Executive Board

Dr. Sez Atamturktur Russcher returned to Clemson University in July 2023 as Associate Vice President for the Charleston Innovation Centers (located at the CURI Campus in Charleston, SC) and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. She provides leadership in academic matters and scientific research portfolio of the CURI campus and is responsible for staffing, budgeting, and maintaining the facilities and campus operations. In addition, she serves as...
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Samantha (Sam) Daly is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UCSB. She received her Ph.D. from Caltech in 2007 and subsequently joined the University of Michigan, where she was on the faculty until 2016 prior to her move to UCSB. Her research interests lie at the intersection of the experimental mechanics of materials and data science. Currently, the Daly group is engaged in the development of new methods for multi-scale...
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David Epp is currently the Reactor Facility Development manager at Sandia National Laboratory. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Oklahoma in 1997, 2001 and 2002, respectively with a focus on dynamics and controls. David joined Sandia in 2002 and has held a variety of positions as a staff member, including a test engineer, experimental facility owner, principle investigator, and project...
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Dr. Rogers received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1980, 1984 and 1986, respectively. Jon joined Sandia in the fall of 1986 in the Vibration Testing Division. In the test organization, he worked as the test engineer for vibration and shock testing on a number of systems. Jon was the project leader for the VIBRAFUGE development project which placed a 4000 lb force rated shaker on the 29-foot...
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Dr. Zimmerman became a member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) in 1988. She was the inaugural Student Paper Competition Winner under the guidance of Professor Gary Cloud at Michigan State University in 1990; Chair of the Education Committee from 1991-2007; Associate Editor of Experimental Techniques from 1996-today, and Senior Editor from 2000-2007; President from 2008-2009; Assistant Treasurer 2012-2013 and...
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Nuno Lopes is the Executive Director/Secretary of the Society for Experimental Mechanics where he is responsible for day-to-day operations including the Society’s three archival peer-reviewed journals. Nuno oversees staff and reports to the Executive Board. He has been with SEM since 2013.

His 14 years at IBM provided experience working with executives and leading a team. Nuno...

Junlan Wang is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. Her research integrates experimental and theoretical approaches to investigate the mechanics of thin films and coatings, biological and bioinspired materials, high strain rate behavior, and additively manufactured materials. She earned her B.S. (1994) and M.S. (1997) in Mechanics...
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Dr. Blough received his BSME and MSME from Michigan Technological University. Dr. Blough attended the University of Cincinnati to obtain his Ph.D. in structural dynamics. Dr. Blough’s Ph.D. was on rotating machinery signal processing methods. Dr. Blough is currently a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Blough has been active in SEM and IMAC for over 20 years....
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Jennifer L. Jordan is the Deputy Program Director for Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) UK Program Office. Prior to this position, she was Group Leader for Shock and Detonation Physics, where she led 50+ staff responsible for dynamic properties of metals, polymers, and explosives. Jen has also served as the Dynamic Materials and Interactions Program Officer at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, which focused on...
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Michael W. Keller received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tulsa in 2001 and his Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007. After completing his Ph.D. he served as a Post-doctoral researcher in the Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Arizona. After his postdoctoral appointment, he joined the faculty of...
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Emeline Sadoulet-Reboul is an associate professor in mechanics at the University of Franche-Comté (UFC), section CNU 60. She carries out her research activities in the Department of Applied Mechanics at the FEMTO-ST Institute, on robust design and on the development of architected solutions for vibro-acoustic control. She holds an HDR from the University Bourgogne Franche-Comté since 2016 (Contributions in vibroacoustics and...
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Tyler Schoenherr is currently a member of the staff at Sandia National Laboratories in the structural dynamic analysis and testing organizations. His work is centered around the merriment of experimental and analytical tools and techniques. He received his MS in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University in 2010. In addition to his employment at Sandia National Laboratories, Tyler managed the testing laboratory complex...
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