College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty & Staff

Mechanical Engineering Faculty

Name & Title	Area of Expertise	Email
Zach Ballard Senior Lecturer	Nonlinear dynamics, system dynamics, renewable energy and energy harvesting	Zach.Ballard@uvm.edu
Ken Burkman Professor of Practice	Operations Research, Project Management, Program Evaluation	Kenneth.Burkman@uvm.edu
Yves Dubief Associate Professor	Fluid mechanics, turbulence, incompressible and compressible flows, non-Newtonian flows, numerical simulation	Yves.Dubief@uvm.edu
Douglas Fletcher Chair Professor	Laser diagnostics of compressible flows, reacting flows, and plasmas. Aerothermodynamics of planetary entry	Douglas.Fletcher@uvm.edu
Nic Fiorentino Assistant Professor	Biomechanics, orthopaedics, human motion, motion capture, multibody dynamic modeling, finite element modeling, biological tissue mechanics	niccolo.fiorentino@uvm.edu
Rachael Floreani Associate Professor	Biomaterials, Polymer Chemistry, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, Regenerative Medicine	floreani@uvm.edu
Suresh V. Garimella Professor President, University of Vermont	Micro- and nano-scale transport phenomena, thermal management and energy efficiency in electronics systems, renewable/sustainable energy systems technology and policy, and materials processing	President@uvm.edu
Dryver Huston Professor	Smart structures, structural health monitoring, whole body vibration, spine mechanics, precision machines	Dryver.Huston@uvm.edu
William Louisos Senior Lecturer	Thermal fluid sciences, fluid dynamics, microfluidics, compressible flow gas dynamics, supersonic micronozzles	William.Louisos@uvm.edu
Jihong Ma Assistant Professor	Nanomaterials, Metamaterials and Polymers	Jihong.Ma@uvm.edu
Jeffrey Marshall Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education	Vortex-structure interaction, vortex turbulence, two-phase turbulent flows, particle adhesion, biofluid flows, wind energy, algae biofuels, Lagrangian and multiscale computational methods, thin-film flows	Jeff.Marshall@uvm.edu
Jason Meyers Research Assistant Professor	Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, Laser Diagnostics, Non-Intrusive Sensors, Constant Volume Combustion	Jason.Meyers@uvm.edu
Dustin Rand Senior Lecturer	Power electronics, power systems and renewable energy	Dustin.Rand@uvm.edu
Frederic Sansoz Professor	Computational and experimental materials science in the areas of nanomaterials, nanomechanics, and nano-energy	Frederic.Sansoz@uvm.edu
Linda Schadler Dean & Professor	Mechanical, Optical, and Electrical Behavior of Nanofilled Polymer Composites	Linda.Schadler@uvm.edu
Laura Treers Assistant Professor	Robotic locomotion in complex terrains, physics of granular materials, robophysics, organismal biomechanics, collective behavior, field robotics, mechanism design	Laura.Treers@uvm.edu