Contact Email: kelly.banta@colostate.edu Kelly Banta Research Associate Sustainability Research Laboratory & Industrial Assessment Center Mechanical Engineering Research Areas Modeling of water consumption in agriculture Life-cycle assessment Techno-economic assessment Industrial energy efficiency Design of biomass combustion systems Combustion emissions analysis Education Graduate Certificate in Carbon Management, 2022 – Colorado State University M.S. 2017, Mechanical Engineering –…Read more
Contact Email: Andrew.melton@colostate.edu Andrew Melton Undergraduate Teaching Labs Engineer Mechanical Engineering Andrew is a design engineer from Louisville, Kentucky. He is a graduate of Murray State University. After graduation, Andrew and his partner moved to Colorado to be closer to family. When Andrew is not assisting around the labs, he can be found in his…Read more
Contact Office: Engineering B8A Email: Nelson.Isaacson@colostate.edu Nelson Isaacson Undergraduate Teaching Labs Engineer Mechanical Engineering Nelson is a self-described tinkerer, someone who often takes items apart just to see how they work and tries to find ways to improve whatever gadget he has opened up in front of him. When not working to improve the student experience in…Read more
Contact Office: Engineering Research Center (ERC) B109 Phone: 970-491-8861 Email: amit.munshi@colostate.edu Dr. Amit Haren Munshi Assistant Research Professor Mechanical Engineering Dr. Munshi earned his M.S. and Ph.D. respectively in 2013 and 2017 from the Colorado State University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Being an alumnus of the department that he now serves as a faculty member,…Read more
Contact Email: justin.hollis@colostate.edu Justin Hollis Manufacturing Engineer Mechanical Engineering Justin is a manufacturing engineer in the Engineering Manufacturing Education Center (EMEC), where his time is split between instructing and mentoring MECH 200 students and providing manufacturing support for undergraduate and graduate student project work. He enjoys sharing his passion for engineering and watching students develop confidence…Read more
Contact Email: Sing-Wan.Wong@colostate.edu Dr. Sing-Wan Wong Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Dr. Wong is an assistant professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering. His primary research interest is to develop cell-based therapeutic for various diseases. Dr. Wong’s research aims to engineer mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) and tissue progenitor cells through mechanobiological approaches by combining biomaterials design and…Read more
Contact: Office: Engineering Building, A103X and Powerhouse Energy Campus, 225 Email: reza.nazemi@colostate.edu Phone: (970) 491-5362 Website: https://www.engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/recs/ Dr. Reza Nazemi Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Dr. Nazemi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). Prior to this appointment, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering…Read more
Office: Engineering A103L Email: ciprian.dumitrache@colostate.edu Website: engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/apdl/ Dr. Ciprian Dumitrache Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering After receiving his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University in 2017, Dr. Dumitrache worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Ecole CentraleSupelec in Paris (2018-2019) carrying out research on the characterization of nanosecond discharges used for plasma assisted combustion. This…Read more
Office: Engineering A103TEmail: taryn.bradley@colostate.edu Taryn Bradley Communication Specialist Mechanical Engineering Taryn is a graduate of the University of Wyoming, where she got both her degrees in communication. During her time there she taught public speaking and created a video-based research project aimed at communicating the risks and reality of climate change with skeptic groups. She has…Read more
Dr. Matthew Thornton Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering Dr. Matthew Thornton is a Principal Research Engineer and Strategic Program manager in NRELs Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center. In this role he leads strategic initiatives across the center as well as the Mechanic and Thermal Engineering Sciences directorate, including the capital investment plan for the Advanced…Read more