37 faculty and 0 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University.
- Larry L. Howell, Professor h-index 57
Es on compliant mechanisms, including origami-inspired mechanisms, space mechanisms, microelectromechanical systems, and medical devices. He is the co-editor of the Handbook of Compliant Mechanisms and the author of Compliant Mechanisms whi
Notable: “Accommodating Thickness in Origami-Based Deployable Arrays1” (2013) · 554 citations
- Tim McLain, Professor h-index 41
Ed on understanding the fundamental hydrodynamics pertinent to underwater manipulation, developing real-time hydrodynamic models, and developing control methods for precise, high-speed underwater manipulation from a hovering vehicle platfor
Notable: “Coordinated target assignment and intercept for unmanned air vehicles” (2002) · 771 citations
- Matt Allen, Professor h-index 38
My research team seeks to enable the design and modeling of complicated dynamic systems by creating new methods to characterize them experimentally and to accelerate modeling. Our focus is on systems that are too complicated to model using
Notable: “An international review of laser Doppler vibrometry: Making light work of vibration measurement” (2016) · 489 citations
- Andrew Ning, Professor h-index 34
Notable: “Maximization of the annual energy production of wind power plants by optimization of layout and yaw-based wake control” (2016) · 295 citations
- John Salmon, Associate Professor h-index 33
Systems engineering, design, and integration, multi-disciplinary optimization, operations research, visual and data analytics, modeling and simulation, multi-agent multi-objective decision making, sports analytics, virtual reality
Notable: “A Three-Phase Controlled-Current PWM Converter with Leading Power Factor” (1987) · 227 citations
- Daniel Maynes, Professor h-index 28
- Douglas Cook, Associate Professor h-index 28
Experimental and computational biomechanics with emphasis on crop and plant biomechanics, and the influence of biological variation in modeling predictions, stochastic modeling to provide comprehensive insights on model behavior. Teaching I
Notable: “Maize Stalk Lodging: Morphological Determinants of Stalk Strength” (2017) · 155 citations
- Brian Jensen, Professor h-index 26
Notable: “Modeling and Experiments of Buckling Modes and Deflection of Fixed-Guided Beams in Compliant Mechanisms” (2011) · 168 citations
- Chris Mattson, Professor h-index 25
Dr. Mattson's primary research area of interest is engineering design theory and methodology, with a particular emphasis on multiobjective/multidisciplinary optimization and decision-making at the conceptual and preliminary design stages. H
Notable: “Pareto Frontier Based Concept Selection Under Uncertainty, with Visualization” (2004) · 227 citations
- Dale R. Tree, Professor h-index 23
Notable: “Soot processes in compression ignition engines” (2007) · 807 citations
- Brian Iverson, Professor h-index 22
Brian Iverson utilizes heat transfer and thermodynamic principles to address needs related to power systems, sensing, thermal management and microfluidics. His research begins at the nanometer scale with high-surface area to volume ratio st
Notable: “Review of high-temperature central receiver designs for concentrating solar power” (2013) · 721 citations
- Nathan Crane, Professor h-index 22
Dr. Crane’s interests lay in the areas of design, materials and advanced manufacturing with a particular interest in additive manufacturing (AM) and digital microfluidics. His work focuses on applying material science, mechanical design, an
Notable: “Binder jetting: A review of process, materials, and methods” (2019) · 793 citations
- Anton Bowden, Professor h-index 21
Notable: “Intervertebral disc degeneration alters lumbar spine segmental stiffness in all modes of loading under a compressive follower load” (2013) · 110 citations
- Marc Killpack, Professor h-index 20
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
Notable: “Learning nonlinear dynamic models of soft robots for model predictive control with neural networks” (2018) · 149 citations
- Jason Porter, Associate Professor h-index 17
Notable: “Techno-economic analysis of wastewater sludge gasification: A decentralized urban perspective” (2014) · 69 citations
- Julie Crockett, Professor h-index 17
- Steve Gorrell, Professor h-index 16
Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics Turbomachinery Computational Science and Engineering Engineering Education Teaching Interests Fluid Mechanics Compressible Flow Turbulence Computational Fluid Dynamics Multi-University UAV Desig
Notable: “High-Fidelity Numerical Analysis of Per-Rev-Type Inlet Distortion Transfer in Multistage Fans—Part I: Simulations With Selected Blade Rows” (2010) · 63 citations
- Benjamin Terry, Associate Professor h-index 16
Notable: “Systemic oxygen delivery by peritoneal perfusion of oxygen microbubbles” (2014) · 72 citations
- Mark Colton, Teaching Professor h-index 15
Robotics, historical engineering Teaching Interests Dynamic systems, mechatronic systems, computing, dynamics, control systems Courses Taught Show Previous Years Publications Ryan GT Romero Mark B Colton Scott L Thomson Michael A Goodrich M
Notable: “Trends and considerations in robot-assisted autism therapy” (2010) · 281 citations
- Sterling Baird, Assistant Professor h-index 12
Es on autonomous materials discovery through self-driving laboratories, Bayesian optimization, and materials informatics. He leads the Vertical Cloud Lab , which develops cloud-accessible experimentation platforms for accelerated materials
Notable: “Self-Driving Laboratories for Chemistry and Materials Science” (2024) · 487 citations
- Nathan Speirs, Assistant Professor h-index 12
Nathan's research incorporates high-speed photography with various visualization techniques and theoretical modeling to study interfacial fluid dynamics. Areas of particular interest include how objects enter a body of water, the dynamics o
- Todd Nelson, Associate Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Developable mechanisms on developable surfaces” (2019) · 68 citations
- Brady Moon, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Autonomous information gathering, motion planning, and machine learning for field robotics. His current research interests include task and path planning, autonomous systems, multi-agent coordination, human-robot interaction, and th
Notable: “In-flight positional and energy use data set of a DJI Matrice 100 quadcopter for small package delivery” (2021) · 59 citations
- Nathan Usevitch, Assistant Professor h-index 8
Es on designing new types of robotic systems, with a focus on robots made from compliant materials and robots that directly interact with humans. Before BYU, Dr. Usevitch worked for Meta Reality Labs designing haptic gloves for virtual real
Notable: “An untethered isoperimetric soft robot” (2020) · 146 citations
- Hongjuan Ran, Associate Professor h-index 8
Notable: “Experimental study of the pressure fluctuations in a pump turbine at large partial flow conditions” (2012) · 73 citations
- Brady Davies, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 7
MEMS, sensors, robotics, DFM Teaching Interests Design, mechanics, instrumentation, robotics, MEMS, sensors, manufacturing Courses Taught Show Previous Years
Notable: “High-G MEMS integrated accelerometer” (1997) · 25 citations
- Taylor Greenwood, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Notable: “3D printing low-stiffness silicone within a curable support matrix” (2020) · 35 citations
- Brad Adams, Associate Professor
- Christopher Dillon, Assistant Professor
Characterization of human tissue properties and bioheat transfer modeling for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thermal therapies. Dr. Dillon served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints i
- David Fullwood, Professor
Dr. Fullwood focuses on composites / nano-composites, microscopy and computational methods in materials science. Teaching Interests Dr. Fullwood teaches materials focused courses including composites, materials selection and microsctructure
- Eric Homer, Professor
- Jeff Hill, Associate Professor
Include, designing shock resistant packaging for electronics, improving shock testing capabilities, and developing methods for high energy absorption through novel uses of materials and structures. Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineeri
- Jonathan Blotter, Professor
- Matt Jones, Associate Professor
Professor Jones is involved in research projects related to air quality monitoring, dynamic control of radiative surface properties and reduced order modeling and analysis. Teaching Interests Professor Jones teaches heat transfer and thermo
- Oliver Johnson, Associate Professor
Uncertainty Quantification; Microstructure Design; Grain Boundary Networks; Structure-Property Models; Multi-scale Modeling & Homogenization; Synthesis of Advanced Materials; Teaching Interests Materials Science Education PhD Materials
- Steven Charles, Associate Professor
Humans move gracefully and effortlessly to accomplish a staggering variety of functions, yet our understanding of how the musculoskeletal and nervous systems interact to produce such movement is very limited. Consequently, our ability to as
- Troy Munro, Associate Professor
Heat Transfer in Manufacturing Thermal Behavior of Materials Molten Salt Reactors Biothermal Behavior Nuclear Energy Thermophysical Properties Teaching Interests Heat Transfer Nuclear Energy Materials Science Instrumentation Experimental Me
Notable: “Needle Probe for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Molten Salts” (2020)
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.