Faculty Collaboration Database - BYU Research Development

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College of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering Research Development

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Brad Adams

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360-I EB

Research Interests:
- Combustion Simulations
- Radiative Heat Transfer
- Air Quality
- Microbial Inactivation with UV LEDs

Matt Allen

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350-B EB

Research Interests:
- Nonlinear dynamics of geometrically nonlinear structures
- Nonlinear normal modes and their utility
- Experimental characterization and prediction of damping and nonlinearity
- Test strategies and data analysis
- Experimental/analytical substructuring methods and applications to noise and response prediction

John Balzotti

College: Humanities
Department: English
4127 JFSB

Taunja Baxter

Grant Writer
Marketing and Communications
LDS Philanthropies
taunja.baxter@ChurchofJesusChrist.org
203A LDSP
801-356-5263

Daniel Blackwell

Research Assistant
Office of Research Development
blackwed@byu.edu
256 MCDB

Jonathan Blotter

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350-P EB

Research Interests:
- Structural Dynamics
- Vibration
- Acoustics
- Noise Control
- Vibration Control

Anton Bowden

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350-K EB

Research Interests:
- Biomechanics
- Spine
- Medical Device Design
- Orthopedics

Lisa Campbell, RN

Research Development Specialist
College of Nursing
lisa.campbell@byu.edu
262 MCDB
801-422-1939

Steven Charles

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350-J EB

Research Interests:
- Biomechanics and neural control of movement
- Movement disorders
- Rehabilitation Technology and robotics
- Adaptive Technology

Kristi Chase

Grant Development Specialist
College of Engineering
kchase@byu.edu
240M EB
801-422-1842

Mark Colton

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350-I EB

Research Interests:
- Mechatronic Systems
- Dynamic Systems
- Robotics
- Haptic Interfaces

Douglas Cook

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360-P EB

Research Interests:
- Crop Biomechanics
- Modeling
- Biological Variation

Rita E. Cortez

Managing Director
BYU Language Flagship Center - Chinese & Arabic
rita_cortez@byu.edu
3122 JKB
801-422-2200

Nathan Crane

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360 EB

Research Interests:
- Additive manufacturing (3D printing)
- Powder Metallurgy
- Electrowetting
- Wetting Phenomena
- Surface tension driven microfluidics

Julie Crockett

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350-C EB

Research Interests:
- Fluid Mechanics
- Environmental fluid dynamics
- Experimental and theoretical fluids techniques

Jascinda Croft

Research Assistant
College of Life Sciences
LSgrants@byu.edu
5006 LSB

Brady R. Davies

College: College of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350 EB

Research Interests:
- Accelerating transition from design to production

Christopher Dillon

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360-Q EB

Research Interests:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Human tissue properties
- Thermal therapies
- Bioheat transfer modeling

Braden Dredge

Web Developer
Office of Research Development
bkdredge@byu.edu
256 MCDB

Brittany Freeze

Research Development Specialist
College of Family, Home, & Social Sciences
brittany_freeze@byu.edu
262 MCDB
801-422-5869

David Fullwood

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350N EB

Research Interests:
- Composites
- Nano-composites
- Microscopy
- Computational Methods in Materials Science

Victoria Garrow

Grant Proposal Specialist/Research Development Officer
College of Life Sciences
LSgrants@byu.edu
5006 LSB
801-422-3638

Steve Gorrell

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350D EB

Research Interests:
- Experimental and Computational fluid dynamics
- Turbomachinery
- Computational Science and Engineering
- Engineering Education

Amy Hardcastle

Research Assistant
College of Nursing
amyrh1@byu.edu
256 MCDB

Jeff Hill

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350U EB

Research Interests:
- Shock and impact protection
- Design and modeling
- Harsh mechanical environments
- Material and structure novel use

Eric Homer

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350 EB

Research Interests:
- Materials Modeling
- Grain Boundary Structure-property relationships
- Mechanical behavior of polycrystalline metals

Larry Howell

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
A-376 ASB

Research Interests:
- Compliant Mechanisms
- Origami-inspired mechanisms
- Microelectromechanical Systems
- Medical Device Design
- Compliant Space Mechanisms

Brian Iverson

College: College of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360J EB

Research Interests:
- Heat Transfer
- Condensation
- Micro/nanoscale Transport
- Sensors and Biosensors
- Solar-Thermal Energy

Brian Jensen

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350G EB

Research Interests:
- Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
- Biological Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
- Electrical Contacts
- Systems Modeling in Diverse Energy Domains

Oliver Johnson

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350M EB

Research Interests:
- Microstructure Design
- Grain Boundary Networks
- Microstructure-properties models
- Multiscale Modeling & Homogenization
- Synthesis of Advanced Materials

Matt Jones

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360H EB

Research Interests:
- Heat Transfer
- Thermodynamics
- Reduced Order Modeling
- Biomass Cookstoves
- Thermophysical Property measurement

Karen D. Hill

Grants and Partnership Manager
hillk@law.byu.edu
445 JRCB
801-422-2684

Kaylie Winterton

RD Administrator
kaylie.winterton@byu.edu
269 MCDB
801-422-0132

Kristen Kellems
Director
kckellems@byu.edu
801-422-8967

Kristen Kellems, J.D.

Research Development Director
kckellems@byu.edu
275 MCDB
801-422-8967

Marc Killpack

College: College of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360E EB

Research Interests:
- Soft Robots
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Controls
- Robot Manipulation
- Computer Vision and 3D Sensing
- Haptic Sensing

Spencer Magleby

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350 Maeser Building

Research Interests:
- Tools and technology development for engineering design
- Mechanical Systems
- Compliant Mechanisms
- Product design and collaboration

Chris Mattson

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360 EB

Research Interests:
- Product Development
- Design for the Developing World
- Engineering Design Theory and Methodology
- Multi-objective & Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

Daniel Maynes

College: College of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360K EB

Research Interests:
- Super-hydrophobic Surface Flow Physics and Thermal Transport
- Microscale Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Transport
- Cavitation in Liquid Flows
- Train Aerodynamics
- Electroosmotic Flow and Heat Transport
- Turbomachinery CFD and Analysis
- Supersonic Jet Acoustics

Abi McEuen

Research Assistant
Office of Research Development
amceuen@byu.edu
256 MCDB

Tim McLain

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
240-I EB

Research Interests:
- Dynamic Systems
- Control System Design
- Guidance, dynamics, control, and autonomy of unmanned aircraft systems

Erica Miller

Research Development Coordinator
Marriott School of Business
erica_miller@byu.edu
271 MCDB
801-422-5860

Conrad Monson

STEM RD
conrad_monson@byu.edu
275 MCDB
801-422-7722

Troy Munro

Belgium

Andrew Ning

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360 EB

Research Interests:
- Aerodynamics
- Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
- Aircraft Design
- Wind Energy

Michelle Prososki

Research Development Administrator
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
michelle_prososki@byu.edu
262 MCDB
801-422-1874

Mandi Rolfe

Research Development Administrator
mandi_rolfe@byu.edu
269 MCDB
801-422-0132

John Salmon

College: College of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360D EB

Research Interests:
- Systems Engineering Design and Integration
- Multi-disciplinary Optimization
- Operations Research
- Visual and Data Analytics
- Modeling and Simulation
- Multi-agent multi-objective decision making
- Sports Analytics
- Virtual Reality
- Uncertainty Analysis

Carl Sorensen

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350F EB

Research Interests:
- Friction Stir Welding
- Design Team Formation Methods
- Effects of Manufacturing Process Variation in Design

Benjamin S. Terry

Gut Microbiome Dynamics: Real-Time In Situ Assessment

Lael Thompson

Research Development Officer
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
lael_thompson@byu.edu
268 MCDB
801-422-5818

Scott Thomson

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
350 EB

Research Interests:
- Experimental and computational fluid mechanics and fluid-structure interactions
- Flow and Elasticity in nature
- Biomechanics of human and animal voice production

Kiara Tolman

Social Media Specialist
Office of Research Development
kiaraat@byu.edu
256 MCDB

Dale Tree

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360B EB

Research Interests:
- Combustion
- Optical Diagnostics

Brent Webb

College: Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
360G EB

Research Interests:
- Heat Transfer
- Thermodynamics