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Department of Mechanical Engineering
 

Locations

Moscow

Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (208) 885-6579
Toll-free: 88-88-UIDAHO
Fax: (208) 885-9031
Email: medept@uidaho.edu

Engineering Physics (EP)
Room 324K

875 Perimeter Drive MS 0902
Moscow, ID 83844-0902

Boise

Contact Denise Engebrecht
Phone: (208) 364-6123
Fax: (208) 364-3160
Email: denisee@uidaho.edu

Idaho Water Center
322 E. Front Street
Boise, ID 83702

uidaho.edu/boise-engineering

Idaho Falls

Contact Debbie Caudle
Phone: (208) 282-7983
Fax: (208) 282-7929
Email: debrac@uidaho.edu

1776 Science Center Drive, Suite 306
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402

Distance Education

Engineering Outreach
Phone: (208) 885-6373
Toll-free: (800) 824-2889
Fax: (208) 885-9249
E-mail: outreach@uidaho.edu

eo.uidaho.edu

ME Faculty

Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Acoustics in fluids and solids; transducer design
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Fatih Aydogan
Fatih Aydogan
Asst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering;Nuclear Engineering Program
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Denise Bauer
Denise Bauer, Ph.D.
Research Faculty
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Steve Beyerlein
Steven Beyerlein, Ph.D.
Professor
Teaching Design, Assessment of Project Learning, Engine Modeling, Engine Testing
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Ralph Budwig
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 Crepeau
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
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
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
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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Mechanical Engineering Professor Gabriel Potirniche
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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Matt Riley
Matthew Riley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Multidisciplinary design optimization, Stochastic design and uncertainty quantification, Computational mechanics, Numerical methods development
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Karl Rink
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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Judi Steciak
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
Robert Stephens, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Materials properties measurements and modeling; failure analysis, fatigue and frature
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Akira Tokuhiro
Akira Tokuhiro, Ph.D.
Professor
Heat transfer in mechanical and nuclear engineering systems and components
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Eric Wolbrecht
Eric Wolbrecht, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Robotics; nonlinear and adaptive control; control of pneumatic actuators; motor learning; and neurorehabilitation
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Tao Xing
Tao Xing, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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