Faculty and Staff

Department Head and Professor
Email: Pierre.Larochelle@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2401
Office: CM 133
B.S., University of California-San Diego
M.S., University of California-Irvine
Ph.D. University of California-Irvine
 
 
 
Xuanhong An
Assistant Professor
Email: Xuanhong.An@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-219-8272
Office: CM 246B

Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Research Website

 

Jason T Ash
Associate Professor
Email: Jason.Ash@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-355-3736
Office: ME / CM #128B
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
 
Cassandra M Birrenkott
Associate Professor
Email: cassandra.Birrenkott@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2496
Office: CM 320B
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 
Secretary
Email: Brittany.Brzozowski@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2401
Office: CM 129

BS, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

 

Assistant Professor
Email: Prasoon.Diwakar@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-6704
Office: CM 320A

B. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology
M.S., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of Florida

 
Assistant Professor
Email: Joseph.JohnThalakkottor@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2434
Office: CM 317

B.T., Cochin University of Science and Technology
M.S., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of Florida

 
Instructor
Email: Ardell.Knudson@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-5114
Office: CM 320C
B.S., North Dakota State University
M.S., North Dakota State University
 
Professor of Practice
Email: aaron.lalley@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2401
Office: CM 246A
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
 
Assistant Professor/E.R. Stensaas Chair
Email: Micah.Lande@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2408
Office: CM 169

B.S., Stanford University
M.A., Stanford University
Ph.D.,  Stanford University
Research Lab Webpage

 

Instructor
Email: Mario.Lento@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2401
Office: CM 129

B.S., Florida Institute of Technology
M.S., Florida Institute of Technology

 

Senior Lecturer
Email: Peter.McKeon@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2402
Office: CM 319

B.S., University of Pittsburgh
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

 

Program Assistant I
Email: leslee.moore@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1952
Office: ME / CM 129
A.A., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
B.A., Black Hills State University
M.S.P., George Washington University
 
Senior Lecturer
Email: Joseph.Musto@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2401
Office: CM 129

B.S., Clarkson University
M.Eng., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Lecturer
Email: Daniel.Rederth@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2401
Office: CM 171
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
 
Associate Professor
Email: Albert.Romkes@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2255
Office: CM 167
M.S., Delft University of Technology
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
 
Associate Professor
Email: Khosro.Shahbazi@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1665
Office: CM 322
B.S., Sharif University
M.A.S., University of Toronto
Ph.D., University of Toronto
 
Vasilii V Tseptsura
Machinist (Equipment Technician)
Email: Vasilii.Tseptsura@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2401
Office: CM 220
 
Pearson Chair/Associate Professor
Email: Weibing.Xing@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-5170
Office: CM 172

B.S., Ningxia University
M.S., Simon Fraser University
Ph.D., Simon Fraser University

Emeritus Faculty

Gregory Buck - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Daniel F Dolan - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Paul "Doc" Gnirk - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Vojislav Kalanovic - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Lidvin Kjerengtroen - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Wayne Krause - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Michael Langerman - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering