Gale, Bruce
2237 MEB
Phone:585-5944
E-mail: gale@eng.utah.edu
General Research Interest: MEMS, microfabrication,
microfluids, and biological applications of microsystems.
Student Participation: Assist in laboratory testing,
microdevice fabrication, and data analysis.
Background Needed: Any engineering or chemistry student
interested in MEMS or microfluidics.
Outside Majors: Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering,
Materials Science, Biology, Chemistry.
Key Words: MEMS, microfluidics, micromachining, biology
and chromatography.
Klewicki, Joseph C.
3337 MEB
Phone: 581-7934
E-mail: klewicki@mech.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Fluid mechanics, experimental
methods, turbulence.
Student Participation: Experiment design construction,
participation, data reduction.
Background Needed: Be able to build things.
Outside Majors: Physics, Electrical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering,, Enthusiastic Students.
Key Words: Turbulence, meteorology, experimental
methods.
Student generated projects may be considered.
LaSaponara, Valeria
2110MEB
Phone: 581-5650
E-mail: lasaponara@mech.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Applied mechanics, structures
and materials, wave propagation in solids, nondestructive
evaluations and MEMS.
Student Participation: Experiments on propertiesusing
ultrasounds and laser techniques. Collection of data for faculty
processing.
Background Needed: Mechanics, signal processing and
Mathematics. A multi-disciplinary mind-set and a motivation
to learn.
Outside Majors: Electrical Engineering
Student generated projects are possible.
Ligrani, Phil
3120 MEB
Phone: 581-4240
Email: ligrani@eng.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Fluid mechanics, convective
heat transfer, turbulent flows, transitioning flows, vortex
flows, instrumentation development, gas turbine heat transfer.
Student Participation: Setting up experimental facilities,
data taking, data analysis.
Background Needed: ME 364, heat transfer & heat transfer
laboratory, or ME 362, Power Thermodynamics.
Outside Majors: Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Engineering,
Bioengineering.
Key Words: Convection, vortices, turbulence, transition,
instrumentation.
Student generated projects not possible.
Metzger, Meredith
2110 MEB
Phone: 581-5032
E-Mail: m.metzger@utah.edu
General Research Interest: Fluid dynamics, turbulence,
atmospheric pollution, mixing, instrumentation development,
software development and data analysis techniques.
Student Participation: Assist in experiment set-up
by building/machining fixtures, brackets, etc. Assist in aquiring
and analyzing experimental data. Writing computer codes to
perform data analysis.
Background Needed: Machining and computer programming
are a big help but not necessary.
Outside Majors: Any Engineering and potentially Meteorology.
Student generated projects are possible.
Roemer, Robert
2250 MEB
Phone: 585-5631
E-Mail: bob.roemer@utah.edu
General Research Interest: Biologically related heat
transfer/thermodynamics. Rehabilitation engineering and service
learning.
Student Participation: Computer modeling and experiments.
Equipment design.
Background Needed: Engineering at all levels.
Outside Majors: Math. Biology.
Student generated projects are possible.
Sandquist, Gary M.
MEB 2116
Phone: 581-7372
Emai: gmsand@eng.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Nuclear engineering, environmental
issues, risk assessment, radiobiology, radiation studies,
waste management.
Student Participation: Participate in on-going research
studies. Scoping new research opportunities.
Background Needed: Generally a technical background
(science or engineering).
Outside Majors: Chemical, Civil, Bio, Electrical
Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology.
Key Words: Energy, environment, radiobiology, radiation,
risk assessment.
Student generated projects may be considered.
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