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Administration

Dale R. Tree

May 20, 2020 02:52 PM
Professor and Department Chair

360B EB
801-422-8306
treed@byu.edu
Office Hours
Thursday 2-5 pm
By Appointment (contact Joanie Nelson at 801-422-4372 or joan_nelson@byu.edu)

Research
Combustion, Optical Diagnostics

Background
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mechanical Engineering, April 1992Dissertation: "Soot Particle Size and Number Density Measurements in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine Using Light Scattering, Radiation, and Extinction"Attended 8/88 to 5/92Minor Chemical EngineeringMSME, Purdue University, Mechanical Engineering, August 1988Thesis: "Development of a Heat Flux Gauge for a Partially Insulated Internal Combustion Engine"Attended 6/86 to 8/88BS, Brigham Young University, Mechanical Engineering, April 1986Attended 9/80-4/81, 9/83-4/86

Brian Jensen

May 11, 2020 03:31 PM

Professor and Associate Chair


Office
350G EB
Office Phone
801-422-6030
Email
bdjensen@byu.edu
Research
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Biological MEMS, Electrical Contacts, Modeling of Systems in Diverse Energy Domains

Background
Brian D. Jensen is a professor at Brigham Young University. He received the M.S. de-gree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Univer-sity of Michigan. He also received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University. He also worked as a micromechanism designer at Sandia National Laboratories. He has performed research and published over 100 pa-pers in design topics including microelectromechanical systems and compliant mecha-nisms, and he holds 12 U.S. patents. His work has been recognized by several best pa-per awards, the BYU Young Scholar Award, and the Utah Engineers Council Educator of the Year Award.

Marc Killpack

May 11, 2020 03:31 PM
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator

360E EB
801-422-6342
marc_killpack@byu.edu
Office Hours
Tuesday/Thursday: 9:00am-10:00am
via zoom, contact for link

Research
Soft Robots, Human-Robot Interaction, Controls, Robot Manipulation, Computer vision and 3D Sensing, Haptic Sensing


Background
Marc Killpack completed his Ph.D. in Robotics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and joined BYU as an Assistant Professor in December of 2013. His areas of expertise include soft robotics, human-robot interaction, controls, mechanics and perception for robotics and other automated systems. His current research interests relate to improving modeling and control for robot manipulation in unstructured and difficult environments. This includes applications related to search and rescue, disaster response and human robot interaction. While at Georgia Tech in the Healthcare Robotics Lab (HRL), Marc worked on projects including sensing and control for mobile robot bases, automating learning from robot grasping, manipulation around and interacting with human subjects, and control of a robot arm in cluttered and unmodeled environments. Prior to joining HRL, he completed Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from both Georgia Tech and AM Paris Tech (formerly ENSAM) in Metz, France. In 2007, Marc graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University.

Eric Homer

May 11, 2020 03:33 PM
Professor and Graduate Coordinator

350L EB
801-422-4462
eric.homer@byu.edu
Office Hours
Available by appointment

Research
Materials Modeling, Grain Boundary Structure-Property Relationships, Mechanical Behavior of Polycrystalline Metals

Background
Eric R. Homer is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with research and teaching emphases in Materials Science & Engineering. As a Materials Scientist and Mechanical Engineer, Eric investigates how the atomic- and micro-scale structure of materials affects their macroscopic properties that can be used in the design and construction of engineering structures. His main research focus is in computational materials science where he has developed models and software to simulate a variety of material phenomena.
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