Prof. Ryan Berke
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Director, Mechanics at Extreme Temperatures Laboratory Postdoc Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois, 2013-2014 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2013 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, 2008 Curriculum Vitae (Last Updated January 2017) |
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YEAR TWO: May 2016 - April 2017
The lab keeps growing. Ethan and Robert both graduated and stayed in the lab for grad school, with Matt close behind. Dr. Berke's Experimental Solid Mechanics class became MAE 5040 and will be offered every Fall. Two more students won EURP's (Bobby and Jackson), and Trevor was recognized as the MAE Undergraduate Researcher of the Year. Left to Right: Ren "Vox" Voie, Robert Hansen, Thinh Thai, Robert "Bobby" Rowley, Jackson Matsen, Ben Sottilare, Matt Nelson, Weston Craig, Emma German, Trevor Bird, Katie Burn, Prof. Ryan Berke, Ethan Nickerson, Celina Fisher Dodge. Not Pictured: Shelby Ames, Braden Beckstrom, Jonas Rogers, Colin Schlicher, Awilma Ventura. |
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YEAR ONE: Jan 2015 - April 2016
The Mechanics at Extreme Temperatures Lab is off to a great start. By the end of our first "year" we had 10 undergraduates and 1 PhD student, earning Prof. Berke recognition as MAE's Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year. We won the first grant we ever applied for, resulting in an advanced multi-camera system from the U.S. Department of Energy. Three students won EURP's (Jaren, Trevor, and Vox). Back Row, Left to Right: Wm. Jesse Miller, Ethan Nickerson, Matt Schumann, Robert Hansen, Matthew "Earl" Nelson. Middle Row: Trevor Bird, Vox Voie, Thinh Thai, Prof. Ryan Berke. Front: Emma German. Not Pictured: Jaren Devey, Awilma Ventura. |
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Graduate Students
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Thinh Thai
PhD Student, Jan 2016 - Present B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, 2015 Materials Characterization at Extreme Temperatures for Advanced Aerospace Applications (USU RGS) |
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Ethan Nickerson
M.S. Student, May 2016 - Present B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Utah State University, 2016 Ultraviolet Diffraction-assisted Image Correlation (UV-DAIC) (NRC) |
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Robert Hansen
M.S. Student, January 2017 - Present B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Utah State University, 2016 Hydrogen Embrittlement of Nuclear Fuel Cladding under Accident Conditions (NEUP IRP) |
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Matt Nelson
PhD. Student, May 2017 - Present B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Utah State University, 2017 High Temperature Vibration Fatigue of Gas Turbines (AFRL) |
Undergraduate Students (Alphabetical by Last Name)
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Alumni (Reverse Chronological)
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Trevor Bird, B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2017
Modal Identification in Flat Plates during Vibrational Resonance at High Temperatures (EURP) 2017 MAE Undergraduate Researcher of the Year! |
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Celina Fisher Dodge, B.S. Student 2017
Control Strategies for Gleeble 1500D Thermo-mechanical Loading System |
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Shelby Ames, B.S. Student 2016-2017
Heterogeneous Temperature Effects due to Induction Heating |
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Braden Beckstrom, B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2017
Benchmark Experiments for Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue |
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Jonas Rogers, B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2017
Modal Analysis of Reinforced Vibrating Plates |
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Awilma Ventura, B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2017
Lab safety and operating procedures for induction heating |
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Wm. Jesse Miller, B.S. Student 2015-2016
Restoring a Split Hopkinson Bar for High-Speed Impact Measurements |
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Matt Schumann, B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2016
UV and IR optical window for High Temperature Environmental Testing Chamber |
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Jaren Devey, B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2016
UV Digital Image Correlation to characterize Graphite at Extreme Temperatures (EURP) |
