Corradini, Michael L. - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Also Institute for Environmental Studies, Mechanical Engineering multi-phase fluid mechanics and heat transfer -- fission reactors -- nuclear reactor safety -- coremelt accidents -- power plant operation/design -- energy policy -- nuclear waste disposal Biotechnology Center, Engine Research Center, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Chair Michael L. Corradini

Allen, Matt - Assistant Professor

dynamics, vibrations and controls -- micro/nano systems -- uncertainty and stochastic systems -- linear/nonlinear system identification -- model reduction/substructuring

Allen, Todd R. - Assistant 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 -- plasticity -- fracture mechanics -- characterization of materials such as shape memory alloys, metallic single crystals, and biomaterials
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 - 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 - 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 -- Statistical and data mining techniques for materials property prediction -- Physics of nanoscale phenomena in ceramic and biochemical systems -- Application areas: Nuclear materials, Battery and fuel cell electrodes, Earth mantle materials, Spin transition ceramics, Sorption at water mineral interfaces
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

Waleffe, Fabian - Professor

Also Mathematics
fluid dynamics -- bifurcations and turbulence -- scientific computing
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Engineering Mechanics

Wilson, Paul P.H. - Associate Professor

Nuclear fuel cycles -- Transmutation/depletion/activation -- Proliferation analysis -- Energy policy -- Monte Carlo methods -- Reactor core design & analysis
Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

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, School of Medicine and Public Health, Physics, Radiology

Dresner, Lawrence - Adjunct Professor

Elder, Frederick T. - Adjunct Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
mechanical systems -- energy systems design

Mills, Frederick E. - Adjunct Professor

Schmitt, Harrison J. - Adjunct Professor

Also Geology and Geophysics

Fusion Technology Institute

Tautges, Timothy - Adjunct Professor

Emeritus

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

Johnson, Millard W., Jr. - Professor Emeritus

continuum mechanics -- mechanics of polymeric liquids -- lubrication theory -- paper mechanics
Engine Research Center, Engineering Mechanics, Rheology Research Center

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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