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Taylor Ritzman


  • Email: taylor.ritzman@utah.edu
  • Office: 1557 MEK

Provides pre- and post-award administrative support to faculty.

Elham (Emma) Davoodi



Research Interests:
3D Bioprinting,
Metal Additive Manufacturing,
Biofabrication,
Regenerative Medicine,
3D Printed Electronics
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Hossein Montazerian


  • Email: h.montazerian@utah.edu

Research Interests:
Biomaterials
Medical devices
Minimally Invasive Therapies
Micro and Nanotechnology
Bioelectronic Systems
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Mark Maier


  • Phone: 801-581-4774
  • Email: mark.maier@utah.edu
  • Office: 2552 MEK

Teaches Systems Architecting, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and other systems topics. He brings over 30 years of aerospace industry experience in systems architecting and engineering, MBSE, and satellite design. He was previously a Technical Fellow at The Aerospace Corporation and is the author of “The Art of Systems Architecting” a standard textbook in the field and publications in systems-of-systems, satellite constellation design, architecture methods, and unconventional sensors.

Cristian Clavijo


  • Email: c.clavijo@utah.edu
  • Office: MEK 2550

Professor Clavijo teaches courses in engineering management and leadership along with classical mechanical engineering topics involving thermal fluids (heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics). Professor Clavijo has about 10 years of industry experience working for Fortune 100/500 companies in the areas of medical devices and life sciences. He is a graduate of Becton Dickinson’s Technology Leadership Development Program and was a Staff Program Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific. His research expertise is on droplet impingement dynamics on heated superhydrophobic surfaces.

Alik Nielsen


  • Email: u0889043@utah.edu
  • Office: 1410 MEB

Assistant to the Composite Materials Research and Material Strength Testing laboratories. Also operates metal 3D printing; cooperating with patrons to find solutions to various needs.

Vahid Azadeh Ranjbar


  • Email: vahid.azadeh@utah.edu
  • Office: 2467 MEK

Research Interests:
Large Language Models
Computer Vision
Microfluidic Devices
Design Automation
Stereo Digital Image Correlation

Katie Mitchell


  • Phone: (801) 587-7782
  • Email: purchaseagent@mech.utah.edu
  • Office: 1549 MEK

Processes purchase requests for department courses and department research labs. Prepares financial reports for department and faculty activities, supports budget process.

Laura Hallock


  • Email: laura.hallock@utah.edu
  • Office: 2339 MEK

Research interests:
robotic assistance and rehabilitation
neuromusculoskeletal sensing
human–robot control interfaces
machine learning and system identification
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Xiaowei He


  • Email: xiaowei.he@utah.edu

Research Interests:
Flow Control
Unsteady Aerodynamics
Flight Control
Experimental Methods and Facilities