Faculty

Moscow Campus

Anderson, Michael J., Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Acoustics in fluids and solids; transducer design.
anderson@uidaho.edu; homepage http://calvin.engr.uidaho.edu/~anderson/mikea.htm

Beyerlein, Steven W., Ph.D., Professor
Catalytic ignition systems for spark-ignition and compression-ignition engines. Engine testing. Design and delivery of faculty development activities. Application of educational research methods in engineering courses.
sbeyer@uidaho.edu

Blackketter, Donald M., Ph.D., P.E., Professor & Department Chair
Mechanics of composite materials, math modeling; structural analysis; micromechanics, advanced vehicle technology, and engineering education research.
dblack@uidaho.edu

Den Braven, Karen R., Ph.D., Professor
Design and installation of geothermal or ground-coupled heat pump systems; alternative snowmobile design
kdenb@uidaho.edu

Edwards, Dean B., Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Fuzzy logic control systems with applications to autonomous vehicles. Development of hybrid electric vehicle powertrain components including high performance sealed, lead-acid batteries.
dedwards@uidaho.edu

Elger, Donald F., Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Heat transfer; fluid mechanics; methodologies for engineering problem-solving and design.
delger@uidaho.edu

McCormack, Jay, Ph.D., Assist. Prof
design methodology, computational design, entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, optimization
mccormack@uidaho.edu

Odom, Edwin M., Ph.D., P.E., Assoc. Prof.
Applied mechanics and manufacturing; experimental stress analysis; TQM
eodom@uidaho.edu; homepage http://www.uidaho.edu/~eodom

Penoncello, Steven G., Ph.D. P.E., Professor
Thermophysical properties of fluids and fluid mixtures, determination of equations of state for fluids and fluid mixtures of engineering interest.
stevep@uidaho.edu; homepage http://www.engr.uidaho.edu/cats/stevep/

Potirniche, Gabriel, Ph.D., Assist. Prof.
Fatigue and fracture, constitutive modeling for metals and polymers, dynamic and impact loading, atomistic simulations, crystal plasticity, anisotropic plasticity, finite element method, solid mechanics
gabrielp@uidaho.edu; homepage http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~gabrielp/

Rink, Karl K., Ph.D., Assoc. Prof.
Combustion, gas dynamic and thermodynamic research with emphasis in rapid detonations, confined explosions, and energetic materials; combustion component design in propulsion systems including gas turbines and rockets; leak rate determination in small cavity devices.
karlrink@uidaho.edu

Stephens, Robert R., Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Materials properties measurements and modeling; failure analysis, fatigue and frature.
bstephen@uidaho.edu

Sturgul, John, Ph.D., Professor
Discrete system simulation and animation, chaos theory, mine design
sturgul@uidaho.edu

Wolbrecht, Eric, Ph.D., Assist. Prof.
robotics, nonlinear and adaptive control, compliant actuation, motor learning, and neurorehabilitation
ewolbrec@uidaho.edu

Boise Campus

Budwig, Ralph S., Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Fluid dynamics and turbulent transport; optical measurement techniques; cardiovascular fluid dynamics; hydrodynamic and acoustic manipulation of particles and droplets; laboratory and design pedagogy.
rbudwig@uidaho.edu; homepage http://www.webs1.uidaho.edu/ralph_budwig/

Stauffer, Larry A., Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Engineering design, specifically design theory and design methods dealing with product planning, specifications, ergonomics, safety and production; process design, layout, and simulation.
stauffer@uidaho.edu; homepage http://engboi.uidaho.edu/

Steciak, Judith A., Ph.D., P.E., Assoc. Prof.
Applied combustion research, especially reducing air pollutants released from combustion systems, including pollutants created from fossil fuels, renewable transportation fuels, and biomass, and contaminants released from unwanted fires caused by industrial accidents.
jsteciak@uidaho.edu

Idaho Falls Campus

Crepeau, John C., Ph.D., P.E. Assoc. Prof.
Transition to turbulence in fluid flow and fluid stability; flow visualization; Experimental and theoretical studies of drying and drying processes.
crepeau@uidaho.edu

Gunnerson, Fred, Ph.D., Professor
Nuclear energy, renewable energy, turbomachinery, fire dynamics, laboratory simulation of thermofluid systems.
gunner@if.uidaho.edu

Tokuhiro, Akira, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof.
nuclear reactor engineering, nuclear systems design, reactor safety, thermohydraulics, thermal fluid sciences, experiments, ultrasonic and particle image velocimetry, computational fluid dynamics, convective heat transfer, measurement methods, modeling of complex processes, applied facial and voice biometrics and assistive technology robotics, human factors, technology assessment and policy
tokuhiro@uidaho.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Avery, Jasper, 1959-1999

Barnes, William, 1957-1996

Jacobsen, Richard T,

Lemmon, E. Clark,

Place, T. Alan, 1970-2002

Stewart, Richard, 1969-1987

Thompson, David E.,

Staff

Steiner, Molly, Department Manager 208-885-4279
mollym@uidaho.edu

Plummer, Joe, Associate Engineer
jplummer@uidaho.edu

Porter, Russ, Scientific Instrument Machinist
russp@uidaho.edu

Queener, Elaine, Office Specialist II 208-885-6579
elaineq@uidaho.edu

Schoenberg, Becky, Administrative Assistant II 208-885-5024
bschoenb@uidaho.edu

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