Engineering Physics Faculty Directory

Engineering Physics :
Engineering Physics Faculty Directory

Allen, Matt S. - Assistant Professor: dynamics, vibrations and controls -- micro/nano systems -- uncertainty and stochastic systems -- linear/nonlinear system identification -- model reduction/substructuring
Allen, Todd R. - Associate Professor: Also Materials Science and Engineering
materials for nuclear energy system -- fission reactors -- nuclear fuels -- energy policy -- sustainability of nuclear energy
Materials Science Program, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems
Bier, Vicki M. - Professor: Also Industrial and Systems Engineering
technological hazards -- risk analysis -- decision analysis -- operations research
Bisognano, Joseph - Professor: Accelerator physics -- Theoretical analysis and simulation of collective phenomena in particle beams
Synchrotron Radiation Center
Blanchard, James P. - Professor: nuclear microbatteries -- radiation damage -- fusion technology -- laser-induced stresses -- surface property characterization -- reactor vessel embrittlement
Engineering Mechanics, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems
Bonazza, Riccardo - Professor: Also Mechanical Engineering
experimental fluid mechanics and heat transfer -- impulsive unsteady phenomena -- shock tube applications -- laser and X-ray imaging & measuring techniques
Engineering Mechanics, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Crone, Wendy C. - Associate Professor: Also Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
experimental mechanics of materials -- characterization of materials such as shape memory alloys, hydrogels, and biomaterials -- therapeutic medical devices
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Materials Science Program, Materials and Mechanics Research Group, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
Drugan, Walter J. - Professor: continuum mechanics analyses of behavior of modern materials -- nonlinear fracture mechanics of ductile materials (single- and poly-crystalline) and interfaces -- nonlocal constitutive models of composite materials -- dynamic fragmentation -- nanoscale fracture -- nanoscale shape-memory alloys -- discontinuities and shock waves in solids -- applied mathematics
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science Program, Mechanics and Materials Research Group
Fonck, Raymond J. - Professor: plasma & fusion science and technology -- plasma turbulence -- burning plasmas -- tokamaks -- alternative fusion schemes -- atomic physics and applied optics -- high temperature plasma diagnostics
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Pegasus Plasma Experiment
Hegna, Chris C. - Professor: theoretical plasma physics -- fusion science -- magnetic confinement of plasmas -- magnetohydrodynamics
Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Henderson, Douglass L. - Professor: Also Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics
reactor physics -- radiation transport -- fusion reactor technology -- nuclear waste
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Hershkowitz, Noah L. - Irving Langmuir Professor: plasma etching, -- plasm-aided manufacturing, -- basic plasma physics, ICRF effects, -- laboratory space plasma physics
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Phaedrus Laboratory for Plasma Science, Wisconsin Plasma Processing and Technology Research Consortium
Kammer, Daniel C. - Professor: dynamics and vibrations -- stability and control of flexible structures -- system identification and damage detection -- nonlinear systems
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Engineering Mechanics, Fusion Technology Institute
Kulcinski, Gerald L. - Grainger Professor: magnetic/inertial fusion reactor systems studies -- radiation damage and nuclear materials -- lunar mining of helium-3
Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Lakes, Roderic S. - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor: Also Biomedical Engineering
Viscoelasticity, Fibrous composites, cellular solids, biomaterials; bone and ligament; Cosserat solids .., development of novel foams including materials with a negative Poisson's ratio, called anti-rubber, auxetic, or dilational. Follow-on work Holographic and other optical experimental methods.......
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science Program, Mechanics and Materials Research Group, Rheology Research Center
Mackie, T. Rockwell - Professor: Also Biomedical Engineering, Human Oncology, Medical Physics
radiation therapy -- radiation sciences
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research
Morgan, Dane - Assistant Professor: Also Materials Science and Engineering
Computational materials science for materials design. -- Ab initio electronic structure methods and multiscale techniques for large time / length scales and thermokinetics. -- Ab initio based modeling of electrochemical systems and processes. -- -- Application areas: Nuclear materials, Battery and fuel cell electrodes, Earth mantle materials, Sorption at water mineral interfaces, electronic materials.
Materials Science Program
Moses, Gregory A. - Professor: fusion reactor design -- technology enhanced learning -- radiation hydrodynamics -- computational engr. -- nuclear reactor physics
Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Pfotenhauer, John M. - Professor: Also College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
cryogenics -- low temperature refrigeration -- applied superconductivity
Liquid Helium/Nitrogen Facility
Plesha, Michael E. - Professor: finite element analysis -- discrete element analysis -- dynamics of geologic media -- constitutive modeling of geologic discontinuity behavior -- soil structure interaction modeling -- continuum modeling of jointed saturated rock masses
Engineering Mechanics, Geological Engineering Program
Smith, Leslie M. - Professor: Also Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering
statistical physics, turbulence and turbulence modeling for engineering and geophysical applications -- applied mathematics, stability theory and fluid dynamics -- field theoretical techniques, the dynamic renormalization group and universality in complex systems
Sovinec, Carl R. - Associate Professor: computational plasma physics--computational fluid dynamics--magnetohydrodynamics--numerical methods for partial differential equations
Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Szlufarska, Izabela - Assistant Professor: Also Materials Science and Engineering
Atomistic simulations: Massively parallel molecular dynamics and ab initio-based simulations. -- Nanocrystalline materials: Computational design of materials with superior mechanical properties; Grain boundary nanoengineering; Nanoindentation. -- Fundamentals of friction & adhesion at the nanoscale -- Coupling between surface/interface chemistry and mechanical properties: Materials for MEMS applications in extreme environments. -- Nano-bio-mechanics: Viscoelastic response of mechanical bio-sensors. -- Materials for nuclear applications: Radiation damage resistance, multi-scale modeling of defect and impurity kinetics.
Materials Science Program
Thomadsen, Bruce R. - Associate Professor: Also Biomedical Engineering, Human Oncology, Medical Physics
Brachytherapy Physics -- Radiation Dosimetry -- Patient Safety
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis
Vanderby, Ray, Jr. - Professor: Also Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
tissue mechanics (bone, ligament, tendon, and cartilage) -- tissue engineering -- connective tissue healing -- orthopedic biomechanics
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science Program, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Volpe, Francesco A. G. - Assistant Professor: Plasma Physics and Magnetic Confinement Fusion, with emphasis on: -- - Microwave Heating, Current Drive and Diagnostics -- - Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities and their Control
HSX Plasma Laboratory, Madison Symmetric Torus, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Pegasus Plasma Experiment
Waleffe, Fabian - Professor: Also Mathematics
fluid dynamics -- bifurcations and turbulence -- scientific computing
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Engineering Mechanics
Wilson, Paul P.H. - Associate Professor: Also College of Engineering, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Nuclear fuel cycles -- Transmutation/depletion/activation -- Proliferation analysis -- Energy policy -- Monte Carlo methods -- Reactor core design & analysis
Certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, UW Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor, Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems
Witt, Robert J. - Associate Professor: computational methods in fluid and solid mechanics
Engineering Mechanics, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Adjunct or Faculty Affiliates

Al-Abdulla, Jaafar K. - Adjunct Professor Emeritus
DeLuca, Paul M., Jr. - Professor: Also Human Oncology, Medical Physics, Physics, Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health
Dresner, Lawrence - Adjunct Professor
Elder, Frederick T. - Adjunct Professor: Also Mechanical Engineering
mechanical systems -- energy systems design
Mills, Frederick E. - Adjunct Professor
Schmitt, Harrison H. - Adjunct Professor: Also Geology and Geophysics

Fusion Technology Institute
Tautges, Timothy J. - Adjunct Professor

Emeritus Faculty

Boom, Roger W. - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus: superconductive magnetic energy storage for electric utilities
Applied Superconductivity Center, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Callen, James D. - Professor Emeritus: Also Physics
controlled thermonuclear fusion -- theoretical and computational plasma physics -- magnetic confinement of plasmas -- nuclear fission
Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, HSX Plasma Laboratory, Madison Symmetric Torus, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Pegasus Plasma Experiment
Carbon, Max W. - Professor Emeritus: nuclear power -- nuclear reactor safety
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Cashwell, Richard J. - Emeritus Reactor Director: nuclear reactor operations -- neutron activation analysis
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor
Conrad, John R. - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus: plasma physics -- plasma technology -- ion beam modification of materials -- ion implantation
Materials Science Program, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Cook, Robert D. - Professor Emeritus: finite element methods -- structural mechanics -- stress analysis
Engineering Mechanics
El-Wakil, Mohamed (Bill) M. - Professor Emeritus: Also Mechanical Engineering
heat and mass transfer -- power plant systems -- nuclear reactor thermal design -- nuclear energy conversion
Emmert, Gilbert A. - Professor Emeritus: plasma physics -- fusion reactor physics -- plasma-surface interactions -- plasma processing
Center for Plasma Theory and Computation, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Huang, Tzu Chuen - Professor Emeritus: astrodynamics -- nonlinear and random vibrations -- structural dynamics/modal analysis -- wave propogration -- fluid-structure interaction
Engineering Mechanics
Lodge, Arthur S. - Professor Emeritus: elastic liquids -- rheometry -- viscoelastic property measurement
Engine Research Center, Engineering Mechanics, Rheology Research Center
Malkus, David S. - Professor Emeritus: applied mathematics -- numerical methods in mechanics -- computational fluid dynamics -- rheology
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Engineering Mechanics, Rheology Research Center
Sandor, Bela I. - Professor Emeritus: stress-strain in materials -- infrared thermographic stress analysis, fatigue damage mechanisms -- fracture control; damage alleviation -- fatigue damage analysis of joint systems; micromechanics of solder joints -- composite materials -- chariots: comprehensive mechanics analysis and humanistic aspects
Engineering Mechanics, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory
Schlack, Alois L., Jr. - Professor Emeritus: dynamics, vibrations -- astrodynamic -- dynamic stability analysis -- rotating shaft-disc systems -- elastic spacecraft dynamics
Engineering Mechanics
Vogelsang, William F. - Professor Emeritus: reactor physics -- reactor fuel cycles
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

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