Directory - Faculty

Dr. Long Jiang - Professor and Interim Chair

Office: Dolve 111 F
Phone: (701) 231-9512

Research Interests: Nanoscale Materials Synthesis and Applications, Materials from Renewable Resources, Nanocomposites, Carbonaceous Materials, Polymeric Materials Processing and Functionalization.

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Dr. Ali Amiri - Associate Professor of Practice

Office: Dolve 102 D
Phone: (701) 231-7215

Research Interests: Fiber reinforced composite materials, sustainable composite materials for structural applications, nanomaterials and nanotechnology, polymer nanocomposites for structural applications, innovative additive manufacturing of plant-based materials, advanced materials.

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Dr. Fardad Azarmi (PE) - Professor

Office: Dolve 111 D
Phone: (701) 231-9784

Research Interests: Thermal Spray Coatings, Cold Spraying, High Temperature Materials, Computational and Experimental Solid Mechanics, Advanced Manufacturing.

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Dr. Jordi Estevadeordal - Professor

Office: Dolve 102 B
Phone: (701) 231-9223

Research Interests: Advanced laser techniques, thermo-fluid and spray diagnostics, 3D Particle Image Velocimetry, phosphorescence, infrared thermography, filtered Rayleigh scattering.

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Dr. Adam Gladen - Associate Professor

Office: Dolve 101 A
Phone: (701) 231-7315

Research Interests: Renewable Energy, Solar Thermal Energy, Energy Storage - in particular Thermochemical Energy Storage, Thermodynamics, Solar Thermochemistry, Heat Transfer, Radiative Transfer in Participating Media, Solar Reactor Design.

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Dr. Inbae Jeong - Assistant Professor

Office: Dolve 101 C
Phone: (701) 231-4937

Research Interests: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

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Dr. Ghodrat Karami - Professor

Office: Dolve 208
Phone: (701) 231-5859

Research Interests: Computational Solid Mechanics, Finite and Boundary Elements, Composite Micro and Nanomechanics Analysis, Continuum Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Nonlinear and Large Deformation Analysis, Thermoelastic Analysis.

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Dr. Will Refling - Assistant Professor of Practice

Office: Dolve 101 D
Phone: (701) 231-5171

Research Interests: Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration(HVACR) design, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Multi-phase flow, Active flow control, Advanced flow diagnostics, Advanced manufacturing techniques.

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Dr. Majura Selekwa - Associate Professor

Office: Dolve 101 B
Phone: (701) 231-5667

Research Interests: Control Systems, Dynamics, Robotics & Mechatronic Systems.

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Dr. Majura Selekwa

Dr. Prakash Parthiban Selvakumar - Assistant Professor

Office: Ehly 216
Phone: (701) 231-7139

Research Interests: Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine, Tissue-engineered vascular grafts, Microvasculature, Decellularized Extracellular Matrix, Bioceramics, Cancer and Vascular Biology.

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Dr. Prakash Selvakumar

Dr. Yildirim Bora Suzen - Associate Professor

Office: Dolve 102 C
Phone: (701) 231-8302

Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Transition and Turbulence Modeling, Turbomachinery, Active/Adaptive Flow Control, High Performance Parallel Computing.

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Dr. Xiangqing Annie Tangpong - Associate Professor

Office: Dolve 111 C
Phone: (701) 231-8839

Research Interests: Vibrations, dynamics and friction: friction-vibration interaction; friction damping in rotating structures; damping in nanocomposites and biomaterials.

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Dr. Annie Tangpong

Dr. Chad Ulven - Professor

Office: Dolve 111
Phone: (701) 231-5641

Research Interests: Polymer and Polymer Matrix Composite (PMC) Materials, PMC Processing Technologies, Response of PMCs to Dynamic Loading.

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Dr. Jessica Vold - Assistant Professor, Engr Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Office: Dolve 102 A
Phone: (701) 231-5324

Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing Materials, Polymer Matrix Composites, Torrefaction of Lignocellulosic Materials, Bio-Based Composite Materials, Mechanical Testing, Material Characterization.

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Dr. Jessica Vold

Dr. Xinnan Wang - Associate Professor

Office: Ehly 214
Phone: (701) 231-6696

Research Interests: Synthesis of Nanomaterials, Nanomechanical Characterization, Nanomanipulation; Biomechanics.

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Dr. Yechun Wang - Associate Professor

Office: Dolve 210
Phone: (701) 231-6732

Research Interests: Microfluidics, Biofluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Analysis, and Characterization of Organic Coatings.

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Dr. Xiangfa Wu - Professor

Office: Dolve 206
Phone: (701) 231-8836

Research Interests: Multifunctional nanofibers and nanocomposites; Polymer matrix composites and adhesively bonded joints; Membrane technology for separation and electrochemical processes; Renewable energy harvesting, conversion and storage; Nanomanufacturing, process modeling and applied mechanics.

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Dr. Yan Zhang - Associate Professor

Office: Dolve 101 E
Phone: (701) 231-9217

Research Interests: Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Flow Diagnostic Techniques, Wind Engineering and Wind Hazard Mitigation, Bio-Fluid Mechanics and Cardiovascular Hemodynamics Modeling.

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Directory - Staff

Tanya Erickson - Sr. Administrative Coordinator

Office: Dolve 111
Phone: (701) 231-8671

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Rob Sailer - Senior Test Engineer

Office: Dolve 134A
Phone: (701) 231-5347

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