Associate Dean
Professional Development Director & Department Administrator

David Peterson
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: dmpeter5@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2813
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Director of Professional Development Programs, Railroad Engineering and Operations Program Director, Financial Administration and Marketing of Continuing Education Programs
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Program Directors

Joy Altwies
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: altwies@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7502
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Green and High-Performance Buildings, Sustainable Construction, Building Commissioning, Commissioning Process, HVAC & R Systems, Technology Innovation and Adoption
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Michael Andrie
Researcher/Program Director
Contact: mandrie@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1615
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Elaine Andrysick
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: elaine.andrysick@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8708
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Trace chemical detection for forensic applications, unique biosensors for non-traditional applications, chemical engineering unit operations including mixing, drying, separations, biotechnology, strategic R&...
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Shalini Bhat
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: shalini.bhat@wisc.edu
Also: College of Engineering

John G. Davis
Assistant Faculty Associate
Contact: jgdavis2@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8724
Also: College of Engineering
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Todd B. Jekel
Associate Scientist
Contact: tbjekel@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3008
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Benjamin J Jordan
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: bjordan@wisc.edu, (608) 265-4478
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Asphalt Pavement Condition Assesment, Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation, Concrete Pavement Condition Assesment, Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation, Snow and Ice Control and Winter Maintenance Operation...
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Other affiliations: Transportation Information Center

Mark Malkin
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: mmalkin@wisc.edu
Also: College of Engineering

Jeffrey Oelke
Assistant Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: joelke@wisc.edu, (608) 890-1189
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Business and Production Operations Process Predictability, Continuum Management, Quick Response Manufacturing, Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Performance Measu...
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Susan Ottmann
Program Director
Contact: sottmann@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3516
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Quality, Program Management, Leadership

Ned W. Paschke
Program Director, Professor of Engineering Practice
Contact: ned.paschke@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4705
Also: College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research interests: Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems, Hydraulic Analysis and Design, Pumping Facilities and Lift Stations, Energy Use in Water and Wastewater Systems, Water Reuse and Recycling, Infrastructure Asset Managemen...
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John Raksany
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: jaraksany@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8592
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Electrical power, electrical design, power systems planning, power systems reliability analysis methods, power systems maintenance, power system protection and control
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Douglas Reindl
Professor
Contact: dreindl@wisc.edu, (608) 262-6381
Also: College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: Industrial refrigeration systems and technologies, safety and process safety management, renewable energy, advanced thermal storage technologies, thermal systems, HVAC systems
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Other affiliations: Industrial Refrigeration Consortium

Kevin J. Rogers
Faculty Associate / Program Director
Contact: kevin.rogers@wisc.edu, (608) 263-0784
Also: College of Engineering
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Bulent Sarlioglu
Jean van Bladel Associate Professor
Contact: sarlioglu@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2703
Also: College of Engineering, WEMPEC, Mechanical 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: WEMPEC, Wisconsin Energy Institute
James Tinjum
Associate Professor & Director of the Geological Engineering Program
Contact: jmtinjum@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0785
Also: Geological Engineering
Research interests: environmental geotechnics including waste containment systems, energy geotechnics including heat transfer in geothermal systems and buried power cables, characterization of adv...
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Emeritus Faculty

Charles Dorgan, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Contact: cedorgan@wisc.edu
Also: Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: Energy management, manufacturing processes, laboratory design, heating and air conditioning, thermal storage energy, cogeneration, indoor air quality, productivity, refrigeration, building design
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Other affiliations: Energy Technology Center

Patrick Eagan, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Contact: peagan@wisc.edu
Also: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research interests: Professor Eagan's research interests lie in exploring frameworks that can move public and private institutions toward "sustainable development." A primary interest is how both public and private institutions wi...
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David S. Liebl
Faculty Emeritus
Contact: david.liebl@wisc.edu
Research interests: Climate change adaptation; Stormwater runoff management.
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts

Willis Long, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Contact: willis@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-1199
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Electric power systems, utility system applications of power electronic devices and circuits, power quality issues, computer analysis of power systems
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Philip R. O'Leary, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Contact: phil.oleary@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0493
Also: Biological Systems Engineering
Research interests: Solid waste management: landfilling, composting, recycling, groundwater quality
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Stephen Pudloski
Faculty Emeritus
Contact: pudloski@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-8707
Research interests: Stormwater management and engineering, traffic and parking engineering, municipal engineering, public works management
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Other affiliations: Transportation Information Center

Franklin Rath
Faculty Emeritus
Contact: fjrath@wisc.edu
Also: College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: Manufacturing and industrial engineering, ergonomics, lead-time reduction, quality systems, design through manufacture, failure mode and effects analysis, quality function deployment
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Howard Rosen, PhD
Faculty Emeritus
Contact: rosen@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-4341
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Public works infrastructure, municipal engineering, stormwater hyraulics, docks and marinas, building code, transportation research and history
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Other affiliations: National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education

Donald Schramm
Faculty Emeritus
Contact: dschramm@wisc.edu
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests:
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Other affiliations: Disaster Management Center

Thomas W. Smith
MS, Faculty Emeritus
Contact: twsmith@wisc.edu
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Management Systems applied to asset management and sustainability, Organizational strategy for asset management and sustainability, Competency Modelling, Distance Learning
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Distance Degree Faculty

James Blanchard
Professor Emeritus
Contact: jake.blanchard@wisc.edu
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)

James Davis
Professor
Contact: jldavis1@wisc.edu, (608) 262-4810
Research interests: Technical Japanese, technical Chinese
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Other affiliations: Certificate in Japanese Studies for Engineering Students

Neil A. Duffie
Professor Emeritus
Contact: neil.duffie@wisc.edu
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: Master of Engineering in Engine Systems


Frank Pfefferkorn
Professor
Contact: frank.pfefferkorn@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2668
Also: Materials Science and Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Research interests: Laser remelting-based polishing and structuring of metal alloys, Friction stir welding and processing, Friction surfacing / additive friction stir, Temperature measurement and control in manufacturing, Instrume...
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