Faculty and Staff
Faculty & Staff
Faculty & Staff
Mohsen Kivy | Professor and Department Chair
Email: mbeyrama@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-1357
Office: Building 41A, Room 230 (Inside the department office, Room 229)
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Research & Teaching Interests: Developing various materials (e.g. alloys and ceramics) by studying their microstructures and properties using multiscale computational materials engineering. Integrating modeling and simulation approaches throughout MATE curriculum.
Trevor Harding | Professor
Email: tharding@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-7163
Office: Building 41A-226
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Research & Teaching Interests: Dr. Harding's research focuses on the development of polymers (a.k.a. plastics) that are either renewable, or biodegradable, or both, and are known as biopolymers. He works alongside his students to understand how nanomaterials can be used to increase the strength, stability and degradation of biopolymers such as chitosan (which is produced from waste shrimp shells) and PHBV (which we grow by feeding waste streams to bacteria). In addition, Dr. Harding works with colleagues around the United States on the development of innovative teaching practices. Currently he is developing methods of helping engineering students learn habits of reflection that can be beneficial in their professional formation as engineers and as human beings. Dr. Harding teaches a wide range of courses including introductory materials engineering, polymers, biopolymers, nanocomposites, material selection, design for sustainability, and failure of materials.
Jean Lee | Associate Professor
Email: jlee473@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-6571
Office: Building 13, Room 227
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Please contact Prof. Lee at jlee473@calpoly.edu to schedule a meeting with her.
Joel Galos | Assistant Professor
Email: jgalos@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-6426
Office: Building 41A, Room 224
Office Hours:
Drop-in office hours:
Mondays 10:30 - 11:30 AM & 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Wednesdays 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Fridays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Research & Teaching Interests: The design, characterization, and optimization of multifunctional engineering materials, especially polymer composites and multi-material hybrids.
Nicole Johnson-Glauch | Assistant Professor
Email: njohns66@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-6634 Ext. 2
Office: Building 41A, Room 225 / Building 192, Room 320
Office Hours:
Drop-In Office Hours: Wednesdays 9-11 AM, Building 41, Room 225
Private 30-Minute Advising Appointment: Thursdays 12-4:30 PM, Building 41, Room 25. Sign up for an appointment using this link.
Research & Teaching Interests: First Year Engineering Student Success, Curriculum Analytics and Its Impact on Students' Career Readiness and Developing Multidisciplinary Engineering Labs and Design Projects for K-12 Outreach
Seamus Jones | Assistant Professor
Email: sjones97@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-0731
Office: Building 41A, Room 221
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Research & Teaching Interests: Dr. Jones's work primarily focuses on the design of ionic fluids including the design of ionic liquids, polymeric ionic liquids, and water-soluble organic compounds that undergo reversible oxidation and reduction reactions (so-called 'redoxolytes'). He has interest in translating these materials into industrial processes in energy storage and greenhouse gas capture. Dr. Jones' teaching interests include thermodynamics, transport, polymer science, and textile engineering.
Kareesa Kron | Assistant Professor
Email: kkron@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-6634
Office: 41A - 124
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Research & Teaching Interests: Organic photo-redox catalysis, machine learning computational analysis materials, accessibility, active learning
Thale Smith | Assistant Professor
Email: tsmith50@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-0699
Office: Building 41A, Room 227
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Research & Teaching Interests: Advanced metallurgical technologies, materials structure-property relationships in extreme environments, quantitative microstructural characterization.
Jerry Anzalone | Lecturer
Email: janzalon@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-1844
Office: Building 92M, Room C105
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Research & Teaching Interests:
Roger Benham | Lecturer
Email: rbenham@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-1270
Office: Building 92M, Room A105
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Research and Teaching Interests: My area of specialty is Corrosion Engineering. This is my fourth year of teaching Mate 425 Corrosion Engineering at Cal Poly. I have 38 years of experience working in the field of corrosion engineering.
Karla Carichner | Lecturer
Email: kcarichn@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-1180
Office: Building 92M, Room A103
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Research & Teaching Interests: Basic introduction to materials, ceramics/glass, product design.
Nahmoon Kim| Lecturer
Email: nkim113@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-1846
Office: Building 92M, Room C106
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Research & Teaching Interests:
Christine Kurtz | Lecturer
Email: cghent@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-1845
Office: Building 92M, Room C106
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Research & Teaching Interests: Professor Kurtz has a background as an Automotive Reseach and Development Engineer focusing on Noise and Vibration.
Brad Roberts | Lecturer
Email: brober37@calpoly.edu
Phone:
Office: Building 92M, Room A105
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Research & Teaching Interests: Magnetism & Spintronics, Innovation Programs & Entrepreneurship
Eric Beaton | Instructional Technician & Lecturer
Email: erbeaton@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-2518 | Cell: (805) 704-2897
Office: Building 41B, Room 142
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Research & Teaching Interests:
Allison Marcus | Administrative Coordinator
Email: almarcus@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-6439
Office: Building 41A, Room 229
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 2:30 pm
Student Assistants:
Adva Harel | Natalie Elliott-Cisneros | Nicholas Walter
Office: Building 41A, Room 229
