Department Chair
Douglas Reindl
Professor, Department Chair
Contact: dreindl@wisc.edu, (608) 262-6381
Also: Mechanical Engineering
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
Marketing Director
David Peterson
Assistant Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: dmpeter5@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2813
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Railroad Engineering and Operations, Preparing to Pass the Civil P.E. Exam, Financial Administration of Continuing Education Programs, Marketing and Budgeting for Co
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Business Director
Susan Ottmann
Program Director
Contact: sottmann@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3516
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: ManufacturingLean ManufacturingQualityProgram ManagementLeadership
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Program Directors
Joy Altwies
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: altwies@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7502
Research interests: Green and High-Performance Buildings, Sustainable Construction, Building Commissioning, Commissioning Process, HVAC & R Systems, Technology Innovation and Adoption
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Sandra Anderson
Asst Faculty Associate
Contact: sandra.anderson@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2026
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Combustion, Propulsion, Thermodynamic Systesms
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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: embower@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8708
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
Associate Faculty Associate
Contact: shalini.bhat@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0320
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Andi Bill
Faculty Associate
Contact: bill@wisc.edu
Also: College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Other affiliations: Transportation Information Center, Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory
John G. Davis
Assistant Faculty Associate
Contact: jgdavis2@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8724
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Todd B. Jekel
Associate Scientist
Contact: tbjekel@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3008
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Benjamin J Jordan
Associate Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: bjordan@wisc.edu, (608) 265-4478
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
Christine Nicometo
Associate Faculty Associate
Contact: nicometo@wisc.edu, (608) 890-0800
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Jeffrey Oelke
Assistant Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: joelke@wisc.edu, (608) 890-1189
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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Ned Paschke
Program Director, Professor of Engineering Practice
Contact: ned.paschke@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4705
Also: 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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Wayne Pferdehirt
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: wayne.pferdehirt@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2361
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Project management, distance education, engineering leadership, engineering management, pollution prevention, solid waste management, recycling, technical assistance to manufacturing, environment management sys...
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Other affiliations: Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center
John Raksany
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: raksany@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-8592
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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Franklin J. Rath
Associate Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: rath@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5989
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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Kevin J. Rogers
Faculty Associate / Program Director
Contact: kevin.rogers@wisc.edu, (608) 263-0784
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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
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
James Tinjum
Associate Professor
Contact: jmtinjum@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0785
Also: Geological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research interests: Subgrade/subbase improvement and design, wind energy civil and geotechnical design, geothermal heating and cooling, unsaturated soil testing and research, rail ballast testing and research, stabilization and re...
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Distance Degree Faculty
James P. Blanchard
Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Professor
Contact: blanchard@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-0391
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 L. Davis
Professor
Contact: jldavis1@wisc.edu, (608) 262-4810
Research interests: Technical Japanese, technical Chinese
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Other affiliations: Certificate in International Engineering, Certificate in Japanese Studies for Engineering Students
Neil Duffie
Professor Emeritus
Contact: neil.duffie@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3543
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
Kevin L. Hoag
Associate Faculty Associate
Contact: hoag@wisc.edu, (210) 259-3956
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Emeritus Faculty
Thomas J. Blewett
Professor
Contact: blewett@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0936
Research interests: Industrial and small business pollution prevention, solid waste planning and management, organics management and composting, rural fuel storage systems, environmental compliance regulations
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Other affiliations: Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center
Charles E. Dorgan
Professor Emeritus
Contact: cedorgan@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0692
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
Contact: eagan@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-7429
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 Associate - Emeritus
Contact: david.liebl@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2360
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
Willis F. Long
Professor Emeritus
Contact: willis@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-1199
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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Raymond C. Matulionis
Professor Emeritus
Contact: matulionis@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-3372
Research interests: Architecture, architectural engineering, environmental design, urban development
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Philip R. O'Leary
Professor
Contact: oleary@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0493
Also: Biological Systems Engineering
Research interests: Solid waste management: landfilling, composting, recycling, groundwater quality
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Other affiliations: Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center
Stephen Pudloski
Faculty Associate/Program Director
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
Rolf Reitz
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Contact: reitz@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0145
Also: College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: Combustion, gas dynamics, sprays-motion & formation, hydrocarbon kinetics, engine fluid dynamics, computer modeling
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Howard Rosen
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: rosen@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-4341
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 Associate/Program Director Emeritus
Contact: dschramm@wisc.edu, (608) 263-7757
Research interests: Architectural lighting/daylighting, building energy systems, creativity, distance learning, disaster/refugee emergency management, international engineering, professional practice, team building
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Other affiliations: Master of Engineering in Engineering Management
Thomas W. Smith
Faculty Associate/Program Director
Contact: twsmith@wisc.edu, (608) 263-7426
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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Carl Vieth
Emeritus Faculty Associate
Contact: vieth@wisc.edu
Research interests: Educational Policy Studies, Public Health Education, Engineering Education
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