Department Chair, Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Contact: paul.wilson@wisc.edu, (608) 263-0807
Research interests: Monte Carlo methods, Nuclear fuel cycles, Energy policy, Proliferation analysis, Transmutation/depletion/activation
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Institute for Nuclear Energy Systems
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor
Contact: couet@wisc.edu, (608) 265-7955
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Nuclear Materials, Irradiation Damage, Corrosion of Metals and Alloys, Oxidation Model, Electrochemistry, Synchrotron Radiation, Defect Transport in Oxides
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Contact: csovinec@wisc.edu, (608) 263-5525
Research interests: Computational plasma physics--magnetohydrodynamics--numerical methods for partial differential equations
Other affiliations: Physics
Karen Thompson Medhi Professor
Contact: crone@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-8384
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Experimental mechanics of materials, characterization hydrogels and biomaterials, therapeutic medical devices, stem cell mechanics
Assistant Professor
Contact: sjdiem@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1414
Research interests:
Other affiliations: Pegasus Plasma Experiment, Wisconsin Energy Institute
Contact: pachecoduarte@wisc.edu, (608) 265-7955
Research interests: Safety analysisThermal-hydraulicsPost-critical heat fluxTwo-phase flow
Contact: benedikt.geiger@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3386
Research interests: Benedikt Geiger started his career at UW-Madison in February 2019 and is involved in the physics exploitation of the HSX stellarator experiment, as well as turbulence fluctuation measurements at the DIII-D and ...
Harvey D. Spangler Professor
Contact: cchegna@wisc.edu, (608) 263-0810
Research interests: Theoretical plasma physics, fusion science, magnetic confinement of plasmas, magnetohydrodynamics
Contact: lindley2@wisc.edu
Research interests: Design and analysis of advanced nuclear reactors, Reactor physics , Flexible operation of nuclear reactors: Integrated Energy Systems, cogeneration, load-following, advanced power conversion cycles, Market...
Professor
Contact: oschmitz@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1547
Research interests: Plasma Edge Physics, Plasma Wall Interaction, Three-Dimensional Plasma Edge Transport and Wall Interaction, Helicon Plasma Generation and Sustainment, Active Plasma and Neutral Spectroscopy, Plasma Sources and ...
Grainger Professor, Departments of Engineering Physics and Materials Science & Engineering; Fellow of: American Society for Materials; Institute of Materials (UK); American Nuclear Society
Contact: kumar.sridharan@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4789
Research interests: Nuclear reactor materials research and development, Irradiation effects in materials, Corrosion of materials, High temperature materials, Physical metallurgy and mechanical behavior of materials, Ion implantati...
Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Contact: yzhang2446@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3779
Research interests: Multiscale modeling and simulation:Nuclear fuels and materials , Defect thermodynamics and kinetics , Irradiation effect , Mechanical degradation , Cossion and stress corrosion cracking ...
Consolidated Papers Associate Professor
Contact: manderson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2802
Also: Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: My research covers a wide breadth of fundamental physics and applications all relating to advanced energy utilization, energy extraction and energy production with the main focus on experimental thermal h...
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
Contact: bbednarz2@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5225
Research interests: Monte Carlo method, Proton therapy, Radiation protection
Other affiliations: Medical Physics
Associate Chair of Engineering Mechanics, Professor
Contact: riccardo.bonazza@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2337
Research interests: Experimental fluid mechanics , impulsive, unsteady phenomena, shock tube applications, laser and X-ray imaging & measuring techniques
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Contact: cbronkhorst@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2586
Research interests: Theoretical/computational mechanics of materials, computational plasticity, multi-scale material modeling, damage mechanics, single crystal plasticity, dynamic material behavior, structural phase transformation...
Contact: jennifer.choy@wisc.edu, (608) 263-6974
Research interests: Quantum engineering; atomic and optical physics; nanophotonics; development and characterization of solid-state defects; quantum sensing using atoms and defects in solids; inertial navigation and timekeeping
Contact: jwengle@wisc.edu
Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Radiology
Contact: cbforest@wisc.edu
Contact: jafranck@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2562
Research interests: Computational fluid dynamics, unsteady fluid mechanics, turbulent flows, wind and tidal energy, aerodynamics, flow control, propulsion, fluid-structure interaction
Contact: kolkowitz@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2865
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Contact: lakes@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-8697
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Novel materials including composites and cellular solids, Viscoelastic materials, Biomechanics and bio-materials, Experimental characterization of materials, Extreme physical properties
Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center
Jean Van Bladel Associate Professor
Contact: ludois@wisc.edu, 262-8211
Research interests: Power electronics, Electric machines, Non-contact power transfer, Sustainable engineering technologies and practices, See Extended Homepage
Other affiliations: WEMPEC
Lynn H. Matthias Professor in Engineering & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: mazq@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 261-1095
Also: College of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Current Research Pursuits:Lattice mis-matched semiconductor heterostructures: materials, physics and related various device applications, Flexible/stretchable/wearable electronics/optoelectronics, Bioelectronic...
Associate Professor
Contact: fkmiller@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2479
Research interests: Cryogenics, Thermodynamics of Superfluid 3He-4He mixtures, Sub-Kelvin cooling for space science, Energy Systems
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering
Contact: ddmorgan@wisc.edu, (608) 265-5879
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Computational materials science for materials design, Ab initio electronic structure and multiscale methods for large time / length scales and thermokinetics, Ab initio based modeling of electrochemical systems...
William A. and Irene Ouweneel-Bascom Professor
Contact: gfnellis@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-6626
Research interests: Please visit the Solar Energy Lab web page, http://sel.me.wisc.edu/, in order to learn more about the ongoing projects.
Contact: jknotbohm@wisc.edu, (608) 890-0030
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Solid mechanics | biomechanics | cell mechanics | biomaterials | collective cell migration | optical microscopy | adhesion
Contact: pfot@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4082
Research interests: Low temperature refrigeration, cryogenics, applied superconductivity
Contact: wpporter@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1719
Research interests: Infectious disease, Toxicology, Population dynamics, Physiological ecology, Biophysical ecology
Charles G. Salmon Associate Professor
Contact: pavana.prabhakar@wisc.edu
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Damage and failure mechanics of architected composite materials; Advanced manufacturing of composite materials - additive manufacturing and composite fabrication; Design of durable and damage tolerant comp...
Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering
Contact: ian.robertson@wisc.edu
Robert Lorenz Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Contact: rothamer@wisc.edu, 608.890.2271
Research interests: Laser based diagnostics, Internal combustion engines, Soot formation, Influence of fuel properties on combustion
Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering and Department Chair
Contact: szlufarska@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1821
Research interests: Computational materials science, Mechanical behavior at the nanoscale, Defect behavior in semiconductors and insulators under irradiation, Solid/liquid interfaces, Nucleation and kinetics of medium range order ...
Contact: thevamaran@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5724
Research interests: Mechanical behavior of structured materials | Dynamic properties | Hierarchical materials | Nanomaterials | Metamaterials | Wave propagation | Experimental techniques
Contact: dthoma@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3751
Research interests: Metal additive manufacturing, Alloy design, Advanced materials for energy applications, Phase transformations for functional materials, High throughput experiments, Thermal analysis and dilatometry
Contact: mtrujillo@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0944
Research interests: General fluid mechanics and, more specifically:i) Interfacial instability and liquid breakup physics, ii) Development of spray breakup models , iii) Hybrid Volume-of-Fluid and Lagrangian-Eulerian methods f...
Contact: vanderby@ortho.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9593
Research interests: Tissue mechanics (bone, ligament, tendon, and cartilage), tissue engineering and regeneration, tissue healing, orthopedic biomechanics
Contact: fabian.waleffe@wisc.edu, (608) 263-3269
Research interests: Fluid dynamics, bifurcations and turbulence, scientific computing
Other affiliations: Mathematics and Computation in Engineering Graduate Program
Adjunct Professor
Contact: jcoenen2@wisc.edu
Research interests: Materials Research for FusionRadiation Resistant Materials, High HeatFlux Materials, Tungsten Fibre reinforced Tungsten, Self-passivating alloys, Liquid Metal Walls for fusion, Wendelstein 7-XJ...
Contact: grutzik@wisc.edu
Research interests: Solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, statistical strength methods, glassy materials, and viscoelasticity.
Contact: kspetersen@wisc.edu
Contact: tautges@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-8485
Honorary Senior Scientist
Contact: dapowers@msn.com
Associate Faculty Associate
Contact: ljplesha@wisc.edu
Contact: ahernandez2@wisc.edu
Contact: apnimityongs@wisc.edu
Teaching Faculty II
Contact: mwsracic@wisc.edu
Assistant Faculty Associate
Contact: spwilliams@wisc.edu
Professor Emeritus
Contact: said.abdelkhalik@me.gatech.edu
Research interests: Reactor engineering, reactor safety, two phase flow, and thermal hydraulics
Contact: allen@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Materials for nuclear energy system, fission reactors, nuclear fuels, energy policy, sustainability of nuclear energy
Contact: bier@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Security in the supply chains for food and agricultural products, critical infrastructure protection, security, technology hazards, risk analysis, decision analysis, operations research
Other affiliations: Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis
Contact: jbisognano@src.wisc.edu, (608) 877-2163
Research interests: Free Electron Lasers, Physics of particle beams, Accelerator physics, Theoretical analysis and simulation of collective phenomena in particle beams
Other affiliations: Synchrotron Radiation Center
Contact: jake.blanchard@wisc.edu
Also: Interdisciplinary Professional Programs
Research interests: Thermomechanical design for high heat fluxes, fusion technology, radiation damage, nuclear microbatteries
Contact: callen@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-1370
Research interests: Controlled thermonuclear fusion, theoretical and computational plasma physics, magnetic confinement of plasmas, nuclear fission
Other affiliations: Pegasus Plasma Experiment
Emeritus Reactor Director
Contact: cashwell@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3392
Research interests: Neutron activation analysis, nuclear reactor operations
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Contact: conrad@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1609
Also: Materials Science Program
Research interests: Plasma physics, plasma technology, ion beam modification of materials, ion implantation
Contact: cook@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0958
Research interests: Finite element methods, structural mechanics, stress analys
Contact: corradini@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1648
Research interests: Multi-phase fluid mechanics and heat transfer, fission and fusion reactors, nuclear reactor safety, severe accident phenomena, power plant operation and design, energy policy, nuclear fuel cycle
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Shock Tube
Contact: pmdeluca@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 265-0523
Contact: drugan (AT) engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Continuum mechanics analyses of behavior of modern materials, nonlinear fracture mechanics of ductile materials (single- and poly-crystalline) and interfaces, nonlocal constitutive models of composite materials...
Other affiliations: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Adjunct Professor Emeritus
Contact: elder@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9328
Research interests: Mechanical systems, energy systems design
Contact: emmert@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Plasma physics, fusion reactor physics, plasma-surface interactions, plasma processing
Contact: rjfonck@wisc.edu, (608) 263-7799
Research interests: Plasma & fusion science and technology, plasma turbulence, burning plasmas, tokamaks, alternative fusion schemes, atomic physics and applied optics, high temperature plasma diagnostics
Contact: henderson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-0808
Research interests: Reactor physics, radiation transport, fusion reactor technology, nuclear waste
Contact: kammer@engr.wisc.edu
Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering-Emeritus, Director, Fusion Technology In
Contact: glkulcin@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1601
Research interests: Magnetic/inertial fusion reactor systems studies, Radiation damage and nuclear materials, Near term applications of fusion energy, Lunar mining of helium-3
Contact: trmackie@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7358
Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Human Oncology, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Morgridge Institute for Research
Contact: malkus@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Applied mathematics, numerical methods in mechanics, rheology
Spangler Professor Emeritus
Contact: gregory.moses@wisc.edu, (608) 265-6567
Research interests: Nuclear reactor physics, computational engr., radiation hydrodynamics, technology enhanced learning, fusion reactor design
Contact: plesha@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5741
Also: Geological Engineering
Research interests: Finite element analysis, discrete element analysis, dynamics of geologic media, constitutive modeling of geologic discontinuity behavior, soil structure interaction modeling, continuum modeling of jointed satur...
Contact: sandor@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 255-4222
Research interests: Ancient chariots: comprehensive mechanics analysis and humanistic aspects, stress-strain in materials, fatigue and fracture of engineering materials, structures, joint systems, damage alleviation; fracture...
Other affiliations: Engineering Mechanics
Contact: schlack@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Dynamics, vibrations, astrodynamic, dynamic stability analysis, rotating shaft-disc systems, elastic spacecraft dynamics
Contact: brthomad@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4183
Also: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Research interests: Brachytherapy Physics, Radiation Dosimetry, Patient Safety
Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Human Oncology, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus
Contact: laila.elguebaly@wisc.edu
Research Professor Emeritus
Contact: santarius@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1694
Contact: sawan@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5093
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