Kenneth T. Christensen, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2001

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1996

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1995

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (September 2007-Present)

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (April 2005-September 2007)

Assistant Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (January 2004-April 2005)

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico (2002-2004)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001-2002)

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1996-2001)

Awards and Honors

National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2007)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award (2006)
Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education Scholar (UIUC; 8/04)
Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (Oak Ridge Associated Universities; 5/03)
Nominated for Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Prize in Fluid Mechanics (American Physical Society; 6/01)
Stanley J. Weiss Outstanding Thesis Award ( TAM Dept., UIUC; 3/01)
Larson Graduate Fellowship ( TAM Dept., UIUC; 3/00)
SURGE Fellowship (UIUC College of Engineering; 8/96-12/00)
Clark B. Millikan Fellowship (California Institute of Technology; 1995-96)
Special Institute Fellowship (California Institute of Technology; 1995-96)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (declined)
George Breece Prize for highest GPA in UNM School of Engineering 1995 graduating class

Invited Lectures

National Center for Atmospheric Reseach (NCAR), 2008

American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting, 2007

University of Minnesota, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, 2007

Arizona State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2006

Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, 2006

Iowa State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2004

TSI, Inc., 2004

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2004

California Institute of Technology, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, 2002

University of Minnesota, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, 2002

University of New Mexico, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2002

Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque), Engineering Sciences, 2001

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Ocean Engineering, 2000

ExxonMobil, Upstream Research Center, 2000

Contact Information

Office: 2113 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
Lab: 129 Talbot Laboratory
Phone: 217.333.0966 (Office); 217.333.4264 (Lab)
FAX: 217.244.6534
E-mail: ktc at illinois dot edu

Mailing Address
MechSE Department
University of Illinois
158 Mechanical Engineering Building
1206 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801 USA