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
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Mark Borden
- Assistant Professor, Nicholas Rome Faculty Fellow
- Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2003
- Biofluids, Biomaterials, Colloids, Biomembranes, Medical Imaging, Drug Delivery, Microbubbles
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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
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Tim Brower
- Director, Colorado Mesa University
- Ph.D. Colorado State University, 1997
- Engineering education, fluid mechanics
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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
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Francisco Castro
- Instructor, Colorado Mesa University
- Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2009
- Experimental and Theoretical Mechanical Behavior of Polymers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jeffrey Knutsen
- Instructor
- Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2005
- Innovative instructional methods, engineering and design education, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Todd Murray
- Associate Professor
- Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1998
- Materials Characterization, Laser Ultrasonics, Optical Sensors and Biomedical Optics
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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
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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
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Rishi Raj
- Professor
- Ph.D.,
Harvard University, 1970
- Polymer-derived
ceramics, stochastic high temperature materials
science, metal-ceramic and charged interfaces
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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
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Mark Rentschler
- Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 2006
- Medical mechatronics and surgical robotics design, tissue mechanics characterization and tissue-device interaction modeling
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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
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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
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Conrad R. Stoldt
- Associate Professor
- Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1999
- Nanomaterials synthesis; Semiconductor corrosion; Energy conversion and storage
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Wei
Tan
- Assistant Professor
- Ph.D.,
University of Illinois, Chicago, 2002
- Cardiovascular bioengineering; bioMEMS;
cell and tissue engineering biomaterials
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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
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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
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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)
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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 |
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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
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Hassel Ledbetter
- Adjunct Professor
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1969
- Materials science, elastic properties of materials, anelastic phenomena, phase transformations
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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
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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
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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 |
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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
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Lawrence E. Carlson
- Professor
- D.Eng., University of California, Berkeley, 1971
- Research in engineering education, design of upper-limb prostheses
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Subhendu K. Datta
- Professor Emeritus
- Ph.D., Jadavpur University, 1962
- Ultrasonic material characterization and nondestructive evaluation, guided waves, scattering, acoustic phonon dispersion
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Thomas L. Geers
- Professor Emeritus
- Ph.D., MIT, 1967
- Radiation and scattering, structural dynamics, hydrodynamics, structure-medium interaction, finite-and boundary-element methods
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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
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Frank Kreith
- Professor Emeritus
- Doctorate in Applied Science, University of Paris, 1965
- Heat transfer, thermal engineering, solar engineering
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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 |
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Christopher Anderson
Undergraduate Advisor |
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Sharon Anderson
Graduate Coordinator |
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Vicki Bain
Project Accounting |
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Philip Bradley
Projects and Financial Coordinator |
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Julia Bright
External Relations Director |
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Micah Emery
IT Technician |
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Kassie Ferraro
Administrative Assistant |
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Katherine McConnell
Undergraduate Advisor |
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Jason Pfeifer
Accounting |
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Greg Potts
Laboratory Coordinator |
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iMINT Center Staff |
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Dan Fitzstephens
iMINT Center Sponsor Coordinator |
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MAST Center Staff |
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Kathryn Michel
Accountant, MAST Center |
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