People

People in the department Faculty: Regular Faculty - Faculty who are actively involved in research, teaching and service Affiliated Faculty - Faculty in other departments who actively work with ME faculty and students Emeritus Faculty - Faculty who maintain connections with the department through research and service Staff: Department Staff IMINT Center Staff MAST Center Staff

Regular Faculty
	Mark Borden Assistant Professor, Nicholas Rome Faculty Fellow Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2003 Biofluids, Biomaterials, Colloids, Biomembranes, Medical Imaging, Drug Delivery, Microbubbles
	Victor M. Bright Alvah and Harriett Hovlid Professor, Department Chair, and Faculty Director for Discovery Learning Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992 Micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems, microfabrication, microsensors, microactuators, materials and devices, opto-electronics, electronics, and micro/nano systems packaging and integration
	Tim Brower Director, Colorado Mesa University Ph.D. Colorado State University, 1997 Engineering education, fluid mechanics
	Scott Bunch Assistant Professor Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008 Fabrication and characterization of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) from atomically thin membranes such as graphene - single atomic layers of graphite
	Francisco Castro Instructor, Colorado Mesa University Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2009 Experimental and Theoretical Mechanical Behavior of Polymers
	John W. Daily Professor Ph.D., Stanford University, 1975 Biomass gasification, wild land fire chemistry, MEMS for propulsion, optical cancer detection, laser diagnostics of reacting flows, combustion
	Yifu Ding Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Akron, 2005 Structure and dynamics of glass formers, Fabrication and characterization of nanostructured materials, Stability and Instability of polymer nanostructures, Inelastic light/neutron scattering spectroscopy, Nanoimprint Lithography
	Martin L. Dunn National Science Foundation – Mechanics of Materials Program Director (on leave from CU) Victor Schelke Professor and Associate Dean for Research Ph.D., University of Washington, 1992 Mechanics and physics of materials and structures, active materials, heterogeneous media
	Virginia Ferguson Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2001 Nano-scale characterization of materials; multi-scale structure-property-function relationships for biological tissue; aging, unloading, disease and genetics for musculoskeletal system
	Alan R. Greenberg Professor, Associate Chair, and Executive Director, Membrane Applied Science and Technology Center Ph.D., Drexel University, 1978 Physical and mechanical behavior of polymeric materials, membranes and thin-films, real-time techniques for nondestructive measurement
	Peter Hamlington Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2009 Turbulent flows, reacting flows and combustion, computational fluid dynamics, geophysical turbulence, renewable energy systems, propulsion
	Michael Hannigan Assistant Professor Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1997 Characterization of air pollution, impact of air quality on health, energy links to air quality
	Daven Henze Assistant Professor Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2007 Aerosols and air quality, Climatology and atmospheric chemistry, Adjoint sensitivity analysis, Data assimilation and remote sensing, Energy systems optimization
	Jean R. Hertzberg Associate Professor Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1986 Flow visualization, fluids education, experimental vortex dominated fluid dynamics and applications in combustion and biomechanics
	Jeffrey Knutsen Instructor Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2005 Innovative instructional methods, engineering and design education, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics
	Daria Kotys-Schwartz Instructor and Director, I/UCPC Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2007 Novel manufacturing techniques, development of student assessment measures, gender disparity in engineering, curriculum development, innovative instructional methods
	Sehee Lee Associate Professor Ph.D., Seoul National University, 1997 Nanostructured materials for battery, electrochromic device, electrochemical supercapacitor, opto-electronic, and sensor applications, thin film rechargeable lithium batteries, intercalation materials.
	Yung-Cheng Lee Professor and Director, iMINT Center Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1984 Design, packaging, and interconnects for micro/nano-systems integrating microelectronic, optoelectronic, microwave, micro and nanoelectromechanical devices
	Nathan McNeill Instructor, Colorado Mesa University Ph.D. Engineering Education, Purdue University, 2010 Engineering education, problem solving, textbook design and use, international educational experiences, acoustics of educational facilities, thermal energy systems
	Jana B. Milford Professor and Professionalism Chair Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1988 Photochemical air quality modeling, source apportionment of air pollution, air quality management
	Shelly L. Miller Associate Professor and Graduate Chair Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1996 Indoor air quality, engineering controls for air pollutants, aerosols and bioaerosols, source apportionment methods
	Todd Murray Associate Professor Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1998 Materials Characterization, Laser Ultrasonics, Optical Sensors and Biomedical Optics
	John Pellegrino Research Professor Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1983 Modification, formation, characterization, and performance of membranes, Electrokinetic processes, Water treatment and supply, Biomass-to-fuels process development
	H. Jerry Qi Associate Professor and Mechanical Engineering Chair's Faculty Fellow Sc.D., MIT, 2003 Mechanics and physics of polymers and elastomers, shape memory materials, soft tissues, and cells, constitutive models
	Rishi Raj Professor Ph.D., Harvard University, 1970 Polymer-derived ceramics, stochastic high temperature materials science, metal-ceramic and charged interfaces
	Derek Reamon Senior Instructor and Co-Director, Integrated Teaching and Learning Program & Laboratory, Undergraduate Chair Ph.D., Stanford University, 1999 Mechatronics, computer-controlled machines, smart product design, robotics, engineering education, design education, and assessment
	Mark Rentschler Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 2006 Medical mechatronics and surgical robotics design, tissue mechanics characterization and tissue-device interaction modeling
	Greg Rieker Assistant Professor Ph.D., Stanford University, 2009 Laser-based diagnostics for sensing and control of energy and industrial systems; Combustion; Sensor design for harsh environments; Optimization of energy systems
	Shalom D. Ruben Instructor Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2010 Control and system theory. Design, model, and control of mechatronic systems. Convex optimization theory and embedded optimization. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education
	Conrad R. Stoldt Associate Professor Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1999 Nanomaterials synthesis; Semiconductor corrosion; Energy conversion and storage
	Wei Tan Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago, 2002 Cardiovascular bioengineering; bioMEMS; cell and tissue engineering biomaterials
	Oleg V. Vasilyev Professor Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1996 Computational fluid dynamics, wavelet methods, multiscale phenomena, theoretical and numerical studies in turbulence, thermal convection flows, fluid dynamics of geological processes
	Jianliang Xiao Assistant Professor Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2009 Mechanics of nanomaterials, design and fabrication of stretchable/flexible electronics and optoelectronics, integration of hard and soft materials, bio-integrated and bio-inspired devices
	Ronggui Yang Associate Professor Sanders Faculty Fellow Ph.D., MIT, 2006 Micro/nanoscale and ultrafast energy transport, micro and nanotechnology for energy conversion, nanostructured materials (nanocomposites, nanoporous materials)
	Jack L. Zable Industry Professor of Mechanical Engineering Design Ph.D., Purdue University, 1969 Mechanical design methods, shock and vibration, high-speed mechanisms, design and measurement of sports equipment and medical devices
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Affiliated Faculty
	Alaa Ahmed Assistant Professor Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005 Biomechanical and sensorimotor processes, neuromechanics of postural control, stimulus for muscle hypertrophy
	Hassel Ledbetter Adjunct Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1969 Materials science, elastic properties of materials, anelastic phenomena, phase transformations
	Kurt Maute Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and Joseph H. Smead Fellow Ph.D., University of Stuttgart, 1998 Design optimization for structural and coupled multiphysics problems, topology and shape optimization, reliability and stochastic analysis and design, numerical methods and parallel computing
	Michael Stowell Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1997 Ion channel structure and mechanism, Synaptic architecture, dynamics, and plasticity, Alzheimer's Disease, formation and mechanisms of supramolecular assemblies
	Bart Van Zeghbroeck Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1984 Nanostructures and Devices, Optics and Photonics, Biomedical Engineering
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Emeritus Faculty
	Melvyn C. Branch Joseph Negler Professor Emeritus Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1971 Experimental and theoretical research on characterization of combustion processes; energy conversion; air pollution control
	Lawrence E. Carlson Professor D.Eng., University of California, Berkeley, 1971 Research in engineering education, design of upper-limb prostheses
	Subhendu K. Datta Professor Emeritus Ph.D., Jadavpur University, 1962 Ultrasonic material characterization and nondestructive evaluation, guided waves, scattering, acoustic phonon dispersion
	Thomas L. Geers Professor Emeritus Ph.D., MIT, 1967 Radiation and scattering, structural dynamics, hydrodynamics, structure-medium interaction, finite-and boundary-element methods
	David R. Kassoy Professor Emeritus Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1965 Solid rocket motor chamber flow dynamics, detonation initiation, bubble dynamics in oscillating pipe flows, response of gases to local thermal power deposition on the sub-microsecond time scale, applications of asymptotic methods to multiple-scale problems
	Frank Kreith Professor Emeritus Doctorate in Applied Science, University of Paris, 1965 Heat transfer, thermal engineering, solar engineering
	Patrick D. Weidman Professor Emeritus Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1973 Fluid mechanics, heat transfer, hydrodynamic stability, mathematics
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Department Staff
	Christopher Anderson Undergraduate Advisor
	Sharon Anderson Graduate Coordinator
	Vicki Bain Project Accounting
	Philip Bradley Projects and Financial Coordinator
	Julia Bright External Relations Director
	Micah Emery IT Technician
	Kassie Ferraro Administrative Assistant
	Katherine McConnell Undergraduate Advisor
	Jason Pfeifer Accounting
	Greg Potts Laboratory Coordinator
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iMINT Center Staff
	Dan Fitzstephens iMINT Center Sponsor Coordinator
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MAST Center Staff
	Kathryn Michel Accountant, MAST Center
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

People in the department

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MAST Center Staff