Mark A. Minor



Research Interests:
Design, modeling, and control of mobile robots systems including ground based modular systems and under-actuated climbing robots. Key research topics include design optimization, motion planning, trajectory tracking.
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Ken Monson



Research Interests:
Traumatic brain injury
Blast injury
Cerebral vessel mechanics and mechanotransduction
Solid mechanics
Dynamics
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Steven Naleway



Research Interests:
Bioinspired design
Biological material science
Biomedical Materials
Structural mechanics and materials
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Pania Newell



Research Interests:
Computational multiphysics analysis of coupled phenomena
Fracture analysis in multiphysics systems
Computational homogenization of heterogeneous materials
Constitutive modeling.
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Jake Abbott


  • Phone: (801) 585-6672
  • Email: jake.abbott@utah.edu
  • Office: 2676 MEK

Research Interests:
Magnetic Manipulation
Medical Robotics
Haptics and Teleoperation
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Mark Fehlberg


  • Phone: (801) 585-9293
  • Email: m.fehlberg@utah.edu
  • Office: 1340 MEK

Manages the department admissions process, assists students with tuition benefit enrollment and course registration, provides student academic advising; and maintains student records. Coordinates administrative processes related to graduate student progress towards graduation.

Ken d’Entremont


  • Phone: (801) 581-6766
  • Email: k.dentremont@utah.edu
  • Office: 1344 MEK

Research Interests:
Product Safety—Consumer Products, Recreational Products, and Innovative Products
Vehicle Dynamics, Safety & Testing

Michael Czabaj



Research Interests:
Fracture and fatigue of composite materials
Durability and damage tolerance of composite structures
Micromechanics of composite materials
3D imaging using X-ray computed tomography
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Brittany Coats



Research Interests:
Traumatic brain injury
Ocular mechanics
Soft tissue deformation
Computational models of injury
Blast trauma
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Jiyoung Chang



Research Interests:
Wearable electronics
2-D materials
Multi-functional Near-field electrospinning
NEMS/MEMS
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