Department Chair
Paul P.H. Wilson
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: Energy Analysis and Policy Certificate, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Institute for Nuclear Energy Systems
Associate Chairs
Riccardo Bonazza
Associate Chair for Faculty and Staff Development, Professor
Contact: riccardo.bonazza@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2337
Also: Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: Experimental fluid mechanics , impulsive, unsteady phenomena, shock tube applications, laser and X-ray imaging & measuring techniques
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Curt Bronkhorst
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Professor
Contact: cbronkhorst@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2586
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Theoretical/computational mechanics of materials, computational plasticity, multi-scale material modeling, damage mechanics, single crystal plasticity, dynamic material behavior, structural phase transformation...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Carl Sovinec
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Thomas and Suzanne Werner Professor
Contact: csovinec@wisc.edu, (608) 263-5525
Research interests: Computational plasma physics--magnetohydrodynamics--numerical methods for partial differential equations
Other affiliations: Physics
Faculty
Jennifer Choy
Assistant Professor
Contact: jennifer.choy@wisc.edu, (608) 263-6974
Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
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
Adrien Couet
Assistant 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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Wendy Crone
Karen Thompson Medhi Professor
Contact: crone@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-8384
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Experimental mechanics of materials, characterization hydrogels and biomaterials, therapeutic medical devices, stem cell mechanics
Stephanie Diem
Assistant Professor
Contact: sjdiem@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1414
Research interests:
- Experimental plasma physics, Magnetically confined plasmas, Microwave heating and current drive, Electron Bernstein wave emission, heating and current drive, Understanding a...
Other affiliations: Pegasus Plasma Experiment, Wisconsin Energy Institute
Jennifer Franck
Assistant Professor
Contact: jafranck@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2562
Also: Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: Computational fluid dynamics, unsteady fluid mechanics, turbulent flows, wind and tidal energy, aerodynamics, flow control, propulsion, fluid-structure interaction
Benedikt Geiger
Assistant Professor
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 ...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Chris Hegna
Harvey D. Spangler Professor
Contact: cchegna@wisc.edu, (608) 263-0810
Research interests: Theoretical plasma physics, fusion science, magnetic confinement of plasmas, magnetohydrodynamics
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Physics
Douglass Henderson
Harvey D. Spangler Professor
Contact: henderson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-0808
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Reactor physics, radiation transport, fusion reactor technology, nuclear waste
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Medical Physics
Roderic Lakes
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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center
Benjamin Lindley
Assistant Professor
Contact: lindley2@wisc.edu
Research interests: Design and analysis of advanced nuclear reactors, with emphasis on core design, Reactor physics and multiphysics methods development, Flexible operation of nuclear reactors: Integrated Energy Systems, cogenerat...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Jacob Notbohm
Harvey D. Spangler Assistant Professor
Contact: jknotbohm@wisc.edu, (608) 890-0030
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Solid mechanics | biomechanics | cell mechanics | biomaterials | collective cell migration | optical microscopy | adhesion
Oliver Schmitz
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 ...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Physics
Kumar Sridharan
Professor,
Department of Engineering Physics and Materials Science & Engineering; Fellow of American Society for Materials, Fellow of Institute of Materials (UK), Fellow of American Nuclear Society
Contact: kumar.sridharan@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4789
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Ramathasan Thevamaran
Assistant Professor
Contact: thevamaran@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5724
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Mechanical behavior of structured materials | Dynamic properties | Hierarchical materials | Nanomaterials | Metamaterials | Wave propagation | Experimental techniques
Courses: Click to see my courses
Fabian Waleffe
Professor
Contact: fabian.waleffe@wisc.edu, (608) 263-3269
Research interests: Fluid dynamics, bifurcations and turbulence, scientific computing
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics Program, Engineering Mechanics, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computation in Engineering Graduate Program
Yongfeng Zhang
Assistant Professor
Contact: yzhang2446@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3779
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Multiscale modeling and simulation:Nuclear fuels and materials , Defect thermodynamics and kinetics , Irradiation effect , Mechanical degradation , Cossion and stress corrosion cracking ...
Affiliate Faculty
Mark Anderson
Associate Professor
Contact: manderson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2802
Also: Mechanical Engineering, 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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
Bryan Bednarz
Assistant Professor
Contact: bbednarz2@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5225
Research interests: Monte Carlo method, Proton therapy, Radiation protection
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Medical Physics
Jonathan Engle
Assistant Professor
Contact: jwengle@wisc.edu
Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Radiology
Michael David Graham
Steenbock Professor of Engineering and Harvey D. Spangler Professor
Contact: mdgraham@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3780
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics
Research interests: Fluid dynamics, Locomotion of microorganisms, Blood flow at the cellular level, Dynamics of mechanically and geometrically complex objects suspended in a flowing fluid, Polymer, surfactant and suspension rholog...
Shimon Kolkowitz
Assistant Professor
Contact: kolkowitz@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2865
Other affiliations: Physics
Daniel Ludois
Jean van Bladel Associate Professor
Contact: ludois@wisc.edu, 262-8211
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics
Research interests: Power electronics, Electric machines, Non-contact power transfer, Sustainable engineering technologies and practices, See Extended Homepage
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: WEMPEC
Zhenqiang Ma
Lynn H. Matthias Professor in Engineering & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: mazq@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 261-1095
Also: College of Engineering, Engineering Physics, 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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Dane Morgan
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering
Contact: ddmorgan@wisc.edu, (608) 265-5879
Also: College of Engineering, Engineering Physics
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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
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.
Courses: Click to see my courses
John Pfotenhauer
Professor
Contact: pfot@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4082
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Low temperature refrigeration, cryogenics, applied superconductivity
Courses: Click to see my courses
Warren P. Porter
Professor
Contact: wpporter@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1719
Research interests: Infectious disease, Toxicology, Population dynamics, Physiological ecology, Biophysical ecology
Courses: Click to see my courses
Pavana Prabhakar
Charles G. Salmon Assistant Professor
Contact: pavana.prabhakar@wisc.edu
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Damage and failure mechanics of structural composite materials, life prediction of materials in extreme multi-physics environment; Advanced manufacturing of materials - additive manufacturing of hybrid material...
Courses: Click to see my courses
David Rothamer
Robert Lorenz Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Contact: rothamer@wisc.edu, 608.890.2271
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Laser based diagnostics, Internal combustion engines, Soot formation, Influence of fuel properties on combustion
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Leslie Smith
Professor
Contact: lsmith@math.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5498
Also: Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: Statistical physics, turbulence and turbulence modeling for engineering and geophysical applications, applied mathematics, stability theory and fluid dynamics, field theoretical techniques, the dynamic renormal...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Mathematics
Izabela Szlufarska
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering and Department Chair
Contact: szlufarska@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1821
Also: Engineering Physics
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 ...
Dan J Thoma
Professor and Director of the Grainger Institute for Engineering
Contact: dthoma@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3751
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics
Research interests: Metal additive manufacturing, Alloy design, Advanced materials for energy applications, Phase transformations for functional materials, High throughput experiments, Thermal analysis and dilatometry
Other affiliations: Grainger Institute for Engineering
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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Engine Research Center
Ray Vanderby
Professor
Contact: vanderby@ortho.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9593
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Tissue mechanics (bone, ligament, tendon, and cartilage), tissue engineering and regeneration, tissue healing, orthopedic biomechanics
Courses: Click to see my courses
Faculty Associates
John Murphy
Researcher
Contact: jmurphy@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-4186
Courses: Click to see my courses
Sonny Nimityongskul
Associate Faculty Associate
Contact: apnimityongs@wisc.edu
Courses: Click to see my courses
Adjunct Professors
Jan Willem Coenen
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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Timothy J. Tautges
Adjunct Professor
Contact: tautges@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-8485
Courses: Click to see my courses
Honorary Scientist
Emeritus Faculty
Said Abdel-Khalik
Professor Emeritus
Contact: said.abdelkhalik@me.gatech.edu
Research interests: Reactor engineering, reactor safety, two phase flow, and thermal hydraulics
Todd Allen
Professor Emeritus
Contact: allen@engr.wisc.edu
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Materials for nuclear energy system, fission reactors, nuclear fuels, energy policy, sustainability of nuclear energy
Courses: Click to see my courses
Vicki Bier
Professor Emeritus
Contact: bier@engr.wisc.edu
Also: Engineering Physics
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
Joseph Bisognano
Professor Emeritus
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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Synchrotron Radiation Center
James Blanchard
Professor Emeritus
Contact: jake.blanchard@wisc.edu
Also: Engineering Professional Development
Research interests: Thermomechanical design for high heat fluxes, fusion technology, radiation damage, nuclear microbatteries
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Institute for Nuclear Energy Systems
James Callen
Professor Emeritus
Contact: callen@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-1370
Research interests: Controlled thermonuclear fusion, theoretical and computational plasma physics, magnetic confinement of plasmas, nuclear fission
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Pegasus Plasma Experiment
Richard J. Cashwell
Emeritus Reactor Director
Contact: cashwell@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3392
Research interests: Neutron activation analysis, nuclear reactor operations
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor
John R. Conrad
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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Robert Cook
Professor Emeritus
Contact: cook@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0958
Research interests: Finite element methods, structural mechanics, stress analys
Courses: Click to see my courses
Michael L. Corradini
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Contact: corradini@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1648
Also: Mechanical Engineering, 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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Shock Tube
Paul DeLuca Jr.
Professor
Contact: pmdeluca@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 265-0523
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Medical Physics
Walter Drugan
Professor Emeritus
Contact: drugan (AT) engr.wisc.edu
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Frederick Elder
Adjunct Professor Emeritus
Contact: elder@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9328
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Mechanical systems, energy systems design
Gilbert Emmert
Professor Emeritus
Contact: emmert@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Plasma physics, fusion reactor physics, plasma-surface interactions, plasma processing
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Raymond Fonck
Professor Emeritus
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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Pegasus Plasma Experiment
Daniel Kammer
Professor Emeritus
Contact: kammer@engr.wisc.edu
Also: Mechanical Engineering
Research interests:
- system identification and damage detection, structural dynamics and vibration, uncertainty quantification and propagation, substructuring of systems, experimental substructuri...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
Gerald Kulcinski
Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering-Emeritus, Director, Fusion Technology In
Contact: glkulcin@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1601
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Magnetic/inertial fusion reactor systems studies, Radiation damage and nuclear materials, Near term applications of fusion energy, Lunar mining of helium-3
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Thomas Rockwell Mackie
Professor Emeritus
Contact: trmackie@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7358
Also: Engineering Physics
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Human Oncology, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Morgridge Institute for Research
David Malkus
Professor Emeritus
Contact: malkus@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Applied mathematics, numerical methods in mechanics, rheology
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center
Gregory Moses
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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Michael Plesha
Professor Emeritus
Contact: plesha@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5741
Also: Geological Engineering, Mechanical 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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Bela Sandor
Professor Emeritus
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...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Engineering Mechanics
Alois Schlack Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Contact: schlack@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Dynamics, vibrations, astrodynamic, dynamic stability analysis, rotating shaft-disc systems, elastic spacecraft dynamics
Courses: Click to see my courses
Bruce R. Thomadsen
Professor
Contact: brthomad@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4183
Also: Engineering Physics, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Research interests: Brachytherapy Physics, Radiation Dosimetry, Patient Safety
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Human Oncology, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis
Emeritus Research Professors
Laila A. El-Guebaly
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus
Contact: laila.elguebaly@wisc.edu
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
John Santarius
Research Professor Emeritus
Contact: santarius@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1694
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
Mohamed Sawan
Research Professor Emeritus
Contact: sawan@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5093
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
Department Administrators
Dina Christenson
Assistant Department Administrator
Contact: dina.christenson@wisc.edu, (608) 263-5966
Staff
Technical Staff
Tim Bohm
Senior Scientist
Contact: tim.bohm@wisc.edu, (608) 262-9312
Other affiliations: Medical Physics
Michael Bongard
Senior Scientist
Contact: mbongard@wisc.edu, (608) 262-4854
Research interests: Plasma and Fusion Science and Technology, Tokamaks / Spherical Tokamaks, Plasma Heating and Current Drive Techniques, Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium and Stability, Real-time and Plasma Control Systems, Power E...
Carl J. Martin
Researcher
Contact: cjmartin@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-3957
Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
George McKee
Senior Scientist
Contact: george.mckee@wisc.edu, (858) 455-2419
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Turbulence and Transport in Magnetically Confined PlasmasFusion EnergyOptical Spectroscopy, Atomic Physics
Jun Wang
Research Professor
Contact: jwang564@wisc.edu
Also: Engineering Physics
Research interests: Nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics and safety: nuclear power plant safety evaluation, accident tolerant fuels/cladding/coating, two-phase flow experiment and simulation, critical heat flux prediction, severe ac...
Zheng Yan
Associate Scientist
Contact: zyan5@wisc.edu, (858) 455-4513
Research interests: Turbulence and transport in magnetically confined plasmasOptical spectroscopy
Hwasung Yeom
Associate Scientist
Contact: hyeom@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2760
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: - Ceramic and Metallic Coating Technologies for Extreme Environments- Solid-state, Powder-based Manufacturing for Nuclear Applications- Neutron / Ion Irradiation and Material Characterization Techniques- Two Ph...
