Matthew M. Mench | Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering

July 2021-present
Dean, Tickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

March 2021-June 2021
Interim Dean, Tickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2019-2020
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Aug 2013-March 2021
Condra Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2010-2013
Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Joint Faculty, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Energy and Transportation Science Division

2007-2010
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

2002-2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

2000-2002
Assistant Professor/Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Electrochemical power conversion and storage including polymer electrolyte fuel cells, flow battery systems, and biological energy systems.
Multi-phase transport visualization and characterization.
Computational simulation of electrochemical power conversion and storage systems.
Electrochemical methods of hazardous waste conversion.
Simulation of the influence of rapidly evolving socio-cultural factors on decision making and group opinion dynamics.

PhD, 2000, The Pennsylvania State University

MSME, 1996, The Pennsylvania State University

BSME, 1994, The Pennsylvania State University

ASME Fellow
ASME Department Head Executive Committee
Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology
Former Executive Vice President, International Associate for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE)
Associate Editor (Emeritus), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Invited speaker to over 60 Universities, Research Laboratories, and Conferences
Reviewer for Numerous Journals
Conference Chair, 2008 Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells
Advisory Board Member, Session Chair, or Organizer for Numerous Technical Conferences
NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) Awardee 2007
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member, Electrochemical Society
NASA Graduate Research Fellowship (GSRP) 2000

2020 Chancellor's Professor
2016 List of The 150 Most Cited Scholars in Energy Research by Elsevier Scopus Data
UT College of Engineering Translational Research Award, 2016
UT Research Foundation Start Up Award, 2016
The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014
2013 UTK College of Engineering Research Fellow Award
Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers (top 1% cited authors in engineering category for 2002-2012)
Outstanding and Premier Teaching Awards, Penn State Engineering Society 2006 and 2009.