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Department Chair

Douglass Henderson

Professor and Department Chair

Contact: henderson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-0808

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Reactor physics, radiation transport, fusion reactor technology, nuclear waste

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Other affiliations: Medical Physics

Faculty

Matt Allen

Associate Professor

Contact: msallen@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1619

Also: Mechanical 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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Todd Allen

Professor

Contact: allen@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-4083

Also: Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Materials for nuclear energy system, fission reactors, nuclear fuels, energy policy, sustainability of nuclear energy

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems (WINS)

James P. Blanchard

Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Professor

Contact: blanchard@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-0391

Also: Engineering Professional Development

Research interests: Thermomechanical design for high heat fluxes, fusion technology, radiation damage, nuclear microbatteries

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems (WINS)

Riccardo Bonazza

Professor

Contact: bonazza@engr.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

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Other affiliations: Engineering Mechanics, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering

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

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Wendy Crone

Karen Thompson Mehdi 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

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Walter Drugan

Professor

Contact: drugan (AT) engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-4572

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...

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Other affiliations: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Raymond J. Fonck

Professor

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

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Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Physics, Pegasus Plasma Experiment

Chris Hegna

Harey D. Spangler Professor

Contact: cchegna@wisc.edu, (608) 263-0810

Research interests: Theoretical plasma physics, fusion science, magnetic confinement of plasmas, magnetohydrodynamics

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Other affiliations: Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, HSX Plasma Laboratory, Pegasus Plasma Experiment, Physics

Daniel C. Kammer

Professor

Contact: kammer@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5724

Also: Mechanical Engineering

Research interests:

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Other affiliations: Center for Mathematical Science, Engineering Mechanics, Fusion Technology Institute

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

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Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center

Jacob Notbohm

Assistant Professor

Contact: jknotbohm@wisc.edu, (608) 890-0030

Also: Biomedical Engineering

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Raluca Scarlat

Assistant Professor

Contact: roscarlat@wisc.edu, (608) 890-4256

Also: Mechanical 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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Oliver Schmitz

Assistant Professor

Contact: oschmitz@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1547

Research interests: Plasma Edge Physics, Plasma Wall Interaction, Three-Dimensional Plasma Edge Transport and Wall Interaction, Active Plasma and Neutral Spectroscopy, Plasma Sources and Diagnostics

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Leslie M. Smith

Professor

Contact: lsmith@math.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3852

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...

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Other affiliations: Mathematics

Carl Sovinec

Thomas and Suzanne Werner Professor

Contact: csovinec@wisc.edu, (608) 263-5525

Research interests: Computational plasma physics--computational fluid dynamics--magnetohydrodynamics--numerical methods for partial differential equations

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Other affiliations: Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, Physics

Fabian Waleffe

Professor

Contact: waleffe@math.wisc.edu, (608) 263-3269

Research interests: Fluid dynamics, bifurcations and turbulence, scientific computing

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Other affiliations: Mathematics, Center for Mathematical Science, Engineering Mechanics

Paul P.H. Wilson

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

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems (WINS)

Robert J. Witt

Associate Professor

Contact: witt@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2760

Research interests: Computational methods in fluid and solid mechanics

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Research Professors

Mark H. Anderson

Research Professor

Contact: manderson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2802

Research interests: 737 Engineering Research Building 1500 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706Tel: 608/263-2802 Fax: 608/265-4607 E-mail: manderson@engr.wisc.edu

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems (WINS), Wisconsin Shock Tube, Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor, Wisconsin Energy Institute

Kumar Sridharan

Distinguished Research Professor, Fellow of American Society for Materials,
Fellow of Institute of Materials, London, UK

Contact: kumar@engr.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...

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Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Faculty Associates

John G. Murphy

Researcher

Contact: jmurphy@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-4186

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Affiliate Faculty

Bryan Bednarz

Assistant Professor

Contact: bbednarz2@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5225

Research interests: Monte Carlo method, Proton therapy, Radiation protection

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Vicki M. Bier

Professor

Contact: bier@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-2064

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

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Other affiliations: Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis

Paul M. DeLuca Jr.

Professor

Contact: pmdeluca@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 265-0523

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Michael D. Graham

Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Harvey D. Spangler Professor

Contact: mdgraham@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3780

Also: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics

Research interests: Applied and computational mathematics, Microstructural and multiscale simulations of complex fluids, applications to microfluidics, nanotechnology and biology, Viscoelastic and Newtonian fluid mechanics, especi...

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Daniel Ludois

Assistant Professor

Contact: ludois@wisc.edu, 262-8211

Also: Engineering Physics

Research interests: Power electronics, Electric machines, Non-contact power transfer, Sustainable engineering technologies and practices, See Extended Homepage

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium

Zhenqiang "Jack" Ma

Lynn H. Matthias Professor in Engineering & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor

Contact: mazq@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 261-1095

Also: Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: High-speed RF devices and circuits, optoelectronic devices and nanophotonics, Semiconductor materials processing and heterogeneous integration, Flexible electronics, flexible optoelectronics and flexible photon...

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Other affiliations: UW Eye Research Institute, Wisconsin Energy Institute

Franklin Miller

Assistant 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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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 methods and multiscale techniques for large time / length scales and thermokinetics, Ab initio based modeling of electrochemi...

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Gregory F. Nellis

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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Warren P. Porter

Professor

Contact: wpporter@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1719

Research interests: Infectious disease, Toxicology, Population dynamics, Physiological ecology, Biophysical ecology

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Izabela Szlufarska

Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering

Contact: szlufarska@wisc.edu, (608) 265-5878

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 ...

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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

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Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Human Oncology, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis

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

Ray Vanderby Jr.

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

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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

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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

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Other affiliations: Synchrotron Radiation Center

James D. 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

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Other affiliations: Physics, Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, HSX Plasma Laboratory, Madison Symmetric Torus, Nuclear Engineering, Pegasus Plasma Experiment

Max W. Carbon

Professor Emeritus

Contact: carbon@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2307

Research interests: Nuclear reactor safety, nuclear power

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Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering

Richard J. Cashwell

Emeritus Reactor Director

Contact: cashwell@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3392

Research interests: Neutron activation analysis, nuclear reactor operations

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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

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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

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Michael L. Corradini

Wisconsin Distinguished Professor

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

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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center, Fusion Technology Institute, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Nuclear Engineering, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor, Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems (WINS), Wisconsin Shock Tube

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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Gilbert A. Emmert

Professor Emeritus

Contact: emmert@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3374

Research interests: Plasma physics, fusion reactor physics, plasma-surface interactions, plasma processing

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Other affiliations: Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering

Noah Hershkowitz

Irving Langmuir Professor

Contact: hershkowitz@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4970

Research interests: Plasma etching, plasm-aided manufacturing, basic plasma physics, ICRF effects, laboratory space plasma physics

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Other affiliations: Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing, Nuclear Engineering, Wisconsin Plasma Processing and Technology Research Consortium

Gerald L. Kulcinski

Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering-Emeritus, Director, Fusion Technology In

Contact: kulcinsk@engr.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

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Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering

Thomas Rockwell Mackie

Professor Emeritus

Contact: trmackie@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7358

Also: Engineering Physics

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Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Human Oncology, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Morgridge Institute for Research

David S. Malkus

Professor Emeritus

Contact: malkus@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-4515

Research interests: Applied mathematics, numerical methods in mechanics, rheology

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Other affiliations: Center for Mathematical Science, Engineering Mechanics, Rheology Research Center

Gregory Moses

Spangler Professor

Contact: gregory.moses@wisc.edu, (608) 265-6567

Research interests: Nuclear reactor physics, computational engr., radiation hydrodynamics, technology enhanced learning, fusion reactor design

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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...

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Bela I. 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...

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Other affiliations: Engineering Mechanics