Contact Information

For general questions and application materials, contact us by phone at (320) 308-5654 or via email at mme@stcloudstate.edu.

Mailing Address:
216 Headley Hall
St. Cloud State University
720 4th Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301

Kenneth Miller

Kenneth Miller

  • Professor
  • Department Chair
  • Ph.D., University of Southern Carolina

(320) 308-5522 | 216C Headley Hall


Mechanical engineering
Charlotte Murphy

Charlotte Murphy

  • Office Manager
Jungwon Ahn

Jungwon Ahn

  • Associate Professor
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Jeongmin Byun

Jeongmin Byun

  • Associate Professor
  • Ph.D., Purdue University

(320) 308-0148 | 107 Headley Hall


Manufacturing process, materials processing, CAD/CAM,CAPP metrology/instrumentation, precision engineering, nano-technology, and fixture/tool design, machine/tool design.
Kurt R. Helgeson

Kurt R. Helgeson

  • Professor
  • Ed.D., West Virginia University
Chuck Hentges

Chuck Hentges

  • Associate Professor
  • Ed.D., St. Cloud State University
John Holmen

John Holmen

  • Assistant Professor
  • M.S., West Virginia University

102 Headley Hall

Md Mahbub Hossain

Md Mahbub Hossain

  • Professor
  • Ph.D., University of Texas, Arlington

(320) 308-5319 | 203 Headley Hall


Integrated circuit design, semiconductor device modeling and characterization
Ling Hou

Ling Hou

  • Professor
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

(320) 308-4977 | 202 Headley Hall


Control systems
Eric Little

Eric Little

  • Associate Professor
  • Ph.D. Michigan Technological University

(320) 308-2989 | 104 Headley Hall


Mechanical engineering and engineering mechanics
John A. Mirth

John A. Mirth

  • Professor
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Gary J. Nierengarten

Gary J. Nierengarten

  • Associate Professor of Engineering Management
  • MBA, Business Administration (Operations emphasis) St. Cloud State University
  • BS, Engineering Technology, St. Cloud State University
Hiral Shah

Hiral Shah

  • Professor
  • Director, Master of Engineering Management Program
  • Ph.D., Eastern Michigan University

(320) 308-6083


Lean manufacturing, Delphi technique, curriculum development, trends and improvements in online teaching systems.
Mark Schroll

Mark Schroll

  • Assistant Professor
  • M.A., The George Washington University
Mike Sundblad

Mike Sundblad

  • Assistant Professor

103 Headley Hall

Aiping Yao

Aiping Yao

  • Professor
  • Ph.D., Beijing Institute of Technology (China)

(320) 308-3255 | 201 Headley Hall


Digital communications, wireless communication, digital signal processing, ultrasound
Yongli (Julianna) Zhao

Yongli (Julianna) Zhao

  • Professor
  • Ph.D., University of Iowa

(320) 308-5654 | 204 Headley Hall


Computational multiphase/multi-scale flow, particulate transport, particle collision and adhesion, computation methods in high speed energy production (biofuel combustion), sustainable energy systems and energy efficiency characterizations, aerosol/air pollution, nanoparticle/nanotube suspensions in spin coating, and to biotechnologies.
Yi Zheng

Yi Zheng

  • Professor
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Ph.D., Iowa State University of Science and Technology

(320) 308-3926 | 209 Headley Hall


Embedded system design and applications, EM and ultrasound sensors, EMC/EMI and signal integrity,
signal processing, ultrasound and wave propagation

Adjunct Faculty

Colin Hanson

  • Adjunct Professor
  • R&D Lab Engineer, Honeywell

Digital system, FGPA, System on Chip (SOC)

Pen Lei

  • Adjunct Professor
  • Engineer, Ecolab

Specialized in embedded systems

Alek Tomovic

  • Adjunct Professor
  • Ed.D, St, Cloud State University


Robotics, visualization