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Department Chair

Darryl G. Thelen

John Bollinger Chair of Mechanical Engineering
& Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor

Contact: dgthelen@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1902

Also: College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Dynamics and control of human movement, Wearable sensors in biomechanics, Neuromuscular adaptation with age, injury and disease, Imaging of soft tissue mechanics, Application of biomechanics in orthopedics, reh...

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Other affiliations: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Faculty - Biomechanics

Peter Adamczyk

Mead Witter Foundation Associate Professor

Contact: peter.adamczyk@wisc.edu, (608) 263-3231

Also: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests: Dr. Adamczyk directs the UW Biomechatronics, Assistive Devices, Gait Engineering and Rehabilitation Laboratory (UW BADGER Lab). Research interests...

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Christian Franck

Bjorn Borgen Professor

Contact: cfranck@wisc.edu, (608) 265-8481

Also: Biomedical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: Experimental mechanics including digital image and volume correlation methods and 3D microscopy techniques. Soft matter and cell mechanics including cellular traumatic brain injury.

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Corinne Henak

Assistant Professor

Contact: chenak@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1619

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Mechanical and biological responses of cartilage to injury, Orthopedic soft tissue materials characterization, Finite element modeling

Other affiliations: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Jacob Notbohm

Associate Professor

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

Also: Biomedical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Alejandro Roldan-Alzate

Associate Professor

Contact: roldan@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3696

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Cardiovascular fluid dynamics, Medical imaging based computational fluid dynamics, Patient specific in vitro experiments, Patient specific virtual surgery, In vivo and In vitro 4D flow MRI, Particle Image Veloc...

Josh Roth

Assistant Professor

Contact: jdroth2@wisc.edu

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Research in the lab utilizes a combination of experimental and computational methodologies and falls under three primary themes: 1. Transform the planning of personalized treatments for m...

Other affiliations: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Faculty - Advanced Manufacturing

Lianyi Chen

Charles Ringrose Associate Professor

Contact: lianyi.chen@wisc.edu, (608) 890-0664

Also: Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Additive manufacturing, metals design based on nanoelements, in-situ characterization, autonomous metals design and manufacturing, advanced materials and manufacturing techologies for fusion energy

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Sangkee Min

Associate Professor
Grainger Institute for Engineering Faculty Scholar

Contact: sangkee.min@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1993

Research interests: New Manufacturing Paradigm: Manufacturing for Design (MFD), Ultra-precision machining technology, Manufacturing energy efficiency and strategy, Appropriate technology, Burr minimization and prevention, Digital ...

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Other affiliations: Grainger Institute for Engineering

Tim Osswald

Kuo K. and Cindy F. Wang Professor

Contact: tosswald@wisc.edu, (608) 263-9538

Also: Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Plastics Design, Extrusion, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Film Blowing, Compression Molding, Composites, Modeling and Simulation in Polymer Processing and Composites, Biopolymers, Intellectual Property, Ethi...

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Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center

Frank Pfefferkorn

Professor
and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Contact: frank.pfefferkorn@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2668

Also: Materials Science and Engineering, Interdisciplinary Professional Programs, 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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Pavana Prabhakar

Charles G. Salmon Associate Professor

Contact: pavana.prabhakar@wisc.edu

Also: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Damage and failure mechanics of architected composite materials; Advanced manufacturing of composite materials - additive manufacturing and composite fabrication; Design of durable and damage tolerant comp...

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Lih-Sheng Turng

Consolidated Papers Foundation Professor sponsored by the Mead Witter Foundation

Contact: turng@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0586

Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Injection molding and innovative plastics manufacturing processes, bio-based polymers and tissue engineering scaffolds, microcellular injection molding (MuCell process), nanocomposites and electro-active polyme...

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Faculty - Computation & Data-Driven Engineering

Kate Fu

Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Associate Professor

Contact: kate.fu@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2779

Research interests: CAE & Design, Innovation, Creativity, Design Theory and Methodology, Computational Design Tools, Design Science, Design Co...

Ying Li

Associate Professor

Contact: yli2562@wisc.edu, (608) 265-0577

Also: Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Mechanics of Materials, Polymer Physics, Soft Matter, Computational Mechanics, Computational Materials Science, Multiscale Modeling, Molecular Dynamics, Biomedical Systems, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Artifi...

Dan Negrut

Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor

Contact: negrut@wisc.edu, (608) 772-0914

Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Computer Sciences

Research interests:

Computer modeling and simulation of robots and autonomous vehicles, high performance computing, fluid-solid interaction

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Wenxiao Pan

Associate Professor

Contact: wpan9@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4447

Also: College of Engineering

Research interests: Machine Learning-enhanced Modeling and Simulation, Data-driven Model Order Reduction, Quantum Computing, Complex Fluids, Fluid-solid Interactions, Soft Matter, Solid Materials, Energ...

Xiaoping Qian

Elmer R. and Janet Ambach Kaiser Professor
and Associate Chair for Research

Contact: qian@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1925

Research interests:

Topology optimization and shape optimization for multi-physics systems,

Optimal design of thermofluid systems,

Design for additive manufacturing,

Computer...

Krishnan Suresh

Mead Witter Foundation Professor

Contact: ksuresh@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3594

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: Topology Optimization, Design for Additive Manufacturing, Computational Mechanics, High-Peformance Computing, Advanced Finite Element Analysis, Finite Element Mesh Generation

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Jinlong Wu

Assistant Professor

Contact: jinlong.wu@wisc.edu

Also: College of Engineering

Research interests: Scientific Machine Learning, Bayesian Inference, Data Assimilation, Dynamical Systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Stochastic Processes, Uncertainty Quantification

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Faculty - Energy Systems

Mark H. Anderson

Consolidated Papers Associate Professor

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

Also: Nuclear Engineering and 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...

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute

Jaal Ghandhi

Grainger Professor of Sustainable Energy

Contact: jaal.ghandhi@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1684

Research interests: Internal combustion engines, laser diagnostics, turbulent flow

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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

Eric Kazyak

Assistant Professor

Contact: kazyak@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2580

Research interests: Energy and Sustainability, Batteries/energy storage, Electrochemistry, Operando and In situ characterization, Interfacial engineering, Atomic layer deposition, Earth-abundant mate...

Sage Kokjohn

Phil and Jean Myers Professor

Contact: kokjohn@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1610

Research interests: High efficiency energy conversion, Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, Turbulent combustion modelling

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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

Tom Krupenkin (currently on leave)

Associate Professor

Contact: tnk@engr.wisc.edu

Research interests: Nanotechnology, Micro and nano-fluidics, Renewable energy

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Allison Mahvi

Assistant Professor

Contact: allison.mahvi@wisc.edu, (608) 890-1435

Research interests: Thermal energy storage materials and systems, high-efficiency thermal systems, HVAC systems, two-phase fluid dynamics and heat transfer

Luca Mastropasqua

Assistant Professor

Contact: luca.mastropasqua@wisc.edu

Research interests: Sustainable electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems, Electrochemistry, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen, Sustainable fuels and commodities electrochemical manufacturing, Industrial decarbonization, Carbon Cap...

Franklin Miller

Associate Professor

Contact: fkmiller@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2479

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: Cryogenics, Thermodynamics of Superfluid 3He-4He mixtures, Sub-Kelvin cooling for space science, Energy Systems

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Gregory F. Nellis

William A. and Irene Ouweneel-Bascom Professor

Contact: gfnellis@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-6626

Also: Nuclear Engineering and 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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James Pikul

Leon and Elizabeth Janssen Associate Professor

Contact: jpikul@wisc.edu, (608) 265-0613

Also: Materials Science and Engineering

Douglas T. Reindl

Professor

Contact: dreindl@wisc.edu, (608) 262-6381

Also: Interdisciplinary Professional Programs

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

David A. Rothamer

Robert Lorenz Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean for Research

Contact: rothamer@wisc.edu, 608.890.2271

Also: College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: Laser based diagnostics, Internal combustion engines, Soot formation, Influence of fuel properties on combustion

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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

Scott Sanders

Professor

Contact: stsanders@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3540

Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests: My group develops optical instrumentation and sensors that help solve critical problems in diverse areas including energy, manufacturing, and health. Ongoing projects include:High-speed laser gas thermome...

Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

Eric Tervo

Assistant Professor

Contact: tervo@wisc.edu, +16082656979

Also: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Research interests: Semiconductor materials and devices, Thermal and luminescent electromagnetic radiation, Solid-state thermal energy conversion devices, Solar energy conversion, Energy policy and economics

Dakotah Thompson

Assistant Professor

Contact: drthompson@wisc.edu, (404) 944-4581

Research interests: Thermal energy transport and conversion, Calorimetry, Nanofabrication

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Mario Trujillo

Professor

Contact: mtrujillo@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0944

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: General fluid mechanics and, more specifically:i) Interfacial instability and liquid breakup physics, ii) Development of spray breakup models , iii) Hybrid Volume-of-Fluid and Lagrangian-Eulerian methods f...

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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

Michael J. Wagner

Assistant Professor

Contact: mjwagner2@wisc.edu, +16088901910

Research interests: Renewable technology systems modeling and simulation, Energy storage dispatch optimization , High-temperature power generation technology design, Concentrating optics, Hybrid generation systems, Batte...

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute

Faculty - Robotics, Controls & Sensing

Yunus Alapan

Assistant Professor

Contact: alapan@wisc.edu

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Alapan's research group works at the interface of robotics, microtechnology and bioengineering, developing soft micro-robots inspired by nature for healthcare applications. The overarching theme of Alapan...

Joseph B Andrews

Assistant Professor

Contact: joseph.andrews@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5343

Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests: Printed and flexible electronics, Electronically transduced biosensors, Print process control systems, Electronics from nanomaterials, Sensor design and validation, Distributed sensing arrays

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Wei Wang

Assistant Professor

Contact: wwang745@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2471

Also: College of Engineering

Research interests: Marine Robots, Bioinspired Robots, Modular Robots, Dynamics and Control, Underwater Perception

Michael Wehner

Assistant Professor

Contact: wehner2@wisc.edu, (608) 265-4459

Research interests: Robotics, embodied intellignece, machine interaction, soft systems, microfluidics, soft lithography, wearables, rehabilitation

Xiaobin Xiong

Assistant Professor

Contact: xiaobin.xiong@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3591

Also: College of Engineering

Research interests: -Legged Locomotion
-Bipedal and Humanoid Robots
-Dynamics and Control
-Robot Design
-Optimization and Data-Driven Control

Xiangru Xu

Assistant Professor

Contact: xiangru.xu@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2690

Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests: Control theory, Autonomy, Cyber-physical systems, Artificial Intelligence,

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Lei Zhou

Assistant Professor

Contact: lei.zhou@wisc.edu, (608) 262-9873

Also: WEMPEC, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests: Precision mechatronics, Control engineering, Electric machine design and control, Robotic actuation, Precision machine design

Michael Zinn

Associate Professor
and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Contact: mzinn@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2893

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Haptic interfaces and control, Robotic actuation technoloty and controls, Physical human-robot interaction design and control, Continuum and soft robotics, Minimally-invasive medical robotics, Manufacturing and...

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Faculty - Solid & Fluid Mechanics

Riccardo Bonazza

Associate Chair of Engineering Mechanics, Professor

Contact: riccardo.bonazza@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2337

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

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

Curt Bronkhorst

Professor

Contact: cbronkhorst@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2586

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, 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...

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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

Melih Eriten

Associate Professor

Contact: eriten@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-4899

Also: Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Multiscale materials modeling (friction, energy dissipation, and failure in multiscale structures and systems; continuum and atomistic modeling of interfaces; dislocations; plasticity; delamination), Multiscale...

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Jennifer Franck

Assistant Professor

Contact: jafranck@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2562

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: Computational fluid dynamics, unsteady fluid mechanics, turbulent flows, wind and tidal energy, aerodynamics, flow control, propulsion, fluid-structure interaction

Shiva Rudraraju

Assistant Professor
Grainger Institute for Engineering Faculty Scholar

Contact: shiva.rudraraju@wisc.edu

Research interests: Computational Mechanics, Multiphysics (Mechanics and Transport), Biophysics, Finite Element Method, IGA, High performance computing.

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Other affiliations: Grainger Institute for Engineering

Ramathasan Thevamaran

Assistant Professor

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

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering

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Fabian Waleffe

Professor

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

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

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

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Other affiliations: Mathematics and Computation in Engineering Graduate Program

Teaching Professors

Arganthael Berson

Assistant Teaching Professor

Contact: berson2@wisc.edu, (608) 890-4646

Research interests: Multiphase flow and flow at interfaces; Evaporation driven self-assembly; Advanced flow diagnostic techniques (PIV, hot-wire anemometry, high-speed microscopy ...); Energy systems (fuel cells, thermoacoustics, ...

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Michael Cheadle

Assistant Teaching Professor and Senior Design Program Coordinator

Contact: mcheadle@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3951

Research interests: Cryogenics, Superconducting Power Transmission, Energy Systems, Hybrid Solar Lighting

Jennifer Detlor

Assistant Teaching Professor

Contact: detlor@wisc.edu

Lennon Rodgers

Director of the Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Labs, Associate Teaching Professor

Contact: lennon.rodgers@wisc.edu

Also: College of Engineering

Graham Wabiszewski

Assistant Teaching Professor

Contact: gwabiszewski@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7337

Lecturers and Teaching Faculty

Glenn Bower

Teaching Faculty III, Scientist III

Contact: grbower@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 576-3979

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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

Michael De Cicco

Teaching Faculty II

Contact: mdecicco@wisc.edu, (608) 890-1975

Antonio Hernandez

Teaching Faculty II

Contact: ahernandez2@wisc.edu

Randy Jackson

Lecturer

Contact: rsjackson3@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2110

Research interests:

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Andrew Mikkelson

Teaching Faculty II

Contact: mikkelso@cae.wisc.edu, (608) 890-4897

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Sonny Nimityongskul

Teaching Faculty II

Contact: apnimityongs@wisc.edu

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Jason Oakley

Assistant Scientist, Lecturer

Contact: oakley@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-8832

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Mike Sracic

Teaching Faculty II

Contact: mwsracic@wisc.edu

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Faculty Affiliates

Michael Gleicher

Professor

Contact: gleicher@cs.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2874

Also: Computer Sciences

Research interests: My research these days is mainly about robotics and data science. With both, I am interested in how we can make them useful for people.

Michael Graham

Steenbock Professor of Engineering and Harvey D. Spangler Professor

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

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...

Kreg Gruben

Professor

Contact: gruben@education.wisc.edu, (608) 262-2711

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Biomechanics, motor control, human locomotion

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Other affiliations: Kinesiology

Tracey Holloway

Professor

Contact: taholloway@wisc.edu

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Other affiliations: Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Sebastian Kube

Assistant Professor

Contact: sebastian.kube@wisc.edu

Research interests: Autonomous materials discovery, Refractory alloys for extreme environments, Glass forming ability and structure of metallic liquids, Rapid solidification processing, Lab automation for high-throughput experimen...

Daniel Ludois

Jean Van Bladel Associate Professor and H.I. Romnes Fellow

Contact: ludois@wisc.edu, 262-8211

Also: Nuclear Engineering and 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: WEMPEC

Christopher Luzzio

Associate Professor

Contact: luzzio@neurology.wisc.edu, (608) 287-2093

Research interests: Mechanical Assistive DevicesHydrocephalus Shunt Valves

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Chu Ma

Assistant Professor, Grainger Institute Fellow

Contact: chu.ma@wisc.edu

Research interests: Acoustic functional materials, Biomedical ultrasonic imaging, Non-destructive testing, Computational imaging

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Nimish Pujara

Assistant Professor

Contact: npujara@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8735

Also: Freshwater and Marine Sciences, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

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Bulent Sarlioglu

Professor

Contact: sarlioglu@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2703

Also: College of Engineering, WEMPEC, Interdisciplinary Professional Programs

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: Wisconsin Energy Institute

James Jay Schauer

Professor

Contact: jjschauer@wisc.edu, (608) 262-4495

Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Research interests: I am interested in developing measurement and chemical characterization tools to quantitatively understand the origin and impacts of air pollution. These tools are desgined to address the impacts of air p...

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

Kevin J. Shinners

Professor

Contact: kjshinne@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 263-0756

Also: Engineering Development Office

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Dan J Thoma

Professor

Contact: dthoma@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3751

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: Autonomous materials Research, Metal additive manufacturing, Alloy design and development, Advanced materials for energy applications, Phase transformations for functional materials, Thermal analysis and dilato...

Giri Venkataramanan

Keith and Jane Morgan Nosbusch Engineering Education Professor

Contact: giri@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-4479

Also: WEMPEC

Research interests: A selected list of recent research projects directed by Dr. Venkataramanan is shown below:1. Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium - I direct gene...

Colleen Witzenburg

Jane R. and Jack G. Mandula Assistant Professor

Contact: witzenburg@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3332

Research interests:

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Other affiliations: Pediatrics

Emeritus Faculty

William A. Beckman

Ouweneel-Bascom Professor Emeritus

Contact: wbeckman@wisc.edu, (608) 335-4401

Research interests: Solar energy applications, radiation heat transfer, systems analysis, computer simulation-solar processes, energy load calculation

Other affiliations: Solar Energy Laboratory

Marvin F. Devries

Professor Emeritus

Contact: devries@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-2557

Research interests: Metal-cutting processes, computer-integrated manufacturing, manufacturing systems

Neil 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: Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Frederick Elder

Adjunct Professor Emeritus

Contact: elder@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9328

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: Mechanical systems, energy systems design

Roxann Engelstad

Stephen P. Timoshenko Professor Emeritus and
Bernard A. & Frances M. Weideman Professor Emeritus

Contact: engelsta@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5745

Research interests: Structural dynamics, nonlinear vibrations, mechanical design, computer modeling and simulation

Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Patrick Farrell

Professor Emeritus

Contact:

Research interests: Fluid mechanics, optical diagnostics, combustion, heat transfer

Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

David Foster

Phil and Jean Myers Professor Emeritus

Contact: foster@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1617

Research interests: Thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, internal combustion engines, combustion kinetics, emission formation, optical diagnostics in engines

Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

Frank Fronczak

Professor Emeritus

Contact: fronczak@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 231-1660

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Biomedical equipment design, hydraulics, fluid power systems, machine design, product design, rehabilitative and assistive technology

Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Kent Hobson

Adjunct Assistant Professor Emeritus

Contact: hobson@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-2893

Research interests: Computer graphics, geometric modeling, computer-aided design, architectural and engineering graphics

Daniel Kammer

Professor Emeritus

Contact: kammer@engr.wisc.edu

Research interests:

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Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute

Sanford Klein

Ouweneel-Bascom Professor Emeritus

Contact: klein@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5626

Research interests: Solar energy applications, thermodynamics, heat transfer, conservation, simulation methods, educational software, sorption processes

Other affiliations: Solar Energy Laboratory

Roderic Lakes

Wisconsin Distinguished Professor

Contact: lakes@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-8697

Also: Biomedical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, 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

Vladimir J. Lumelsky

Professor Emeritus

Contact: vjlumels at wisc.edu

Research interests: Pattern recognition, computer vision, Kinematics, dynamics, Control theory, industrial automation, Sensor-based intelligent systems, Human spatial reasoning, human-robot interaction, Navigation, localization, a...

Jay Martin

Professor Emeritus

Contact: martin@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-9460

Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science Program

Research interests: Research, Design, and Product Development - Assistive Technology, Access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and Careers for Individuals with Disabilities, Formative Assessment Methods...

Other affiliations: Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology

Wayne D. Milestone

Professor Emeritus

Contact: mileston@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0023

Research interests: Mechanical design, machine design, innovation and creativity, stress & fatigue analysis, fretting-fatigue, fasteners, hybrid and hybrid electric vehicles

Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

John W. Mitchell

Elmer R. and Janet A. Kaiser Professor Emeritus

Contact: mitchell@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5972

Research interests: Convective heat transfer, solar energy applications, energy utilization, bulding HVAC systems

Other affiliations: Solar Energy Laboratory

David R. Otis

Professor Emeritus

Contact: otis@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3591

Research interests: Energy storage, heat transfer, fluid dynamics

John M. Pfotenhauer

Professor Emeritus

Contact: pfot@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-4082

Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Research interests: Low temperature refrigeration, cryogenics, applied superconductivity

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Michael Plesha

Professor Emeritus

Contact: plesha@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5741

Also: Geological 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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Rolf Reitz

Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Contact: reitz@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0145

Also: College of Engineering

Research interests: Combustion, gas dynamics, sprays-motion & formation, hydrocarbon kinetics, engine fluid dynamics, computer modeling

Jeffrey Roessler

Lecturer Emeritus

Contact: roessler@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-4815

Research interests: Distance Education, Computer-Aided-Design, Engineering Graphics

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Robert Rowlands

Professor Emeritus

Contact: rowlands@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3205

Also: Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Laser applications to mechanics, composite and advanced materials, digital image analysis, structural mechanics, experimental mechanics and stress analysis

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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory

Christopher Rutland

Phil and Jean Myers Professor Emeritus

Contact: rutland@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5853

Research interests: Computational fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion, and spray modeling for IC engines, turbulent reacting flows, large eddy simulation, IC engine aftertreatment modeling

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Other affiliations: Engine Research Center

Vadim Shapiro

Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor Emeritus

Contact: vshapiro@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3591

Also: Computer Sciences

Research interests: Model-Based Engineering, Digital design, manufacturing, and simulation, Geometric, solid, and physical modeling, Cyber-physical systems

Other affiliations: Spatial Automation Laboratory

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