Faculty Publications

Heng Ban

Research interests include thermophysical properties of materials, fluid dynamics at micro- and nano-scale, and energy and environmental aspects of coal and biomass utilization.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Ban's personal page.

Steve Folkman

Research interests involve structural analysis using finite element methods, structural dynamics design of spacecraft structures, and analysis of buried structures.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Folkman's personal page.

Thomas Fronk

Primary research interest is in composite structures.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Fronk's personal page.

Rees Fullmer

Research activities center on spacecraft and optical instrument control systems for spacecraft.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Fullmer's personal page.

David Geller

Research interests are in spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control systems, as well as trajectory design for space missions.

For more information and a list of publications, see Dr. Geller's personal page.

Steve Hansen

 For more information, see Dr. Hansen's personal page.

 Leijun Li

Research interests have focused on materials science and manufacturing engineering, using the methods of heat and mass flow, microstructure characterization, mechanical testing, and fracture mechanisms.

For more information and a list of publications,  visit Dr. Li's personal page.

Warren Phillips

Research interests are in the area of aerodynamics and flight mechanics.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Phillips' personal page.

Bart Smith

Research has focused on applications of flow control to materials processing and Validation Experiments for CFD with application to nuclear thermal hydraulics.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Smith's personal page.

Bob Spall

Research interests are in the area of applied computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Spall's personal page.

Tony Whitmore

Recent research focus at USU is on the development of piloted simulation models for lunar-return lifting reentry vehicles, with an emphasis on developing high-precision low-dispersion footprint techniques for lifting aero-capture and aero assist.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Whitmore's personal page.

Byard Wood

Area of specialization is heat and mass transfer phenomena in energy systems with an emphasis in solar energy applications.

For more information and a list of publications, see Dr. Wood's curriculum vitae.

Wenbin Yu

Expertise is in solid/structure mechanics, multibody dynamics, and computational mechanics (finite element method), with an emphasis on developing efficient yet accurate models for smart or composite materials/structures.

For more information and a list of publications, visit Dr. Yu's personal page.