Department Chair
Jaal B. Ghandhi
Grainger Professor of Sustainable Energy
Contact: jaal.ghandhi@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1684
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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Faculty
Peter Adamczyk
Assistant Professor
Contact: peter.adamczyk@wisc.edu, (608) 263-3231
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Dr. Adamczyk directs the UW Biomechatronics, Assistive Devices, Gait Engineering and Rehabilitation Laboratory (UW BADGER Lab). Research interests...
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Mark H. Anderson
Research Professor
Contact: manderson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2802
Also: Engineering Physics
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...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
Melih Eriten
Associate Professor
Contact: eriten@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-4899
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Multiscale materials modeling (friction, energy dissipation, and failure in multiscale structures and systems; continuum and atomistic modeling of interfaces; dislocations; plasticity; delamination), Multiscale...
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Christian Franck
Associate Professor
Contact: cfranck@wisc.edu
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Physics
Research interests: Experimental mechanics including digital image and volume correlation methods and 3D microscopy techniques. Soft matter and cell mechanics including cellular traumatic brain injury.
Corinne Henak
Assistant Professor
Contact: chenak@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1619
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Mechanical and biological responses of cartilage to injury, Orthopedic soft tissue materials characterization, Finite element modeling
Sage L. Kokjohn
Assistant Professor
Contact: kokjohn@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1610
Research interests: High efficiency energy conversion, Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, Turbulent combustion modelling
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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Tom N. Krupenkin
Associate Professor
Contact: tnk@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Nanotechnology, Micro and nano-fluidics, Renewable energy
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Robert Lorenz
Elmer and Janet Kaiser Chair and Consolidated Papers Professor of Controls Engineering
Contact: rdlorenz@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5343
Research interests: Control of electromagnetic actuators and power electronics, Integration of sensing and control in power conversion, Physics-based multivariable control design methodologies, Design for sensing and control using...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium
Franklin Miller
Associate Professor
Contact: fkmiller@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2479
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Cryogenics, Thermodynamics of Superfluid 3He-4He mixtures, Sub-Kelvin cooling for space science, Energy Systems
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Sangkee Min
Assistant Professor
Contact: sangkee.min@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1993
Research interests: New Manufacturing Paradigm: Manufacturing for Design (MFD), Ultra-precision machining technology, Manufacturing energy efficiency and strategy, Appropriate technology, Burr minimization and prevention, Digital ...
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Other affiliations: Grainger Institute for Engineering
Dan Negrut
Mead Witter Foundation Professor
Contact: negrut@wisc.edu, (608) 265-6124
Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Computer Sciences
Research interests:
Software/Hardware Aspects Related to High Performance Computing in Engineering and Science,
Multi-physics Computer Modeling and Simulation,
Robotics,
Grap...
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Gregory F. Nellis
William A. and Irene Ouweneel-Bascom Professor
Contact: gfnellis@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-6626
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Please visit the Solar Energy Lab web page, http://sel.me.wisc.edu/, in order to learn more about the ongoing projects.
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Tim Osswald
Consolidated Papers Foundation Chair sponsored by the Mead Witter Foundation
Contact: tosswald@wisc.edu, (608) 263-9538
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Plastics Design, Extrusion, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Film Blowing, Compression Molding, Composites, Modeling and Simulation in Polymer Processing and Composites, Biopolymers, Intellectual Property, Ethi...
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Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center
Wenxiao Pan
Assistant Professor
Contact: wpan9@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4447
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Mesoscale Modeling, Numerical Methods, Scientific Computing, High Performance Computing, Lagrangian particle-based numerical methods, Complex Fluids, Multiphase Flows, Soft Matter, Energy Storage Materials, Mat...
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Benjamin Peherstorfer
Assistant Professor
Contact: peherstorfer@wisc.edu, (608) 265-6781
Research interests: Numerical analysis, computational statistics, scientific computing, model reduction, inverse problems, Bayesian inference, machine learning, high-dimensional problems, sparse grids
Other affiliations: Grainger Institute for Engineering, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Frank E. Pfefferkorn
Associate Professor
Contact: frank.pfefferkorn@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2668
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Laser polishing and structuring, Friction stir welding and processing, Temperature measurement and control in manufacturing, Tool-chip interface temperature measurement, Additive-subtractive manufacturing of me...
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
John M. Pfotenhauer
Professor
Contact: pfot@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4082
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Low temperature refrigeration, cryogenics, applied superconductivity
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Other affiliations: College of Engineering, Liquid Helium/Nitrogen Facility
Heidi-lynn Ploeg
Associate Professor
Contact: ploeg@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-2690
Research interests: Bone modelling and remodelling, orthopaedic implant design and analysis, biomechanics of joints, finite element analysis, fatigue of materials
Xiaoping Qian
Professor
Contact: qian@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1925
Research interests: Multi-physics topology optimization, shape optimization, Design for additive manufacturing, Computational design
Alejandro Roldan-alzate
Assistant Professor
Contact: roldan@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3696
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Cardiovascular fluid dynamics, Medical imaging based computational fluid dynamics, Patient specific in vitro experiments, Patient specific virtual surgery, In vivo and In vitro 4D flow MRI, Particle Image Veloc...
David A. Rothamer
Associate Professor
Contact: rothamer@wisc.edu, 608.890.2271
Research interests: Laser based diagnostics, Internal combustion engines, Soot formation, Influence of fuel properties on combustion
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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Shiva Rudraraju
Assistant Professor
Contact: shiva.rudraraju@wisc.edu
Research interests: Computational Mechanics, Multiphysics (Mechanics and Transport), Biophysics, Finite Element Method, IGA, High performance computing.
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Other affiliations: Grainger Institute for Engineering
Stephan Rudykh
Assistant Professor
Contact: rudykh@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8193
Research interests: Mechanics of soft materials, elastic instabilities, micromechanics, 3D-printing of soft materials, soft biological and bio-inspired materials, acoustic/elastic metamaterials, waves in soft matter, active materi...
Christopher J. Rutland
Phil and Jean Myers Professor
Contact: rutland@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5853
Research interests: Computational fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion, and spray modeling for IC engines, turbulent reacting flows, large eddy simulation, IC engine aftertreatment modeling
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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Scott T. Sanders
Professor
Contact: stsanders@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3540
Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research interests: Swept-wavelength sources, advanced spectrometers, hyperspectral imaging, optical sensors, piston and aeropropulsion engines
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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Vadim Shapiro
Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor
Contact: vshapiro@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3591
Also: Computer Sciences
Research interests: Model-Based Engineering, Digital design, manufacturing, and simulation, Geometric, solid, and physical modeling, Cyber-physical systems
Other affiliations: Spatial Automation Laboratory
Krishnan Suresh
Phil and Jean Myers Professor
Contact: ksuresh@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3594
Research interests: Topology Optimization, Design for Additive Manufacturing, Computational Mechanics, High-Peformance Computing, Advanced Finite Element Analysis, Finite Element Mesh Generation
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Darryl Thelen
Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor
Contact: dgthelen@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1902
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Simulation of musculoskeletal dynamics, Mechanics and control of movement, Neuromuscular adaptation with age, injury and disease, Imaging of soft tissue mechanics, Application of biomechanics in orthopedics and...
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Other affiliations: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Mario F. Trujillo
Associate Professor
Contact: mtrujillo@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0944
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Modeling and Simulation of two-phase flows including:i) Liquid sprays in a crossflow (desuperheating and Urea SCR applications), ii) Liquid breakup and particle advection dynamics, iii) Multiple droplet impinge...
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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Lih-sheng Turng
Kuo K. and Cindy F. Wang Professor, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: turng@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0586
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Injection molding and innovative plastics manufacturing processes, bio-based polymers and tissue engineering scaffolds, microcellular injection molding (MuCell process), nanocomposites and electro-active polyme...
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Michael Zinn
Associate Professor
Contact: mzinn@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2893
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Minimally-invasive medical robotics, Haptics and haptic devices, Robotic actuation technology and controls, Human-centered robotics
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Lecturers and Faculty Associates
Arganthael Berson
Faculty Associate
Contact: berson2@wisc.edu, (608) 890-4646
Research interests: Multiphase flow and flow at interfaces; Evaporation driven self-assembly; Advanced flow diagnostic techniques (PIV, hot-wire anemometry, high-speed microscopy ...); Energy systems (fuel cells, thermoacoustics, ...
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Glenn Bower
Faculty Associate
Contact: grbower@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 576-3979
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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Michael Cheadle
Lecturer and Senior Design Program Coordinator
Contact: mcheadle@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3951
Research interests: Cryogenics, Superconducting Power Transmission, Energy Systems, Hybrid Solar Lighting
Kristofer Michael Dressler
Lecturer
Contact: dressler@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2579
Research interests: Fluid Mechanics, Drag Reduction, Wall shear measurents, Two-phase and annular flow, Waves and wave mechanics, Geophysical fluid mechanics
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Andrew Mikkelson
Associate Faculty Associate
Contact: mikkelso@cae.wisc.edu, (608) 890-4897
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Jason Oakley
Assistant Scientist, Lecturer
Contact: oakley@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-8832
Also: Engineering Physics
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Erick L. Oberstar
P.E., Associate Faculty Associate, Mechatronics Lab Manager/Engineer
Contact: oberstar@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-6446
Research interests: Integration of Electrical, Mechanical, Software, & Control Engineering disciplinesEmbedded Systems, Real-Time Controls, Instrumentation, Automation, Robotics, Control Algorithms, Signal Processing, Image Pr...
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Other affiliations: Mechatronics Laboratory, Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
Jeffrey Roessler
Lecturer
Contact: roessler@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-4815
Research interests: Distance Education, Computer-Aided-Design, Engineering Graphics
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Faculty Affiliates
Matt Allen
Associate Professor
Contact: msallen@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1619
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Dynamics, vibrations and controls, micro/nano systems, uncertainty and stochastic systems, linear/nonlinear system identification, model reduction/substructuring
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Riccardo Bonazza
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
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Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Tracey Holloway
Professor
Contact: taholloway@wisc.edu
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Other affiliations: Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Daniel Kammer
Professor Emeritus
Contact: kammer@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5724
Research interests:
- system identification and damage detection, structural dynamics and vibration, uncertainty quantification and propagation, substructuring of systems, experimental substructuri...
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Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
Christopher Luzzio
Associate Professor
Contact: luzzio@neurology.wisc.edu, (608) 287-2093
Research interests: Mechanical Assistive DevicesHydrocephalus Shunt Valves
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Jacob Notbohm
Assistant Professor
Contact: jknotbohm@wisc.edu, (608) 890-0030
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Experimental solid mechanics | cell mechanics | fibrous materials | optical microscopy | digital image correlation | adhesion | traction force microscopy
Douglas Reindl
Professor, Department Chair
Contact: dreindl@wisc.edu, (608) 262-6381
Research interests: Industrial refrigeration systems and technologies, safety and process safety management, refrigeration system modeling, advanced thermal storage technologies, energy, HVAC systems
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Other affiliations: Industrial Refrigeration Consortium
Bulent Sarlioglu
Associate Professor
Contact: sarlioglu@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2703
Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research interests: Electric machines, drives, power electronics, Electric actuation systems, Automotive, aerospace, naval and renewable energy applications, Complex and interdisciplinary power system architecture
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
Raluca Scarlat
Assistant Professor
Contact: roscarlat@wisc.edu, (608) 890-4256
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Heat and mass transport, nuclear reactor safety, thermal-hydraulics, fluoride-salt cooled high temperature reactors (FHR), tritium transport and salt electrochemistry, salt freezing and overcooling transients, ...
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James Jay Schauer
Professor
Contact: jjschauer@wisc.edu, (608) 262-4495
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research interests: I am interested in developing measurement and chemical characterization tools to quantitatively understand the origin and impacts of air pollution. These tools are desgined to address the impacts of air p...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Emeritus Faculty
Norman H. Beachley
Professor Emeritus
Contact: beachley@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-6142
Research interests: Mechanical design, mechanical energy storage, fluid power systems, continuously variable transmissions, automotive engineering
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William A. Beckman
Ouweneel-Bascom Professor Emeritus
Contact: wbeckman@wisc.edu, (608) 335-4401
Research interests: Solar energy applications, radiation heat transfer, systems analysis, computer simulation-solar processes, energy load calculation
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Other affiliations: Solar Energy Laboratory
John G. Bollinger
John Bascom Professor Emeritus
Contact: jgbollinger@sbcglobal.net, (608) 233-5404
Research interests: Dynamic behavior of machine tool drive systems
Position control for automatic welding
Noise generation/noise control in product design
Machine tool structure control dynamics
Dynamic loads i...
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Michael Corradini
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Contact: corradini@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1648
Also: Engineering Physics
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
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Shock Tube
Marvin F. Devries
Professor Emeritus
Contact: devries@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-2557
Research interests: Metal-cutting processes, computer-integrated manufacturing, manufacturing systems
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Neil Duffie
Professor Emeritus
Contact: neil.duffie@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3543
Also: Engineering Professional Development
Research interests: Robotics, computer control, manufacturing process automation, dynamics and robustness of production planning and control, distributed system control, manufacturing systems, manufacturing logistics, computer-int...
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Master of Engineering in Engine Systems
Frederick Elder
Adjunct Professor Emeritus
Contact: elder@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9328
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Mechanical systems, energy systems design
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Roxann L. Engelstad
Stephen P. Timoshenko Professor and Bernard A. & Frances M. Weideman Professor
Contact: engelsta@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5745
Research interests: Structural dynamics, nonlinear vibrations, mechanical design, computer modeling and simulation
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Other affiliations: Center for NanoTechnology, Computational Mechanics Center, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Patrick V. Farrell
Professor Emeritus
Contact: null@nowhere.net
Research interests: Fluid mechanics, optical diagnostics, combustion, heat transfer
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Other affiliations: Computer-aided Engineering, Engine Research Center
David Foster
Phil and Jean Myers Professor Emeritus
Contact: foster@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1617
Research interests: Thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, internal combustion engines, combustion kinetics, emission formation, optical diagnostics in engines
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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Frank Fronczak
Professor Emeritus
Contact: fronczak@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 231-1660
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Biomedical equipment design, hydraulics, fluid power systems, machine design, product design, rehabilitative and assistive technology
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Kent Hobson
Adjunct Assistant Professor Emeritus
Contact: hobson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2893
Research interests: Computer graphics, geometric modeling, computer-aided design, architectural and engineering graphics
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Sanford Klein
Ouweneel-Bascom Professor Emeritus
Contact: klein@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5626
Research interests: Solar energy applications, thermodynamics, heat transfer, conservation, simulation methods, educational software, sorption processes
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Other affiliations: Solar Energy Laboratory
Edward G. Lovell
Professor Emeritus
Contact: lovell@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0944
Research interests: Structural mechanics, stress analysis , pressure vessels, thermal stresses, micromechanical sensors, buckling, vibrations
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Other affiliations: Computational Mechanics Center, Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics
Vladimir Lumelsky
Professor Emeritus
Contact: vjlumels at wisc.edu
Research interests: Pattern recognition, computer vision, Kinematics, dynamics, Control theory, industrial automation, Sensor-based intelligent systems, Human spatial reasoning, human-robot interaction, Navigation, localization, a...
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Jay Martin
Professor Emeritus
Contact: martin@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9460
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science Program
Research interests: Research, Design, and Product Development - Assistive Technology, Access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and Careers for Individuals with Disabilities, Formative Assessment Methods...
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Other affiliations: Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology
Wayne D. Milestone
Professor Emeritus
Contact: mileston@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0023
Research interests: Mechanical design, machine design, innovation and creativity, stress & fatigue analysis, fretting-fatigue, fasteners, hybrid and hybrid electric vehicles
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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
John W. Mitchell
Elmer R. and Janet A. Kaiser Professor Emeritus
Contact: mitchell@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5972
Research interests: Convective heat transfer, solar energy applications, energy utilization, bulding HVAC systems
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Other affiliations: Solar Energy Laboratory
Glen E. Myers
Professor Emeritus
Contact: myers@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0225
Research interests: Conduction heat transfer, numerical methods (finite differences, finite elements), thermodynamics
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David R. Otis
Professor Emeritus
Contact: otis@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3591
Research interests: Energy storage, heat transfer, fluid dynami
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Kenneth W. Ragland
Professor Emeritus
Contact: ragland@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-3231
Research interests: Fluid dynamics, combustion processes, bioenergy, air pollution control
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Rolf Reitz
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Contact: reitz@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0145
Also: College of Engineering, Engineering Professional Development
Research interests: Combustion, gas dynamics, sprays-motion & formation, hydrocarbon kinetics, engine fluid dynamics, computer modeling
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Robert Rowlands
Professor
Contact: rowlands@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3205
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Laser applications to mechanics, composite and advanced materials, digital image analysis, structural mechanics, experimental mechanics and stress analysis
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory
John J. Uicker
Professor Emeritus
Contact: uicker@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0225
Research interests: Kinematics, mechanical system dynamics, solid modeling, simulation of solidification in metal castings, simulation of multi-body dynamic systems
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