Doug Buettner, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Teaches a yearly Space Systems Engineering class that incorporates new and old engineering concepts across the entire range of engineering disciplines required to design a space system from first principles. Day job is the Deputy Chief Scientist at the Stevens Institute of Technology’s Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)/Acquisition Innovation Center (AIRC) acting as a liaison between SERC affiliated universities researching new system acquisition concepts for the Dept of Defense. Member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP studies working to bring the “Sagan Standard” to UAP studies and is the Chief Technologist for SIGHTER developing their technology roadmap.
Cristian Clavijo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Lecturer)
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.
Ken d’Entremont, Ph.D.
Professor (Lecturer)
Email: k.dentremont@utah.edu
Research Interests include: Product Safety—Consumer Products, Recreational Products, and Innovative Products
Vehicle Dynamics, Safety & Testing. Ken is heavily involved in two product safety international organizations and authored the popular textbook, "Engineering Ethics and Design for Product Safety."
Todd Easton, Ph.D.
Professor (Lecturer)
Director of Engineering Management Programs
Email: todd.easton@utah.edu
CV
Teaches and performs research in a broad range of systems engineering topics. He specializes in data analytics, optimization, and mathematical decision making. The overriding objective of his courses and research efforts is to remove inefficiency at any point in the life cycle of a product or service.
Pedro Huebner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Lecturer)
Director of Systems Engineering Programs
Email: pedro.huebner@utah.edu
Interested in system life cycle management, especially in advanced manufacturing industries. Engaged with biomedical manufacturing research and the design of patient-specific medical devices. Enthusiastic about teaching Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking to engineers in the traditional disciplines.
Mark Maier, Ph.D.
Professor (Lecturer)
INCOSE Fellow
Email available at the start of Fall 2024
Will join the Department in Fall of 2024, teaching 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.
Erika Pliner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: erika.pliner@utah.edu
Research Interests:
Biomechanics
Neuromechanics
Fall Prevention
Occupational Safety
Balance Control
Ergonomics
Yongzhi Qu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: haohan.zhang@utah.edu
Lab - Utah Lab of Artificial Intelligence Powered Systems
The Utah AI-Power Systems (AIPS) laboratory aims to train the best engineers and scientists in the area of: fundamentals in physical AI, towards the next generation of digital twins for dynamic systems, control, aerospace, and smart manufacturing applications, including data-driven system dynamics, physics-informed machine learning, smart structures with sensing and actuating, and AI-based cyber-physical systems in general.
Haohan Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: haohan.zhang@utah.edu
Lab - Utah Wearable Robotics Laboratory
We specialize in wearable robotic solutions by leveraging mechanism design and modern computational methods. We strive to understand the sensorimotor system through experiments using wearable robotic platforms. Our laboratory aspires to make a positive impact on daily living of individuals with motor impairments through increased independence and social belonging.