Affiliated Faculty

Doug Aaron
Associate Department Head, Research Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Damiano Baccarella
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Brett Compton
Stewart McCorkle Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Daniel Costinett
Professor and Associate Department Head
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Kivanc Ekici
Department Head and John W. Fisher Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Aly Fathy
Professor
Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Dustin Gilmer
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Bradley Jared
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Jackie Johnson
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering / UTSI
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Phillip Kreth
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering / UTSI
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Bruce LaMattina
Executive Director of Defense and Special Programs and Research Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Eric Lass
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Matthew Mench
Dean, Tickle College of Engineering, Condra Chair, and Chancellor’s Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Jose Nazario
Assistant Professor of Practice
Department of Applied Engineering
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Dayakar Penumadu
Fred N. Peebles Professor and IAMM Chair of Excellence
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

James Plank
Professor
Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Jared Porter
Professor
Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies
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Catherine Schuman
Assistant Professor
Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Uday Vaidya
Professor and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Brian Wirth
TVA Department Chair and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Computational Nuclear Engineering
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Thomas Zawodzinksi
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Electrical Energy Conversion and Storage
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DARC Staff

Bruce LaMattina
Executive Director of Defense and Special Programs and Research Professor
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