Phone: (251) 460-7889
Fax: (251) 460-6549
Email: kthsiao@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
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Office:  EGCB 204

Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2000
B.S., Naval Architecture Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1991

Research Interests:
Manufacturing Processes for Polymer Composite Materials, Nanocomposites, Hybrid Micro-fiber/Nano-particle Composites, Residual Stresses and Dimensional Tolerance of Composite Materials, Artificial Intelligence in Process Optimization/Monitoring/Control, Smart Materials, Transport Phenomena in Fuel Cell, Heat/Mass Transfer and Flow of Viscous Materials, Transport Phenomena in Porous Media

Courses Taught:
ME 135: Engineering Graphics and Communication
ME 228: Mechanical Engineering Analysis I
ME 314: Machine Component Design
ME 328: Mechanical Engineering Analysis II
ME 432: Advanced Thermodynamics
ME 520: Advanced Fluid Mechanics
ME 541: Conduction Heat Transfer
ME 551: Classical Thermodynamics
ME 582: Advanced Materials Science