Jay K. Martin Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Courses Education Fields of Interest Awards & Honors Summary

Contact Information

3053 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572

Tel: 608/263-9460 Fax: 608/265-2316 E-mail: martin@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Mechanical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

• Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology
• Materials Science Program

Courses

• ME 349: Engineering Design Projects
• ME 351: Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Project I
• ME 352: Interdisciplinary Experiential Design Projects II
• ME 361: Thermodynamics
• ME 363: Fluid Dynamics
• ME 364: Elementary Heat Transfer
• ME 368: Engineering Measurements Laboratory
• ME 370: Energy Systems Laboratory
• ME 471: Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion

Education

• BA, Physics, 1976, Indiana University
• MS, Engineering Science, 1980, University of Tennessee
• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, 1984, University of Michigan

Fields of Interest

• Research, Design, and Product Development - Assistive Technology
• Access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and Careers for Individuals with Disabilities
• Formative Assessment Methods for Engineering Learning

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching - 2006
• Vilas Associates - 2006
• Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award - 2005

Summary

Professor Martin is currently working in three different areas. All three are mechanical engineering focused, however, there are different objectives to each activity.

As the director of UW-CREATe, and as someone actively engaged in engineering research, design and product development of assistive technology, he is applying mechanical engineering to provide additional independence for people with disabilities. For example, his students are currently working on advanced powered wheelchair systems. They have developed new wheelchair configurations, and hybrid power systems for the wheelchairs.

As the principal investigator for the NSF-sponsored Midwest Alliance, Prof. Martin is engaged in studying and improving systems that will assist in providing additional access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and careers for people with disabilities.

Finally, along with Prof. John Mitchell, Prof. Martin has worked on the use of formative assessment methods to improve learning in thermal science courses in mechanical engineering.