Department Chair

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Paul P.H. Wilson


Department Chair, 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: Institute for Nuclear Energy Systems


 

Associate Chairs

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Adrien Couet


Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, 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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Yongfeng Zhang


Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor

Contact: yzhang2446@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3779

Also: Materials Science and Engineering

Research interests: Multiscale modeling and simulation:Nuclear fuels and materials , Defect thermodynamics and kinetics , Irradiation effect , Mechanical degradation , Cossion and stress corrosion cracking ...


 

Faculty

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Stephanie Diem


Assistant Professor

Contact: sjdiem@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1414

Research interests:


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Juliana Pacheco Duarte


Assistant Professor

Contact: pachecoduarte@wisc.edu, (608) 265-7955

Research interests: Safety analysisThermal-hydraulicsPost-critical heat fluxTwo-phase flow

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Benedikt Geiger


Assistant Professor

Contact: benedikt.geiger@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3386

Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests: Benedikt Geiger started his career at UW-Madison in February 2019 and is involved in the physics exploitation of the HSX stellarator experiment, as well as turbulence fluctuation measurements at the DIII-D and ...

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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

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Other affiliations: Physics


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Charles Hirst


Assistant Professor

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

Research interests: Nuclear materials, Radiation damage, In situ experiments, Coupled extremes, Irradiation creep mechanisms, Gradient experiments, Thermal analysis, Defect recovery stages, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Store...


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Benjamin Lindley


Assistant Professor

Contact: lindley2@wisc.edu

Research interests: Design and analysis of advanced nuclear reactors, Reactor physics , Flexible operation of nuclear reactors: Integrated Energy Systems, cogeneration, load-following, advanced power conversion cycles, Market...

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Oliver Schmitz


Professor

Contact: oschmitz@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3633

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


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Kumar Sridharan


Grainger Professor,
Departments of Engineering Physics and Materials Science & Engineering; Fellow of: American Society for Materials; Institute of Materials (UK); American Nuclear Society

Contact: kumar.sridharan@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


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Adelle Wright


Assistant Professor

Contact: adelle.wright@wisc.edu

Research interests: Magnetohydrodynamics, stellarators and fusion energy, high performance scientific computing, nonlinear and dynamical systems, policy and science diplomacy.


 

Affiliate Faculty

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Mark H. Anderson


Consolidated Papers Professor

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

Also: Mechanical Engineering

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


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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


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Riccardo Bonazza


Associate Chair of Engineering Mechanics, Professor

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

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


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Curt Bronkhorst


Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering

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

Also: 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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Jennifer Choy


Dugald C. Jackson Assistant Professor

Contact: jennifer.choy@wisc.edu, (608) 263-6974

Also: Physics, Materials Science and Engineering

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


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Jonathan Engle


Assistant Professor

Contact: jwengle@wisc.edu

Other affiliations: Medical Physics, Radiology


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Cary Forest


Professor


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Jennifer Franck


Associate Professor

Contact: jafranck@wisc.edu

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


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Shimon Kolkowitz


Assistant Professor

Contact: kolkowitz@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2865

Other affiliations: Physics


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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


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Daniel Ludois


Interim Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Professor and H.I. Romnes Fellow

Contact: ludois@wisc.edu, 262-8211

Also: Mechanical Engineering

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


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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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Jacob Notbohm


Associate Professor

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

Also: Biomedical Engineering

Research interests: Solid mechanics | biomechanics | cell mechanics | biomaterials | collective cell migration | optical microscopy | adhesion


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John M. Pfotenhauer


Professor Emeritus

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

Research interests: Low temperature refrigeration, cryogenics, applied superconductivity

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Pavana Prabhakar


Charles G. Salmon Associate Professor

Contact: pavana.prabhakar@wisc.edu

Also: Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 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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Ian Robertson


Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering


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Izabela Szlufarska


Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering and Department Chair

Contact: szlufarska@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1821

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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Ramathasan Thevamaran


Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Associate Professor

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

Also: 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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Dan J Thoma


Professor

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

Also: Mechanical Engineering

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...


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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: Mathematics and Computation in Engineering Graduate Program


 

Adjunct Professors

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Jan Coenen


Adjunct Professor

Contact: jcoenen2@wisc.edu

Research interests: Materials Research for FusionRadiation Resistant Materials, High HeatFlux Materials, Tungsten Fibre reinforced Tungsten, Self-passivating alloys, Liquid Metal Walls for fusion, Wendelstein 7-XJ...

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Scott Grutzik


Adjunct Professor

Contact: grutzik@wisc.edu

Research interests: Solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, statistical strength methods, glassy materials, and viscoelasticity.


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Ken Petersen


Adjunct Professor


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Patrick Shriwise


Adjunct Professor

Contact: shriwise@wisc.edu

Research interests: Nuclear engineering, Computational geometry, Mesh-based geometry, Ray tracing, Particle transport, High-performance scientific computing, Applied mathematics


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Timothy J. Tautges


Adjunct Professor

Contact: tautges@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-8485

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Teaching Faculty

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Laura Bartol


Associate Faculty Associate


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Scott Williams


Assistant Faculty Associate


 

Emeritus Faculty

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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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Todd Allen


Professor Emeritus

Contact: allen@engr.wisc.edu

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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Vicki Bier


Professor Emeritus

Contact: bier@engr.wisc.edu

Research interests: Security in the supply chains for food and agricultural products, critical infrastructure protection, security, technology hazards, risk analysis, decision analysis, operations research

Other affiliations: Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis


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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


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James Blanchard


Professor Emeritus

Contact: jake.blanchard@wisc.edu

Also: Interdisciplinary Professional Programs

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

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Other affiliations: Institute for Nuclear Energy Systems


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James 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: Pegasus Plasma Experiment


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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


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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


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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: mlcorrad@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1648

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


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Wendy Crone


Karen Thompson Medhi Professor

Contact: crone@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-8384

Also: Mechanical Engineering, 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 Emeritus

Contact: drugan (AT) engr.wisc.edu

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


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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 Emmert


Professor Emeritus

Contact: emmert@engr.wisc.edu

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

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Other affiliations: Nuclear Engineering


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Raymond J. Fonck


Professor Emeritus

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: Pegasus Plasma Experiment


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Douglass Henderson


Harvey D. Spangler 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


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Daniel C. Kammer


Professor Emeritus

Contact: kammer@engr.wisc.edu

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


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Gerald Kulcinski


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

Contact: glkulcin@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



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David Malkus


Professor Emeritus

Contact: malkus@engr.wisc.edu

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

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Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center


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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


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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 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


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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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Carl Sovinec


Professor

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

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

Other affiliations: Physics


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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


 

Emeritus Research Professors

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Laila A. El-Guebaly


Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus


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John Santarius


Research Professor Emeritus

Contact: santarius@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1694

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Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute


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Mohamed Sawan


Research Professor Emeritus

Contact: sawan@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5093

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Other affiliations: Fusion Technology Institute