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

Associate Professor of Research
Office: Engineering B103
Phone: 970-491-8314
Email: kurt.barth@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/projects/ngpv/

Associate Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A105
Email: samuel.bechara@colostate.edu



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


Assistant Professor of Research
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

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

Professor
Office: Engineering A103F
Phone: 970-491-6654
Email: allan.kirkpatrick@colostate.edu

Assistant Professor of Research
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

Professor
Office: Scott 104
Campus: 970-491-2328
Lab: 970-491-4786
Cell: 267-528-7954
Email: Marchese@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/~marchese

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 of Practice
Office: Engineering A103M
Phone: 970-491-3872
Email: john.petro@colostate.edu

Associate Department Head
for Undergraduate Studies
Professor
Office: Scott 312
Phone: 970-491-1468
Email: ketul.popat@colostate.edu

Associate Research Professor
Office: Scott 309
Campus: 970-491-4386
Cell: 970-667-8160
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/faculty/jquinn/group

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

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

Associate Professor
Office: Engineering A103F
Phone: 970-491-0686
Email: hiroshi.sakurai@colostate.edu

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

Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering B9
Phone: 970-491-5140
Email: steven.schaeffer@colostate.edu

Associate Professor of Practice
Office: Engineering A108
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: projects-web.engr.colostate.edu/CVBlab

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

Assistant 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/projects/clsd

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

Assistant Professor
Office: Engineering A103W
Phone: 970-491-5927
Email: zhao@engr.colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/~zhao
Adjunct Faculty


Associate Professor
Phone: 970-491-2691
Email: mitchell.stansloski@colostate.edu

Matt Thornton
Associate Professor
Emeritus Faculty

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


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

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

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

Postdoctoral Fellows and Researchers

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


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

Research Associate
Next Generation Photovoltaics Center
Office: ERC B113
Phone: 970-491-8840
Email: kevan.cameron@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/projects/ngpv



Research Associate
Next Generation Photovoltaics Center
Email: sam.r.ellis@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/projects/ngpv

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

Research Associate
Sustainability Research Laboratory

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


Research Associate
Center for Energy Development and Health
Office: Powerhouse
Phone: 970-491-6636
Email: john.mehaffy@colostate.edu
Website: jv.colostate.edu

Research Scientist
Email: Amit.Munshi@colostate.edu
Website: photovoltaics.colostate.edu

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

Postdoctoral Fellow
Office: Engineering Research Center A113
Email: anthony.nicholson@rams.colostate.edu

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

Research Scientist
Email: tushar.shimpi@colostate.edu
Website: engr.colostate.edu/projects/ngpv

Research Scientist
Sustainability Research Laboratory
Email: evan.sproul@colostate.edu

Research Scientist

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
Email: dnyoung@rams.colostate.edu
Website: reachcolab.com
Staff
Academic Advising

Graduate Program Specialist
Office: Engineering A101B
Phone: 970-491-0924
Email: ellen.aster@colostate.edu

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: skyla.hall@colostate.edu

Laboratory Support Engineer
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


Human Resources and Payroll Specialist
Office: Engineering A103N
Phone: 970-491-7425
Email: annika.sundsten@colostate.edu
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