ME Faculty

Michael Anderson, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Acoustics in fluids and solids; transducer design
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Denise Bauer, Ph.D.
Research Faculty
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Steven Beyerlein, Ph.D.
Professor
Teaching Design, Assessment of Project Learning, Engine Modeling, Engine Testing
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Ralph Budwig, Ph.D., P.E.
Boise Engineering Director, Professor
Experimental and theoretical fluid dynamics; turbulence; optical, acoustic, and thermal measurements techniques; and experimental methods. Laboratory pedagogy.
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John C. Crepeau, Ph.D, P.E.
Professor and Chair
Solid-liquid phase change with internal heat generation; transition to turbulence; history of science and engineering.
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Karen R. Den Braven, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of NIATT
Design and installation of geothermal or ground-coupled heat pump systems; alternative snowmobile design
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Donald Elger, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Technology Entrepreneurship; Learning Theory; Organizational Theory; Fluid Mechanics; Heat Transfer
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Fred Gunnerson, Ph.D.
Professor and Nuclear Engineering Program Director
Nuclear energy; renewable energy; turbomachinery; fire dynamics; laboratory simulation of thermofluid systems
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Jay McCormack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Design, design methodology, computational design, and design pedagogy
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Edwin Odom, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Applied Mechanics and Manufacturing; Experimental Stress Analysis; TQM
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Steve Penoncello, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Thermophysical properties of fluids and fluid mixtures, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, exergy analysis of processes and systems
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Gabriel Potirniche, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Multiscale modeling of plasticity and damage behavior in metals; Fatigue and Fracture; Constitutive Modeling for Metallic Alloys; Atomistic Simulations, Crystal Plasticity, Anisotropic Plasticity; Finite Element Method; Solid Mechanics; Stress Analysis
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Karl K. Rink, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Application of krypton-85 radioisotope tracer gas technology to leak detection, material characterization, and reliability of microelectronics, MEMS devices, and energetic materials and components. Ballistic performance of energetic materials, propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics and their associated components.
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Judith Steciak, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Combustion and air pollution, catalytic ignition of renewable transportation fuels, efficient energy conversion of biofuels.
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Robert Stephens, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Materials properties measurements and modeling; failure analysis, fatigue and frature
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Akira Tokuhiro, Ph.D.
Professor
Heat transfer in mechanical and nuclear engineering systems and components
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Eric Wolbrecht, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Robotics; nonlinear and adaptive control; control of pneumatic actuators; motor learning; and neurorehabilitation
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