Department Chair
Douglass Henderson
Harvey D. Spangler Department Chair Professor
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, 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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Todd Allen
Grainger Institute for Engineering 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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems (WINS)
James P. Blanchard
Thomas and Suzanne Werner Professor
Contact: jake.blanchard@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2001
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: 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
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Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Jennifer Choy
Assistant Professor
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
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 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
Raymond 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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Pegasus Plasma Experiment
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
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
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: Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Experimental solid mechanics | cell mechanics | fibrous materials | optical microscopy | digital image correlation | adhesion | traction force microscopy
Raluca Scarlat
Assistant Professor
Contact: roscarlat@wisc.edu, (608) 890-4256
Also: Mechanical Engineering, 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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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 ...
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Other affiliations: Physics
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...
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Other affiliations: Mathematics
Carl R. 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
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
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Fabian Waleffe
Professor
Contact: fabian.waleffe@wisc.edu, (608) 263-3269
Research interests: Fluid dynamics, bifurcations and turbulence, scientific computing
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Other affiliations: Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics Program, Engineering Mechanics, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computation in Engineering Graduate Program
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
Courses: Click to see my courses
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
Kumar Sridharan
Distinguished Research Professor, Fellow of American Society for Materials,
Fellow of Institute of Materials, 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
Chris Johnson
Contact: cmjohnson28@wisc.edu
Research interests: Human FactorsCognitive ErgonomicsInformation TechnologySystem SaferyHuman PerformanceBehavioral ModelingSimulationBig DataUser Experience
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John Murphy
Researcher
Contact: jmurphy@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-4186
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Sonny Nimityongskul
Associate Faculty Associate
Contact: apnimityongs@wisc.edu
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Adjunct Professors
Timothy Tautges
Adjunct Professor
Contact: tautges@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-8485
Research interests: Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities and their Control, Microwave Heating, Current Drive and Diagnostics, Plasma Physics and Magnetic Confinement Fusion
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Honorary Senior Scientist
Affiliate Faculty
Mark Anderson
Assistant Professor
Contact: manderson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2802
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
Bryan Bednarz
Assistant Professor
Contact: bbednarz2@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5225
Research interests: Monte Carlo method, Proton therapy, Radiation protection
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Other affiliations: Medical Physics
Vicki Bier
Professor
Contact: bier@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-2064
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
Michael David Graham
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Harvey D. Spangler Professor
Contact: mdgraham@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3780
Also: Mechanical Engineering
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...
Daniel Ludois
Assistant Professor, Dugald C. Jackson Faculty Scholar
Contact: ludois@wisc.edu, 262-8211
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 Ma
Lynn H. Matthias Professor in Engineering & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: mazq (at) engr dot wisc dot 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...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
Franklin Miller
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
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Dane Morgan
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...
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Gregory F. Nellis
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.
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John M. Pfotenhauer
Professor
Contact: pfot@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4082
Research interests: Low temperature refrigeration, cryogenics, applied superconductivity
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Other affiliations: College of Engineering, Liquid Helium/Nitrogen Facility
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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Pavana Prabhakar
Assistant Professor, Charles G. Salmon Fellow of Structural Engineering
Contact: pprabhakar4@wisc.edu
Research interests:
Advanced manufacturing of materials - additive manufacturing of hybrid materials, Process modeling - additive manufacturing and composite fabrication, Multiscale material modeling of hierarchical m...
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Other affiliations: Polymer Engineering Center, Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory
Ian Robertson
Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering
Contact: ian.robertson@wisc.edu
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Izabela Szlufarska
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering
Contact: szlufarska@wisc.edu, (608) 265-5878
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 ...
Bruce R. Thomadsen
Professor
Contact: brthomad@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4183
Also: 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
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
Professor
Contact: vanderby@ortho.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9593
Also: Mechanical Engineering, 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
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 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 Corradini
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Contact: corradini@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1648
Also: Mechanical Engineering
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
Paul DeLuca Jr.
Professor
Contact: pmdeluca@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 265-0523
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Other affiliations: Medical Physics
Walter Drugan
Professor Emeritus
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
Frederick Elder
Adjunct Professor Emeritus
Contact: elder@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9328
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 Emeritus
Contact: hershkowitz@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4970
Research interests: Plasma etching, plasm-aided manufacturing, basic plasma physics, ICRF effects, laboratory space plasma physics
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Plasma Processing and Technology Research Consortium
Daniel C. Kammer
Professor Emeritus
Contact: kammer@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5724
Also: Mechanical Engineering
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
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
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering
Thomas Rockwell Mackie
Professor Emeritus
Contact: trmackie@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7358
Courses: Click to see my courses
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 Emeritus
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
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
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William F. Vogelsang
Professor Emeritus
Contact: vogelsang@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3374
Research interests: Reactor physics, reactor fuel cycles
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Emeritus Research Professors
Laila A. El-Guebaly
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus
Contact: laila.elguebaly@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1623
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Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
John Santarius
Research Professor Emeritus
Contact: santarius@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1694
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Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute
Mohamed Sawan
Research Professor Emeritus
Contact: sawan@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5093
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Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute