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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

Computational heat transfer and fluid flow

Bajwa

Dilpreet

ROBH 220

[email protected]

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

Cairns

Doug

ROBH 315

[email protected]

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

Codd

Sarah

ROBH 314

[email protected]

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

[email protected]  

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

Heveran

Chelsea

ROBH 201E

[email protected]

Orthopedic tissue biomechanics, nanomechanics, biomimetic biomaterials

Jankauski

Mark

ROBH 201B

[email protected]

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

Johnson

Erick

ROBH 302

[email protected]

Computational Engineering

June

Ron

ROBH 411

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

Monfort

Scott

ROBH 303

[email protected]

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

Morris

Sarah

ROBH 119

[email protected]

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

Owkes

Mark

ROBH 201A

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

Sofie

Stephen

ROBH 318

[email protected]

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

Warnat

Stephan

ROBH 304

[email protected]

MEMS, Environmental science, Sensors and actuators

 

 

IMSE Faculty

 

Office

E-mail

Research Focus

Cao

Yang

NAH 253F

[email protected]

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

Dadgostari

Faraz

NAH 253H

[email protected]

  

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

Yalcin

Ali

NAH 253J

[email protected]

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