Faculty

Department Head
Professor
Office: Engineering A101C
Phone: 970-491-0956
Email: puttlitz@engr.colostate.edu
Website: obrl.colostate.edu

Assistant Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A103N
Phone: 970.491.7425
Email: abutayeh@colostate.edu

Associate Department Head of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Office: Engineering A107A
Phone: 970-491-7357
Email: todd.bandhauer@colostate.edu
Website: reachcolab.com

Associate Department Head
of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A105
Email: samuel.bechara@colostate.edu



Associate Professor of Practice
Phone: 319-400-1377
Email: Seth.Dillard@colostate.edu

Assistant Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A103J
Phone: 970-491-3894
Email: haile.endeshaw@colostate.edu


Assistant Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A103U
Phone: 970-491-6710
Email: S.Fatehiboroujeni@colostate.edu

Assistant Research Professor
Office: ORBL 111
Phone: 970-491-3894
Email: ben.gadomski@colostate.edu
Website: obrl.colostate.edu

Associate Professor
Office: Engineering A103D
Phone: 970-491-1003
Email: xinfeng.gao@colostate.edu
Website: cfdlab.colostate.edu

Assistant Professor
Office: Scott 304
Phone: 970-491-4386
Email: soham.ghosh@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/projects/cemlab/

Assistant Professor
Office: Engineering A103H
Phone: 970-491-4682
Email: stephen.guzik@colostate.edu
Website: cfdlab.colostate.edu

Professor
Phone: 970-491-2842
Email: susan.james@colostate.edu

Associate Professor
Office: Engineering A103S
Phone: 970-491-8653
Email: shantanu.jathar@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/laqr

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Powerhouse 332
Email: christian.lorange@colostate.edu
Website: christian-lorange.com

Assistant Professor
Office: Engineering A103A, The Factory B-108
Phone: 970-491-3886
Email: kaka.ma@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/~kkma

Assistant Professor
Office: Engineering A106
Phone: 970-491-1319
Email: kirk.mcgilvray@colostate.edu
Website: obrl.colostate.edu

Professor
Office: Engineering A103K
Phone: 970-491-3580
Email: daniel.olsen@colostate.edu
Website: energy.colostate.edu/eecl

Professor
Office: Scott 312
Phone: 970-491-1468
Email: ketul.popat@colostate.edu

Associate Research Professor
Office: Scott 309
Campus: 970-491-2519
Cell: 970-402-7776
Email: david.prawel@colostate.edu
Website: idea2product.net

Associate Professor
Office: Powerhouse 259, Scott 314, Engineering A111
Phone: 970-491-4770
Email: jason.quinn@colostate.edu
Website:
engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/srl

Professor
Office: Engineering A109
Phone: 970-491-0609
Email: donald.radford@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/cmms

Assistant Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A103N
Phone: 970-491-1422
Email: bonnie.roberts@colostate.edu

Professor
Office: Engineering A103X
Phone: 970-491-5450
Email: walajabad.sampath@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/projects/ngpv

Associate Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A103F
Email: karen.thorsett-hill@colostate.edu

Associate Professor
Office: Scott A202
Phone: 970-491-6618
Email: wade.troxell@colostate.edu

Professor
Office: Scott 306, Powerhouse 213
Phone: 970-491-6341
Email: john.volckens@colostate.edu
Email: jv.colostate.edu

Assistant Professor
Office: Scott 310
Phone: 970-491-8679
Email: Zhijie.Wang@colostate.edu
Website: Website: engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/cvb

Associate Professor
Office: Engineering A112, Factory 107
Phone: 970-491-8398
Email: chris.weinberger@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/~cweinber

Professor
Office: Engineering Research Center 1320
Phone: 970-491-8564
Email: John.D.Williams@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/ionstand

Professor
Office: Engineering A217, EECL
Phone: 970-491-4783
Email: bryan.willson@colostate.edu
Website: energy.colostate.edu

Associate Professor
Office: Engineering A103T
Phone: 970-491-7794
Email: bret.windom@colostate.edu
Website: fuels.colostate.edu

Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A103U
Phone: 970-491-7930
Email: dan.wise@colostate.edu

Professor
Office: Engineering A103P
Phone: 970-491-2813
Email: azer.yalin@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/clsd

Assistant Professor
Office: Engineering A110
Phone: 970-491-1896
Email: mostafa.yourdkhani@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/yourdkhani

Associate Professor
Office: Engineering A103W
Phone: 970-491-5927
Email: zhao@engr.colostate.edu
Website: www.engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/adaptive-robotics-laboratory
Adjunct Faculty
Emeritus Faculty

Professor Emeritus
Email: David.Alciatore@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/~dga


Professor Emeritus
Phone: 970-223-0824
Email: edwardsharry62@comcast.net

Professor Emeritus
Phone: 970-491-5505
Email: fitzhorn@colostate.edu

Professor Emeritus
Phone: 970-482-1710
Email: mbhistand@gmail.com
Website: engr.colostate.edu/~histand

Professor Emeritus
Office: Glover 202
Phone: 970-491-4365
Email: gearold.johnson@colostate.edu

Professor Emeritus
Office: Engineering A103L
Phone: 970-491-6654
Email: allan.kirkpatrick@colostate.edu


Postdoctoral Fellows and Researchers

Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Energy Development and Health

Jane Andales
Research Associate
Center for Energy Development and Health
Office: Powerhouse 246
Email: jane.andales@colostate.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow
Sustainability Research Laboratory
Email: Javier.Antonanzas@colostate.edu
Phone: +34679650914

Research Associate
Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory
Email: cecily.broomfield@colostate.edu
Website: obrl.colostate.edu

Research Associate
Sustainability Research Laboratory
Office: Powerhouse Room 300
Email: garrett.m.cole@colostate.edu

Julie Dunn
Research Scientist
Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory

Research Scientist
Electric Propulsion & Plasma Engineering Laboratory
Office: Engineering Research Center B115
Email: casey.farnell@colostate.edu
CEPPE Lab Website: projects-web.engr.colostate.edu/ionstand
Plasma Controls Website: plasmacontrols.com

Research Scientist
Electric Propulsion & Plasma Engineering Laboratory

Research Scientist
Electric Propulsion & Plasma Engineering Laboratory
Office: Engineering Research Center B115
Phone: 970-412-3078
Email: shawn.farnell@colostate.edu
Website: CEPPE Lab

Research Associate
Research, End Market, and Commercialization Hub (REACH) CoLab
Phone: 314-495-7610
Email: garland@rams.colostate.edu
Website: reachcolab.com

Research Associate
Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory
Office: OBRL Building 0557
Email: mgill23@colostate.edu

Research Associate
Research, End Market, and Commercialization Hub CoLab

Research Associate
Sustainability Research Laboratory

Postdoctoral Fellow
Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory


Research Scientist
Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory
Email: kevin.labus@colostate.edu
Website: obrl.colostate.edu


Research Associate
Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory
Email: lucas.nakamura@rams.colostate.edu
Website: obrl.colostate.edu

Research Scientist
Center for Energy Development and Health
Office: Powerhouse
Phone: 970-491-4770
Email: casey.quinn@colostate.edu

Research Associate
Research, End Market, and Commercialization Hub (REACH) CoLab

Xiaochuan Tang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Advanced Computational Materials Engineering Laboratory


Research Associate
Electric Propulsion & Plasma Engineering Laboratory
Office: B125, ERC
Phone: 970-590-8264
Email: seth.thompson@colostate.edu

Research Scientist
Center for Energy Development and Health

Research Associate
Computational Fluid Dynamics & Propulsion Laboratory
Office: Engineering B107
Phone: 970-491-0941
Email: nelson.xie@colostate.edu

Research Associate
Research, End Market, and Commercialization Hub (REACH) CoLab
Email: dnyoung@rams.colostate.edu
Website: reachcolab.com

Research Associate
Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory
Phone: 717-525-3589
Email: andrew.zdanowicz@colostate.edu
Staff
Academic Advising

Graduate Program Specialist

Undergraduate Advisor
Last Names A, S-Z, International Students
Office: Engineering A101F
Phone: 970-491-3587
Email: angelica.hernandez@colostate.edu

Undergraduate Advisor
Last Names K-R
Office: Engineering A101E
Phone: 970-491-3587
Email: matt.markham@colostate.edu

Undergraduate Advisor
Last Names C-J
Office: Engineering A103B
Phone: 970-491-3587
Email: star.sullivan@colostate.edu

Manager of Undergraduate Programs
Last Name B
Office: Engineering A103C
Phone: 970-491-3587
Email: tonilee.viney@colostate.edu
Administrative and Technical Support

Administrative Assistant
Office: Engineering A101
Phone: 970-491-3587
Email: jess.foreman@colostate.edu

Manager of Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories
Office: Engineering B1
Campus: 970-491-6236
Cell: 970-775-4684
Email: Steve.Johnson@colostate.edu

Strategic Planning and Operations Manager
Office: Engineering A103Q
Campus: 970-491-8340
Cell: 303-919-4625
Email: ellen.plese@colostate.edu
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