onu.edu
419-772-2501 		James Lehr Kennedy 268 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering MENG, Univ of Strathclyde Glasgow
PHD, University of Glasgow
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David Sawyers Mechanical Engineering d-sawyers@onu.edu
419-772-2382 		James Lehr Kennedy 224 Professor of Mechanical Engineering BSME, Rose Hulman Inst of Technology
MS, University of Notre Dame
PHD, University of Notre Dame
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Lisa Shadle Mechanical Engineering l-shadle@onu.edu
419-772-2379 		James Lehr Kennedy 223 Senior Administrative Assistant AA, The University of Findlay
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Hui Shen Mechanical Engineering h-shen@onu.edu
419-772-2380 		James Lehr Kennedy 280 Professor of Mechanical Engineering BS, Tsinghua University
MS, Tongi University
PHD, Penn State University

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