Administration

Professor and Department Chair

360B EB
801-422-6030
bdjensen@byu.edu

Office Hours

By Appointment (contact Joanie Nelson at 801-422-4372 or joan_nelson@byu.edu)

Research

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Biological MEMS, Electrical Contacts, Modeling of Systems in Diverse Energy Domains

Background

Brian D. Jensen is a professor at Brigham Young University. He received the M.S. de-gree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Univer-sity of Michigan. He also received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University. He also worked as a micromechanism designer at Sandia National Laboratories. He has performed research and published over 100 pa-pers in design topics including microelectromechanical systems and compliant mecha-nisms, and he holds 12 U.S. patents. His work has been recognized by several best pa-per awards, the BYU Young Scholar Award, and the Utah Engineers Council Educator of the Year Award.

Associate Chair, Professor

350K EB
801-422-4760
abowden@byu.edu

Office Hours

Monday: 11am - 12pm
Wednesday: 2pm - 4pm
Friday: 10am - 11am

Research

Spinal biomechanics and medical device design

Background

Anton E. Bowden loves BYU and especially his interactions with the students in the Mechanical Engineering Department! His background and research interests are in spinal biomechanics, medical device design, computational biomechanics, and engineering leadership education. He directs the BYU Applied Biomechanics Engineering Laboratory. He received his PhD in Bioengineering from University of Utah and his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University. He is a licensed professional engineer and a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He is grateful to have been awarded the Weidman Professorship in Leadership and enjoys serving in various committee capacities for the Orthopaedic Research Society. He speaks Spanish with moderate fluency and is currently trying to learn Mandarin Chinese. He and his wife Jennifer love learning and traveling with their children and live in Lindon, Utah.

Associate Chair, Professor

350C EB
801-422-2232
crockettj@byu.edu

Research

Fluid Mechanics, Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Experimental and theoretical fluids techniques

Background

Julie Crockett came to BYU in 2007. She received her Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Denver, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests are in areas of fluid dynamics, including environmental flows, which are often characterized by fluids of differing densities, and passive drag reduction mechanisms. She is interested in the effect of internal waves on global circulations in the ocean and atmosphere in addition to energy harvesting. She uses theory, computational fluid dynamics, experimentation, and ocean data as a part of her research.

Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator

350E EB
801-422-6541
Email: troy.munro@byu.edu

Research

Nuclear Energy, Heat Transfer in Biology, Thermal Behavior of Materials, Fluorescence Thermometry, Thermophysical Properties.

Biography

Troy R. Munro is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with research and teaching emphases in thermal sciences, nuclear energy, and materials characterization. As a Mechanical Engineer with a joint PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Utah State University and KU Leuven, Troy investigates how heat is generated, stored, and transported in materials, from engineered fuels and salts to biological fibers like spider silk, and how those thermal properties can be measured and applied in engineering design. His main research focus is in experimental thermophysical property measurement, where he has developed fluorescence-based thermometry techniques and measurement platforms to characterize thermal behavior in nuclear energy materials, including molten salt reactor systems, as well as in biological and manufacturing applications. He has received a Fulbright Scholar award, serves as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Thermophysics, and has been recognized with the Past Chair Award from the American Nuclear Society Materials Science and Technology Division.

Professor and Graduate Coordinator

350L EB
801-422-4462
eric.homer@byu.edu

Office Hours

Available by appointment

Research

Materials Modeling, Grain Boundary Structure-Property Relationships, Mechanical Behavior of Polycrystalline Metals

Background

Eric R. Homer is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with research and teaching emphases in Materials Science & Engineering. As a Materials Scientist and Mechanical Engineer, Eric investigates how the atomic- and micro-scale structure of materials affects their macroscopic properties that can be used in the design and construction of engineering structures. His main research focus is in computational materials science where he has developed models and software to simulate a variety of material phenomena.