Affiliates

Technical Interests: Building energy systems; manufacturing processes.
Educational Interests: Entrepreneurship; impact of maker-spaces on learning.
Office: 220 Roberts Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-6304
Email: kamende@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/kamende/

Technical Interests: Transport phenomena; clean energy; PEM fuel cells
Educational Interests: Integrated Curriculum; active learning.
Office: 328 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-5701
Email: ryan.anderson@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/randerson/

Technical Interests: Microwave and millimeter wave materials and electronics.
Educational Interests: Active learning; cyber-learning.
Office: 535 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-5988
Email: jbecker@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/jbecker/

Technical Interests: Rheology, magnetic resonance, engineering education, mentorship
Educational Interests: Active learning, technical communication, transport phenomena, fluid mechanics
Office: 267A Asbjornson Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-7719
Email: jennifer.brown@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/jbrown/

Technical Interests: Computational topology; statistical approaches to topological data analysis; algorithms.
Educational Interests: Computational thinking in the common core; promoting K-12 awareness of computer science; supporting women in CS and mathematics.
Office: 363 Barnard Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-4804
Email: brittany.fasy@montana.edu  
Web: https://www.cs.montana.edu/faculty/brittany-fasy.html

Technical Interests: High-Temperature (>500C) corrosion and material science.
Educational Interests: Integrating sustainability into engineering curriculums; K-12/multicultural education; faculty development.
Office: 306 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-7380
Email: pgannon@coe.montana.edu  
Web: http://www.chbe.montana.edu/sofc/People/Gannon.html

Technical Interests: STEM identity development; Teacher Efficacy.
Educational Interests: STEM teaching and learning at the K-8 level; STEM learning and mentoring experiences for girls and rural youth; engineering integration in the K-5 curriculum.
Office: 112 Reid Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-6424
Email: rebekah.hammack@montana.edu 
Web: http://www.montana.edu/education/directory/2096079/rebekah-hammack

Technical Interests: Statistics.
Educational Interests: Statistics education; students use of metaphors and metonymies when learning statistical concepts related to sampling distributions and informal statistical inference; time series analysis / change-point detection.
Office: Wilson Hall 2-195.  Phone: 406-994-5350
Email: stacey.hancock@montana.edu
Web: http://www.math.montana.edu/shancock

Technical Interests: Computational fluid dynamics and transport modeling in biological systems.
Educational Interests: Student persistence and retention; computational modeling in the engineering curriculum.
Office: 310 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-7902
Email:jeffrey.heys@coe.montana.edu  
Web: http://www.chbe.montana.edu/heys/index.html

Technical Interests: Labor economics; economics of education; applied econometrics.
Educational Interests: Peer effects; race and gender gaps.
Office: 307C Linfield Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-3036
Email: andrew.hill6@montana.edu  
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/andrewhillecon/

Technical Interests: Organizational change and student outcomes research in higher education.
Educational Interests: Inclusive pedagogy; active learning; development of affective and attitudinal (non-cognitive) outcomes; inter-group dialogue to promote learning across difference.
Office: 135 Reid Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-6419
Email: bryce.hughes@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/education/faculty/hughesContact.html

Technical Interests: Characterizing and controlling nanostructured and thin film materials for quantum information technology and energy applications
Educational Interests: Student Success
Office: 2-205 Wilson Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-7838
Email: idzerda@physics.montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/yidzerda

Technical Interests: Values in science, research ethics, objectivity and bias, feminist philosophy of science, environmental ethics, biomedical ethics
Educational Interests:Philosophy of science, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy
Office: 2-152 Wilson Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-5787
Email: intemann@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/kintemann

Technical Interests: Microfabrication technologies; micro-sensors and Micro-actuators; inertial sensors; photovoltaics and battery electric vehicles.
Educational Interests: Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL); Research Experience for Teachers (RET); engineering education for K-12 teachers.
Office: 531 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-7276
Email: tjkaiser@montana.edu 
Web: http://www.montana.edu/tjkaiser/index.html

Technical Interests: Wastewater and Subsurface Biofilms; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Educational Interests: Engineering Identity; Integrated Curriculum; Social Context of Engineering
Office: 208 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-4116
Email: catherine.kirkland@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/ce/directory/2073433/catherine-kirkland

Technical Interests: Embedded systems; computer engineering; aerospace avionics.
Educational Interests: Broadening participation of women in engineering; increasing student engagement; personalized e-learning systems; infusing global-context and ethical thinking into engineering curriculums.
Office: 533 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-5987
Email: lameres@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/blameres/

Technical Interests: Microbial Processes for Water Treatment; Groundwater Remediation
Educational Interests: Integrated Curriculum in Environmental Engineering; Active and Inquiry-based Learning
Office: 221 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-2134
Email: ellen.lauchnor@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/ce/directory/1746975/ellen-lauchnor

Technical Interests: Educational technology theory and practice.
Educational Interests: STEM teaching and learning in K-12 contexts; technology integration in teacher preparation; educational gaming design and integration; new technologies for teaching and learning. 
Office: 209 Reid Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-6581
Email: nicholas.lux@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/education/faculty/luxContact.html

Technical Interests: Writing center; writing across the curriculum; writing in the disciplines; peer-to-peer learning environments; writing studio models.
Educational Interests: Increasing student critical thinking and communication skills through writing; developing writing support models for faculty and students; developing cultural awareness and empathy through peer-to-peer interaction.
Office: Wilson 1-114.  Phone: (406) 994-6770
Email: michelle.miley@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/english/faculty/miley-michelle.html

Technical Interests: STEM education, soil mechanics, geotechnical and materials engineering, structural settlement and forensic engineering, soil-structure interactions and x-ray computed tomography
Educational Interests: Student Success
Office: 212 Montana Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-4371
Email: mokwa@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/bmowka/

Technical Interests: Musculoskeletal biomechanics.
Educational Interests: Promoting K-12 interest in STEM through biomechanics outreach; STEM outreach for continuing education in the elderly.
Office: 303 Roberts Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-6294
Email: scott.monfort@montana.edu
Web: https://www.montana.edu/mie/directory/2069648/scott-monfort

Technical Interests: Institutional roles for faculty; STEM educational outcomes for underrepresented minorities; Sociology of education.
Educational Interests:Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods; Statistics; Assessment; Issues & Trends in Higher Education; History and Philosophy of Higher Education.
Office:  134 Reid Hall.  Phone: 406 994-4203
Email: cbmyers@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/education/directory/1524426/carrie-myers

Technical Interests: 
Educational Interests: Student Success 
Email: organ@montana.edu
Web: https://www.montana.edu/corgan/

Technical Interests: Microbes in extreme environments, Biofilms in porous media, Bioremediation, Fracture sealing and wellbore integrity, Biocements
Educational Interests: Environmental engineering
Office: 215 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: 406 994-2119
Email: adrienne.phillips@biofilm.montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/ce/directory/1524476/adrienne-phillips

Technical Interests: Engineering communications: curriculum development and assessment.
Educational Interests: Instructional development for faculty and graduate students; assessment of student learning; program evaluation.
Office:  223 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: 406 994-6115
Email: cplumb@montana.edu
Web: http://www.coe.montana.edu/deans-staff/plumb.html

Technical Interests: Halophilic and alkaliphilic microbes; microbial iron acquisition mechanisms; siderophores.
Educational Interests: First year education; active and inquiry based learning; peer-mentoring; student persistence and retention.
Office: 313 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: 406 994-5926
Email: arichards@montana.edu
Web: http://www.chbe.montana.edu/directory/1524515/abigail-richards 

Educational Interests: Student Success
Office: 149 Renne Library.  Phone: (406) 994-5338
Email: nikastoop@montana.edu
Web: https://www.montana.edu/facultyexcellence/about/staff.html

Office: 149 Renne Library.  Phone: (406) 994-4519
Email: leila.sterman@montana.edu
Web: http://montana.edu/lsterman/

Technical Interests: Biological, Chemical and Physical treatment processes, Asset Management  
Educational Interests: Engineering Leadership, Infrastructure Literacy, Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice
Office: 205 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-7402
Email: craig.woolard@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/ce/directory/2127302/craig-woolard

Technical Interests: Separations and catalysis for sustainable chemicals.
Educational Interests: Active learning for large classrooms; increasing women in STEM fields; using technology to promote active learning 
Office: 306 Cobleigh Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-5928
Email: stephanie.wettstein(at)coe.montana.edu
Web: http://www.chbe.montana.edu/staff/wettstein/

Technical Interests: CoPy alloys and superlattices.
Educational Interests: Increasing the spatial reasoning skills of middle school students; developing heliophysics related curricular material for NASA; increasing the oral communication skills of STEM graduate students; student beliefs regarding the learning of science; calculus-based physics lab development.
Office: 224 Barnard Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-1673
Email: shannon.willoughby@montana.edu
Web: http://www.physics.montana.edu/people/faculty/willoughby-shannon.html

Technical Interests: Indigenous knowledge systems; tribal colleges and universities (TCUs); critical race theory.
Educational Interests: Strategies for mentoring graduate students from historically underrepresented communities; indigenous methodologies in research; law and policy in higher education.
Office: 139 Reid Hall.  Phone: (406) 994-3339
Email: sweeney.windchief@montana.edu
Web: http://www.montana.edu/education/faculty/windchiefContact.html