This list of MIE faculty with active research includes a very general description of their research focus. For more information about the details of faculty research please go to each faculty webpage. You are encouraged to talk to the faculty members whose research aligns with your interests.

 

ME Faculty

 

Office

E-mail

Research Focus

Amende

Kevin

ROBH 320

kamende@montana.edu

HVAC equipment performance testing using an environmental chamber to simulate indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity.  R&D of HVAC components using CFD, additive and subtractive manufacturing processes.

Amendola

Roberta

ROBH 120

roberta.amendola@montana.edu

Oxidation and corrosion of metallic alloys, high temperature protective coating development and high temperature corrosive gases and water vapor interactions with metals and ceramics

Amin

Ruhul

ROBH 102C

ramin@montana.edu

Computational heat transfer and fluid flow

Bajwa

Dilpreet

ROBH 220

dilpreet.bajwa@montana.edu

Nanoscale Materials Synthesis and Applications, Biobased Polymers, Processing and Characterization, Polymer Recycling, Durability Engineering, Engineered Building Products

Cairns

Doug

ROBH 315

dcairns@montana.edu

Advanced materials as applied to primary structure and understanding the materials, manufacturing, and structural performance link for new engineering systems

Codd

Sarah

ROBH 314

scodd@montana.edu

NMR/MRI technique development, spatially resolved studies of gas in ceramics, flow and diffusion studies in porous media, and investigation of fluid dynamics in hydrogels, biofilms, cellular suspensions and polymer electrolyte membranes

Cox

Lewis

ROBH 201F

lewis.cox@montana.edu  

Polymer Science, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Additive Manufacturing, Stimuli Responsive Polymers, Photopolymerization, Surface Engineering

Heveran

Chelsea

ROBH 201E

chelsea.heveran@montana.edu

Orthopedic tissue biomechanics, nanomechanics, biomimetic biomaterials

Jankauski

Mark

ROBH 201B

mark.jankauski@montana.edu

Dynamics & vibration, biological and bioinspired systems, nonlinear mechanics, aerodynamics, control theory, system identification, flapping wing flight

Johnson

Erick

ROBH 302

erick.johnson@montana.edu

Computational Engineering

June

Ron

ROBH 411

rjune@montana.edu

Novel treatment strategies for osteoarthritis. Current programs involve (1) understanding how chondrocytes and all cells respond to mechanical loads, (2) using systems biology and metabolomics to understand regulation of central metabolism, and (3) expanding our understanding of osteoarthritis

Miller

David

ROBH 306C

davidmiller@montana.edu

Composite materials, experimental mechanics, mechanical system design, active materials and structures

Monfort

Scott

ROBH 303

scott.monfort@montana.edu

Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, postural and gait stability, neurological influence on human movement, sport injury prevention, and fall prevention

Morris

Sarah

ROBH 119

sarah.morris14@montana.edu

Experimental fluid dynamics, ranging in applications including airplane trailing vortices, sailing aerodynamics, rotor wings, and COVID-19

Owkes

Mark

ROBH 201A

mark.owkes@montana.edu

Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flows, fuel injection, atomization, uncertainty quantification, physics extraction techniques

Pew

Corey

ROBH 112

corey.pew@montana.edu

Biomechanics, Lower-Limb Prosthetics, Running Performance

Ryan

Cecily

ROBH 310

cecily.ryan@montana.edu

Biodegradable and bio-derived polymers and composites, materials properties of composites (including interfacial compatibilization), sustainable material and energy product lifecycles, incorporation/reuse of waste materials, environment-material interaction, multi-functional materials, nanocomposites

Schiebel

Perrin

ROBH 322

perrin.schiebel@montana.edu

Bio-inspired robotics, animal biomechanics and neuromechanics, locomotion in complex terrain.

Sofie

Stephen

ROBH 318

ssofie@montana.edu

Advanced Ceramics, Ceramic Processing, Engineered Porosity, Nano-materials, Catalysts, Amorphous Alloys

Warnat

Stephan

ROBH 304

stephan.warnat@montana.edu

MEMS, Environmental science, Sensors and actuators

 

 

IMSE Faculty

 

Office

E-mail

Research Focus

Cao

Yang

NAH 253F

yang.cao1@montana.edu

Advanced manufacturing and additive manufacturing, fabrication of flexible/stretchable electronics, soft actuators and robotics, machine learning in manufacturing

Dadgostari

Faraz

NAH 253H

faraz.dadgostari@montana.edu

  

Adaptive decision-making, systemic risk in financial markets, market design for renewable energy resources.  AI-Assisted sequential decision modeling in network systems, learning to learn in competitive environments, Multi-agent inverse learning for behavior modeling.

Kittelman

Sage

NAH 253G

sage.kittelman@montana.edu

General system theory, systems engineering, systems dynamics, engineering education, and communication theory; primary focus is on the meaning, behavior, structure, and processes of purposeful human activity systems.

McCrory

Bernadette

NAH 253E

bernadette.mccrory@montana.edu

Biomedical engineering, healthcare systems, human factors/ergonomics, biomechanics, user experience, applied statistics

Yalcin

Ali

NAH 253J

ali.yalcin@montana.edu

Data Analytics, Ambient Intelligence, Internet of Things, Time-series Data Mining and Analytics Applications in Healthcare, and Engineering Education Research.