DAN THOMA | DIRECTOR
Dr. Thoma joined the Grainger Institute for Engineering as Director in June 2015. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Division Leader for the Materials Science and Technology Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). From 2005 to 2013, he was the Director of LANL’s Materials Design Institute, a collaborative educational research program with the UC Davis College of Engineering, where he is an adjunct professor. He received all of his degrees in Metallurgical Engineering—his BS from the University of Cincinnati and his MS and PhD from UW-Madison. Dr. Thoma’s research and technical efforts have been devoted to alloying theory, the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations, and property response as a function of microstructural evolution. In varying capacities, he has served within The Minerals, Metals, Materials Society (TMS), the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), the Federation of Materials Societies (FMS), and the United Engineering Foundation (UEF). He received Distinguished Service Awards from both TMS (2007) and AIME (2011), LANL’s 2007 Fellow’s Prize for Leadership, and was US Chair for a Joint Working Group on Nuclear Materials with the UK. In recognition of his materials expertise, he was elected as a Fellow of ASM International (2008), Fellow of TMS (2018), and also received the UW-Madison College of Engineering Distinguished Achievement Award (2010).
Contact Dan: giedirector@engr.wisc.edu
RESEARCH LEADS
Kip Ludwig
Credentials: Neuroengineering Lead, Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor
Position title: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Zhenqiang Ma
Credentials: Quantum Manufacturing Lead
Position title: Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Krishanu Saha
Credentials: Cell and Gene Therapy Lead, Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor
Position title: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Xudong Wang
Credentials: Energy and Sustainability Lead
Position title: Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
FACULTY FELLOWS
Joseph Andrews
Credentials: Sensors and Sensing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Lianyi Chen
Credentials: Advanced Manufacturing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Jennifer Choy
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Sensors and Sensing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Engineering Physics
Dominic Gross
Credentials: Energy and Sustainability
Position title: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aviad Hai
Credentials: Neuroengineering, Sensors and Sensing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Jiamian Hu
Credentials: Machine Learning and Optimization
Position title: Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Kangwook Lee
Credentials: Machine Learning and Optimization
Position title: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chu Ma
Credentials: Sensors and Sensing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sangkee Min
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Advanced Manufacturing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dimitris Papailiopoulos
Credentials: Machine Learning and Optimization
Position title: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Line Roald
Credentials: Energy and Sustainability
Position title: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Shiva Rudraraju
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Machine Learning and Optimization
Position title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Eric Severson
Credentials: Energy and Sustainability
Position title: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dakotah Thompson
Credentials: Sensors and Sensing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Bu Wang
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Energy and Sustainability
Position title: Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Xin Wang
Credentials: Advanced Manufacturing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
NAMED FACULTY
Jennifer Choy
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Sensors and Sensing
Position title: Assistant Professor, Engineering Physics
Adrien Couet
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor
Position title: Assistant Professor, Engineering Physics
Christian Franck
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Professor
Position title: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Kip Ludwig
Credentials: Neuroengineering Lead, Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor
Position title: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Shiva Rudraraju
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Machine Learning and Optimization
Position title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Stephan Rudykh
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor
Position title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Krishanu Saha
Credentials: Cell and Gene Therapy Lead, Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor
Position title: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Bu Wang
Credentials: Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Energy and Sustainability
Position title: Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Xudong Wang
Credentials: Energy and Sustainability Lead
Position title: Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Megan Settell
Credentials: Neuroengineering
Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Grainger Institute for Engineering
James Trevathan
Credentials: Neuroengineering
Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Grainger Institute for Engineering
ALUMNI
Pascale Carayon
Credentials: Smart & Connected Healthcare Lead
Position title: Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rob Nowak
Credentials: Machine Learning and Optimization Lead
Position title: Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering