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Mark Colton

Teaching Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Mechanical Engineering
Email: colton@byu.edu

350I EB
Provo, Utah 84602

(801) 422-6303

Biography

Winter 2026 Office Hours:

Monday: 3-4pm
Tuesday: 9-10am
Wednesday: 9-10am
Friday: 9-10am

Education and Experience
Courses

EDUCATION
PhD, University of Utah, 2006
MS, University of Utah, 2001
BS, University of Utah, 1997

EXPERIENCE
2021 to present, Teaching Professor, Brigham Young University
2016 to 2021, Associate Teaching Professor, Brigham Young University
2012 to 2016, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University
2006 to 2012, Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University
2005 to 2006, Visiting Instructor, Brigham Young University
2001 to 2006 Research Assistant, Virtual Environments and Teleoperation (VETO) Laboratory, University of Utah
1999 to 2005 Instructor, University of Utah
1999 to 2001 Research Staff, Center for Engineering Design, University of Utah
1997 to 1999 Research Assistant, Center for Engineering Design, University of Utah
1997 Mechanical Engineer, Sarcos, Inc.
1994-1997 Student Engineer, Sarcos, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member ASME
Member IEEE
Member ASEE

ME EN 204, Dynamics
ME EN 330, Design of Mechatronic Systems
ME EN 335, Dynamic System Modeling and Analysis
ME EN 475/476, Integrated Product and Process Engineering (Coach)
ME EN 534, Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
UNIV 101, BYU Foundations for Student Success

Research Interests

Robotics, historical engineering

Teaching Interests

Dynamic systems, mechatronic systems, computing, dynamics, control systems

Courses Taught

Publications

Ryan GT Romero Mark B Colton Scott L Thomson Michael A Goodrich Mark B Colton Bonnie Brinton Martin Fujiki J. A. Atherton Dab Ricks Margaret Hansen Aersta Acerson Lee Ann Robinson Bonnie Brinton Mark B Colton Martin Fujiki Michael A Goodrich Lee Ann Robinson S. Richey K. Lowe Michael A Goodrich Mark B Colton Bonnie Brinton Martin Fujiki J. Alan Atherton Dab Ricks Margaret Hansen Aersta Acerson Lee Ann Robinson Bonnie Brinton Lee Ann Robinson Martin Fujiki Aersta Acerson Margaret Hansen Mark B Colton Michael A Goodrich J. Alan Atherton Daniel Ricks Bonnie Brinton Martin Fujiki Aersta Acerson M. Maxfield Lee Ann Robinson Mark B Colton Michael A Goodrich Alan Atherton Daniel Ricks Randal Winston Beard Mark B Colton Liang Sun Daniel Carlson Daniel J Ricks Mark B Colton Michael A Goodrich Randal Winston Beard Liang Sun Mark B Colton

Presentations

D. W. Williams P. Jepsen C. Ellington J. Christiansen R. Dibb D. Marler K. Boakye-Yiadom William G Pitt Mark B Colton Anton E Bowden Kenneth A Solen